"Ring ring ring"
A doorbell rang.
"Wife, I'll go open the door." With that, Li Chu stood up and put Ding Qiunan, who was on his lap, on a chair.
"Who is it? What brings them here at this hour?"
"Who knows?"
The door opened, and a smiling little girl stood outside.
"Dad Chu, I miss you so much."
The little girl immediately threw herself into his arms.
"Don't try to fool me, Wang Yueyue. I'm not Xiao Xuan. Even if you missed me, you wouldn't come to see me." Li Chu ruffled her hair with a look of disgust.
"Hehe," Wang Yueyue chuckled sheepishly, let go of her hand, and skipped inside.
Li Chu watched her lively figure as she walked away, shook his head with a smile, closed the gate, and returned to the central courtyard.
Wang Yueyue had already moved closer to Ding Qiunan, linked arms with her, and whispered in her ear.
"Okay, you'll stay here tonight. Your parents know, right?"
"Yes, I told them I was coming here."
"Yueyue, come in quickly," Wenhui called out as she opened the door to the east wing.
"Sister Huihui is here. Aunt Ding, Father Chu, I'm going inside."
As soon as Li Chu entered the courtyard, he saw her rush into the east wing like a gust of wind.
"This girl is always so energetic."
"If everyone is as unhurried as Xiaoxuan, how will they live their lives in the future? Two people should complement each other."
Hearing his wife's words, Li Chu felt a terrible headache coming on.
The two kids are so young, one is sixteen and the other is fourteen. As their mother, is it really okay for you to say these things all the time?
Walking to the doghouse under the eaves, Li Chu squatted down and patted Xiao Hei's head.
Xiao Hei stuck out its tongue and licked the male owner's palm, then lowered its head again.
Looking at Xiao Hei's appearance, Li Chu was suddenly overcome with sadness.
Eighteen-year-old Xiao Hei can no longer stand up. For the past two days, he has only been able to drink milk for meals.
Li Chu knew that the dog, which had been with him and his wife for eighteen years and with their two children for sixteen years, had reached the end of its life.
What use is it if one's medical skills are superb, since one cannot keep them by one's side forever?
Ding Qiunan sat in the chair, watching her husband squatting beside Xiao Hei, and her eyes also reddened.
These past few days, the entire family of four has been deliberately avoiding this topic.
Several times when she tidied the house for her two children in the morning, her pillowcases were wet.
Birth, aging, sickness, and death are inevitable hurdles that no one can overcome.
Thinking of this, Ding Qiunan stood up and walked to her husband, God. She squatted down next to him and leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Li Chu, is there really no other way for us?"
"It's gone. If it were sick, we could have tried everything to cure it, but Xiao Hei is now at its last gasp. Its life has come to an end."
As they were talking, Little Black, who had been lying in his nest, suddenly stood up shakily.
As Li Chu watched Xiao Hei stand up, his heart sank lower and lower.
"How...how did it stand up?" Ding Qiunan pointed at Xiao Hei in surprise.
Li Chu, fighting back tears, said, "Wife, hug it."
Ding Qiunan turned to look at her husband, then at Xiao Hei, tears streaming down her face. She reached out and hugged Xiao Hei tightly.
Xiao Hei stuck out its tongue and licked her face.
Li Chu stood up and shouted, "You three, come out here right now!"
The door to the east wing opened, and the third brother's children came out one by one.
"Dad, what's wrong? Why did you call us?"
Li Chu waved to the children: "Come here, give Xiao Hei a hug."
Wenhui and Wenxuan finally realized what was happening, and they both ran over crying at the same time.
Yueyue was still a little confused. She stared blankly for a moment, then quickly realized what was going on. She walked over to Li Chu, took his hand, and looked up to ask, "Daddy Chu, is Xiao Hei leaving?"
"Yes, Little Black is too old, it can't hold on any longer."
Before the Spring Festival this year, Xiao Hei almost didn't make it. Li Chu even used a century-old ginseng to help it live for another six months. This time, nothing worked.
Wang Yueyue's tears also fell. She let go of Li Chu's hand and leaned closer.
Ding Qiunan stood up, looking at her husband with teary eyes, hesitant to speak.
Wenhui and Wenxuan also released Xiaohei and stood up, looking at Li Chu as well.
They all hoped that Li Chu could bring Xiao Hei back to life like he did last time.
Li Chu slowly walked over and helped Wang Yueyue, who was holding Xiao Hei, to her feet.
Xiao Hei raised its head and glanced at the male owner, then turned around and slowly walked towards the back garden.
Seeing that they wanted to follow, Li Chu stopped them.
"Don't go. Just like Xiaobai and Xiaohua, Xiaohei doesn't want us to see them."
Yes, both of Little Black's children have passed away before it.
Little Huang is too old to run anymore.
Little Black slowly, bit by bit, moved to the corridor leading to the back garden, stopped, turned its head to look at the owners in the yard, a tear slid down its cheek, and then disappeared around the corner without looking back.
"Wah..." Wenhui finally couldn't hold back anymore and burst into tears.
Her crying caused Wenxuan, Yueyue, and Ding Qiunan to burst into tears as well.
With a creak, a small door next to the east wing was opened.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? I can hear crying over there."
Li Qin called out as she walked over, and Wang Ziwen followed behind.
The courtyard next door has been given to Li Chu and Ding Qiunan's sister's family by Li Chu and Ding Qiunan, and Li Qin and Wang Ziwen are living there now.
As for the apartment in the family compound, it is now occupied by Wang Jiadong and his family of four.
Yes, Wang Jiadong has returned from military service. He served in the military for ten years, but after being promoted to officer, he finally decided not to stay and transferred back to civilian life.
"Aunt, Uncle, Xiao Hei is gone," Wen Hui cried out loudly.
"Go..." Li Qin was about to ask where they went when she suddenly understood what her niece meant.
She stared blankly at Wang Ziwen beside her.
She understood very well what Xiao Hei meant to her brother's family.
A bitter smile appeared on Li Chu's face.
"Sister, brother-in-law, please sit down and help me comfort them. I'll go to the back and bury Xiao Hei."
Hearing his father's words, Wenxuan, still crying, wiped away his tears, walked to his side, looked at him with firm eyes, and said, "Dad, I'll go with you."
The Fairy Tree Romance
Ding Qiunan turned to look at her husband and said, "Li Chu, let's go together."
Then he said to Li Qin and Wang Ziwen, "Sister, brother-in-law, please sit down for a while."
In the hearts of the whole family, Xiao Hei is truly special.
Previously, Li Chu buried Xiao Bai and Xiao Hua himself, and Ding Qiunan and the children were too heartbroken. This time, Xiao Hei is different. Even if they are heartbroken, they will go together to send him off.
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