The little tiger seemed to understand the conversation between the two people. Ever since he woke up, he had been lying next to Ye Luoxin and refused to leave even half a step.
I had a simple pie for dinner.
Ye Luoxin also took out one card and gave it to the little tiger.
The little tiger hadn't eaten for many days and swallowed the pie in just a few mouthfuls. Ye Luoxin had no choice but to feed it five more times, and then it showed signs of being full.
After dinner, Ye Luoxin carefully washed the plant ash off the tiger's body and saw several wounds on its abdomen and sides that had been bitten by wild beasts.
He should have escaped from under the beast's mouth.
The wound had basically healed, but Ye Luoxin still applied gold sore medicine to it.
After applying the medicine, it lay obediently at the feet of the two people and slept peacefully.
In order to recuperate the tiger, they stayed on the mountain for one more night. Fortunately, when they got up on the third day, the tiger had regained its strength and could walk freely.
"Now I give you a chance to choose." Ye Luoxin said to the little tiger, "If you are willing to come home with us, just follow us. If you are not willing, go to the mountains to find food by yourself. Understand Yet?"
The little tiger blinked his blue eyes in confusion, not knowing what Ye Luoxin was talking about.
However, after the two of them got up, it kept following behind them, sometimes running to the front happily and stopping to wait.
Xiao Mu has never seen such a dog-legged tiger!
It's simply worse than the wealth of Erniu's family in the village!
However, it was willing to compromise, and Xiao Mu could naturally tolerate it.
When it was just getting dark, the two people finally arrived home.
Everyone in the family has had dinner and is ready to rest.
Only the kerosene lamp was still on in Xiao Jing's room.
The sound of slamming on the door disturbed the tranquility of the night, and Xiao Huang from the neighbor's house shouted loudly. After a while, Xiao Song walked out with his clothes on.
"Hey, why did you two get home so late? Come in quickly."
He unlocked the door and shouted into the back room: "Father, mother, the second son and his wife are back."
Soon, Xiao Changhe and Xu Zhengxiang walked out of the room, and even Yang Feng and Xiao Jing, who was studying, also came out to welcome them.
Xiao Song had already taken the backpack from Ye Luoxin's back and led them into the main room.
The family hadn't seen each other for a month, so they first looked at each other by the faint kerosene lamp.
"Get fat, get fat. This time you go up the mountain, neither of you is hungry." Xu Zhengxiang was the first to speak.
"Mom, the food we had on the mountain was okay, how about you?" Xiao Mu responded.
"Very good, everything is very good!" Xiao Changhe replied.
"It's been too long since I've heard from you. Your mother is a little worried and can't sleep well these days."
"Mom, I'm here, I will take good care of him." Ye Luoxin also said.
"Yes, yes, with my daughter-in-law here, I won't worry anymore." Xu Zhengxiang also laughed.
Xiao Jing first looked at his brother and sister-in-law excitedly. When he saw that both of them were safe, he then focused on the things they brought back.
What they brought back this time was different from before, and there seemed to be a swishing sound coming from the cage.
"Brother, what's in the cage?" He couldn't help but asked curiously.
"It's a rabbit, alive."
"Alive?" The whole family's attention was attracted.
Xiao Mu opened the lid of the backpack and found three rabbits lying neatly inside. The white rabbit among them had a piece of grass in his mouth. It sat in the mouth and kept eating.
"Live rabbits are great. If you sell them to restaurants, you will definitely get a high price." Yang Feng said happily.
"This rabbit is not for sale, Luoluo said he wants to raise it."
When he was in the mountains, he was used to calling each other Luo Luo, but this was the first time he called her in front of his family.
Xu Zhengxiang was stunned for a moment when he heard this title, and then he immediately reacted and said with a smile: "Oh, Luo Xin needs to be raised."
"Mom," Ye Luoxin quickly explained, "rabbits are easy to feed. They usually only eat grass and reproduce quickly. I thought, after finally catching live ones, we might as well raise them and wait until we have little rabbits. , raise the little rabbits and then sell them, so you can make more money."
After hearing this, Xu Zhengxiang patted her thigh and praised: "Okay, this method is good. One rabbit will give birth to two, two will give birth to four, and four will give birth to eight. Soon our family will have a group of rabbits."
Yang Feng's blood boiled with excitement, "Mom, that can be sold for a lot of money."
"Of course." Xu Zhengxiang said happily, "And we don't have to spend money to buy this female rabbit. It's a great deal."
Ye Luoxin also smiled.
She does plan to raise rabbits, but she is not as optimistic as Xu Zhengxiang and others. Raising rabbits is a technical job and requires careful planning.
After looking at the rabbit, Xiao Jing opened another basket, which was tightly stuffed inside. It smelled like medicinal materials, with some other smells mixed in.
Xiao Mu reached out and took out the medicinal materials from the basket on his back. Below were marinated chicken and rabbit meat wrapped in leaves.
"Mom, I also caught some pheasants and hares when I went up the mountain this time, but they were already dead and difficult to store, so I marinated them and dried them in the sun."
"So many!" Xu Zhengxiang watched Xiao Mu take them out one by one, and the more he looked, the happier he became. "Hey, this mountain is not for nothing. If you stay on this mountain for a few more days, you can gain so much."
"Why does it smell so good? Mom, the rabbit we used to pickle didn't have this smell." Yang Feng said, and then leaned closer to the basket and smelled it.
A year ago, Xiao Mu also brought rabbits back from the mountains. At that time, in order to save the rabbit meat for the New Year, Xu Zhengxiang also marinated the rabbits and dried them. It did not have this taste.
"It's a kind of spice." Ye Luoxin said and took out a handful of fennel from the bottom of the basket. "This spice can remove the fishy smell and improve the fragrance of marinated meat. You can smell it."
Xu Zhengxiang and Yang Feng both went up to smell it, and even Xiao Jing also joined in the fun.
"Sister-in-law, you are awesome. With this thing, our cooking will be even more delicious in the future."
"By the way, didn't you go see the medicinal materials? Your master came back and took the medicine away?" The whole family was thinking about taking it. Xiao Changhe was more cautious after all, and remembered the most important thing about Xiao Mu this time.
"Yes, it was taken away by an acquaintance of the master." Xiao Mu replied simply.
"By the way, when we first entered the hospital, I saw that you brought a dog back. Was it the dog you picked up on the road? If you don't have an owner, it would be good to have a dog at home to protect the hospital." Xiao Song took advantage of the opportunity and said.
There was a little yellow dog next door, and he was envious of it for several days.
These days, there aren't many families who can raise dogs. When food becomes available, people eat it first. But autumn food is coming soon, and their family has paid off its foreign debt, so it's more than enough to raise a dog.
Xiao Mu and Ye Luoxin looked at each other, not knowing how to introduce this new member to them.
Finally, Xiao Mu spoke: "Brother, that's not a dog, that's a...tiger."
