My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 719 The Eagle's Metamorphosis (Part Two)

Er Tuzi is in such a state, he definitely needs someone to take care of him.

It has difficulty walking now; it was limping when it chased Rui Rui earlier.

Every day, someone has to take care of their meals and water.

If Wang Zhenzhen wants to manage it, let her manage it. But don't even think about expecting this girl to take good care of Er Tuzi; Chen Ling has to do it himself.

The whole family has now had dinner.

They built a nest for it around Er Tuzi.

Bring a bamboo basket, line it with wheat straw, and lay the straw layer by layer, making sure it's fluffy yet well-formed so the baby will feel more comfortable nestled inside.

And the bamboo basket can't be too high, because it needs to come out to poop.

After making the nest, Chen Ling had Wang Zhenzhen give it some water, but didn't feed it anything else.

The family looked at Er Tuzi closely and found that he was in good spirits.

Now that it has a nest, it dares to raise its head, like a little chick, its body inside the nest, its head in front looking at everyone, its bright black eyes darting around.

If you can't see the bald spots on its body and only see its head and neck, this silly bird is still quite majestic.

Chen Ling still had doubts in his mind, or rather, he had already made some guesses.

He was in a hurry to get back from the top of the sinkhole cliff and didn't think about it too much.

Now that I think about it, the feathers scattered all over the place in Er Tuzi Cave must have been there for quite some time.

So how did it eat during this time?
Think about it again, there's a pair of eagles in the eagle cave not far away, and the answer is actually quite obvious.

There were two things that Chen Ling couldn't understand.

First, how did Er Tuzi become bald this time?

Secondly, naturally, it was the bald guy who used to guard the chickens and pigeons on the farm, and fought with the eagles and hawks in the mountains every day. Like bombers, they would fly up in the sky and wreak havoc.

They harbor a deep hatred for the eagles and falcons in the mountains.

Or rather, it became a habit to frequently hunt other birds of prey.

Even if the eagles in the mountains don't hate it, it won't have a normal attitude towards these fellow birds. Instead, it will treat them as prey, looking down on them with contempt.

'Let's go back to the cave tonight and see what's going on.'

Chen Ling suppressed his curiosity and rubbed Zhenzhen's head: "Alright, alright, it's so late, it's past nine o'clock... We'll feed it again tomorrow morning. Aren't we going to the market with your second sister-in-law tomorrow? Go to sleep early."

Rui Rui was sleepy too. The little rascal is used to going to bed early every day, so he gets sleepy even earlier.

While the adults were preparing a nest for Er Tu Zi, he lay on Wang Su Su's lap, his eyes half-closed, too sleepy to open them.

He would have been asleep long ago if Chen Ling hadn't suddenly returned.

"Did you hear what your brother-in-law said? All he does is play all day. Come on, come back to my room and sleep."

Gao Xiulan also urged her.

Wang Zhenzhen reluctantly stood up, pouting, and said, "I'm not sleeping in the same bed as Rui Rui."

Wang Cunye chuckled and said, "Then you can sleep by yourself. Rui Rui will sleep with us."

"No, I want to sleep with my mother."

Wang Zhenzhen looked unwilling: "Dad, let Rui Rui sleep with you."

"How old are you to still be sleeping with your mother? You have no shame." Gao Xiulan picked Rui Rui up from her eldest daughter's arms and snorted at her.

"I want to sleep with my mother."

Wang Zhenzhen followed and hugged the old lady's arm.

The old lady was both happy and helpless: "Alright, alright, you and Rui Rui can each sleep on one side, and let your father sleep by himself."

"Alright, Lingzi, you should change your dirty clothes, wash up and go to bed."

Wang Cunye turned off the lights in the front yard and said.

Chen Ling and Wang Susu responded, picked up Er Tuzi's bamboo basket, and went upstairs together.

Chen Ling then took a hot shower.

Afraid of disturbing the two little ones, he thought about it and decided not to go out and interfere with Er Tuzi's affairs anymore. It was already winter, and it wouldn't be good to get up in the middle of the night, so he just obediently lay down in bed with Wang Susu to sleep.

I had a wonderful sleep.

At five o'clock in the morning, Chen Ling got up, carried Er Tuzi's bamboo basket, and went to the back mountain.

He randomly found a spot near Wolf-Dick Rock and slipped into the cave.

After entering the cave, the two eagles were still sleeping.

Upon seeing Chen Ling approach, it immediately spread its wings, its feathers bristling, its eyes sharpening, and it squawked as if it wanted to peck at him.

Chen Ling then placed the basket containing Er Tuzi in front of them.

The two eagles were taken aback, and immediately fell silent, no longer displaying their previously bristling appearance.

"Holy crap, could these two eagles really be the eaglets you secretly hatched outside?"

Chen Ling thought that birds like eagles take turns incubating the eggs, so even if Er Tu Zi often came home, he wouldn't notice.

Er Tuzi can't understand complicated language.

But that doesn’t stop it from showing off and flaunting itself in front of Chen Ling.

At this point, it straightens its chest and chirps twice.

The eagle couple in front of it dragged the dead black cat to Baldy, then stepped aside to let it eat it alone.

The bald man immediately straightened his chest, his gaze dignified and sharp.

They were exactly the same as Ah Fu and Ah Shou, who were showing off their authority.

After installation.

He tilted his head smugly at Chen Ling, moved step by step to him, and gently pecked the back of his foot twice.

Although the scene was similar to what Chen Ling had guessed, seeing it in person still stirred up some indescribable feelings within him.

One thing that makes it difficult for him to follow his own train of thought is...

Even if Er Tuzi could tame this bunch of eagle couples.

Is it...

That is to ensure that one is completely powerless to resist.

Will they bring me food on time?

But as it stands now.

Is such that.

Ugh.

This only means that most things in the mountains are not as cunning and ruthless as jackals.

Betrayal is not the norm among animals.

Especially eagles and falcons, which are proud and not social creatures.

Chen Ling discovered that sometimes you really can't think about things according to human logic.

He patted Er Tuzi's head and said, "You're really something, kid. You quietly got two subordinates, which saved me a lot of trouble."

Chen Ling's original plan was to go to Eagle Cave next spring to collect eagle eggs, collect as many as possible, and incubate them himself. He would then build his own flock of eagles, raising them from chicks, ensuring their loyalty would be impeccable.

I never expected that Baldy would pull this stunt.

"You're lucky to have followed Er Tuzi."

Chen Ling reached out his hand to the pair of eagles with a kind expression, but the two eagles simultaneously pecked at him fiercely.

"Damn, you won't even let me touch you? You don't know what's good for you... Oh well, it's okay. You'll all find out eventually. I'm just a rich, naive guy who's easy to get along with."

Although the two eagles were neither as clever nor as big as Baldy, they still looked at Chen Ling with wary and fierce expressions when they heard him rambling on, as if waiting for him to reach out again so they could peck at him again.

Er Tu Zi hurriedly called out twice, which calmed the pair of eagles down, but they still wouldn't let Chen Ling get close.

This left Chen Ling feeling awkward.

Chen Ling had successfully trained so many birds and beasts, but now that he had encountered these two eagles, he was finally experiencing firsthand why eagles were so difficult to train.

"Come on, Baldy, have a few sips of water. Once you're full, we'll head out."

Chen Ling flashed to the stream in the cave, beckoned Er Tu Zi over, and let it drink its fill by the stream.

Then, carrying two eagles in one hand and Er Tuzi's bamboo basket in the other, he left the cave.

Even if he took the eagle out, Chen Ling didn't plan to keep it at home. No one, adults or children, could stand being pecked by it.

He wanted Yu Qi'an to take care of him for now.

The old man would definitely agree.

As we walked down the mountain, it was still dark, but roosters were crowing from the chicken coop.

The little blue horse poked its head out.

The mother and daughter muntjacs also poked their heads out.

After the little blue horse became well-behaved, Chen Ling put them together.

Since all three of them are female, they get along very well.

Chen Ling pulled the little deer out by its legs, rubbed it a couple of times, and saw that the little thing was now plump and strong, all fleshy, and was almost as big as its mother.

This thing is suitable to be kept as a small pet.

She's just too timid.

I'll catch a few another day, pair up the males and females, and have more offspring before making a decision.

Muntjac meat is much better than venison, and when cooked properly, it has almost no unpleasant odor.

I strolled around the livestock pen and found the calf still sleeping. It was being watched over by a little white calf, and it was sleeping soundly with its legs spread wide apart. It wouldn't wake up no matter what I did; it was sleeping so peacefully.

He came back and patted the little blue horse on the head.

They then opened the doors to the chicken coop and duck shed, allowing the chickens and ducks to roam freely.

Chen Ling then went back.

When I got home, I put the two eagles in a bamboo cage and put a water trough in it.

Er Tuzi placed them next to each other to prevent them from misbehaving.

Chen Ling went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast herself.

Soon, dawn broke. The father-in-law was the first to get up and was quite surprised to see that Chen Ling had already brought the eagle back.

However, he didn't say anything.

The son-in-law has always been very attentive to these kinds of things, so it's not surprising that he gets up early.

Soon Gao Xiulan carried Rui Rui out and let the little rascal poop.

We also saw eagles.

The courtyard suddenly became lively.

Soon the whole family woke up and learned that Chen Ling had brought the eagle back.

"Lingzi, what is this thing?"

"It's the one I was talking about last night. It doesn't look like a civet or a leopard. It has black and red fur all over its body. I have no idea what it is."

Chen Ling also brought back the dead big cat.

"Let's eat first, don't touch this thing. Er Tuzi probably won't eat it either. I brought it back to the village to let Teacher He and the others see what it is."

"Yeah, they're university professors, they should know what it is. This thing looks pretty scary."

As the old man spoke, he kicked the black cat aside and took the two children to have breakfast.

Chen Ling then took the bowl to his wife and brought it upstairs.

Wang Susu woke up in the morning but couldn't get out of bed. The two little ones would cry without their mother, so she had to eat breakfast in bed, just like she was in postpartum confinement.

Fortunately, there was only breakfast.

Otherwise, Wang Susu would have had enough of being in bed and couldn't enjoy this kind of life where she's waited on hand and foot.

Not long after the family finished breakfast, Zhao Yubao and Professor Zhong strolled over.

Old Zhao has been coming over every morning lately.

It was for no other reason than to urge Chen Ling to write the manuscript.

He was afraid that Chen Ling would stop writing halfway through.

They come over every day to supervise.

I wish I could write it for Chen Ling.

The old man's mentality is something most people can't understand.

In his own words, "Children's literature does not require writing skills, writing ability, or even themes and sentence structure. As long as you tell the story well, you can write in plain language."

Chen Ling has great stories that children love to watch, and the animated series is so popular. If they give up halfway, they'll just have a start and then nothing more.

What a pity.

How could he possibly tolerate this? He would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen.

However, after arriving today, I was drawn to the bald man again and two unfamiliar eagles.

I thought it was the two eagles that had done this to Er Tuzi, who was in such a miserable state.

Then Chen Ling recounted the whole story again.

At the same time, he expressed his doubts in a different way.

The things that happened to Er Tuzi were indeed strange.

It didn't seem like the work of a magpie or any other bird of prey, and Chen Ling wasn't sure if it had some kind of disease...

“Fugui, Ertuzi’s situation reminds me of something.”

Professor Zhong frowned and said, "Do you remember the first time you came to our house? That time you rode a motorcycle with two buckets of fish, and Heiwa and Xiaojin rode the whole way from the village..."

"I remember, what's wrong, Uncle Zhong?"

"That night when we were having dinner at my house, you told my third son a story about an eagle's rebirth. Do you remember that?"

"The eagle is reborn..."

Chen Ling's eyes widened suddenly, and he realized what had happened to Er Tu Zi.

(End of this chapter)