The snow fell heavier and heavier, spreading all over the land...

When Hua Shi came out of the forest and mountains, the sky was already getting dark.

She estimated that it was already around four in the afternoon.

In winter, it gets dark early, around five o'clock.

Walking all the way back to the village, Hua Shi's mood was visibly brighter.

"Meow……"

The black cat following beside her legs meowed listlessly, and would pull at Hua Shi's trouser legs every few steps, obviously impatient and unhappy.

I never paid attention to it when it was in bloom.

“Meow meow meow…”

The black cat's cries became more intense, and its claws wet both sides of Hua Shi's trouser legs.

"Okay, stop picking on me."

When Hua Shi heard a voice that could not be told whether it was happy or angry, the black cat suddenly wilted.

"Meow……"

The cat's cry was drawn out and contained rich emotions.

"Oh no, I wonder if Hanatoki is really angry!"

No one knew what the black cat was thinking. It looked up at the flowers anxiously.

A man and a cat walked on the falling snow, leaving behind a series of obvious footprints and paw prints.

Hua Shi was not angry, on the contrary she was in a good mood.

The basket she was carrying on her arm was filled with winter dates, ripe fruits, each one plump, with a white outer skin mixed with a little red. Through the gaps in the bamboo basket, one could seem to see that the skin of the fruit was crispy and tender.

A basket full of winter jujubes, all picked by her in the mountains...

Unable to persuade the white fox, and with the two at a stalemate, she finally let the white fox and the wild deer drink the water from the spring.

The deer and the fox were very excited when they found out that she really had what they wanted.

Perhaps as a reward for drinking the spring water, the fox and the wild deer led her to a jujube forest. She was shocked at first when she saw the forest full of winter jujubes, and then she was filled with great surprise.

The winter jujube forest was located in a remote area, in the wild mountains, and not many people would go there, so many of the winter jujubes on the branches fell into the snow because they were overripe.

The dazzling array of jujube trees was so overwhelming that she was dazzled. Just one jujube tree was enough to fill the basket in her hand, not to mention the large jujube forest.

She didn't bring any tools to pack the winter dates, so she just picked them out and filled a basket.

I ate a lot of dates in the date forest and my stomach is full now.

After filling her stomach, she was naturally in a very good mood.

Not long after, the sky gradually darkened, and she had no intention of staying any longer. The mountains were unpredictable, and she was afraid something might happen after dark.

But the white fox and the wild deer didn't seem to want her to leave so quickly. They stood in front of her and called out to her for a long time, as if they were saying something to her, but she didn't understand.

Instead, it was the black cat beside her that understood. In front of the fox and the wild deer, the pitifully small black cat let out angrily and pounced towards the white fox.

Perhaps the white fox really didn't expect the black cat to suddenly attack it, and the black cat scratched a bloody mark on one of its front paws. The red bloodstain dyed the fox's white fur red, which was very eye-catching.

Fortunately, Hua Shi was quick-witted and brought the black cat back, otherwise the cat and the fox would have probably started fighting.

Fortunately, the spring water had a miraculous effect, and the scratch marks were visibly healed...

So on the way back home from the mountain, the black cat kept sticking to her cautiously and clingingly, as if he was afraid that she would be angry.

Hua Shi was happy all the way because he knew the location of the large date forest, and he had no intention of getting angry.

"Meow……"

The black cat, who had been worried all the way, couldn't help it anymore. It stretched out its body and hugged her thighs with its two front paws.

Hua Shi's thoughts were suddenly interrupted. The black cat came up to her unexpectedly and she was startled.

"Xiao Hei!"

"Meow……"

The black cat tilted its head back, opened its watery, round cat eyes, and looked at her innocently and pitifully.

"What are you doing?" Hua Shi was forced to stop and used his free hand to slap down its two cat paws.

“Meow…, meow… meow… meow…”

It barked several times in a row, and it was obvious that it had a strong desire to express itself, but it was a pity that she didn't understand a word it said.

Hua Shi touched his chin, pretending to be in deep thought. Under the black cat's eager gaze, he shook his head and said, "I don't understand."

“Meow…”

Its cry became visibly lost, with a long, whining sound, and it scratched its head with its claws in annoyance.

"But, do you want to ask me if I'm angry?"

Hua Shi suddenly changed the subject and said.