My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 715 Veteran Hong Kong and Taiwan Stars
The crow being trained is naturally the little crow that Wang Zhenzhen keeps.

Because this crow grew up guarding people, and its first meal after hatching was fed by someone, it wasn't just close to Wang Zhenzhen. After being fed by other people a few times, it could easily become familiar with them.

In addition, crows are generally quite intelligent.

After Yu Qi'an came to the village this time, it only took two days of training for it to be able to perform several incredible feats.

Picking up stones is child's play.

It has now learned to unlock doors with a key, play rock-paper-scissors, and bark like a dog.

This was naturally a great surprise to people who had lived in Hong Kong and Taiwan for a long time.

Although they have long been integrated with the international community, due to the small size of their area, they usually only pay attention to things from above. They have only seen such spiritual and strange little animals in cartoons and have never seen them in reality.

So everyone gathered around Yu Qi'an and his wife, their eyes filled with astonishment.

Every now and then, she would involuntarily exclaim in surprise.

Judging from their appearance, they've all become big kids and old children, even more exaggerated than when Liang Yuemin and the others first came.

They didn't even notice Chen Ling's arrival.

Yu Qi'an also hung a row of birdcages on the clothesline in the yard.

At this time, they would occasionally take down a birdcage and train the little crows to add birdseed to the feeding trough in the cage.

Do crows feed other birds?

This is something most people could never imagine.

How was it added?
Yu Qi'an had inserted a paper tube into the gap of the birdcage. He had rolled the paper tube into a cone shape, with the thicker end definitely outside the birdcage, and the thinner end inserted diagonally above the birdcage's feeding trough...

Crows have relatively wide beaks, and as long as they are obedient, they can carry things quite steadily. Like magpies, they usually carry twigs to build their nests, which is not difficult for them.

The difficulty lies in making it understand human meaning.

Under Yu Qi'an's command, the little crow picked up a small teapot, aimed the spout at the paper tube inserted into the birdcage, and tilted the teapot slightly, causing the golden millet inside to flow out with a gurgling sound.

Then the paper tubes all flowed into the birdcage's feeding trough.

Furthermore, just as the feeding trough was about to be filled with millet, the little crow precisely controlled the tilted teapot, picked it up, and put it away.

At this point, the grain in the trough is just barely full.

How could such a bird not broaden people's horizons and make them exclaim in amazement?

Even Chen Ling was a little surprised when he saw it.

The white calf and water buffalo behind him were also watching intently.

The little buffalo didn't understand what was happening; it was just pure curiosity. The little white calf, on the other hand, seemed to find it very interesting.

"quack!"

The little crow tilted its head, hopped lightly twice on the stone table, blinked its bright black eyes, and looked at Yu Qi'an, cawing as if to say, "Continue! You think you can stump me with something this simple?"
This prompted a group of people to urge them on.

"This crow is so smart, Qi'an, quickly feed it some food as a reward!"

"Yes, let's reward it with some food!"

Yu Qi'an said that rewards should be given, but for a clever bird, you can't just give it food. As he spoke, he took a small bell off his keychain and tied it to the red string around the little crow's neck.

The little crow's eyes lit up at the sight, and it immediately shook its feathers, making the bell ring out with a clear sound.

This is a big deal.

The little crow immediately flapped its wings excitedly, its little beak opening and closing rapidly, barking like a dog.

"Hahaha, Qi'an is really amazing!"

"That's right. If Qi'an is already so good at training birds, I really don't know how good Boss Chen is at training tigers! Anyway, we've never seen people like you abroad."

"By the way, Qi'an, why do you feed the birds millet? Wouldn't it be better to feed them millet directly? That way, the birds won't gnaw on the millet husks everywhere, and we'll have to clean it up every day."

"..."

"Well, it really depends on what kind of bird it is. These are wild birds I caught. They're used to eating grains with husks on from a young age. If you feed them millet, they sometimes won't be used to it. Sometimes, when they've just been caught and put in a cage, they're scared and stressed, and they simply won't eat the millet. That will make them starve to death."

If these kinds of wild birds aren't used to being caged, they'll only last for half a day at most. If they still don't get better, then they're doomed.

Yu Qi'an was referring to valuable ornamental birds, such as the red-billed leiothrix and the red-billed jacana, which he caught the most.

Other birds are not like that.

For example, sparrows are generally quite easy to raise.

If it's a spotted dove, it's also a wild bird. If you catch it and take it home, as long as it's not sick, it can eat you out of house and home without killing you.

"Qi'an, Qi'an, why don't you train this little cuckoo too? Didn't you say it grew up with the little crow? We see it's not afraid of people."

An old man from Taiwan pointed to the baby cuckoo in the cage under the stone table and made a suggestion.

"I can't train them. Even if you brought Fugui, he wouldn't be able to train them. Unless you raise them from a young age, cuckoos are really hard to handle. Don't be fooled by the fact that they grow up with people from a young age. These kinds of birds are actually ungrateful and can't be tamed."

As Yu Qi'an spoke, he bent down and poked the cage at his feet with his hand, and the little cuckoo inside immediately pecked at it with its beak.

And it flapped its wings and cawed urgently. "See? This bird isn't afraid of people anymore, but it only cares about eating. If you don't feed it, it won't pay any attention to you."

As he spoke, he stretched his finger out to the little crow. The little crow tilted its head and looked at Yu Qi'an, then jumped onto his finger and stood on it.

Yu Qi'an tossed it up, and the little crow flapped its wings and flew into the air. It didn't fly very high; it circled around everyone's heads once and then landed back on Yu Qi'an's finger.

"See? This bird knows how to play with people. It's not the same as how the cuckoo treats people."

At this moment, as they followed the little crow's circling flight, some people's eyes followed the crow's movements and they finally spotted Chen Ling standing behind them.

"Hey, Mr. Chen, why didn't you say anything when you arrived? You've been so quiet."

An elderly man with white hair, dressed in plain colors but with a stylish appearance, got up, grabbed Chen Ling, and then looked at the two cows behind him.

"Qian just said that you can do almost everything except train birds. You've raised this cow really well."

As they spoke, the others also gathered around.

They had seen the little white calf in the morning, but Afu and Ashou were nearby at the time, and their eyes and attention were mostly on the two tigers.

Rui Rui even took Heiwa and another person to chase after Afu and Ashou.

That scene naturally attracted them a lot.

And now.

The white calf followed Chen Ling alone with the little water buffalo. Everyone suddenly thought that the milky white water buffalo was really beautiful.

Not only is its fur color unique, but its appearance is also very handsome and beautiful.

Some animals' appearance and outward expressions make it easy to tell their sex at a glance.

For example, Little White Cow and Little Gold.

The little white calf is undoubtedly more obvious, making it clear at a glance that she is a great beauty among water buffalo.

"You guys were so engrossed in watching Qi'an train the birds that I've been here for almost ten minutes and you're only just now noticing me."

Chen Ling looked speechless.

Bai Huining laughed and said, "Brother Ling, you're late. It was much more lively when we were making birdcages earlier."

Yu Qi'an suddenly remembered something and quickly stepped forward to Chen Ling, showing off: "Fugui, Fugui, you're amazing! Your reputation has spread so far... Do you know what kind of people we, your compatriots and friends from both places, are?"

"Huh? What identity? Aren't you just a compatriot from Hong Kong and Taiwan?" Chen Ling looked completely bewildered.

"I told you you didn't know, come on, let me introduce you. This is the famous Adam Cheng... This is Cen Yulian, you know Little Dragon Girl and Wang Yuyan, right? She played them. Isn't she even more beautiful in person?"

"This is...this is..."

As Yu Qi'an finished his detailed introductions, Chen Ling gradually came to his senses and exclaimed in slight surprise, "Our friends from Hong Kong are all elites from various fields!!"

He was indeed a little surprised.

But upon closer examination, it makes sense.

Hong Kong Island has just returned to China, and sending representatives from all walks of life to the mainland, whether for official visits or leisure, is a very good attitude.

However, apart from the very famous Zheng Shaoqiu and Cen Yulian, he had never met any of the other representatives, even if he had heard of them by name.

In fact, let alone these people, he wouldn't even recognize Zheng Shaoqiu and Cen Yulian if he met them face to face.

The main reason is that the economic influence of established Hong Kong and Taiwan stars could not reach the mainland in the past.

People of Chen Ling's generation, and even younger ones, know more about the stars who came after the 1990s. They can even talk about their gossip in great detail, as if they saw it with their own eyes.

"They're not celebrities, they're all retired, they're just here to have fun."

Zheng Shaoqiu said with a smile, "I heard from Brother Yu that Boss Chen really likes Joey Wong, right..."

I'm fifty years old this year, but I really don't look fifty.

Compared to the fifty-year-olds in the village, it's unbelievable...

No wonder Chen Ling felt that these people looked very young, but there was something strange about them when he first met them on the mountain road.

It turns out that most of them were celebrities who were active more than ten years ago, and they are now in their forties or fifties. The youngest is in his late thirties or approaching forty.

When Chen Ling heard someone mention Joey Wong again, he didn't deny it and nodded, saying, "I really liked her a few years ago. Adam Cheng and Joey Wong are quite close, aren't they?"

"I'm not very familiar with her, but Ah Lian probably knows more about her."

Hearing this, Cen Yulian laughed, "Zu Xian retired a year earlier than me. She was heartbroken and went to Canada... Let me tell you, Mr. Chen, she has decided to never marry..."

He winked at Chen Ling as he spoke.

Another burly man standing nearby, quite composed, quickly said, "Alright, Ah Lian, don't talk nonsense here. Boss Chen isn't one of those men in the industry."

This person used to be involved in triads. Playing this kind of thing on Hong Kong Island would inevitably have some dark undertones.

Chen Ling smiled kindly at him and told Zheng Shaoqiu and Cen Yulian that he had seen the TV series they acted in.

He chatted and laughed with the others for a few more minutes, then said to everyone, "I have to go to the mountains later, so I can't host you all today. How about tomorrow? I'm going to build a greenhouse in the east of the village tomorrow, and you can all come over for a meal then."

(End of this chapter)