Jiang Ning was half asleep when she was awakened by the barking outside the door.
He barked very urgently and kept pulling at the door, as if there was something urgent.
The heat was unbearable, and her three-month-old belly was not yet visible, but it was easy to make people sleepy.
The old saying that a woman becomes stupid for three years after giving birth is still true, not to mention that Jiang Ning is already pregnant with her third child. She feels like she is either giving birth or on the way to giving birth.
She just had a dream and couldn't tell whether it was in her past life or this life. She only remembered that Kele's eyes were wet and he was staring at her reluctantly.
When she woke up, she felt stuffy in her chest and couldn't lift her spirits.
She got up and opened the door, thinking it was Kele calling her to get up, but it was actually the chubby Steamed Bun.
Steamed Bun is Kele's late-born son. The father and son are simply cast in the same mold.
Since the birth of the first child, Steamed Bun has been favored by Kele. He often brings it to Jiang Ning to show his presence. When the cub grows up, he takes it to his side for strict training.
Today he catches chickens, tomorrow he catches hares. Kele even takes it to fight with his sons and grandsons.
The old father is extremely partial to him, and Steamed Bun is indeed very competitive. He has never lost a fight.
It is probably because he eats too much. He has gradually grown into the appearance of his father when he was young. He
is tall, mighty, handsome, and invincible in Fengcheng. He is a well-deserved vicious dog. Passersby have to stay away from him when they see him.
Jiang Ning has a bad feeling.
What you fear will come true. Kele, who has been transformed in the natural disaster, has become many years younger, but he has aged very quickly.
It was as if the life accelerator was activated.
It got older day by day. Its once smooth fur turned gray, its eyes turned yellow and cloudy, and its movements became slower and slower.
Sometimes, it didn't respond when Jiang Ning called it.
Its legs, which were steaming, also ate very slowly.
It moved slowly and didn't like to go out. It often waited for her to come back at home.
Jiang Ning had a premonition, but was reluctant to accept it.
Until, it began to disappear. It
went out and never came back.
Fengcheng is so big, it's not easy to find a dog, but it just wouldn't listen.
Panic-stricken Jiang Ning searched around the yard, and sure enough, there was no sign of Coke again.
This was the third time.
She hurried to the next door to find three naughty kids circling around Gu Tinglin. Shu Xueqing chased the three siblings and fed them steamed eggs, "Grandma made it, it's delicious, have another bite."
Three years to raise two children, the eldest is Gu Chenzhuo, the second is Huo Chenqian, and the third is Jiang Enyun.
The second and third are twins, which made Gu Tinglin so happy that even Fengcheng was shocked.
The couple originally decided not to have any more children, but unexpectedly got pregnant with the fourth child, who is now just three months old.
Jiang Ning started looking for it, "Dad, have you seen Kele?"
Gu Tinglin frowned, "No, Kele is gone again?"
Shu Xueqing quickly put down the bowl and chopsticks, "Aning, Kele probably went out for a walk, don't worry, go back to the house and rest, I'll take Steamed Tou out to look for it."
The three naughty children came over excitedly to grab its tail when they saw Steamed Tou.
Jiang Ning immediately got angry, staring at him fiercely and said, "Don't grab it, I've told you so many times, be careful of it biting people."
Steamed Tou won't bite children, but it's not Kele, and it's not as human as its biological father. It will still resist when it's anxious.
Unlike Kele, he cares about the three children and his own child. He has been a dog nanny for three consecutive years, providing them with cradles, covering them with quilts, and using them as pillows.
The three children were usually spoiled by their mother, but they were suddenly attacked. They pouted and were about to cry.
Jiang Ning was upset, "Don't cry."
"Don't scare them." Gu Tinglin comforted the children and said to Jiang Ning, "Don't worry, look for them slowly, you will find them."
Although Gu Tinglin has been cold all his life, he also embodies the affection of the next generation.
Perhaps because he owed his daughter, he made up for his feelings to the three children. He was kind and gentle. He didn't even feel like working. He would keep his children in his hands whenever he had time.
The pregnant woman's emotions fluctuated greatly. After attacking the children, she regretted it and slowly squatted down to coax them a few words.
Everyone had to go to work, so the family hired two babysitters to look after the children. Gu Tinglin asked them to go out and help look for the baby.
Jiang Ning went back to the room, but he couldn't calm down. His eyelids kept twitching.
Not only did Coke disappear, but Bai Xue was gone too.
Steamed Tou kept whining, and Jiang Ning was upset by his eyelid twitching. He couldn't calm himself down at all.
In the end, he went out to look for the baby himself.
Steamed Tou led the way in front, and Jiang Ning followed slowly behind.
They walked towards the distant forest one after the other.
Not long after they walked, they happened to meet the Kaibahe War Shield coming towards them.
Young Master Rong stopped the car, "Sister, where are you going?"
"Looking for Coke."
The weather was hot and it was easy to get heatstroke if you were not careful. Young Master Rong, who had just become a daughter slave, said considerately: "Come up, I'll take you to find it."
Jiang Ning got into his car without hesitation.
Although Young Master Rong was eloquent, he was still quite reliable and drove very slowly.
Mantou continued to lead the way.
After turning around for more than 10 kilometers, they stopped at the top of a mountain.
Jiang Ning heard a wolf howling.
It was Bai Xue, and her voice was full of sorrow.
Jiang Ning took a deep breath and controlled her emotions.
It was found in a den.
When she saw Jiang Ning, Coke was extremely calm, lying quietly in the pit.
Bai Xue squatted beside her and watched.
Jiang Ning rarely cries, but tears still flowed.
She sat down and held Kele in her arms.
She wanted to go back to the year they first met.
Kele raised his paws with great effort and gently rubbed her, shoveling the shit.
Jiang Ning took out the steaming leg and choked, "Eat it."
Coke ate half of it and stopped eating.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Ning felt stiff.
It was very quiet, and even had a smile on its lips.
Rong Sanshao patted her shoulder and said, "Sister, think positively. According to the age of dogs, Coke is already a hundred years old. It is a happy death.
It is luckier than any other dog in the world to meet you. We have to say goodbye no matter how reluctant we are.
Coke is happy to leave, and you should be happy too."
Jiang Ning hugged Coke and stroked its head.
Jiang Ning took out a box and put Coke in it, along with the flowers and legs.
When the earth was buried, Bai Xue wailed three times in a row, and Steamed Tou followed suit.
When the car left, Steamed Tou followed.
Bai Xue stood quietly in front of the grave.
It is still young, with snow-white fur, just like when they met in the Arctic.
Upon learning that Coke was gone, Huo Yishen held Jiang Ning in his arms, "Don't be sad, it trained Steamed Tou to be itself, and will always be with you. It has never left."
Bai Xue did not return until the third day, extremely thin, with dirt on her fur. During
these three days, Jiang Ning faintly heard the howling of wolves, and could not tell whether it was reality or a dream.
For a long time after Coke left, she was in a trance, often mistaking Steamed Tou for Coke.
Bai Xue often disappeared, not coming back for several days, and leaving again soon after returning.
When Jiang Ning calmed down, Huo Yishen drove her up the mountain, and Bai Xue was indeed guarding in front of the grave.
After a few rains, weeds had grown in front of the grave.
Jiang Ning took out a small shovel and planted some flowers and plants around.
Just as she was about to leave, there was a wolf howl from the dark green hills in the distance.
Jiang Ning was surprised, and then Bai Xue started howling.
Back and forth, it seemed that they were communicating something.
She took out a telescope and searched for a long time, and found that there were wolves on the distant hills.
Three wolves, or wild wolves.
Huo Yi stared at them for a while, "It's the three treasures."
Jiang Ning noticed something and looked down at Bai Xue, "Go, you don't belong here, take them to where you want to go."
Because of Coke, Bai Xue accidentally entered the human world and accompanied them for many years.
Now that Coke is gone, it can make a new choice.
Coke should know Bai Xue's choice, otherwise he would not have left the steamed buns for her.
Bai Xue wandered around, walked back and forth, and finally disappeared in the forest.
Jiang Ning stared at the other side of the mountain and saw it merge with Sanbao, howling towards this side, and then turned around and left.
After returning, she asked the dog training center to start the wild plan.
After Jiang Ning gave birth to her first baby, the special scavenging team set sail again and accidentally found a ghost ship, on which they picked up dozens of hibernation warehouses.
There are dozens of sleeping animals in the hibernation warehouses, including cows, sheep, horses, dogs, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, etc.
Wolves, foxes, zebras, etc. are also among them.
Fengcheng was bombed again, and it felt that the natural disaster was really over, and I could drink milk and eat beef and mutton hot pot in the future.
After being cracked by technicians, the hibernation warehouse was successfully opened, and the deeply sleeping animals were taken out for breeding one after another.
Rabbits reproduce the fastest, not only can they provide fresh meat, but their fur can also be made into clothes.
Jiang Ning gave birth to a daughter for the third time. The guilty Huo Yishen stayed with her from beginning to end, and then he underwent sterilization surgery himself.
Although she was happy, this time it was an accident, and she really couldn't have another child. She was afraid that her body couldn't bear it and needed to rest well.
Zhang Chao came to visit. Zheng Weili had just given birth to a son who was half a year old, and Ding Qi was seven months pregnant and would be able to give birth in two months.
The good fortune of catching the last train made everyone feel relieved and felt that life had more motivation.
Half a year later, the release plan was officially implemented, and a group of animals were released into the forest.
Rabbits, snakes, mice, wolves, etc.
Jiang Ning often went up the mountain, sometimes alone, sometimes with Mantou.
After a heavy rain, the sky was cloudless.
Jiang Ning found fresh footprints around the cemetery, which were wolf footprints, and there was more than one.
Mantou had a keen nose and ran out.
Not long after, the howling of wolves came from the opposite hill.
Jiang Ning used a telescope to look for it, and a white wolf flashed across the opposite side, as well as an animal that looked like a wolf but not a dog.
Bai Xue came with Sanbao.
Mantou rushed over, pestered Bai Xue and acted coquettishly, and hummed.
I don’t know if he was expressing his longing or complaining about his mother’s abandonment.
Snow White has never been tamed. It just loves to stay, but its heart still yearns for the wild.
It and Coke have many children, and there are also many grandchildren. The footprints of their descendants can be found in many cities.
Snow White had many reasons to stay, but she still chose to leave. However, she would come back every once in a while to see her children and grandchildren.
However, the number of times is getting less and less.
Away from humans, it seems to be living well, and its eyes gradually return to the coldness when they first met.
Snow White also found Jiang Ning and walked over slowly with Sanbao.
When they parted, Sanbao had grown up. They still remembered Jiang Ning and even wagged their tails, but they were very clumsy and did not choose to get close.
Mantou ran back and forth between the two, howling anxiously.
Jiang Ning touched its head, and said with a very nasal voice, "If you want to leave, just leave with Bai Xue. Kele has been with me all my life, which is enough."
Bai Xue stood still and stared at Jiang Ning for a long time, howled a few times, and left after wandering for several times. Steamed
Bun was so anxious that it kept spinning, as if it was struggling between leaving and staying, and then ran out.
It walked back and then walked back.
Jiang Ning waved at it and turned to leave.
She missed Kele, and it was really sad. The dog that pestered her and wanted to eat her steaming legs would never come back.
Lying on the steering wheel, he couldn't let go for a long time.
After calming down, Jiang Ning drove away.
Halfway through the drive, he found from the rearview mirror that there was a shadow running wildly behind him.
The running shadow was too familiar, she had seen it countless times in her life.
Jiang Ning stepped on the brake subconsciously, it was Coke!
However, it was Steamed Bun.
I don't know if it was voluntary or taught by his biological father, but it came back.
This time there was no hesitation, running against the wind.
The two lives met, the feelings of life and death, have long been engraved in the family relationship, and it is not something that can be forgotten.
Even though a year has passed, Jiang Ning really can't forget it.
The car door opened, and a shadow rushed over.
Jiang Ning hugged it tightly, this was a gift left for her by Coke.
Steamed Bun is back.
Like Coke, it loved to stick to Jiang Ning, even after he found a wife and had his own cubs.
But wherever Jiang Ning went, Mantou would never leave.
Jiang Ning also doted on it and secretly gave it steaming legs.
The four children grew up gradually. When they were young, they were naughty and ignorant. They always liked to pull Mantou's ears or tail. The fourth child even liked to lie on him.
Mantou was not angry, but also very patient to play with his little masters.
One day two years later, when Jiang Ning went up the mountain, he found fresh wolf footprints by the grave.
Bai Xue came back with the wolf pack on the other side of the mountain, facing Jiang Ning from a distance.
The wolf pack had grown to more than a dozen, and the momentum was particularly terrifying, but it never approached.
After that, Jiang Ning never saw Bai Xue again.
Until many years later, she found a rotting corpse next to a grave.
The corpse had been rotting for several months, and it was no longer recognizable, but from the white hair, it was not difficult to guess that it was Bai Xue.
It came back.
Jiang Ning added a grave next to it, and she was no longer alone.
(End of the extra chapter)
The author has something to say:
This extra chapter took two days to write. I cried many times during the period of writing and stopping, which made the author depressed.
I had a dog when I was a child. It was a Chinese pastoral dog. I also named it. The little guy was really psychic.
Writing about a dog in a novel really feels like raising a dog myself and accompanying it throughout its life. I cried while writing, and I couldn’t control my emotions at all. I have never felt so painful even when writing about the male and female protagonists. It was really too uncomfortable.
I actually thought of this ending during the Spring Festival. I felt sad every time I thought about it. I kept struggling over whether to write it or not. Finally, I decided to write it. The price was that I was in a bad mood for two days. It was hard to get over it.
Finally, I finished writing it, took a deep breath, and adjusted myself.