paddock

Xiao Hei gently pushed the floor-to-ceiling window and opened a gap.It held a fruit in its mouth, perhaps because of the dim light, Yuan Ning found that the fruit had a little halo.Yuan Ning was stunned for a moment, then took a closer look, and found that there was a strange life force flowing slowly in the fruit, like running water and heartbeat.This fruit is not easy!

Xiao Hei looked up at Yuan Ning, then at Zhao Fu who was full of embarrassment, opened his mouth, and the fruit rolled down to the ground, just rolling to Zhao Fu's feet, shaking and shaking, turning around, next to each other Zhaofu's front paws did not move.Zhaofu was even more embarrassed.Every time Xiao Hei went out, he would bring back different fruits for him. The hospitality was hard to bear, and Zhao Fu also tasted it. The taste was really good.Xiao Hei treats it so well, but it exposes the fact that Xiao Hei ran out secretly...

Zhao Fu said: "Thank you." It was still worried, "But the outside world is so dangerous, and you are so small, you shouldn't run out by yourself. If something happens to you, everyone will be very sad."

Xiao Hei looked up at Zhao Fu, his golden pupils remained calm.Just the cats and dogs in the city can't hurt him at all.As for the people in the city, there is no way to catch up with him. They like to eat meat, do not like sports, and their bones and muscles show signs of degeneration.Xiao Hei turned to look at Yuan Ning.

It did not prepare Yuan Ning's fruit.It remembers that human food is not the same as their food.Back then it caught some sparrows and sent them to Yuan Ning's parents, but it frightened Yuan Ning's mother.They can eat these fruits, but Yuan Ning may not be able to eat them.

Xiao Hei patted his front paws, and looked at Zhao Fu again: "Your body is aging, eat more. But there are too few in the city, next time I will go to a farther place to find it for you." It was born in Dashan, who grew up in Dashan, has been with Dashan all the year round, and Dashan is willing to tell him some of his secrets.These fruits are one of them.It can't speak, but it can talk to Zhaofu them - as long as it is willing, what it wants to say will appear in Zhaofu's mind.

Zhao Fu was taken aback by the voice in his head, to be precise, it wasn't a voice, but he knew clearly that it was Xiao Hei talking to it.Zhao Fu was shocked: "You, why are you talking in my head?"

Xiao Hei fell silent.

After Zhaofu was shocked, he recalled it.Xiao Hei said that it is aging, so eat more. Could this fruit also slow down aging—or even change the aging body?Zhao Fu said: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are normal, you don't have to go too far for me. If something happens to you..."

Xiao Hei twisted his body, crawled into his den, and pointed his round butt at Zhao Fu, which meant that he was too lazy to talk to Zhao Fu.

If something happened to Zhaofu, Yuan Ning would be very sad.As long as enough fruit is found, Zhaofu will be as strong and healthy as it is.

Zhao Fu told Yuan Ning what Xiao Hei said.Yuan Ning was stunned.He ran up to Xiao Hei and hugged Xiao Hei: "Thank you, Xiao Hei! I will dry Xiao Hei for you at noon tomorrow!"

Xiao Hei was a little out of breath being hugged by Yuan Ning.It patted Yuan Ning's face with one paw, pushed Yuan Ning away in disgust, and glanced at Yuan Ning, meaning "I don't care about it".

Yuan Ning understood what Zhao Fu said about "talking in the head".Yuan Ning said, "Actually, Xiao Hei, you can talk to us, right?"

Xiao Hei jumped from Yuan Ning's arms back to the nest, lying there looking at Yuan Ning, seeing Yuan Ning staring at him persistently, he managed to squeeze out two words: "Yes." But there is no need to speak, just let them understand Isn't it convenient to have your own thoughts?

Yuan Ning asked with concern: "Do you go out every day to find fruits for Zhaofu?"

[No, just by the way. 】Xiao Hei looked at Yuan Ning, and conveyed what he wanted to say to Yuan Ning directly from his eyes.

"..."

[I'm going out for a stroll and getting to know the animals here. 】

"So that's how it is!" Yuan Ning understood, "When you move to a new place, you should say hello to your neighbors! There are many good neighbors around the place where my eldest brother lives now, but it's a pity that my eldest brother is too busy and I don't go there often. It’s impossible to get to know them well.”

【…】Xiao Hei didn't want to tell Yuan Ning at all that it was indeed "greeting" with the neighbors. After the greeting, everyone was very friendly to it, but they were a little afraid of it.Nothing, the neighbors used to be afraid of it anyway.

Yuan Ning persevered in chatting with Xiao Hei: "After eating the fruit you found, Xiao Hei, will Zhaofu not grow old?" What Yuan Ning actually wanted to ask was "Will Zhaofu not be as sudden as Grandpa Xie?" It's gone," but he didn't want to ask such words out of his mouth.Birth, old age, sickness, death, life and death, it is really sad.

【uncertain. ] Xiao Hei was also uncertain, and gave Yuan Ning a more conservative answer, 【It should work. 】Anyway, it feels that its body is very good, it has not aged at all, and it has not degenerated at all. The best evidence is that there are almost no animals that are not afraid of it!

Just "should be useful" is enough to make Yuan Ning happy.Yuan Ning asked again: "Xiao Hei, do you also need to eat these fruits? If we find some seeds and plant them in 'Dream', can we grow the same fruit? In that case, Xiao Hei, you don't have to go around I found it!" The more Yuan Ning said, the more he felt that it was feasible, and his eyes lit up instantly, "Xiao Hei, can you find their seeds or saplings? The ginseng babies will definitely take good care of them!"

Xiao Hei was very moved by Yuan Ning's proposal.It is very interested in those lotus plants in the "dream", and it is the first time it has seen such a strong "vitality".If you eat it, you will definitely become stronger!But that's what Yuan Ning likes, Xiao Hei has long since stopped thinking about them.If it can grow the fruit needed to attract good fortune, it can also taste it, right?

Xiao Hei smacked his mouth, feeling the sweet taste of the fruit had already filled his entire mouth.In order to protect Zhaofu's internal organs before they are substantially damaged, it hasn't tasted half of the fruit for several days.Yuan Ning didn't let him eat too much fried fish, saying that eating too much would be unhealthy, and he didn't let him eat it raw. He posted on the balcony and said that he would make small dried fish for it to eat.It watches those small dried fish that haven't been dried before its eyes every day, but it just can't eat it!

Xiao Hei felt that he urgently needed to solve the problem of eating.Don't eat too much fried fish, but always have enough fruit!How can you "say" hello to others if you don't have the strength!

[I will find it back. 】

Yuan Ning didn't know that Xiao Hei was planning to fill his stomach to "say hello" and lay down happily on the bed.

Even though he can enter the "dream" at ordinary times, Yuan Ning is still used to talking to ivory at night.The ginseng baby has already collected all the seven leaves and one branch of flowers, and the dried tubers are piled up in a whole row.After knowing Yuan Ning's anguish of not being able to get the medicinal materials out last time, the ginseng babies didn't grow anything else, they were all afraid that they would do bad things with good intentions and add to Yuan Ning's troubles.

As soon as Yuan Ning came in, the ginseng babies ran over.They feel that Yuan Ning has seeds on him!

Yuan Ning did carry the seeds.He wanted to ask the baby ginseng to plant some flowers first, so that he could find out the habits of the flowers.The ginseng babies listened to Yuan Ning's words, and immediately agreed: "Help me remember! Help me remember!" They have green stems and leaves on their heads, and their bodies are white and fat. They don't look like ginseng, but rather juicy radishes.When I am happy, the tassel-like stems and leaves dangle to and fro, trembling with excitement.

Yuan Ning gave different seeds to the ginseng babies.

When they went to school the next day, Yuan Ning and Song Xingchen talked about the progress and told Song Xingchen that they got some flower seeds from the capital.When Song Xingchen and Hao Xiaolan heard Yuan Ning talk about Mr. Lian's farm, they felt a kind of longing in their hearts.Hao Xiaolan never likes to hide things: "I want to go too!"

Song Xingchen said: "Next time we will ask about the open day, let's go and have a look together." Their family is very busy, so they are relatively free to go wherever they want, as long as they can find someone their parents trust to take them with them. It's like Yuan Ning went to the capital with Luan Jia and Huo Sen.

The three immediately discussed how to get there when the time came.

After a lively class all morning, Yuan Ning returned home for dinner, and was called back to the room by Zhao Fu.It turned out that Xiao Hei went out again early in the morning, and Xiao Hei brought back some seeds and saplings. There are not many seeds and saplings are not big, but the space in the "dream" seems to be small, too many may not be able to plant.After planting lotus seeds last time, the dense fog in the dream cleared up a bit, leaving a large open space for the ginseng babies to "try planting".

Plant all the saplings and tree seeds in that open space!If it is a tree, it can grow for a long time, and you don't need to pull it out, and you don't have to worry about what to do with it!Yuan Ning took Xiao Hei into the "dream", and handed over the saplings and tree seeds to Baby Ginseng.The ginseng babies liked the green seedlings very much. They returned the tree seed to Yuan Ning first. They took a small sapling and gestured around with their short legs. Finally, they negotiated a suitable distance before starting to shovel it with a small shovel. earth.They are small, not much bigger than a small sapling, and the small shovel is also very small, made of sharpened stones, and a small hole is dug when the shovel is lowered.

The ginseng baby looked at the roots of the sapling, and then dug several times with shovels before stopping. He hugged the sapling up, stuffed it into the small hole and filled it with soil.As soon as the ginseng babies finished their busy work, a strange scene appeared.If the lotus seeds grow very slowly after being planted, the young saplings grow very fast—they are several heads taller than the baby ginsengs.The ginseng babies were startled, and then happily cheered around the young saplings: "Grow up! Grow up! It will grow so big in a while!"

Yuan Ning was also frightened at first, but seeing the happy appearance of the ginseng babies, he also became happy.This was originally a dream!Anything can happen in the dream, even if this little sapling grows to the sky all of a sudden, it is not too unusual.

A few days passed peacefully, and the pet shop called to say that Zhaofu should go back for vaccinations, deworming and checkups.I should have gone to fight in autumn, but there were so many things at that time that no one thought of it for a while.Yuan Ning hung up the phone, feeling that she was too careless to even understand these things.In the past, he used to go to Grandpa Xie's house to find Zhaofu. He thought that as long as he came back from get out of class to talk to Zhaofu and take them out to play during the holidays, it would be all right!

Yuan Ning thought of Xiao Hei again.Yuan Ning quickly called the pet shop and told the veterinarian about Xiao Hei's situation.The veterinarian said: "You bring it here, and I will give it a detailed examination and vaccinate it. You can't keep cats and dogs casually, or it will be bad for you and them."

After dinner in the evening, Yuan Ning took Zhao Fu and Xiao Hei to the pet shop.

Xiao Hei was a little bit resistant to Yuan Ning's decision. He felt that he was very strong and could overcome everything.It is sure that no bugs, no lice dare to hide on it!And it really, really hates the traction rope that Yuan Ning took out... Although it looks pretty, who likes a rope that strangles his neck?

Zhao Fu said: "This must be worn." Zhao Fu did not resist the leash at all.It recalled the situation when it first saw Yuan Ning, and sighed with lingering fear, "If it wasn't for Yuan Ning, I would have been sent to be killed by now." Not all families are as generous as the Zhang family, even if The children in the family were not injured, but were frightened, and many people would not let it go.

【If I really go crazy, even if I tie this thing, it won't be able to stop me. 】Xiao Hei still thinks this thing is stupid and useless.

"That's just you," Zhao Fu said, "It's still useful to us."

Xiao Hei looked at Zhao Fu's huge body, and felt that this big guy had only grown in size, but nothing else.It glanced at Yuan Ning, who was holding the leash and stood awkwardly aside, stretched his neck, and looked at Yuan Ning.

[Put it on. ] Xiao Hei said this to Yuan Ning.

"I wouldn't like it either." Yuan Ning felt extremely guilty.He knows that Xiao Hei is used to being at ease, and he is not used to living in the city, and now he needs to wear a leash like a cat in the city, Xiao Hei must be very uncomfortable!

Zhao Fu said on the side: "You will get used to it when you wear it. And you don't have to wear it all the time, you just wear it when you go out."

【I know.People in the city are very timid, which will make them feel safe-although it is not very useful in practice. ] Xiao Hei said his opinion, it still stretched out its neck, 【Hurry up, I'm tired of my neck, put it on and go out quickly, go back quickly. 】

Only then did Yuan Ning step forward and put the holster of the leash around Xiao Hei's neck.

Xiao Hei was very uncomfortable.Thinking of Yuan Ning's hesitation and guilt just now, Xiao Hei didn't speak again.It can quickly adapt to any place, how could it not adapt to this small traction rope.Accompanied by Aunt Shen, Yuan Ning took Xiao Hei and Zhao Fu to a nearby pet shop.

The owner of the pet shop is a middle-aged man in his 30s. He is neither fat nor thin.But the smile on his face is very comfortable, just like the poem said, "It's normal to have a moon in front of the window, and it's different if there are plum blossoms." Sometimes a person's appearance does not determine his first impression.The owner of this pet shop is a person whose temperament is higher than appearance, and whose temperament makes people forget to pay attention to his appearance.His smile gives people a feeling of spring breeze.

The boss is both the boss and the veterinarian. He personally inspected Zhaofu and Xiaohei in detail, and praised Yuan Ning: "You take good care of them, they are all healthy, there is not a single lice on their bodies, and their fur is also fine. It is clean and looks like there are no insects. But maybe. Many parasitic things will hibernate in winter, and when spring comes and the weather is warmer, they will come out to show off their power. I suggest cleaning them up and carefully driving them away. Deworming. You have many children in your family, so you should pay more attention."

Xiao Hei lay on the side and listened to Yuan Ning discussing with the veterinarian.After a while, the veterinarian came with two staff members to clean their hair and cut their hair after cleaning.Of course, under their strong opposition, the two staff members just cut their fur a little short, and did not use their rich creativity to design new shapes for them.

After the staff finished their busy work, Xiao Hei felt refreshed a lot.Is this how cats and dogs in the city are treated?No wonder there are so many stray cats and dogs on the roadside. Their owners must be too poor to support them!Just as Xiao Hei was thinking about it, he saw Mr. Veterinarian coming over with a small round tube, and there was a sharp needle at one end of the tube—the scary needle tip shone coldly on the light.

Xiao Hei was shocked.What is this thing?It looks weird!

Zhao Fu noticed that Xiao Hei's body was tense, and persuaded him: "Don't be afraid, this is just a vaccine. One injection can keep us from getting sick. But this is the first time you have the injection, it seems that you need to take two more injections, and you won't need it in the future." Yes, all it takes is one injection. The veterinarian is very gentle, and his injection won’t hurt, so don’t be afraid!”

[I'm not afraid. 】Xiao Hei looked at Zhao Fu, and refuted Zhao Fu's ridiculous consolation.Just kidding, how could it be afraid of that little tube!

The veterinarian stretched out his hand to touch Xiao Hei's head, and his tone was soft enough to make people trust and relax: "Don't be afraid, it will be fine soon."

【…】

Xiao Hei thinks that the people and dogs in the city are bothersome!Can't you just hit it directly?Having to repeat the word "don't be afraid" over and over again makes it feel a little frightened now that it didn't feel scary at first.Xiao Hei stared at the sharp needle, not letting himself escape.

It was the first time Mr. Veterinarian had seen such a calm cat.He felt that the cat was spiritual, as if it could understand his own words!He said: "That's right, you can look at it, and after a long time you will feel that it is not scary at all." The veterinarian comforted Xiao Hei while looking for the place to insert the needle.

The little black eyes did not blink, and watched the sharp needle piercing into his fur.The veterinarian pushed the plunger and injected all the vaccine in the needle into Xiao Hei's body.After the vaccination was successfully completed, the veterinarian praised Xiao Hei to Yuan Ning: "This is the first time I have met such an obedient and smart cat. I can't believe it used to be a wild bobcat! It is comparable to many domestic cats." Much more sensible!"

Yuan Ning stepped forward and hugged Xiao Hei: "Xiao Hei has attended classes before!"

The veterinarian suddenly became interested and asked Yuan Ning what was going on.Yuan Ning told the veterinarian about Xiao Hei's "observation" at the village school. When talking about that time, Yuan Ning's face was a little happy, but also a little sad.

At that time, I always felt that the days were very long and long, and he always thought that it would be great if he could finish the day at once, so that he could see his parents sooner—he always thought that if he could grow up all at once, he would be happy. Well, then he can be strong and independent, not be a burden to anyone, not to be a burden to anyone.Looking back now, I hope that the memories can be played back slowly, so that he can find something worth remembering firmly and always reminiscing about in the shortest possible time and the shortest possible time together.

When Yuan Ning walked out of the pet shop with Xiao Hei in his arms, the stars had already come out.The moon bent into a crescent and rested secretly behind the stars, so the stars were very bright, blinking and blinking, as if smiling softly, and looking at them tenderly.Yuan Ning walked for a while, bowed his head and said to Xiao Hei: "Xiao Hei, do you still remember? I was a very bad, very bad child at that time. In order to let my mother come back to accompany me, I deliberately pretended to have a stomachache. My mother was in a hurry , hugged me and cried. Later, my mother found out that I was lying, but she didn’t scold me. She just hugged me again and shed tears. Was I very disobedient at that time? Xiao Hei, do you still remember Mom and Dad? Sometimes I'm really afraid that my memory is too big and I forget what they look like."

【Remember. 】 Xiao Hei said.

"Then if one day I forget, you have to tell me what happened at that time again." Yuan Ning was worried, "I'm too stupid, I always forget a lot of things that shouldn't be forgotten."

Xiao Hei didn't speak.On the day Yuan Ning forgets, it may no longer be there.Humans live longer than theirs!

After returning home, Yuan Ning took Xiao Hei and Zhao Fu back to the room, cleaned out their nests, put on the soft blankets that Aunt Shen had washed and dried during the day, and fell asleep with them.After arriving in the dream, Yuan Ning was really startled.Although they come in every day, the little saplings have grown too big!Xiao Hei brought back six young saplings, and they were planted in a row by the ginseng babies, very far apart, but now they have grown to a height of five or six meters, and the tree cover is green and dense.I ran to the bottom of the tree and saw that the trunk was so straight that it took three people to embrace it!

Their branches seem to be consciously extending towards each other, one after the other. They are not too thick at present, but they have already connected into a flat plane.The ginseng babies jumped up and down on it, and greeted Yuan Ning: "It's fun here! It's fun here!" Yuan Ning understood, it must be the ginseng babies who made them grow like this—for fun!