Chapter 360: One Eats and One Silently
Liujiawan’s Wolf Sled has become a huge hit.
After the big wolf recovered, the captain donated a small sled.
Now there are three wolves on one sled, and the big wolf is responsible for management and distribution, which greatly facilitates the winter outings of Liujia Village.
In order to return the favor, the villagers felt that they could not let the educated youths Gu and Xiao Ming feed so many mouths on their own, so they spontaneously started to pay for the transportation.
After Big Wolf found out that he could earn money by pulling a cart, he became more enthusiastic about pulling carts in the village.
Therefore, you can often see seven wolves pulling a small sled strolling in the village. If someone needs to go out to do something, the wolf sled will stop at a wave of the hand, which is very convenient.
The fares given by the villagers were all kinds of different. The wealthier ones would cook three or four eggs, one for each wolf, peel them and feed them to the wolf.
Yes, the big wolves have gone away and now only eat shelled eggs!
Of course, if someone has no money, the wolves won’t refuse a corn tortilla or a roasted sweet potato.
Even if they encounter something they don't like to eat, the wolves will not refuse it. Instead, they will let the two-legged beasts put the fare in the small bamboo basket on the sled. That is the snack basket that Gu Sinian specially asked Liu Dazheng to make for the wolves.
At night they would take these things home and give them to Gu Sinian to feed the pigs when they got to the space.
Gu Sinian picked a little wild boar from the pigpen for them and fed it with the food they brought back every day, which was equivalent to the Nian pig raised by the wolves themselves.
Before the Chinese New Year, Mingdai and Gu Sinian took the Langlang special car to the Lookout Mountain Farm to deliver some supplies to Grandpa and Mother Bai, and also took back the manuscript of the women's hygiene manual that they had commissioned their uncle to draw.
When they arrived at Lookout Mountain Farm, Mingdai and Gu Sinian were welcomed like never before.
Even Master Fifteen, who had always been at odds with Gu Sinian, became extremely enthusiastic when he saw them coming on the dog sled. He trotted in front to lead the way. Even when Mingdai shouted at him to get on the sled, he was unwilling to do so and was happy to run.
Because I was too excited, I didn't realize that there seemed to be something wrong with the dog pulling the sled. I just thought the dog was wearing colorful clothes and looked pretty good.
There is no doubt about it. After all, they are the talented people who came up with the idea of growing fresh vegetables in winter. There must be a reason why they did this!
Mingdai and Gu Sinian both breathed a sigh of relief. They hadn't expected that the people at Lookout Mountain Farm were so receptive. They had thought that the big wolf would be stopped outside the door and not allowed to enter.
Just like that, without the negligence of the Fifteenth Master, Mingdai and Gu Sinian entered the Lookout Mountain Farm openly on a wolf-drawn sleigh.
On the way, the big wolves attracted everyone's attention. Everyone looked at them in shock, feeling that something was wrong, but couldn't tell what was wrong.
After all, the wolf was brought in by the Fifteenth Master himself, and there must be a reason why he let the wolf in.
It was under such a misunderstanding that Mingdai and Gu Sinian successfully arrived at Wujia Village.
As soon as I entered the village, I saw Wu Lei, the eldest grandson of the Wu family, just at the entrance of the village. The fifteenth master was barely able to catch his breath and was panting as he called out for help.
"Little~Shitou! The Bai family's beloved nephew is here! Go and call your aunt to welcome the distinguished guest! !"
What a treatment!
It's totally different from before!
When Wu Lei heard this, he was so happy that just as he was about to step forward, he saw a wild wolf wearing a red and green cloth bag beside the sled.
Wolf?!
He hesitated and didn't dare to go forward. The Fifteenth Master beside him became impatient: "What are you doing, Little Stone? Why are you dithering? Hurry up and take the person home!"
Wu Lei listened to Master Fifteen's urging, and he felt relieved. He carefully stepped forward and greeted them: "Si Nian, Xiao Ming, you are here!"
Gu Sinian nodded: "We came here to give some New Year gifts, Brother Lei, come up, we will go back together."
Wu Lei looked at the wolves lying obediently, plucked up his courage, walked past the wolves, and sat on the sled.
Gu Sinian waited for him to sit steadily, then shook the reins. The four wolves immediately stood up and prepared to run in synchronized movements. He shook the reins again, and the wolves rushed out at the same time, sliding the sled quickly and steadily on the snow. Even when they encountered bad road conditions or the reins got tangled, they were able to quickly turn danger into safety and continue to move forward steadily under the command of the big wolf.
This really hits me!!
When Wu Lei looked at the pack of wild wolves, he no longer had the fear and caution he had at the beginning. Instead, his eyes were full of excitement, and he admired Gu Sinian and Ming Dai so much!
When his father came back and said that there was a tiger in Si Nian's family, he thought his father was bragging, but now it seems to be true!
In this way, a few people led the wolf pack through the city, attracted enough attention, and then arrived at my uncle's house.
At that time, the family was making bean buns at home. When they heard the noise, the uncle came over with his crutches to open the door.
“Here it comes!”
When he opened the door and saw Gu Sinian and Mingdai, he was happy!
"The Big Guy is here! Dad, sister, the Big Guy and Xiao Ming are here!"
Gu Sinian rolled his eyes, Ming Dai covered her mouth and giggled, while Wu Lei looked at the big wolf lying on the ground with curiosity, wanting to touch it!
When Wu Cancan heard Xiao Ming coming, he immediately put down the work in his hands and ran out.
They were also startled when they saw the big wolf at the door. Bai Lianhua didn't know wolves, but she grew up in the mountains, so she knew them!
"Xiao Ming, what is this?!"
Ming Dai quickly explained: "This is a wild wolf that our village rescued. It has a gentle personality and is now helping our village pull carts. It's very obedient! If you don't believe me, just look!"
Mingdai pointed with her little hand, and the big wolf immediately grinned, revealing a standard smile with eight teeth.
Wu Jianjian looked at the grinning wolf, then at Mingdai who looked sincere, nodded silently, and invited them into the yard.
"Then come in together, Dad and sister are busy in the house, we are making bean buns."
Mingdai took her arm and went in, and the two talked as they walked.
Later, Gu Sinian and Wu Lei were moving things into the yard. Wu Lei was jealous of the baskets of fresh vegetables.
Dad said that next year they will also build a greenhouse to grow vegetables. This way, not only will they have vegetables to eat, but they can also make money by selling vegetables like Liujiawan!
On the warm kang in the room, Mother Bai was trying hard to knead the dough, but because her skills and techniques were not very good, the dough in the basin was sticky and had not taken shape.
Seeing Ming Dai coming in, she raised her floury hands and called out, "Xiao Ming, come over here, are you cold? Come on and warm up on the kang."
Ming Dai looked at her floury face with amusement: "Auntie, wash your hands and let Gu Sinian knead the dough. He is good at this."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Sinian and his nagging uncle came in.
Seeing Mother Bai's expression, Gu Sinian also smiled: "That's right, Mom, leave it alone, I'll do it."
Mother Bai looked at her tall son and simply let him go: "Okay, I'll leave the dough to you. I'll wait for the ready-made dumplings to be wrapped."
Gu Sinian greeted his grandfather with a smile, took off his cotton wool, washed his hands and started kneading the dough.
Seeing this, the young uncle was not willing to be outdone, and he climbed onto the kang stubbornly to help Gu Sinian.
“Add water!”
"Oops! The noodles are too wet!!"
"It's dry again! Add water, add water!"
. . . . . .
On the kang, the three women who were originally chatting gradually stopped talking. Looking at the increasing amount of dough in the basin and Gu Sinian's twitching forehead, Wu Cancan spoke decisively.
"Lianhua, where is the painting you drew for Xiao Ming? Bring it over quickly! She wants to see it!"
Bai Lianhua held up the water scoop without even raising his head: "Where's Dad?"
Mr. Bai nodded: "It's in the cabinet on my kang. I'll go get it."
Wu Zuzu held down the old man, looked at Bai Lianhua with a smile, and said in a very gentle voice: "Lianhua, I'll count to three, you go and get it!"
"three!"
In an instant, Bai Lianhua put down the water scoop, jumped down from the kang, and went to the next room with the help of crutches.
Bai Jingyi covered her face helplessly: "Chuanchan, you have worked so hard."
Wu Xiaxia seemed to be enjoying it: "Sister, I like my Lianhua like this."
After he left, Gu Sinian was relieved.
Mingdai walked over and looked at the dough in the bowl.
Hmm, I don't know how they did it, but it feels as hard as iron.
"Do you want my help?"
Gu Sinian shook his head stubbornly: "It's just kneading dough, I can do it, go and have fun!"
Bai Lianhua also brought the picture album over, and Wu Cancan called her to come over and take a look.
Mingdai walked back, looking back every few steps, always having a bad feeling.
The first year Mingdai got the album, she liked it very much. Instead of the dull black and white tones, Bai Lianhua also dyed it with colors carefully. The lines of the cartoon characters on it are very characteristic of the times and very appropriate.
The content is conveyed very well. Even if you don't know the words, you can roughly guess some of the content from the interactions between the characters.
The cover was made by Mr. Bai, and it features clusters of exceptionally gorgeous sunflowers. The name of the handbook is also written in large, neat characters: Sunflower Handbook.
Overall, Ming Dai had only one feeling: "Satisfied, very satisfied!"
"Uncle, Grandpa, this picture book is really well made!"
Bai Lianhua raised his chin proudly: "I still have a say in painting!"
“Bang!”
After a loving slap, Bai Lianhua covered his head and hid behind Wu Zazai, not saying a word.
Mr. Bai looked at Ming Dai with a smile: "Xiao Ming, as long as there is something meaningful like this, you can come directly to grandpa. Grandpa's level is much better than this brat!"
Bai Lianhua was not convinced and hid behind Wu Zuzu and muttered to himself, which again earned him a slap in the face from his old man.
After the father and son had finished their fight, Mingdai started making the promotional comic strips she wanted to make, such as comic strips that exposed various pseudo-scientific scams, how to prevent fraud, and the various ways that human traffickers kidnapped people. All of them were laid out in the form of stories, so that illiterate people could also learn various ways to deal with emergencies.
We were chatting happily here, and Gu Sinian had already started steaming tofu buns.
When the tofu buns were ready, Wu Lei came to call people to the Wu family for dinner.
When going to the Wu family for dinner, there was no need to eat the tofu buns, so Gu Sinian put them in the yard to freeze.
The big wolf and his friends have been waiting at the kitchen door since early morning, smelling the sweet aroma inside, trying not to get too carried away.
Seeing that they were very hungry, Gu Sinian let the bean buns cool down and then gave each wolf two. After they finished eating, he harnessed the sled and took everyone to the Wu family.
Wu Lei specifically said that he would bring the wolf pack to the Wu family because his grandfather didn't believe that Si Nian and the others really came here on a wolf sled.
Wujia Village is a horse-raising village, and horse sleds can be found everywhere.
Among them, the wolf sleds of the big wolves are very eye-catching. When many horses encounter the big wolves on the road, they ignore the control of their owners, turn around and run away, causing many rollover scenes.
Fortunately, the big wolves were doing quite well today and didn't say a word when they saw so many horses.
When the big wolves saw the little horse king for the first time in Liujiawan, they couldn't help but howl non-stop, and were kicked hard by the little horse king.
It was unusually quiet today. Not only did none of the four wolves howl, they didn't even show their teeth. They were very well behaved.
When we arrived at the Wu family, Old Man Wu was holding a spoon, wearing a scarf, and walking back and forth on the wolf sled.
Especially when they saw the four wolves sitting upright, they were amazed.
"Si Nian and Xiao Ming have some abilities. I have been wandering in the mountains for so long, but I haven't been able to find a few wolves to pull my sled!
I didn't expect you two could do it, you really are the young to be feared!
Look how good this wolf training is, without making a sound, without even showing its teeth!"
Ming Dai smiled and nodded, and then told the story of the big wolf accepting the little wolf cub, and asked Master Wu the reason.
Master Wu went straight to them, touched the four wolves and smiled.
"Looking at the wounds on their bodies, they must have fought with other wolves before and lost."
Mingdai nodded with bright eyes.
Master Wu smiled and patted the big wolf's head: "After being driven away, these wolves not only lost their territory, but also lost the opportunity to choose mates and reproduce."
"These are close relatives. For the sake of reproduction and population stability, the wolf king is willing to allow female wolves in his tribe to mate with those in other tribes.
It's just that you guys are too cowardly, and you can't beat them, and you no longer have the right to mate. The female wolf's nature requires it to have children, so it chose the village's flower dog as the next best option. "
If Big Wolf could understand, he would definitely tell Gu Sinian that this was all his fault.
In the early years, he passed by and accidentally pulled himself in when two wolf packs were fighting. He knocked one wolf away with one punch. All the elites of their pack were killed by him, and the only ones left were the misfits who were in charge of logistics.
They were quick to admit their mistakes and had a good attitude, which saved their lives. Naturally, they could not beat the elites in the human family group!
Mingdai and Gu Sinian suddenly understood, and they looked at the big wolf with sympathy.
The big wolf also looked at the two people with tears in his eyes. His wet eyes softened people's hearts.
Old Master Wu looked at them with amusement and said, "Take good care of those puppies and train them from a young age. Such wolfhounds are not only good at pulling sleds, but also good at guarding the house and going up the mountain to catch rabbits."
After that, he taught them some methods of dog training, and Gu Sinian listened very seriously.
After dinner, Old Man Wu picked up some leftovers and poured them into a bowl for the wolf to eat.
Just look at the big wolf circling around the bowl, whining anxiously but refusing to eat.
People just thought they were picky eaters, made a few jokes about them, and then said nothing more.
After playing for an afternoon, we went home on a sled.
When they got home, Mingdai and Bai Jingyi discussed the printing of the picture album, while Bai Lianhua and Wu Zaza heated up a plate of sticky bean curd and put it on the kang.
The bean curd looks soft and sticky, and dipped in white sugar, it fills your mouth with sugar...
Um?
Um?!!
Hmmmm? ! !
People chewing bean buns gradually realized that something was wrong!
Why is the bean bun in my mouth so sticky? !
The more you chew, the stickier the bean curd in your mouth becomes, and you basically can't swallow it, nor can you spit it out.
Several people looked at each other, and finally turned their eyes to Gu Sinian.
Gu Sinian: . . . . . .
He pointed at Bai Lianhua again. If he hadn't messed things up, would he have been able to make the noodles like this?
Bai Lianhua felt aggrieved: "Wuwu! Wuwu!! Wuwuwu!!"
The two of them had a quarrel, one using eye contact and the other using howling.
Mingdai thought of a way and got some cooked oil to rescue everyone from the mute state.
Finally, everyone had a headache looking at the small jar of bean curd in the yard.
Just eat this bean bun, and don’t make any noise!
Fortunately, tofu can be fried so it won’t be sticky.
Thinking this way, everyone will no longer be worried.
As he was speaking, Gu Sinian suddenly stood up and said, "It's bad!"
Several people looked at him in surprise: "What's wrong?!"
Gu Sinian looked towards the yard and said, "Before lunch, I gave the big wolf and his two wolves a bean bun!"
. . . . . .
Everyone got off the kang quickly and came to the yard.
As soon as they saw people, the big wolf and his friends were so excited that their bodies almost twisted into knots.
Gu Sinian opened the wolf's mouth and took a look. Sure enough, it was glued tightly.
Mingdai felt distressed and wanted to laugh. No wonder she said the big wolves were so well-behaved today and didn't howl at all.
It turns out it was physically sealed!
Big Wolf: You just discovered it! The wolf is almost suffocating!
Gu Sinian quickly used a little bit of oil to pick out the bean curd from the wolf's mouth.
The wolf, whose mouth was freed again, immediately howled loudly in the yard, with its head tilted to the sky. The sound of howling and howling sounded extremely aggrieved.
This bean bun, no matter who you are, you will eat it without making a sound!!