My 1995 Small Farm

“This old boar is really good. He also knows how to protect the pig pen in the village and doesn’t let them eat and drink in the village in vain.”

"That's good. Last time I was guarding the pig pen at the threshing floor and killed an old wolf."

　　　…”

“Let’s not talk about the wild boar for now. The dogs of the Fugui family are so powerful, but they don’t seem to be in a hurry. I didn’t hear a dog barking in the rest of the night.”

"Yes, yes, it's quite strange. I only heard wolves howling in the middle of the night, but not a single bark of dogs. And... the dog from the Fugui family, as well as the dogs in the village, except for the mud on their feet, there was also no sound on their bodies. It looks like he’s been in a fight.”

In the southwest corner of the village, on the dirt road outside the door of Er Mao Lu's house, the villagers stood on the dirt road where the road was slightly dry after the rain and discussed.

far away.

 Chen Ling, Wang Lixian, Chen Dazhi, as well as some young people and Chen Xiaoer who joined in the fun, a large group of people came back with a large group of dogs.

Although Chen Ling understands his two dogs relatively well, he still doesn't understand animal language, so he still has to go and see them on the spot.

 “How are you, Fugui?”

 “After reading it, it was a wolf that caused the trouble.”

 Chen Ling was quite surprised when he was called over. Why was there not much noise at night? He could only hear the howling of wolves in the mountains, but not the barking of dogs in the village.

After walking around for a while, I discovered that it was a wolf coming down the mountain that had a fight with an old wild boar.

After alarming the two Hei Wa, Hei Wa and Xiao Jin were scared away and there was no fight at all.

Wang Lixian also said at this time: "The wolves came down the mountain. When Heiwa and Xiaojin came over, they were scared away... Otherwise, with the temper of Heiwa and Xiaojin, it would be unreasonable not to bite a few to death." .”

 The rest of the people also echoed.

The two big dogs raised by Chen Ling's family are very powerful. They have seen it with their own eyes.

　　When there was a wolf disaster last winter, when they were only half a year old, they dared to lead the pack of dogs to chase the wolves, pounce on them and bite them.

 Let alone now.

 “So, they slipped away quite quickly.”

“They are running away so fast, I can’t figure it out. The mountains are so lively this year, how can we miss a bite for them to eat? Why do they start running down the mountain before winter?”

“Yes, this is quite strange. Donkey, tell me, did your Xiaochao see anything else when he was hunting wolves in Laohewan that day?”

“No, I didn’t see anything. There was just that old wolf walking around there.”

Wang Wenchao said with a confused look on his face: "Fifth Grandpa, you ask this, are you afraid that the wolf from the mountain will come down to take revenge?"

“Well, that’s what I thought in my heart.” Wang Laishun frowned.

It’s rare to have two years of peace and quiet. This year we have a bumper harvest and there are more prey in the mountains. Why do we encounter wolves running down the mountain?

“Laishun, if you think so, you might as well say that we go to the mountains to look for wild fruits all day long, are we offending those beasts?”

 An old man shouted loudly.

 It is Wang Laishun's brother Wang Laiyun.

 “Hey, that makes sense.”

“Well, wolves are indeed more vengeful than anything else. They don’t say a word when they see you going to their territory during the day, but they quietly come to harm you at night.

 It makes you unable to defend yourself. "

“Fourth uncle, do you think so too?”

It turns out that it was Fourth Grandpa Chen Gannian who spoke. He has become more confused in the past six months, and everyone knows that he knew a lot before.

Not only do I know a lot, I have experienced a lot, my cultural level is higher than most people in the village, and I was a teacher for a while.

“Well, I do think so. Sometimes wolves are quite bad, but sometimes if you don’t mess with them, they won’t mess with you either.

 Before there was a reservoir in our village, there was a big lake here. We were still young at that time, and there was a big bamboo forest around Laohe Bend...

There are wolves living there.

There is a wolf den. The big wolf gave birth to four little wolves in total.

People in the village know that there are wolves living there, and many people have seen it and walked around it during the day.

The wolf did not go to the village to harm the chickens, ducks and livestock...

 Don’t mess with anyone.

 The wolf pup grows very fast, changing his appearance every day.

 The big wolf is usually invisible during the day, but the little wolf always crawls out to play.

There was a playful teenage boy in the village who went to Laohewan to play. He saw the wolf cub coming out of the bamboo forest, so he took the wolf cub home.

 This is a big deal.

 When the big wolf saw that the child was gone, he came to the village every night and barked.

At that time, the houses in each house were very dilapidated. People were poor and had no money to repair their houses. Some families could not even live in their adobe houses... I would hear the wolf howling outside the window at night. It was so scary and terrifying.

People in the village are surprised that this wolf used to be quite peaceful, but now it keeps running into the village at night.

Sigh, it’s all those cubs’ fault. They captured the little wolf cub and hid it in the vegetable cellar for fear that the adults would find out.

But the wolf refused to leave until he could find his child.

 Still calling every night.

Those cubs were also scared, so they wanted to throw the little wolf cub out and let him go.

Who knows, by this time it will be too late to throw it out.

  Why?

This wolf eats meat. The cubs have to eat meat after they are weaned. It is not okay to feed them leftovers like puppies.

As a result, after being locked up in the cellar for a few days, the little thing was probably afraid of being separated from his mother, so he starved to death without eating or drinking.

This frightened the bear cubs, and they quickly threw the lifeless little wolf cubs into the manure pit.

I thought it would stink if I threw it in. The big wolf would never be found again, and the adults in the family didn’t know they had caught the little wolf.

Too.

 That night, the big wolf came and barked for half the night.

 I really haven’t been here in the past few days.

 It's like knowing that its four children are dead..."

The fourth grandfather was old after all. After talking for a while, his mouth became dry and he stopped to drink water while holding a cup full of tea stains.

“What happened next? Then the wolf never came back?”

The villagers didn't respond after hearing this, but Chen Xiaoer and the others couldn't help it and asked eagerly.

“How is that possible? They say wolves hold grudges.”

 Chen Gannian chuckled: "In less than half a month, just in time for the wheat harvest and the farmers to be busy, the wolf brought a large group of wolves into the village at night. At that time, it was hot and they slept outside the house.

 In the latter half of the night, people also slept deeply.

So many wolves entered the village that the dogs did not dare to bark.

  Quietly, he bit those little bears to death and dragged them away. "

　　"Draged away? Did...eat?"

“They were all bitten to death, so why not just eat them? The remaining bones are in the wheat fields outside the village.”

"this…"

"Hey, don't tell me, those wolves are reasonable. They will take revenge on anyone who offends them. Except for those restless children who were bitten to death, no one else, not even the adults in their family, were hurt. .”

"...I think we heard some of what my fourth uncle said when we were kids. They all said not to mess with the wolf in the mountains, and they also talked about the wolf's bastard, which one is more scary."

 Some of the older villagers also started talking.

 Chen Xiaoer and the others are still a little confused.

Especially the bosses, who frowned and asked, "Then why didn't you think of driving the wolf away in the first place? It would have been better if we had driven the wolf away."

“Then I don’t know why no one was chasing wolves back then. We were still young at that time, so I don’t know what the adults thought.”

Chen Gannian shook his head, "When I talk about this, I'm just talking about the wolf. Sometimes it's not entirely the fault of the wolf. It's us people who offend them from time to time. The key is that some people do it, such as Some naughty boys hid it from the adults at home, so no one knew what was going on, and something had to happen in the end."

When Wang Laishun heard this, he quickly told everyone: "Ask your children when you get home, and don't let anything like this happen again."

“No, definitely not. It’s just now that the kids dare to go to the mountains. Besides, even if the kids go to the mountains, they can’t go as deep as us.”

“Yes, yes, they just get off school at noon and go for a walk, or they go on Sunday, and they follow Zhenzhen on Sunday, both with their dogs, so they can’t run far.”

　　　…”

The adults are all talking, and you and I are right. The children of this generation in the village are much better than the previous ones.

 Mainly because there are so many things to play with.

I can ride a bicycle and go to Chen Ling’s house to watch TV. Chen Ling’s dog is also more fun than the wolf.

 Others, the best is to beat monkeys, dig out bird's nests, or imitate adults in laying traps.

There is really nothing too dangerous.

"That's probably the business of the adults. When the adults were picking fruits in the mountains, they somehow provoked the wolves, and they ran down the mountain... From now on, bring more guns with you when you go into the mountains. Everyone should bring it with them, and try not to be left alone..." Wang Laishun finally said this.

As for whether this guess is rather hasty, there is nothing wrong with it just in case, to protect everyone's personal safety.

 Then he looked at Chen Ling, who had been listening to the story and grooming the dog without saying a word.

"Fugui, what do you think? There are a lot of strange things going on this year. As you said last time, you encountered a lot of strange things alone in the mountains."

 Chen Ling just smiled: "I think this year's situation, it's good to be safe. Even if everyone just wants to pick more fruits, don't be too greedy.

It gets dark early in the mountains and you can't see anything clearly. Sometimes the place you walk in is quite deep.

If you provoke a wolf or something, then it's really possible. "

“Well, Fugui said the same thing, so let’s be careful in the future. Even if we go deeper, we’ll wait for more people to join in.”

"Yeah."

“You can’t compete anymore. Who can win more will earn more. It’s not a joke if someone loses his life.”

　　　…”

 Speaking of which, Chen Ling, Wang Lixian and a few young people who often ran into the mountains knew it was a wolf from the footprints on the other side of Laohewan.

Exactly why these wolves came down the mountain is still speculation.

There was no other way. The injured male wild boar ran away after someone came out at dawn.

 At first, it was still wandering near the Earth Temple, but as more and more people came, it wandered further and further away.

 Otherwise, if you look at what’s going on with it, you’ll probably gain something new.

 Chen Ling has no intention of worrying about this.

  Anyway, I have to go to the mountains again in two days.

 But Wu Fei’s daughter-in-law and the lesbians from the Journey to the West crew are very entangled.

I have been thinking about what Grandpa Fourth said, saying that wolves are pitiful and bears are bad.

He said that if those little bears hadn’t secretly taken away the little wolf, nothing would have happened.

Maybe the wolf and the villagers can get along well.

 Finally, they discussed with each other whether wolves or humans are bad.

 There is no way, some educated people are like this and think too much.

They think too much and they think in the wrong place.

 I didn’t even consider the social environment at that time. At that time, before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, people were so poor that they often didn’t have enough to eat.

I'm hungry, let alone a wolf. When I saw the giant panda, I ate giant pandas. When I saw a tiger eat tiger, I caught what to eat.

There is no need to think about who is good and who is bad.

 …

 The rain stopped and the thick fog cleared.

 The little sheep came, but he didn’t drive the car because it was muddy after the rain.

　　 came here on a bicycle.

Brought Sun Yanhong’s request, saying that when the weather gets cold, all the pots Chen Ling mentioned before can be served.

 Chafing pot, hanging pot, iron stew pot, it doesn’t matter how many types or variations there are, as long as it’s a soup pot.

After the weather gets cold, the food cools down quickly, so a hot pot is more suitable for winter.

 Correspondingly, the demand for various types of game is also gradually increasing.

 Among other things, hares, pheasants, and the recently introduced bamboo rats are all relatively popular.

Although bamboo rat is not named after bamboo rat, it is known as wild lamb or special venison.

Otherwise, some people don’t like it, thinking that bamboo rats are also a type of mice and are very unappetizing.

Anyway, Sun Yanhong is very adaptable.

 It has become very prosperous in game.

"You go to the village and tell me. I'm going to the mountains in the next two days and I don't have time to do anything else."

“Also, you can just come and take these fish away when the road dries up.”

After giving instructions to the little sheep, Chen Ling went back to check on the leopard's condition.

 A lot of insects were discharged.

But my spirits finally improved.

When he saw Chen Ling coming in with the dog, he cowered in the corner of the cage in fear.

 Chen Ling ignored it, fed it another meal of deworming medicine, changed the cat litter, and went to clean up the feces in the animal pen.

 Then I pickled salted eggs and selected chili peppers with my mother-in-law and the others.

The father-in-law went out to herd cattle and sheep, and took the children to play around.

 There is no need for Chen Ling to take care of anything else.

For example, the pack horses that Yu Qian left here and the sika deer that he captured were fed by the children in the village after school.

　　　Little Ma Xiaolu is liked by children, and they care about this more than Chen Ling himself.

 The pigeons are also carried around by two bald men.

 You don’t need to pay much attention to the little white cow and the little green horse.

 When he was happy, he would follow Wang Cunye to herd the cows and sheep. When he was not interested, he would come back and lie down, or he might come to Chen Ling's neighborhood to make some noise, have a bubble, and feel his presence.

Apart from the fact that there was a wolf coming down the mountain in the village today, Chen Ling and his family were very happy.

 Wang Susu can be considered to be pregnant.

 When it was warm at noon, Chen Ling washed her hair and cooked a sumptuous lunch.

He also heated up the roast chicken that Zhou Weijun bought from the market and put it out to eat.

“I rarely eat roast chicken, and I was reluctant to spend money on it before, so I could only eat it when I took the train to school.

 The roast chicken eaten on the train is the most delicious.

My uncle works at the train station. When I took the train to go to school in Bei'an, he would buy my ticket every time, send me to the train, and give me a roast chicken to eat on the way.

Later on, when I started working, I traveled a lot and ate a lot. I even forgot what roast chicken tasted like. "

This was Wu Fei talking. The middle-aged man was holding a chicken stand and chewing on it. He actually choked up: "As soon as I ate this roast chicken today, I was completely stunned. It was the first roast chicken my uncle bought for me. , this is what it tastes like.”

“Okay, okay, I didn’t drink either. Why am I still drunk? There’s so much nonsense.”

 Chen Xiaoer picked up the fish with chopsticks for him: "Eat quickly, there are still so many people coming to eat."

“Hahaha, Brother Fei is also a sweetheart. You two also want to raise dogs, right? I’ll have someone bring you two.”

Chen Ling smiled.

Of course these two are not here to make a living.

 Wang Susu is out of confinement, and she came with her mother-in-law to have a look.

When he arrived, Chen Ling's family had already finished lunch, and he was washing his hair with Wang Susu.

They don’t mind having leftovers, so they started to make a fuss as soon as they sat down.

“Yes, let’s catch two. They are the dogs in the factory owned by the Bobcat brothers, right?”

 “Yes, the second brother is really smart, no wonder everyone praises you for being so smart.”

“Go, go, go, Wu Fei said you want to go to the mountains again?”

“Holy shit, yes, Brother Fei, how did you know, I didn’t even tell anyone.”

"I must have said it, you forgot, I heard it at Brother Lixian's house."

Wu Fei's mood had stabilized and he glanced at Chen Ling.

"Oh, yes, I told Bo Ming in the morning, hey, you two, please be quiet. I haven't told Su Su about this yet. She has just given birth and I don't know how to open my mouth."

Chen Ling lowered his voice and said.

It is indeed a bit inappropriate for my daughter-in-law to run into the mountains on her own right after her confinement.

But all said and done, things have come to an end and it’s time for him to go to the mountains.

 Let’s just say that the leopard cannot be kept at home for long.

Not to mention that things in the mountains also touched his heartstrings.

Since it is clear that leopards are going to be released into the mountains, wouldn’t it be a waste not to take this opportunity to go for a walk in the mountains?

Moreover, if the wolves didn’t stop coming down the mountain last night, as a member of the village, he would have to go sooner or later.