The small bowl fell to the ground and spun around twice, and the dog food inside spilled all over the floor.
Shen Shi'an's expression turned cold instantly.
He looks like his mother, especially his eyes. The pupils are dark, the eyelashes are thick, and the tail of the eye is slightly raised at the perfect arc.
If it were on another face, it would always give people the illusion of a smile, making people want to get closer.
But when his eyes were full of coldness and he looked straight at him, it was a bit scary.
The ferocious Xiao Hei subconsciously flicked his hind legs.
Shen Shi'an stared at it for half a minute, then seemed to remember something, his expression softened slightly, he squatted down to straighten the small bowl, and picked up the dog food one by one, "I can't digest the lunch meat." Right? Then wait until you are hungry before eating."
After picking up the dog food, I carefully wiped the ground where the dog food fell with a wet paper towel twice, washed my hands, and walked to the dining table to sit down and eat.
Xiao Hei, who had a fierce face, was stunned for a while, then gave chase.
The chair legs are very high, the dining table is even higher, and the fragrant food is so close yet so far away. It’s so painful for a dog to scratch his heart and lungs.
It wasn't until it flapping around the dining table for the fifth time that Shen Shi'an understood what it wanted, "You want to eat?"
Xiao Hei immediately yelled at him twice: "Woof woof." Although his expression was still fierce, this was obviously not the voice he used to express anger or threats. The tone was soft and soft, and even had a little bit of subtle noise. Milk sound.
Shen Shi'an pointed to the small bowl of dog food in the corner of the living room, "Isn't the food over there? Go and eat it."
"Woof woof!" He seemed a little angry this time.
"You want to eat my food?"
"Woof woof~" the little voice sounded more obvious.
"No," Shen Shi'an flatly refused, "This is for human consumption. You can't eat it. If you eat it, you will turn into a dead dog."
"Ouch!!" suddenly fierce.
It was useless to be cruel, Shen Shi'an ignored it and continued to eat his own slowly.
Xiao Hei was so angry that he gritted his teeth and began to circle around the chair crazily, shouting while spinning. The tones ranged from "ouch" and "roar" to "woof" and "woo", and there was a tendency to get louder and louder.
Shen Shi'an was so annoyed by it that he frowned and put down the bowl with a bang, "You're not done yet, are you?"
Xiao Hei looked up at him and said, "Woof!" The tone was very sure.
Shen Shi'an regretted again, why on earth he picked it up and took it home. One person and one dog sat on a chair and the other squatted on the floor, staring at each other in silence for a long time.
"Dong dong". There was a knock on the door, followed by the hesitant voice of bodyguard Fan Guoping, "Um, Mr. Shen? I just heard a dog in your house barking very loudly, and then suddenly there was no sound. The dog... Hey, are you okay?"
The hesitant tone seemed to be worried that Shen Shi'an would find the dog too annoying and become aggressive and endanger the dog. In fact, there are indeed some discordant thoughts running through Shen Shi'an's mind.
"It's okay," he still stared at Xiao Hei and responded with a louder voice, "Both the dog and I are fine. Thank you for your concern."
"Ahem, that's good, that's good." Fan Guoping outside the door seemed relieved, but did not leave immediately. "Street dogs will be more wary of people at first because they have suffered misfortune outside," he said, "especially those very small puppies, who are smaller and bigger, but without their mother they are bullied everywhere, so Isn't her temper a bit bad? My daughter adopted a stray dog, which was only over two months old. Hey, he had to endure a lot of hardships outside. He wasn't even touched when he first brought him home. He is always wary of people when he eats. But as long as you take good care of him patiently and gently, he will soon get close to people, and he will follow him wherever he goes. Dogs are the most loyal and do not hold grudges, but they will remember every kindness you do to them. Isn’t there a saying that dogs are man’s best friend…”
Shen Shi'an patiently listened to Fan Guoping finish a whole set of remarks about "how valuable the friendship between humans and dogs is." After the other party's footsteps became farther and farther away, he picked up Xiao Hei's scruff and pulled him away. Picking it up: "Did I abuse you?"
"Wow~" It was simply aggrieved.
Ah. Shen Shi'an sneered, put the dog back on the ground, stood up and took a blue shallow plate from the cupboard, "Would you like some rice?"
"Woof!" Xiao Hei immediately followed and started wagging his tail.
Shen Shi'an filled up a spoonful of rice, and Xiao Hei raised his paws to scratch his trouser legs, so he added another spoonful.
"Want some shrimp?"
"Woof! Woof!"
He picked up the dish and gave it half a plate of shrimps, "Would you like spareribs?"
"Woof! Woof! Woof!"
Shen Shi'an raised his eyebrows, cut off a few more ribs, and poured some soup. The rice with clear grains and the rich and fragrant gravy were mixed evenly, and the attractive caramel color glowed under the light, making the dog salivate even more. Three feet, the little pads rubbed anxiously on the floor.
"Do you want okra?"
This time I was met with a long silence.
Shen Shi'an lowered his head to look at it. The little thing had round eyes and a cute expression, looking particularly innocent.
Could it be that he mutated after drinking spiritual spring water? Shen Shi'an frowned and thought.
He had never kept a pet, but he had heard that the smartest dogs could reach the IQ of a six- or seven-year-old child, but this little black dog of unknown breed looked unusually cunning.
He made up his mind to observe more carefully. At the same time, he put the plate full in his hand next to the dining table and said with a sneer: "Eat it. If you eat it to death and become a ghost, your grievances will not go away. Every wrong has its owner, and every debt has its owner. Remember to find Fan Guoping." Does sir know?"
Xiao Hei was still interested in listening to him. His eyes were fixed on the porcelain plate. As soon as Shen Shian put it down, he rushed over and ate.
Shen Shi'an sat back on the chair and continued his dinner, saying "Let it eat until it dies", but his eyes couldn't help but glance towards Xiao Hei. Seeing that the mountain-like meal on the porcelain plate was half eaten, the little thing still didn't stop, and finally couldn't help but walked over, "You are still eating, are you really going to push yourself to death?"
Seeing this man reaching out to grab the food, Xiao Hei became anxious, whining at him from his throat while wolfing down food faster, but with his mouth full of food, the ferocious whimpering did not sound very intimidating. In desperation, He quickly stuck out his tongue and licked the ribs on the top of the porcelain plate.
Shen Shi'an: "..."
What is this doing?
Taking advantage of the opponent's daze, Xiao Hei quickly licked all the rice and shrimps in the porcelain plate, including the entire edge of the porcelain plate. While licking it once, he squinted at Shen Shi'an in a demonstrative way, and the meaning could not be clearer:
"mine!"
Eating his food in his house and claiming ownership in front of him?
Shen Shi'an laughed angrily, pinched the back of his neck with one hand and his chin with the other, pinched his cheeks that were rounded by food with his thumb and index finger, "Rice, shrimps, ribs, everything in this family, including you." It's all mine. If you want to live in this family, it's best for you to do whatever I say, do you understand?"
A little puppy with a mouth full of food and its cheeks pinched obviously couldn't answer him.
Shen Shi'an let go of it and was about to pick up the porcelain plate, but suddenly remembered that the entire plate was covered with its saliva, so he retracted his half-stretched palm like lightning.
……never mind.
No matter how stupid you are, you can't force yourself to death, right?
"Don't eat until you're full." After thinking about it, he still felt a little worried. He lowered his head and said to the dog, "I'll make braised pork tomorrow. If you're full to death, you won't be able to eat it."
By the time he finished his dinner, the food on the porcelain plate had been finished, and even the plate had been licked clean and shiny. After eating food that was half its own volume in succession, the dog in question, Xiaohei, seemed completely fine and was running around the house with energy.
After washing the dishes and tidying up the kitchen, Shen Shi'an found a shovel from the toolbox and walked into the space with the bag of tomato seeds and a plastic pot he bought in the afternoon.
The space was still as warm as spring, and the air with the aroma of vegetation and moist water vapor was refreshing. Shen Shi'an stood there and took several deep breaths, and then walked to the open space next to the stream.
He bought a total of two bags of seeds in the supermarket, one bag of tomatoes and one bag of melons. Considering that he had no experience in growing crops, Shen Shian did not plan to plant them all for the time being. He would try planting one bag first.
According to the information he found on the Internet, the method of planting tomatoes is very complicated. It is necessary to cultivate seedlings more than a month in advance, and then remove the seedlings and replant them after they have grown flower buds. This method is mainly to ensure that there are sufficient nutrients during the growth and fruiting period of the seedlings. However, the land in the space is the most fertile black soil. It seems that the nutrients should be enough, so Shen Shi'an plans to plant directly, eliminating the need to pull out the seedlings and transplant them. program.
It is also said on the Internet that seeds can be soaked in warm water of about 50 degrees Celsius before sowing, which can improve the survival rate of seeds and reduce diseases. It happened that the water temperature at the spring was almost this temperature. Shen Shi'an took a plastic basin, poured a quarter bag of tomato seeds into it, and then placed it next to the open space to let it sit while he dug while the seeds were soaking. pit.
After taking off his slippers and rolling up his trousers to his knees and sleeves to his elbows, Shen Shi'an first marked out an area three meters long and three meters wide in the open space, and then placed a gap of about ten centimeters between rows and fifteen centimeters between columns. Dig a hole about five centimeters deep.
The soil in the space was soft, and even without professional tools, it was not difficult to dig with just a gardening shovel. After all thirty-one rows and twenty-one columns of neat shallow pits were excavated, Shen Shian brought the plastic basin over , from left to right and from top to bottom, put three to four seeds into each shallow pit, cover it with soil, and then pour a little spiritual spring water.
After all the planting work was completed, Shen Shi'an leaned back slightly and sat on the bank. The cool stream flowed by his feet, and there were glistening traces of sweat on the tip of his nose.
Maybe it's because I'm alone, maybe it's the exhaustion after work that makes people feel satisfied, or maybe it's because the aroma of grass and trees in the space really makes people unprepared, and the cold temperament around me slowly fades away, revealing the soft inner corner of the ice layer. .
This is his first time planting vegetables. He hopes that the seeds will germinate and grow up as soon as possible, and the plants will be healthy and disease-free. I don’t know what the taste of the tomatoes will be. It doesn’t matter if they don’t taste good. If they don’t taste good, just feed them to Xiao Hei.
Can dogs eat tomatoes? It should work.
After taking a bath in the hot spring to wash away the dirt and dust on his body, and changing into clean clothes placed in the bamboo building, Shen Shi'an folded the dirty clothes carefully and walked out of the space.
As soon as I came out, I found Xiao Hei fighting with the sweeping robot in the living room.
The sweeping robot is a new model that was only released on the market last year. It is shaped like a disc with a diameter of more than 30 centimeters. It usually performs its duties well. Even when Shen Shian was hospitalized, it would wander around sucking up dust and dusting, and it happened to bump into Xiao Hei who was running around.
He was hit inexplicably. How could Xiao Hei bear this grievance? He roared with fur all over his body and slapped the robot. The silver-white disk of the robot was shaken. He thought he had hit an obstacle, so he turned around and continued in another direction. Sliding, he didn't slide very far and hit the foot of the sofa, so he turned around and slid back.
In Xiao Hei's eyes, that was a naked provocation.
Baring out two rows of gleaming fangs, he slapped him again with greater force. The robot staggered as it was beaten, and the two indicator lights representing its eyes seemed a little confused. It paused, turned around, and walked back. It bumped into the sofa and then turned back, repeating the process.
When Shen Shi'an came out of the space, Xiao Hei was like playing table tennis, "oooo" and "oooo" in his mouth, opening his bow left and right to pull the robot back and forth between itself and the sofa. He smelled Shen Shian's When the smell turned around, he still had a fierce look on his face, "I don't believe I can't deal with you, you little boy."
"Is it fun?" Shen Shi'an asked it.
Xiao Hei retracted his teeth, and before he could make any sound, the robot hit the sofa and then slid back. Maybe the program was a little panicked after hitting the wall one after another. The speed was obviously much faster, and the top of the disk hit Xiao Hei. The black dog didn't stop behind its legs and scooped it up completely, placed it on the disk and continued running forward.
Xiao Hei sat on the top of the robot with his butt and hind legs on the ground, and there was an obvious blank look on the dog's face.
Shen Shi'an couldn't help but chuckle twice.
Instead of continuing to pay attention to the dispute between Xiao Hei and the sweeping robot, he put the shovel and plastic basin back to their original places and prepared to take a rest when he saw that it was getting late.
After washing up, Shen Shi'an went to give his mother some incense and said good night, then placed the mushroom-shaped dog house he bought next to the sofa, "Xiao Hei? You will sleep here at night."
The little thing seemed to have found some novel toy. It was riding on the head of the robot and wandering around. I don't know if it heard it or not.
Shen Shi'an ignored it. He couldn't throw it away at home anyway. He checked the door lock and turned off the light, then turned and entered the master bedroom.
About two hours later, the night got darker. The half-open door of the master bedroom was suddenly pushed open slowly from the outside, and a pair of emerald-green eyes appeared in the quiet darkness.
Xiao Hei squatted at the door and did not move immediately. Shen Shi'an's clear and steady breathing continued for another ten minutes, confirming that the other party was really asleep, and then the sharp cold light on his teeth quietly leaked out.
"You want me to obey a human's words and dream! Although I don't know where a human gets the spring of life, as long as he eats him, it will all be mine!"
There seemed to be a faint sound of swallowing in the darkness: "This human being is rich in spiritual energy, which must be a great tonic."
The green light in his eyes became darker, his forelimbs pressed down, and his hind limbs gathered strength, like a beast that had been dormant for a long time, and rushed towards Shen Shi'an as fast as lightning.
Shen Shi'an didn't sleep peacefully. He had a dream.
Not quite a nightmare, but definitely not a sweet dream either.
In the dream, he was only twelve years old. He discovered the secret of the Buddha Lotus Bracelet by chance. His excitement was indescribable. He immediately rushed to the bedside and wanted to take his mother into space to soak in the spiritual spring.
Dreams are always chaotic and illogical. One second he was studying in the classroom and accidentally cut his finger. He saw bright red blood droplets melting into the Buddha lotus. The next second he suddenly appeared in the hospital ward, holding his mother's hand and getting excited. Can't help myself.
Outside of this bizarre chaos, part of the thoughts belonging to the adult Shen Shi'an are still clear and rational. This part of his thoughts is like a separate individual separated from the dream, quietly paying attention to the development of the dream, and clearly knowing why he is doing this. Have this dream.
In a car accident more than half a month ago, after discovering that he had been saved by Buddhist beads, the first thought that came to his mind was not the joy of escaping death, but a strong anger and regret——
Why didn't he find out earlier? Why wasn't his blood integrated into the beads earlier? If he could have discovered the hidden space in the beads earlier and discovered the spiritual spring in the space earlier, his mother would not have died at all!
Ms. Shen had been in poor health since she was a child and suffered from congenital heart disease. After accidentally becoming pregnant with Shen Shi'an, she did not follow the doctor's advice to terminate the pregnancy, but risked her life to give birth to him. Since then, her body has become weaker and her health has deteriorated.
Grandma and grandpa tried every possible way to cure their daughter. They prayed to God, prayed to Buddha, chanted sutras, adopted a vegetarian diet, used Western medicine, Chinese medicine, and even rural folk remedies. They tried almost all the methods they could, but they still could only watch as their daughter seemed to have lost a flower. Nutrient flowers, step by step, wither and die.
No one thought that the most effective and convenient method was always around, hidden in the beads on Shen Shi'an's wrist.
"Because of my own negligence, my mother lost the possibility of health and survival." This kind of thought can drive anyone crazy.
The clear and rational thoughts belonging to the adult Shen Shi'an floated above the dream, still silent. Not only did he know why he had this dream, but he also knew how the dream would develop. Because this is not the first time he has had this dream.
The twelve-year-old himself lay beside the hospital bed and held his mother's hand, trying again and again to bring her into the space. But no matter how many times he tried, when his figure disappeared from the place, his pale and thin mother would always be stay on the spot.
Shen Shi'an's physical development is slower than that of ordinary boys. At the age of twelve, he is not tall and his face is full of childishness. Because of his white skin, he looks much thinner than his peers.
The adult Shen Shi'an watched his twelve-year-old self try again and again. Looking at the childish face, the original excitement and excitement peeled off little by little. His eyes became redder and redder, and his lips pursed tighter and tighter. In the end, Completely plunged into pain and despair.
The pain and despair were so intense that the originally clear and rational thoughts were affected. The sleeping body became tighter and tighter, breathing became faster and faster, and even faintly emitted a cry similar to that of a helpless cub——
Until a muffled sound of "bang" woke Shen Shi'an from his dream.
He opened his eyes, raised his hand and clapped his hands twice, and the voice-activated light turned on, illuminating the bedroom brightly. The door opened wide at some point, and through the light coming from the bedroom, a small black figure seemed to be lying next to the sofa in the living room in the distance.
"...Xiao Hei?" Shen Shi'an shouted, his voice a little hoarse.
The black shadow seemed to tremble.
Shen Shi'an wiped the water stains from the corners of his eyes, lifted the quilt and put on his slippers, walked out of the bedroom and turned on the light in the corridor. This time the light source was close to the living room, and the scene next to the sofa was immediately clear:
Xiao Hei lay in a ball next to the foot of the sofa, his body shaking non-stop.
"W-I miscalculated. I didn't expect this human being to have a defensive weapon on him. It hurts so much."
Shen Shi'an also turned on the light in the living room, walked over and squatted in front of Xiao Hei, and then realized that not only was his whole body shaking, but there were tears in the corners of his eyes, and the hair next to his eyes was wet, obviously showing traces of crying——
Is this, afraid of the dark?
It looks quite fierce, but I didn't expect him to be so cowardly.
Seeing that the little thing was shaking more and more, I thought carefully for a moment and picked it up. "Okay, why don't you sleep with me tonight." Anyway, I just gave it a bath, so it shouldn't be dirty.
After turning off the lights in the living room and corridor, Shen Shi'an carried the dog back to the bedroom, turned on a night light next to the bed, then placed the dog next to the pillow and lay down next to it.
"Go to sleep," he slapped his hands twice more, the voice-activated light went off, and he put his hand next to the puppy, "I'm right here."
Xiao Hei recovered a lot from the pain, and bit his finger like a vent, but didn't dare to bite his finger too hard - he was afraid of alerting the defensive weapon and being thrown out again, so he used the two rows of small teeth between the canine teeth to grind it back and forth. .
Sure enough, he is a little puppy, and he is acting coquettishly. The corners of Shen Shi'an's lips curved up, and he raised his hand to rub the dog's head.
Under the soft light of the night light, Xiao Hei secretly wiped his tears on the pillow towel, then licked his wrist a few times, feeling fierce in his heart:
"Just wait, I'll eat you sooner or later!"
