My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 511 is a bit magical
"Hey, Lao Yu? When did you get here?"

In the morning, Chen Ling was playing with her son in the orchard when she suddenly saw a man and a woman walking towards her, and she was immediately stunned.

It turned out to be Yu Qi'an, who came with a young woman.

"Haha, I've been missing you lately, so I came to visit you."

We just arrived the day before yesterday. We heard you weren't home, so you were wandering around the neighborhood.

I heard you were back when I got to the top of the slope, so I rushed over.

Yu Qi'an walked over, raised an eyebrow at him with a grin, and said.

Chen Ling glanced at the girl behind him and said with a mischievous smile, "No way, Lao Yu, judging from your posture, it doesn't seem like you came here because you missed me."

Upon hearing this, Yu Qi'an immediately looked embarrassed; the old man had actually become shy.

Instead, the girl smiled at Chen Ling with a graceful and generous demeanor.

"Is this Brother Ling? Qi'an has been telling us about you for a long time, telling us how fun it is here, how many good things there are, and how beautiful the scenery is."

We all wanted to come and see it after hearing about it. We had some free time after finishing filming, so we came to visit.

He wasn't lying or trying to fool anyone. I've only been here for two days and I already don't want to leave.

The girl was not tall, had short hair, a fair and round face, and a small tiger tooth that showed when she smiled, making her quite youthful and cute.

She's a girl with a likable personality.

"Haha, if you like it here, stay a few more days. I have plenty of rooms in my estate. It's next to the mountain, so it's a bit cooler than outside."

Chen Ling wasn't stupid; Yu Qi'an had brought the girl along, so he naturally knew what was going on.

He then invited the two of them to stay with a smile.

"Dad, dad~"

Seeing that he was talking to the two of them and didn't care about playing with her, Rui Rui anxiously pulled at his pants.

Then, pointing with her little finger to a string of tiny turtles crawling haphazardly on the ground.

Several of them crawled into the ditch and swam far away in the blink of an eye.

He couldn't possibly grasp it all with his two little hands.

I'm extremely anxious.

"Oh dear, I was so busy talking to you that I forgot to hold my nephew."

Yu Qi'an hurriedly came closer, "Come, come, let Uncle catch one for you."

The girl he brought along, upon seeing Rui Rui, this fair-skinned and adorable baby, quickly came over to help him catch the turtle.

While grabbing him, I asked him how old he was.

Who caught so many little turtles for him?

Rui Rui is stronger than other children his age. He's not old enough yet, and he can talk to people on his own, but he doesn't know how to answer questions from others.

After Yu Qi'an and the other man brought the little turtle back to him, he lost interest in playing and just kept whining and pestering Chen Ling, calling for his father and asking him to take him to the old river bend to catch more turtles.

"No more catching them. We already have so many turtles at home, why would we catch more? Daddy will take you to the mountain to see the red-crowned cranes later, okay?"

"Daddy, Little Wudui is being naughty, go catch the good one."

Rui Rui pouted, looking unhappy.

These turtles on the ground are wheat field turtles that the brat caught himself on the riverbank last time. They've been raised for more than ten days since they hatched.

He takes them out to play with every day, and some of the little turtles have become very familiar with him. When he feeds them, they will crawl towards him on their own.

However, some of them are disobedient; they crawl around wildly as soon as they are taken out, and they crawl very fast, making it impossible for Rui Rui to catch them.

And here comes the clamor: he's going to catch the little devil.

"Want to catch a cute one? Okay, Daddy will take you to catch one tonight. Little turtles only come out at night."

Now, shall we take Uncle Yu to his home and see your little moorhens?

Chen Ling coaxed him, picked up the little turtle and put it back in the box, and took Yu Qi'an and the other two home.

During this time, I learned the name of the girl he brought with him: Bai Huining.

I sat at home for a while.

The girl quickly became acquainted with Wang Susu and the others.

Chen Ling and Yu Qi'an strolled around the farm.

Take him to see dogs, pigeons, fish, and turtles.

"Oh my, a glowing fish! Bring me two when I get back. I'll take them back and see what price I can get in the capital. Those white donkeys and mules are getting high prices, but I haven't been willing to sell them."

"Oh my, these gourds are pretty good. They'll be ready to be picked in the fall. Save me a couple too. I've been thinking of raising a few gourds to play with."

"..."

That old rascal Yu Qi'an, wherever he goes, he's always startled by everything he sees.

"Qi'an, I forgot to ask you, this girl looks a bit young, how old is she?"

"Uh, nineteen, no, twenty."

"...beast."

"Hey, how come you and Lao Zhou even use the same swear words?"

Although Yu Qi'an said that, he was actually quite proud of having found such a young and beautiful girlfriend.

Before he could finish his sentence, he couldn't keep a straight face and started chuckling: "You know what, ever since I came here, my luck has improved a lot. Filming has gone much more smoothly, and I've even found a girlfriend, hehe."

I'll definitely come more often in the future.

As he spoke, the old man's eyes were also busy, glancing around. "Those pigeons on the roof are the ones you raise in the village, right? I brought you some pigeon whistles, they're kept in the county town. I'll bring them over this afternoon to try them out."

"Sure, I was just about to ask you about pigeon whistles. I was thinking of raising a few homing pigeons and a few ornamental pigeons next year or the year after. The homing pigeons will be used for racing, and the ornamental pigeons will just be sold for fun."

Chen Ling looked up and whistled, and a flock of pigeons flapped their wings and flew down from the rooftop.

It circled around the two of them, making cooing noises.

This is what they want to eat.

"You want to breed homing pigeons? It's like dog fighting or horse racing. Most of it is gambling, betting on who will win or lose."

Yu Qi'an seemed very surprised.

"So what if I gamble? It doesn't matter. I don't make a living from this. I just play around occasionally. Next time, I'm thinking of taking my little dogs out to see the world and try dog ​​fighting and racing."

Chen Ling thought to himself that the dogs at home were eating more and more, and it would be time for them to earn their own food expenses in the future.

"No, that's not it. I mean homing pigeons are not easy to breed. Breeding from wild pigeons is far from the best."

Yu Qi'an pointed to the two spotted pigeons Chen Ling was raising: "Your ornamental pigeons are alright. These pigeons are pretty enough, and they sell for a good price. Racing pigeons are not only difficult to breed, but they can also lose sometimes."

Beginners often don't understand the game, and many lose everything.

Each pigeon has its own talent; some are suitable as homing pigeons, some as pet pigeons, and some as meat pigeons.

Just like horses, some can only pull carts, while others can only be ridden.

Chen Ling knew Yu Qi'an meant well, and smiled upon hearing this: "Indeed, my method is also unorthodox. Let's try it out and see."

He may not know how others train pigeons, but he has two bald pigeons, so how could he not train them well?
"Dad~"

"Hey, they're in the back. Come on, let's go up the mountain with your Uncle Yu to see the red-crowned cranes."

The brat hadn't seen him for a few days, and now that he's home, he's clinging to him like crazy. He'll start calling for him if he doesn't see him for even a short while.

……

Today is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

It usually rains on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month every year, sometimes heavily, sometimes lightly, but it happens every year.

People say this is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet, and they weep with joy.

However, the weather was quite sunny this morning.

The woods were filled with birdsong.

Fresh and pleasant to the ear, melodious and captivating.

Yu Qi'an is the kind of person who can't resist birds.

With its big head tilted back, it walked along, gazing at the trees and whistling incessantly. And you know what?

There are too many birds here.

The noises were mixed up.

A person can actually blend in by whistling.

This caused a flock of birds to sing joyfully.

The birds, which were just chirping, started to sing in different ways after hearing the whistle, making their voices melodious and beautiful.

"Hey yo".

Yu Qi'an's eyes lit up; the flock of birds had actually reacted and immediately became excited.

The whistling grew louder and louder.

The wild birds, hiding among the dense foliage or in the tall grass, also began to sing back and forth.

"Good heavens, now I know how you practiced your ventriloquism, Fugui. This place is simply paradise."

Yu Qi'an immediately beamed with joy, as happy as a child.

Because he didn't pay attention to the road ahead, he almost fell several times but didn't care, and continued to whistle with his head tilted back.

Rui Rui found it interesting and started learning from him.

But how can a little baby learn that?

Chen Ling had no choice but to take out a small bamboo whistle for him to blow and play with, and then quickly walked up the back mountain.

Shh, we've arrived, don't make a sound.

As they approached the egret's nest, Chen Ling hurriedly stopped Yu Qi'an and told him to calm down.

These egrets have recently entered their egg-laying season, and they are becoming increasingly vigilant and irritable.

My father-in-law told me that in the few days since he came back, some children in the village have been going up the mountain to steal bird eggs. Before they even got close, they were chased away by flocks of egrets, and several children were pecked and injured.

Heiwa and his companion followed behind, their eyes wide like copper bells, growling softly, as if they were about to pounce at the slightest provocation.

They had been harmed by these large birds before, especially Blackie, whose feathers were almost completely gone. They still hold a grudge and are always furious whenever they see them.

"You two shouldn't shout either."

Chen Ling pressed his hand down, just as he was speaking.

Suddenly, a piercing "quack quack" sound came from the cliff to his side and southwest. After the first bird call, all the birds became agitated and started quacking loudly, drowning out all the other birdsong in the forest.

"Good grief, we were spotted before we even got close."

Seeing this, Chen Ling decided not to hide anymore, stood up, and peered over by holding onto the branches.

The two dogs immediately understood and started barking loudly to bolster their presence.

What happened?

Yu Qi'an didn't know what was going on, so he leaned over and asked.

"There are lookouts, these guys were messed up by the village kids, they've been on high alert these past few days."

Chen Ling clicked his tongue. "Let's go, let's just go around them. We're not here to see them anyway."

"Hey, don't go! I haven't seen it clearly yet."

Yu Qi'an craned his neck, still eager for more: "There's such a big bird's nest in the tree, but I couldn't see where the eggs were."

As he was speaking, one after another, large, white, ethereal birds stood up from the tree, cawing and flapping their wings, and fell down the tree like snowflakes, their round eyes wide open, watching this side with great vigilance.

"Stop looking. If you want to see them, I'll bring them tonight. They don't move at night."

Chen Ling grabbed him and said, "Some kids in our village have gotten pecked in the face while trying to steal bird eggs. They almost went blind. Don't bring Huining here with you, or you'll get pecked too."

"Wow, this bird is amazing! I see. Luckily we didn't come to see it yesterday."

Yu Qi'an stared at the large birds and gave a blank reply.

"Where did you go?"

"Huining went mushroom picking in the mountains with Brother Lixian and Teacher Zhao. Huining likes to do this and is very happy."

"..."

"Wealth and status? Why aren't you saying anything?"

Turning his head, Chen Ling stared blankly at the base of a large old tree: "These footprints indicate that a deer has been here."

As he was speaking, Little Jin ran ahead and soon returned with a huge deer antler.

"Good heavens, such huge antlers! It's that time of year again when wild things are popping out everywhere. We'll have a good hunt this fall."

"Come on, this year deer and roe deer are really jumping around everywhere. Come over in the fall, I'll take you hunting."

"Hehe, that's exactly what I was waiting for you to say."

A few days after Wang Cunye returned from Fenglei Town, he said that when he went to the mountains to pick mushrooms, he encountered two different herds of deer.

At this time, the sika deer became more active.

In addition to being influenced by the surrounding environment of the farm, it is also because they are approaching their breeding season.

Once the eighth month of the lunar calendar arrives, the male deer will begin preparing to join the herd.

Then the male deer started fighting each other.

Antlers are often broken off or knocked off.

Chen Ling handed the antlers to Yu Qi'an, "Take these, they might be of some use."

He meant that it could be used to lure deer.

Yu Qi'an clearly misunderstood, muttering, "Isn't fresh deer antler the best? These antlers are all old and hard, they're not as good as deer penis."

But he quickly forgot about that. He saw even more egrets in the woods ahead than before, gray and white, perched on the trees, cawing loudly. It was a magnificent sight.

There are even several nests on the cliffs, guarded by egrets.

"Goodness, that scared me. It would be quite frightening if you didn't know what was going on at night."

"Yes, we can just go around it."

"Why are there still so many empty bird nests? Did someone take them?"

"No, it was eaten by the eagle."

Every evening at dusk, egrets return to their nests, and eagles wait for them.

According to Susu, these egrets had chased away eagles and even fought with them a while ago, but it didn't have much effect.

I still come every day.

Some of them were captured and eaten as soon as they arrived.

Those bird nests were empty.

Some of the bird eggs should still be inside.

Yu Qi'an listened with a series of sighs, and finally didn't know what to say.

It feels like the place has changed so much since I last visited that I hardly recognize it anymore.

Even red-crowned cranes have come here to settle down and lay their eggs.

It's really... kind of amazing.

Two grown men, carrying a baby and leading a dog, walked through a large forest where herons nest and lay their eggs. If they had a female companion, the scene would have been even more beautiful and harmonious.

Walk to the edge of the woods, about ten meters from the lake.

The two had already heard 'cawing' sounds coming from the lake, but these sounds were undoubtedly much more pleasant than the calls of the egrets.

A mountain breeze blows, causing the tall reeds on the lake to sway and rustle. Among the dense grass, one can see a large bird with a red forehead and black and white feathers, resting quietly on its huge nest, singing to its mate.

Some pairs of cranes would fly low over the distant lake, carrying a fish in their long beaks, and fly back to the reed beds to feed the red-crowned cranes that were incubating their eggs.

The lake view is tranquil and the scene is very beautiful.

Seeing this, Yu Qi'an squatted down next to the big tree, nudged Chen Ling a couple of times, and whispered, "No wonder I heard that these cranes haven't been going to the village lately. It turns out they've been living a quiet life here."

(End of this chapter)