Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 249 - 248: Uninvited Guests at Night, Ferocious Flock of Geese!

Chapter 249: Chapter 248: Uninvited Guests at Night, Ferocious Flock of Geese!

The farm was blooming everywhere, with over a dozen types of crops planted.

Xu Yang was almost too busy to manage it all.

His farm primarily focused on cultivation, so it was normal to have a variety of crops.

Because the farm produced so much, the area around it had become quite lively.

Sometimes, even cats and dogs from the countryside would come over to play.

Little Ha quickly picked up bad habits, joining the Village West Earth Dog Gang and becoming part of a clique.

Little Black and Yuanbao were in another gang.

These three fellows were really cunning; they would play together on the farm every afternoon and got along very well.

Once they left the farm, they didn’t know each other.

They wouldn’t even greet each other when they met.

Xu Yang now had more leisure time, he had planted two pots of flowers in the yard and occasionally indulged himself in studying gourmet food.

It was like being retired.

This was the life that young people nowadays dreamt of.

In these times, young people didn’t want to do anything but save money early to enjoy a peaceful retirement.

But it often wasn’t that easy.

That night, the moon shone brightly and stars were sparse.

All the farm employees had already fallen asleep, plunging the farm into darkness.

Only the surveillance cameras were still recording everything on the farm.

At that moment, two men wrapped up tightly, revealing only their eyes, appeared outside the farm.

"Is it this one?"

"It’s this one, the famously busy farm."

"Such a big farm, what will we steal?"

"The usual, steal pigs, steal sheep, and take anything else valuable."

The two men were habitual thieves.

In the mountain villages, there were quite a few people who stole.

These people were not locals but came from other places, specifically targeting farmers.

They specialized in stealing pigs and sheep.

A pig was now worth several thousand yuan, and a sheep about a thousand.

Stealing one was pure profit.

And now, rural surveillance systems weren’t very developed. Even if there were cameras, if they covered them up and came from other places, it was very difficult for the police to catch them.

These were typical habitual criminals.

This time, they set their sights on Xu Yang’s farm.

Fame always brings trouble.

That’s the way it was once you became known.

The two headed straight for the breeding area.

The surveillance had captured them, but there was no one on duty in the surveillance room, nor was there an alarm system.

So everything remained the same.

The surveillance was merely for providing evidence afterward, better for guarding against gentlemen but not petty thieves.

The two men made their way inside stealthily.

At that moment, all three of the farm’s security systems were deep in sleep.

Little Ha hardly needs mentioning; Huskies aren’t meant for guarding but just for fun.

Little Black and Ma Quan were both fast asleep.

The farm was especially dark, without any lights, and the two thieves didn’t use a flashlight either.

They quickly felt their way to the animal pens.

"Just steal a pig and we leave."

"We have to be quick."

The two made a decision.

Their van was parked outside on the open ground, just waiting to load the pig and make a quick getaway.

Just then, they suddenly heard an odd noise, similar to the fluttering of wings.

Curious, suddenly, a burst of loud honking came from the nearby goose shed.

The next second, seven or eight large geese flew out of the goose shed, charging directly at them.

The combat strength of large geese is quite formidable.

Some people in the village use large geese as watchdogs.

One goose might not be very powerful, but a group of them can cause quite painful bites.

"Damn!"

"What’s going on?"

More and more geese kept flying out of the pens.

The two men threw two geese away with their hands and kicked another, but at the same time, other geese began to peck fiercely at their bodies.

As it was the season for light clothes, they felt direct bites on their skin.

The two felt they received countless blows in just a few seconds.

At that time, Ma Quan Yuanbao was the first to wake up.

He immediately shot out from the yard, barking furiously at the two thieves.

Little Black, catching on later, also ran out, joining in the barking.

Little Ha, curious, watched them run off, then slowly trotted out from the yard, tail raised, to enjoy the show.

The farm employees also woke up.

Xu Yang ran out quickly in his slippers.

The two thieves were terrified and hurriedly ran towards the outside.

But it was already a bit late.

The group of geese was incredibly fierce, flying up to chase and bite them.

It was somewhat dark, and after running a few steps, they tripped and fell to the ground.

"Thieves!"

"Robber!"

The employees shouted loudly, grabbing whatever they could and chasing after them.

Xu Yang also rushed out in a flurry.

"Yuanbao, go!"

Xu Yang shouted.

Ma Quan immediately sprang out, biting the thief on the arm, causing him to cry out and beg for mercy.

The employees reacted quickly. Zheng Xiangqian, who was rather stocky, promptly pressed down on one of the men.

Ma Wen, with his abundant respect, also held down the other.

They called for Li Shan to bring a rope, directly tying up the arms of the two men.

"Coming here to steal? You’ve got some nerve!"

After Ma Wen pushed one person down, he cursed fiercely.

The geese were still attacking, the employees were hit several times, Xu Yang hurriedly called them back, and only then did the flock disperse.

Afterward, Xu Yang immediately called the police station.

The duty police officer immediately sent someone over.

The village didn’t have many police officers, but there were still two on duty at night.

One of them was indeed Liu Ming.

Ma Wen and Zheng Xiangqian, along with the police, escorted the two thieves onto the police car.

Liu Ming glanced at the two thieves, a look of pleasure crossed his face, and then he greeted Xu Yang with:

"Pretty impressive, managing to catch them both."

Xu Yang, now fully awake, holding a flashlight and wrapped in a coat, responded:

"They were caught by my geese. They’re quite fierce, and they like to peck at people."

"They peck our own people, and even more so at strangers."

"These two also had the guts to sneak into my farm."

Hearing this, Liu Ming laughed and replied:

"You did a good deed this time. These two are habitual offenders, previously captured on surveillance, dressed just like this."

"They specifically steal sheep and pigs, wandering around the grasslands and also here in the Northeast."

"Our joint defense system has their images."

Hearing Liu Ming’s words, Xu Yang was somewhat surprised.

"Habitual offenders?"

"It seems I need to enhance the security measures."

It was quite late, and after a brief chat, the police officers took the two thieves away.

Liu Ming directly reported the incident to the chief of their station, who, upon hearing that it was those two offenders, got up and worked overtime in the middle of the night.

Unexpectedly, a feat of merit had come his way while he was comfortably asleep at home.

Their remote township police station didn’t handle many major tasks in a year, mostly helping the locals find cattle and sheep, mediating disputes among villagers, and making some departmental visits.

A thief was a big deal.

Even more so a "big-time thief" noted across districts.

If this held true, it’d be a significant merit to report.

At this moment, the two thieves were bewildered.

They had not anticipated the farm’s geese to be so fierce.

The two had initially thrown out a few geese, but the next moment, they were being chased and pecked by a large group.

They couldn’t shake them off.

Before they could react, people had already run out.

Later, while being questioned, the two were still talking about it.

What was up with the farm’s geese?

To this, Liu Ming replied with a cold laugh:

"You’re lucky you didn’t encounter the Leopard."

"I wouldn’t dare enter his farm at night."

The two exchanged glances, still reluctant to concede, "Officer, I want to sue him. I’ve got injuries all over my body, someone has to take responsibility."

"My arms are bleeding!"

Hearing this, Liu Ming scoffed, "Sue him for what? You sneak into someone’s farm to steal and get bitten by a dog, and you still want to sue someone else?"

"But the injury happened on his farm!"

"You two better think about your own situation first. We have a few cases here with surveillance footage. Take a good look at them and best come clean."

The police officers began the interrogation.

On the farm, the employees had already herded the geese back into the goose shed.

Xu Yang exclaimed:

"To think that a thief sneaked in, the surveillance was useless. Let’s replace the railing tomorrow, and just leave a few small doors at the bottom for foxes to get through."

Hearing Xu Yang’s words, the employees all nodded.

Ma Wen responded:

"Farmer, it’s normal, I’ve encountered it before when I ran a farm."

"All sorts of people exist in this world."

"There are quite a few who sneak around stealing."

At that moment, Xu Yang looked towards Little Black and Yuanbao.

Both had been quite brave tonight.

At this time, Little Ha, looking gleeful and still with a dazed cute expression, ran over.

Xu Yang didn’t expect it to guard the house, so he just patted Little Ha’s head and said nothing.

"Alright, everyone go back and sleep."

"We’ll talk about anything else tomorrow."

Dealing with situations is standard; once addressed, it’s done."

Xu Yang had a good attitude, and the employees all went back to sleep.

Xu Yang felt it was necessary to strengthen the nighttime security.

Relying on just three dogs, no, two dogs wasn’t enough.

This time the geese had come flying out; the next time might not be the same.

Running a farm always entailed various issues, and today’s event was indeed unusual.

The next morning, the employees gathered to watch the surveillance footage.

The two thieves in the footage were quite funny.

Sneaking forward, a genuine "thievery aura."

Then upon reaching the goose shed, a flock of geese burst out and beat them up.

And after that were the employees rushing out, catching them both.

It was also because it was too dark at night, the two thieves couldn’t see anything, running blindly.

Otherwise, a flock of geese wouldn’t have caught up with them.

After seeing the video, Xu Yang also found it quite amusing.

He even asked the police about the video, asking if he could post it.

The police told him that generally, such videos needed to blur the faces."

Since their faces weren’t clear in the surveillance, darkened by the night, it was not a problem.

Thus, the video of the two thieves being fiercely thrashed by the geese quickly appeared on Xu Yang’s account.

They instantly became famous.