My village can't be like this

Chapter 526 Persuasion
After Wang Fang took Xiao Siqi to the backyard, Zhang An drove the car directly to his home circle.

Fortunately, when he first built the pen house, Zhang An opened a gate despite the objections of Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo, so he could drive his car directly inside. Usually when Zhang Jianguo was herding sheep, he didn't have to squeeze them out one by one.

In fact, what Zhang An was thinking at the time was that if the house could not contain so many livestock, leaving a gate would make it easier to drive the car in.

After all, hailstorms happen every year in the summer.

In Zhang An's house, there is a separate compartment that has always been empty.

This is why Zhang Jianguo planned to isolate Dahei because when he first bought him, he had such a bad temper that he wanted to kick anyone he saw.

However, after meeting Zhang An, its fiery temper did not last long, and Zhang An whipped it into submission, and it did not dare to tease the family again.

Therefore, the later Dahei was considered a prodigal son who turned back in time and avoided being imprisoned in a small dark room. Otherwise, how could the current Dahei enjoy the treatment of his wife and children?

Later, although Zhang An's family had more sheep and deer herds, there was definitely nothing to close in this small dark room, and it was not convenient for stacking fodder, so this small dark room remained empty.

It was not until later that the ewes in the flock became pregnant that the small dark room was reused.

Zhang An reopened a large window on the wall and used it as a delivery room for the ewes.

Now that it was free, Zhang An prepared to arrange for the two big cats to live in it without even thinking about it.

The most important thing is that this compartment is equipped with an iron door. If the two big guys are locked in, there is no need to worry about them scaring people.

Zhang An parked the car at the door of the compartment, opened the iron door, and pulled aside the oilcloth covering the iron cage on the car.

Although the two iron cages are not the largest, the weight of the two adult leopards is not to be underestimated.

Although Zhang An could barely move them out of the cargo compartment one by one, it was not worth it.

Zhang An lowered the three sides of the pickup truck, then opened the door of the iron cage, allowing the two big guys to learn to get out of the car on their own.

Perhaps due to motion sickness, the two brothers are still a little out of shape and look very weak.

It wasn't until Zhang An called twice that they stood up and walked out of the iron cage and jumped to the ground.

Because they hadn't seen each other for a long time, Zhang An didn't play with them like before in the Forestry Bureau.

Now they were finally able to get close to Zhang An. The two big guys were like big cats that couldn't live without their master, rubbing their backs against Zhang An's legs.

"Okay, okay. I'll play with you again. Hurry up and go inside first. You will live here from now on."

Zhang An rubbed their furry backs twice and quickly let them into the circle.

If Mom, Dad or Su Ying suddenly come in later, they will definitely be frightened when they see these two big guys.

So you must explain it to them before they discover these two big guys, so that they can be prepared.

As for playing around, it is definitely inconvenient at home, but in the future you can take the time to bring the two big guys into the space and enjoy the fun of those foreign rich people wearing white scarves in advance.

After all, those rich guys haven't started raising lions, tigers and leopards as pet dogs yet, but Zhang An has already started.

The two big guys were used to coming and going freely in the mountains, so they definitely didn't want to go in when they saw the small compartment.

But they didn't want to disobey Zhang An's order, otherwise they might not be able to enter the paradise where they had stayed for a long time, so they could only reluctantly go inside.

After closing the iron gate, Zhang An didn't care about them anymore. Anyway, the people from the Forestry Bureau had fed and drank enough for them before coming back, so there was no need to worry about that now.

Back home, Wang Fang was playing with little Siqi with a rattle.

As Wang Fang swings, the two small balls of the rattle swing back and forth and hit the drum surface.

After hearing the sound of "dong dong dong", little Siqi became very excited, and started tapping with two little hands happily.

Wang Fang saw her grandson happy, and she also became very happy. This was probably the happiness of a family.

Although Xiao Siqi was very well-behaved when he was young, as he grew up day by day, he became more active.

He used to be able to stay on the rocking bed obediently by himself, but now he can't. If no one teases him or swims around in his arms, he will start to lose his temper.

Zhang An originally didn't want to spoil him, but he couldn't bear it. Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang, the two grandparents, doted on their grandson very much. They took the trouble to put their thoughts on little Siqi.

In previous years, Wang Fang always talked about the fields, but this year she didn't mention it at all and stayed by her grandson's side every day.

If Zhang An had known that his parents could be free so easily, he would have started thinking about getting married and having children to tie up his two elders.

"Mom, I brought two big cats back from the Forestry Bureau and kept them in the cubicle in the pen. You don't have to worry when you go to the pen. They are still very well-behaved."

There was no way he could escape it, no matter how early or late he said it, so Zhang An thought about it and then spoke directly to Wang Fang.

"What? Big cat? Why are you playing with that thing? It's not a good thing to keep it at home."

As soon as Wang Fang heard that Zhang An had brought two big cats back, she couldn't sit still. She suddenly stood up with little Siqi in her arms.

Big cats are what people in the village call leopards in the mountains. As long as they say it, everyone knows they are leopards.

In the past, the mountain forests were still very deep and the village was still very small. Before the entire Changqing Village began to open up wasteland on a large scale, green wolves, leopards, wild boars and other things in the mountains often came down the mountain.

Even breaking into the village was not a rare thing, so Wang Fang, like everyone else, was subconsciously afraid when he mentioned these ferocious guys.

"These two big cats were injured and captured by poachers in the mountains with muskets. Later, after being arrested by the Public Security Bureau, they were notified by the Public Security Bureau and sent to the Forestry Bureau."

"Now it's different from before. In the past, the country didn't care about these things at all, but it doesn't work anymore. This big cat is already a national first-level protected animal. It is illegal to catch and kill it casually. The treatment is comparable to ours. The common people are much better."

"And these two big cats were seriously injured by the musket. The Forestry Bureau must heal them. Yesterday Lao Zhu called me over just for these two guys. Although they have been almost treated, there are still places in the city. They are too small and there is a lot of space in our house, so Lao Zhu asked me to bring them here to recuperate. After all, there is a sign of a rescue station in our house, so we can’t just do nothing.”

Zhang An knew that his mother was quite reasonable, so he explained to Wang Fang affectionately and rationally why he wanted to save the leopards and why he wanted to bring them back.

As for Lao Zhu, let him take the blame for the time being. Anyway, this is not the first time.

"But that's a big cat. If I ask you to bring it back and feed it, just bring it back. You don't want to die."

Although Wang Fang could understand what Zhang An said, these leopards were not any other animals, and they still posed too great a threat to humans.

"It's okay, Mom. These two leopards have been tamed very well and won't be aggressive at all. I have locked them in a compartment. I only need to feed them food and water, and they will not be released. After they recover from their injuries, I will ask Lao Zhu to come and take them away."

Later, with a series of guarantees from Zhang An, Wang Fang did not let Zhang An send the two big cats back. After getting his mother's nod, Zhang An finally felt relieved.

After all, everyone at home is easy to talk to, but Wang Fang is not easy to persuade.

In fact, on the way back, Zhang An had already considered in his mind that it would be more convenient to put the two big guys inside the space than to lock them outside.

Although that was very convenient, he was afraid that if Zhu Yuliang came to talk about it in the future, the two sides would not be able to get along, and everything would be a mistake.

So in the end he chose to bring the two big guys back and then persuaded his family.

After convincing Wang Fang, Zhang An went to the yard and found two troughs that he used to feed pigs.

These two troughs were hewn out of stone many years ago. They are very strong and durable and are still intact today.

The only drawback is that it is very heavy and difficult to move anywhere.

At the same time, this is also an advantage. Because it is heavy, if it is used to feed livestock, it will not be easily knocked over by them.

Otherwise, if some light food troughs are used, even the water in the food trough belt will be knocked over to the ground.

The leopard is definitely much stronger than the pigs raised at home, so it is not suitable to feed it in a basin at home. These two stone troughs are the best choice.

Anyway, there are two of them, one for water and one for food for them.

Moving the two stone troughs to the water pipe, Zhang An used a broom and brush to scrub them clean.

Except for some signs of age, they looked like new, and they were moved to the compartment.

Because two leopards lived in this compartment, Zhang An planned to call it the Leopard Room.

As soon as they saw Zhang An entering, two big guys surrounded him again.

Watching the two of them stick out their tongues, Zhang An filled one of the stone troughs with space spring water.

As soon as they smelled this familiar smell, the two big guys couldn't bear it anymore. They quickly walked to the edge of the stone trough, lowered their heads and started to fill the space spring water inside.

Although leopards are large in size, the way they drink water is exactly the same as that of cats at home, because they are all cats, and they stick their tongues into the water and drink it into their mouths.

The two big guys must be very happy when they drink water, because their tails keep wagging back and forth.

After all, this thing is the most beautiful thing in the world to them, and the last time they drank it was a long time ago.

They thought they would never drink such delicious food again, but they didn't expect it to come back again.

After walking out of the pen house, Zhang An came to the car and carried half a fan of pork from the car home.

Before leaving, Zhu Yuliang asked Zhang An to bring this with him because it was the food ration for the two leopards.

Half a fan of pork weighs about a hundred pounds, which should be enough for two big guys to eat for a few days.

As for the days to come, Zhang An will have to figure out how to feed the two big guys on his own. Zhu Yuliang is only responsible for approving notes and giving money. Anyway, the Forestry Bureau's budget is basically not used up.

Otherwise, it would be very troublesome to send it back and forth every day.

Zhang An was also very happy. As long as Zhu Yuliang gave him money, he would definitely not be willing to collect the pigs.

But there is a person in the village who collects pigs everywhere, and that is the pig butcher Lin Youde.

Now whenever he has time, this guy goes to other villages to collect pigs, and then kills the pork and sets up stalls in the village and town.

When this man came to kill a pig for Zhang An, he confiscated the pig killing fee from Zhang An's family.

Last year during the Chinese New Year, Zhang An's family killed four pigs. This was not an easy job, so Zhang An kept this favor in mind.

So this time Zhang An took public funds and planned to take care of Lin Youde's business. After all, he could buy it wherever he went, and it was more convenient to go to Lin Youde's place without having to go to town.

"There is so much meat at home, why did you bring back half of it?"

Wang Fang looked at the half fan of pork on Zhang An's shoulder and thought it was something Zhang An had bought for home.

"Mom, I bought this, but Lao Zhu asked me to bring it back as food for the two big cats. How can our family eat so much pork?"

As he spoke, Zhang An picked up the kitchen knife he used to chop bones at home and divided the half fan of pork into several pieces. Each piece was about enough for two leopards to eat for a meal, and it was easy to put in the freezer.

Otherwise, if you leave it outside, it will start to stink in less than two days.

"Why do I feel that human beings are not as good as these beasts? Many families rarely have a meal of meat. As a result, these beasts have meat to eat every day and are fed. What kind of world is this?"

Wang Fang was very moved when he saw that half of the pork fan was used to feed two leopards.

Even in the current village, everyone's conditions have become much better than before, but they still can't eat meat every day.

As for Zhang An's own family, things have been better in the past two years. In the past few years, according to Wang Fang's temperament of saving everything he could, it would take a long time to see meat and vegetables on the dinner table.

"There's nothing we can do about it, because there's a national establishment for this."

Zhang An shook his head. It doesn't matter now. In a few years, these guys with the national establishment will have much better food than they do now.

The next evening, Zhang Jianguo came back carrying a hatchet and a section of the pepper tree.

Zhang An didn't see him at home when he came back in the afternoon, because he went to the mountains to look for wild pepper trees.

After the two teeth in little Siqi's mouth popped out, the little guy's mouth became very itchy and he liked to bite everything he saw.

Su Ying was in even more pain. Every time she was bitten by him, she couldn't bear the pain. In the end, she decided to wean little Siqi from the breast.

But this doesn't stop anything, because children are like this after their teeth grow, and they need a period of time to grind their teeth.

Zhang Jianguo went up the mountain to find wild pepper trees to make teething sticks for his grandson.

In fact, other trees can also be used, but the wild pepper tree has a strange smell, and the teething stick made of it can quickly help children get rid of the habit of grinding their teeth.

(End of this chapter)