My 1995 Small Farm

 The weather is good.

Everyone had a nice lunch and continued working in the greenhouse in the afternoon.

 The vegetable greenhouse only occupies two acres.

 After the greenhouse is built, it will take up a lot of space.

But there are not enough people to support it. Even if the villagers are not all good at farming, they can still do a simple job like growing vegetables easily.

It’s only two acres of land. If the leaders hadn’t come to join in the fun in the morning, they would have finished it long ago.

In the afternoon, the leaders went to watch Chen Ling pick out horse hooves, and they quickly finished planting vegetables.

 The next step is to dig diversion trenches and trenches.

 The diversion ditch is used for irrigating vegetables and is relatively narrow.

 The ditch is for fish farming, so it should be wider.

Chen Ling simply drew the drawings and asked Wang Lixian to direct the villagers how to dig.

 In fact, it was Chen Ling who was responsible for digging the ditch and how to dig it.

 Unexpectedly, something went wrong with the packhorse.

 If your own animals are sick, this must not be postponed.

After Chen Ling had eaten, he picked up the tool box and led the packhorse and the young green horse to the river.

Wuyang Wuyang was followed by a large group of people, and they were muttering along the way.

These people have never seen a horse being treated, and they are very curious.

Chen Ling doesn't care about these people who come to join in the fun.

Just holding the horse, calling out to Ruirui and Datou who were running around in front from time to time.

 Arrived at the river.

The little green horse took small steps to graze on the **** very consciously and obediently.

Of course, the sleepiness is superficial. If you look carefully, the way it lowers its head to eat grass while darting its eyes back and forth shows that this guy is still restless.

 The packhorse was honest and silent from beginning to end.

 After arriving at the river, he stood quietly next to Chen Ling, except that the sick foot on the right rear was pointing to the ground, just like a person standing on tiptoes.

 No wonder Mr. Wu and others said that the packhorse's posture was quite ladylike.

 This is really what it looks like.

  It's just because there's something wrong with the hoof.

 Chen Ling first circled around the pack horse, found a suitable position, put down the tool box on the side of the pack horse's injured leg, and picked out the hoof trimmer and iron shears.

Ruirui and Datou felt strange when they saw this, so they babbled and ran towards Chen Ling.

 Old Wu was close, and this old man was faster than the two little kids.

“Master, what do you want to do? I’ll help you…”

“It’s okay to start with me. You can hand me the tools later.”

 Chen Ling smiled cheerfully at the old apprentice, raised his head and waved to Yu Qi'an and a young man from Shengtai: "Qi'an, Xiao Wang, you two come here, Qi'an, hold the reins, Xiao Wang, please help depending on the situation."

The two people came over, and Yu Qian asked strangely: "What's going on? Such an honest packhorse, are you still afraid of it making trouble?"

Chen Ling rolled his eyelids: "This horse's hoof is rotten. It will definitely hurt if I dig it open. Who knows if it will go crazy if it hurts."

Mr. Wu was a good apprentice and came over in a hurry: "Ah? Master, if you are so close to the pack horse, what should you do if it hurts and kicks you?"

This is exactly what many leaders wanted to ask, and they all looked over with curiosity.

 Secretary Zhang also said hurriedly: "Yes, Xiao Chen, it is too dangerous for you to be so close to the pack horse... How about we find a place to tie its hooves and then treat it?"

As he spoke, he walked over and said to Ruirui and Ruirui: "Good boy, you two come over quickly, let me go play over there."

Chen Ling said with a smile: "It's okay. This horse kicks straight back. If you stand directly behind to trim its hooves, you might get kicked by it. If I stand on the side of it, it will be fine. It's like this The hooves will not turn around and kick people.

 If it were a cow, he would stand directly behind.

This cow can only kick sideways, not backwards. "

Everyone suddenly said: "Ah? So that's it!"

 They rarely come to the countryside and have little contact with livestock, so how would they know these things.

 Friends from Hong Kong and Taiwan are even more eye-catching and find this difference very interesting.

 Chen Ling waved his hand: "Come on, come on, let's start. Mr. Wu, please cover your nose. This horse's hooves dig out and it stinks."

Mr. Wu also imitated Chen Ling and waved his hand: "Master, you underestimate me. I suffered a lot when I was young. A little odor is nothing."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Ling quickly grabbed the hoof on the right rear of the packhorse and pulled the shoe off...

 ‘Plop’.

 As soon as the shoe was pulled off, red pus and blood spurted out.

Then white pus also flowed out along the edge of the hoof.

A foul smell also hit my nose.

Mr. Wu’s face instantly turned green.

With a "vomit" sound, he covered his nose and stumbled back several steps, and then began to cough violently.

Yu Qi'an also screamed strangely: "I'll go, how long have these hoofs been broken? Why are they so smelly?"

But he was afraid that the horse would go crazy in pain, so he still held on to the reins tightly and wouldn't let go.

 “Dad, stinky.”

Ruirui also quickly covered her little nose and pulled her head to hide towards Secretary Zhang and the others.

 The little green horse on the **** suddenly raised its head, twitched its nose twice, and seemed to be extremely shocked.

 Chen Ling had already spread the pus-stained hooves of the packhorse, "Hahaha, what am I talking about? I smelled these hooves before eating. Don't I know how smelly it is?"

“Ugh, Master, uh, this horse’s hoof is broken, why does it smell worse than broken seafood, uh…”

Mr. Wu’s face was still green and he was holding his nose and retching.

Although the old man suffered hardships when he was young, now that he has been enjoying himself for many years, he can still stand such a stench.

"It's not broken, it's not broken, it's only half rotten." Chen Ling said with a smile.

Now that he saw the pus on the packhorse's hoof, he felt relieved.

The packhorse's hoof was indeed rotten, but only a small part of it was rotten.

 The reason is very simple. When shoeing, the skin and flesh inside the horse's hoof are damaged.

 This skin belongs to the dermis of the horse’s hoof.

 Normally, it is protected by horseshoes, and horses often squeeze it when walking, so this layer of skin is relatively tough.

 But when shoeing horses, there is a possibility of injury.

To put it bluntly, when nailing the hoof, the lower nail is not driven in properly, and the hoof nail tilts inward and goes in crookedly.

Generally, if the horse is directly injured by a hoof, the horse will no longer be able to walk after the shoe is shoed. If it is pulled out on the spot, the hoof will bleed directly.

 What I'm most afraid of is the packhorse in front of me.

 When shoeing, the hoof nails must be straight and not crooked. What’s very difficult is that nothing happens at first.

Horses feel no pain.

But the more I walked, the inside became damaged by skewed nails.

The injury is not serious yet, and it will not get worse soon.

 But as time went on, the wounds inside became difficult to heal and gradually expanded, becoming more serious.

 This is why Chen Ling never found any disease in the packhorse's feet.

Cargo horse, pack horse, this horse is bought to carry things.

The people in the mountains have to hold out to transport the goods across three differences.

If you walk frequently and bear weight on your body, the hoof injury will have occurred long ago.

The packhorse had already started limping.

 After arriving at Chen Ling's house, the packhorse felt very comfortable.

 It’s very relaxing to not have to work every day.

In addition, the skin itself is also strong, and even the hooves are rotten and there is no lameness.

 This is what caused the current situation.

Chen Ling picked up two handfuls of withered grass and wiped the pus on the pack horse's hoof. He took the hoof trimmer and dug out and enlarged the small hole with pus on the horse's hoof. After the pus and blood flowed out, the inside was empty. .

 “Tsk, it’s a leaky hoof.”

Mr. Wu covered his nose and came over again: "Master, do you need disinfection? I'll go to the village pharmacy to get it."

 “No, there’s a spare in the toolbox.”

Chen Ling grabbed the horse's hoof with one hand and stretched out the other hand: "Needle, iodine."

 Mr. Wu was very excited after hearing the instructions again, and hurriedly went to look through the tool box.

After finding the iodine, he pumped it into the syringe with a serious look on his face, and then handed it to Chen Ling: "Here, Master."

 Chen Ling found the gesture of this elementary school student very funny, but it was a bit rude to laugh now, so he held back his laughter, picked up the thick needle, and started to rush at the horse's hooves.

 As soon as iodine touches the wound.

The packhorse, which had been so obedient just now, was immediately in pain and began to struggle.

 This little stallion is just different.

He raised his neck, puffed out his nostrils, and screamed "Xilulu".

With a hard shake of his neck, the reins in Yu Qian's hand were pulled out. Yu Qian staggered and almost fell into a dog's head. Xiao Wang next to him didn't even react.

 This packhorse is about to lose control.

And this horse is indeed an outstanding representative of being short and capable.

Short and compact means strong and flexible.

The black draft horse was like this. Chen Ling was still holding on to one of its hoofs. It couldn't break free for a while, and its other hoof actually started to kick people.

 The muscles of the left rear leg trembled, and a hoof flew up with dirt.

 At the same time, the whole body must push forward with force and rush forward.

　　Everyone was so frightened that they screamed and the little kid screamed.

Mr. Wu was behind Chen Ling. When he saw this, he quickly pulled his young master aside.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stretched out his hand and failed to touch Chen Ling, Chen Ling got up and stepped forward, grabbed a horse's leg and lifted it, causing the suddenly crazy packhorse to be overturned to the ground.

The packhorse was actually in pain, not frightened, or for any other reason.

 After being knocked to the ground by Chen Ling, it immediately became sober and honest again.

but…

If the packhorse is honest, the people around it will not be able to calm down.

　　I was just startled by the reaction of the packhorse.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ling suddenly overturned the horse to the ground, leaving them stunned.

 No one knows how to react to such irritating things.

Although I have heard that Chen Ling captured a leopard in the mountains by himself before, I have also seen him hunting the wild boar king, and even killing a large wild boar by himself. There are also news.

 But it is still not as shocking as seeing it with your own eyes.

At this time, Ruirui ran over and kicked the packhorse’s **** with her little feet, “Dad, Ruirui spank it!”

 The dogs in the distance also ran over, barking and rushing over to cheer up their master.

That's called being aggressive.

When Chen Ling saw this, he opened his mouth and shouted: "Go back and stop barking. It was fine at first, but it frightened the horse for a while."

 The group of dogs retreated again with frowning eyes.

This time everyone was amused again.

Yu Qian came back to his senses and raised his big head, and said to everyone: "Don't be surprised, a pack horse is nothing, the rich and powerful can even put two oxen somersaults." (End of this chapter)