two ears pricked up

In the warm afternoon, Bai Xi was woken up by the black puppy.

He looked at the little guy rubbing against his legs and couldn't help but smile in relief.

The puppy, who thought he would not live long, survived with the weak breath that hung on him.Bai Xi guarded it for three days, fed rice soup on time, and ate food for a few days. The little guy was much more energetic than when he was picked up.

The puppy knows that Bai Xi is good to him. When Bai Xi feeds rice soup into his mouth a little bit, he will lick his whole finger wet with his soft tongue. He eats and sleeps enough to eat every day. It is white and thin, and there is a delicate whine from its throat.

The puppy picked up a name and kept it by Bai Xi's side, and he called it dog dog, puppy from time to time. Huo Zheng listened and proposed to give it a nickname so that it would be easier to remember, and Bai Xi should pick the name himself.After all, he discovered and rescued the puppy and took good care of it. Without Baixi, there would be no second life for the puppy.

The fallen bed curtain fluttered with the wind, Bai Xi lay beside the pillow, and the puppy's eyes were big and small.The puppy purred softly, and rubbed its wet nose against his cheek, a black and shiny ball. Bai Xi looked carefully into its eyes, and with an idea in his mind, he turned his head and said to Huo Zheng, "It's Their eyes are like pearls, so they are called black pearls."

Bai Xi has never been to the seaside, nor has he seen pearls, but he has heard of them from the genius doctor Wang Bagui.

Doctor Wang Bagui said that there are clams in the sea, and there are round and shiny pearls in the clams, which are extremely beautiful and precious things.He thought, maybe pearls are the same as the puppy's eyes, although its eyes are black, it does not prevent Baixi from imagining it as a pearl.

Huo Zheng was silent for a moment, lifted the black pearl slightly, looked under its belly, and said solemnly: "It's a male dog."

Heizhu clamped her legs and tail and hurriedly escaped from Huo Zheng's palm, curled up beside her thin white legs, whimpering weakly so that no one could see her penis.

Bai Xi lowered her head and rubbed it, "Don't black pearls sound good?"

"Woohoo!" It sounded so good, Heizhu kept rubbing his head against him, while Huo Zheng at the side said silently, "It sounds so good."

So the name of Black Pearl was decided.

Five days later, Heizhu's limbs could stand upright, her walking was unsteady and wobbly, she seemed to know that her body was weak, and she lay down obediently every day, but when she saw Baixi, she would move her trembling limbs around him The side of the leg was sticky and screamed and rubbed.

When Huo Zheng entered the room, he aimed for such a scene.

The black pearl was carried to bed by Bai Xi, and Bai Shengsheng and the black dog curled up to sleep together, the black pearl was so sticky to Bai Xi, that she obediently put her paw into Bai Xi's palm and held it when she slept.

Bai Xi slept for half a day, her cheeks were rosy, and the corners of her mouth curled up into a smile.

Huo Zheng unfolded the quilt and lightly covered one person and one dog. The black pearl attached to one side moved its nose, opened its wet black eyes, saw him, and rubbed against Bai Xie and whined.

Bai Xi raised her eyes, her mind was still drowsy, and saw Huo Zheng standing by the bed, imitating the movement of Black Pearl rubbing against him, rubbing her cheek against the back of Huo Zheng's hand, and softly said: "Zhengzheng, you are back."

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he moved the tip of his delicate nose, leaned forward, climbed up, and sniffed along Huo Zheng's shoulder, his expression was full of surprise and nervousness, "Why does it smell like blood?"

Since the announcement of the land tax, in the past few days Huo Zheng has been carrying his hunting gear before dawn, and went hunting in remote mountains and forests.

Compared with Bai Xi who wanted to go to the deep mountains with him, Huo Zheng had some scruples.

Bai Xi has an unusually kind and compassionate heart towards animals, if he goes hunting with him, Huo Zheng is worried that he won't be able to catch the prey.

Bai Xi cared about a half-wounded puppy. If he saw animals that had been shot or caught in a trap, he would probably intercede for them.

Money is tight right now, Huo Zheng must hunt more animals.After several days of careful hunting, he was scratched by some wild beasts, but he gained a lot.

In the remote forest that has not been set foot, snakes and deer have been hunted, and snake gall, deer antler, deer blood, and deer penis have been taken. These are all good medicinal materials and supplements. Send them to the big medical center in the city, and they can exchange for a lot of money .

The deadline for paying the land tax is within a few days, and apart from paying the tax, Huo Zheng has another thing planned, which is related to Bai Xi.

"Xiaobai, I have something to discuss with you."

Bai Xi asked: "What's the matter?" He was worried about Huo Zheng, his eyes fell on the treated and bandaged place, "Zhengzheng, have you gone to see the doctor?"

Huo Zheng repeatedly assured him that he was fine, motioned Bai Xi to sit down, and talked about the settlement.

Now that Bai Xi has regained his male body, there are only two people in the Huo family's courtyard. Changyue Village is not too big or small, and the disappearance of "Sister Huo" will be discovered sooner or later.

And the young man who suddenly appeared in the Huo family also couldn't hide it from the others. He asked all kinds of questions carefully, and if he wanted to live in the village, it was not an option not to settle down.It is not difficult to settle down. You can register with the village head if you give enough money to the village head, and then the village head will report the quota to the government.

After listening to Huo Zheng's words, Bai carefully nodded and agreed to settle down.After resting that night, the two went to the village chief's house early the next morning.

Passing through the yard, a dark shadow followed hurriedly. Hei Zhuben was playing with the chicks in the backyard. Hearing the sound of the door opening, he spread his hooves and swayed away. Pearl was probably hurt by being caught under the door.

"Black Pearl!" Bai Xi picked it up and put it in his arms, "Are you dying!"

Hei Zhuzhu stuck out the tip of her tongue and licked his fingers attentively, her eyes were looking at him eagerly, obviously wanting to go out with them.

Huo Zheng took the black pearl and put it on his shoulder, letting him squat down by himself.The man had broad and firm shoulders, and Bai Xi was so envious, he also wanted to turn into a rabbit and squat on Huo Zheng's shoulders, or let him hug him.

There is a "village market" in Changyue Village. The so-called village market is mostly a village road used by villagers to trade in barter in order to save money.Every year before the year is the busiest time, the whole wide road can be crowded with people.When it is cold, there are more than ten stalls waiting for farmers, and the village market is the only way to go to the village chief's house.

When they passed through the village market, they stopped at one place, and Huo Zheng saw Hong Jin.

Hong Jin led a few horses out, and someone seemed to be bargaining with him, and the voices of the two arguing could be heard from a long distance away.

Huo Zheng's gaze remained indifferent, while Bai Xi and him watched the situation ahead.

The deal didn't seem to be settled. After the villagers left, Hong Jin cursed at the villagers' backs. He seemed unresponsive. He took a few steps back and kicked something tied behind the forest.Bai listened carefully to the sound made by that thing, and knew that Hong Jin was kicking his horse to vent his anger.

Looking closer, there was indeed a horse tied up by a rope lying under the bushes. It seemed to be an old horse. The old horse should not have been cared for in the racecourse. Rib-shaped.

Sensing that someone was watching, Hong Jin turned his head and glared angrily. Seeing that it was Huo Zheng, his anger plummeted, and he changed his face into a rogue face, snorting and laughing: "Oh, who am I? It turned out to be you, why, Want to buy a horse? Pay the money and deliver the horse, you can talk about anything.”

Bai Xi glared at him, "Bad guy, Ma Mingming is the one!"

Hong Jin looked at him with a smile, "Where did you come from? You look like a little boy."

A bad face made Bai Xi unhappy.

After living in Changyue Village for nearly half a year, he understood that a little boy is not a nice thing to say.

Thinking of the other party occupying Huo Zheng's racecourse, he immediately clenched his fists. Heizhu, who was squatting on Huo Zheng's shoulder, sensed the change in his mood, opened his mouth, and yelled at Hong Jin ferociously. He was a little weak, but this roar was full of energy, attracting the attention of the surrounding villagers who set up stalls.

Hong Jin's reputation in the village is not good, he is a bully, some people even hope that Huo Zheng can teach him a lesson.

The two didn't fight, after all, they still had business to do.When he was leaving, Bai Xi turned his head and saw Hong Jin kicking the sickly old horse discouragedly. He hesitated for a moment, then pulled Huo Zheng's sleeve and hooked his finger, "Zhengzheng..."

After all, if he didn't say anything, Huo Zheng wanted to pay, and then he bought the horse, which was also a sum of money.

All the way to the village chief's house, a group of villagers had already gathered outside the yard. After a while, six or seven yamen servants from Yucheng walked up and shouted angrily, which shocked the villagers so that they dared not speak out.

People do not fight with officials, and no one dares to make trouble.

After the people were integrated, they entered the courtyard one after another to line up.Bai Xi followed Huo Zheng, his face was unfamiliar, and he attracted curious eyes from time to time.

Some villagers whispered, Bai Xi hid behind Huo Zheng, avoiding other people's eyes.

Huo Zheng said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid."

Bai Xi pursed his lips and smiled, Huo Zheng was a head taller than him, he stood on tiptoe and approached the other's ear, "I'm not afraid."

With Huo Zheng around, he was extremely at ease.

There are more than a hundred peasant households in Changyue Village, and the entire front yard is divided into several lines, and the government officials set up a table for collection and registration.

There are too many people talking, and no one can take care of them when they are busy.

Compared with the noise in the front yard, the backyard is much safer.

The backyard was divided into several plots for planting, the wooden frame occupied one side, the melon seedlings grew along the vines, the vegetables were green, and the village head was fertilizing and planting vegetables, Huo Zheng took Bai Xi to find him, told him about the settlement, and released the money. Bag, hand it to the other party.

The village chief took the purse, weighed it, nodded, and told the two to enter the house to register.

The village head is open to money, as long as his interests are not touched, he can talk if he has money.Huo Zheng didn't mention the matter of taking Hong Jin's bribe, but he casually mentioned, "If you have money, don't let me certify the racecourse for you, but let a person of unknown origin settle?"

After all, he turned his gaze, looked at Bai Xi carefully, nodded and commented: "You look decent." Then he said to Huo Zheng: "It doesn't look like a villager, didn't you kidnap the young master from the city, right? There is trouble, but it has nothing to do with me."

Bai Xi hurriedly defended Huo Zheng, "Zhengzheng didn't abduct me."

His eagerness to protect the people made the village head look at them pondering for a while, showing an intriguing look in his eyes.After the village head had finished registering the settlement, Huo Zheng returned to the front yard to pay the land tax.

Every time when paying taxes, the process is very complicated and trivial. Some farmers are unwilling to pay too much money and underreport the acres of land. No matter how much the villagers kneel and beg, it will not help.Arguing, crying, and the front yard was full of noise. No wonder the village chief Mao was fertilizing and growing vegetables in the backyard.

After Huo Zheng paid the land tax, it was getting late, the two of them went back along the way they came, but near the village market, they found the sick and weak old horse that was kicked and beaten by Hong Jin today.

The old horse was still in the same place, and there was a hideous wound on its lower limbs. The blood had been slightly congealed, and flies were attached to the wound, and it was dying.

The villagers who passed by glanced at it and ignored it, obviously thinking that this sick, dead and injured old horse was a trouble.

Bai Xi hugged the black pearl and approached it. The old horse's long eyelashes opened, his eyes were cloudy, and his breath was disordered, as if he was about to die. Perhaps Hong Jin hated it, so he left it here and beat it up. become seriously injured.

The old horse looked at Bai Xi's eyes full of sadness, Bai Xi turned to Huo Zheng and said, "Zhengzheng, can you take him back for treatment?"

He vaguely knew in his heart that the old horse would not be rescued, but he still had hope.

Huo Zheng said: "I'll go to a nearby farm to see if I can borrow a wooden cart and consign it back."

He spent a small amount of money to borrow a wooden cart, but Lao Ma refused to go back with them.

It used its dry nose to gently push away the thin white hand, and its nostrils continued to blow air towards the ground.

The thin old horse is still heavy, and it has injuries in its lower limbs. Struggles will only accelerate its weakness. Huo Zheng looked down at Bai Xi, who looked at the old horse sadly, and suddenly shook his head, "Zhengzheng, forget it, it won't will go."

The old horse rubbed the back of his hand as if he understood human nature, and Bai Xi said again: "It is seriously ill and injured, it can't survive."

The old horse was unwilling to move, and the two of them temporarily built a shaded place for it with wide leaves. On the road, Bai Xi said nothing, always thinking that something would happen.

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At night, Bai Xi scrubbed the black pearls with warm water. I don't know if he was affected by the incident with the old horse. After he came back, he felt dizzy and his limbs were heavy. With a thin swallow, he turned his head to look at Hei Zhu. The puppy groaned and threw it down. The black ball pressed against the white ball and licked vigorously.

Huo Zheng added new wicks to the oil lamp and sent them into the white room. The door was half open, and the sound of black pearls could be faintly heard in the room.

He pushed the door open and went in, but he didn't see Bai Xi's figure. After looking around carefully, he saw a white thing appearing behind Hei Zhu, with a head out first, showing a pair of lop ears.

It was a rabbit that appeared and disappeared inexplicably.

For some reason, Huo Zheng asked, "Where's Bai Xi?"

The lop-eared rabbit and Heizhu looked at each other, then turned to look at him, one black and one white, shaking their heads together.