My 1995 Small Farm.

After eating and drinking their fill, everyone in the yard carried small stools and sat in front of the big TV in the living room.

I'm eagerly waiting to see the anime trailer.

This is our own family story! It's going to be made into an animated film and shown on TV. Isn't that exciting?

The two old men, Zhao Yubao and his wife, were also full of anticipation.

They knew in their hearts that the story was definitely a good one.

In particular, the two old men also provided guidance.

Now that we're seeing results, I feel a sense of accomplishment.

These days, advertising time is still relatively short.

Not long after, the trailer for the animated film was released.

Upon first glance, everyone's eyes lit up.

In the bright morning sun of the forest, a little hedgehog was carefree, searching for food along the river.

Whenever the little hedgehog sees fallen fruit under the big tree by the river, it bends down to pick it up and puts it on the quills on its back.

In no time, they had picked a lot of delicious fruit...

The positive and cheerful art style greatly surprised Chen Ling and his family.

"What adorable little hedgehogs! Where are Heiwa and Xiaojin? I can't see them at all!"

Wang Zhenzhen's eyes widened as she exclaimed.

Rui Rui watched the little hedgehog on TV, then turned to his parents and said, "Fierce, fierce..."

Because of the cartoonish depiction of the hedgehog, which makes it walk upright like a little baby, Rui Rui mistook it for a squirrel.

"This isn't a squirrel, it's a little hedgehog!"

Wang Susu told him softly.

Just then, the little hedgehog on TV encountered the forest bully, a wild boar, who stole its food.

She sat sadly by the river and cried.

Finally, the young hunter appeared with two burly hunting dogs.

Ask the little hedgehog why it's crying all by itself.

Upon seeing this, Wang Zhenzhen excitedly exclaimed, "It's my brother-in-law! Look, my brother-in-law is coming out with Heiwa and Xiaojin!"

"Wow, it really is Ah Ling! The drawing is so lifelike! Heiwa and the other two are also very handsome!"

Wang Susu was pleasantly surprised.

"Wow, you really captured the majestic spirit of our two dogs! Heiwa is so lifelike... Hmm, it's just that Xiaojin isn't as good-looking as our Xiaojin!"

"Dad, you're asking too much. This is an animated film; it's bound to fall short!"

"That's right, that's right, Xiao Han's drawing is already quite good, he didn't embarrass us old men."

"Rui Rui, look at the TV, doesn't that guy look like Daddy?!"

Rui Rui stared at the screen on TV, muttering to himself in a daze, "Daddy?"

The lively atmosphere inside attracted the little creatures in the house.

Not only Heiwa and Xiaojin, but also the weasel family and Ertuzi peeked in to see what was going on.

Let's not even talk about Er Tuzi. These weasels are usually never home unless they have something to do. This time, they were attracted back by the aroma of Chen Ling's stewed bear paw.

As soon as they entered the house, they were just like Heiwa, both of them, and were attracted by the images on the TV.

Unfortunately, the trailer for this animated film was a bit too short.

The story ends there, mentioning Chen Ling leading two large dogs to avenge the little hedgehog.

The rest is a narration that says without tigers in the forest, wild boars have become bullies, wantonly destroying the environment, bullying small animals, and committing all sorts of evil deeds. The poor little animals suffer greatly but are powerless to fight back...

Next, naturally, it led to Heiwa Xiaojin and the wild boar going to fight.

Chen Ling, the hunter, doesn't appear much.

Of course, there will definitely be a storyline involving the farm.

However, the first half of the animated film mainly tells the story of the two main characters, Heiwa and Xiaojin, fighting wits and courage against wild animals in the mountains.

Little White Ox, Baldy, Little Green Horse, and others are also very important supporting characters.

Just think, all of their little members have been featured on the cover of instant noodles, so how could they be anything but good?

Many people have seen the short stories printed on instant noodle packets and are familiar with this animal village.

The publicity was so effective.

Of course, the important characters will be present.

After watching the trailer, Chen Ling was quite satisfied: "Tsk, I didn't expect the picture quality and character design to be so good... It's just that the way the hooks are left is too old-fashioned."

"But it's not so bad, the main audience is kids, and kids love this kind of thing."

He pondered this to himself and chuckled to himself.

This broadcast preview will be shown three times a day before the show airs next week.

Today is the first day, and we'll focus on the evening.

From tomorrow onwards, it will be three times a day, in the morning, noon, and evening.

Chen Ling was grinning foolishly when Zhao Yubao suddenly said, "By the way, Fugui, I forgot to ask you, did Xiao Han use your real name when he adapted this cartoon?"

"No, no, they're all nicknames that people in the village commonly use."

"That's good, that's good. It doesn't matter to you, but Susu and Ruirui should still be careful."

"I know, it's really nothing. We're not real people on camera. People in cartoons are quite different from real people, so it's okay."

Wang Susu didn't seem to care much about it and nodded in agreement.

Then the whole family drank tea, peeled and ate walnuts, and felt that they hadn't had enough. They eagerly awaited the next preview, wanting to see Heiwa Xiaojin on TV again, and also to see Chen Ling, who had become an animated puppet.

Both adults and children found it novel and interesting.

"The songs inside are sung by Jiajia, really?"

"Yes, Master asked me to sing it. I came here this time not only to recuperate, but also to have Master choose the lyrics."

"..."

As everyone continued discussing this, the second trailer was soon played again.

Everyone immediately focused intently on watching the television.

……

Chen Lingjia happily watched TV.

On the other side, Li Zhongyi and Chishima Miyoko were also in high spirits.

Even late at night, they were still feeding turtles with buckets by the water.

Ever since they tried to be clever and used attractants to lure away Garlic and the others, only to attract the giant water monster, they dared not use them again.

Go and honestly go to Chen Ling to buy fish.

Fortunately, Garlic didn't realize their bad intentions.

As long as they are nearby, they can still be summoned with delicious fish and shrimp, and eat the food fed to them without worry.

And I think the two of them are actually quite nice.

It often allows them to taste the flavors their mother used to make when they were little.

It must have been food that their master had asked them to bring to their tribe.

So he was always very friendly to the two of them.

The two Japanese devils, who initially planned to steal the giant turtles, seem to have forgotten about it now.

I am immersed in the joy of feeding the old turtles every day.

There's no way around it; these enormous creatures are just too intelligent.

They are far more intelligent than any aquatic creature they have ever seen, including dolphins.

I've been interacting with them a lot lately.

To others, it's a "keep away" attitude.

But they were drawn to them and even played with them.

This is a unique sense of accomplishment.

The two of them gradually became addicted to it.

They felt as if these turtles were their own pets.

The two Japanese soldiers didn't realize that they had actually developed feelings for these mysterious creatures.

Today, they still used the fish from Chen Ling's family to feed the old turtles.

It's located on the banks of the Jinshui River, not far from the sand quarry in the county seat. These days, the turtles have been enjoying their activities in the nearby waters.

People in the mountains go to bed early. Unless it's summer, there's no one outside after 9 p.m.

They chose an even later time, almost 11 o'clock.

The riverbank was quiet; there wasn't a soul in sight.

"Miyako, I've decided to name these giant turtles!"

"The most majestic one, I'll call him Musashi; the smaller one, I'll call him Mankichi... and the one with the fewest markings on its back, I can call him Keiji..."

"No, no, that doesn't sound good. I'll name them!"

Miyoko Chishima shook her head as she listened.

Li Zhongyi retorted, "What do you mean it doesn't sound good? It sounds great! I made sure there were reasons behind the names I chose, okay?"

"You idiot, all the names you've chosen are boy names. How do you know all these giant turtles are male?"

"Well, it seems so."

"But if I can't tell them apart, how can you tell them apart as male and female?"

The two of them argued back and forth, each saying their own point.

They were very interested in naming these big turtles.

Just as the discussion was getting heated.

Suddenly, a series of crisp, slow, and strange 'tap' sounds came from the pitch-black night.

It sounded like high heels slowly tapping on the floor, one tap after another.

The sound grew louder and clearer in the darkness.

Li Zhongyi and his companion were immediately startled, their hearts pounding with fear: "W-what is that?"

"What I'm hearing sounds like a woman walking in high heels..."

"Where would high heels come from in this remote mountain village, especially in the middle of the night... We... we can't be... we've encountered a ghost, can we?!"

The two men trembled and shone their flashlights over. They saw a huge creature with two glowing red eyes, the size of copper bells, staring straight at them, seemingly shaking its head and making a series of snoring sounds.

"Huh? A monster!"

"Shoot, shoot quickly!"

Recently, there has been a serious wolf problem in the mountains, and they are afraid of encountering wolves coming down the mountain when they go out to feed the turtles at night.

So he carries a gun with him every day for self-defense.

"Bang, bang, bang--"

I fired several shots in quick succession, not knowing whether I was too panicked or the monster on the other side was too powerful.

These shots not only failed to scare it away, but instead enraged it, causing it to charge forward.

'Getata', "Getata", "Getata"...

The dense and heavy sound of horses' hooves, like the beat of drums, swept through the night as if carrying a raging storm.

Unfortunately, the two Japanese soldiers were terrified and assumed that the thing was a monster that had come out of the mountains. When they heard such obvious hoofbeats, they didn't realize that the so-called monster was a tall horse.

and.

At this point, they really didn't have time to think about anything else.

There wasn't even time to fire a shot.

The terrifying 'monster' arrived before them like a whirlwind.

Then everything went black, and two screams pierced the night sky.

Two Japanese soldiers were kicked into the river.

"Xilulu——"

The horse glanced furtively at the water, then at the group of curious turtles, flicked its smooth mane, and proudly raised its head to exhale a loud breath.

It stretched out its front hooves and pawed the ground.

It turned around and wagged its tail quickly, then trotted along the river southward with light, quick steps.

Judging from the direction, they're heading towards the county town.

……

"Ah, that was a really good night's sleep."

In the morning, Chen Ling opened the window of her second-floor bedroom and stretched, enjoying the morning sun and fresh air.

"Looks like I'll have to have a little drink when I have nothing else to do. I'm sleeping so well at night."

Wang Susu rolled her eyes: "Give me a break. It's only because Kang Kang and Lele have been very well-behaved at night these past few days that you've been able to drink so much, otherwise you'd have to get up in the middle of the night."

The two little babies wrapped in blankets next to them also woke up, blinking their big, dark eyes, and were very quiet and well-behaved.

"Oh right, now that you mention it, we should hurry up and check if the two little ones need their diapers changed."

Chen Ling quickly went over and bent down to check.

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed confirmed that he had urinated.

"Damn it, these two little rascals, they don't even cry when they pee now."

"Who knows? I guess it's because it's cold and their pee was still warm. They probably didn't feel uncomfortable."

Wang Susu chuckled and reached out to nudge the two little ones' noses. "You two silly goose, your brother is much more mischievous than you are right now."

Chen Ling smiled and leaned over to touch the two little ones, smelling their milky scent.

Only then did he take the wet diaper outside.

In the spacious courtyard downstairs, Rui Rui had already woken up and was running around chasing the muntjac with Wang Zhenzhen.

In the clear sky, Er Tu Zi led a flock of pigeons flying overhead.

The sound of pigeon whistles sometimes came from afar, sometimes from near.

Chen Ling looked up for a while and noticed that there were more and more geese flying overhead recently, and Er Tu Zi was quite restless.

"Once we bring Afu and Ashou back, we'll hunt a couple more geese; they're really delicious."

He had just finished eating bear paws and was already thinking about wild geese.

However, he still prefers to eat something light in the morning.

I cooked some plain congee, heated up a few salted eggs, and served some fresh pickled vegetables.

It's simple and refreshing to eat with steamed buns.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, come quick! Little Blue Horse is back!"

"Daddy, Daddy, Little Horse, Little Horse..."

The two, one big and one small, ran and shouted.

Rui Rui, that brat, hurriedly followed behind Wang Zhenzhen, and tripped and fell somewhere, getting covered in dirt and a blade of grass stuck to the corner of his mouth.

"What's the panic? If it comes back, it comes back; if it doesn't, then we don't need it."

Chen Ling picked up her son, patted the dirt off him, and walked towards the gate.

“Brother-in-law, Rui Rui didn’t fall. He was trying to sneak into the burrow of a wildcat.”

Wang Zhenzhen was afraid of being scolded for running around with the child and not caring when he fell, so she quickly explained.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ling glared at the little thing in his arms: "Silly boy, do you think you can squeeze into that fox den?"

The brat was embarrassed by what he was being said, so he leaned his head on his shoulder and chuckled foolishly.

Just then, a large, sly head peeked out from the bamboo grove outside the gate, acting suspiciously.

Seeing Chen Ling approaching, he quickly hid behind him.

Seeing this, Chen Ling walked to the gate, ripped off the whip hanging behind the gate, and said, "Go ahead and run. If you're so capable, then run again. If you run again, don't ever come back."

Little Green Horse could tell that Chen Ling was angry, so it quickly walked out of the bamboo forest with its head down and lay down on the ground in front of him.

Then, grinning with a mouthful of white teeth, he stared up at Chen Ling with innocent big eyes, looking as if he was ready to be whipped.

Wang Zhenzhen was immediately amused and squatted down to touch the little blue horse's big white teeth: "Brother-in-law, look at it, it looks weird, like a dog."

Rui Rui also squatted down and reached out to pick at the little blue horse's teeth, just like her aunt.

Normally, Xiao Qingma would have already shaken off their hands, but this time he didn't move at all.

Chen Ling raised the whip, intending to lash it, but seeing this, he put it down again.

I thought to myself, "Fine, if it keeps disobeying, I'll let it have a foal soon. I guess its temperament will improve if it has a baby."

However, Little Green Horse returned just in time.

He's heading to the city today; it's Saturday, and he'll be bringing Afu and Ashou back next Monday.

The journey is long, so we need to get there early. (End of Chapter)