Because of the holes in the tires and Li Zongming's weird smile, Yu Xia had a very bad premonition, and just wanted to leave here as soon as possible, so he stepped forward to help them speak: "Teacher, we are all here together, we can't let them stay outside the house, right?" We are all friends who have been friends for many years, and this time we said okay, we want to come together, we want to go together. ”

When Ping Bo and Ran Jun heard this, they were overjoyed, and they both felt that Yu Xia was really sensible. Li Zongming pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, you all come in, I'm afraid that my humble house is too simple and the hospitality is not good." ”

Although the furnishings of the house are monotonous, they are still clean and tidy. Li Zongming poured water for the five people one by one, then sat down, looking at Shi Xiaomei and Lu Xueying's lively and curious expressions, a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes.

Everyone suddenly stopped in unison, as the familiar low growl sounded again outside the door, and it was approaching step by step. Li Zongming waved his hand, and the dog obediently sat at the door and did not move.

"It listens to you, doesn't it?" Pingbo said with a pun, "Didn't you say it's only good for women?" ”

"Except for me." Li Zongming was not unhappy. Lu Xueying asked curiously, "Teacher, didn't you say that you would tell us about this dog when you came in?" ”

"Well, I said, Kuroko is not an ordinary dog, its scientific name is 'Mastiff'." Li Zongming said unhurriedly, "Many people think that 'mastiff' refers to the Tibetan mastiff. In fact, there are 'mastiffs' everywhere. People put a sturdy female dog puppy born of a litter in a closed place, do not give food and drink, to survive only to kill each other, eat the flesh and blood of their own siblings, the last one can survive, regardless of size, speed and strength is the strongest, is the 'mastiff'. In this way, after several generations of breeding, three mastiffs can bite an adult male bear to death. Kuroko is a military dog raised by my father when he was a soldier, and his parents are real mastiffs in the Northeast, and he only listens to my father's orders on the battlefield, and now he only listens to the orders of my family. However, now that it knows you, it won't hurt you anymore, I promise. ”

The five people were dumbfounded when they heard it, and it took a while for Shi Xiaomei to stick out his tongue and say, "It's so powerful, that's really a baby." Teacher, did you never mention your father, who used to be a soldier? So where is he now? At home? ”

Li Zongming was a little embarrassed, and it was the first time for everyone to see him like this, but he quickly regained his composure and said with a heavy face: "In the back room." ”

"Then let's go see him!"

"Nope." Li Zongming said with a resolute expression, "My father's lower limbs are paralyzed, and he suffers from severe Alzheimer's, so he can only barely express simple meaning with his eyes...... and he narrowed his eyes in pain.

Shi Xiaomei realized that she had said something wrong, and her face flushed: "That's right...... I'm sorry, I don't know ......"

"It doesn't matter," Li Zongming said solemnly, "My father used to be in the army, and he was seriously injured, and since then he has been branded with problems with his legs and feet. When he was discharged from the army, he only received a small amount of demobilization pay, and the organization pitied him for being disabled, so he asked someone to find a job to take care of the forest here. However, there are no wild animals in our forest, and the job of the rangers is not mainly to prevent poachers, but to illegally log people. Relatively speaking, my father was not in good health, but he used to be a sharpshooter in the army, with a gun in his hand and a mastiff, so ordinary forest poachers did not dare to go up the mountain casually. Until last year, my father's old illness relapsed, and all of a sudden chain reaction, in addition to paralysis, the brain is not good, and I want to send it to a nursing home, but the doctor there said that my father is seriously ill and needs to be served at any time. It's better for me to serve the old man myself. Although I have a good job, I can't worry about my father, and I can't bear you students, I can't do it for two purposes, I can only teach during the day and come back here at night. And I've been here all day on weekends, and I have some time, so I want to call you over for tutoring. ”

This time, not only Shi Xiaomei and Lu Xueying were deeply moved, but even Ran Jun and Pingbo were also slightly moved, although Yu Xia was still in a state of anxiety, but when he saw that the teacher was speaking with emotion, he couldn't help but feel sympathy.

"Okay, I'll cook for you." Li Zongming got up and said.

"Teacher, we'll help you!" Lu Xueying and Shi Xiaomei also stood up, Li Zongming squinted his eyes, he didn't know what he was thinking, and he said for a long time: "Okay, you guys come and take a hand, let you taste the teacher's craftsmanship today!" Yu Xia, and the two of you, go and sit down in the room here, review the recent homework first, and I'm going to test you after dinner! Well, don't run around, especially don't leave the yard, it's dark outside, don't get lost. ”

Yu Xia was silent, silently walked to the back room, took out the textbook and began to review. Ping Bo and Ran Jun don't like to read, so they finally came to play anyway, so they went to the yard to chat. At first, they saw the sunspot again, and they were all in awe, but the dog didn't seem to pay attention to them, maybe it was once born and twice cooked, Pingbo and Ran Jun walked out with confidence, playing with the chickens next to the chicken and duck shed, and learning the ducks to quack.

It was already completely dark, and perhaps the horror came from the night......

Yu Xia encountered a problem and was about to ask the teacher who was cooking, but at this moment, she heard Lu Xueying exclaim: "Oops! Teacher, why do you have such a long scar on your hand! ”

I only heard Li Zongming say in a panic: "Don't shout so loudly! Then he lowered his voice again, Yu Xia hurriedly leaned over to the door curtain and listened, only to hear Li Zongming whisper: "It's nothing." ”

Shi Xiaomei said timidly: "Teacher...... I think it's like...... Dog bites...... Isn't it? Isn't that the dog? Didn't you say it doesn't bite? ”

"It's just an accidental bite, special case." Although Li Zongming's voice was low, there was an irrepressible excitement, "Heizi has always been very obedient!" ”

Yu Xia was stunned for a while, and secretly thought: "The teacher's hand was actually bitten by the dog he raised?" Also, what's the matter with the bullet marks on the tires? Since there was no one in the mountains, and the teacher's father was paralyzed again, it was naturally impossible to let go of the gun, and even if he was not paralyzed, how could he beat his own son? Then this shot could only have been fired by Mr. Li...... He put a gun in his car, and what was it for? That huge mastiff, it ...... Does it really not bite? ”

Shi Xiaomei threw a piece of raw meat outside the door before chopping meat and making dumplings, wanting to see the sunspots eat. But the dog just glanced haughtily and turned his head away. Li Zongming smiled, cooked a bowl of meat first, and then put it outside the door, the dog barked twice, ran over and ate it with relish. Lu Xueying asked in surprise: "Teacher, you are so good to this dog!" Feed it cooked meat! ”

Pingbo shouted from afar, "No—wrong——! If you have this spare money, why don't you use it to treat the old man? It's amazing! What a wonderful world! Lu Xueying glared at him fiercely.

Li Zongming was not angry and said: "You don't know, Kuroko's mother once fought side by side with my father on the battlefield. When attacking a bandit's lair, we used flamethrowers to kill them in a hurry because they refused to surrender and were eager to capture them. At last...... The enemy is all scorched...... At that time, the supplies could not keep up, and the dog was hungry again, so he directly began to eat the charred carcass...... My dad didn't stop them, after all, the military dogs had also made meritorious contributions, and those enemies were also dead, so it was better to let the dogs eat their fill...... So he developed the habit of eating cooked meat, and passed it on to future generations......" At this point, his tone was particularly eerie.

"Ever eaten human flesh?" Everyone was stunned, and an inexplicable sense of fear slowly diffused in the air. The mastiff seemed to understand, and the evil light radiating from his eyes seemed to approve of this statement. Li Zongming smiled and said, "Ignore it, let's continue to make dumplings." ”