The General's Wife
When Chu Xiuming finished his work and found Chu Xiuyuan and Shen Jin, he saw Chu Xiuyuan holding a cage and said, "Brother will definitely not let you raise it."
"Why?" Shen Jin looked at the puppy in the basket. It had pure white fur and a silly look, so adorable. "Why doesn't my husband let me raise it?" With its ears drooping on its head, it looked at Chu Xiuyuan innocently.
"This dog will grow very big." Chu Xiuyuan said, "Don't you find that its claws are very thick?"
Shen Jin is not an unreasonable person, "I can also raise a big dog."
"Young lady, why don't you ask your husband before making a decision?" the dog seller said. "This is a puppy born by our own dog. Although it is not a rare breed, it can be used for herding."
"What's wrong?" Chu Xiuming walked over and asked.
When Shen Jin saw her husband, she said with anticipation, "Husband, can I have a puppy?"
"Big brother." Chu Xiuyuan actually liked this puppy very much, but he was afraid that it would grow too big and hurt Shen Jin.
Chu Xiuming did not answer immediately, but walked over to take a look at the puppy. The puppy was no longer as harmless as it had been just now. It arched its back with its fur about to stand on end, and whimpered at Chu Xiuming in a low voice. This was the look of a dog feeling threatened. "Are big dogs mated with wolves?"
Shen Jin found that she couldn't understand Chu Xiuyuan's words again, and his accent this time was a little different from when he bought the leather. "My husband is very good."
"Brother can speak the dialects of many places." Chu Xiuyuan said in a low voice, "I just can't understand the dialects from the coastal areas."
Shen Jin nodded, "I don't understand it either." In fact, she had never heard of it, but she only knew Mandarin.
“Yes.” The dog seller’s face became more sincere when he heard it. People who can speak their language are usually friends. Besides, it was the first time he saw the puppy in this state. Usually it looked half dead. “I’m not lying to you. There were three in that litter. This one is weak and its color isn’t good either.” White looks good but is too conspicuous. It’s not as useful as a dark-colored dog when entering the woods.
Chu Xiuming nodded, stretched out his hand and pinched the dog's neck to pick it up. The dog looked at Chu Xiuming for a while, then started to whimper, and stopped struggling and was extremely obedient, which made Shen Jin stunned. Then Chu Xiuming put the puppy into Shen Jin's arms. The puppy whimpered twice, then looked at Shen Jin, lowered its head and licked Shen Jin's hand and stopped moving. Shen Jin only felt that the puppy was fat and soft, and except for its eyes, nose and small black lips, the rest of its body was white, like a cotton ball.
Chu Xiuyuan also liked it and reached out to touch the puppy, but he saw that the obedient and soft puppy in Shen Jin's arms ignored Chu Xiuyuan and returned to the state it was in before Chu Xiuming came.
"This dog is very smart. I want it." Chu Xiuming said.
The dog seller didn't say much and quoted a price. Chu Xiuming paid the money directly and then took the basket handed to him by the dog seller.
"Let's go back." Chu Xiuming looked at the sky and said directly.
Shen Jin bought a rabbit and a puppy, feeling very satisfied. He nodded and said, "Okay."
When Chu Xiuming saw Shen Jin holding the puppy in both hands, his eyes darkened and he handed the empty basket to Chu Xiuyuan. Then he put his arm around Shen Jin's shoulders and half-carried her away. Chu Xiuyuan followed behind with a cage in one hand and a basket in the other. For some reason, the rabbits that had been quite obedient just now began to huddle together and urinate profusely, making Chu Xiuyuan's clothes smelly and smelly.
Shen Jin was sitting on Chu Xiuming's horse holding the puppy. It was a pity that they couldn't take the rabbits back today. They also entrusted many of the things they bought to the people in the carriage and horse shop. They would deliver the things to the general's mansion in the border town tomorrow. This company was specially established to help people transport goods between the border town and the market. Of course, there were people riding on it.
Reaching out and touching the soft fur of the puppy, Shen Jin lowered her eyes slightly and did not ask, since there was such a business, why Chu Xiuming specially asked some vendors to deliver the goods personally to the general's mansion, like who was managing this market. Shen Jin found that when the market was opened, she could find out a lot of information. She heard people discussing that it seemed that some tribes had a war, so no one came to the market this time. And there was more than that, because Shen Jin could not understand some people's words, but what about Chu Xiuming?
Shen Jin poked the puppy's belly. This husband was very mysterious. When they first met, he had a big beard and looked like a door god. Then he was cheerful and simple in front of outsiders, and silent in the mansion... and he didn't talk at all, which made her feel like she was out of touch with the world. She always felt that... She pinched the dog's tail and stopped thinking about it. Anyway, no matter what, she had married this man, and this man would let her sit on his shoulders, protect her and shelter her from the wind and rain. That was enough. Oh, and he would buy her a puppy, correct her seriously after eavesdropping on her conversation, and ask the kitchen to cook for her...
"Husband, will Nanny Zhao leave some food for us?" Shen Jin asked, hiding inside Chu Xiuming's cloak while holding the dog.
Chu Xiuming hummed but didn't open his mouth to speak, because the horse was running fast and his mouth was full of dust as soon as he opened his mouth.
Shen Jin nestled contentedly in Chu Xiuming's arms and pinched the puppy's tail. The puppy swung its tail impatiently. Shen Jin thought for a moment and said, "Husband, what do you think we should name the puppy?"
Chu Xiuming was not prepared to answer. He had already discovered that this little wife sometimes didn't really ask you, "Why not call me little one?"
Although he had been mentally prepared, when he heard the name, Chu Xiuming's eyes still twitched. Shen Jin was still expressing his beautiful wish, "Although Xiuyuan said it will grow very big, I still hope it won't be too big, otherwise I won't be able to hold it."
"Little one, you can't grow too big. But I will like you very much when you grow up." Shen Jin touched the puppy's belly and scratched its chin, muttering to himself.
Before the sun set, several people rushed back to the general's mansion in the border town. This time, Chu Xiuming did not bully Shen Jin. He first untied his cloak, then went downstairs himself, and then carried Shen Jin downstairs, saying, "Let it run on its own."
"Okay." Shen Jin's arms were tired after carrying the baby all the way, so he squatted down and put the little one on the ground. The little one was very alert when he came to the new place, and followed Shen Jin's feet closely without running around at all.
Chu Xiuyuan looked at the puppy's snowball-like body and asked, "Brother, do you want someone to train it for a while first?"
"No need." Chu Xiuming said, "I'll do it."
Chu Xiuyuan looked at the puppy and smiled, "If you take good care of this dog, it will definitely be a good dog when it grows up."
"Yeah." Chu Xiuming also discovered that the most important thing was that the dog was very smart. If it was trained well and kept by Shen Jin, it could also protect him. However, its foundation was a little poor, and it was troublesome and expensive to raise.
"By the way, give this dog a name that must be majestic." Chu Xiuyuan's eyes showed yearning, "Sister-in-law, I will go hunting in the future, you can lend it to me."
"Okay." Shen Jin smiled and said, "It already has a name."
Chu Xiuyuan asked, "What's your name?"
"It's a small one." Shen Jin said happily, "You said it would grow very big, but I still hope it's smaller so I can hold it."
Chu Xiuyuan looked at Chu Xiuming with accusatory eyes, "Brother, what do you think of the name?"
"Very good." Chu Xiuming didn't even look at Chu Xiuyuan, "It's your wife's dog, you can call it anything you want."
"Sister-in-law, even if you call it Lai Fu or Zhao Cai, it's fine." Chu Xiuming felt a little sorry for the puppy. This dog will definitely grow up. You can tell by looking at its legs, which are thick and long, and its claws are very thick.
Shen Jin smiled sweetly and refused without hesitation, "No, names like Lai Fu and Zhao Cai don't sound good."
Chu Xiuyuan felt that he might not want to take it hunting anymore, as he would definitely be laughed at.
Hot water was already prepared in the mansion. Chu Xiuyuan looked at the little one with a melancholy look, then went back to the yard to wash. Chu Xiuming sent Shen Jin back, and when they reached the gate of the yard, he said, "I'll take the little one away first."
"Can't it be in my yard?" Shen Jin asked reluctantly.
Chu Xiuming raised his eyebrows, "Can you raise it?"
Shen Jin really didn't know how to raise a puppy. He squatted down and touched the puppy's head again, picked it up and put it in Chu Xiuming's arms, then said, "Okay, then don't lift it by the neck anymore."
Chu Xiuming didn't say anything else. Shen Jin walked a few steps and then turned back to go into the yard. After Shen Jin went in, Chu Xiuming carried the dog's neck and walked towards his own yard. He still had to ask the craftsmen to speed up, as it was not right for a couple to live so far away from each other.
The little guy knew that Chu Xiuming was not someone to be trifled with, so he accepted his fate and was like a dead dog being carried away without moving. Only when his tail occasionally wagged did people feel that he was still alive.
Aunt Zhao smiled and said, "If Madam is reluctant to leave, just go to the general's courtyard to see it."
"Oh." Shen Jin responded, "By the way, is there a place for the dog to sleep at my husband's place?"
No one knew that the general and his wife would bring a dog back, so there was no doghouse prepared in the mansion. Madam Zhao said, "Don't worry, madam. I will ask someone to find a small mattress and sew it together for the puppy to sleep on first."
Shen Jin thought about it and handed An Ping the big cushion that her boyfriend had just made and said, "Send it to the general. He said that the puppy should sleep on the cushion so it is softer."
After An Ping agreed, Shen Jin went to wash. After all, she had walked a long way, and not only were her clothes and shoes dirty, but she also smelled.
While helping Shen Jin wash her hair, Madam Zhao said, "Today, the two emissaries sent someone to tell us that they are going to return to the capital to report in the next two days."
"But my husband bought some leather, and I plan to send some to the capital for my mother and the others. However, those people will not be able to deliver it until tomorrow, so I'm afraid it will be too late for them to take it back." Shen Jin said, "Why not discuss it with them and do it later?"
"Then I'll have someone pass the message on later." Nanny Zhao said. Anyway, the later the two returned, the better it would be for the general's mansion, and the general's memorial should have been sent to the capital. However, the two gentlemen were first imprisoned in the general's mansion by Shen Jin openly, and later people were sent to guard them directly. They had no time to write secret letters to the capital, not to mention that they didn't find out any news about the general's mansion. The most wonderful thing was that Shen Jin didn't realize how much she had helped the general.
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