My village can't be like this

Chapter 660 Return of the property to its original owner
After more than two hours, all the prepared lamb skewers were grilled and eaten.

After eating and drinking, Su Ying went to school. Wang Fang was responsible for cleaning up the mess, leaving Zhang An and Chen Ze in the yard to talk.

"I've finished eating and drinking, so just tell me what you want to say."

In the yard, Zhang An said as he looked at Chen Ze who was lying on a recliner with a big belly.

This guy didn't actually eat much just now, but he drank a lot of the fruit wine. Most of the two jars that Zhang An brought out went into his stomach.

If you eat the lamb skewers first and then drink the alcohol, it would be better and your stomach won’t be too bloated.

But this guy got the order wrong. He drank a lot of wine and only started eating the lamb skewers after he had satisfied his craving.

As it turned out, the mutton from Zhang An's family tasted particularly good, and it was freshly grilled and sprinkled with various seasonings, so Chen Ze couldn't stop eating it.

So, without paying attention, he ate so absorbedly that he almost forgot himself.

As a result, his belly is now round and swollen, making him feel bloated.

"Um, remember the computer I sent you last time?"

Chen Ze lay on the chair, not wanting to move at all. He just turned his head and spoke weakly to Zhang An.

At this moment, he had to use his energy to digest the food he had just eaten.

"Remember, what happened to that thing? You are such a jerk. Last time you told me someone would come and connect the network line, but it's been so long and there's no sign of them. I have to turn it on and off from time to time."

Speaking of this, Zhang An felt a little resentful.

Computers of this era, even if connected to the Internet, have very few functions, not to mention that without an Internet connection, they can only be used as decorations and are not even as good as a TV.

And just like a TV, you have to turn it on from time to time to keep it working.

Because the components used in today's humpback display screens are not as advanced as those of later generations. If it has not been turned on for a while, it may break down at any time.

But this thing is extremely expensive now, almost equivalent to a big house in the countryside.

Zhang An didn't want to let it go bad, so he opened it up for a while every day.

"I'm not to blame for this. I did find someone to help me, but there was no internet connection in your area, so we had to make a separate trip to get the internet. Plus, it's too far from the city, so this is a big project."

After hearing what Zhang An said, Chen Ze spread his hands helplessly. He had never thought that it would take so much time.

"I came here today to tell you about this. They have already started working on it. They planted the poles a few days ago and have also pulled the two antennas to the entrance of the village. They told me that they will be able to pull the wires directly into the village tomorrow and then they can run them to every household."

"So that's what's going on. I was wondering why there were power poles planted on the roadside out of nowhere. I thought the power supply bureau was going to run a line somewhere."

After listening to this, Zhang An immediately remembered that during this period of time when he went out, he had seen people planting telephone poles on the side of the county road.

When he saw that it was coming towards Hongyan Town, he thought it was going to replace the line for the nearby village.

But then I thought about it, the entire Hongyan Town’s routes were just replaced a few years ago, so this was not possible at all.

Now after hearing what Chen Ze said, he realized that all those things were done just to get more bandwidth.

"But isn't this too much trouble? Logically speaking, we already have telephone lines here, so broadband can be brought in as well. Why do we need to plant new poles?"

In Zhang An's impression, broadband and landline communications are not separated nowadays.

It is impossible to pull the telephone line over, and the broadband has to be re-arranged.

"I don't know about that. I only know that they are going to open a separate line for Hongyan Town, so they are planting new poles. But this is also good. When my hotel is ready, it will be convenient to connect to the network."

If Chen Ze just wanted to install an Internet cable at home, he wouldn't have to look for anyone.

He put so much effort mainly for the future hotel.

"Let them be. It doesn't matter. As long as we can get through, it's fine."

Zhang An was too lazy to think about the details, as long as he could pull the network cable over.

He was originally a person who came back from the future. In fact, when he first came back a few years ago, he was not used to the world without a mobile phone or the Internet.

Later, it took me a long time to slowly adapt to this era without the Internet.

But even though he had gotten used to it before, he was still somewhat excited at the thought of having access to the Internet soon. After all, the future would be an era with well-developed Internet.

The next day, Zhang An ran to the village and found Zhang Jianwen.

"Uncle, I want to drive the deer back to our house today."

The large circle that was cleaned yesterday has been dried today. Zhang An no longer delays and prepares to drive his own deer back.

But before going there, you have to talk to the village chief Zhang Jianwen first.

"Actually, you don't have to rush back. It's not a big deal to lock you up in the deer park. We won't ask you for the feeding fee."

Even though Zhang An came over, Zhang Jianwen still wanted to persuade him again.

Today, the deer park has become a highlight of Changqing Village.

Apart from anything else, the fact that you can buy a handful of grass and feed the deer so that you can touch the deer has attracted many women and children.

Although many nearby villages are following the route of Changqing Village, this alone makes them superior to many other villages.

Even if they followed suit and brought back some deer, they would not be as good as those in Changqing because the deer in Changqing Village were tamed with the help of Zhang An, while the deer in other villages were not so obedient and were very afraid of people.

There are quite a few deer in Zhang An's family. If they are driven back, the number of deer in the deer park will be reduced by half, or even more.

"Forget it. My big circle is now empty. It's useless to have any spare time. Besides, it's better to go back early while everyone can still sort things out. Otherwise, it will be a mess when we can't tell them apart later."

Zhang An shook his head and rejected Zhang Jianwen without any hesitation.

Deer are not like other things because they are alive, which means that as time goes by, they will continue to reproduce and their numbers will continue to increase.

There aren't that many of them now, so it's easy to tell whose newborn fawns they belong to.

But as time goes by, the number of deer will increase, and even if there are people to manage them, there will definitely be trouble.

And if Zhang Jianwen is still there, everything will be easy to deal with. But if Zhang Jianwen retires and is replaced by someone else, that may not be the case.

After all, not everyone is like Zhang Jianwen, who clearly distinguishes between public and private affairs and is only concerned about the village.

"Well, since you have made up your mind, it's up to you."

Seeing that Zhang An had made up his mind, Zhang Jianwen just sighed and said no more.

After all, those deer originally belonged to Zhang An's family. If they were to be returned, it would be to return them to their original owners. Besides, it was already very good that they had lent them to the village in the first place.

Zhang An had not been to the deer park much recently, but now he saw that it had changed a lot. A flat cement road had been built from the edge of the threshing ground to the entrance of the deer park.

Above the gate of the deer park, a plaque was hung at some point with the words "Changqing Deer Park" written in large letters, painted dark red.

Several windows have been opened next to the deer park gate.

These are not used to sell tickets, but are specifically used to sell grass to feed the deer.

After all, these deer are the treasures of the village. Others can feed them, but the grass for feeding must be provided by the village.

On the one hand, it is to make a little money, and on the other hand, it is to ensure safety. Otherwise, if tourists just grab a handful of grass, it would be unacceptable if the deer in the deer park are fed badly.

After all, most of the tourists who come here are city dwellers, and they don’t know, like the villagers, which grass can be used to feed livestock and which cannot.

However, the grass sold in the deer park is not expensive, just a few cents a bunch. Even a city kid with some pocket money can buy a lot of good grass.

When we entered the deer park, Wu Qingzong was just opening the gate leading to the dam, preparing to release all the deer.

Although there are a lot of deer in the deer park, they can't let them go to the mountains to roam free like their own cattle. However, putting them in the grass field in the deer park allows them to bask in the sun and look at the sky.

"Grandpa, don't let the ones from our family go, because I'm here to drive them back."

Looking at Wu Qingzong who was about to open the animal pen and release the deer, Zhang An spoke to him.

"Okay, then I'll put the others out first."

Wu Qingzong and another villager were very happy to hear Zhang An's words.

After all, the more deer there are in the deer park, the greater their workload.

Now that Zhang An is going to send his family back, their daily workload can be reduced by at least half. How can they not be happy?

All along, Wu Qingzong and his companions kept Zhang An's deer and the village's deer separately in different pens.

Although they will be released during the day, they will also mark them so that they can be clearly distinguished. This is what Zhang Jianwen told them a long time ago.

Only after Wu Qingzong put all the deer in the village into the dam outside did Zhang An walk towards his own deer.

As soon as Dahua saw Zhang An coming, he immediately raised his head, which had grown new horns, and his two ears kept moving.

It looks very excited as it hasn't seen its owner for a long time.

But when Zhang An approached, it turned its head away, as if it was angry and refused to look at Zhang An.

It seemed as if it was blaming its owner Zhang An for not visiting it more often.

"Alright, that's enough. You've even learned to give me the face-slapping. Do you want to be beaten?"

After all, it's a deer raised by his own family. Zhang An has long known Dahua's temperament very well. How could he not see that this guy is being a little naughty?

As he spoke, Zhang An reached out and patted Dahua's plum-blossom-shaped butt a few times.

After Dahua's short tail turned a few times, it stretched its head over and stuck out its tongue, but it didn't dare to lick it directly.

Because it knew that it could act out in front of its master Zhang An, but if it continued to act mischievously, it would probably be whipped.

"Grandpa, are all these deer that haven't been released ours?"

Zhang An counted them briefly and found that there were about ten more deer in the pen than when they were borrowed from the village, so he asked Wu Qingzong.

"Aren't these all yours? Last year, all those female deer gave birth, but only one had two calves, and the others only had one. This year, several female deer also gave birth. You have to be a little more careful when you rush back."

When Zhang An asked, Wu Qingzong immediately explained with a smile.

In addition to taking care of the deer in the deer park on a daily basis, what they are most concerned about is the mother deer raising and giving birth to their calves.

Because Zhang Jianwen had told them before that as long as they took good care of the cubs, he would give them some bonuses for each additional cub, whether it was from the village or Zhang An's family.

Therefore, the keepers of these two deer farms are very concerned about the mother deer and the fawns.

However, for newborn fawns, the bonus for male fawns is higher than that for female fawns.

After all, when the male deer grow up, their antlers can be harvested, which can bring considerable income to the village.

As for female deer, apart from giving birth to calves, the only thing they do is kill for meat.

But so far, the village has not had this idea, because the number of deer in the village is not very large.

"Then, old master, please help open the gate. Now that there are few people on the road and the students have gone to class, we can drive them back as soon as possible."

After asking a few questions about the situation, Zhang An asked Wu Qingzong to help open the door of the animal pen.

Otherwise, by the time we get there, not only will there be a lot of people on the road, but students will also be coming back from school.

After hearing this, Wu Qingzong took out the key hanging at his waist and opened the gate.

At Zhang An's signal, Dahua walked out with four legs that were much stronger than those of other doe deer.

The other deer in the pen also followed behind it.

Dahua, who had just emerged, walked towards the gate of Caobazi out of habit.

"You idiot, I'm here to take you home, but you don't want to go back, right?"

Seeing this, Zhang An patted Dahua's neck a few times and called her to stop.

Then he grabbed one of its ears and led it out of the deer park.

Dahua didn't understand the situation at first, because she had become accustomed to being put in the grass field every day.

But this did not affect its obedience and it followed Zhang An.

The deer behind were very obedient. None of them ran away without permission. They all followed Dahua, the chief, obediently.

Zhang Jianguo also came along and was now walking in the middle of the herd of deer.

When all the deer had walked out of the deer park, Zhang Jianwen, Wu Qingzong and others followed behind to help.

Zhang An turned his head and took a look, but did not refuse.

After all, there are a lot of new little ones in the herd, and they don’t know the way home yet. If no one follows them, it would be bad if they think there is so much to see in the world and want to go out to see it.

With them helping to watch from behind, we don't have to worry about the little ones wanting to run away.

(End of this chapter)