Spring and autumn in the Gobi are short-lived, and more often it is cold and hot.

Now, with the cold wind and heavy snowfall, the vast Gobi has ushered in a long winter.

As usual, Ren Kuo did not give up going into the mountains to chop wood because of the wind and snow, he put on the sheepskin jacket sewn for him by his eldest mother and prepared to go out.

"It's warm!" he smiled and nodded in satisfaction.

It is not far from Tujia Village to the mountain, about three miles, in order to make it easier to travel, the villagers have built a special path into the mountain, which has been covered by heavy snow at this time.

Ren Kuo has been walking this road for several years, and during this time, he was chased and beaten by the Tumen children, and he also ran this road, so Ren Kuo would not go wrong with his eyes closed.

In the snow, a thin figure, against the cold wind, took slightly heavy steps, slowly moving towards the mountain.

However, due to the wind and snow, he did not notice that there were many chaotic footprints on both sides of the path, stretching towards the mountains.

It usually only takes two quarters of an hour to enter the mountain, but today it took three times as long.

In the Gobi Forest, due to the environment, there are not many types of trees, and the only suitable for firewood is the locust tree, which is dark red and has many branches, and grows rapidly all year round.

The dry locust tree burns when it encounters fire, and extinguishes it when it encounters water, and the real water and fire are incompatible.

Most of the locust trees are rooted in the sunny side of the mountain, so they can receive maximum sunlight.

Ren Kuo found a clump of locust trees, and found that there were many scattered branches in the snow, and he was immediately stunned.

"Maybe the snow broke the branches!" he didn't think much of it.

So, he rolled up his sleeves and began to bend down to pick up the locust branches on the ground, humming in his mouth, "I am a firewood picker, and I have strong firewood skills..."

Just when Ren Kuo was collecting firewood easily and cheerfully, suddenly, a beast roar broke the silence, and I saw a majestic beast with a height of one person suddenly jumping out of the snow and pounced directly at Ren Kuo.

When he ran out of a certain distance, "Roar~Roar~" jumped out of front of him and pounced directly at him, and in a hurry, he had to change direction and run out for a while.

Then three more sprang out, roaring at him, and he changed his direction again, and quickened his flight, and finally ran into a mountain col.

It's too late, it's fast, these are all happening between lightning and flint, and Ren Kuo doesn't have time to think about it, he just knows how to keep dodging and running away.

He later recalled that Ren Kuo was still proud of the few beautiful drifts just now, if it weren't for wearing cloth shoes and stepping on the snow, he might have rubbed out sparks.

By this time, the wind and snow had stopped, and the beasts had stopped chasing.

Ren Kuo stopped, he didn't think much about it just now because of the fright, but now he suddenly felt a little strange, how did the size of these beasts feel a little familiar?

"Haha! Mountain Artillery, it's us, I really haven't trained you for so long, and you can run fast enough!" the stout "beast" laughed breathlessly.

At this time, how could Ren Kuo not see that these "beasts" were pretended to be by the Tumen gang, and the purpose was to drive him into this mountain pass, was he just a prank?

Suddenly, Ren Kuo thought of the constant pursuit of him in the past few months, and felt that there should be something related to this.

"Tumen, what do you want to do with such racking your brains to try to drive me to this mountain col?" Ren Kuo asked loudly and angrily and suspiciously.

"Actually, it's very simple, you help me get something, as long as you give it to me, we promise not to bully you again in the future. Tumen shouted at Ren Kuo.

"What is it? Since it's simple, you can't just come and get it, you have to make such a hassle and torture me for five or six months!"

"There is a white fox in this col, we found it five or six months ago, and we heard from the hunters that it already has cubs in its belly, and it will give birth when the first heavy snow falls, and it is said that the white fox born in the snow will become a snow fox, and I want one. Tumen explained loudly.

"Then you can't just take it yourself!" Although he said so, a trace of curiosity also rose in Ren Kuo's heart, after all, it involved the fox that he never forgot.

"If the white fox runs too fast, we will be easily overtaken, and not only will we not be able to get the snow fox at that time, but we will also be in danger, so I came up with the idea of using the chase to train you. ”

"Tumen, your heart is so black! you can think of this kind of bad move!" Thinking that he was being used like this, Ren Kuo was even more angry.

"Ren Kuo, it's a favor for me, the snow fox is of great use to me, after the matter is completed, we will treat you as the boss, and we will listen to you for everything when the time comes." Tumen urged anxiously.

Listening to Tumen's words, Ren Kuo was silent for a moment, thinking that it was not impossible, although it was dangerous to be pitted, but when he thought of the fox, his heart itched, and after the matter was completed, he would be the child king in the village in the future.

"Okay, I'll help you, but you quickly send someone to inform the hunters in the village, once I steal the snow fox, I will definitely be chased by the white fox, and the hunters will need to answer at that time." ”

After all, Ren Kuo was only a thirteen-year-old child, and after thinking that this could be done, he simply agreed to Tumen.

"No problem, don't worry!" said a few words to the two little boys of about ten years old next to him, and the two children left.

"Tell me where the white fox is?" Ren Kuo still said indignantly.

"From your position, go all the way east along the col, about five hundred meters, and you will see a cave, and the white fox is in it. ”

"Okay, Tumen, remember what you said!" Ren Kuo pointed to Tumen and said.

After speaking, Ren Kuo turned around and strode eastward, there was not much snow in the col, about not to the ankle position, walked about four or five hundred meters, and sure enough, he saw a cave.

Ren Kuo did not stride directly into the cave, but slowly squatted down, crawled forward, and slowly approached the entrance of the cave, his movements were like a habitual offender.

Slowly poking his head out, he looked into the cave, and saw a gray-white fox lying on its side, and a snow-white fox cub was playing around it.

Ren Kuo stared at the snow-white little fox and thought, "This should be the snow fox that Tumen said." ”

I saw that the snow fox was the size of a palm, the hair around the body was like snow, white as jade, it seemed to be unstained with dirt in the world, its watery eyes were clear and round, its limbs were slender and white, and its body was as light as a beating elf, which was really lovely.

Ren Kuo saw it in his eyes, itched in his heart, and thought that it would be good if he could have such a cute little fox, but I don't know if it is the nine-tailed spirit fox that can transform into a human form?

However, looking at the white fox lying on his stomach, Ren Kuo shook his head, feeling very different from the nine-tailed spirit fox in his impression, and he didn't have that amazing feeling.

I often hear the old people in the village say that the nine-tailed spirit fox is covered in snow-white hair, exuding a faint white light, looking at the white fox in front of him, although the hair is also snow-white, but there is no difference from those pure white dogs and cats in the village.

Thinking of this, Ren Kuo's heart cooled a lot, did he not only take a risk this time, but also run in vain?

The white fox in the cave raised his head slightly and glanced outside the cave, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a touch of arc...