Chapter 312: See the Red Fox Again
The fox certainly wouldn't answer, but the look in his eyes said it all.
Zhao Yeqing snorted coldly: "Even if you want to eat, I won't give it to you! You came to steal food before, and this year you came to dig into my freezer, so I won't give you any."
The red fox could only watch helplessly as Zhao Yeqing stood up, picked up the piece of pork liver and fed it to the dog wagging its tail beside him.
She just wanted to piss off the fox.
Zhao Yeqing fed the dogs in front of the fox all night long. The dogs ate with a smacking sound, and the fox was so greedy that his mouth was drooling.
Mu Xi picked up the brain, which had become warm but not too hot, and said as he ate it, "It's probably hard to find food on the grassland now, so it took this risk."
Zhao Yeqing also picked up the brain flower: "After the heavy rain, many field mice died. I guess the number of rats and other animals has also decreased. The temperature has dropped for more than two months this winter. It is normal that there is no food to eat."
Foxes are extremely cold-resistant creatures. They can hide in burrows or under the snow in winter and survive temperatures below minus 50 degrees Celsius.
The only food they could find was underground, looking for mice hiding underground for the winter. As long as they found a rat hole with mice, they could survive for a long time.
Given the current temperature and environment, it is unknown how many mice are left alive.
Ever since the wall was built at home, I haven't seen any foxes, weasels or other creatures in the house for a long time. I guess it's because the snow is too thick, and the fox used the snow as a step to get into the yard.
This red fox looked bigger than the first time I saw it, but it was indeed thinner. It must have been very hungry.
Zhao Yeqing put the brain flower down without eating a single bite, picked up some pork liver and lungs from the bowl beside him, walked to the chicken coop, and stuffed the pork liver and lungs into the bamboo coop through the gap.
The ice on the surface of the bamboo chicken coop had melted, and some water had accumulated on the ground. But it didn't matter. The barbecue had almost been eaten. Mu Xi walked to the fireplace and closed the chimney damper.
Once the damper of the fireplace chimney is closed, the smoke will be drawn away by the flue of the floor heating, continuing to heat the entire room, and the wet floor will dry after a while.
The red fox originally thought that it would have nothing to eat and would be eaten, but suddenly food was thrown in again, and it just stood there, not daring to move.
Zhao Yeqing said unhappily: "You can eat it or not."
After Zhao Yeqing walked away, the red fox tried to push the food with its nose, then hesitantly opened its mouth and ate it.
With the first bite, several pieces of internal organs went down his stomach instantly.
Seeing it eating, Zhao Yeqing stopped paying attention to it and picked up the pig brain again.
Mu Xi was afraid that the brain would get cold, so he put the bowl on the grill to keep it warm.
There are still three bowls of brain flowers left on the grill, some spicy and some sour.
Zhao Yeqing likes sour food, so naturally he picked up the sour and spicy one first. The brain was already very flavorful, and the first bite was full of the sourness of chopped pepper and the freshness of the brain.
The brains were cooked very well, without any fishy smell. Served with chopped pepper sauce, Zhao Yeqing only regretted that he was lazy and didn't cook rice today.
Mu Xi had already heated up the remaining glutinous rice and scooped a small bowl and handed it to her.
Zhao Yeqing decisively poured the brains in the small bowl along with the soup and sauce inside into the rice bowl and mixed it with the glutinous rice.
The glutinous texture coupled with the fresh and spicy brain flower instantly drove away the coldness accumulated in the body from going out just now. After the spiciness came up, it was a little unbearable, but it was very addictive.
"Mu Xi, water!"
The spiciness was slightly relieved after the cold water went down her throat, but as soon as the spiciness subsided she took another bite. The chopped pepper sauce moistened the glutinous rice, and even though it was very spicy, her mouth was still full of fragrance.
I had to drink three cups of water before I could finish a whole bowl of glutinous rice.
Zhao Yeqing's back began to sweat slightly, and he quickly took off his coat. If he was sweating, he had to take a shower. It was not easy to take a shower in this weather, it was very cold.
After eating and drinking, the two began to discuss what to do with the little thing in the cage.
Forget about raising it. Even though this red fox is very beautiful, there are already enough animals in the house.
There was no need to kill it, as the family had no shortage of animal furs, and the two were not interested in fox meat. Besides, the fox had never actually stolen chickens and had not caused any substantial damage to the family.
But if I let it go like this, I'd be afraid it would come back to steal things, so it really became a hot potato for a while.
What's more, this little guy is quite smart, his eyes are rolling around, as if he understands what people say. Zhao Yeqing thought about it, and finally decided to just scare him and let him go.
I guess after this incident, knowing that there are clouded leopards and dogs at home, they probably won’t dare to steal things easily again.
Most animals will not easily set foot in a place if they know that it is the territory of a certain carnivore, unless they think they are stronger than those animals.
She had already fed it a few pieces of internal organs, and this little bit was definitely not enough to fill it up. But Zhao Yeqing didn't want to feed it any more. What if it became dependent on her if she fed it too much? She couldn't afford to feed it anymore.
After making up his mind, he planned to release the animal directly. Mu Xi put on his coat and carried the cage outside. "Don't go. It's very cold outside and it's hard to walk."
They had to go outside the yard to release the animals. Two people couldn't help much, so Zhao Yeqing didn't follow them. "Then be careful and don't fall. If anything happens, just shout and I'll hear you."
The meadow is very quiet now. As long as you are not in the basement, you can hear the sounds without the intercom.
Mu Xi responded and opened the door.
The snow has not stopped, and the two have not cleared the snow recently. The road from the house to the gate is already covered with snow. Because it has been cleared before, it is not as thick as the snow around.
Mu Xi took one step forward and one step back, and turned on the lights in the yard along the way. Now he could see the situation in the yard clearly.
Snow hadn't been shoveled for several days, and the snow was piled up to the knees, halfway up the freezer, and everywhere was covered in white snow.
When he walked to the gate of the yard, he put the cage on the ground, picked up the shovel next to him and started shoveling the snow.
This has to be done without shoveling. The gate of the yard can be opened from both inside and outside. The outside is already full of snow, so the snow inside has to be shoveled away before the door can be opened.
After the snow on the inside of the door was cleared, Mu Xi opened the gate, and the snow from outside collapsed in.
Zhao Yeqing stood in the room and looked out of the window. With the lights on outside, he could see everything clearly.
I saw Mu Xi picked up the shovel again and shoveled away the snow that had collapsed in before carrying the cage out of the door, preparing to open the cage and let the cat out.
I thought that the fox would run away without stopping once it was released, but I didn't expect that the fox would run back to the yard as soon as it got out of the cage.
Not only was Mu Xi caught off guard by this action, but Zhao Yeqing, who was standing through the window watching, was also stunned.
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