As she waited patiently and quietly, the puppy, having calmed down, slowly approached, cautiously testing her...

Until he put his head into her palm, relaxed his guard, stuck out his tongue and licked the spring water in her palm.

Perhaps under the influence of the spring water, Hua Shi tentatively reached out and touched its head. The puppy didn't react at all, but just buried its head and kept licking the spring water in her palm.

"Woof..."

After it had drunk enough, Hua Shi withdrew his hand and tried again, reaching out to touch its head. It no longer bared its teeth at him.

He squatted on the ground, looking at her calmly, sniffing the scent of her palm, his eyes seemed confused but with a hint of dependence...

But when Hua Shi reached out to turn over its hair, it subconsciously hid behind her, hiding itself behind her like a conditioned reflex.

Although he no longer had such strong hostility towards Hua Shi, he still didn't trust her that much in his heart and was still a little wary of her.

Seeing that it really didn't want to let its hair touch its body, Hua Shi stopped insisting on checking its injuries. After drinking the spring water, it should be fine.

Right now, she was feeling a little conflicted.

At first, she had no intention of getting another pet. She couldn't even feed her cat, so getting a puppy...

Hanashi sighed.

Forget it, I have to keep it now even if I don’t want to. I can’t just throw it away after rescuing it.

Right now, we should put the plan of making money on the agenda...

I'll make the winter dates into candied dates first. When He Shan comes back tomorrow, I'll talk to him and see if I can ask him to help me sell them. I'll give him a share of the profits then...

"Xiao Hei, follow me and don't stay in the house anymore."

Hua Shi tidied up the room, took the bag containing 130 coins, and then left the room.

But before leaving, he did not forget to call Xiao Hei, who was staring at the little white dog hungrily.

"Meow……"

"Come with me for a walk today. Don't go out for the time being. Stay at home for two days and get better first."

Hua Shi lowered her head and muttered a few words to the black cat.

"Meow……"

I don't know if Xiao Hei understood or not. He raised his head and walked beside her legs, rubbing against her in a coquettish and clingy manner.

There was a weak little white dog hiding in the room. Hua Shi didn't dare to let it stay with Xiao Hei together, for fear that the two would start fighting again if she wasn't watching.

After all, she secretly hid the fact that she had rescued the little white dog, and now no one else could know about it except her.

Otherwise, even if she had ten mouths, she wouldn't be able to explain it...

In the yard, Hua Yu was standing in the snow chopping firewood, while Hua Xiao was squatting by the well, washing clothes with ice water.

Hua Li was clearing the accumulated snow with a broom and a bamboo shovel. Even the youngest Hua Ying was squatting nearby, picking up the wood that Hua Yu had chopped down, one by one, and placing them on the low wall nearby.

This was the first time in such a long time that Hua Shi saw the four brothers working in the yard in an orderly manner.

However, the expressions of the four of them were somewhat silent. Apart from the occasional trivial noises, none of them had any intention of speaking.

Seeing Hua Shi coming out of the house with the cat, Hua Xiao turned his head and looked at him with a complicated look.

"What's wrong with you?"

Hua Shi noticed that there was something wrong with Hua Xiao's eyes, thought for a moment, and asked.

Maybe it was because of the bowl of vegetable noodle soup last night, but the look in Hua Xiao's eyes when he looked at her now had less hostility and more relief.

Hearing her question, Hua Xiao stopped dressing and said with a complicated look, "Grandma just left. Her face and neck were bitten and scratched, and her body was covered in blood..."

At this point, Hua Xiao's voice paused.

It’s not so much that his eyes were complicated when he looked at the flowers, but rather that his eyes were more complicated when he saw the black cat following behind the flowers.

After all, what happened last night is still fresh in my mind, and the culprit... is this black cat.

Hua Shi paused for a moment and came back to his senses.

She almost forgot that Xiao Hei had scratched Li last night. She was so busy checking the black cat's wound that she couldn't think of Li anymore...

Moreover, Li usually gave her a strong sense of oppression. Although she was an old lady over fifty years old, she did not look old at all.

On weekdays, she is fierce and aggressive, and her body is also very strong. The key is that she works in the fields all year round, so her strength is extraordinary...

Hua Shi never thought that the black cat could do anything to her. She thought that at most it just scratched her. Li was frightened and let out a series of screams.

Instead, she looked at the black cat's lame hind leg and its bald head, which was severely injured. She had no mood to think about Li's condition...

The face and neck were bitten and scratched...

Thinking of Li's nitpicking look, Hua Shi took a breath.

I decided to take the black cat out to do some errands and come back later to talk about it.

If Li was really seriously injured by the black cat, she would probably be a little scared. With Xiao Hei around, she wouldn't dare to do anything to herself...

"I've got something to do so I'm leaving first."

Hua Shi thought about it and decided to take all the winter dates in the basket in his room, which also contained three candies hidden underneath. After picking them up, he headed towards the gate of the courtyard.

It is estimated that today will be an uneasy day. When Mrs. Li makes a fuss, she will not be able to do her own thing properly. She can only pack her things and go outside to do it.

As for the tools she needed, she decided to borrow some from... Grandma He's house...

Hua Xiao watched Hua Shi leave the courtyard, blinked, looked in the direction of his second brother, and asked in a low voice,

"She's just going to leave like that? What are we going to do if the milk starts to make a fuss?"

Hua Yu paused with his hand raised to chop the machete, and the sound of chopping wood also stopped...

"Hey! Where are you going, second brother?!"

Hua Xiao watched as her second brother suddenly walked out of the courtyard without a word, stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked...

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