My 1995 Small Farm.

Speaking of Niu Laosan from Changle Township, he is a very well-known figure.

Although not as well-known as Yang Gangdan.

But in the eyes of the kids, Niu Laosan was a much better figure than that nonsensical Yang Gangdan.

Even though the adults often say that Niu Laosan is not filial to his own mother.

That doesn't diminish Niu Laosan's towering image in the eyes of the children at all.

No other reason.

It's because Niu Laosan runs a beef shop in the village.

That guy gets to eat beef every day.

If those little kids who only get to eat meat during the Lunar New Year and rarely get to taste meat on ordinary days could live such a life, they would probably be laughing in their dreams.

Niu Laosan was from Niuduzhai, which is also known as Niutouzhai.

Niu Tou Zhai is a name that was changed in recent years.

The reason is that Niuduzhai often produces some people with bad intentions.

I'm constantly being called "old bastard," "young bastard," or "turtle bastard."

Later, whenever people heard that someone from Niuduzhai had committed a crime, they would suddenly realize that it was a young calf from Niuduzhai who was so immature.

It naturally sounds unpleasant to the ear.

So it was changed in the last few years.

As the saying goes, the environment shapes the people.

It's rotten at its root.

No matter how you change the name, it won't help.

Just like Niu Laosan's father.

That's the hunter who found a bear cub in the snow one winter and was determined to sell it to the zoo for money.

Let's not even talk about why the mother and cub didn't hibernate in winter.

Just talking about Niu Laosan's father, he's not a very good person.

Hunting in the mountains is unrestrained; pregnant women and those with young children are killed without hesitation.

At home, he was disrespectful to his parents and domineering towards his brothers.

When it came to Niu Laosan, although he wasn't as inhuman as his father, he had never cared about his mother since his father was killed by that mother bear.

He rushed to the village today, not to visit his mother.

Instead, they heard that the youngest son had returned to the village and was going to the mountains to hunt bears with a group of teenagers.

A bear.

Is that something a human should mess with?
Hearing that others had hunted a bear and sold it for so much money, he got envious and thought he could do it too?
This brat really has no idea how his grandfather died!
Niu Laosan was extremely anxious.

Niuduzhai is not far from Changle Township, but there is a mountain road to walk along, which is rugged and difficult to travel, and it takes a long time.

Moreover, by the time he hurried back, the sun had already set.

It got dark halfway there.

Just then, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps 'tap-tap-tap' coming from the mountain road in the distance.

It travels very far at night.

There was even a long echo.

Niu Laosan grew up in the mountains, herding sheep, collecting herbs, and doing farm work. He heard all sorts of sounds from the mountains day and night.

He had never heard such a sound before.

And you can tell from the sound that it's not a human voice.

He could even faintly hear long, intermittent panting sounds, like "whoosh" and "hiss".

He was immediately terrified, his hair stood on end.

At that moment, his mind was filled with all the ghost stories he had heard since childhood.

Actually, we've been killing cows for so many years.

Niu Laosan is quite bold.

But he always felt like there was a pair of eyes watching him.

It made him feel uneasy.

And the strange footsteps were getting closer and closer.

They were clearly heading this way.

He wanted to run, but his legs felt weak.

'Tap, tap, tap...'

The sound became rapid, turning into a series of rapid sounds.

Niu Laosan, with a burst of strength from who knows where, took off running, screaming in terror as he went.

But this mountain road is particularly difficult to travel.

It's getting dark too.

In these days, without stars and the moon, the nights in the mountains are often pitch black.

It's true, you can't see anything at all.

Niu Laosan hadn't run more than a few steps when he tripped and fell flat on his face.

But by then, he had long forgotten the pain.

The sound grew closer and closer, whistling towards them, and a gust of wind carrying a strong, fishy smell swept in from behind.

Niu Laosan was so frightened that his forehead flushed and his mind went blank.

Before he passed out, he had only one thought in his mind: he must have run into an old monster in the mountains.

Running on such a difficult mountain road was faster than running on flat ground, and it could also create such a strong 'demonic wind' and such a strong 'stench'...

What else could this be but an old monster?!

After Niu Laosan fainted.

A dirty horse curiously stopped beside him, saw him lying motionless, and tugged at his clothes with its mouth.

Seeing that he didn't react at all, she immediately lost interest, and trotted down the mountain with light steps.

As for Niu Laosan, he woke up the next day already on the kang (heated brick bed) at home.

It is said that his youngest son carried him back, and his mother made him brown sugar ginger soup, which helped him recover.

He later learned that he wasn't the only one who had encountered that old monster.

Yangtougou.

Pig Tail Ridge.

Majia'ao.

Someone has seen it.

I encountered them all at night.

People in the mountains eat dinner early, especially in winter when it gets dark quickly, so they eat even earlier.

After dinner, we need to feed the livestock.

Several families stumbled upon this while feeding their pigs and livestock after meals.

Coincidentally, these families were all those who didn't have a good reputation in the village.

Niu Laosan heard this.

Looking at her youngest son with a strange expression, and her elderly mother who had finished serving ginger soup and turned to leave without a word.

He felt a mix of emotions.

It is said that after that, Niu Laosan gradually became kinder to his mother.

In this respect, Little Blue Horse did do a good deed. However, on the other hand...

Was it really just a coincidence that Xiao Qingma visited those families?
It specifically targets families with bad reputations to scare them and to punish evil and promote good.
Of course not.

If it were that smart, sensible, and righteous, it wouldn't have angered Chen Ling so much all the time.

In fact, after it got familiar with the roads, it went to visit the homes and villages it had stayed in before.

To put it simply, they were just bored and wanted to go back to their old haunts.

Then I went there once, found it fun, and explored the whole area around.

Yangtougou, Majia'ao, Zhuweiba Ridge, Niuduzhai...

Its traces can be found everywhere.

The owner of Xiao Qingma was Old Yang Yu'er from Yangtougou. Old Yang Yu'er was the first person in the area to build a shed for growing mushrooms.

But his character isn't great; by Chenwangzhuang's standards, he'd probably be a smaller version of Old Wang.

The little blue horse's previous owner was from Pig Tail Ridge, and he wasn't a good person either.

The mule and horse market is known for its honesty.

As a result, the man agreed to sell the little blue horse to Old Horse Brush. Old Horse Brush even bought a new bridle to welcome the new animal into his home. However, when the man saw that Old Yang Fish offered an extra four hundred yuan, he changed his mind.

It would be strange if this kind of person were a good person.

Little Green Horse has only followed these people since he was a child, so naturally he specifically seeks them out.

But I went to these places.

Of course, it wasn't just people who had raised ponies who were bumped into.

Some are quite amazing.

There was a story about a wife having an affair, or some hooligan climbing over a wall and kicking down a widow's door...

The rumors have become too complicated to explain.

In short, it must be a man and a woman.

That very night, while a man and a woman were doing something reckless, the monster pushed open the bolted door, poked its big head out, and without coming in, just kept breathing foul odors, staring at them from the doorway, scaring the two half to death.

The man fainted immediately.

This is true.

Knowing Little Green Horse's temperament, if he heard a strange sound, he would definitely go over to see what was going on.

Then, as the story spread, it became known that these people had done too many bad things and were punished for it.

Yes.

People in the countryside really believe in this.

If lightning strikes your house and your house is struck, you'll say it's a dragon from the sky coming to take you away.

They've encountered a monster; their good days are over.

These people are not afraid.

slowly.

In these people's mouths, Little Green Horse is...

They either turned into a donkey-headed wolf or a wolf-like creature.

Legend has it that these two types of mountain spirits and monsters feed on the flesh of bad people, so they often capture bad people and take them into the mountains to eat them.

As Mr. Lu Xun said: Folk legends of this kind have always been very flexible and ever-changing.

These ghosts and monsters often change according to people's preferences; sometimes they like to punish bad people, and sometimes they like to eat children.

……

"I'm telling you, this is the last time. If you run off again, don't bother coming back."

In the morning, Chen Ling stood outside the livestock pen, looking at the little blue horse lying on the haystack pretending to be asleep, and scolded it.

The little blue horse grinned, showing its big white teeth, and made purring noises, its belly rising and falling as if it were fast asleep, as if it hadn't heard a thing.

"Pretending to be asleep, huh? I'll teach you to pretend to be asleep."

Chen Ling opened the door to the livestock pen and lashed out with his whip.

The little blue horse shuddered and opened its bewildered eyes, looking as if it had just woken up from a dream.

Chen Ling was even angrier when he saw this, "Damn it, they're really into pretending!"

He cracked the whip and gave it a good beating.

This time, upon realizing that Chen Ling was truly angry, the little blue horse cooperated by letting out a pitiful scream.

Chen Ling got a good beating.

Once Chen Ling calmed down, it calmly rolled over, relaxed, and lay down comfortably in its grass nest to sleep.

Of course, it had no idea that Chen Ling had already decided to simply and crudely put it in an iron cage.

If I had known, I probably wouldn't have slept so soundly.

Chen Ling hadn't just beaten it enough.

It was Yu Qi'an and his wife who had arrived.

He went to greet him.

As for He Jiawen and his group, they visited Zhao Yubao and his group yesterday afternoon.

Some of them stayed at Zhao Yubao's two houses.

Some even moved into empty houses at the school.

The Zhao and Yubao families really enjoy entertaining outsiders.

Earning money for rent and food is a novel experience for them.

Moreover, these people are all very cultured.

After some conversation, they even agreed to teach a few classes for the children at the school.

The villagers didn't know what this specifically meant.

All they knew was that the university professors were going to teach their own kids, and they were all beaming with joy, praising the two old men to the skies.

"It's so nice here. Every time I walk in, my heart immediately calms down, and even breathing feels more comfortable than anywhere else."

Yu Qi'an stretched out his arms, closed his eyes, and looked completely absorbed in the moment.

Beside him was Bai Huining, who had gained a lot of weight since last time. She was still all smiles, and together with Wang Zhenzhen, they carried a large bag of letters, opening and reading them as they walked.

"Wow, Brother Ling, you're amazing now! Look, look, there are not only letters from children, but also letters from experts. They say the ideas conveyed in your cartoons are very forward-thinking..."

Bai Huining held up the letter and handed it to Chen Ling.

Chen Ling was about to speak to Yu Qi'an when he saw this and paused in his smile, glancing at it in his hand.

He really is an expert.

It contains many compliments about him, and the angles of those compliments are very professional.

Yes, this is definitely a real expert, no doubt about it.

Chen Ling immediately smiled again.

Just as he was about to say something, a shout from the front cut him off.

"Oh, here comes that donkey!"

A little boy saw Yu Qi'an and turned to run home, shouting as he ran, "Da, da, the donkey is here, the donkey is here again! We can sell the birds we caught!"

Yu Qi'an was so shocked that he exclaimed "Holy crap!" and was immediately speechless.

Chen Ling was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter.

Bai Huining was also overjoyed.

Chen Ling had been trying to tell Yu Qi'an about the wild geese, but was stopped twice. However, it didn't matter whether he told Yu Qi'an or not now.

"You're famous now, you surnamed Donkey! Hurry up, the birds our villagers catch are all top-quality stuff." (End of Chapter)