Chapter 503 Da Huang gave birth to cubs (please give me monthly tickets for more)

The gossips that Hu Yinchen told completely shattered Gao Shufang's fantasy about Zhu Yongjie. Although she had never been interested in him, at least he was good-looking and good at talking, so she still had some good feelings for him.

Now, this last bit of goodwill is gone!

When Zhu Yongjie came to talk to her again, Gao Shufang became somewhat indifferent.

Zhu Yongjie was also a smart man. He saw what Gao Shufang meant, so he gradually came less often, which made Gao Shufang feel relieved.

Gao Mingcheng, who was far away in the village, didn't know what was happening here, otherwise, he would at least give Hu Yinchen a chicken leg!

But at this moment Gao Mingcheng had been staring at Da Huang for several minutes.

When he got up in the morning, he found that something was wrong with Dahuang. Dahuang, who usually had a good appetite and was very active in eating, suddenly had no appetite. Seeing it fidgeting, walking around constantly, or scratching the floor with its claws, Gao Mingcheng already had a vague guess in his mind.

He said to Manyumei, "Dahuang may be about to give birth!"

Many beauties became interested and immediately stared at Dahuang.

In the past few years, due to the problem of food shortage, dogs were rarely seen in the village. Many people had never raised a dog before, and naturally had never observed what happened when a dog was about to give birth.

Manyi asked curiously, "When will it give birth? Do you need help? I don't know how to help! Mingcheng, are you going into the mountains to collect herbs today?"

She asked a series of questions, and it was obvious that she was a little panicked.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Dogs are similar to humans. They usually give birth in the middle of the night or early in the morning. As for the things that need to be prepared, I have already asked Uncle Chen to prepare them. He made a large wooden frame, padded it with clean straw, and laid out an old piece of clothing for the puppies to use when the time comes."

"As for help, it probably won't be needed. I'll just stay with it when it attacks."

After breakfast, Gao Mingcheng still took the bag and went into the mountains, but this time, the black tiger and the elf did not follow him happily, but stayed at home.

Maybe they also sensed that Dahuang was about to give birth, so they stayed with Dahuang all the time.

Just as Gao Mingcheng said, Dahuang was not in a good condition for the whole day, but she did not give birth during the day, and even at night, there was no movement.

In the end, when Xuanyuemei was coaxing little Xuxu to sleep, she fell asleep with him.

But in the middle of the night, Gao Mingcheng woke up from his dream.

He got out of bed quietly, opened the door, and went to the main room.

The three dogs were placed there. Black Tiger and the Elf were also awake at this time, and they were anxiously circling around Dahuang.

Dahuang was lying on the straw, looking a little uneasy, breathing rapidly, and making slight sounds in his throat. It was these sounds that woke Gao Mingcheng up.

He squatted beside Dawang, reached out his hand, stroked Dawang's body, and calmed its anxious mood.

"Don't be afraid, relax, take it slow." Gao Mingcheng whispered to comfort him. Dahuang is a medium-sized dog. Usually there are four to seven puppies in a litter. Of course, it is not absolute. There may be only one puppy.

However, there is a saying among the people: It is abnormal for a dog to give birth to a bad puppy, as it will affect the family fortune.

Some people believe this so firmly that after a dog gives birth to a puppy, it will kill the puppies.

Gao Mingcheng is a reborn person and knows that this is a superstitious statement. The number of puppies is related to many factors, but it has nothing to do with family fortune!

Therefore, even if Dahuang only gave birth to one puppy, he would choose to raise it instead of killing it.

After about a few minutes, Dahuang's body suddenly shook, and then a puppy wrapped in amniotic membrane was born!

After the first puppy came out, Dahuang quickly licked the afterbirth with his tongue, cleaned the puppy's body, and bit off the umbilical cord.

After a while, another puppy was born. Dahuang continued to lick the afterbirth, clean the puppy's body, and then bit off the umbilical cord.

Gao Mingcheng looked at the two black puppies and thought, the puppies in Dahuang's belly are indeed Heihu's!

Look at this hair, there’s no mistake!

Newborn puppies have their eyes closed, so the two little black balls can only rely on instinct to find mother's milk.

Seeing their little heads moving slowly, Gao Mingcheng was not in a hurry to help, but continued to wait for Dahuang to give birth.

After waiting for a long time, no third puppy was born.

So Gao Mingcheng tried to touch Dahuang's belly and found it was quite empty. Then he looked at the two little black balls, which were not small in size, and realized that Dahuang was going to have only two puppies this time.

Since the baby had been born, Gao Mingcheng quickly took an old towel to wipe Dahuang's body, and then moved Dahuang and the puppies to a clean nest.

Da Huang, who had just given birth, looked very weak, so Gao Mingcheng brought it some clean water. After it drank the water, the two little black balls had found the source of breast milk and were getting their first meal in life.

Seeing that the mother and child were safe, Gao Mingcheng did not stay any longer and went back to the house to sleep.

A mother dog will protect her puppies right after giving birth, so you need to provide a quiet environment for Dahuang.

In addition, strangers should not be allowed to come into contact with the puppies, so as not to stimulate Dahuang's emotions and cause him to swallow the puppies or bite people.

This is not only true for dogs, but also for many other animals, such as cats, rabbits, etc.

So after they give birth, their owners don't have to stay by their side all the time.

However, Gao Mingcheng secretly decided to give Dahuang a snack tomorrow!

Just like humans, if you want to produce milk, you have to drink crucian carp soup and pig’s trotter soup!

The pig's trotters will not be available for the time being, but there will still be enough crucian carp!

So the next day, Gao Mingcheng did not go into the mountains to collect herbs, but went to the largest reservoir in the village to fish.

The reservoir here is small, and every winter when it is dry, the reservoir will dry up, so there are not many wild fish. But there are still many common fish like crucian carp. Every spring when the water level rises, people from the whole village go to the reservoir and ditches to catch fish, and among those fish, nine out of ten are crucian carp.

During the spring flood this year, Gao Mingcheng was in the county and did not come back to participate in the fishing ceremony.

But the regret at that time is more than enough to make up for it now!

Gao Mingcheng spent the whole morning catching more than 20 kilograms of fish!

Most of these fish are crucian carp, there are also some wild fish whose names I can’t tell, and a few male fish and catfish the size of a palm.

These fish are good, but they are too small, so Gao Mingcheng changed their living environment and moved them to his own pond!

When they grow up, they will be a delicious meal!

Xuanyuemei smiled when she saw Gao Mingcheng brought back so many fish. She said happily, "I haven't eaten fish for a long time! I'll pick a few big ones and make fish soup for Xiaoxuxu! But we don't have ginger at home, so I have to ask someone to buy some."

If you don't add ginger to the fish, it will taste very fishy, ​​so Xuanmei left in a hurry.

Gao Mingcheng put little Xuxu on a small bamboo chair with a backrest and watched him kill the fish.

To kill this kind of small crucian carp, you don't even need to use a knife. Just use your thumb to pinch the fish just below the head to break it. Then push it and the internal organs will come out.

After shaking it twice in the water, the fish is clean and can be thrown into the dustpan.

Xiao Xuxu pointed at the fish still swimming in the water and started screaming again.

"This is a fish, a fish!" Gao Mingcheng patiently taught Xiao Xuxu to speak, but after teaching for a long time, Xiao Xuxu still couldn't explain it clearly.

Come on, you are still young!

Let’s learn slowly!

(End of this chapter)