"Click——" The door closed gently after it was opened, making a slight sound. The room was still quiet, and everyone was still taking a nap. After sleeping for a while on the bed, Cao Xiangnan got up, yawned, and prepared to start working.
He walked to the fireplace, added some firewood into it, and took down the kettle hanging on it. He caught a glimpse of the little thing that woke up on his sofa. It was a white ball that he could hardly ignore. Its four paws were stretched straight and it looked like it was stretching. Cao Xiangnan was happy, "Little thing, are you still here?" he asked.
The little thing with white fur turned over and stared at him with a pair of black eyes. Its big tail was half the size of its body. It must have just woken up and was in a daze. All the cakes on the table were eaten, and there was still a little water left in the bowl. The little thing jumped on it by itself, drank some water, squatted on the table, and tilted its head to stare at him.
This little white fox was a little bigger than a palm, and it looked like a cub. No one knew how it left its mother fox and ran to his house. It was freezing outside, and it was probably because there was nothing to eat, so it ran to his house.
Cao Xiangnan thought that such a small thing probably couldn't eat much, so if it liked to stay in his house, it could stay. He would keep it for the time being, and it didn't matter if it had a little food. So he decided to keep such a small thing at home.
The little thing jumped down from the table, moved nimbly, and moved towards him.
When he went out with the hot water kettle, the little white fox followed him out. Cao Xiangnan found the lively little white fox very interesting.
"Woof woof woof..." The two dogs saw the little white fox invading their home and crouched down to bark at the little white fox.
Cao Xiangnan shouted softly, and the two dogs whimpered in grievance and dared not bark. He patted the dogs' heads and soothed them, "Okay, the little white fox will stay in our home for a while. Don't be so fierce. We are all friends. Be friendly."
"Woo woo woo..." The two dogs finally stopped barking.
"Good dogs!" Seeing that the two dogs no longer regarded the little white fox as an invading enemy, Cao Xiangnan also praised the two dogs. He noticed that the little white fox at his feet was not afraid of the two dogs at all. The man and the fox looked at each other. Even a grown man like him was at a loss for such a cute little creature.
But Cao Xiangnan didn't know that when he turned around and didn't see it, the little white fox gave the two dogs a look of "two idiots". The little white fox that invaded the two dogs' territory followed him in a swagger.
The two dogs didn't dare to act rashly because their owner was here, but the drooping triangular eyes looked at the little white fox and squatted aside without saying a word.
Cut a piece of rabbit meat and soak it in hot water. Prepare to make soup later. I will drink rabbit stew tonight. These wild game were hunted in the mountains before winter. Cao Gang's family left a lot for him.
The weather was good today. There was still a faint sunlight at this time in the afternoon. Although this little sunlight could not dispel the cold in winter, it was better than nothing. The weather was good, and people's mood also improved. Cao Xiangnan hummed a tuneless little song. It was getting
late and fast in this season, so the livestock raised at home had to be fed earlier. The sheep in the sheepfold ran out and did not hide in the shed. When they saw him coming, they bleated, and even the lamb followed the ewe.
"Uncle." Xiangzi woke up from his sleep, put on his clothes, went out, and came to find him.
"Yeah, you're awake." Cao Xiangnan saw Xiangzi coming over. This child would follow him around to do the work every day, and he had become his little helper. He directed the child to go into the house to get the hay out for the horse. He put water for the horse. Xiaobai showed his affection to him and rubbed him with his mouth.
Laohei snorted and drank his water by himself.
He went into the house to take care of the mushrooms grown on the shelf and picked a handful of enoki mushrooms to fry. The children in the family all liked to eat these mushrooms. Of course, my wife also liked to eat them, and that was the point.
After a busy time in the backyard, Cao Xiangnan took the child back home. A little white fox followed him and two dogs followed behind.
All the adults and children in the house have woken up. The soup on the stove is simmering. The washed enoki mushrooms and chopped meat are placed aside to be fried. Dinner will be ready soon.
The little white fox following beside him has already run to Qi Wanfeng and squatted on the sofa. Several children gathered around it, wanting to reach out and touch it but not daring to. The little white fox's lively eyes stared at the group of children who wanted to touch it, and it didn't move.
If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either. The two parties just looked at each other like this.
"Mom, it's so beautiful." An An pointed at the little white fox, meaning that the little white fox is very beautiful.
"Can I touch it?" Xuan Xuan lay there, wanting to reach out and touch it but not daring to.
"Not now. We can only touch it after two days when it is familiar with us and allows us to touch it." The husband told him to watch the group of children and not to touch the little white fox, lest the little white fox's claws bite people. They can look at it, but they can't touch it.
Qi Wanfeng has never raised such a little thing. He has seen it before. Such little things in the mountains will run away when they see people, and it is not easy to catch them. How did he know that this little white fox ran into their house? Maybe this little thing has a connection with their family.
"Mom, does it have a name? What's its name?"
"Not yet... Can we give it one?"
"What's its name?"
When Cao Xiangnan came in, he saw a group of children leaning against Wanfeng, staring at the little white fox, and everyone was discussing what to name the little white fox. The two looked at each other with tenderness in their eyes.
"We won't cook rice tonight. Let's eat noodles. Is that okay?" Cao Xiangnan asked.
"No problem." Qi Wanfeng replied.
"Okay, we'll have dinner in a while." After getting the response, Cao Xiangnan went back to his work.
The kitchen was moved back to the dining room at the back, and he cooked in the house. Now that no one came to his house for dinner, they were just family. A soup, a dish and noodles were enough. There was no need to prepare so much food. It was much simpler to cook.
"I'll do it."
"I'll do it."
Aning went to get some water and came back. Dinner was almost ready. Cao Xiangnan said that he would do the heavy work. While it was not snowing outside, there was no water in the house, so we had to fill the water tank quickly. Fortunately, there was a well at home, so it was convenient to fetch water. Both of them rushed to do the work, and in the end, two adults and a child went to fetch water.
Outside, there were the sounds of children talking and chattering. The little white fox seemed to be sleepy. It stretched out its little paws to touch its face, rubbed against the heat source, and fell asleep on Qi Wanfeng's thigh.
Qi Wanfeng sat there without moving, looking at the little white fox who fell asleep against him. He hesitated for a while, put his hand on the little white fox's back, touched it, and the little thing made a comfortable snoring sound. He blinked twice.
Seeing several little ones looking at him eagerly, their faces were full of desire.
"Come, be gentle, one by one..." Qi Wanfeng held the child's hand and gently touched the little white fox.
"So smooth..."
"So soft..."
"Snoring" The sleeping little white fox did not move, letting several little paws move it.
Until dinner time, the group of little ones were very excited, rushing to talk about how they touched the little white fox. Cao Xiangnan listened to the chattering of several little ones. He didn't know what the little white fox ate. He soaked the noodles in meat soup and put them in the small bowl. When the little white fox came over to smell it, he started to eat.
"Okay, okay, I got it. Eat quickly, sit still and don't move. You can play after you finish eating." Seeing that the child was not well behaved even when eating, Aning smiled helplessly. He glanced at the little white fox eating there, and a trace of nostalgia and bitterness flashed in his eyes.
He once raised a little red fox. It was a little thing that the man sent to him to relieve his boredom. He raised it for a while. At that time, Xuan'er was still in his belly. Later, after the child was born, he was afraid that the little red fox would hurt the child, so he sent it to another place to be raised. But later, something happened and the little red fox was gone. He was busy taking care of the child at that time and didn't have much time to care about those things.
In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed, and his child has grown up. Who would have thought that one day he would take his children away from that place? Today he was lucky enough to see such a spiritual little thing here.
The sun had gone down at some point, and without the sun, the sky darkened, the wind outside became stronger, and the temperature dropped a lot. After they had dinner, they did not go out again. Cao Xiangnan went to check the things in the backyard, and also went into the house to boil the water in the pot. At this time, everyone also had to take a bath. Aning helped to bathe the two little ones, and several children also hurried to bathe them. After the children had taken a bath, they all went into the house, and Aning did not stay outside.
"Do you need my help?" Qi Wanfeng hadn't taken a bath for several days. He said he wanted to take a bath, so Cao Xiangnan prepared the water for him and helped him in. His eyes fell on his bulging belly, and he asked with some concern.
"No!" Qi Wanfeng blushed, pushed him out, and closed the door in front of her husband.
Cao Xiangnan touched his nose. He had no choice. His wife was too shy. In fact, he was happy to serve his wife in this matter. When he came out, he saw a small white creature sleeping on the sofa. After thinking for a while, he walked over to the small white creature, stood there and looked down at it, with his hands on his waist, "Little thing, if you want to stay in my house, you have to wash yourself clean, okay?"
"If you don't answer, I'll take it as your consent."
"..." The little white fox with a pair of hazy eyes.
After soaking the hot water, Cao Xiangnan directly picked up the little white fox and put it into the basin before the little white fox woke up. The little white fox was stunned for a moment when it came into contact with water, and was about to jump up in the next second. Cao Xiangnan held the little white fox and threatened, "Bathe it or throw it out, you choose one."
Then the little white fox stopped moving. After being touched by water, its fur was wet, and its body looked even smaller. A pair of big wet eyes looked at him.
"Great!" Seeing that the little white fox had become obedient, Cao Xiangnan looked at it with some suspicion and asked, "Why do I feel that you can understand human language? Can you understand human language?" He did not stop and started to give the little white fox a bath. Since
he could not give his wife a bath himself, he might as well give this cute pet a bath.
When he washed the little white fox clean and rubbed it twice with an unwanted cloth, he heard the bathroom door open. Cao Xiangnan put the little white fox down and went to serve his wife happily.
"..." The abandoned little white fox was full of contempt.
"I'm bathing the little white fox. Well, the little thing is obedient. If it doesn't obey, throw it outside." Cao Xiangnan carefully helped the person who had just taken a bath into the house, and then held the warm goat milk in front of him. He served his wife more meticulously than the eunuchs served the emperor. He was a lackey.
The little white fox outside could still hear the voices of the people in the house. The little white fox squatting in front of the fireplace shook its fur, sat in front of the fire, and licked its paws.