In front of the Xinghai Shelter.
Over thirty mutant dogs, large and small—yellow, white, black, and spotted—stood in front of the door, looking down at the crowd emerging from the shelter. Xia Ruanruan glanced at Yang Fan, Huang Haichao, and the others, whose faces were wary and nervous. She blinked, scratched her head awkwardly, and introduced them.
"Uncle Yang, this is Dahei, Ah Huang, Huahua... They are all here to bring me fish... Also, Dahei wants to live with me in the shelter in the future. I wonder if there is a room available in the shelter..." The little girl tilted her head back, her voice soft and light, as soft and sticky as a winter marshmallow without any aggression.
The room Xia Runrun currently lives in is considered a "mansion" compared to the other people around her, but considering the size of Egg Yolk and Dahei, such a small room obviously cannot accommodate such two big guys.
Yang Fan was stunned for a long moment, watching his golden retriever stare in shock at the massive wolfdog standing before him, nearly a meter taller than him. He thought about the situation at the shelter, gritted his teeth, and nodded, "Yes, I'll have someone connect the rooms to the right of yours. You can move in with Dahei."
There was no reason not to keep such a large mutant wolfhound in his own shelter. Even if it was for the safety of the entire shelter, even if there were no extra rooms, Yang Fan would have to bite the bullet and clear out a vacant room. Moreover, there was indeed some space to be cleared out now.
It’s a pity that other stray dogs don’t intend to live in their shelter and become friends with other survivors in the shelter.
After the shelter was settled, the stray dogs didn't bother to stop and say goodbye to the little girl. Instead, they turned and ran back the way they'd come. Only Dahei stayed, intending to take a closer look at the shelter. Although he was just a dog, he looked like he was inspecting his territory when he entered. His commanding and fierce gaze swept across the shelter, and the immense pressure was so intense that the usually lively Husky immediately tucked his tail between his legs and hid behind Huang Haichao, whimpering. Even his favorite pup didn't dare approach.
Around the shelter cafeteria.
The rich aroma of meat drifted back and forth in the shelter along with the fish soup boiling in the big pot in the cafeteria. In order to thank everyone for helping to clean the rabbit hair, Xia Runrun directly asked the chef to help stew three large fish, and the remaining large fish were left as food for Egg Yolk Dahei.
The aroma of the fish soup was so overpowering. It was clearly just a simple pot of clear soup, but when it fell on the nose of a survivor who had not eaten meat for a long time, the taste was so tempting!
Several people who usually help in the cafeteria, while busy with their work, couldn't help but look at the fish soup in Chef Gong's pot.
The fish soup was white, like milk, bubbling back and forth in the pot. Even just taking a deep sniff made everyone feel incredibly happy. It had been a long time since they had cooked so many meat dishes in the pond at once.
"Uncle Gong, you are such a great cook..." Zhou Yiyang peeled carrots and looked at the thick soup in the pot, swallowing his saliva subconsciously.
As a child living alone in a shelter, no one gave him extra meat just because he was young. In fact, because of his age, he often ate worse than others. If Hanzhou and his friends could still eat meat twice a month, Zhou Yiyang could only eat once every two months.
People tend to crave what they lack. Zhou Yiyang struggled to move his eyes away from the bubbling soup pot.
"Hehehe, are you greedy, kid? Today, the new girl Xiao Xia will treat everyone to soup... Those who helped clean the rabbit hair yesterday will get five pieces of fish each... Those who didn't help will have some fish soup stewed with carrots and a piece of fish... Although you secretly helped clean the rabbit hair yesterday and didn't go to the level, Sister Zhou and the others remembered your name and registered you yesterday... There will be fish soup on Friday, so you have to work harder now and peel more carrots!" Chef Gong was stewing fish soup happily, waving the big spoon in his hand vigorously.
Zhou Yiyang:!
He didn't expect that he could get five pieces of fish just for helping out in the cafeteria after working there yesterday!
Each piece of fish in the pot is half the size of an adult woman's palm. The chopped-off fish head and shaved fish tail are placed in another pot to make fish soup. In order to let more people drink the fish soup, Chef Gong pours all the shaved carrot pieces into the fish soup.
As time slowly passed, the aroma of carrot and fish soup filled the air. Chef Gong tasted the soup, nodded, and shouted to the entire shelter, "Dinner is ready! Dinner is ready! Everyone, come and line up!"
"Hahaha, I've been waiting for today's lunch!" A smart guy stepped forward first and stood in line directly. He looked at the steaming fish soup in the pot with his eyes shining.
It is really wonderful to drink a bowl of hot and meaty soup in this cold winter.
Especially among those people queuing, there are many who can get five pieces of fish today, and they are very happy.
"Oh! Miss Xia is so polite. We collected those rabbit furs to thank her, but she turned around and got three such big fish to share with us. She is so polite." The middle-aged woman took her lunch box and looked at the fish soup with light oil in it. She felt a little embarrassed, but also very happy.
There are five people in their family, and three of them helped clean the rabbit fur. So they got a big bowl of fish soup and fish meat. As long as they can keep this bowl of fish, it is enough for the five of them to eat for three or four days! You can just cook some wild vegetable paste and add two pieces of fish meat to it, and it will be delicious!
There were other people in similar situations to the middle-aged woman's family. Almost all of them were the group of people who had followed Xia Ruanruan to the square to pick carrots, and their relatives.
This scene immediately made many survivors who had no one to help clean the rabbit hair regret it.
"I worked so hard for two or three days in a snowstorm, and I'm still not as good as others who are staying in a shelter to clean rabbit fur!"
"If I had known, I wouldn't have gone out to collect supplies these days!" Someone's face was full of grief, and he beat his chest and stamped his feet.
Someone shook their head and sighed, "Don't even mention you. I've been staying at the shelter for the past two days and haven't even gone to help clean the rabbit fur... How could I have been so lazy? I just wanted to rest in bed for a few more days... If I had known, I would have gone to help too."
It’s a pity that knowing it earlier is priceless.
Although the survivors who were unable to help were extremely envious, they were also very happy to drink the free radish stewed fish soup.
Sniffing the fragrance in the cafeteria's air, everyone in the Xinghai Shelter remembered Xia Runrun's name from today on. They knew that this little girl was not only accompanied by two cats and a bird, but now she even had a large group of mutant dogs to help her catch fish.
Everyone felt envious and jealous, but more often they felt disbelief and amazement.
Although it is generally believed today that mutant animals are more inclined to show kindness to children, this is just like the many videos on the Internet in which domestic pets protect their little owners but bare their teeth at them. Even though children are more likely to be liked by animals than adults, no one has the ability to do this.
Then think about how yesterday she was able to get the crazy rabbits to give her two large baskets full of carrots and several bags of rabbit fur.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh, this child is gifted, and by the way, they also feel a bit of fear and joy for such talent. At this moment, most of the survivors no longer regard Xia Ruanruan as just a child...
Zhou Yiyang: “…”
Zhou Yiyang stood behind Chef Gong and blinked subconsciously when he saw the scene before him. He felt that the scene before him seemed a little familiar...
Isn’t this the same envious look on the faces of everyone in the shelter when they heard the rabbit giving Xia Ruanruan rabbit fur and carrots?
"Actually, I'm quite envious..." Zhou Yiyang murmured. If so many mutant animals became his companions, he would be able to go directly across the entire city and go home.
"Okay... stop being envious, kid. After today's food is distributed, the rest will belong to our cafeteria... Look, there's still quite a lot of fish left. You can have a couple more pieces later." Thinking that Zhou Yiyang was envious of others for being able to drink fish soup, Chef Gong picked up a spoon and filled a big bowl for the child.
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"Xiaobai, do you miss me?! Sister brought you a fish, and this is Brother Dahei... You must get along well with him in the future~~" As Xia Runrun entered the room, she pounced directly on Xiaobai beside the bed and introduced the little white cat and the big wolf dog to each other.
The little dumpling's voice was soft, and her sweet smile was like the finest sweetheart chocolate. The big wolfdog, who had originally had a serious face, immediately wagged its tail to greet the little white cat, and its body unconsciously stood straight according to the standards of previous training.
But……
Dahei raised his head, straightened his chest and stood up straight.
The head hit the ceiling above the shelter with a crisp "bang".
Xia Ruanruan: "..."
Xia Ruanruan scratched her head awkwardly. The shelter was previously an underground parking lot, quite spacious and tall, nearly four meters high! But for a mutant wolfhound nearly five meters tall, it was still too short. Entering the shelter, she had to hold her tail between her legs and hold her head high, otherwise she'd bump into the ceiling.
Although she didn't know whether her own animal city could be built, at least... after spring came and the weather got a little warmer, she had to quickly find a place to live that was more than five meters high, otherwise it would be too unfair to Dahei.
Maybe the sound of my head hitting the wall was too loud.
"Squeak?" A small, furry head suddenly poked out from the door and looked inside.
"round and round?"
Xia Ruanruan blinked and looked at the little hamster standing on its two legs, holding a red plastic ball in its hands. Her eyes curved and she waved at the hamster with a smile, saying, "Come in quickly. I have oranges and pine nuts here."
In addition to bringing back the fish this time, Xia Runrun also did not forget the oranges she had picked in the forest and the nuts given to her by the squirrels. However, compared to those big fish, oranges, nuts, etc., they were too insignificant. Any two mutant dogs could help her carry them back without even breathing heavily.
The little furry ball couldn't help but point its little paws at itself and then at the big pine nut when its eyes were narrowed by the pine nut.
"Squeaky--?!" (Are you really going to give it to a rat?!)
"That's right, just come in!" Xia Runrun nodded with a smile, and took out two large handfuls of pine nuts from the sack and handed them forward.
“Pah—”
The red plastic ball fell to the ground, and the little hamster grabbed the pine nut and stuffed it into his cheek pouch. His cheeks, which were originally a little thin, suddenly became plump, and the sight of him made people want to poke him.
However, at such a warm moment, the big wolf dog's eyes were fixed on the red plastic ball that fell to the ground and was not even as big as the wolf dog's paw.
The red plastic ball was only about the size of a bowl, but its red color attracted Dahei's attention deeply. The big wolf dog's sight moved slowly as the plastic ball rolled.
“……?”
After Xia Ruanruan and Tuantuan finished talking, they turned around and saw their dog, staring at the plastic ball with a look of three parts anticipation and seven parts confusion. The dog's face was serious and his brows were furrowed, as if he was thinking about something important in his life.
At that moment, Xia Ruanruan seemed to see Da Hei's face writing: "Baby is a police dog, so he must act like one! But... I want to play QAQ!"
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