After finishing his breakfast, Chen Chen took two boxes of cigarettes and went to the house of a hunter he was familiar with on the mountain.
Liu Changan’s words yesterday reminded him that although it was not a remote place for a girl like Xu Miaomiao to live in such a big house, if something happened, there would be no time to call for help.
So today he planned to go to an old hunter to ask for a puppy.
The dogs he has are all hybrids of wolves from the mountains. They are very ferocious. As long as they are raised up, they will have no problem protecting Xu Miaomiao.
The family's surname is Wang, and they only have one old hunter who came here to escape the war.
Because they had no house or land, they could only build a wooden house on the mountain. Later, when Chen Chen was a child, he often went up the mountain to play, and the old man taught him how to hunt.
Chen Jianghe would occasionally bring him some daily necessities from the foot of the mountain, and this was how they had been doing for so many years.
When Uncle Wang heard that he came to ask for a puppy, he asked in surprise, "Didn't your mother forbid you from keeping one?"
It’s not that Wang Yan is against keeping a dog, but she is allergic to dog hair. She breaks out in rashes when she touches it. So almost every household in the village keeps a dog, except the Chen family.
In Chen Chen's eyes, Uncle Wang is both a teacher and a friend. He tells him many things that he cannot tell his family members.
"I'm dating someone, a newly arrived educated youth, and I'm worried about her living alone."
Although there was no fluctuation in his tone and his expression was normal when he spoke, Uncle Wang could clearly see complacency in his eyes.
Uncle Wang doesn’t have any children of his own and has always treated him as his own. Now that he sees that he has found someone he loves, he is extremely happy.
But he still arrogantly refused to admit it, "A girl like you is attracted to a piece of wood. Is there anything wrong with her eyes?"
Although he said so, his actions were not ambiguous at all.
There happened to be a litter of puppies in the yard, and the rest had been given away, leaving only the best one. He originally wanted to keep it for himself, but now he generously gave it to him.
He also dug out a lot of things from the uninhabited room. "I'm telling you, kid, this is the ham I made myself. I usually don't even want to eat it myself. Give it to your little one."
"And these, the finest fox furs I got in the mountains, I'll keep to make her a coat for the winter."
Chen Chen felt the scorching sun in August and was speechless. He was thinking about winter.
Uncle Wang was still packing his things. "These are the wood ear and white ear mushrooms I collected last year. They're both good. Give them to her too."
Chen Chen felt that if he didn't stop him, he would soon give all the inventory he had accumulated over the years to Xu Miaomiao.
"Uncle Wang, no need! Just keep these. There's no shortage of meat down the mountain!"
Uncle Wang slapped his hand, his eyes wide as copper bells, and said in a gruff voice, "How can the pork from down here be the same as game?"
"Besides, whoever you have has it, and what I give is what I give to her!"
Uncle Wang had a very stubborn temper, so when Chen Chen went down the mountain he had to carry all his things on his back, with a grey puppy in his arms.
Xu Miaomiao's eyes lit up when she saw the puppy. Most girls can't resist furry things!
The puppy was about forty days old. Uncle Wang fed it very well. It was plump and round, and still had some milk fat.
Because it is the descendant of a wolf and a hound, its fur is blue-gray all over its body, and its two small ears stand upright in vigor.
He stared at Xu Miaomiao intently, and after Xu Miaomiao fed him two pieces of meat, he was completely captured and kept circling around her.
She rubbed the puppy and asked, "Why did you think of giving me a puppy?"
Chen Chen explained, "It's not safe for you to live alone in such a big house. If anything happens, it will be too late to call for help. A dog can protect the house."
"She's the offspring of a hound and a wolf. She's very powerful. After two months of feeding, she can be a guard dog."
Although Xu Miaomiao was not afraid of any bad guys coming, after all, she still had space to hide, but she was very satisfied with this heart.
"Thank you, I like it very much!"
She didn't say whether she liked the gift or the thoughtful person, but maybe she liked both.
Chen Chen showed Xu Miaomiao the things that Uncle Wang asked him to get one by one. Xu Miaomiao looked at these things and was extremely curious about this old man.
She had never met Uncle Wang in her previous life, but she knew from Chen Chen's words that he was a free and unrestrained uncle.
The things Uncle Wang brought were not something that could be bought with money; they were things that could only be encountered by chance.
Xu Miaomiao touched the ham and judging from its size, it should be from a deer or roe deer.
It must have been stored for a few years and is in very good condition.
Xu Miaomiao didn't say anything about how precious the item was and why she couldn't accept it. She had already taken it down, and it would be inappropriate to take it back.
In the future, just send Uncle Wang more delicious food and visit him more often.
Chen Chen looked at the puppy circling around her and reminded, "Uncle Wang hasn't named her yet, you should give her a name!"
Xu Miaomiao thought for a while, looked at Chen Chen, smiled secretly, and blurted out what he thought of Uncle Wang.
"Just call me Little Wood!"
"Little Wood?"
"Yeah." What Xu Miaomiao didn't say was that in the future, there would be one big wooden stick and one small wooden stick in the house, perfect!
Ever since coming to Xu Miaomiao, Xiao Mu has been living a fairy-like life, eating dog food specially made for her by Xu Miaomiao for every meal.
Finely ground cornmeal, vegetables and carrots, and the best beef, and a bowl of milk every night.
It can be said that she eats better than most people nowadays. Xu Miaomiao also felt a little guilty about feeding her, for fear of being seen by others.
There was no way. Although she had a lot of things, she couldn't just give them away. Since Xiao Mutou was with her, they were a family and of course they had to share the happiness.
It was time for another day off, and Xu Miaomiao wrote a letter to each of her two relatives in Beijing.
Since Chen Chen and I are already dating, I can't keep it a secret from my family forever, so I can only boil the frog in warm water.
So the letter was full of flattery for Chen Chen, praising him to the skies, just to leave a good impression on them.
Similarly, she also received letters from her relatives. Her grandparents said that everything was fine with them, and that the milk powder she gave them was very effective, and the medicine she gave her grandfather was also very useful.
Her brother said that he was about to go on a mission and they might not be able to contact each other for a few months. He told her not to worry, to buy whatever she liked and not to put herself in a difficult position.
Thirty dollars and some tickets were also sent with the letter.
What surprised her most was the letter from Xu Jianshe, which said that he and Wang Jinhua had divorced and he had given her 200 yuan.
The reason for the divorce was that her ex-husband came looking for her.
Xu Miaomiao's pupils trembled as she read the letter. Wasn't Wang Jinhua's previous husband dead? Why did he show up again? Was he a corpse?!
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