My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 74 Ligation
"Did you see Fugui's two dogs? They silently circled around behind Erzhu and his companion. No wonder they say a dog that bites doesn't bark. Just their ferocity gave me goosebumps. Luckily, Fugui was there to watch over them, so the dogs didn't bite. Otherwise, who knows what would have happened to Erzhu."

"That's right, that son of a bitch Fugui is really lucky. It's one thing that he caught two rare red eels, but his dog is also so smart. It's just outrageous."

"Once his dog has settled down, I'm going to come and take his two puppies no matter what."

After Chen Erzhu and Sun Yanhong slunk away, the other villagers stood in the backyard for a while before leaving one after another.

They kept talking about what had just happened along the way.

Especially the two dogs, Heiwa and Xiaojin, stole the show today, making them the talk of the town.

After everyone left, only Wang Laishun and his son Wang Jusheng remained in the backyard.

Wang Laishun continued to lecture Chen Ling, criticizing him for being stupid and not planning for the future, for refusing to sell two thousand yuan and two worthless fish, and for not knowing what he was thinking.

If I accidentally kill it, just thinking about it makes my heart ache.

Chen Ling didn't refute it, but just smiled along.

Once Wang Laishun stopped nagging him, he said, "Fifth Uncle and Brother Jusheng, why don't you have lunch here? I haven't seen Brother Jusheng for almost a month, so I'm here today to have a couple of drinks."

"I'm not staying. The power company is sending people this afternoon, so I need to go home early to wait."

Wang Laishun waved his hand, glanced at his eldest brother, and said, "Jusheng, you can stay if you want. I'm going back now."

"Okay, Da, you go back first. I'll talk to Fugui for a bit more."

……

After Wang Laishun left with his hands behind his back, Chen Ling locked the back door and walked to the front yard with Wang Jusheng.

"Uh-huh~"

"Heiwa, Xiaojin, come here quickly."

As he walked, Wang Jusheng waved to the two dogs.

Seeing that neither dog paid any attention to him, he turned to Chen Ling and said, "Fugui, how did you raise your dog? It's only three months old, how come it's grown so big?"

"The last time I came to your house I was still a puppy. In the blink of an eye, I'm almost as big as two calves now."

"Look at how fierce they were today. Good heavens, that bastard Erzhu was almost scared to death."

After hearing this, Chen Ling patted the two dogs on the head: "I just feed them normally. I guess it's because they are a special breed. When I first picked them up, the mother dog was already quite big."

At this moment, Heiwa and Xiaojin followed closely beside Chen Ling, looking docile and honest, without any of the ferocity they had shown earlier. They also didn't act as eagerly as before, running to Chen Ling to claim credit and reward after catching their prey.

This shows that deep down they consider Chen Ling to be their closest person.

Protecting Chen Ling is ingrained in their very being; it's their most basic instinct, something that doesn't need praise and is always their top priority.

"It really is a special variety. It's called Tiger Head Yellow, but it doesn't look like a Tiger Head Yellow. Tiger Head Yellows don't grow this big, but it's just as fierce."

Wang Jusheng grew to like the two dogs more and more the more he looked at them.

He said with a smile:
"I still remember the first time I came to your house, these two little ones were not even a month old, but they already knew how to protect the house. They held onto the urea bag containing peanuts and refused to let me take it away."

"To be honest, I've never seen such a smart dog. I'll come and take care of the puppies when they're born."

As soon as he said this, Heiwa and Xiaojin immediately perked up their ears and stared at Wang Jusheng.

Although he couldn't understand what the man was saying, he had a feeling that he had ill intentions. Wang Jusheng didn't expect the two dogs to react so strongly. When they stared at him, he immediately shrank back in fright, and the smile on his face froze.

"Fu, Fugui, your dog can't understand human speech, can it?"

Seeing this, Chen Ling was both amused and exasperated: "See? You still want to nest with these? Aren't you afraid they'll chase you and bite you?"

As they talked, the two walked into the courtyard.

Seeing Wang Susu tidying up the food in the yard, Chen Ling said, "Let's have a couple of drinks at noon. I'll cook a couple of dishes, and we can chat while we drink."

"No, no, just sit down and say a few words. I can't drink alcohol these days."

Wang Jusheng waved his hands repeatedly.

After saying that, seeing that Chen Ling still wanted to persuade her, she leaned closer to him and whispered, "I just had my tubal ligation done not long ago and have been lying at home for half a month. I really can't drink."

"Brother Jusheng is here. Have lunch at home."

Seeing the two enter the house, Wang Susu brought out two bamboo chairs for them to sit down.

"No, no, I'll just sit for a bit and then leave. Your sister-in-law Qiaoling is taking care of two kids, and I have to go home to help her look after them, otherwise she won't have time to eat."

Wang Jusheng nodded and smiled at Wang Susu, then sat down.

Seeing their expressions, Wang Susu knew they had something to say, so she didn't try to persuade them further and went to the side to continue picking vegetables.

"Is this related to your second son?"

Chen Ling frowned slightly and asked, "Were you punished?"

“Originally, I was supposed to be punished, not only fined but also dismissed from my post. Fortunately, Director Qin helped to deflect the matter and said a lot of good things about me, and even pinned the blame for the slogan incident on me as well.”

"Otherwise, I'll be fined at least eight thousand yuan, and it'll be recorded in my file."

Wang Jusheng shook his head and sighed.

“I came here to talk to you about the slogans and let you know. After all, they were all your ideas, but now you’re giving me credit for them. That’s not fair to you.”

Chen Ling laughed after hearing this: "What fairness or unfairness? I didn't take this seriously. Last time I ran into Qin Qiumei in the county town, that woman mentioned this matter. She even planned to drag me to the township to be some kind of propaganda committee member, saying that you, Jusheng, always say in front of the township leaders that I came up with the slogans, which made the township leaders remember me."

"I just hadn't seen you for a while and didn't think of this, otherwise I would have told you a long time ago. Just give the credit for this, I don't want to be in the limelight."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jusheng couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Now you know how hated your slogans are, don't you?"

After laughing, he sighed deeply: "But it's fortunate that you came up with these slogans, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to get over this hurdle."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but glance at Chen Ling with a secret sense of gratitude.

It's really not an exaggeration at all. If it weren't for Qin Qiumei's help, plus the fact that the family planning slogans from last time were so outstanding, he would have had a really tough time getting through this.

Chen Ling knew how strict family planning was these days, especially for public officials, so she comforted him, saying that since everything was fine, he should relax and not think too much about it.

After chatting and laughing for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Wang Jusheng got up to say goodbye and leave.

Before leaving, he said he would bring wine to Chen Ling's door once he had recovered, and Chen Ling readily agreed.

(End of this chapter)