My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 771 The Legend of the Purple Qilin
The gift Chen Ling initially planned to give to the children in the audience was a parrot egg that could be hatched.

Take advantage of this winter break to let children do a fun and meaningful hatching game.

After thinking about it again, I realized that it wasn't realistic at this time.

The reason is simple.

Although there are many parrot eggs, the parrot population in the cave world is so rampant that they keep laying eggs, and there are definitely enough to give away as gifts.

Unfortunately, this was limited by the backward transportation conditions of that era.

Sending it out is still quite troublesome.

In addition, baby parrots hatched in winter are very difficult to raise, especially now that it's the season.

It wouldn't be good if they died while we were raising them.

So Chen Ling changed the gifts to items from wolves and wild boars, which he used as various small ornaments.

And after arriving in the city, I found Han Shaobo and printed some comic books.

Needless to say, this comic book is also related to the animated series "Blackie and Little Gold".

This related story is different from the main animated film.

Most of them are discarded drafts of original artwork, which were then sorted out.

If it were included in the main feature of an animated film, it might not pass censorship.

However, if you take it out on its own and turn it into a storybook or comic book, then there's no problem.

Using this as a gift for the children in the audience is more suitable than anything else right now, and it's also more convenient.

Chen Ling believes the children will love it.

After all, the number of those small trinkets is limited and not enough.

……

……

It's the fourth day since I arrived in the city.

Chen Ling had all the printed comic books and trinkets mailed to the children's addresses.

He went to the suburbs himself to the lynx's dog farm.

Now, this dog farm is not just owned by Lynx alone; Chen Ling is also a part of it.

The two of them love raising dogs and also enjoy breeding the superior breeds they desire.

The two also attached great importance to the dog farm.

The two also discussed many plans, including arrangements for the layout of the dog farm and the subsequent breeding of the dogs.

However, due to Dujuan's situation, she needs someone to care for her right now.

When Lynx returned this time, he went straight back to Lingyun County and didn't have any free time to come to the city, so this matter will be left to Chen Ling to handle.

The first thing to do is to isolate the full-term puppies.

There have been so many newborn puppies lately.

It can be said that ever since the dog farm took in those fighting dogs, the female dogs have been constantly giving birth.

If the puppies aren't separated...

After they leave their nest, they will start fighting.

Raising dogs at this kennel is no simple matter.

Fights between puppies should not be taken lightly.

Don't let their fluffy appearance fool you; they can be incredibly cute and endearing. When they fight, they can kill their siblings, or at the very least, injure or even cripple them.

This is simply human nature.

Unless a litter only has one puppy, even if there is only one litter of dogs, the siblings in that litter will fight each other to produce a alpha dog.

There must be a hierarchy of status.

Second.

In addition to preventing fights between puppies, it's also important to prevent them from getting sick.

Anyone who owns a dog knows this.

Puppies are most susceptible to illness in winter, or during seasonal transitions between cold and hot weather.

If you catch a cold or fever and it's not detected in time...

It will develop into canine distemper.

The entire dog farm may be wiped out.

Therefore, the puppy should be isolated and moved to a warm kennel, and released again in the spring.

Of course, you can also pick out some full moon cubs and bring them out to find a suitable owner.

And one more thing.

That means that after separating the puppies, the dog farm will also need to be renovated.

Add some wire mesh and metal cage compartments to separate the large dogs from each other.

Otherwise, they can mate without restraint, which is not acceptable.

It's too easy to mess things up.

Another option is to replace the original earthen surface with a cement surface.

When Chen Ling arrived at the dog farm in the suburbs, Shanmao's brother Zhong Wen saw Chen Ling as if he were a savior: "Fugui, you've finally come! Sanzi's dog farm is driving people crazy."

"This is our fault. We've been busy lately, so don't worry, Brother Wen. You and your wife won't have to worry about it anymore."

Chen Ling took out his gift box from the car; it contained expensive cigarettes and alcohol.

"With our relationship, why would we need to bring these things?"

Zhong Wen gave it a simple push, then accepted it.

Lynx is the third child in the family. In Professor Zhong's family, if Lynx hadn't followed Professor Han, he would have always been the kind of person who didn't do anything productive.

Going further back, they'd be pretty much like spoiled brats.

Therefore, Zhong Wen's wife, who is also Shan Mao's sister-in-law, has always had a rather negative opinion of Shan Mao, her brother-in-law.

If Professor Zhong and his wife hadn't intervened, they would never have taken charge of this dog farm.

Even while managing the money, they also took the opportunity to ask Professor Zhong and his parents for a lot of money.

In the eyes of Professor Zhong and his wife, Professor Zhong and his wife also favored their younger son.

Lynx's sister is also closer to Lynx.

I've always harbored resentment.

Helping my youngest son with something? Fine, but I have to pay.

And you can't give too little.

This time, they took the opportunity to swindle a lot of money from the elderly couple.

In short, when there are many children in a family, these kinds of things are inevitable and unavoidable.

Whether in the city or the countryside.

Compared to the countryside, like the Wang Jusheng brothers' family, the Shanmao family is a bit better. It's just that you can't tell on the surface, and the two brothers seem to get along very well.

If Chen Ling hadn't known Lynx for a long time, and if the dog farm hadn't been neglected in the second half of this year, he wouldn't have known about this at all.

But this is for the best; the Lynx brothers can keep clear accounts even among themselves.

When Chen Ling came, the gifts he brought were valuable cigarettes and alcohol, and the alcohol even had Sun Yanhong's label on it.

This way, you don't have to be overly polite with people.

Chen Ling was also annoyed by this.

So I only asked about the current situation at the dog farm and didn't say anything else.

As a child raised in a professor's family, Zhong Wen is also very good at socializing. He was incredibly enthusiastic when he received the gift.

After introducing his recent situation, he even seemed to be considering Chen Ling's well-being.

He said, "I heard from my dad that you want to bring in those people from the rural areas who used to run dog fighting to manage the dog farm. Those people only run dog fighting for money. Can you really trust them?"

"Whether it's reliable or not is hard to say. Let me look around first. We plan to start selling puppies next year; we can't keep going like this forever."

Chen Ling didn't tell him her true thoughts, and just followed him around the dog farm.

Seeing how they were taking care of the dog, Chen Ling felt helpless.

I knew it; you can't expect a bunch of people who don't like dogs to manage this dog farm very well.

Even if you pay someone to do it, it's just simple tasks like feeding the dogs and cleaning the house every day.

To expect these dogs to be plump, strong, and energetic, while also being affectionate, is wishful thinking.

"Huh? They've started selling dogs?"

Seriously, Fugui, can this dog make money?

You're such a successful businessman, with restaurants and instant noodles that make a fortune every day, is it really necessary for you to keep so many dogs?

Look at these big dogs, they eat and poop so much, it's impossible to clean them every day, the smell is too strong.

"It's so troublesome to have to worry about this and that."

When Zhong Wen led Chen Ling deeper into the area, he had already prepared by putting on two layers of cotton masks.

Anyone who owns a large dog knows that these dogs smell much stronger about urine than feces.

Moreover, the smell of urine from keeping a dog in one place for a long time is difficult to dissipate.

If it's a large dog farm like this, then it goes without saying.

That smell was even more pungent than a garbage dump.

"It wasn't about making money at first, and it's still not really about making money now. It's just because we both love raising dogs."

Chen Ling smiled. His and Lynx's idea of ​​breeding superior Chinese dog breeds was something that ordinary people wouldn't understand.

My eyes scanned the area. The entire dog farm covered an area of ​​more than an acre. Right next to the wall, there were many small houses with barbed wire and brick walls.

It looks like a pigsty for raising pigs.

However, they are interconnected.

Because the walls inside are not high, large dogs can jump over them.

Since it was just muddy ground, when Chen Ling got to the cage door, he found that there were many holes dug by large dogs inside.

Some of those holes were dug by dogs that had been locked up for a long time to vent their frustrations, while others were used to hide food.

Some even hid their own puppies inside.

Chen Ling looked around and felt his mind go blank.

Again.

You can't expect a group of people who don't like dogs to raise dogs well.

Hiring people is only for routine tasks like feeding the dogs and cleaning.

Otherwise, Chen Ling and Shanmao wouldn't have thought of hiring those dogfighters to manage the dogs.

"Uh-huh!"

Chen Ling walked to the cage door, beckoned with his finger, and barked at the dogs.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Wang Wang Wang!"

As soon as they heard the 'sniffling' call, the dogs in the kennel started barking all at once.

Dogs and wolves are not much different in this respect.

Once one starts barking, the rest will follow suit.

More than a hundred dogs barked loudly, creating a deafening roar.

Zhong Wen turned pale when he saw this.

He pulled Chen Ling and tried to walk out.

He was also afraid of these dogs; you could say he both resented and feared them. So many big dogs, if they got angry, they could eat people alive.

He never dared to linger here for long.

"It's okay, don't be afraid. Brother Wen, you can go first if you need to."

Chen Ling told him to go first.

“What do you mean, ‘I’ll go first’? What kind of talk is that? Look how fiercely these dogs are barking, how dangerous it is! Let’s go out first and talk to them when they stop barking!” Zhong Wen said urgently.

These dogs are very docile when fed, but because they have puppies, they are prone to going crazy when strangers are present.

I told him about this lynx a couple of years ago, so he knows about it.

Chen Ling waved his hand, squatted down, and continued to bark at the dog.

Strangely, as soon as he squatted down, the nearest dogs were startled at first, but then immediately lowered their heads and became visibly docile, whimpering and wagging their tails as they came forward.

Through the iron cage, she stuck out her tongue to lick his hand.

After the first few large dogs became docile, the dogs behind them also stopped barking. They lay down in front of the cage, looked at Chen Ling, wagged their tails, and started whimpering.

"Good heavens, what's going on?"

Zhong Wen exclaimed in surprise, "Everyone says you're the King of Dogs, that you can tame beasts and tigers, but you didn't tame any of them. You just made them bark and that's it??"

"No, it's just that they still recognize me and remember me."

Seeing Zhong Wen's confusion, Chen Ling didn't explain anything. He observed the big and small dogs inside, clearly understood their condition, and had a better understanding of the situation.

They followed Zhong Wen outside.

Dogs have excellent memories, much better than cats, and many dogs even remember kindness shown to them.

Especially local dogs, which show the most obvious signs.

The dogs at the dog farm all knew Chen Ling.

The dog, originally, had been beaten into submission by Heiwa Xiaojin and had gone hunting with Chen Ling more than once.

On several occasions, he still went hunting with Afu and Ashou.

It would be strange if they didn't behave when they saw Chen Ling.

The remaining dogs, those fighting dogs, were rescued and treated by Chen Ling and Lynx.

I also remember Chen Ling.

So once they recognized them, they all became docile.

After leaving the dog farm, Chen Ling didn't rush to find anyone. Instead, he found a phone and called Zhao Gang.

"How about wealth and status? Are any of the Lynx Brothers' dogs any of them usable?"

"No, they'll be spoiled in the dog farm. None of them will be suitable for breeding... Also, those dogs are so horny, their urine is yellow. If it weren't for the fact that there are enough female dogs in the dog farm, and the male dogs have other dogs to mate with, these dogs would all go crazy."

Luckily I arrived early; if I had come back after the New Year to handle this, those dogs would definitely have started biting people.

Chen Ling mentioned this with a sense of helplessness, saying that dogs need to be walked, and even dogs kept in cages at dog farms need to be let out to roam frequently.

Otherwise, they would definitely develop mental illness.

Given that dogs are territorial and there are so many large, aggressive dogs in the kennel, something bad is bound to happen in the long run.

"Well, you really made the right decision to go. Take some time to let the dog out for a walk."

"Yes, we plan to release them tonight; there are too many people during the day."

"...Speaking of raising dogs, Brother Yu Qi'an has something to say to you. I'll let him talk to you."

Zhao Gang handed the phone to Yu Qi'an, and Yu Qi'an's voice came through: "Fugui, a group of hawkers came to the village. They came with an expedition team. After hearing about you from the hawkers and knowing the size of Heiwa and Xiaojin, the expedition team wants to ask if you know about the ancient breed of dog, the Purple Qilin?"

"A purple Qilin? An ancient dog breed?"

Chen Ling frowned upon hearing this. "Where did this expedition team come from? How can a Qilin be related to a dog?"

"I don't know either. This expedition team came back from abroad, and they said they've been looking for this kind of dog for many years."

Yu Qi'an said nonchalantly, "But when it comes to making friends, they're quite interesting to talk to, and they know a lot about dogs. They don't seem like bad people."

"..."

Chen Ling admired Yu Qi'an's ability to make friends anywhere.

"Are they just bored? Who organizes an expedition specifically to find dogs?"

To be honest, I thought to myself, "This is like something out of 'Ghost Blows Out the Light,' with all this talk of a purple unicorn. If they were looking for something based on size, they could have just gone for the Kangal or the North American gray wolf."

The largest North American gray wolf can weigh up to 140-150 pounds and stand one meter tall at the shoulder.

Many of the ridges are over a meter high at the shoulder.

Anyone who knows dogs, especially large breeds, should understand this.

Why bother with expeditions and years of dedicated research?
"Oh, right, I should also add something about the 'wealthy' part. They said it's an ancient breed of dog that originated in the Qinling Mountains, said to be the exclusive property of the mountain god, and the dog kept by Erlang Shen in his incarnation..."

"..."

This is getting more and more absurd, isn't it?