Kitahara Shuji stepped forward to rescue the gray-haired little animal, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and found that this little thing had a pair of pointed ears on the top of his head, a pair of big black circles on his face, a pair of small mung bean eyes inside, a black and wet big nose below, and a circle of white hair on his neck, like a scarf, gray hair and gray tail on his body, and four small short black hairy legs under his body - the overall image is very joyful, and it looks like a slender version of a raccoon.

This little thing fell into the hands of Kitahara Shuji, felt the gentle breath on his body, and then looked at the smile on the corner of his mouth, and couldn't help but feel at ease immediately, but Kitahara Shuji, as an excellent cook, had an occupational disease, and couldn't help but weigh its weight, and suddenly the horror in its mung bean eyes became thick again.

It's been a lot of commotion, and Suzuki Muki has also woken up. She pulled Kitahara Shuji's trouser leg, slowly stood up like a cartilaginous snake, tilted her head to look at the little animal in Kitahara Shuji's hand, and said helplessly: "What are you doing with this tanuki?"

Hearing her words, Dong Meixue suddenly became curious, surrounded the "tanuki" in the middle, and said in surprise: "Is this a tanuki?"

In mythological stories, foxes and raccoons are both traditional monsters known to women and children, but compared to the cunning of foxes, raccoon dogs appear to be a little more amiable, and generally get along well with mountain people, and generally no one will deliberately hunt them. And in the legend, the raccoon dog and the fox are mortal enemies, for example, the Japanese island of Shikoku is the territory of the raccoon dog, and the raccoon army there beat the fox army away, so there is no fox on Shikoku Island.

In legends, anime films and television, the biggest characteristic of raccoon dog is that it likes to play pranks, scare people, is good at illusion, and generally acts as a funny person, and belongs to the type of pit yourself if you have nothing to do, but it's just ......

Dongmei looked at it for a while, the image in front of her didn't match the image in the anime, the tanuki in the anime were all fat, this one was very slim, and she couldn't help but ask: "Are you sure this is a tanuki?"

Suzuki Noki glanced at her and said casually: "The scientific name is Japanese raccoon dog, canine, but let's call it a raccoon cat here, which is different from a tanuki in the academic sense, that kind of cat is a feline, and its appearance is not much different from that of a domestic cat." ”

Yukiri was very persistent and asked again, "Is it delicious?"

Suzuki Noki glanced at her helplessly, pointed to the stone statue under the torii gate and said, "That ninety percent is the stone statue of a tanuki, do you want to eat people's 'mountain protection beasts' at the gate of the shrine?"

Yukiri was very disappointed, Kitahara Shuji looked at the tanuki in his hand again, saw that it was very spiritual with a pair of small mung bean eyes, thought about it and said, "Forget it, let's let it go!"

It's not like I'm dying of hunger, there's no need to eat wild animals, and this guy reminds him of Mokujiro's cheap dog.

Dongmei waved her hand and said angrily: "Let it go." ”

She was afraid of getting into trouble, and if she really ate this thing, she would be in trouble if she chased and beat the mountain people.

Kitahara Shuji put the tanuki on the ground, but Yukiri's gaze also moved down, still keeping a firm eye on it. The tanuki tilted its head and looked at Xueli for a moment, shivering, hesitated for a moment, and fell to the ground, revealing its belly, holding only a small black leg in front of it and trembling slightly.

Yukiri was surprised: "It looks like a dog!"

Noki Suzuki smiled, "It is a close relative of dogs, and it also has a sense of hierarchy as a canine. ”

Xueli hesitated for a moment, and said to Dongmei: "Sister, the family is rich now, can I raise it?" She has always wanted to raise a dog to play, but Dongmei has always hated dogs because she lost PK with dogs when she was a child, and she didn't want to waste money, so she didn't allow it, and now she has several catties of gold hidden in the house......

Dongmei said angrily: "It's willing to go with you, then you can raise it!

She felt that as long as her sister didn't pay attention, this little thing would definitely run away with her life, and it would disappear in the blink of an eye.

Xueli said happily: "Thank you, sister!" Then she rose with a thick aura of Wang Ba, and said solemnly to the tanuki who fell to the ground: "You will be my little brother in the future, and I will give you the name ...... You are the Eight Raccoon Dogs!The Eight Raccoon Dogs, you will cultivate hard in the future, aim for the Eight Hundred and Eight Raccoon Dogs, and eventually grow into a powerful monster like it, understand?"

Haruna couldn't help but say, "Second sister, it's a mother!"

Xueli turned her head and educated her: "Haruna, you must be ambitious, women are not necessarily inferior to men, and hens can also win big cocks!

Haruna was silent, she was not interested in men's blood, but she didn't want to argue with the second sister, and Fuyumi sneered twice and ordered: "Get out of the way!

Everyone dodged away, and the snow was also pulled by Dongmei, and the eight foxes were crooked on the ground only to feel a light pressure on their bodies, looking at the bushes, and then looking at the "master" over there with an eager look on their faces, hesitating to run to freedom, but recalling the scene when the snow swooped over like a high-speed forklift not long ago, and the body was full of the terrifying aura of predators, and it was full of the monstrous flames of mountain and forest beasts.

At that time, it didn't even understand what was going on, so it was pressed against Xueli and almost died on the spot.

It cautiously paid attention to the snow, and tentatively wanted to stand up, but as soon as the forefoot was forced, it staggered, and couldn't help but cry twice - very much like a duck calling, and Kitahara Shuji strangely stepped forward to take a look, and was stunned to find that the front legs of this little thing were broken, and said helplessly: "It can't walk if it wants to!"

No wonder the "five horses split the corpse" just now screamed so badly, and the fracture was still abused, which was really unlucky!

Yukiri was surprised, "Is it so brittle?" She didn't use much effort to catch it alive and show it to Kitahara Shuji.

Kitahara Shuji glanced at her, you want to put your head on me, I'm afraid I'll have a fracture, I guess I'm brittle enough in your eyes.

He took a branch, touched the front legs of the eight fox and straightened it, and then tied a "splint" with the decorative cloth belt contributed by Haruna to the eight fox to prevent secondary injury, then looked at Fuyumi and asked, "What do you think?"

This little thing can't run fast now, and it's hard to say how many days it will survive if it is thrown back into the mountains and forests. If you catch it and eat it, it's a different matter, but it's ready to be released, and it's not appropriate to let it go back, right?

Dongmei pursed her lips and thought for a moment with two small pear vortices exposed, then looked at Xueli with a pleading face, and finally tilted her head and muttered, "What else can I do, let's take it back first!"

Anyway, it was picked up for nothing, so let my sister play for two days. Wait for this little thing to heal from its wounds, and then throw it back into the mountains and forests.

Yukiri got the agreement, and hurriedly and carefully took the eight foxes into his hands, and blamed himself sadly: "It's my fault, I will take good care of it, if it is disabled, I will work hard to support it." ”

Kitahara Shuji touched her hair as a sign of comfort - you still wanted to eat it just now, this change is really fast enough. When will you grow up, you little child?

However, just in case, he asked Noki Suzuki, "Is the Japanese raccoon dog a protected animal?"

Noki Suzuki shook his head and smiled, "No, there are a lot of these things." Even if it is, it doesn't matter if you want to raise it in the snow. It's a little thing, just find a name...... We found a wounded little animal in the mountains and forests, and it is kind to help it recuperate, and there is nothing to blame. ”

Kitahara Shuji nodded slightly. I'm sorry, I forgot that you don't have much discipline and lawlessness, so you asked nonsense.

Just catch a rabbit in the mountains, Kitahara Shuji is not an environmentalist, and raising small animals in the snow is not dangerous - this is a wild girl who wants to go up and break her wrist when she sees a bear, and this tanuki wants to bite her purely for her own death, so she doesn't have to worry about it.

He didn't care, pointed to the shrine as a "tour guide", and said with a smile: "This is the Dazang Shrine, and you didn't go to the shrine to pray for blessings this year's New Year, so it's okay to make up for it here." ”

Everyone had nothing to do, and they followed him over the torii gate, which was considered to be an official entry into the shrine.

The black entrance of the cave sprayed a faint cold mist outward, which looked mysterious, and after that, Fuyumi Torii looked around and said strangely, "Isn't there a hand water house?"

At the entrance of the shrine, there is usually a hand water house, which is a pool for believers to clean their hands and mouths.

Kitahara Shuji didn't know if there was one, but after looking around and not seeing it, he thought it was probably gone, and said with a smile: "Don't pay so much attention to the shrines in the mountains." ”

Dongmei pouted, but immediately felt that it was wrong, she believed this more, so she could only change her tone and ask, "Won't there be no worship hall inside?"

Kitahara Shuji really didn't know, he hadn't been here, so he could only smile perfunctorily: "You can go in and take a look." ”

The group entered the cave, and it was very cold in the cave, and the ground was slightly frozen, and it felt very slippery. Kitahara Shuji instructed everyone to pay attention not to slip and explore, and groped for the way in front with Akitaro on his back.

There's no one in the cave, it's not that kind of shrine that is a business, it doesn't sell amulets, lucky lots, ema or anything, and there's no shrine maiden at all - no income can't afford to support those people.

Soon the group touched the bottom of the cave and saw a small worship hall. It's really small, miniature wooden buildings, and people can't walk into them at all. There is a thick rope hanging from the top of the temple, a huge copper bell is hung, in front of the hall is a place of prayer, two large oil lamps are lit, and on one side is a money box, that is, a place to put incense money.

Yesterday someone came to worship for the New Year, and there were shiny white porcelain wine bottles and wine glasses in the hall, and there was nothing else besides the above.

This shrine is cultivated in the cave is rarer, and others are ordinary, and everyone is also mentally prepared, after all, Dazang Village looks like there are dozens of families, and if you want to build it magnificent, you don't have that financial resources.

Kitahara Shuji didn't believe this, turned around and looked at the mural on the cave wall by the dim light of the oil lamp, it should be the legend in the history of Dazang Village, there is a half-bald old man fighting a wild boar - quite an exaggerated expression, the wild boar looks as tall as three people, like a hill.

Fuyumi took out her wallet and began to distribute stuffed money to her younger siblings, each of whom received a coin of five yen, and Suzuki Noshiten shamelessly mixed in and received one. Then Fuyumi instructed her younger siblings to come forward in batches to ring the bell, pray, and throw money, Suzuki Noki grabbed the first one, clapped her little hands and stood there for a while to make a wish.

Her wish seemed to be very simple, and after the promise, she stood beside Kitahara Shuji to look at the mural, and Kitahara Shuji glanced at her and said strangely: "Do you believe this?"

Noki Suzuki received a Western-style education, not like the type who was interested in Shintoism.

Suzuki Noki smiled and groaned: "If you don't work, you won't lose anything, and if you do it, you will make a lot of money." ”

She is a utilitarian and intends to empty the white wolf. If it's spiritual, she's going to bleed and really build a large shrine here, and it doesn't matter if it's not spiritual, anyway, it's only five yen, and it's still a small radish head.

Over there, Fuyumi was still instructing her younger siblings to pray. It is said to be a New Year's prayer, but in fact, it is to tell the gods the goals of the new year, which is considered a self-motivation - Yukiri and Haruna muttered for a while and stepped aside, and together they cared about the newly harvested little brother Yaci in the snow, while Natsuori Natsuna didn't grow up and didn't pay attention to it at all, and there they were giggling and winning.

After the two of them finished praying, Dongmei suddenly became vigilant, grabbed them and asked, "Did you just put the money in there?"

"Let it go!"

"All I heard was one sound!"

Xia Zhi Xia Sha glanced at each other, and said with a smile: "The two of us are one person!"

They dared to embezzle even the money of the gods, and made two wishes to invest in a stuffed money, but Fuyumi did not allow it, and ordered: "Put the money in!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly felt weak under her feet, and almost fell, and the whole cave shook slightly, and suddenly Xia Zhi Xia Sha's little face turned pale - what's the matter, the god is angry? It's just five yen, do you want to be so stingy?!