My 1995 Small Farm.

During the day, after skinning the wolf and processing the wolf meat, Chen Ling rode his motorcycle to the county town.

The official purpose, of course, was to bring the wolf back.

After all, he told people last night that the wolf was kept in a cage in the small courtyard in the south of the city.

Upon arriving at the small courtyard in the county town, Chen Ling didn't stop, closed the door, and immediately slipped into the cave.

Inside the cave, Chen Ling arrived in front of Wolf Ba Zi.

This wolf, or rather, the female jackal, was placed by Chen Ling near the jackal's den.

After being captured by Chen Ling, Jackal settled down near the Great Lake.

They were quite different from wild jackals; after living in the cave for only about a year, they had already shown obvious differences.

Not only did their fur become brighter and redder, and they grew larger than ordinary jackals, but their habits also changed.

Wild jackals may seem formidable, but they don't dig their own burrows or build their own dens.

They only seek out existing rock crevices or tree hollows and other natural caves as their nests.

But the jackals in the cave were different; they learned to dig their own burrows and build their own dens.

Right next to the lake, in the bushes, like an African hyena, it used this bush, which was more than eight meters square, as a base to dig a huge den.

These shrubs were transplanted from outside; there were only a few originally, but they gradually spread to this many.

If Chen Ling hadn't restricted their growth, these shrubs would have continued to grow wildly.

However, the environment inside this thicket is quite nice.

After Chen Ling placed the wolf's cage here, many jackal puppies ran back and forth in the bushes, curiously trying to come and play.

However, fearing that the wolf would be bitten to death by the jackal, Chen Ling set up a barrier around the cage.

So the jackals can only see it, but can't touch it.

"As expected, the jackals are the boldest. The jackals, which are so menacing in the wolf pack, are no match for the jackals."

After observing quietly for a while, Chen Ling discovered that these jackals did not exhibit the strange behavior of wolves when they saw the wolves.

It was no different from seeing a wolf or a dog; there was wariness, threat, and ferocity in his eyes, but no fear.

"Let's see what happens when we let the wolf out."

Chen Ling waved his hand, opened the barrier around the wolf, and released the wolf that had been starving for a day and a night.

When Chen Ling made his move, he was still squinting and pretending to be dead, but as soon as he was released, he changed his attitude.

They showed no fear even when surrounded by jackals.

Instead, its fur stood on end, its eyes were fierce, and it bared its gleaming white teeth at the pack of jackals.

His fierce appearance startled Chen Ling.

Of course, the jackals didn't show any fear. Instead, they were eager to rush up and attack the ignorant little wolf.

With Chen Ling guarding them, they knew his power and dared not make any rash moves.

He would occasionally bare his teeth at the wolf and retaliate, then glance at Chen Ling to see if Chen Ling was angry.

Chen Ling kept observing Langbazi's behavior.

But aside from being ruthless, he wasn't as sinister as the rumors suggested.

It also lacks the bewitching and ghostly abilities of creatures like the weasel or fox in folk tales.

"Then why does it make the wolf pack so obedient? That's really strange!"

Chen Ling frowned: "Am I supposed to raise a pack of wolves in this cave and let them wreak havoc?"

"It's not impossible."

"But that's not what we need to do right now."

"It's because the jackals have multiplied too much, and a batch needs to be released."

"Nothing is more important than this matter; it must be placed at the forefront."

Although jackals are very ferocious, they don't become rampant; instead, they have a certain restraining effect on the wild beasts in the mountains.

This means that in addition to hunting for themselves, they will steal or rob other wild animals of their prey.

Ordinary wild animals are no match for them and can only be driven away by them.

This is similar to that of African hyenas.

Ruthless, cunning, and without any moral boundaries, they will stop at nothing to survive.

Of course.

They have the habits of African hyenas.

However, it does not possess the terrifying reproductive ability of the African hyena.

Although it is widely distributed, found in forests in both the south and the north, this creature is extremely rare.

The groups are not very large.

The reason is that they not only have low fertility, but they also frequently kill each other.

Now, the jackals raised in Chen Ling's cave have multiplied to more than twenty puppies.

Although these jackals were divided into two groups, one group of large jackals and one group of small jackals.

The baby is only a month old and can only eat meat at that age.

But the quantity is already quite large.

So Chen Ling decided to release all those big jackals back into the mountains.

Jackals are cautious by nature and are considered terrifying by old hunters, yet they have never descended the mountain in all this time. Wolves, on the other hand, whether descending alone or in packs, do so more than once, and not just in one place.

In that case, Chen Ling, the forest ranger, must take responsibility.

We should appropriately elevate the status of the jackals, allow them to expand their numbers, and suppress the increasingly restless wolf packs.

This was something Chen Ling had planned from the beginning.

It was only brought forward because of the wolf incident in Yangtougou.

"Okay, that's settled for now. After I release all the big jackals, I'll let the wolf in every few days to get to know these little jackals."

Let's see what sparks fly once they get to know each other.

"Besides the jackals and wolves, Heiwa and the others should also try this and see if they can get along with the wolves. After all, she is a female jackal, and it would be best if they could be paired together."

After making his plans, Chen Ling isolated the wolf again and went to the cave to check on the parrot eggs and maggots breeding in the desert area.

The parrot eggs were well preserved and not spoiled, which also delayed the incubation time.

The maggots, on the other hand, have already reproduced to the fifth generation.

Although the maggots were still disgusting to see wriggling, Chen Ling felt less nauseous because he knew they had become clean.

"Take it slow, wait for a batch of sterile maggots to be born."

"Sigh, they say to take it slow, but I've been feeding them leaves and fruits that contain spiritual energy every day, and they've only reproduced to the fifth batch. Their habits haven't been completely changed. It's really terrible."

"Honey fly, hurry up and come out! I'm going to use you as the subject for my new animated film!"

Damn it, I'll first bring out this story, and then I'll bring out the real species of this honey-collecting fly. Then let's see how those Western-worshipping dogs will spread it.

After picking some fruit in the cave to satisfy his craving, Chen Ling put the wolf back in its cage and took it outside.

After returning home.

After Wang Lixian and his men finished skinning the wolf, they didn't leave; they were still waiting for Chen Ling to bring the wolf back.

I did see it last night, but the things that were rumored to be so sinister were naturally impossible to get enough of.

When Chen Ling returned to the farm, a large number of people had already gathered there again.

Fourth Grandfather, who went to bed early last night and didn't come out to see the excitement, also came over and started talking at length to He Jiawen, Zhao Yubao, and others.

Old Wu and the others were brewing tea nearby, and using blueprints to help Chen Ling design how to make wolf skin and wolf-related items into small gifts for children.

It was quite lively.

Seeing Chen Ling arrive on his motorcycle with a cage on the back, everyone dropped what they were doing and gathered around.

"This wolf looks a little different than he did last night!"

"Yes, yes, how come he looks so handsome during the day?"

"That's right. When I came back with my master yesterday, the wolf's eyes were glowing in the dark, which was very frightening."

"Old Wu, what are you saying? At night, wolves' eyes also glow, as do cats' and dogs', and even sheep's. What's so strange about that?"

“It’s different, it’s different. This wolf’s eyes are different. They’re even scarier than a wolf’s green eyes.”

"..."

The crowd began arguing fiercely around the wolf.

People are like that; the stranger or unusual something is, the more they like to veer towards the bizarre or outlandish.

However, Fourth Grandfather Chen Gannian showed no fear or superstition whatsoever.

He walked up to the cage with his hands behind his back, examined it carefully, and then laughed, "This wolf is still young; it's just grown up."

"Yes, I could tell too. This guy is probably only recently turned 18..."

"If it grows up in the mountains for a few years, this guy will be a tough opponent."

Chen Ling was also thinking, what if this wolf wasn't so young, but a cunning and treacherous old wolf?

Perhaps the fate of those wolves would have been different last night.

At least this guy won't hide under the wolf pack's belly anymore; instead, he'll direct the pack to retreat or attack in an orderly fashion.

Instead of cowering and hiding, the wolf pack was also implicated and dared not go too far, waiting at the foot of the mountain for Chen Ling to shoot them.

Fourth Grandfather nodded: "You're right, this thing is indeed very evil, but there's nothing to be afraid of. Out of a thousand wolves, or even ten thousand wolves, you might not find one like this."

It's no exaggeration to say that even one wolf out of a thousand can escape.

Even in Professor Han's materials, some dark folk tales say that only during years of famine, these wolves and wild dogs would gather together to eat people, and only after eating so many would such monstrous creatures be born.

Cannibalism, hybridization, and inbreeding are the possible reasons they concluded from the data for the birth of the wolf.

But the first one is too... well, it's just for record-keeping, and it's impossible to experiment with such a strange thing.

"Yes, we don't understand what this thing is all about, which is why we're scared. But since there are only a few of them, we don't need to worry too much."

As Chen Ling spoke, he turned to Wang Lixian and said, "Brother Xian, let's go to your house and see how this wolf cub reacts to your little wolfhounds."

Wang Lixian's wolfhound was born from wolves and wild dogs in the mountains. It is very close to a wolf, or rather, if it hadn't been brought back to the village, it would have been no different from a wolf in the mountains.

Let's take this female wolf with us and see how she behaves when facing wolves.

Wang Lixian was taken aback, clearly having thought of that too: "Hey, that's right, come on, let's all come to my house and take a look!"

"Ah Ling, wait for us, we're coming too."

At this moment, Wang Susu, who had just come out to watch the commotion, couldn't help but want to follow along.

Rui Rui and Heiwa had already run to Chen Ling's side, baring their teeth and claws at the wolf.

Chen Ling smiled and said, "Let's go then. Let's all go take a look. I still need to go to the mountains this afternoon." (End of Chapter)