two ears pricked up

"people?"

Bai Xi picked a clean stone and sat down, he patted the open space on one side, motioning Huo Zheng to sit down and rest for a while.

"Is there anyone in the world who can recognize animal language?"

Animal language has been developed for thousands of years. In the animal world, there are very few animals that are proficient in animal language. Most of the animals that have enlightened their wisdom have never learned animal language until their death. Now a genius doctor says that someone is proficient in animal language. This is really unprecedented. something unheard of.

The stream was flowing quietly, and two vermilion birds were parked by the pool to drink and peck. Doctor Wang Bagui glanced past them, and looked into the distance for a long time, as if lost in memory, and sighed: "He is indeed a human being."

"I met him decades ago when I was traveling abroad. I was just entering the world to practice. I was careless for a while. I was caught by fishermen and brought to the market to sell."

"In desperation, it was that man who bought me and let me go. He told me that he could roughly understand some animal language, and he also knew animal language. I communicated with people for the first time and stayed at his home for several days. Today, I have to marvel at his talent."

The genius doctor handed the book "The Book of Veterinary Medicine" to Bai Xi, and said, "You go to find him, the man still stays in the city, I can't remember his name, but I vaguely remember someone called him Chang Detective." gentlemen."

The genius doctor explained the matter clearly, and Bai Xi left with the medical books and prescriptions.

On the way down the mountain, the spotted dog is still full of energy and leads the way for them.

Bai Xi flipped the pages of the book in his hands, dazzled his eyes, the handwriting of the genius doctor Wang Bagui has been crooked for many years.He was struggling to read, as if he was watching countless insects and snakes crawling on the pages of the book.

Huo Zheng lowered his eyes, looked at the strange book in Bai Xi's hand, and asked, "What is this?"

Bai Xi explained to him, "This is a medical book written by a genius doctor for many years. It records thousands of prescriptions for diseases and is used to treat diseases for animals from all walks of life."

He hammered his head and said angrily: "The genius doctor taught me all the medical books, but I can't read."

Huo Zheng was silent, stroking his hair to comfort him.

Bai Xi raised his head, "The miraculous doctor asked me to go to the city to find a man named Mr. Changzhen, Zhengzheng, do you know him?"

Mr. Long Detective?Huo Zheng shook his head. He left Changyue Village a few years ago and never settled in Yucheng.

"I've never heard of it, what do you want to do with him?"

Bai Xi said: "The miraculous doctor said that Mr. Changzhen can understand animal language, so let me go to him. If I learn animal language, I can slowly study this medical book."

Huo Zheng rubbed his head, "It's a good thing to be able to read and study medicine, and that person is in Yucheng?"

"Ok!"

Huo Zheng said: "Let's go to the city and find him to teach you how to read."

"Entering the city?" Bai Xi was surprised, tripping over weeds, if Huo Zheng hadn't held him steady, he would have fallen.

"Aren't we in the village?"

Huo Zheng told Bai Xi the plan he had been planning for a while in his heart.

The horse farm and the house were left over from the Huo family. It was impossible for Huo Zheng to sell them, but he stayed in the village and only relied on planting and hunting in the mountains to maintain enough food and clothing.

Bai Xi is with him now, Huo Zheng wants to give him a better life, the village is old-fashioned and simple, but there are many fools, if things go on like this, the two of them will inevitably invite gossip when they live together, instead of staying in the village, it is better to go out and make money way of life.

There are many people in the city and the work is complicated, as long as he has two hands, Huo Zheng is confident that he will never let Bai Xi suffer.

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Huo Zheng went to the city the next day to find several horse shops, and negotiated with one of the shops on the price and the period of time before dark, and the next day he would take the caretaker of the horse farm over to look at the grounds.It was not too early to finish this matter, and the owner of the horse shop advised him to find an inn in the city to rest overnight, and we could go to the horse farm together tomorrow, but Huo Zheng declined quietly, "There is someone waiting at home."

The shop owner understood, and Huo Zheng left quickly.

Bai Xi packed his luggage at home, and Huo Zheng said that they were going to the city in a few days, so he took the initiative to stay at home and pack up the luggage that should be brought.Heizhu didn't stay idle either, walking in and out of several rooms, opening his mouth to pick up the luggage, and bringing it to him as if asking for credit for him to pack.

Huo Zheng entered the room stepping into the night, under the faint light, he saw Bai Xi carrying things inside.

"Zhengzheng, you're back." Bai Xi's foot slipped, and Huo Zheng strode forward, wrapping his arms around his waist to stabilize himself, and taking things with the other to reduce the weight on him.

The ground was sprinkled with water, and the slate was wet and slippery. Huo Zheng picked him up with one hand and carried him away, "Be careful."

Bai Xi smiled and said, "I packed all my luggage, come and take a look."

He neatly folded all Huo Zheng's clothes and put them in the package, Huo Zheng rubbed his hair, "Thank you for your hard work."

Bai Xi smiled and pulled him towards the stove, "I even heated up the rice."

A pot of rice mixed with water, Huo Zheng couldn't laugh or cry, his heart was filled with emotion.

The rice was half-cooked, Bai Xi secretly tasted it, and spit it out.As if remembering something, he hid his hands behind his back. He concealed it, Huo Zheng held his hidden hand, his brows were tightly frowned, and the rough fingertips gently rubbed the back of his hand, "Why are there blisters?"

Bai Xi accidentally touched it when he was lighting a fire in the afternoon, he smiled shyly, a little annoyed, "It doesn't hurt."

Huo Zheng led him back to the house, found some medicated oil for him to rub, and then took out the sugar cake he bought from the city, "Eat something to fill your stomach first."

Bai Xi grabbed his sleeve, "I will do it well in the future."

Huo Zheng knelt down in front of him with a serious face, staring into his eyes, "You don't need to do these things." He said again: "I will take care of you." This was his promise to Bai Xi.

I can't say it all my life, I can only put people by my side and take care of them with my heart.

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The caretaker sent by the horse shop rode to the racecourse early in the morning to look at the grounds. The racecourse was built more than [-] years ago.

The huge venue can support no less than a hundred horses.

The business of the horse shop has a wide source, and nowadays it is difficult to find a horse farm as big as this. The caretaker was quite satisfied with the horse farm, and he handed over the money for renting the land to Huo Zheng face to face, got the lease, and rushed back to the city to do business.

The only thing Huo Zheng left behind was the Huo Family Courtyard, which was the place where the Huo Family lived for several generations. Huo Zheng left it vacant and was unwilling to rent it to others.

The next day, the carriage was waiting outside the door, the packed bags were packed one by one, Bai Xi got into the car, Huo Zheng fished out the black pearl and put it next to Bai Xi's legs, packed some things one after another, and set off for Yucheng.

The sky was gloomy, the cold winter wind passed through the official road, the temperature dropped suddenly, and the wind felt like a knife-cut chill on the face.

Before nightfall, there was rain falling from the sky, and the rain gradually became stronger, as if the sky and the earth were covered with a layer of gray gauze.

Huo Zheng was driving the carriage in front. He was wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, and he held the reins calmly in the rain and fog.

When it rained, Black Pearl was extraordinarily excited, the tip of her white nose was itchy, she opened her sleepy eyes, and was finally woken up by it.They got up early today and wanted to accompany Huo Zheng all the way, but they couldn't resist the sleepiness on the way, and fell asleep soundly.

The wind blew through the curtain intertwined with the rain, Bai Xi opened the curtain, the field of vision was dark and unclear, accompanied by wind and rain, a coolness spread from his body.

He poked his head out from the curtain, and seeing that he was awake, Huo Zheng warned, "It's raining outside, don't come out."

And said: "Add more clothes, it's cold."

Bai Xi sat back in the carriage, took out a new set of clothes from the luggage and put them on.Black Pearl shook his hair and sneezed.

He chuckled, hugged it on his lap, and kept each other warm.

Before the city gate closed, the carriage entered the city.

The day before yesterday, Huo Zheng had inquired about possible places to stay in Yucheng. The stone alleys were damp, and there were very few passers-by with umbrellas on the street.The horse's hooves clattered on the stone slabs and passed through narrow alleys. Huo Zheng stopped the carriage in front of a large courtyard. He lifted the curtain and helped him get out of the carriage with his thin white hands.

Huo Zheng locked the door lock outside the compound, Bai Xi looked left and right, scattered oil lamps were fluttering in the wind in the night, and the red paper lanterns hanging beside the main courtyard gave off a dark, gloomy light.

Bai Xi subconsciously leaned on Huo Zheng, and waited outside the door for a while, when a grey-haired old woman opened the door with a lantern in her hand.

The courtyard was the place Huo Zheng found out from the owner of the horse shop yesterday. The old lady and her son and daughter died of illness one after another a few years ago, leaving a courtyard empty for no one to live in.Others thought she was unlucky to kill a pair of children, so no one came to rent the yard.

The compound is spacious and the rent is low.I am old and want to find some people to live with to make it more lively. Rumors have spread, and no one has come to the door so far.

Hearing that Huo Zheng was staying, the old woman was very happy about their arrival, she tidied up the house and led them to the wing.

There are four empty rooms in the courtyard, Black Pearl and Bai Xi stayed in one of the rooms, Huo Zheng opened the umbrella and unloaded the luggage from the carriage.

After working until late at night, tidying up the wing room, the two of them took a break after eating the food that the old lady served them.

At night, Bai Xi repeatedly tossed and turned, the rain continued, and the water droplets fell on the banana leaves, making a pattering sound.

Heizhu was sleeping soundly in the corner of the end of the bed, he put the quilt on it, picked up the pillow, and pushed the door to go out.

The cold wind hit his face, he hugged the pillow tightly, and walked quickly to Huo Zheng's wing.The door was knocked lightly, and soon, the door opened.

Huo Zheng was holding a candle in his hand, and Bai Xi's body was thinly clothed, revealing a trace of coolness.He was about to pull him into the house, but Bai Xi jumped into his arms, wrapped his hands around his waist and hugged him for warmth.

"Zhengzheng, can I sleep with you?"