Chapter 20: The Agile Red Fox
We sat down on the grass and began to eat breakfast, I was still breaded with white buffalo milk, the cloth bag monk was still bread with water, only the fat pig's head, and one of us carried two large backpacks—one with all kinds of utensils, and the other full of all kinds of food.
Sitting on the grass in the comfortable sun, we had a very comfortable lunch: although the food was the same as the food of the previous actions, we had never eaten in such a comfortable environment.
After lunch, we continued our journey along the snow-capped mountains to the south, heading southeast.
The road was quite smooth, and at about six o'clock in the afternoon, the sun on the grassland began to slowly set, and the grassland under our feet began to slowly mottle, and the appearance of the Gobi Desert was being revealed.
"I guess I won't be able to get there today anyway!" The Seventh Master stopped and said, "There is a small mound in front, let's set up a tent on the leeward side and rest for the night." ”
There was no objection to the crowd, and I had already had a sore back and cramps in my legs, so I immediately took the pig's head and walked to the small mound, found the leeward side, and set up a simple tent with him as fast as possible.
The temperature difference between day and night in the grassland is large, we all took out thicker coats and put them on, and the seventh master and Liang Ruoyi also made a bonfire on the side, if I didn't know in my heart that I would have to face the sword mountain and the sea of fire in the back, I really think this is a pleasant trip.
Dinner is much more abundant than lunch, the pig's head brings a lot of things, rice porridge, meat everything, the old monk on the rice porridge and side dishes to eat bread, his face also showed a satisfied look.
After dinner, the people chatted for a while, and then fell asleep in the tent. I was afraid of being squeezed, and my body was thin, so I simply slept on the very edge.
I don't know how long it took, but I felt something touching me outside, across the tent. I woke up leisurely and subconsciously tightened my clothes so that the heat on my body would not escape. After a few breaths, my consciousness gradually cleared, and I felt a hairy feeling on my face against the tent, as if there were small animals or something.
"Huh?" I snorted with a frown, opened my eyes, and vaguely saw a black shadow outside, rubbing against my face......
"Mom!" I screamed softly, leaned back, hurriedly steadied myself, turned my head to look, and saw that the others were sleeping soundly and had not been woken up by me.
The black shadow outside looked the size of a human head, and it looked like a fluffy mass, which was very cute. I swallowed and tiptoed out.
Tightening my clothes and walking around the tent, I saw a furry creature curled up in the corner of the tent in the moonlight, and I could see the pointed nose, the bright twinkling eyes, and the red fur - it was actually a grassland red fox!
"Hey!" I have always liked small animals, and when I saw this cute red fox, my heart of pity suddenly rose, and I squatted down and walked over slowly.
The red fox was not afraid of me, and a pair of dark eyes watched me walk over, and when he saw that I stretched out his hands, he even leaned on my hands, and twisted his warm body, as if he was asking me to tickle it.
"Haha...... "I've never touched a fox before, and if the fox is hostile to me, it will emit that fox smell!" But this little red fox didn't have any hostile reaction at all, but instead curled up in the palms of my two hands with a cheap appearance, looking very comfortable.
"Oh, you said you like me so much, can you just come with me?" I asked softly.
As if he understood what I said, the red fox shook his body and stood up straight, raised his front leg and patted my hand twice, then turned and ran towards the south, ran two steps, and then turned to look at me again, as if to signal me to follow.
I was stunned for a moment, turned around and glanced at the four people who were still asleep, thinking that I had memorized the way and would come back when the time came, this little red fox didn't know what to do with me, so I might as well follow and see.
With that in mind, I picked up my backpack and followed in the footsteps of the red fox.
In this way, a man and a fox ran south on the vast grassland under the moonlight......
After running for more than half an hour, the little red fox stopped and slowly walked forward. In the moonlight, I saw a small mound more than half a foot high not far in front of me, and the red fox slowly walked around the mound, followed by a downhill, and it went straight down.
I turned my head to look at the way I came, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: I can't see our tent anymore, and I can't even remember the way back, which is good, and it seems that I can only hope that the little red fox can take me back.
Sighing, I followed the little red fox down the hill, and saw that on the side of a depression at the bottom, there was a hole more than half a man high, and it was so dark that I couldn't see anything clearly.
The red fox stood at the entrance of the cave and stretched out his paw towards me, motioning for me to follow. I nodded at it, took a flashlight out of my backpack, lit it up in a low light, and followed it inside.
The entrance to the cave was much larger, and I was able to stand up straight, and after a few steps, I saw a smaller juvenile red fox lying on the ground, curled up and shivering.
Hey?! I was stunned for a moment, and then I saw the red fox running over, sticking out my tongue and licking it a few times, and instantly understood: it seems that the little red fox is the child of the big red fox, and it seems that he is sick or something!
The red fox turned his head and stretched out his paws at me again, and then took out the hind legs of the little red fox from under the little red fox, I hurriedly stepped forward to look, and found that the hind legs of the little red fox were made by something A wound more than two inches long, very deep, and a piece of flesh was lost, and the blood was still slowly flowing out.
Depend on! I cursed in my heart, it seems that this should have been bitten by another animal, and a piece of meat was directly torn off, it is estimated that if it weren't for the red fox's mother running fast, it would have become someone else's food!
"Woo-" The red fox came up to me and called at me, and I nodded, knowing that it was asking me to help him heal the little red fox.
"You're in luck!" I smiled and pulled the backpack off and said, "Fortunately, I brought a backpack with a first-aid kit, otherwise, it would be difficult for a woman to cook without rice!" ”
I took out the first aid kit from my backpack and opened it, prepared the potion to stop bleeding and disinfecting, looked at the wound, and shook my head slightly - I don't know how to stitch it, it seems that I can only disinfect and stop the bleeding and bandage it.
Seeing that I was ready, the red fox seemed to be afraid that his baby would hurt, so he walked behind the little red fox, wrapped his front paws around the baby's body, and nodded at me.
This fox is so smart! I thought to myself. After a few minutes, I took care of the little red fox's wound and bandaged it well, then took out a packet of milk, poured it into a grooved stone, and placed it in front of the little red fox.
Although the wound of the little red fox was still very painful, I smelled the aroma of milk, and I was in a good mood after treating the wound for it, so I got up and stumbled a little, walked to the milk and licked it in a big gulp.
"That's it!" I let out a sigh of relief and remembered that a few months ago, I had saved the life of the big crow in the cave of Tai Chi dizziness.
When the red fox saw that his baby was getting better, he was very excited, circled around me several times, and pulled out some berries from the weeds on the side and pushed them in front of me, I smiled, ate a few, and then stretched out his hand and pointed outside: "I'm lost, can you take me back?" ”
The red fox was so clever that he seemed to understand me, nodded, turned back and whispered to his baby, before turning and waving his front paws at me, signaling to take me back.
I smiled and stroked the baby red fox a few times, and the little one screamed twice, stretched out his warm little tongue and put a few strokes on the back of my hand, and stood there reluctantly watching me follow its mother away.
As soon as I turned the corner and didn't get out of the hole, the red fox in front of me suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at me, as if to tell me not to make a sound.
I was stunned for a moment, and I hurriedly stopped, and randomly, I heard a rustling sound from outside the cave entrance, as if something was coming!