I opened a mother and baby supermarket in ancient times to raise cubs

It was Yin time, the sky was unevenly dark, and the trees beside the road seemed to be splashed with thick ink. Qiao Mian ran with a rice dumpling, but there was a white tail attached behind him.

While running, Qiao Mian took the time to put his eyelids on Zong Zong's forehead, and found that it was still hot, and his voice was trembling, "Zong Zong, Zong Zong, wake up, wake up, don't scare dad!"

And the blue-eyed eyelids were tightly closed, her face was burning red, her lips were dead white, and she was trembling subconsciously, and she couldn't hear Qiao Mian's words at all.

Qiao Mian's eyes turned red, and he hugged the child tightly and ran to the doctor's house, but soon he found that the child in his arms was unbearably soft, just like holding a milk cat that was as soft as liquid.

After knocking on the door of the village doctor's house, Qiao Mian glanced at the white tiger that was still following him closely, but no matter how he chased him, the white tiger was so stubborn that it refused to move, and its blood-red round eyes stared straight into his arms, unconscious Qiao Mian was so angry that he cried at the end, "You go back first, I know you are worried about Zongzong, but I can't care about you now, if you are caught by the villagers again, what will I do!"

The moment the door opened, the white shadow behind him also disappeared.

Qiao Mian breathed a sigh of relief, and hurried into the courtyard with the rice dumpling in his arms.

Seeing Qiao Mian's tired face pale and panting heavily, the old doctor quickly took the child from his arms, and while listening to Qiao Mian's description of the symptoms, he lifted his eyelids to check. Looking at Qiao Mian, "The pulse condition is turbulent and disordered, the tongue coating is thin and white, and the fever continues. I am afraid that I have suffered from typhoid fever."

Qiao Mian's head buzzed as if he had been hit hard. This wind and cold is a life-threatening illness. Even an adult may not be able to save him, let alone a child as big as Zong Zong!

His legs went limp, but fortunately the old woman next to him dragged him to stand still. Qiao Mian's eyes were red, and she tugged on Dr. Jin's sleeve like a life-saving straw, saying incoherently, "Doctor Jin, please help me!" He, please save him, he is only two years old, he is so young, I beg you."

Dr. Jin's wrinkled brows were furrowed, he sighed helplessly, and said, "I'll wait until I feed him the decoction. If the fever can subside, I'll be saved."

After hearing this, the old woman next to him hurriedly supported Qiao Mian and said, "Qiao Fulang, don't worry, a few years ago, a child in the village fell into a hole in the ice in the middle of the winter, and after a night of high fever, he finally drank Lao Jin's medicine. In the end, he was rescued, Zong Zong may be kicking the quilt at night and got a cold, and he will be cured, so don't panic at this time."

Qiao Mian hugged the unconscious child in her arms, gritted her teeth and nodded.

Fortunately, before the medicine was cooked, Zong Zong finally opened his eyes in a daze in Qiao Mian's low voice, only to see those round eyes were burning red, if Qiao Mian didn't care about it, he would be confused, and he would find that Zong Zong was at this time. Zong's eyes are exactly the same as Baihu's usual eyes.

As soon as Qiao Mian saw Zong Zong woke up, she quickly pasted his forehead and found that it was still as hot as before, her heart felt cold, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Bao'er, how are you? Why are you uncomfortable telling Dad?"

Zong Zong is like a kitten covered in wounds, her eyebrows are red, she is crying in a hoarse voice and calling pitifully for Daddy and Daddy, her eyes are dull, her eyeballs seem to be covered Layers of red gauze, completely unaware that the one sitting next to him is the father he misses so much.

At this time, the medicine that Dr. Jin had cooked was also cooled and brought up. The old woman was standing beside her holding the medicine bowl, while Qiao Mian was holding the rice dumpling and coaxing it in a low voice.Dr. Jin put spoonfuls of food on the child's mouth, and the rice dumplings were very uncooperative. During this period, he even knocked over a medicine bowl. I don't know where the strength came from for the child to become so sick. That soft hand seemed to have barbs. After feeding this bowl of medicine, both Doctor Jin and Qiao Mian left several scars on the back of their hands.

Fortunately, the three of them were sweating all over, and the medicine was finally fed into Zong Zong's belly.

Another half an hour later, Dr. Jin gave Zong Zong another pulse. Qiao Mian watched nervously with his fists clenched. He stroked his beard and smiled, "The pulse condition has stabilized a lot, and the fever has subsided a little. After a while, I might be hungry."

Qiao Mian's tightly clenched fists finally relaxed, his shoulders collapsed, his trembling eyelashes shook off the accumulated tears, he wiped the corners of his eyes indiscriminately, and gave Dr. Jin and his wife a weeping smile, "Thank you, Dr. Jin." , Thank you, Doctor Jin."

The old woman also breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "I just said that the child Zong Zong is appointed to be fine. This child looks like a lucky one. Qiao Fulang, you just need to relax."

Doctor Jin looked at the rice dumpling's eyelids and tongue coating for a while, and said in a deep voice, "Qiao Fulang, go back and make some liquid food for the child, and then prepare some candied dates. This soup is very medicinal and pungent, and it may hurt your stomach. My child Just stay here with peace of mind, if there is anything wrong, the old man can take care of it in time."

Qiao Mian glanced at the drowsy Zong Zong, and really didn't want to leave for a moment, but thinking of Dr. Jin's advice, she could only helplessly say, "Then I will trouble Dr. Jin."

After Qiao Mian left, the old woman took a good look at the child with a small face that seemed to be on fire for a while, and stretched out her hand to probe the forehead of the dumpling dumpling. She was startled by being burned, and looked at Doctor Jin who was writing the prescription with a sullen head. , sighed hesitantly and said, "This, this is on fire again, can this child be rescued?"

Doctor Jin paused, shook his head and remained silent.

The old woman's eyes turned red, and she touched the exposed little hand of the rice dumpling, "Hey, Qiao Fulang is really suffering, the husband is gone, and now even the child..."

After the two pushed the door to go out, a moment later, the closed door creaked and opened again.

It was the white tiger who had been hiding in the courtyard.

As soon as it took two steps, it stopped, and the animal pupils were like torches, staring nervously ahead.

There was no child on that bed, only a small dark green shirt soaked in sweat was left among the messy quilts.

Bai Hu's heart skipped a beat, he growled twice toward the bed, and sniffed around in the small room.

As soon as he got close to the bottom of the bed, he heard a small roaring sound from the bottom of the bed, like a newborn cub asking for help in anxiety and fear. The white tiger's pupils froze, and he lifted the bed curtain with his paws, and saw a trembling cub on the ground. , about the size of a kitten, as if it just came out of the water, with white hair in locks, small ears drooping, pink inner ears, and bloody eyes that are just like a white tiger are wet He stared at the person.

It seems that it has just learned to open its eyes, and there is a white film in the eyes.

The white tiger took a step closer and wanted to take him out, but the cub was so frightened that he wanted to run, but turned over staggeringly, revealing his soft, dusty belly, as if all his strength had been consumed by this somersault, like The flipped little tortoise couldn't get up, it could only tremble with its front legs, poorly roaring.

There was joy and worry in the white tiger's bloody eyes. It took a step forward, but the cub shook even more. The white tiger sniffed its neck and turned it over again, then let out a low growl.

Darling, I'm your daddy.

The cub's wet eyes froze, and after hesitating for a while, he finally mustered up the courage to approach the white tiger with his frail legs shaking. He also imitated the way the white tiger did just now, smelling the scent, and let out a silly growl.

Daddy?

The white tiger stuck to its forehead and growled, "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, father will take you away first."

Before the cub could react, the white tiger grabbed the back of its neck. Before leaving, the white tiger looked at the dumpling clothes on the bed, jumped onto the bed nimbly, and wrapped the cub like a flip-top turtle in the clothes. Then, jumped out of the window.

After Qiao Mian got home, she didn't care about cooking at all. She went into Space Supermarket to exchange a bucket of vegetable rice noodles and saw the rabbit doll on the shelf. She gritted her teeth and spent a lot of money to get them out together.

After pouring some rice noodles into a wooden bowl, he hurried to the village doctor's house. On the way, he happened to meet Aunt Li who came to his house to ask why he didn't bring the rice dumplings.

When Aunt Li heard that Zong Zong was sick, she asked Mei Meier to take care of her family and hurried Qiao Mian to follow Qiao Mian.

But what Qiao Mian didn't expect was that as soon as he came back, Dr. Jin's wife said to him anxiously, "Qiao Fulang! Zong Zong, Zong Zong is gone!"

With a bang, the wooden bowl in Qiao Mian's hand fell to the ground, and the white rice noodles were also scattered on the ground.

With a pale face, Qiao Mian hurried to the house to have a look, and when she saw that the bed was empty, her heart sank.

Where can Zong Zong go?

Doctor Jin's wife was still anxiously repeating that she just went out for a while and came back and the child disappeared. The doors and windows were all closed. I really don't know where the child ran out from.

Aunt Li saw Qiao Mian looking around the house, and she also persuaded Qiao Mian while searching, "Qiao Mian, Qiao Mian, don't panic, you may wake up looking at the rice dumpling and see that you are not around, get out of bed and go home to look for it." You went? Since the child is awake, it is a good thing that he can run and walk, so don't worry. "

And Qiao Mian's hand that lifted the bed curtain suddenly paused, his eyes fixed on one place, and then he bent down and pinched the wet white hairs in his palm.

This white tiger!In the end, I still took the zongzi away!

Qiao Mian was on fire, but said to Aunt Li calmly, "Ma'am, let's go home."

Aunt Li thought that Qiao Mian had been persuaded by her, so she hurriedly said, "Okay, let's go back and look for it, the child may have run home."

After Qiao Mian and Dr. Jin apologized and paid the consultation fee, they left.

Seeing the two of them leave, the old woman looked at her husband with a puzzled expression, "The child was able to run away? He just had a fever again, which is really strange."

Dr. Jin gave her a white look, "It's a good thing that the child is well. Why are you talking so much? If you hadn't been out for so long, this child wouldn't be able to sneak out!"

The old woman hesitated to speak, but finally swallowed all her doubts.

Aunt Li didn't get any news about Zong Zong all the way, and her face became more and more ugly. When she got home, she still didn't see the child. Now she was really panicked, "Qiao Mian! Where did Zong Zong go!"

Qiao Mian sat on the stone chair and drank a mouthful of water, saying in a deep voice, "It's okay, I can't throw it away!"

Aunt Li saw that something was wrong, and said anxiously, "Why are you so sullen at this moment, I can't even find this dumpling!"

Qiao Mian rubbed the cup, hesitated and told Aunt Li the truth, "Zong Zong was taken away by the white tiger."

Aunt Li was taken aback, her impression of the white tiger was still that it suddenly appeared in her house that day and then disappeared suddenly like a gust of wind, and those bloody beast eyes were really terrifying.She trembled and said, "Here, this child has been taken away by wild beasts, don't worry!"

Qiao Mian sighed and said, "Ma'am, don't worry, I have kept this white tiger at home for a long time, and Zong Zong is very close to it on weekdays, and it will not hurt him. I thought it must be when Zong Zong woke up and saw the white tiger. Then pester it and take him out to play."

This kind of thing happened a few times, it was Qiao Mian who didn't see anyone after waking up from a nap, and after going crazy, he went out and saw the beast cub swaggering in through the back door.

At first, Qiao Mian lost his temper, but then he remembered that after the incident with Mrs. Da Ma, the children in the village started playing without their zongzi. Seeing that zongzong was bored at home every day, he felt very distressed, so he let it go. Baihu occasionally took Zong Zong out for a walk.

Aunt Li was very surprised. She really didn't expect Qiao Mian and Baihu to have such a deep relationship.But when Qiao Mian said that Baihu took the child out to play, his brows were immediately frowned, and he didn't bother to ask in detail why the beast in the mountains was willing to live in this small courtyard?

"This child's illness is just a little bit better, and now he's going out to play crazy, will he be more ill?"

Qiao Mian patted the table down, and said angrily, "I'm just angry about this. That white tiger is so smart that it is even more vigilant than ordinary adults. Who knows what it thinks this time! It's just nonsense!"

In this world, besides Lie Shan, Qiao Mian trusted the White Tiger the most, and the White Tiger sacrificed his life to save him time and time again. He had long since stopped treating it as a beast, but as a family member.He knew in his heart that Zongzong would be fine if he followed the white tiger, but he still couldn't help worrying about getting angry.

When it was getting dark, Qiao Mian was worried that Sister Mei was at home alone, so she tried to persuade Aunt Li to go home.

As soon as Aunt Li was sent away, Tang Qing also came back with good news, saying that the seller agreed to Qiao Mian's request, and agreed that the two families would go to the Zhuangzhai Yaxing Bank to sign the deed tomorrow and then go to the government to get the notarization.

After Tang Qing asked Zong Zong how he was doing, he heard the behavior of the white tiger. Seeing that the ferocious tiger cub was not there, he took the opportunity to add fuel and say, "This tiger cub is just disobedient, so you should starve it a few times!"

Qiao Mian looked at the sky that was getting darker and darker, and the fire in her heart was already stuffed into her throat. When Tang Qing said this, she became even more angry, "When they come back, I will see if I don't deal with them, it will be dark today , Where did you go to play around! It's too shameful!"

As soon as the words fell, I heard the wooden door move.

Hearing the sound, Tang Qing quickly covered her mouth.

Oops, I got caught talking bad about Huzi again!

Qiao Mian grabbed the broom beside him and strode towards the door. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a white and fat doll in green shirt standing at the door, and behind him was the shameless white tiger.

Zong Zong's hair was in a messy bun, but her small face was healthy and ruddy, her black eyes turned into crescents when she smiled, and she threw herself on Qiao Mian's lap, "Daddy!"

Qiao Mian held the child in her arms, felt around to see that there was no injury and stuck it on his forehead and found that it was not burned. Then he was relieved, and slapped Zong Zong's butt with a straight face, "Where did you go! When you get better, you will be sick." Running around, you want to kill me, don't you!"

Zongzongyuan's eyes were instantly filled with crystal clear tears, and he rubbed his small face against Qiao Mian's neck without saying a word.

Qiao Mian was made even more distressed by his action, and quickly ran along his back, "Okay, okay, don't cry, daddy won't talk, don't talk, daddy is just worried that you will go out to play crazy before you recover from the cold , you can’t do this next time, you know?”

When Zong Zong heard this, he showed his waxy teeth, sucked his red nose, and hummed obediently.

Qiao Mian looked at the white tiger who was deliberately avoiding his sight, smiled angrily, and lightly pulled its hairy ears, "You bastard, I have been worrying for so long, you should really starve you a few times!"

Bai Hu roared flatteringly, and gently rubbed his head against Qiao Mian's palm.

Qiao Mian sighed and patted its head with his backhand.

into the night.

Although Zong Zong was much better, Qiao Mian did not dare to relax, and boiled a bowl of the medicine that Dr. Jin bought for him.

When Zong Zong, who was lying on the bed playing with a rabbit doll, saw the black medicine being brought over, the whole cub was sick, and looked to the white tiger at the end of the bed for help.

Head shaking like a rattle "Bao'er, don't drink!"

Qiao Mian threw the rabbit doll aside, and pulled the fat cub into his arms forcefully, "How can you not drink the medicine just right? Be obedient and drink quickly."

Zong Zong's eyes were wide open, and he was rolling in Qiao Mian's arms like a loach. Even the strong Qiao Mian couldn't hold back. "Don't drink, don't drink, Baoer won't drink!"

Qiao Mian insisted that other things can spoil the child, but this is absolutely not possible, "No, you must drink!"

The white tiger on the side roared at Zong Zong twice.

Listen to your father and drink medicine!

And Bai Hu roared like a cat with its lifeblood in his mouth, he didn't dare to move, and immediately calmed down in Qiao Mian's arms.

Seeing that Zong Zong was willing to drink the medicine, Bai Hu nestled in the corner of the bed again, but he sighed in his heart.

This time, Zong Zong should have suffered a slight wind chill from the cold at night.

He has been a tiger for as long as he can remember, and he turned into a human form by chance, but Zong Zong is the complete opposite of him.After taking the zongzi away today, he spent a lot of energy to guide the zongzong into a human form.The child is young, so he is ignorant of all this, the only thing he can notice is that he knows that Bai Hu is his father.

Zong Zong is a hundred times more sensitive than a human being when it transforms into a beast form. Through its smell, it can be sure that the white tiger in front of it is its father who has been away for a long time and seems to have never left.

Bai Huqian reminded Wan that the animal-shaped dumpling must never show its feet in front of Qiao Mian, and he will tell Qiao Mian all this when he comes back.

In the past, Baihu was worried that Fulang would not go to the capital for a long time, but now he himself can't control the transformation of human form and animal form well, and he added another dumpling. It seems that the trip to Beijing will be greatly delayed.

Bai Hu looked at the tender father and son on the bedside, his red eyes gradually deepened.

The next day, Qiao Mian went to town with Tang Qing and Mrs. Li holding the rice dumpling.

He and Tang Qing went to the tooth shop to sign the contract, and Aunt Li and the others helped clean up the shop first.

The seller was quite talkative. After thinking about Qiao Mian's suggestion for a while, he agreed. It seemed that he was really eager to sell.Two paper contracts were signed, and the other one was used as a private contract. The two parties agreed to pay 80 taels first this time, and pay the remaining 60 taels two months after the store opened. If they violated the deadline, they would pay them double.

In this way, Qiao Mian's money will not be so tight, and he can boldly buy some things that should be bought.

When Tang Qing and Qiao Mian returned to the shop, they saw Aunt Li and Sister Mei cleaning the door with a basin of water, while Zong Zong was squatting obediently beside her beloved rabbit doll.

Seeing them coming back, Aunt Li beamed and said, "How about it, the land deeds and house deeds have all been taken back?"

Qiao Mian smiled and patted the burden on her back, "I have brought it all back."

He looked at the dusty little shop and said with a smile, "Hey, we finally have a shop of our own!" He went up and touched Zong Zong's forehead and found that it wasn't hot. It seemed that the cold had really healed .

It was noon now, and a few people were eating the meals he and Tang Qing had brought back from the restaurant in the backyard.

At the dinner table, it was rare for Sister Mei to make a joke, she covered her mouth and smiled softly, "From now on, I have to call Qiaofu Langqiao the shopkeeper."

They all laughed and agreed, making Qiao Mian blush.

Tang Qing smirked and said, "Shopkeeper Qiao, how are you preparing the things in the shop?"

Qiao Mian put down her chopsticks as if to hit him, and said with a smile, "I ordered a plaque, a few sets of tables and chairs, and some cups and plates at Carpenter Chen, and I can get them back today. I see that the shop is much brighter after my aunt wiped it down. It’s time to go buy something and decorate it.”

He said again, "When Tang Qing arrives, you will be responsible for collecting money at the counter, and the aunt will help ask the guests what they want. I will make things in the backyard. Sister Mei, you can just help me take care of the rice dumplings. There won't be too many people at first. A few of us can get over here, if it doesn’t work, I’ll hire some guys.”

Everyone has no objection to Qiao Mian's arrangement.

The day before the opening, several people were busy cleaning up as usual. Sister Mei was pasting calligraphy, paintings and silk flowers, Aunt Li was arranging tables and chairs, and Qiao Mian was in the backyard preparing ingredients for tomorrow.

When Tang Qing was worrying about how to hang up the plaque covered with red silk, he saw Song Boze coming with a group of servants.

When I came up, I secretly said that Qiao Mian didn't value loyalty, and didn't tell him such a big matter as opening a shop, but these sour words were all directed at Tang Qing, which attracted Aunt Li and Sister Mei to hear something .

Tang Qing snorted, "Didn't you come here? Since you are here, help us hang up the plaque."

Song Boze waved to the servant behind him, and several people quickly carried the plaque and hung it up for Deng Gao.

Song Boze looked at the quiet streets around him, and saw that Tang Qing was sweating all over his body. He felt distressed and said, "It's fine for Qiao Fulang to see outsiders, and you also see outsiders, and you don't even tell me when you buy a shop. I chose such a remote place. Why is this shop sold to you so cheaply? Isn’t it because the place is remote and the business is bleak?”

Tang Qing knew that he meant well, and said, "I told you that I will definitely help us find a good shop, but we can't afford the price. Besides, Qiao Mian is so good and strong that it is impossible for him to need your help. Although this place is remote, but Qiao Mian Things made of cotton are delicious, don’t you also think they are delicious? I think our business will definitely improve after a long time.”

Is it possible that the stuff in the preserved fruit shop is bitter?Is it not tasty?Doesn't it have to be good to do business?

Song Boze couldn't bear to pour cold water on him, and thought, my family Qingqing is so tired because of this shop, if the business is not good, how much will it hurt him?

He sighed, and he was ready to invite his father to the Yamen to have tea every day from now on, which could be regarded as helping them warm up their business.