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    The appearance of helicopters, a sight only seen on television,nding on the hillside brought a considerable shock to the vigers busy with their work. The main reason was that it was just too rare—who would buy a helicopter just for fun? To the average person, that was definitely a sign of having more money than one knew what to do with.


    "So flying nes is fashionable in the city now?" Elder Brother Liang was entirely befuddled. Experience exclusive tales on My Virtual Library Empire


    It wasn''t too surprising about the ne, after all, everyone knew Suming had made it big and could spend his money however he pleased, but what really amazed the vigers was Panda Yingying. Pandas were true national treasures, after all.@@novelbin@@


    So much so that Elder Brother Liang even began to suspect that Suming was engaged in some kind of illicit animal smuggling business with all the money he''d made. He took Suming aside for a serious talk, admonishing him for a good while about not getting involved in illegal activities and the importance of being a good person…


    "Aba aba…" Mr. Chen, the mute, led a group of children who hade at the news, gathering around the helicopter, pointing and expressing their excitement. Several children tried to reach out and touch it but were pulled back by their ears by Second Aunt, who scolded them with hands on her hips.


    "Let it be, Auntie, this big metal thing won''t break from a touch." Sumingughed, only asking Tony to lock the cabin door before saying to Elder Brother Liang, "I''m going to check on my home first."


    "Let''s go together, the work here is nearly done anyway."


    On the way down the mountain, one could discern the likely future paths of Sun Town''s children: a few just couldn''t bear to leave the ne, circling around it, clearly disying a bent toward science and engineering; others were more interested in the panda, following behind Suming—or more precisely, trailing behind Yingying''s rear end.


    Along the way, Suming chatted with Elder Brother Liang about recent events in town, like the crops that had been destroyed by wild boars around the New Year. Thanks to the help of ssmate Liang Shi,pensation had already been provided. Families like the mute''s and Gu''s suffered almost no losses; and a good portion of the town''s young adults went to work in Suming''s distillery and fisherypany, sending home a nice sum of money after a few months.


    The special wild boar breeding farm had already started to see results, with the first litter of piglets born. The older vigers, left behind to keep watch, would take turns going to look after them whenever they had time to spare from farming.


    "First, I''m going home to grab a bite, then I''ll go check on the wild boars."


    The arrival of a foreigner and a panda in Sun Town caused a moderate stir. In this secluded ce tucked in the valleys, the foreigner and the panda were equally rare, and as Tony, the handsome blond and blue-eyed foreigner, made his way home, the attention he received was no less than that bestowed upon Yingying, mostly from the unmarrieddies and young wives of the town.


    The two-story house at home had beenpletely renovated. Stepping inside the door, Suming came face to face with his mother.


    "Eh? When did you get back? Where''s your car parked? And this… this panda…" Mrs. Su was taken aback, ncing from Suming to Yingying who followed him, her eyes widening even more.


    Elder Brother Liang heartily pped Suming on the shoulder,ughing boisterously, "Your son Suming is flying nes now, he bought one especially toe see you, what a filial boy!"


    Suming hadn''t dared mention the purchase of the ne to his mother before. He first introduced Zhao Yun and Tony to Elder Brother Liang and his mother, and then, with a jovial grin, exined the situation with the ne. After listening, his mother spoke with a mix of pride and slight reproach, "Look at this kid, always sshing money around. When I''m on my way out, and to save just a few hours, you waste so much. That''s just throwing money away."


    "Now, that''s not the way to see it. For us, half-buried in the soil, money isn''t worth much. But Suming here is a big boss now, his money is even more valuable than gold. How''s that saying go on TV again? Oh, that''s right, ''Time is money.'' The time he saves will earn back the cost of the ne in no time."


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    "Don''t praise him too much, with his young age, his tail might just stick up into the sky," Mrs. Su said with a smile and modesty.


    "This isn''t praise,"ughed Second Uncle heartily, turning around to wave away the children who were gathered at the door gawking at Panda Yingying. "You three have a chat, I''ll head home first. Suming, bring your two friends over for drinks tonight."


    "Sure thing," Suming, who had often freeloaded at Second Uncle''s house as a kid, replied without any hesitation.


    Mrs. Su, still smiling, invited Zhao Yun and Tony inside to sit, boiled water for tea, and chatted about family matters. Panda Yingying, however, made herself quite at home. She dragged over arge bamboo rocking chair, mbered up with her butt sticking out, sat down like a little grown-up with her short legs dangling, and started to rock back and forth.


    "Suming, I''m going to cook. Why don''t you go check on the breeding farm in the mountains? The vigers started it up on your advice. You should take this matter to heart and not be an absentee owner. When the piglets grow up, you''ll need to help find a market for them," his mother advised.


    "I know," he responded.


    The breeding farm was on a hillside by the mountain. Although it was a free-range area, it was still surrounded by a wire fence to prevent the little wild boars from running off and disappearing; however, the area was quiterge. As soon as Suming approached the wire cage, it caught the attention of several little ones who were snorting around in the bushes looking for something to eat.


    The hybrid wild piglets, covered in reddish-brown stripes, were at most thirty to forty centimeters long and looked quite small. They hadn''t fully grown their teeth yet, but they were very temperamental. Instead of being scared away by the approaching people, the piglets snorted angrily and charged at Suming with their heads low, heedless of the consequences.


    "ng... ng..." The wire fence between man and pig shook violently from the impact. Although the piglets weren''t strong enough to break through the wire, they ended up tumbling over themselves. Determined as if harboring a deep grudge against Suming, they got up and charged again.


    One difficulty in breeding hybrid wild pigs was the piglets'' extremely aggressive nature. They would go berserk at the sight of humans, often injuring themselves. Suming had not intended to use spiritual power to pacify them deliberately but had instead delegated the task of managing the piglets to his second senior brother and their kind.


    "Huff... Huff..." From not far away, several deep grunts sounded, and upon hearing this, the piglets immediately calmed down. Their little ck eyes whirled around, and they quickly took off running.


    Severalrge figures came into view.


    "Eh? Second Senior Brother, Piggy Two, howe you''ve be like this?" Suming was taken aback and could hardly believe his eyes.


    Second Senior Brother, who was plump and hearty just a few months ago, had clearly lost a lot of weight and even resembled a malnourished zoo animal with the bones on his shoulders visible as he walked; Piggy Two, missing a testicle, didn''t look much better.


    They still seemed spirited, but were simply too thin, and they didn''t resemble wild boars so much as sickly old tigers.


    Upon seeing Suming, Second Senior Brother and Piggy Two also paused, clearly stunned for several seconds.


    Then they recognized Suming and rushed to the fence, they raised their heads and let out pitiful cries like those of a pig being ughtered, with big tears rolling down.