After the Earthquake of Rebirth

Ning Qiyan touched the abdomen of the duckling in his hand, because the fluff had not receded, unlike the feathers of adult ducks that can avoid water, the soft fluff on the abdomen was wet.

"The things I saw were also wet." Ning Xiaowen put down the duck in his hand and stood up frowning.

Du Cheng and Hu Zi also squatted in the yard watching the ducklings running around on the ground.

Things have to start three days ago.

Because the chicks and ducklings had to be driven back to their nests every night, Ning Xiaowen, who was always the first to wake up in the morning, was responsible for opening the nest door and letting them out.

Early that morning, when Ning Xiaowen opened the duck nest, he found that Du Dabao and Ning Xiaobao and Ning Xiaobei also got into the duck nest at some point. Du Dabao was licking a duckling when he opened the door.

Ning Xiaowen watched Du Dabao amusedly and changed one after another, shaking his head. He thought Du Dabao was full of fatherly love because he watched the chickens and ducklings being born and raised.He also thought that when Ning Qiyan and the others got up, he had to tell everyone about this so that they could have fun together.

But after looking at it for a while, Ning Xiaowen saw something was wrong.

Why do these little ducks seem to be carrying water, and when their wet fluff rubs against the hay, a lot of grass clippings are stuck to them, but after being licked by Du Dabao, they are still dry.

Could it be that these ducks came out of their nests at night and got water?

Because the duck is still young, it hasn't been long since it was moved out of the house. If it gets wet, it may freeze.

Ning Xiaowen went to the bathroom to check it again, and confirmed that there was no water leakage, and the well was also clean, with no spilled water marks.

There was almost no water in the other places in the yard. Although he couldn't figure it out, Ning Xiaowen didn't care too much. When he and Ning Qiyan closed the nest door at night, they closed it carefully to make sure that the duckling wouldn't come out again in the middle of the night.

But for two days in a row, when Ning Xiaowen opened the door, he saw Du Dabao licking the duckling, which was still stained with water.Ning Xiaowen felt a little baffled.

The doors of the bathrooms are all closed, and the wells are covered. There is no water in the yard for ducks to rub against.

Ning Xiaowen mentioned this during breakfast, but Ning Qiyan didn't think it was because of getting out of the nest.If the ducklings managed to escape from their nests in the middle of the night, how could they go back obediently.The problem should be in the nest.But the nest is so big that you can see the head at a glance. Where does the water come from?

Unable to find the reason, everyone woke up with Ning Xiaowen early this morning, unexpectedly the ducklings were wet again.

Ning Qiyan went straight into the nest, and carefully checked every corner of the nest, making sure that there were no gaps for the ducklings to get out.As for Dabao and the three of them, the door of the nest is not high, and there is a large gap from the top of the nest, enough for them to jump in.

Unable to understand, Ning Qiyan had no choice but to go out, glanced around unconsciously, and then saw Du Dabao and Ning Xiaobao and Ning Xiaobei lying obediently under the eaves.

Ning Qiyan squinted his eyes, staring at Du Dabao's ears attached to his head.

For a husky that can turn crazy when it goes crazy, if it hadn't done something wrong, its ears would never get down.

Seeing Ning Qiyan staring at Du Dabao, Ning Xiaowen and the others also turned their attention to it. They didn't pay attention to it before, but looking at it now, they couldn't see its guilty conscience.

Ning Qiyan walked to Du Dabao's side and pointed to the duck nest.

Du Dabao's whole head hangs on the ground.

Ning Qiyan pushed it away.

Du Dabao whimpered twice but did not move.

Ning Qiyan picked up the empty rice bowl and knocked on it, then pointed to the duck nest.

This time Du Dabao simply turned his head to the side, although he still looked guilty, he just refused to take Ning Qiyan over to have a look.

Ning Qiyan was amused, "Okay, I won't give you food if you don't take me there. I'll see how long you can hold on." After finishing speaking, he stood up and turned to greet Ning Xiaowen and Du Cheng.

"Let's go, you don't need to look for it anymore. Go into the house and stew the ribs. We will have ribs for lunch today!"

Ning Xiaowen and the others swept away the entanglement just now and laughed.Looking at Du Dabao, I couldn't help feeling gloating.

In order to lure Du Dabao, Ning Qiyan didn't cook it in soy sauce or other strong flavors, and didn't even add any side dishes. Instead, he chopped the pork ribs into pieces and stewed them in a pressure cooker.

When the time was almost up, Ning Qiyan lifted the pressure cooker that was deflated and walked outside.

Du Dabao was so honest that he didn't move his place all morning, and was still lying on his stomach at the door.

Ning Qiyan squatted down under Ning Xiaowen's laughing gaze, and lifted the lid of the pot in front of Du Dabao.

In an instant, the aroma of stewed pork ribs rushed over, and Du Dabao stopped pretending to be honest and sat up all of a sudden.But Ning Qiyan saw that the heat had almost dissipated, so he took the pot back and took out a plate of pork ribs to cool down.Without even looking at a certain one wandering back and forth at its feet, it began to make pancakes.

When the pancakes are ready, the ribs are just ready to eat. At noon, the four of them will eat pancakes and pork ribs, plus two plates of stir-fried appetizers and braised mushrooms. Each dish is large enough to feed four people.

Until the meal was over, Ning Qiyan and the others tacitly ignored Du Dabao who was anxiously pawing his thighs everywhere.

Du Cheng and Huzi were not in a hurry to enter the house, they helped Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen wash the dishes, and saw Ning Qiyan holding up a rib and shaking it in front of Du Dabao's eyes, and retracted the rib before it pounced on it and took it away , pointing in the direction of the duck nest.

Du Dabao looked at the ribs that were going away again, then looked back at the direction of the gate, and then continued to circle around Ning Qiyan's legs.

Seeing that Du Dabao still refused to take them to see the duck nest, Ning Qiyan simply put the ribs back on the plate, showing with actions that disobedience = no food!

It wasn't until Ning Qiyan had finished drinking tea, watched the movie, and was about to prepare dinner, that Du Dabao finally decided that moji was useless, and this time the master was determined to know their little secret.

Ning Qiyan felt that his sleeves were being pulled, he looked away from the tablet, squinted at Du Dabao who had been grinding all afternoon, and finally bowed his head at this moment.

"Let's go, I want to see what's going on, not only wetting the duckling, but also keeping Du Dabao so tight!" Ning Qiyan said to Du Cheng and the others who were resting and watching a movie together.

He didn't worry about whether the duckling would get wet or not. Even if it really froze to death, they would feel that it was a pity at most, but where is this?This is a space where Ning Qiyan doesn't know what's going on, the water that appeared out of thin air, and Du Dabao's running away from time to time before, this makes Ning Qiyan feel uncertain.

Rebirth and space are inherently strange. Ning Qiyan has no problem with simply living in a more comfortable environment, but once there is something unclear, he has to worry about the safety of this space.

Are there outsiders?Who will this outsider be?Will it threaten their safety?

Or in the space, these things are not the only ones he knows, and there are other things or places that he has not discovered?

There were many guesses, and Ning Qiyan had to dig into the reason.

Putting on their shoes, the four of them followed Du Dabao out of the house without saying much, stood in front of the duck nest door and watched Du Dabao use his paws to scrape open a pile of hay, and then continued to scrape the soil below.

Could it be that the water source was pulled out?

Du Cheng took a step forward and picked up the hay that Du Dabao had pulled aside. Maybe it had been a long time, but it didn't look wet at all.

I thought I would have to wait for a long time, but I didn't expect that it would only take a few minutes. The soil that Du Dabao removed was not enough for a basket, but the area it removed was not small.

Seeing that Du Dabao stopped moving, Ning Qiyan and the others moved closer.

The layer of soil that was scraped away was less than the thickness of a palm, revealing the blue-gray stone below.

Ning Qiyan couldn't help but look at Du Dabao. Du Dabao tilted his head, seeing that Ning Qiyan hadn't moved, he lifted his body up to where the stone was, looked back at Ning Qiyan, and then the dog threw himself on the whole dog. All lying on the rocks, and then...

Then it just fell off!

Du Cheng moved the fastest. When Du Dabao's body just sank, he reached out to grab it, but he still couldn't catch it.

Ning Qiyan noticed that after Du Dabao jumped on it, the stone seemed to be split from the middle, and after it fell completely, the stone closed again like two doors.

"This is too..." Hu Zi was stunned for a long time before opening his mouth in surprise.

Ning Xiaowen was most worried about Du Dabao, "Shall we go down and have a look? Dabao's foot injury is not healed yet."

Ning Qiyan waved his hand, "Don't worry about it, first shovel away the surrounding soil and see how big the rock is." As for Du Dabao?Seeing how proficient it is, maybe how many times it has been walked, if there is something to do, it will have something to do, how can we wait until now? !

The four of them cleared out all the hay in the nest, and shoveled away the soil along the dug-up place by Du Dabao. The size of the clearing was about one square meter, and the edge of the stone could be seen.

The entire stone was exposed, which happened to be a square. Du Cheng and Hu Zi squatted on the side and took a flashlight to carefully look at the stone. They could see a straight crack in the middle. I didn't see it before because the light was too dark, and the crack was exactly in line with the stone. The grain direction is the same.

Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen stood behind the two of them, poking their heads to observe the stone carefully, but it seemed that there was nothing special about the whole stone except for the crack in the middle.

At this moment, the closed stone suddenly opened again, and Du Cheng pointed his flashlight at the vacated space of the stone. Before he could see the situation below, he was rushed by Du Dabao who jumped up.

Holding Du Dabao in his arms, Du Cheng touched its four paws. They were not wet, but the soil was damp.

"Let's go, if you don't go down to see who knows what it's like down there, Dabao can't speak." Huzi tapped the stone with his flashlight.

Seeing that Du Cheng and Ning Qiyan both nodded, Ning Xiaowen grabbed the beard that was about to step on it.

"Push and see first, if you step down, you will fall again."

Huzi was right when he thought about it, so he simply picked up the shovel that he had used to shovel the soil and put it against the middle of the stone, and with a little force, the stone opened.

Yoube used a shovel to prevent the stone from closing, and Du Cheng finally saw the situation below.

About one meter deep below is a flat ground about the size of a rock, with stone walls perpendicular to the entrance of the cave on three sides, and only the south side has steps that continue to extend downward.

Holding the flashlight, Du Cheng could only see the turning of the steps, and the situation after the turning could not be seen at all.

"Let's go." Hu Zi also saw the depth below clearly with Du Cheng's flashlight, first stretched the shovel in and pushed it to the ground, and jumped down with the shovel as support, then turned around and let Du Cheng use his strength to jump down too.

"You..." Du Cheng looked at Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Ning Qiyan.

"Let's go down and have a look. Du Dabao can come and go freely, so he should be fine."

Ning Xiaowen also nodded beside him.

Du Cheng paused for a moment, and didn't object, although his idea was to let Ning Qiyan and the others stay up there first, and wait until he and Huzi figured out the situation below.But Ning Qiyan was right, Du Dabao would not be able to come back if something happened, and Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen were not delicate girls, so they didn't have so many scruples.