My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 283 Wang Susu, who is even more afraid of injections than her son

However, he also had many questions about Heiwa's perplexing behavior.

The den of these two female wolves is in the ravine behind the Wolf-Diao Rock in the North Mountain.

I don't know what he was after, but Heiwa insisted on taking the mother wolf to the back of the local temple.

They even specifically found a place with badger burrows.

I have no idea what it was thinking.

Is he planning to keep a mistress in a secret place?

Or do they want to rebuild the wolf pack?
Damn it, they actually chose a badger's den, making the rendezvous setting quite unique.

But no matter what, we can't let it continue like this.

Wolves are nothing other than that.

If you live too close to the village, you'll encounter more problems.

So when Heiwa returned home that day, Chen Ling repeatedly told him that he could do whatever he wanted with the mother wolf, but he only asked him to do one thing: not to mess around near the village.

Go back to the mountains when it's time to go back to the mountains, go to the wolf's den when it's time to go to the wolf's den.

It's not like it's forbidden to mate with wolves; it doesn't need to sneak around looking for badger burrows.

Heiwa could naturally understand what he was saying.

This simpleton sometimes pretends not to understand, deliberately trying to provoke him, acting like a disobedient little kid, making a fuss and being restless.

Now it's fine, Chen Ling doesn't scold it, he lets it run wild.

Well, that's great. They're obedient now, but they're not going to the local temple anymore.

They moved directly into the wolf's den.

They went out early and returned late every day, and they ruined all the female wolves in the wolf pack.

They subdued all those little she-wolves and made them obedient.

The male wolves in the pack don't really care either.

This is the difference between dogs and wolves.

In a wolf pack, male wolves with mating rights will not seduce other female wolves. They adhere to monogamy and restrict other male wolves in the pack from mating with female wolves.

However, they do not prevent male wolves from outside the pack from mating with female wolves from their own pack.

It is said to be to avoid inbreeding.

Dogs don't have this awareness, or rather, it's very weak.

Therefore, during their mating season, they can mate very freely.

Especially the stray dogs that roam around the village. If those dogs aren't leashed, no one will take care of them when they're in heat. They'll mate with this dog today and that dog tomorrow, it's quite chaotic.

There have even been cases of two male dogs and one female dog mating together at the same time.

It's astonishing.

Of course, it's not impossible for Heiwa to do it this way.

This would at least greatly increase the probability of the female wolf becoming pregnant.

Otherwise, although wolves have two mating seasons each year, spring and autumn, they do not conceive in autumn.

Because if she conceives in the fall, the wolf cubs will be born in the winter.

In winter, food is scarce in the wild, and many times the adult wolves go hungry themselves, let alone have the energy to feed their cubs.

Therefore, people often say that wolves are really too cunning. They deliberately choose to mate in the spring, get pregnant for more than two months, and give birth to their cubs in the summer. This is because they are afraid that people will take their cubs, and they deliberately choose to give birth during the busy farming season.

"Don't worry about not having enough food. Go ahead and try your best. If you get pregnant with several litters of wolf cubs, we can afford to raise them."

After Heiwa returned home after dark, Chen Ling patted its big head to comfort it: "I'll give you an extra meal of wild boar meat today, eat more to replenish your strength. Look how hard you've been working these past two days, you've gotten so thin."

Heiwa, feeling somewhat superior after receiving comfort and reward from Chen Ling, proudly called his little yellow dog and went to the chicken coop and duck pen outside the farm to show off, causing chaos among the chickens and dogs, and even making the sheep bleat in fright.

That's just how dogs are; they can't stay still for more than two minutes.

Only Wang Cunye and his daughter Wang Zhenzhen liked Heiwa's temperament.

After dinner, Wang Cunye led the little white calf back to the village.

Wang Zhenzhen called out from outside, "Heiwa, Heiwa, come out and play with me! More monkeys have come down the mountain to steal corn. Help me teach them a lesson."

Upon hearing this, Heiwa immediately stopped circling around the chickens and ducks and, with his little yellow dog, charged straight from the sunflower field at home towards the distant cornfield.

Seeing this, Wang Zhenzhen hurriedly chased after him, calling out, "Heiwa, Heiwa, wait for me!"

This autumn, the wild things on the mountain were as noisy as a campsite.

In the fields, besides badgers and wild boars, monkeys have also been frequently coming to join in the fun these days.

When Chen Ling went up the mountain to pick wild fruit, he saw monkeys coming down the mountain several times.

They also don't take the usual mountain paths.

When they want to go down the mountain, they jump down from the big trees.

When we reached the foot of the mountain, we jumped from the top of the tallest tree to the lowest branch. Hearing the rustling of the leaves, we knew without a doubt that the monkeys were coming down the mountain to steal corn.

They don't steal much, they slip away quickly, and they hold grudges, so the villagers just ignore them.

This emboldened the wild monkeys to become even more brazen.

Sometimes, when villagers are herding sheep on the hillside, they can see wild monkeys lying on their backs on a nearby slope, picking lice from each other and sunbathing.

However, they are bold, but some people are even bolder than them.

The village children knew that there were wild monkeys outside the village all day long, so without saying a word, they would call their dogs after school and go outside the village to hunt monkeys, forgetting to even eat.

Each student took a stick and a slingshot. Wang Zhenzhen said that Liu Nier and the others would play with mud in class, making hard mud balls of various sizes. They would put them in their desks or on the classroom windowsill to dry, and after school, they would put the dried mud balls into their schoolbags.

Pack your schoolbag and go fight the wild monkeys.

They brought dogs, and some even dug ditches. The dogs helped harass the monkeys, and when the monkeys threw things at them, they would hide in the ditches.

The monkeys, enraged, rushed forward, and the monkeys attacked them with sticks, firecrackers, and slingshots.

The two sides are at war every day.

In the end, even the monkeys couldn't do anything to them. They were so angry that they scratched their ears and cheeks and ran away whenever they saw them. Some of the more timid monkeys were so frightened by the beating that they hid in the trees and didn't dare to come down.

The more frightened the wild monkeys were, the more excited the bear cubs became.

Recently, even Wang Zhenzhen has been going to follow along and fight monkeys after school, forgetting what Chen Ling had said before.

However, with Heiwa and the little yellow dog following along, the wild monkeys were no match for them, and there was no need to worry.

What's truly admirable is Heiwa's boundless energy.

After mating with the mother wolf for most of the day, he still had the energy to go out and cause trouble for the monkey.

With that kind of drive, it wouldn't be right if he didn't mate with the mother wolf and have several litters of wolf pups.

……

It was a fine day, with a gentle autumn breeze blowing, but it was still a bit hot. Before even having breakfast, Heiwa had already run off to the wolf den in the mountains to keep busy.

The rest of the family was quite surprised when they found out that Heiwa and the wolf had become a couple.

Because Heiwa and Xiaojin used to be particularly hostile and sensitive to wolves. Whenever they heard a wolf howling in the mountains from afar, they would quiet down, sniff around, and try to figure out where the wolf was and whether it was coming.

If a wolf is spotted nearby, it becomes even more dangerous; the person will become agitated, their eyes will turn red, and they will feel compelled to fight the wolf.

It's truly astonishing that she's now paired with a wolf.

Fortunately, after a few days, Heiwa didn't change anything and stopped bringing wolves home randomly.

Gradually, everyone in the family got used to it.

After breakfast that morning, Chen Ling and his wife picked up their child, called Wang Zhenzhen, and drove the oxcart towards the county town.

This trip wasn't just to take Wang Zhenzhen to school.

We also need to take the child to the epidemic prevention station for a vaccination.

The young couple weren't in a rush to get vaccinated, but the father-in-law took it very seriously and urged them to get vaccinated as soon as possible, saying it was better to get vaccinated sooner rather than later.

My brother-in-law's two children were also aborted very early.

Compared to other families, they are much more proactive.

In reality, most families aren't unwilling to vaccinate their children.

It's because the family planning policy has been enforced too strictly in recent years.

People are trying to avoid it, so who would dare to take their child to get vaccinated?

Isn't this just walking into a trap?

We'll have to wait until the kids start school and the pandemic subsides before they can get vaccinated.

However, Chen Ling's family is not afraid of this and will get vaccinated as required.

Lately, the county town has been calling out to me for taking Wang Zhenzhen to school.

Things like "one shot for immunity, a lifetime of health."

The oxcart swayed gently, and knowing it was carrying Wang Susu and the child, the little white ox moved forward at a very gentle and slow pace.

Even if you get onto the mountain path, it won't be too bumpy.

It has to be said that among all the animals I keep at home, the little white calf is the most sensible and considerate.

The introverted little white calf has no worries; its heart is only filled with thoughts of its family.

It never takes credit for praise. As long as the young couple takes some time each day to take it for a walk and feed it a couple of handfuls of grass, it will be all smiles, which will keep it happy for a long time.

"Moo~"

The little white calf mooed softly, its hooves clattering on the mountain path.

On the oxcart, Wang Susu held the little one and leaned against Chen Ling, while she and her sister Wang Zhenzhen ate roasted chestnuts.

Wang Zhenzhen peeled chestnuts and handed them to her sister, and then the two sisters put them in their mouths together.

"These chestnuts are so delicious, I don't even want to share them with my classmates or teachers."

"It's delicious."

Wang Susu mumbled and laughed, "But we should still share with our classmates and teachers. After we finish eating, we can ask your brother-in-law to cook another pot for us."

As they ate the sweet roasted chestnuts, the little guy in Wang Susu's arms opened his eyes and, seeing his mother and aunt eating, his little mouth involuntarily started moving as well.

"Oh, sister, look! Rui Rui is moving his mouth. Does he want to eat too?"

Wang Zhenzhen, with her sharp eyes, saw this scene, exclaimed, and quickly moved closer, staring at the little guy face to face, smelling the milky scent on him, "Stinky Rui Rui, stinky Rui Rui, do you want to eat chestnuts too?"

The little guy was most afraid of Wang Zhenzhen making a fuss, so he immediately started whimpering and cried out for help from Wang Susu.

"Alright, Zhenzhen, stop fooling around. He's so young, he doesn't even have teeth yet, how could he eat chestnuts?"

"He's starting to learn things from adults, just like you did when you were little."

Wang Susu has been reading books while taking care of her child lately, and she has learned a lot about parenting.

"Oh, so that's how you learn something."

Wang Zhenzhen's eyes darted around, and she said with a grin, "Then I'll teach him. I can't be his aunt for nothing."

Without waiting for her sister and brother-in-law's reaction, she started pointing to various things along the mountain path and began to teach them.

"This is a big tree...this is a flower...this is grass..."

She would tell her little nephew about everything she saw. Although the little guy couldn't understand yet, his eyes followed her pointing fingers and he didn't seem lonely along the way.

Seeing this, Chen Ling and Wang Susu let her do whatever she wanted, as long as their son didn't cry or make a fuss.

Soon, they arrived near the county primary school.

Students were already walking towards the school in groups of three or five.

Some people knew Wang Zhenzhen and would smile and wave to her when they met.

"Wang Zhenzhen, you're late today."

Seeing this, Chen Ling stopped the oxcart and said to his sister-in-law, "Alright, since you've run into your classmate, you can get off here. I'll come pick you up after school this afternoon."

"it is good."

Wang Zhenzhen packed her schoolbag and jumped off the oxcart.

"Does this mean we'll have a holiday after today's class?" Wang Susu asked.

"I don't know, the teacher hasn't said yet."

After the little girl finished speaking, she waved to the two of them, slung her schoolbag over her shoulder, and ran towards her classmates' line.

He kept shouting, "I rode in an oxcart today. Oxcarts are slow, otherwise I would have arrived before you."

"Oh, this must be the little white calf you always talk about. It's really beautiful."

"Of course, it can understand human speech, it's very smart."

"..."

"This girl."

Watching Wang Zhenzhen and her classmates leave in a lively manner, Chen Ling smiled and shook his head, then drove the oxcart to the county's epidemic prevention station.

There aren't many people who can afford to pay for their own vaccines right now.

Although there have been calls to get vaccinated recently, very few people have come, and today there wasn't a single person.

The family of three didn't need to queue; they could just take their child in and get vaccinated.

My son is getting vaccinated.

Although she wouldn't be getting the vaccine herself, Wang Susu was even more nervous than if she were getting vaccinated herself. She clung tightly to Chen Ling, watching the doctor take out the syringe, the long needle tip gleaming silver.

As the doctor slowly pushed the syringe, some air-filled liquid oozed out from the needle tip.

Upon seeing this, Wang Susu shuddered in fright: "Ah Ling, why is the needle so long? How can you use such a long needle for Rui Rui to give him a vaccine?!"

She reached out and tugged at Chen Ling's clothes, whispering, "Look at this! It's such a long needle. Our Rui Rui is not even three months old. This must be a needle for older children."

Seeing this, Chen Ling knew that his wife was just worried and confused, so he smiled at her reassuringly and said, "Don't worry, this is a normal vaccination for babies, and although the needle is long, it doesn't go all the way into the flesh."

The person in charge of administering the vaccines was a middle-aged woman. Hearing the young couple's murmur, she looked up at them and said, "Why don't you let the father hold the baby? You'll need to hold the baby tight when you get the vaccination. You, as the mother, can just hold the baby's little arms down."

However, seeing that Wang Susu was nervous, they were worried that the injection would not go smoothly, so they were unwilling to let her hold the child.

"what?"

When Wang Susu heard the doctor say that, she immediately panicked.

She didn't really think much about why the doctor wouldn't let her hold her son. She just felt panicked when she heard the doctor say that she should hold her son tightly and hold his arms down. The bright red needle made her heart race.

The doctor said that, probably because he was worried about Rui Rui being in pain.

So he looked up at Chen Ling and said, "How about we wait until the child is a little older? There's no rush now, right?"

Other families only get their children vaccinated when they're in first or second grade, but my son is only two months old. Why is there such a rush?

Chen Ling was speechless upon hearing his wife's words.

Your son hasn't even started getting vaccinated yet, why are you already scared?

The doctor, who was usually a serious person, couldn't help but smile when she saw the girl's panicked and frightened appearance. "This is the first time I've ever seen a mother more afraid of injections than her child. Don't worry, it's okay. The needle for vaccinations is very thin. It feels like an ant bite when it goes in. It won't hurt. I'll push it in slowly. It'll definitely be fine."

(End of this chapter)