My 1995 Small Farm.

Sun and Moon Grotto.

Chen Ling brought Er Tu Zi in at night.

Since Er Tuzi's beak was sawed off, he could no longer use his hooked beak to tear apart meat.

They need to be fed meat puree for a period of time.

Waiting for it to grow its entire beak on its own would be far too slow.

Chen Ling brought it into the cave and gave it special treatment to help it recover as soon as possible.

Er Tu Zi was completely bald, like a bald chicken, but its eyes were very bright. Moreover, after it lost its feathers, its body size actually increased by two sizes. Yu Qi'an said that Er Tu Zi was starving in the mountains and ate like crazy after being caught, and it got fat immediately.

Yu Qi'an's words make some sense.

Birds and wild animals, or even domestic livestock, can lose weight rapidly in a very short time if they get even a little sick.

But once they regain their health, their weight skyrockets in an extremely short period of time.

But Er Tuzi's is different.

Er Tuzi has grown two sizes bigger.

Strictly speaking, for a small hawk like Er Tu Zi to grow to this size is definitely not a good thing in the wild.

This is because it means that it has separated from its original flock of hawks, also known as sparrowhawks, and cannot get along with its own kind. When it is in heat during the breeding season, it cannot find a mate, making it difficult to reproduce.

But now that Er Tu Zi is a domesticated creature, especially since his master Chen Ling has a magical blessed land, things are completely different.

No matter how it mutates, it doesn't matter, Chen Ling will always be there to protect it.

"Come on, Baldy, I'll treat you to fish today."

Chen Ling waved his hand, and pulled two plump fish out of the lake.

The fish raised in the cave are a favorite among the meat-loving members of the family.

Upon seeing the two large, fat fish, Er Tuzi's round eyes lit up. His two featherless wings flapped like chicken wings, and after being sawed off and polished smooth, his mouth opened and he kept squealing.

He looked impatient.

In the past, it would have already pressed down with its paw and started tearing at it.

But now, its claws are bald, and it can't even break its scales.

They can only wait eagerly to be fed, like a hungry little child eager for food, crying out for nourishment.

Seeing how adorable it was like before, Chen Ling couldn't help but chuckle: "Haha, Baldy, you look quite funny like this. Why don't you just stay like this forever..."

Er Tu Zi quickly took small steps to his side, rubbed his hand with his now short and flat eagle beak, and urged Chen Ling to feed him fish.

Chen Ling stroked its bald head and felt that it was indeed quite amusing, especially now that it was begging for food.

No wonder so many people like to raise newly hatched birds by hand.

This feeling is really quite interesting.

So Chen Ling first removed the scales from the two large, fat fish, then used a large cleaver to chop them into minced meat and put them in a basin.

Then he grabbed Er Tuzi and put him on his lap, took a chopstick, dipped it in the fish paste, and fed it to Er Tuzi's mouth bit by bit.

Er Tuzi, like a greedy little chick, bit into the chopsticks and swallowed them with unusual ferocity.

In no time, it had devoured more than half of the fish meat paste.

The wild beasts and birds in the cave were also quite hungry.

The leopard, in particular, was watching from a tree in the distance, its mouth watering so much it was practically drooling.

The one secretly watching here is the short-tailed male leopard.

The female leopard is now pregnant, and her belly is getting bigger and bigger, so she can no longer climb to high places.

Chen Ling found the leopard's appearance amusing, so he caught a fish from the river and threw it to the leopard to eat.

When the leopard saw the fish, it jumped down from the tree, picked it up, and carried it away.

He didn't even glance at Chen Ling, nor did he stay where he was to eat.

Chen Ling flashed into Leopard Mountain, deep in the forest.

The stones here are covered with green moss and vines, and the leopard cave below, which used to have an open entrance, is now covered by various wild grasses and vines.

Chen Ling chose a secluded tree and waited for a while. Then he saw the leopard with the broken tail sneakily and stealthily run back from the bushes in the distance, carrying a fish in its mouth.

It diligently crawled into the den to feed the mother leopard.

Chen Ling noticed that the female leopard did not rush to enjoy the delicious, fat fish when she saw the male leopard return with it in his mouth.

Instead, it squinted its eyes and affectionately licked the male leopard's face.

She is like a gentle wife welcoming her husband home.

Indeed, the female leopard behaved in a very feminine manner.

Chen Ling was also a little surprised when he saw this, thinking to himself: No wonder people say that fierce women are tigresses, but no one says they are leopards.

It turns out that this leopard and the tigress are so different.

Hey! What are you two doing?!

Chen Ling flashed forward as if teleporting, suddenly appearing in front of the leopard den. He stomped his foot, startling the loving leopards.

The male leopard, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, arched its back in fright and instinctively leaped upwards, its head slamming into the ceiling of the cave with a 'bang,' instantly seeing stars.

The pregnant leopard was startled, but upon seeing Chen Ling, an old acquaintance, it immediately revealed its ferocious nature. Its eyes widened, it lowered its body, extended its claws, revealed a mouthful of sharp teeth, and let out a terrifying hiss.

He threatened Chen Ling while backing away.

"Okay, okay, I was just kidding. You're all baring your teeth at me again, aren't you? I even kindly fed you fish!"

Chen Ling rubbed his hands together, then beckoned to the leopards that had just been showing affection but were now baring their teeth, which were now lying at his feet.

Because of her pregnancy, the mother leopard was still resentful and even more furious than before, despite being suppressed by Chen Ling using his absolute position in the cave.

"Still baring your teeth? You're pregnant and still have such a temper. I'll send you to the zoo if you want!"

Chen Ling threatened, touching the mother leopard's belly. The male leopard was helpless; he was used to Chen Ling's surprise attacks like this every time. He knew that resisting was useless, but it would be too embarrassing to let himself be violated in front of the mother leopard, so he closed his eyes and lay on the ground pretending to be dead.

But Chen Ling wasn't in the mood to pet it.

Just touching the mother leopard's increasingly round belly, soft and swollen, with a strange, slight tremor inside, like a human baby kicking its belly.

After petting them for a long time, until the mother leopard gave up resisting and Chen Ling had petted them enough, he got up and waved his hand again, bringing over a few fat fish and throwing them on the ground for them to eat.

There are still not many rare plants and animals in the cave.

It's just a few species, such as leopards, sturgeon, jackals, and golden pheasants.

It's still a long way from Chen Ling's goal of creating fun new hybrid species.

However, the rat holes and rabbit holes that were dug out while building the greenhouse these past few days gave Chen Ling a lot of ideas.

Pika, Weasel, Yellow Weasel, Green Yao, Yellow Yao...

Mountain cat, golden cat, wild cat...

Try crossbreeding these small things first.

New breeds of rabbits, mice, and weasels eat less, which stimulates them to mate and reproduce.

"I'll go to the mountains to catch mushrooms whenever I have free time these days, whatever I need, but I need to prepare the substrate for growing mushrooms first."

"Once the mushrooms are ready, there won't be much left to do in the two sheds, so we can go into the mountains without worry."

The substrate for growing mushrooms, also known as mushroom culture medium or substrate.

This thing isn't difficult to handle.

They are all by-products from crops grown in the fields.

For example, wheat straw, wheat bran, sawdust, corn cobs, cottonseed hulls, rice hulls, etc. are all acceptable.

In this season, it goes without saying that corncobs are the easiest to obtain.

These are just kept at home to be used as firewood in the winter.

However, the families in the mountains are mostly small households. After harvesting the corn cobs, they would dry them with the cobs still attached. They would only rub off the kernels when eating corn porridge.

Therefore, if you want a large quantity of corn cobs, you still need to go to the grain stations in the townships and counties.

Use a tractor to haul it a few times, crush it, pile it up to ferment and generate heat, pack it into spawn bags, add mushroom seeds, and that's it.

Chen Ling was making plans in his mind.

But he didn't expect that he would be busy tonight.

Er Tu Zi was temporarily taken in by Yu Qi'an a few days ago, and was fed all kinds of meat by his father-in-law and the village children. He was never seen hungry.

But today, after sawing off its mouth and bringing it into the cave, this thing suddenly developed a huge appetite and transformed into a glutton.

I just ate the meat paste from two big, fat fish.

After petting the leopard, Chen Ling wandered around for a while, looked at the newly cleared desert, and found that it was hungry again after only about an hour.

"Getting hungry so quickly, could it be that something strange has happened?"

Chen Ling's heart skipped a beat, and he thought with delight.

Then, he excitedly brought over two fat catfish, chopped them into minced meat, and fed the expectant bald bird a full meal once again.

This time, Er Tuzi ate everything clean, leaving not a single bite.

Chen Ling thought it was full this time.

He grabbed it and left the cave, then went back to his room to sleep.

But more than an hour later, while Chen Ling and his family of four were sleeping soundly, Er Tu Zi somehow got onto the bed and started pecking at Chen Ling's hair near his ear, begging for food.

Chen Ling had no choice but to get up and feed it again.

It's still fish meat paste.

After feeding it, it went to sleep. Two hours later, the bald bird came again.

This time, not only Chen Ling, but even Wang Susu couldn't understand it. She said, "What's wrong with Er Tu Zi right now? Why is he even more fussy than Kang Kang and Le Le?! He needs to be fed every two hours. He's so big now, almost ready to hatch eggs, yet he still acts like a little kid who needs to eat at fixed times?"

Chen Ling was unfazed, but still very excited, thinking that this must be another strange change in Er Tu Zi.

The inspirational article about the eagle's rebirth was originally fake; it was fictional.

Eagles do not undergo that kind of transformation.

But it just so happened to appear on Er Tuzi.

And now it's eating so frequently.

It must have mutated.

Chen Ling immediately became expectant.

Our Iron Feather Hawk has undergone another transformation, and this time it is undoubtedly the King of Hawks.

He laughed inwardly.

Seeing her husband's excited expression, Wang Susu lost her sleepiness.

In addition, after changing bedrooms and moving to the wooden building, they would light the kang (heated brick bed) before going to bed, so the room would be warm at night and the second and third children would sleep more soundly.

Wang Susu quietly got up and went out to feed Er Tuzi with Chen Ling.

And so, after tossing and turning three or four times throughout the night, dawn finally broke.

Wang Susu took Rui Rui, who had woken up early, to pee under the gourd trellis, and then realized something was wrong.

"Ah Ling, look what Er Tu Zi is doing!"

Chen Ling was about to go downstairs to brush his teeth when he heard this, so he went downstairs and walked over. Looking under the gourd trellis, he saw Er Tu Zi sneakily hiding in front of an overturned water vat.

This overturned water tank has a small hole at the bottom. It's for puppies to use during the winter so they can crawl inside and avoid the wind.

At this moment, Er Tuzi was squatting in front of the hole, his buttocks facing outwards, like a woodpecker, his buttocks swaying back and forth, behaving strangely; it was unclear what he was doing. (End of Chapter)