Chapter Twenty-Four: Growing Up to Be a Dog
Nini grew up as a dog at Pleasant Village.
Although it has not been in the village for a long time, it has a high status in the village. It has a dignified demeanor and elegant temperament, and it is naturally beautiful and difficult to give up, and it is raised in the consensus of the deep boudoir. It lay leisurely under the loquat tree, watching us drink tea and listen to us. These days, there are three more quiet kittens by his side, and they are close to each other, intimate and loving, like a family.
These three kittens were picked up by the second uncle from outside a few days ago. The kittens were abandoned, thin and ugly, and waiting to be fed. In order to save the lives of the three little ones, the second uncle put them in a small iron cage and raised them. Nini squatted by the iron cage all day, watching the three little ones. We noticed that Nini's expression was extremely alert and her expression was extremely disgusted. From time to time, it jumps up and pounces on the cage, stretching its paws towards the cage to catch and even attack the three kittens. We were also nervous, and we guessed that Nini had mistaken the three kittens for the three mice. The three kittens were already frail, and with Nini's harassment and fright, their lives hung by a thread. The second uncle had no choice but to open the iron cage and put the three kittens in a weedy bush on the slope of the lotus pond embankment. Strangely, the three kittens disappeared overnight, and Nini disappeared as well. We searched everywhere for the past two days, but there was still no sign of Nini. It wasn't until three days later, when we thought Nini had been sad and sad that something had happened to us, that we suddenly heard the kitten snoring. We watched with bated breath as we searched for the source of the sound, only to see Nini walking out of the miscellaneous house where the fish feed was stacked, followed by the three kittens! We were all stunned, and then it dawned on us that Nini and the three cats had become a family and lived in harmony. Since then, Nini has infinite love, taking three cats, catching rats and insects, and having endless fun.
From the intermittent memories of the second uncle and Applejack, I learned about Nini.
Last summer, it was the season of Yirenzhuang's green lotus and lotus flowers. However, the lotus leaves in the lotus pond in Yirenzhuang suddenly turned gray in a large area, and then the lotus rods turned black and erosed, and within a few days, a layer of dead lotus leaves floated on the water surface.
The owner of Huang Zhuang was anxious, and he couldn't understand what happened to Mantang Green Lotus.
Are they not adaptable? However, they have been growing here for three years, and this has never happened in previous years; Could it be that the weather is too hot this year and the water temperature is too high? So, the owner of Huang Zhuang went to the town to buy a water pump and pump well water into the pond to cool down. However, it still didn't work, and the next day the pond was still gray and black.
The second uncle who had planted the field thought that there were too many lotus leaves growing in the pond, and the pond water was not oxygen-deficient, and the lotus leaves were hypoxic. So, the owner of Huang Zhuang went to the town to buy back the oxygenator. For a few days and nights, the white waves in the pond were monstrous, and the foam was full of the pond. However, there is no effect at all. The lotus leaf and lotus rod still turn from green to gray, from gray to black, rotting, dying, and lodging on the water surface.
Huang Zhuang had no choice but to rush to the island city and found Professor Liu from the College of Botany of the Island City Agricultural University. Explaining the reason, Professor Liu was not in a hurry, smiled, and said: "You don't raise good fish, what kind of lotus hemp do you plant, do you talk about feelings?" β
The owner of Huang Zhuang said, "I like lotus flowers, besides, isn't it more primitive to raise fish in the lotus pond?" β
Professor Liu smiled and said, "Fish farming in lotus ponds is a topic we are studying. However, I can't go, I'll recommend you a student, she's about to graduate from graduate school, you take her there, it's an internship! β
In the evening, Huang Zhuang's farmer's car stopped on the bridgehead road.
A petite and thin girl with a travel bag on her back and a puppy in her arms couldn't wait to jump out of the car and go straight to the pleasant manor. Master Huang got down from the cab and limped behind her.
"Hello!" The girl said to the second uncle and Applejack, "Can you give me a glass of cold water?" β
The second uncle hurriedly went into the kitchen and brought a cup of cold boiling.
The girl put the puppy on the ground, then took out a special small cup from her backpack, asked the second uncle to pour cold water into her cup, and then, squatting down, handed it to the puppy, and said, "Drink quickly, you know that you are thirsty." β
This puppy is soft and chubby, dressed in golden fluff, well-behaved and tame. Apparently thirsty, it buried its head obediently, curled up the water in the cup with its tongue, and licked and drank it in a few strokes.
Huang Zhuang came over and introduced to the second uncle and Ajie: "Song Baobao, Professor Liu's highly talented student, a graduate student of the College of Botany of Daocheng Agricultural University. β
The second uncle and Applejack are both stunned under the loquat tree. They really couldn't believe that this thin and petite girl with a puppy could cure the Yiren Zhuang full pond of dry lotus. They sweated with their hands and feet, thinking that it must be the owner of Huang Zhuang, a fish farmer in the countryside, who had fooled Professor Liu, a cultural person in the city.
Still taking care of her puppy, Baby Song took out a plate and a bag of delicately packaged food from her backpack. She put the plate on the ground, then tore the seal of the food bag, poured some of the food out on the plate, "Eat," she handed it to the puppy, stroked the puppy's head, and said affectionately, "Eat, starving!" β
The puppy couldn't wait to nibble on it.
The noses of the second uncle and Applejack were filled with the rich aroma of the food. "It's called Nini." Song Baobao pointed to the puppy and introduced to the second uncle and Applejack, "The Labrador breed has only been born for a month!" β
The puppy seemed to understand that Song Baobao was introducing it, raised his head, and looked at the second uncle and Applejack very politely.
Everyone immediately fell in love with this puppy named Nini.
After resting for a while, the owner of Huang Zhuang took Song Baobao and walked around the lotus pond. "I'll go down and have a look." Song Baobao said to the owner of Huang Zhuang. Then she took off her shoes and socks, rolled up her trouser legs, went down into the pond, and pulled a lotus pole that was holding a wide lotus leaf. She sat on the pond embankment, rummaged with the lotus leaves, looked carefully, then broke the lotus rod and put it in front of her nose to sniff. After a while, she said to the owner of Huang Zhuang, "I'm sick." β
"What's the disease?" Huang Zhuang asked.
Song Baobao said: "There was a problem with the water quality of the lotus pond, which caused the lotus leaf to get a virus called anthrax. She showed the lotus leaf to the owner of the Yellow Village, "You see, the lotus leaf is full of small reddish-brown spots, which will become round or irregular when expanded, and there is obvious black mold, which is the disease spot." It spreads quickly, and after a few days, the leaves roll up and die.
"Is there any salvation?" Lord Huang asked eagerly.
Song Baobao looked at the lotus pond and said, "At present, it is only the onset period, and the prevention and treatment are timely, and it can still be rescued." β
Song Baobao took the puppy Nini and stayed in the bamboo liao of Yirenzhuang. The owner of Huang Zhuang smiled and said to her: "Don't worry, although Yirenzhuang is in the wilderness, it is very safe, just like home." β
Applejack then recommended herself to be Song Baobao's bodyguard, "I patrol the manor every night. You sleep well. β
Song Baobao laughed and said: "I'm not afraid, I have walked through Lijiang alone, been to Lhasa, slept in the mountains, and experienced any environment!" β
In those days, Song Baobao prepared some medicine every day, and then handed it to the second uncle and Ajie to put it in the lotus pond with fish feed. More than ten days later, the miracle reappeared, full of green lotus and full of vitality. Moreover, the pink jade and white lotus flowers are competing to bloom, the breeze is coming, the lotus fragrance is ten miles, and the guests of the island city are stepping on the incense.
The owner of Huang Zhuang was very happy and very grateful to Song Baobao, "You are the little nobleman of Yirenzhuang!" Master Huang Zhuang said to Song Baobao.
The second uncle and Ajie also admired Song Baobao so much. Chickens, ducks, fish eggs, wild vegetables, sweet potatoes, they serve this little nobleman with the green food of Yirenzhuang every day.
Song Baobao interned in the village for a month, and fell in love with this small farm with the moonlight of the lotus pond and the people here. She's going back to Island City. Over the course of a month, Nini has grown up a bit and is very friendly with everyone. Song Baobao suddenly thought that she would face the graduation exam after returning to school, and she couldn't take care of Nini. The owner of the Huang village said: "Otherwise, you can foster Nini in the village." Song Baobao saw that the people in the village also liked Nini, so he agreed.
The second uncle and Applejack are worried that this puppy with a noble blood will not be able to fit into the life of the village.
"Don't worry," said the owner of the Yellow Estate, "we promise to let Nini thrive in the Estate." β
Song Baobao wanted to leave a month's salary from the owner of Huang Zhuang to her, saying that it was for Nini's food expenses. The owner of Huang Zhuang was a little displeased, and said, "If you want to do this, I can't keep Nini." Song Baobao thought about it and accepted the salary. Be kind to Nini! Song Baobao sat in the car, wiped her red eyes, and still said to everyone with some relief.
Nini was originally taken care of by the owner of Huang Zhuang himself.
Where the owner of Huang Zhuang is, Nini is there, almost inseparable. Applejack makes a kennel for Nini, but Nini doesn't want to stay in the kennel. Especially at night, it sneaked into the room of the owner of Huang Zhuang, got under the bed, and refused to come out. "It's afraid of loneliness." The owner of the Huang Zhuang shook his head.
Two months later, Song Baobao sent a letter saying that she had graduated and was about to aid Tibet, and I was afraid that she would not be able to return to the village, so please treat Nini well.
Nini stayed in the village forever.
Due to the limited conditions, the owner of Huang Zhuang could not let Nini eat special dog food for a long time. The owner of Huang Zhuang is full of guilt for the little nobleman Song Baobao for this, but every time he comes back from the island city, the owner of Huang Zhuang always remembers to bring some delicious food to Nini, which is a kind of compensation. I finally understood the reason why when the owner of Huang Zhuang came back from the island city that day and handed food to Nini, his face showed a trace of pity and regret.
One day, the owner of Huang Zhuang suddenly said to everyone, "Nini is a pet dog, Yirenzhuang treats it well, but Yirenzhuang can't spoil it, you have to let it return to its nature." β
"How do you get back to your true nature?" Applejack asks curiously.
"Put it in nature." Huang Zhuang said quietly.
The owner of the Yellow Village drove Nini to run in the field, forced her to swim in the lotus pond, forced her to roll in the mud, guided her to catch insects and mosquitoes in the grass, and trained her to catch mice in the bushes...... Once, the owner of Huang even threw Nini a live chicken. Nini instinctively pounced on it, and the hen fluttered in resistance, causing Nini to take a few steps back. The owner of the Huang Zhuang said: "Nini, rush forward!" Nini didn't move, so the owner picked up a stick and waved it at it. Nini understood, and she crept over to the hen, and the hen was about to flee, when Nini leapedβin a perfect arcβand landed beside the hen, biting her neck......
I didn't understand why the owner of the Yellow Farm asked Nini to bite the hen to death, and the owner of the Yellow Village said, "Although it is extreme, it must be." Because, that's what it's really about. Let it learn to survive, not feed it. It is also the law of nature to love it better. β
I nodded.
Nini has grown up, she has become a "My Fair Lady" and has become more and more maverick.
Occasionally, a few local dogs would sneak in from the village, and they would play with Nini, but Nini still maintained the pride of her noble bloodline and was reluctant to be in the company of those dogs. Nini's advantages are also gradually revealed as she grows older, loyalty, cleverness, alertness, human nature, and high intelligence, which are incomparable to ordinary earth dogs. In particular, Nini took on the responsibility of taking care of the home in the village, and her status increased day by day, and she became an indispensable member of the village.
"Lookβ" Master Huang said, pointing to the bridge.
We looked over the bridge and saw several male dogs wandering by the wooden bridge, looking at us from time to time.
"Nini is growing up and is going to fall in love." Huang Zhuang said.
The second uncle said: "No wonder Nini's buttocks always seem to be bleeding these days, I thought it was accidentally injured." β
Applejack asks, "It's weird, how do these male dogs know that our Nini is going to be in love?" β
The owner of Huang Zhuang said: "If the female dog is in heat, it will emit a smell that can be smelled by male dogs within a radius of dozens of miles. So, I found it. Huang Zhuang looked at me, smiled and asked, "Talking about reporters, is that the case?" β
I laughed and said, "What Master Huang said is very true. β
"Ah, the male dog's nose is so powerful?" Applejack shouted.
The second uncle said: "Yes, if you don't curse people's noses, how can you say that you are a dog's nose!"
Applejack sighed, "It's nice to have such a nose, if only I could smell which girl in which village is going to fall in love." β
Applejack always makes us laugh.
"Nini - hurry up, so many handsome guys are looking for you!" Applejack yells at Nini.
Nini looked up, glanced lazily at Applejack, and then buried her head back on the ground, the three kittens snuggling motionless into her arms.
The second uncle glanced at Applejack and said, "We Nini are noble, do you think Nini has never seen the world?" Just let a little rotten boy cheat it? β
"Who do you say is the little rotten boy! Who do you say is the little rotten boy! Applejack yelled at her second uncle.
"Haha-"
Our laughter apparently made the male dogs think that we had no ill intentions, so they let their guard down, and slipped in one by one, and gathered around the loquat tree. And Nini is still so graceful and reserved, lying by the tree, guarding the three cats, looking at the pond, not showing her heartβneither alienating anyone nor getting close to anyone.
Ajay laughed and pointed to a yellow male dog and said, "That's not good, it's ugly." Then he pointed to another black dog with a handful of white fur on one side of his face and said, "That one is even worse, it's too short." β
The second uncle said: "Do you choose your husband or Nini choose your husband?" β
Applejack said, "We Nini are noble and can't let go of our bodies. β
Suddenly, a tall and strong white dog rushed towards Nini, who also shook off the three kittens in her arms and stood up to greet the white dog. The two of them stood facing each other for a while, and Nini began to approach the white dog and sniff it with her nose, and the white dog lowered her head and licked Nini's body with her mouth. After getting close to and touching each other for a while, the white dog went around Nini's back, saying that it was too late, and the white dog jumped on Nini's back, and then, a bright red whip stretched out from under the white dog's belly - however, the most embarrassing thing in the world happened: because the white dog was too tall, and Nini was short, the white dog's front paws stepped into the air, and he couldn't lie on Nini's back at all. The white dog didn't care about any of this, it stood just above Nini, and the long whip couldn't even reach Nini's body parts, and it was in the air, drying up with the air one after the other.
We're already laughing so hard that we can't stand up straight.
"Nini, your ass! Dabai, get down on your stomach! Applejack was in a hurry, "Nini, get your ass up!" Dabai, get down on your stomach! β¦β¦β
Nini and White Dog ignore Applejack's yelling, and they are doing useless mating in the air, and after a while, Nini clearly feels something is wrong and gets impatient, and rushes out from under White Dog's crotch.
A surprising scene appeared again - the black dog rushed in front of Nini. Before Nini could react, the black dog had already circled the back of Nini's ass, jumped onto Nini's back, hugged Nini with its two front paws, and shot a long whip like an arrow aimed at Nini's body......
Nini stopped struggling, and stood there with a look of enjoyment and serenity, letting the black dog rush forward and back, lawless.
Applejack swallowed and said to us, "How good, no conditions, no scheming, no comparison, no humility, how fair!" β
The second uncle said, "Envious? β
Applejack nodded and sighed earnestly, "Dogs are happier than people!" β
Again, we laughed.
Nini had been mating with the black male dog for more than ten minutes, and obviously tired, he broke free from the black male dog, staggered back to the three kittens, and lay down. The dogs gathered around us again, and Nini ignored them, and lay quietly at our feet, not paying any attention.
We loved Nini.
As I became a member of the pleasant manor, I often took Nini around the yard with me to bump my head and bump my head in the yard.