My 1995 Small Farm.

The two Japanese soldiers left quickly.

Although Chen Ling sometimes speaks hypocritically, at least on the surface he does not show any hostility towards them.

Some people are even hostile to these university teachers, treating them like dirt.

They really wanted to chat with Yu Qi'an a little longer, but they had no choice but to leave.

Before leaving, Chishima Miyoko was reluctant to part, and repeatedly told Yu Qi'an to go to Japan to visit them.

This made Bai Huining a little jealous, and she muttered to herself that the old man had never been so charming before.

Fortunately, Yu Qi is very calm.

Moreover, while He Jiawen and Zhao Yubao were roasting bamboo rats and fishing, a group of kittens soon came to beg for food, causing Bai Huining to quickly forget the little incident from earlier.

“Fugui, look, this is the kitten I caught from your house, it doesn’t even recognize you anymore.”

Zhao Yubao took the fish out of the fish basket and fed them to the kittens.

This is his family's, and Professor Zhong's family's.

They were all caught from the two burrows of wild raccoons in Chen Ling's orchard.

It is a hybrid of a wildcat and a domestic cat.

They are well cared for.

It's been six months since then.

If the wild cat eats too much leftovers, it won't grow as fast as a house cat, and it's still relatively small.

"They definitely won't recognize me; a cat isn't a dog."

Chen Ling shook his head: "I just don't like cats. The cats at home aren't close to me. They just run to Su Su's side when I come home."

He Jiawen laughed upon hearing this, "I think you're wrong, Brother Chen. You're not liked by these little kittens, but the big cats do like you, like Afu and Ashou..."

"Ha, the big cat you were talking about."

Chen Ling smiled, saying that Afu and Ashou were special cases.

They have gained wisdom.

This enlightenment does not mean that they lack wisdom.

Rather, it means that they were given the opportunity to gradually increase their wisdom.

To become like a human being.

It's no longer the mindset of a wild beast, or a lower form of animal.

This is different from the tiger cubs in zoos in later generations.

Those little tigers are cute too.

However, this is because they are exposed to many people from a young age and are fed by human foster parents, which causes their wild instincts to gradually diminish.

It looks rather silly and cute.

But isn't that also a form of domestication?

Thinking of this, Chen Ling felt a bit emotional; domestication and rewilding are indeed a major topic.

As he thought about it, he had some ideas and felt that he could easily handle the article requests from the livestock magazine.

Starting with the domestication of captured geese, the program has expanded to the rewilding and domestication of poultry such as chickens and ducks...

Topics like chickens and ducks are a bit too small.

After all, writing anything else would be too difficult for a young man from the countryside.

Besides, there are also wild chickens mixed in with the chickens in our flock; they came from the mountains and mixed in with the chickens.

Once they can eat their fill every day, they'll settle down and never want to leave.

For Chen Ling, observing his surroundings more closely was enough to produce an article.

"Oh ho ho, speak of the devil and he appears! I was just talking about Big Cat, and here he is..."

"Hey, Lao He, don't block my way! What's that tiger carrying in its mouth? Young man, come and see what your tiger is holding?"

"Oh dear, it's true. Fugui, don't go crazy. Look what Afu and Ashou brought back from the mountains. Don't start picking up random things like Ertuzi."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ling quickly snapped out of his daze, stood up, and looked over.

His eyesight was far better than that of ordinary people, and he immediately spotted Afu and Ashou rushing towards him excitedly from the distant hillside, each with a wet, muddy lump in their mouth.

Because they were covered in mud, Chen Ling couldn't see them clearly. He only knew that the two of them were so happy that they were flying, running around with their tails standing up high like flagpoles.

Like two playful kittens.

Especially at this moment, when he saw that Chen Ling had noticed them, that guy was even more excited than before.

As it rushed down the slope, it first accelerated suddenly, and then braked sharply just before reaching the riverbank.

This place is all soft soil; it can't withstand their commotion.

Not only did I almost fail to stop in time...

They suddenly slid out, their claws uprooting the soil along the riverbank and leaving two very long ditches in the ground.

At this time of year, the grassy slopes and ditches are covered with withered grass. These two big guys are very strong, and when they rush forward, the withered grass and the loose soil in the grass all fly into the air.

Good heavens, everyone was just screaming and dodging in fright, and now they're covered in grass and loose dirt.

Even Chen Ling was choked by the stench, sneezing twice and coughing for a while.

Chen Ling was furious and raised her hand to slap him.

They hit and cursed at the same time.

Tell them that if they continue to act recklessly, we will send them back to the zoo and not bring them back.

Upon hearing this, the two tigers looked around nervously, but they still sat obediently in front of Chen Ling, not daring to move their buttocks.

They wouldn't let go of what they were holding in their mouths.

Yu Qi patted his chest and exclaimed exaggeratedly, "What treasure have you two found that you're so happy? You almost caused a death!"

Chen Ling was also curious, so he said, "Put it out, let me see what it is." Zhao Yubao and the others quickly gathered around.

Upon hearing this, Afu and Ashou immediately became excited again and spat the mud ball in their mouths onto the ground.

It pushed him towards Chen Ling with its paws.

Then he tilted his head, licked his tongue, and looked utterly naive, like he was showing off his treasure.

Chen Ling noticed that the mud ball looked strange, so he didn't touch it. Instead, he picked up a bamboo stick that had just been used to roast the bamboo rat and poked at it a couple of times.

The lump of mud actually wobbled and rolled back and forth a couple of times, just like a roly-poly toy.

Chen Ling bent down and stared wide-eyed: "Holy crap, a toad!"

These two lumps of mud were none other than two bulging toads.

They bulge out like two small balls.

By this time, most of the toads had already hibernated, and it was unknown where the two tigers had dug them up from.

It was probably covered in tiger saliva and had been played with by the two tigers on the ground, so it was covered in mud.

Ah Fu and Ah Shou were quite interesting; they had never seen anything like this that could inflate itself, so they picked it up.

Their bite force was also astonishing; they managed to bite through the bellies of the two large toads.

It must have been in its mouth the whole way.

This guy, he doesn't even mind the effort of talking when he's having fun.

Chen Ling was speechless. He reached out and rubbed the two tigers' big cheeks: "I thought you two had picked up some treasure, but it turns out you're just two toads!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

After the excitement subsided, the two tigers still found the toad amusing and couldn't bear to look away.

It kept trying to reach out its paw to touch it.

With a flick of his bamboo stick, Chen Ling sent the two toads flying onto the slope in just a couple of quick movements.

"Go play on the hillside, don't bring it over here, or it'll explode and be really disgusting."

Toads can definitely be blown up.

Many children in the countryside played this game: after catching a toad, they would take a stick and tap its belly repeatedly, like hitting a drum.

Boom boom boom…

With each croak, the toad's belly slowly swells up.

Eventually, it grew larger and larger until it reached its maximum size, at which point it exploded on its own.

The children didn't mind the dirt; on the contrary, they found it interesting.

"Wash your hands, let's start eating, otherwise it'll get cold and the atmosphere won't be the same..."

Chen Ling smiled.

Fortunately, the two tigers didn't rush towards the fire, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to eat bamboo rats today, and they would have gotten beaten up too.

"These tigers are obedient, but when they get playful with people, most people can't handle them... If we hadn't dodged just now, the two of them could have pushed us into the river."

One of the female teachers, still shaken, muttered something under her breath, a little embarrassed.

"If it weren't for that, Xiao Chen wouldn't seem so amazing. Professor Han wasn't exaggerating; you couldn't find many people like him anywhere in the world."

"You're being conservative. It's not that there aren't many, it's that there aren't any."

"Haha, I did see someone like that in Water Margin, a horse breeder, animal trainer, and veterinarian."

"You're flattering me too much. It's not that I'm amazing, it's just a coincidence that I ran into two tigers like that..."

Chen Ling shook his head, his face showing no humility, but he said very seriously, "In my opinion, if tigers are kept in zoos for several generations and live with people for a long time, sooner or later more tigers like Afu and Ashou will appear."

As he spoke, he also revealed the manuscript he was going to write about rewilding and domestication.

This immediately piqued the interest of the teachers.

Only Yu Qi'an looked incredulous, gasping for breath, and said to his wife, "How come Fugui is getting more and more sophisticated now? He keeps talking about papers and manuscripts. He wasn't like this before."

Suddenly, I felt a bit conflicted and lost all interest in eating bamboo rats or drinking alcohol.

……

At this time, the village meeting had just ended, and things had still turned out completely chaotic.

Although rural areas have their own customs and traditions, many people are stubborn and inflexible in certain matters.

This matter applies to everyone, regardless of age.

Many people said, "Let's ignore the county and build our own temple. There was supposed to be a temple fair after Qixi Festival this year."

We should build the temple ourselves.

That makes sense.

Originally, in the spring, when they were building the stone statue of the Turtle King at the reservoir and creating murals of the Red-crowned Crane Shadow Wall, the county government agreed to have the county government oversee the construction of the temple.

With Chenwangzhuang developing in this way, I won't go into the deeper details, but the county will certainly be proud of it.

Now some people are clamoring to build their own temple, and some are afraid, saying it will offend the county.

The fact that Chenwangzhuang receives such good treatment regarding gun ownership is due to special consideration from the county; they are always the first place to be considered in any matter.

Some people disagreed with this, saying that it was just Captain Li Weiguo of the Public Security Bureau showing favoritism to the wealthy and powerful, and that's what he was in charge of.

He doesn't get involved with other officials in the county.

So what's there to be afraid of? We'll just build our own temple.

And so the argument continued.

At this time, outsiders came to the village again. Several cars stopped at the village entrance. After getting out of the cars, they all hurriedly went to the brigade to inquire about people, and then went straight to Chen Guoping's house to find Sister Xiufen.

Then they quickly came out from that side and were led by Chen Guoping to find Chen Ling. (End of this chapter)