My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 720 Finally here
The Rebirth of the Eagle was a very 'fantasy' article that Chen Ling had come across.

It falls into the category of inspirational, motivational articles.

It is said that eagles have a lifespan of seventy years.

But when an eagle is forty years old, its claws begin to age and it can no longer grasp its prey. Its beak also becomes curved and long, making it unable to eat, and its wings become heavy, making it unable to fly.

At this point, the eagle needs to break off its long, curved beak, endure the pain, and wait for the new beak to grow back. Then it will pluck out its increasingly heavy feathers and replace them with new ones, and pluck out its old claws and replace them with sharp new ones.

This process will last 150 days.

If the eagle cannot survive this period, it will die.

If you can get through this, you will be reborn for thirty years.

Chen Ling told this story to Mountain Cat and Professor Han as an amusing anecdote during that meal.

I also want to ask if it's true.

It's too fantastical, after all.

Although it sounds very exciting, for someone like Chen Ling who likes to read martial arts novels, shedding old feathers and claws and growing new ones is definitely a case of breaking down and establishing anew.

That's awesome!

Professor Han and Lynx laughed when they heard this, finding it absurd.

It is said that an eagle's beak is different from a human's teeth; it is connected to the entire skull. If an eagle's beak is broken, the eagle will die.

The claim that eagle claws are aging is nonsense.

Eagles' claws are like human fingernails; they grow long and then wear them down on trees and rocks.

There is no such thing as aging.

The claim that the feathers are too heavy to fly is utter nonsense.

Eagles are no different from most birds; they molt their feathers. When a feather gets old and no longer useful, it will fall out, much like a person losing hair.

Therefore, this story is purely the imagination of an outsider.

While the story is encouraging, its appeal lies only in the spirit of daring to discard the old and embrace the new; the content of the story itself should not be taken as fact.

Chen Ling still has a deep impression of this.

As soon as Professor Zhong mentioned it, he immediately remembered it.

"Does Uncle Zhong mean that Baldy molted his own fur?"

Chen Ling looked at it with amusement: "Isn't that story fake? Besides, it molts its fur one hair at a time."

Old Zhong spoke again, curling his lip in disdain, "You've actually forgotten what kind of eagle it is? You've forgotten that it often goes into wild beehives? You've forgotten that its feathers are getting harder and harder, and it's not afraid of being stung by wild bees?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ling's eyes widened in surprise once again.

"I rely on!"

"Yup!"

Er Tuzi likes to explore wild bee nests. Besides eating some hardened honey, he especially loves to eat bee pupae.

After going bald for the second time, it was nurtured by the cave and grew a body of hard and dense feathers.

Chen Ling said several times that it had iron feathers all over its body and was not afraid of bee stings at all; it was practically a bee killer.

Meanwhile, in the sinkholes, some have a humid environment, and some have even developed their own microclimate at the bottom...

It's quite humid and hot, and the temperature is higher than outside.

Many snakes and bees nest here, and there are numerous honeycomb nests on the mountainside.

Not only bees, but also wasps and many other types of venomous bees.

"Uncle Zhong, you mean..."

"What I mean is, maybe your bald son ran into some kind of giant poisonous bee, which is why he's plucking his own hair. Some of these giant poisonous bees are so powerful that they can even pierce through wooden posts."

The old man's words were quite reasonable, and Zhao Yubao nodded repeatedly.

He mocked, "You little brat, you don't know Er Tuzi as well as we do. You might as well take care of him for us from now on."

Chen Ling ignored him: "You old man, all you do is freeload."

Just as Zhao Yubao was about to lash out, Rui Rui, who was eavesdropping on their conversation while his mother helped him put on his cotton-padded coat, also started to laugh.

"Well, you brat, you dare laugh at me?"

Zhao Yubao reached out and tickled him.

Rui Rui wasn't afraid of him at all. She giggled and dodged while scratching herself with her little hands in resistance. He only gave Yu Qi'an a cold shoulder; Rui Rui could play with anyone else.

The old man and the young man started making a fuss.

Chen Ling had to go out to buy building materials today, so she didn't stay at home with them for long.

Anyway, given Er Tu Zi's current condition, he can only be cared for at home and not watched over all the time.

It needs food and water even at home.

Let's talk about it after the feathers grow back.

After packing up, we put Afu and Ashou back into the mountains and then drove the tractor out.

Before leaving, I asked the two old men to take the black cat back to the village so that He Jiawen and the others could see what it was.

Chen Ling drove the tractor to the county town first.

Go to the county public security brigade and find Li Weiguo, ask him to help find someone to inquire about the man in Tenghe Township who went on a blind date with Da Ni'er.

Let the captain ask first, then let Lao Ba ask.

Old Ba's mule and horse economy earned him respect from the villagers, who sometimes even managed to get more information from him than the police chief.

Sometimes, even if Li Weiguo went to the police station in Tenghe Township and they helped him inquire, they might not be able to get the truth out of him.

Therefore, Chen Ling made two preparations.

However, Li Weiguo had always been very kind to Chen Ling. Before leaving the city, he pulled him aside and gave him a warning, saying that the miners from Wangba City had been returning home one after another recently, and that he should be careful on the road, as many villages knew that those miners were carrying money and that there were many robbers on the road.

This happens every year during the three months of winter, when many workers return to their hometowns.

Having made money in Wangbacheng, and knowing that the climate there was suitable for building houses during the three months of winter, they went back to prepare to build their own houses.

For example, if the river level is low and sand is exposed in some places, two truckloads of sand can be hauled away for free.

Or perhaps choose a suitable main beam or something.

Compared to the arduous work of mining, this is a welcome respite.

Very few people from the villages below Chen Ling's county go to Wangbacheng to work in the mines.

If you can find work outside, go find work outside. If you can work in Huangni Town, go work there. Even if it means working day and night, it's better than going down into the mines. The mines near Wangbacheng are extremely dangerous.

The geology there wasn't very good to begin with.

The Japanese were looking for minerals there before, but even when they found some, they didn't dare to mine them easily.

Of course, the Japanese devils didn't get a chance later.

So they stayed.

After so many years of mining, the area has become increasingly dangerous, with countless people dying every year.

In addition, the explosives used in their mines are too powerful; they just blow up mountains randomly, and once you get down into the mine, it collapses without warning.

Even if it doesn't collapse, the long hours spent mining every day are too much for the body to handle.

Little Sheep told me that there's a restaurant owner on the riverside avenue in Kuliu County. He worked in the mines for a long time, which caused him to develop lung problems. Every autumn and winter, he would get sick and need IV drips every day.

It is said that back then, when they went down into the mine, they would go down into the mine during the day and go to get IV drips at night, sleeping while receiving the IV.

This kind of hardship is something most people can't endure.

Money is earned at the cost of one's life.

No one would let their family go to Wangbacheng to do that unless it came to that.

But the mines in Wangbacheng never lacked workers.

Every year at different times, people come from various counties and villages to search for them.

The good thing is that they were quick to pay.

The downside is that the shortest working period is seven days, and you can't get paid every day.

The main reason was that Chen Ling remembered her older cousin's matter again; it just goes to show that every family has its own troubles.

Today's trip to Wangbacheng went fairly smoothly.

The journey there was smooth sailing.

The journey back was relatively safe.

Although they encountered buses carrying miners, they also encountered robbers.

However, when the robbers saw it was him, many of them retreated from a distance.

He showed his face in that town with the tiger last time, and some people recognized him, so they didn't stop him.

Of course, they all acted as if they didn't know him and let him pass by.

The workers on those buses also benefited from his influence.

Seeing this, Chen Ling didn't interfere.

Anyway, you can't really explain everything in this world.

Upon arriving in the village, they unloaded the building materials and dumped all the stockpiled goods stored in Dongtian, otherwise one tractor wouldn't have been enough.

He leaves home early in the morning and drives fast.

They finished unloading before noon and immediately went to pull bamboo poles, also going to find Old Ba to ask him to inquire about people.

In this day and age, don't expect to get news the same day you make an inquiry; you have to wait, and it takes at least three to five days to get definite information.

Da Ni'er is one of our own, and when it comes to matters of the heart, we really can't just listen to what the matchmaker says.

By the time we finished pulling the bamboo poles and came back, it wasn't too late.

After having a good lunch at home, Chen Ling went to the brigade headquarters, turned on the loudspeaker, and started calling people.

With all the building materials ready, there's no point in delaying any longer. Let's get right to it and start building the greenhouse this afternoon.

Upon hearing that Chen Ling was finally going to start building the greenhouse.

The young people in the village were very excited. They hadn't worked much since winter started, and they didn't dare to go too far into the mountains.

Catching rabbits all day is pretty boring. It's much better to get together and do some work, have some fun, and eat and drink. What a great thing!

The main thing is being able to eat and drink for several days in a row.

That gives me energy to work.

So almost as soon as Chen Ling finished shouting, a group of people called out to their friends and then gathered together in a huge crowd, heading towards the wheat field in the east of the village like a parade or a large meeting.

Chen Ling had just returned to his home in the village when Zhenzhen and Ruirui were feeding Er Tuzi.

Since we're going to have Yu Qi'an help raise the two eagles for now, let's bring Er Tuzi over too. With Er Tuzi as a companion, they won't cause any more trouble and keep hitting the cage.

Otherwise, this bamboo cage wouldn't be able to hold the eagle.

Bamboo cages can't even hold some large parrots, let alone eagles with their even more powerful beaks.

But if Er Tuzi is watching over them, they will behave well and stay obediently in the bamboo cage.

That's fine.

"Zhenzhen, you went to the market without even bringing your brother some food. Did I train you to be a crow for nothing?"

Yu Qi'an also changed into work clothes, preparing to help Chen Ling.

The tone was still quite off-key.

Upon hearing this, Rui Rui pouted and swung her hand, yelling, "I'll hit you!"

Yu Qi'an immediately felt extremely aggrieved: "Can't I speak?"

Wang Zhenzhen swallowed back what she was about to say and burst into laughter: "Brother Qi'an, you're doomed. With Rui Rui around, you really shouldn't say anything. Sister-in-law Hui Ning is right. It's your fault for always teasing him. He just doesn't like you."

Chen Ling was tidying up the steamer in the kitchen, since they still had to steam buns and stew beef head here tonight.

Working in the east of the village, it's a bit far to get to the farm for meals.

Just then, Er Tuzi in the yard suddenly started barking loudly.

Chen Ling thought Rui Rui was fooling around with Yu Qi'an again, and Er Tu Zi was just chiming in.

Soon after, Wang Zhenzhen excitedly shouted, "Brother-in-law, come out quickly! Come out quickly! Geese are flying overhead! There are so many geese, probably ten thousand!"

When Chen Ling came out, he was astonished to see a sky full of wild geese flying by.

The little kid shouting "ten thousand" is an exaggeration, but there are definitely several thousand of them.

"Old Yu, Old Yu, hurry up and go to the village to call for Liu Ni'er and the others. It's sunny today and there are many geese flying over. We should take them with us."

"Zhenzhen, you go too, hurry up..."

(End of this chapter)