Northbound Ultimate

Wu Xie curled up in the cold and bumpy carriage, with her head leaning against the fresh-keeping box containing mushrooms, her tail resting on a bag of tomatoes, and her paws idly fiddled with the chick bells on her collar.This was given to him by his grandfather. It is said that it was a treasure dug out of the ground a long time ago.The chicken bell is made of brass, with a simple and cute style, and the sound is faint, and it will not make his ears hurt like other bells.When escaping from the guide dog base, Wu Xie didn't forget to wear it, because this little bell contained all his fond memories of home.

But he has been away from home for too long, as long as in his last life. It's not that he doesn't want to go home, it's just that the world is big and he doesn't know where his real home is.

When he first left the training base, Wu Xie wanted to go home wholeheartedly. He vaguely remembered that the base was not far from home, and he turned left at an intersection with a large flower bed, and he arrived.So Wu Xie went north along the path, passing one intersection after another, but he didn't see the big flower bed.In my impression, the flower bed was very high, and Wu Xie would definitely not miss it, but... Suddenly, Wu Xie thought that he also participated in festival performances when he was at the base. Before the performance, the teacher would take out some flowers and put them at the school gate. Make shapes—has that flower bed been removed?Wu Xie ran back along the road like crazy - when she came, she saw some aunts bringing home unwanted flowers, so it must be there!

However, Wu Xie was dumbfounded.He searched several times at the five intersections he passed. The huge sanitation vehicle swept the ground clean, and there were no traces of flower beds at all.Wu Xie was sitting on the side of the road blankly, and an aunt said: "Hey, who's little golden retriever." Seeing her holding two flower pots, Wu Xie said loudly, "Excuse me, flowers..." The second half Before the words could be uttered, the auntie screamed: "It's biting! This dog is biting!" In the distance, several men who looked like uncle uncles chased after her, and Wu Xie turned around and ran away in fright. , turned one after another at a loss, and when he finally stopped, he got lost.

Now this truck is the third vehicle that Wu Xie takes.Every time he is sure that they can bring him back to the guide dog training base or the owner's community, but in those moments in the dark in the car, Wu Xie will look at his chicken bell and cry silently.He's not a golden retriever who can fool himself and knows what's going on.He understood that the direction the car drove was not home.

He wanted to go home, but he could never go home again.

The truck stopped suddenly, and the sound of people's footsteps and bargaining voices was mixed. Wu Xie stood up vigilantly, hid herself properly behind a large stack of fresh-keeping boxes, and looked out through the gaps in the boxes.After a while, a man in uniform lifted the tarp outside the truck, and lit the interior of the truck with a flashlight. Wu Xie quickly retracted his head, and hid his tail under his hind legs for fear of being discovered.Outside, the driver with a loud voice took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it over. Wu Xie saw a small folded piece of pink paper hidden under the pack. He knew it was something that humans like. The trainer took him out for training in the past. When I was a child, I used such a piece of paper to exchange him for a delicious sausage and a lot of canned meat.

The man in uniform walked away contentedly, and the driver cursed under his breath why there were so many goddamn vampires on the highway, then pulled the rain cover back on. Five minutes later, the car started up again, and Wu Xie, who was hitchhiking, let out a sigh of relief, lazily put his chin on his paws, chewed a few bland shiitake mushrooms, and finally fell asleep.

He remembered that the master's house had an oversized soft cushion. Although it was very hot in summer, it was really soft. Once you plunged into it, you felt like you would never want to come out for the rest of your life.The owner said that he is the best little golden retriever. At such a young age, the cross-sectional diameter of his claws has already exceeded five centimeters. He will definitely be a power player in the future.Wu Xie dreamed of the pot of bones in the kitchen, the large lawn of the guide dog base, and the black Labrador who was next to him in the training station. They were getting farther and farther away from him, and Wu Xie suddenly felt that he had become smaller. The soft cushion seemed too big, Wu Xie frantically tried to jump out, but he couldn't find the edge of the cushion.

When it was daylight, the truck slowed down and then stopped. Wu Xie vigilantly poked his nose out of the gap in the rainproof cloth, sniffed the strange air outside, and then leaned over to observe for several minutes before jumping out cautiously. The carriage crawled past several trucks parked side by side, trotted along the wall, and quickly escaped from the noisy and chaotic vegetable wholesale market.

As a quasi-guide dog who has received systematic training, Wu Xie is very adaptable to urban life. He can cross the road, knows how to avoid the constant flow of vehicles, and is also good at getting along with humans.He stopped and walked along the way, cautiously learning about this city called "Hangzhou" with strong curiosity.He ran half a circle along the West Lake, and the cobblestone-paved morning exercise path made his paws a little itchy and a little painful, which was very comfortable.The trees by the lake are old and tall, and the air is good. He also likes the sparkling West Lake, but he doesn't dare to jump down for a swim.

He especially likes Gushan, because the first time he passed by the door of the building outside the building, a kind waiter sister gave him an almost complete West Lake vinegar fish, which greatly soothed his hungry stomach, and then he was still in it. In the backyard of the nearby shop called "Xileng Yinshe", I found an old recliner covered with cotton cushions, and slept comfortably all afternoon.

The West Lake in the evening is especially charming and moving. Many people walk along the lakeside with their dogs. Wu Xie occupies a bench by the lakeside. When basic passwords such as "shake hands" are used, he will lean over to demonstrate, and then enjoy the master's rewards with peace of mind, and can barely eat enough most of the time.The quality of life is far inferior to that of the guide dog base, and it's a bit boring, but Wu Xie doesn't hate this kind of life, because he likes Hangzhou, West Lake, and most importantly, he likes freedom.

Although he is homesick.

The feeling of homesickness is very strange. At first, Wu Xie didn't understand what was going on with the strange feeling in his body, until one night, Wu Xie, who was free, stood by the lake, staring at the three round moons in the lake, and suddenly felt An impulse to howl at the moon like a wolf, he sighed a long time, he is fine, just a little lonely.

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I think golden retrievers have a natural "innocent" quality to them, don't they?