Bamboo Horse Cultivation Manual [Rebirth]

Carrying a schoolbag full of homework for the winter vacation, Qiu Mu and Ye Li opened the door.Just as he walked to the entrance, before he changed into his slippers, an angry "sounding noise" came out of the living room without warning.

"Unfilial son—!"

It was rare to hear the old man growl in such a loud voice.Qiu Mu and Ye Li looked at each other, subconsciously lowered their voices, put on their slippers and slipped to the corner of the living room, poked their heads out to observe the situation.

Grandpa Qiu hugged the old antique telephone that had been at home for an unknown number of years, his snow-white beard puffed up in anger: "You asked me to see you! You bastard!"

I don't know what was said on the other end of the phone, but the old man couldn't listen at all.

After all, he is worthy of being a minister.Get angry, the momentum is not covered. As soon as the word "shut up" came out, the opposite side was as quiet as a cicada.

The old man hung up the phone with a "snap", walked to the edge of the sofa angrily, picked up the newspaper, and sulked, not knowing whether he had read it or not.

Qiu Mu and Ye Li looked at each other, Qiu Mu came out, and said to the old man, "Grandpa, is that the call from Dad?"

When the old man saw the two children coming back, his face became better.He gave a blunt "hmm", at least he didn't say "your jerk father" in front of Qiu Mu, but said: "Your father called and said that during the winter vacation, let me take you with me Go to Shanghai for the Spring Festival."

Then it's no wonder the old man is so angry, Ye Li thought.

Qiu Mu felt that her parents would not say such insane words, and asked, "Is there any reason?"

The old man let out an annoyed "hum".

"They said that in the hospital in Shanghai, there is an expert waiting in the hospital to give me a physical examination. Heh."

Why is it so hard to invite me here? It's rare to stay in Shanghai for a few days.If you really care about yourself, you might as well take the time to go home and see him, which is better than hiring an expert.What a bunch of heartless bastards.

Qiu Mu suddenly realized.

After Ye Li heard this, he wanted to persuade the old man to take care of his body, but this was still the family affairs of Qiu Mu's family. He was an outsider who didn't know anything, so it was inconvenient for him to intervene casually.Moreover, he believed that Qiu Mu would be able to solve this problem perfectly, so he gave Qiu Mu a look.Qiu Mu nodded slightly, saying, "Leave it to me."

So Ye Li greeted the old man, went back to the room with his schoolbag on his back, and gave the living room to the grandpa and grandson to have a heart-to-heart talk.

When he came out again, the old man's face was obviously much better.I don't know what kind of magic Qiu Mu used, what kind of ecstasy soup he gave the old man, but Grandpa Qiu actually agreed to go to Shanghai with Qiu Mu.

Ye Li said in his heart, "As expected of Qiu Mu", and quickly accepted the fact.

In the evening, Gu Yu heard that Qiu Mu might be leaving Guangling for Shanghai by plane in a few days, and said regretfully, "Why is this happening? Why don't you stay for the Spring Festival?"

Qiu Mu did this for the past two years.

"When I showed my body to my grandpa, I spent the festival there by the way." Qiu Mu said, "It's also because of this that my father specially waited for me to go on vacation and let me go there with my grandpa."

There are a lot of things in the company. The two adults are so busy all year round that their heels can't touch the ground. To be able to spare a day during the Spring Festival, to accompany the old man to the hospital has been planned two months ago, and I have worked hard to squeeze it out.

Because Qiu Mu has worked in the company, he knows that some things cannot be decided by one person "whether or not".

The whole company, with so many people, worked together for the same goal for several months to push forward a project. To this point, as the backbone of the whole company, Dad Qiu, it is impossible to say "I want to go home for the New Year" no matter what. Look at father, the project is on hold," he said.Everyone wants to go home to spend time with their families, but they have been working hard for the company until now. This is not something that one or two people can wait for.

Qiu Mu knew that the old man knew these things very well, but he still couldn't accept it, thinking that "as long as there is a heart, there will always be a way", so Qiu Mu couldn't reason with the old man or tell the truth, but said "I want to see my parents." , but I can’t bear to part with grandpa” and other heartfelt words to persuade the old man.

Then the old man thought that Qiu Mu was with him and hadn't seen his parents for three years, his heart softened a little, and his face didn't look so ugly.

Qiu Mu continued to work hard: "The transportation is convenient now, and it only takes a few hours to go to Shanghai from here. If you are not happy there, Grandpa, I will buy you a plane ticket right away, and we will come back together."

Because of Qiu Mu's words, the old man finally smiled and agreed to Qiu Mu's request.

"What about Xiao Li?" Gu Yu asked, "Did he go with you too?"

This is where Qiu Mu is in trouble.

It is of course no problem to let him take Ye Li over there.Parents will definitely welcome Ye Li too.But the difficulty is that Ye Li refuses to go there.

"You and grandpa just went there for a physical examination, and then visited your family, right?" Ye Li asked, "What am I going to do?"

Ye Li's attitude is very firm.

"It's a good Chinese New Year. It's rare for family members to meet once again. Isn't it a disappointment for me to get involved? Although uncles and aunts don't say anything, they actually worry about me more or less." Ye Li said: "I'm not If you can't take good care of your own child, why take me with you wherever you go. And my mother is still here, I can't leave her here alone. "

So Qiu Mu had nothing to do with Ye Li.He said the last sentence, and Ye Li could return ten sentences with reason and evidence.

A week later, Qiu Mu packed her bags and got on the plane to Shanghai with Grandpa Qiu.

Ye Li was left alone in the huge home, and it seemed a bit empty for a while.

Although Gu Yu would come to play with Ye Li whenever he could, but most of the time he was caught by his mother to clean up, run errands, or make dumplings to do housework.

Gu Yu's father and mother are on holiday at the end of the year, and it's rare for the family to have a good talk at home.Ye Li would not be uninterested at this point in time and still wander around Gu Yu's house as usual, disturbing them.

On the third day of bidding farewell to Qiu Mu and Grandpa Qiu, Ye Li took the bus to the nursing home and took the pastry made by Aunt Huang to visit his mother.

At the gate of the nursing home, he met Liang Tao who happened to come back from outside.

Liang Tao and Ye Li greeted each other: "You are here."

It has been three months since the last "poster incident". Liang Tao finally confirmed that Ye Li's "one stroke" was true. He slowly let go of his guard and began to contact Ye Li.

In the beginning, he had a feeling of closeness to Ye Li and paid attention to Ye Li because he wanted to make friends with him.After a speechless misunderstanding, although the first impression was very bad, there was somehow a connection between the two.Currently there are 42 students in a class, and the one who has the best relationship with Liang Tao is Ye Li who was cheated by Liang Tao once.

Ye Li said: "I'm here to find my mother, do you know where she is?"

Liang Tao naturally knew.He usually lives in a nursing home, and the place where he travels most often is Ye Li's mother's place besides his own residence.

"At this point in time, the sister nurse should take my aunt for a walk. I will go back to my room to rest in half an hour."

Ye Li handed the pastry to Liang Tao: "A gift for Auntie."

Liang Tao reached out to take it: "Thank you."

Ye Li nodded and said nothing, Liang Tao said, "You...have you written your winter vacation homework yet?"

Ye Li said casually: "I wrote a little bit."

"For example, if it's possible, can we write together in the future..." Liang Tao sent out the invitation shyly. After speaking, he suddenly remembered that Ye Li had two other good friends, and said with some annoyance. : "Ah, you want to be with Qiu Mu and the others..."

"Yes." Under Liang Tao's surprised gaze, Ye Li shrugged and said, "Let's do homework together tomorrow."

"Really?" Liang Tao looked very happy.

"Yeah." Ye Li said, "Xiao Mu has gone to his mother and father, and Xiao Yu has been a little busy recently. But you seem to be quite free."

"Well." Liang Tao said: "My mother has to take care of the people in the nursing home, and she won't rest after the Chinese New Year. I have nothing to do except do my homework and read books. Anyway..." Anyway, there are no friends to be with Play, Liang Tao didn't have the nerve to say that.

Ye Li: "That's it."

He considered the idea of ​​inviting Liang Tao to his place as a guest, but considering that Qiu Mu and Grandpa Qiu were not around, this kind of behavior seemed inappropriate, so let it go.He said, "Then I'll come to you."

Liang Tao was really happy, he never thought that someone would be willing to drive so far every day to come and play with him for him.Immediately, he nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, leaving an afterimage, and the corners of his mouth almost reached the ears.

Seeing how happy he was, Ye Li finally showed a sincere smile: "There's really not much homework for the winter vacation, so it's better to read extracurricular books..." He picked up a random topic, and chatted with Liang Tao.

......

The sun was setting in the evening, after Ye Li finished talking with his mother, he felt that he should go back.

Liang Tao sent Ye Li out of the gate of the nursing home, and Liang Tao's mother specially ran over and stuffed two fruits and a bottle of milk for Ye Li, telling him to be careful on the way back.

Ye Li thanked Liang Tao's mother politely, and then boarded the bus under the gaze of the two.

After getting off the car, the sun had completely set below the mountain, the sky was pitch black, and the roadside street lights were turned on.

Before going out, Ye Li told Aunt Huang that he would come back from dinner in the nursing home today and there was no need to wait for him, so there should be no one at home now.

Since no one was waiting for him, Ye Li was not in a hurry to go back.Taking a long way around, under the moonlight, he walked aimlessly on his own shadow.When he came back to his senses, he was already standing in a park.

This was Qiu Mu and Gu Yu's favorite place to play together before he moved here.

Ye Li sat on the swing, looking at the small basketball court opposite.Gathering the scarf around his neck, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Watching the white mist emerge from the mouth, float into the air, and gradually disappear.Ye Li raised his head, looked at the moon above his head, let his mind empty, and enjoyed the tranquility of this moment.

There was a sound from the jungle behind him, Ye Li moved his ears slightly, and looked back sideways.

Two glowing eyeballs were nestled in the grass, looking at him without blinking.

"..."

Ye Li once read in a certain book that some animals' eyes have a film-like structure that can reflect light.For example, owls, cats, dogs, etc., can re-reflect part of the light that passes through the retina back to the retina, so that they can see things clearly even in low-light environments.

So from the outside, it looks like their eyes are shining—in fact, they are just reflecting light, just like the moon above Ye Li's head at this time.

Ye Li took a closer look with the light of the street lamp in the distance, and out of the dense grass, there was a hairy head that was only about half the size of Ye Li's palm.Round eyes were looking at him, as if watching his actions.

He is not the kind of caring person. When he meets a small animal, he will not scream excitedly, let alone reach out to pet it.When he was young, he was walking in the streets and alleys, and he was frightened several times by these guys who were very good at "bullying the weak and fearing the strong", so at this time, he would not have too many thoughts of getting close.

The puppy hid in the grass and barked twice.The voice was very long and low-pitched. Ye Li couldn't tell what the voice meant, and he didn't want to guess. After taking a look and finding it was a puppy, he lost interest and turned his head.

Holding the fruit Liang Tao's mother gave him in his hand, he took a big bite.The fruity, sweet and sour juice blooms on the tip of the tongue, and the refreshing and crisp taste makes people not want to stop.

After finishing a fruit quickly, Ye Li showed a satisfied expression.Even though he no longer has to worry about food and clothing, he is still easy to please with his tongue.

Putting the core at your feet, pick up another apple.He wiped the invisible ash on the peel casually, and with a crisp "click", he took a big bite.

The air at night is very cold. Because it is approaching New Year's Eve, there are fewer pedestrians on the street than usual, and the park looks very quiet.

Ye Li watched the moon while enjoying the rare quiet time in the bustling city.

"..."

Looking down, there was a little furry creature at his feet, looking up at him, whining in a low voice.

Ye Li glanced at it.

To be honest, this dog is kind of ugly.The black hair is mixed with some brown hair. It is the kind of wild dog that can be seen everywhere on the roadside.It's very small, maybe it's just full term.The hair didn't grow evenly, just a little bit of fluffy short hair stuck to the body, and then gently swayed when the breeze blew by.

Its body was shaking constantly, because of the cold winter, it was shivering with cold.

The wild dog was still whining at Ye Li, it didn't seem to be afraid of Ye Li.In other words, the desire for food has surpassed its fear of humans.Ye Li looked down at his hands, and found that he was still holding a box of milk that was opened and half drunk.

"..." This puppy actually wants the food in his hand?

Ye Li has an extraordinary obsession with food possessiveness.On this cold winter night, facing a puppy's pleas, he stared at it for a long time without changing his face, without showing any intention of giving in.

"Woo..." The voice, which was originally very thin and low, became even softer now.I used to be able to avoid the wind and cold by nesting in the grass, but now I am standing on the red brick ground in the wide and unobstructed park, and I can only be made extremely stiff by the cold wind blowing past.

The puppy's pure and innocent eyes stared at Ye Li, revealing the longing eyes that any weak creature in this world would unconsciously reveal when faced with the hope of survival.

"..."

I feel like I can't drink the milk in my hand.Ye Li thought, if he rejected the puppy at this time, maybe the puppy would die silently in this park because of an empty stomach and lack of physical strength to survive the cold night.At that time, wouldn't he indirectly become a "dog killer"?

Showing a troubled expression, Ye Li looked at the milk in his hand, made a decision for two seconds, and finally lowered his body and poured the milk carton down.

The snow-white milk liquid slowly flowed out from the opening of the carton. The puppy let out a "woo" and walked up to the milk on the ground with its limbs, which were about as thick as Ye Li's index finger. Lick it up.

Ye Li felt that he was bored enough, that he took a milk box to feed the dog on this cold winter night when the temperature was close to zero, and watched it lick the milk with great interest.

The size of the puppy is too small, the milk probably only drank the volume of two bottle caps and couldn't eat it.

Seeing that it stopped drinking, Ye Li picked up the leftover fruit core and milk carton from the ground, squeezed it in his hand and threw it into the trash can.

Two plops, the sound of items falling into the bottom of the barrel.Ye Li clapped his hands, and walked away without looking back, and he could still hear the faint humming sound behind him.

......

"Wild dogs?" Liang Tao seemed very interested in this kind of topic: "Is it near your house?"

To be precise, it should be near Qiu Mu and Gu Yu's house, Ye Li nodded: "Yeah."

"And then? Did you take it home after you fed it?"

Ye Li: "Of course not, what should I do with that kind of thing back home?"

Liang Tao looked extremely disappointed: "What, you are too heartless."

Ye Li asked back: "Then will you raise it?"

"..." Liang Tao thought for a long time, and finally said dejectedly: "It should not be possible. The nursing home will definitely not agree."

If you live in the staff dormitory, you have to follow the rules. At least he can't cause trouble for his mother because of this kind of thing.

"Me too." He also boarded in someone else's house, how could he bring animals home at will, he couldn't say it, and he didn't have the confidence.

The topic of wild dogs came to an end, and the two continued to write their homework.

But before leaving, Liang Tao stopped Ye Li and gave him two bottles of milk when he got into the car.

"It's for the puppy, can you feed it for me?" Liang Tao asked.

"so troublesome."

That being said, Ye Li still took two bottles of milk.

"..." Standing in the park, I looked around.

He just came over to have a look, maybe the dog had already left?

Thinking of this, Ye Li searched carefully in the huge park.Finally, in a corner of "how can you see it! It's lucky to find it", and found the puppy from yesterday.

At this time, the sun had not completely set, and the sunlight was abundant, so Ye Li could clearly see the appearance of the puppy.

It seemed to be a little depilated, its body was touched by something, the hair was solidified together, and it looked very dirty.

It seemed to have forgotten about Ye Li, and suddenly saw a "giant monster" squatting in front of it, calling for help in a low voice, "Woooo...", Ye Li was scared to death.

Ye Li didn't touch it casually, and looked at the puppy twice, took milk from the schoolbag, opened the lid, and put it in front of the wild dog.

"Woo~"

I don't know whether it was recalling Ye Li, or the scent of milk yesterday, it hid in place for a long time, and finally came out under Ye Li's patient eyes.Squatting only ten centimeters away from Ye Li, he lowered his head to the milk on the ground, and licked it up.

If there was a mirror at this time, Ye Li would definitely be surprised to find that his expression was so gentle at this time.

This is how it feels to give help to a small life.

It seemed that he could suddenly understand what was the reason for the smile from the heart when Qiu Mu reached out to him at first, and then got a response from himself.

It feels very warm and reassuring.The happiness you get is a hundred times more satisfying than drinking the milk yourself.

Squatting in a corner of the park, watching wild dogs moving around in front of me, sometimes drinking two sips of milk, sometimes barking at him, watching tirelessly, in a daze, unconsciously seeing the sunset from dusk.

"Too bad, Gu Yu said that he would look for me at home today."

Suddenly awakened by a thought, Ye Li hurriedly stood up from the ground with a whoosh.Startled the little dog that had finally developed a sense of trust in him, it jumped back two steps with a "woo~" and hid in the corner to watch him.

Ye Li glanced down at the puppy, thought about it and squatted down again, and put the opened milk in the place where the puppy usually stays, so that it can continue to drink at night.Then he quickly tidied up his schoolbag, put it on his back, and ran towards home in three steps at a time.

At the door of the house, Gu Yu was indeed waiting for him.

"I'm sorry Xiaoyu, I've been delayed..." Ye Li gasped out of breath, and then said: "Obviously you can go home and wait for me... in case you catch a cold what to do."

Gu Yu grinned and said, "No way, I haven't been here for long. Besides, if I stay at home, my mother will think about it and ask me to do this or that, so I don't want it."

Ye Li opened the door to let Gu Yu in: "Come in first."

Gu Yu looked at the darkness of the room, wrinkled his nose, "Would it be boring if you were alone at home?"

Ye Li said: "No, I've been staying with my mother in the nursing home for the past few days. I don't have the chance to visit her when I'm in school, so I can spend more time with her during the holidays. Besides, Liang Tao is also there. During the day, I do my homework with him in the room, and it’s not boring at all.”

"That's right." After hearing Ye Li's explanation, she didn't say anything, but Gu Yu's expression was obviously relieved: "It's actually like this, on New Year's Eve..."

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ps: Puppies or kittens are prone to diarrhea when drinking milk, Ye Li didn't know it at the time.