My 1995 Small Farm

 “Rabbit swims in water?”

Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, then took a closer look. Sure enough, it was a grass-yellow hare kicking its hind legs very fast on the river, splashing circles of water, and swishing toward the west.

 Because the east side is full of "monsters" that are not easy to deal with, it has to flee to the west.

“Sister-in-law Xiufen once said that seeing a sacred rabbit crossing the river is a good sign and brings good luck!”

 Wang Susu said excitedly.

 Chen Ling was speechless when he heard this explanation.

　　When my daughter-in-law got Sister Xiufen's medical book, she said it was very impressive.

Now I actually believe what this rabbit said.

 No way, sometimes women just believe this.

The same goes for this rabbit. If you don’t scare it, it will be stupid and jump into the river.

He and Zhao Dahai not only saw rabbits swimming when it rained heavily in summer, but also saw rabbits barking.

 It was nothing more than thunder and heavy rain, which flooded the rabbit's nest and made it frightened.

When Chen Ling was speechless, Wang Susu had already pulled her son to her side: "Ruirui, don't scare the rabbit anymore."

Ruirui was still struggling, calling Jin Jin to go too, and wanted Xiao Jin to rush into the river too.

 Xiao Jin is not as naive as Hei Wa.

Although it is close to children and dotes on its little master, it will not listen to his blind instructions.

 Suddenly, Ruirui stopped struggling.

 Looking into the distance, he shouted: "Dad, tiger."

 Chen Ling turned around and saw Ah Fu and Ah Shou running over from the foot of the mountain in the distance.

 It seems that I have had enough fun in the mountains and have eaten enough.

 “You brat, you can see quite far.”

“He has very sharp eyes. A small button fell off Sister Du Juan’s hat. We searched for it for a long time and couldn’t find it, but he saw it at a glance.

 Hey, what about the rabbit? Why did it disappear in the blink of an eye? "

 The little daughter-in-law is still thinking about the rabbit swimming in the water.

 …

Farmers have few free months, and even early winter is hard for farmers.

 Plant trees, collect firewood, and store fodder for livestock for the winter.

 Perhaps basket weaving, weaving, mat weaving, broom binding... can last from early winter to February of the next year.

 That’s how a year’s worth of farm tools come from.

Although Chen Ling and his wife were leisurely, they did not forget about making reed mats.

 Reed mats have many uses.

  It is used for livestock sheds, vegetable cellars, and in a few days it will also be used to build a large shed.

They were a family of three on the river bank, grazing cattle and looking at where the reeds grew well and where the reeds were shallow and easy to cut.

 Wang Susu is indeed bored at home for a long time.

 At first, I thought Ruirui was being naughty and noisy, always causing trouble to Ah Fu, Ah Shou and the two dogs.

But soon, without Ruirui's instigation, the little green horse, a big scourge, defiantly jumped into the river with two big dogs to surround and suppress this rogue horse.

 Wang Susu made Wang Susu laugh out loud. Following Ruirui, the two women shouted together, cheering for Heiwa, Xiaojin and the others.

 The playfulness and liveliness before childbirth finally appeared again on her face.

The little green horse found that no one supported it, and was very angry and sad.

I was no longer in the mood to play in the river, so I ran back to the shore gloomily, lay down in front of Chen Ling, closed my eyes, and kicked my four legs straight...

 It seems to be saying, no one of you can help me, I am so sad that I am going to die.

 Chen Ling didn't know the temper of this little green horse. Even though it was a mare, it still had a tomboy personality, and was also quirky and full of bad ideas.

 But he still pretended to comfort it.

 Then after it stood up, he pushed it into the river with force.

How can ordinary people have this strength, that is, Chen Ling.

The little green horse was unprepared, but was pushed into the water by Chen Ling. It felt that it had been favored by its owner. Not only was it not angry, but it bared its big white teeth, shook its head and mane, and proudly rushed towards Ah Fu, Ah Shou and the two dogs. Showing off, he looks so mean, his tail is almost swung into the sky.

They couldn't bear it either. They made a series of cat-like meows and trotted to Chen Ling through the water, asking him to play with them too.

Upon seeing this, Ruirui ran over quickly, stretched out her little arms and stamped her feet to scare them and stop them.

Afu and Ashou are not afraid of others, but they are really afraid of this little baby.

Suddenly stopped, not daring to go ashore. He looked up at Chen Ling helplessly, and his screams became even more pitiful.

 For a time, the river beach became bustling with activity.

The three of them had a lot of fun, together with tigers and dogs, as well as a large group of goats and pack horses.

Those who raise cattle in the village dare not bring their cattle to the river beach to let them go.

 That’s exactly how no one bothers me.

 On the contrary, it made their family of three more attractive.

And there are no very tall crops in the farmland this season. People can see them as long as they walk to the village entrance of the reservoir dam.

Today, Mr. He Jiawen from Capital Normal University happened to be here with his colleagues for inspection.

 Colleagues are full of curiosity about this small mountain village.

They agreed that it would be better to do things sooner rather than later, so they immediately canceled the two-week course and organized a group to come over.

　　It was a journey by boat and by a carriage carrying wild fruits, and the journey was dusty.

  Can't sleep well.

 In short, the hard work of traveling and traveling in these years is very tiring, and everyone is very lack of energy.

However, after getting off the boat, riding on a horse-drawn carriage and donkey cart, and listening to the stories of the mountain people delivering wild fruits, they immediately felt no sleepiness at all and became more energetic.

 Listening to what they told about the deeds of Chen Wangzhuang and Chen Ling, I always felt like I was listening to a folk tale with a strong fantasy color.

However, by coincidence, we just arrived at the entrance of the village and got off the carriage at the dam.

I saw the scene on the beach of Laohewan from a distance.

 For a time, everyone except He Jiawen was stunned.

 Let’s not talk about the livestock and poultry, there is nothing surprising about them.

 The key thing is that the two big tigers are actually playing with people honestly.

 It’s just that the distance is still a bit far. They couldn't see clearly. It seemed like two tigers were being chased by a child and a dog.

 Screaming and running vigorously along the river beach.

 "Lao He, this...this, this..."

 A teacher turned to look at He Jiawen, his lips trembling as he said "here" for a long time, but he couldn't figure out why.

 These days are no better than those of later generations.

 In later generations of zoos, tigers and lions will develop some clinging and coquettish behaviors if they stay with people for a long time.

 But at this time.

 It’s just overthinking.

 Even zoos still focus on animal taming.

 In many cases, they even have to rely on themselves to perform, go to various appearances, and earn their own food expenses.

 The relationship between people and these beasts has always been tense.

 So when outsiders see the Chen Ling family for the first time, they will naturally be surprised.

“Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, Lao He, let’s get closer and take a look over there. This young man seems to have some different abilities. He has so many pets, and they are all so obedient.”

"What kind of pets? Many of them are raised for meat. He likes to eat fried quail, so he raised wild quails and bred a bunch of them. He also likes to eat their local yellow beef, so he raised a few cows, and ...Have you forgotten what I told you about this guy leading people to catch wild geese at night?"

"Huh? He has been raised for a long time and he is so obedient. Why is he still willing to kill him?"

He Jiawen was stunned for a moment when he was asked. Then he wanted to say something, but felt that he couldn't describe it, so he had to shake his head: "...Tsk, you don't understand. I can't explain this to you in one or two sentences. Anyway, what he eats , it’s different from something that’s really raised as a companion, you’ll know after living in the village for a while.”

 In fact, what he wanted to say was that Chen Ling Yang was treated as a family member who was very smart and very humane.

But I feel that these two words still don’t describe it well.

 In short, it is different from those raised for meat, and it is very different.

 Colleagues feel that they are being ignored.

But I was anxious to go to Laohewan to see the situation of Chen Ling and Tiger, so I didn't bother to ask any more questions.

However, go down along the dam, to the west, along the edge of the village until you reach the southwest corner of the village entrance outside Er Mao Lu's house.

 They feel that their eyesight is not enough.

I just felt that my sight was looking northward, after crossing a large wheat field and two steep slopes, there were dots of yellow flowers on the hillside further away, like a ground covered with golden sand.

They are all veterans who have studied animals and plants for many years. Even if they do not come to the countryside often, they are well aware of all kinds of animals and plants in the countryside.

 You don’t need to get close to know that the yellow flowers are wild chrysanthemums.

 “With the climate here, how come there are still so many wild chrysanthemums?”

“You don’t know this. If you come early, you can still see platycodon flowers. When you walk into the mountains, many hillsides are covered with blue patches, which are much prettier than these chrysanthemums.”

“By the way, we also heard a story about platycodon and ginseng, which was told by little brother Chen and his father-in-law. It was quite interesting.”

 He Jiawen laughed and told the story.

The other teachers were listening and looking around.

 This is an ordinary mountain village, but it is full of vitality everywhere.

 When you come from the dam on the east side, you can see patches of ponds in the fields. On the west side, there are no ponds on the fields, but you can see stunning mountain scenery from a distance.

The colors of the mountain forest are layer by layer, from golden at the foot of the mountain, to fiery red on the mountainside, to half yellow and half green above the mountainside, and finally to green at the top of the mountain...

 The colors are clearly layered, yet extremely harmonious.

 The wind often blows through the mountains, which makes it even more beautiful at this time.

 Falling leaves are scattered one after another, falling diagonally from the branches.

The scene was simply picturesque.

 You can see different beautiful scenery in almost any direction you look.

 People can’t help but admire in their hearts.

He Jiawen saw that his colleagues were restrained.

 He was obviously not from this village, but for some reason he suddenly felt a little proud.

He said with a smile: "It's a pity that you didn't come in autumn. It is more beautiful at that time. According to the locals, the autumn leaves have different colors in the morning, middle and evening. The mountain scenery changes three times a day, sometimes even more than three times."

When the autumn wind blows, unlike now, a lot of leaves will fall. At that time, the leaves swayed, and the color of the entire mountain became a river of natural pigments.

 Flowing with the wind, colorful. "

At the end of his sentence, he smacked his lips again: "Forget it, you haven't been here before. You can't just rely on me to say it with my mouth. You can't realize how beautiful it is."

This sentence immediately aroused public outrage, and colleagues felt that he was deliberately showing off.

　　What I was about to say.

 The noise of people came from behind.

“What’s wrong with you being the branch secretary? What’s so great about you being the branch secretary?

You don’t care about things that you should take care of, and you take care of things that you shouldn’t take care of. Just say that my tree is bothering you...

 The leader wants to cut him off? The leader is shit.

 You are worse than a dog fed by a wealthy family! "

　　It was a man from a family at the entrance of the village, pointing at Wang Laishun's nose and scolding him.

Wang Laishun choked a few words with a dark face, and the man waved his fist and was about to hit him.

Someone from Lao Wang’s family stepped forward to stop him.

The man turned around and went to touch the bricks.

The teachers looked confused: "What's going on? Are the villagers fighting with their village party secretary?"

He Jiawen also frowned.

At this moment, several dogs barked from the distant slope, and a black dog with white hair on its chest rushed over, leading a pack of wolfishly large dogs.

While running, barking loudly.

 As soon as the dogs set out.

 There was also movement on the other side of Laohewan.

First, two more majestic dogs rushed out of the river, jumped on a big rock near the river beach, and looked here from a distance to check the situation.

 Followed by a green horse and two tigers.

Two tigers are a bit safer.

That green horse is a good thing. After rushing out of the river, it ran towards here non-stop.

The more the man behind him shouted, the faster it ran.

This scene once again stunned all the teachers: ‘Here, what is going on in this village? ! '(End of chapter)