The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 92 Carrying the Pot

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"They're about to fight..." Wei Jianguo was a little excited. To be honest, he had never seen a dog and a wolf confront each other before.

"There won't be a fight..." Yang Ming said confidently.

"How can you be so sure?" Wei Jianguo turned to look at his son-in-law, puzzled.

"Because this pack of wolves has no leader..." Yang Ming said with a smile.

"How did you figure that out? Do you know their leader?" Wei Jianguo was even more puzzled.

"Of course, we've fought once. I'd recognize that guy even if he were reduced to ashes," Yang Ming said with a smile.

"So what do you plan to do?" Wei Jianguo asked.

"Hehe, catch them alive, then raise them," Yang Ming laughed.

"Raising wolves? I've only ever heard of zoos raising wolves, never of private individuals raising wolves..." Wei Jianguo exclaimed in surprise.

"Hehe, I'll let you meet him in a bit..." Yang Ming said, clapping his hands.

As Yang Ming clapped his hands, Da Huang and the others all took a step back. With just that one step, the pressure on the wolves was greatly reduced, and they couldn't help but relax.

Yang Ming got up and walked towards an iron fence, took out his key to open the iron fence gate, and then clapped his hands.

As Yang Ming clapped his hands again, Da Huang and the others immediately changed their strategy, opening a gap in the fence gate. Upon seeing this, the wolves breathed a sigh of relief and tucked their tails between their legs, escaping through the gap.

It's worth noting that wolves aren't like simple-minded wild boars or bears; they are masters of guerrilla warfare. If they can't win, they run...

The wolves fled, but Big Yellow and the others clearly weren't going to let them go so easily. They surrounded them all. When the wolves saw Big Yellow and the others approaching, they immediately turned tail and ran, actually escaping directly into the iron gate.

The wolves, including Dahuang, were quite supernatural. They stopped when they reached the iron gate. Yang Ming closed and locked the gate, thus imprisoning the twenty-odd wolves.

"They say wolves are straightforward, but you... you've got over twenty wild wolves, can you afford to raise them?" Wei Jianguo looked at his son-in-law and the puppies working together so perfectly and in perfect harmony, and couldn't help but nod in approval.

"Hehe, what's so hard about not being able to afford to raise them? It's just some bran, isn't it?" Yang Ming laughed.

"Bran? This is a wolf, it eats meat..." Wei Jianguo's eyes widened.

"No meat, bran is optional..." Yang Ming was quite straightforward.

Wei Jianguo was almost dumbfounded. This son-in-law was really something else. Feeding them bran? If these guys don't get any meat, won't they kill each other?

"Brother Yang, you're amazing..." Liu Nannan skipped over from the greenhouse not far away. She had just watched the whole process from inside the greenhouse. The whole process was very exciting, and the little girl was very excited.

"Where?" Yang Ming smiled modestly.

"Hehe, the boss is really a capable man. He didn't even flinch when facing so many wolves." Sister Tie also came out of the greenhouse and praised him sincerely.

In Sister Tie's memory, Yang Ming was the first person who could remain so calm in the face of a pack of wolves.

"Haha, it's not that I didn't change my expression, but that I was so scared that I didn't dare to move." Yang Ming laughed with unusual humility.

"The boss is just joking," Sister Tie laughed.

"Boss, are you planning to keep all these wolves as pets?" Wang Shuisheng asked as he walked over.

"Yes... we'll keep them like dogs," Yang Ming said with a laugh.

"I advise you not to keep them. Wild wolves can't be tamed. It's better to get some female dogs and breed them with them to have a few litters of wolf puppies," Wang Shuisheng said.

It's said that wolves can never be tamed. It's not that these creatures have no conscience, but rather that those who are not of our kind are bound to have different hearts. The fact that wolves don't become slaves to humans shows that they have a lot of integrity, which is much better than traitors.

Just then...

"What's wrong? I heard dogs barking from far away." Wei Qingqing and Xue Hua ran over together, and it was Xue Hua who spoke.

"It's not just the sound of dogs barking, is it? There seems to be another sound..." Wei Qingqing looked into the fenced gate and discovered more than 20 wild wolves inside. She couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Wolves??? How can there be wolves?"

"How would I know? I'll have to look around later to see how these guys managed to get in here," Yang Ming said.

"What happened?" Wei Qingqing asked anxiously.

Before Yang Ming could even speak...

"You two went into the old forest, didn't you?" Xue Hua asked suspiciously, her gaze somewhat unfriendly. She had specifically instructed them not to go into the old forest, but these two had ignored her words? As for Yang Ming, he certainly wouldn't willingly lead his father-in-law into the old forest, openly disobeying his mother-in-law's orders, so…

Xue Hua's gaze fell on Wei Jianguo's face.

"No, absolutely not, we're all here catching fish, these wolves just came here on their own..." Wei Jianguo quickly said, "You can ask your son-in-law if you don't believe me."

"If I don't ask him, he's practically your buddy..." Xue Hua looked at Liu Nannan, "Nannan, tell your aunt, is what your uncle said true?"

"Yes, yes, yes... what Uncle said is true. Those wolves came by themselves and were chased into the fence gate by Da Huang and the others..." Liu Nannan quickly testified.

"Listen to me, I wasn't lying to you, was I?" Wei Jianguo perked up, his eyebrows dancing with excitement.

"Hmph..." Xue Hua hummed twice and then fell silent.

"So, these wolves all came from the old forest? How is that possible?" Wei Qingqing asked anxiously.

"Wolves only live in the old forest. Our backyard is well-blocked. If they didn't come from the old forest, where did they come from?" Sister Tie said.

"The two of them were fishing by the stream when a wolf suddenly appeared..." Wang Shuisheng added.

"Alright, alright, everyone go back to your work. Nan Nan, go tell Uncle Da Bao to take some men and keep an eye on things in the village, make sure the wolves don't run into the village and hurt anyone. I'll go look around and see where these wolves came from," Yang Ming said.

The little girl, Liu Nannan, responded and ran off in a flash. Tie Saozi and Wang Shuisheng also returned to the greenhouse. In their eyes, it was not surprising at all that wild wolves had entered the village.

"I'll go with you," Wei Qingqing said.

"Where are you going? Hurry up and go home with your mother to cook. I'm starving... I'm going with Yang Ming." Wei Jianguo glared at his daughter.

Wei Qingqing wanted to say something, but Yang Ming glared at her and said, "You'll only cause trouble if you go. Hurry up and go home to cook. Open the jars and take the bucket of fish back with you. We'll make pancakes and stew small fish for dinner."

"Great! Great! It would be best to eat a couple of pieces of bread with it, that way it tastes even better!" Wei Jianguo said with a smile.

It was rare for Lao Wei to agree with his son-in-law.

"You two be careful..." Xue Hua said, pulling her daughter who insisted on following along.

So the father-in-law and son-in-law went into the ravine to inspect the edge of the gully, with several puppies following closely at their feet.

Wei Qingqing was initially quite worried, but then she thought that Yang Ming would be safe with the protection of the large landowner's farm space. Although her father didn't have alien technology to protect him, she wasn't too worried when she thought about the several puppies following behind them.

Yang Ming and Wei Jianguo patrolled along the edge of the gully, and after a round of inspection, they found that there was absolutely nothing on the steep mountainside that could be climbed by four-legged animals.

"This place is really... dangerous. Wild animals would never be able to climb up here..." Wei Jianguo looked around and also felt that it was absolutely impossible for any wild animals to come up here.

"But then, those wolves came up," Yang Ming said.

"I've looked at it. The lowest point of this ditch is two meters deep. Unless you stack yourself into a human pyramid, it's impossible to climb up," Wei Jianguo said.

"Stacking wolves? That's possible. Maybe these wolves were stacked in a human pyramid, and then..." Yang Ming pondered for a moment. Although he thought it was unlikely, he couldn't think of any other possibilities for the time being.

"You never know. They say wolves are the most cooperative animals, so it's not surprising that they can form human pyramids," Wei Jianguo said.

"If it really is a pyramid, isn't this wolf a bit too clever?" Yang Ming said.

"Isn't your dog pretty smart too? You're allowed to have a smart dog, but not a smart wolf? There's a saying: the real masters are often found among ordinary people..." Wei Jianguo said.

"Uh, is that even possible?... " Yang Ming said, annoyed. "Could I tell you that my dogs were optimized in the farm space?

"Of course you can say that. Generally speaking, wild animals are much better at surviving than livestock," Wei Jianguo said with certainty.

"If that's the case, then it's troublesome. There should be iron fences on the trees along this ditch..." Yang Ming said.

"No need for that, I'll tell you a way..." Wei Jianguo waved his hand, "Have you ever heard of a trap? Dig a two-meter-deep trap along the edge of this ditch, and if any wolves dare to come up, they'll fall right in..."

"Dad, you're really talking without thinking. These are all rocks. How long will it take me to dig them all out?..." Although his fertilizer processing machine was more than capable of handling the job, he couldn't let Wei Jianguo know.

"You're so stubborn! I'm just giving you an idea. You don't necessarily have to dig a trap. You can set a snare, a trap, or if all else fails, a big net will do, right?" Wei Jianguo said, exasperated.

"Yes, yes, yes, Dad is so shrewd." Yang Ming nodded repeatedly.

"Shrewd and calculating? Are you praising me or being sarcastic?"

"That's absolutely a compliment! Your experience and knowledge are far beyond what I can compare to. Please give me more guidance in the future so I can avoid making mistakes in life."

"Don't worry, if Dad doesn't take care of you, who will?" Wei Jianguo patted his chest and assured him.

After observing for a long time, the father-in-law and son-in-law finally concluded that the wolves must have come up with some way to climb over. As for the specific method... Although they had captured more than twenty prisoners, these prisoners could not speak. Otherwise, Yang Ming would have already used the tiger bench and chili water on them.

When I got home, it was already dark. The aroma of cornbread and stewed small fish filled the whole courtyard.

That said, the aroma of fish mixed with the fragrance of corn is indeed quite tempting to the appetite.

"Yang Ming, let me tell you, cornbread stewed with small fish was our favorite dish when we were kids. After moving to the city, the big pots were gradually stopped being used, and we couldn't eat this kind of delicious food anymore." Wei Jianguo smelled the rich aroma and reminisced.

"Dad, come often from now on. We'll eat cornbread and stewed small fish every day," Yang Ming said with a smile.

"You little rascal, you're going to serve your father-in-law this dish?" Wei Jianguo chuckled.

"Hehe..." Yang Ming laughed too, "Don't you like to eat it?"

"You're a sensible kid..." Wei Jianguo laughed.

"How is it? Did you find it? Where did the wolf come from?" Wei Qingqing, who was tending the fire, immediately came to greet the two of them when she saw them return.

"Go back and start the fire! How can you be so inconsiderate?" Yang Ming frowned and scolded Xue Hua as soon as she came out and Xue Hua sat down to continue starting the fire.

"..." Wei Qingqing pouted but didn't say anything. She turned around and ran back to change her mother's clothes.

"...You, is this how you bully my daughter?" Wei Jianguo's expression turned somewhat unfriendly again.

"Hehe, how could I be bullying you? Disciplining your wife is a right that every man should have. Are you usually afraid of my mother?" Yang Ming said with a wicked smile in a low voice.

You can't say that out loud, lest your mother-in-law hear you.

"Who? Who's afraid? If I say one, she never dares to say two. If I say go east, she absolutely dares not go west..." Wei Jianguo immediately straightened his back and said in a rough voice, "Old Xue, I'm thirsty, pour me a cup of tea."

"Can't you see I'm busy? Hurry up and come over and make me a couple of dishes..." Xue Hua's voice came out.

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm coming, I'm coming..." Wei Jianguo immediately ran into the house with a scurry scurry.

"..." Yang Ming was speechless.

The dinner was quite lavish, with golden-brown pancakes covered in a crispy layer of potstickers, the ends dipped in fish soup—it all looked incredibly appetizing.

Small fish, coated in batter, were deep-fried until golden brown. A large pot of them simmered, each one standing upright, filling a big bowl. There was also a good amount of thick broth, and a few light side dishes to cleanse the palate. Anyone who got tired of the salty food could just have a bite of the side dishes.

"Hehe, it's so quiet here..." Wei Jianguo sat cross-legged on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), broke off a piece of flatbread and dipped it in the fish soup. "Unlike the city, where all you hear is the sound of engines all day long."

It is said that when flatbread is soaked in fish soup, the texture is just like fish roe.

"After we retire, let's find a small mountain village, buy a courtyard house, and live in seclusion," Xue Hua said.

"Mom, you can live with us from now on," Wei Qingqing said.

"Yes, we can build you a house. We have plenty of space. In our backyard, there's a 70-year lease," Yang Ming said.

"Hmph, we're not going to live with you guys." Wei Jianguo dipped the flatbread repeatedly in the fish soup until it was slightly soggy before eating it. "We're planning to buy a piece of land in Liu Family Village next to your village and build a couple of houses. Hehe, your parents are planning the same thing..."

"Huh?" Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing were both stunned.

"You've all come to the mountains, so what about our house?" Wei Qingqing asked.

"What? What to do? Let it appreciate in value or rent it out." Xue Hua picked up two side dishes: "Zhang Yang and Fangfang are also moving to the mountains. They've already found a place, not far from your house. They discussed it with Zheng Dabao during the National Day holiday."

"Huh?" Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing were once again stunned.

"What? You think we're lying to you? Tomorrow, Zhang Yang and Fangfang will bring a construction team over. I heard they're going to build a two-story house," Wei Jianguo said.

"They don't want to work anymore?" Wei Qingqing found it unbelievable.

"What kind of work? Originally, the couple planned to build a mountain village villa and stay here for a couple of days during holidays. But Fangfang was fired by her company, and Zhang Yang's job wasn't doing well either. He hadn't been paid for several months, so he quit. Plus, they made some money fishing at sea, so they decided to move to the mountains." Xue Hua said, picking up a small fish.

"You mean they had this plan during the National Day holiday? They weren't exactly wealthy back then, were they?" Yang Ming frowned.

In Yang Ming's opinion, although Zhang Yang and Sun Fangfang made some money selling ginseng, they shouldn't have squandered it. The mountain village villa was purely for leisure, and they would only stay there a few days a year. Building it would have been a pure waste of luxury.

"You didn't know?" Wei Jianguo and Xue Hua looked incredulous.

"What's wrong?" Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing exchanged a glance, both looking puzzled.

"Zhang Yang and Fangfang have made a fortune. During the National Day holiday, they went into the mountains every day and dug up three wild ginseng roots, which they sold for 800 million yuan," Xue Hua said with some envy.

"them……"

Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing were both incredulous. They never expected that these two would dig up three more wild ginseng roots. Weren't they just too lucky?

"I heard what happened? Zhang Yang dug up a thousand-year-old ginseng at first. After they went back, they asked some knowledgeable people, and it turned out that the thousand-year-old ginseng must have produced at least a thousand ginseng fruits in the past thousand years. Even if not all of them sprouted, there must have been quite a few. The two of them figured that if there was a thousand-year-old ginseng, there might be other ginsengs around. So, the two of them came back to dig, and they actually dug up three. I heard that one was a hundred years old and the other two were three hundred years old," Xue Hua said.

"That sounds pretty legendary..." Yang Ming exclaimed.

"It is indeed quite legendary." Wei Qingqing nodded.

"Alright, let's eat..." Wei Jianguo broke off another piece of flatbread and soaked it in the fish soup.

"By the way, where's your daughter? I haven't met her yet, have I?" Xue Hua suddenly remembered her daughter and son-in-law's goddaughter. Last time they came, Yang Ming and the others were in a hurry to pick up the little one to catch the train, so they didn't let her meet the little one.

"They're at their house..." Yang Ming said.

"We haven't eaten much yet. Go and call her over so we can see her..." Wei Jianguo nodded to his daughter.

"Sigh!" Wei Qingqing put down her chopsticks and ran out.

Before long, Wei Qingqing came over with Xiao Bao'er in her hand.

"Baby, these are your grandparents..." Yang Ming introduced to the little guy.

"I have grandparents..." Xiao Bao'er was a little shy. The key was that Wei Jianguo and Xue Hua were both teachers, and they carried an air of authority. This authority might not work for others, but it was absolutely nuclear-level for elementary school students. Besides, Xiao Bao'er had grandparents.

"Pfft..." Xue Hua covered her mouth and laughed as she looked at the little guy's serious yet timid expression.

"Hehe..." Wei Jianguo chuckled as well.

"These are my godmother's parents..." Yang Ming explained from the side.

"Hello Grandma, hello Grandpa..." Little Bao finally called out.

"Hey hey hey..." Wei Jianguo nodded happily.

"Alright, alright, your name is Bao'er, right? Come sit next to Grandma and let's eat together." Xue Hua smiled and waved to her.

"Oh..." Xiao Bao'er responded, took off her shoes, climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed), and sat down next to Xue Hua.

"Bao'er might not like pancakes, I'll go get her a bowl of rice..." Wei Qingqing smiled and scooped a bowl of rice for Bao'er from outside; it was still warm.

So the five of them started eating.

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