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In Liu Zixuan's memory, his father had trained many hunting dogs, but he only had deep feelings for this one. www.biquge.info From a cub waiting to be fed, Liu Zixuan has witnessed its growth, and in those two years, it has been Liu Zixuan's best playmate, and he has been mixed together every day. Since the little guy was carried to the rabbit hill, Zixuan's father seems to treat him differently, and the process of training him is completely different from other hunting dogs.

When the hound was four months old, Zixuan once touched its body while it was eating, and it made a whining sound in its throat to demonstrate to Zixuan. No matter which dog it is, it has a protective nature since it left its mother, Zixuan has long been familiar with it, so he didn't pay attention to it, but the little guy's demonstration was heard by Zixuan's father in the house, but he didn't expect him to be angry, rushed out of the house, and beat the little guy mercilessly, even so he refused to give up, and starved it all day, and this matter was over. Later, when such a situation occurred, Zixuan's father was still unrelenting, and after a few times, the little beagle really didn't dare to demonstrate to his owner anymore, even if he snatched food from its mouth, he didn't dare to whine again...... Among the many hunting dogs that have been raised before, this situation is also a common thing, but Zixuan's father has never punished them so harshly, he just made a big move on this one, Zixuan saw it in his eyes, and he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart. In addition, he had never even seen his father feed the dog raw meat, and he would rather bury it in the ground than give it food to the rest of the fur and internal organs of his prey......

I thought that under the strict training of my father, this hound would eventually become an outstanding helper, but from its first hunting, its fate changed unexpectedly.

One day in the early summer of that year, Zixuan's father took Zixuan and his two-year-old hound into the bushes west of Rabbit Gang, which was the first time the beagle went out to hunt. Hiding behind a cluster of bushes, Zixuan's father found two hares in the distance, he aimed at one of them and pulled the trigger of the shotgun, one of the hare fell to the ground, the other spread his legs and ran, the beagle saw this, and jumped out without hesitation.

Seeing that the hound was about to chase the hare, Zixuan's father immediately shouted: "Come back!" Don't chase! ”

But the hounds were so prey that they pursued them in complete disregard of their master's commands.

Zixuan's father said: "It's broken! The rabbit is about to give birth, where can it run? ”

After speaking, the father and son also ran in the direction of the hunting dog, and it didn't take much effort to see it lying in the grass munching on the hare, Zixuan stepped forward to see that the rabbit had been bitten into a blur of flesh and blood. Zixuan's father forcibly snatched the hare from the mouth of the hound, only to find that the poor guy was indeed full of breasts. Zixuan's father didn't care about this matter, and only reprimanded the hound for a few words, and it was not uncommon for the beagle to disobey the order, not to mention that this was its first hunting.

But what happened next disappointed Zixuan's father.

At dinner that day, Zi Xuanniang made a dish of braised rabbit meat and served it on the table, and after the meal, the remaining half of the rabbit meat was not eaten and placed on the table in the main room. Unexpectedly, when I got up the next morning, I found that the rest of the rabbit meat had been eaten. So Zixuan's father called Zixuan over and asked if he had eaten rabbit meat last night, Zixuan shook his head again and again and said that he hadn't eaten it. As a result, the hunter's instinct allowed Zixuan's father to become suspicious of the hunting dog.

After a few days, Zixuan's father still came back from hunting a hare, and let Zixuanniang still braise it, and still left half a plate and put it on the table without eating. The difference is that before going to bed that night, Zixuan's father sprinkled a layer of grass ash around the table where the rabbit meat was placed - the intention was obvious, if the rabbit meat was gone tomorrow morning, and there were dog footprints on the grass ash, it could actually be the one who stole the rabbit meat.

Once again, it was very surprising that when I got up the next day, I saw Zixuan's footprints on the grass ash. Zixuan's father called his son over to testify in person, but Zixuan still shook his head and denied it.

In this way, Zixuan's father really made a difficulty.

However, no fox, no matter how cunning, can escape the eyes of hunters. A few days later, Zixuan's father went out hunting and brought back a pheasant, and repeated the old trick, after the meal, the remaining half of the plate was placed on the table, and grass ashes were sprinkled on the ground, the difference is that this time before going to bed at night, he half-lifted the curtain on the door of the east room, so that as long as he lay on the bed in the inner room, he could see all the movements near the table in the outer room.

Late that night, just when Zixuan's father couldn't hold on and was about to fall asleep, something terrible happened - after midnight, the hidden door was gently pushed open, and in the faint moonlight, Zixuan's father saw that the hunting dog he raised with one hand actually entered the main house with his feet upright, and a pair of Zixuan's shoes on his two hind legs! It walked to the table like a human, put its two front legs on the table, ate the meat on the table in a few bites, and soon walked out like a human. At that scene, seeing Zixuan's father, he was angry, annoyed and afraid, lying on the bed and not daring to breathe, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, how could he have thought that the livestock he trained was so cunning.

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When Zixuan's father said this situation himself, Zixuan only shuddered when he thought about it in his head, and what happened next was what Zixuan saw with his own eyes, early in the morning of the second day of the incident, Zixuan's father took advantage of the hunting dog's unpreparedness and broke one of its hind legs with a stick, and since then, it has run into the forest of Niutoupo and has never returned......

Back then, Xiao Zixuan had been angry with his father for a long time about this incident, he had never understood his father's actions, and in the case of not being able to eat meat for a long time, even if the hound had indeed eaten leftover meat many times, he would not be punished by such cruel means...... Of course, Zixuan thought this way at the time, just because he didn't know it was a wolf yet.

When the wolf was still used as a hunting dog, Liu Zixuan had lived under the same roof with it for two years, and every look and every action of it, Liu Zixuan could understand, but now, it has returned to the forest, become a real wolf, and become a wild wolf that has experienced the domestication of hunters and regained its wildness. Sure enough, it is really not a long-term solution to stay at home like this wild thing that should live in the forest, let alone use such cunning tricks to steal food!

If it weren't for the old man's mystery, Liu Zixuan would never know the true origin of this wolf. Liu Zixuan, who knew the truth, immediately walked from the old man's bed to the door, and looked out of the courtyard - where was it, the wolf, it was still sitting in the rain, like a statue, and was motionless looking at the small courtyard on the rabbit hill.

Through the dense layer of rain curtains, Liu Zixuan couldn't see the wolf clearly, but what he could imagine was that at this time, the rain was gurgling down its silver-gray fur, and it must be squinting at itself! Liu Zixuan couldn't see the wolf's eyes, let alone its eyes, he didn't know what was hidden in those eyes, could it be hatred? Or gratitude? What kind of emotions does it have for the owner who fed it and then broke one of its hind legs? In this regard, Liu Zixuan has no way to guess, who can guess the mind of a wolf?

For a moment of staring at the wolf, Liu Zixuan calculated for a moment, by this year, this wolf is already nine years old, although a nine-year-old wolf is in the prime of life, but that disabled hind leg can still make it like seven years ago, can it easily put a rabbit to death? Where did it make a nest during the seven years it had been away from its owner? What does it eat? How did it survive? ……

Just when questions arose, Liu Zixuan's feet unconsciously stepped forward, and an irrepressible strong impulse asked him to approach the wolf, he wanted to stroke its fur again, and wanted to see if it would wag its tail and beg for food at the former little master like it did back then...... However, as soon as Liu Zixuan took a foot out of the door, he saw the wolf in the distance slowly stand up, and after a short pause, it turned around, lowered its thick tail, and walked towards the forest of Niutoupo.

Liu Zixuan stood in the rain in front of the door and watched the wolf leave, and an inexplicable desolation rose in his heart, it is conceivable that it is not a simple matter for a wolf with a broken hind leg to survive in the mountains and forests! Looking at this tortuous life from afar, Liu Zixuan's heart is really not a taste.

It wasn't until the emaciated wolf body completely disappeared into the rain and fog that Liu Zixuan turned around and returned to his mother's bed. To his heartache, when he returned to the bed, he found that the old man had stopped breathing.

In the sky above Niutoupo, dark clouds rolled and thunder rumbled, and the raindrops became heavy again.

(To be continued)