After attending classes for several days, Shen Shian found that Xiao Hei was becoming more and more clingy. As long as he is at home, he will follow him everywhere like a little tail. Whenever he lowers his head, he can see a pair of round emerald green eyes at his feet.
Moreover, he has recently acquired a new hobby. When Shen Shian is not paying attention, he will get into his closet and roll around hard until his coat and pants are covered with dog hair. If Shen Shian hadn't checked the information in advance, he knew that pets like to use it. The way of marking the smell is to seek a sense of security. It is probably the braised dog meat on the table at this moment.
In addition, the separation battles became more and more intense every morning. Once they happened more than once, even the "Egg Warning" didn't seem to work very well. No matter how Shen Shi'an threatened Xiao Hei, he just hugged his ankles and said with a smile on his face. "I don't care, I will go and fight together" with a fierce look.
When the eighth hole was bitten out of Shen Shian's trousers, he saw that Xiao Hei's patience had reached its limit, and the three-day New Year's Day holiday finally arrived.
Shen Shinan actually felt a little guilty about leaving Xiao Hei alone at home every day. Fan Guoping and Sister Fang, the director of the pet hospital, both said that what newly adopted stray animals, especially those as big as Xiao Hei, need most is the companionship and care of their owners. No matter how much you don't like pets, it has only been a week since we got the little puppy, and most of the time he has been left at home facing the wall and the sweeping robot, which is a bit unbearable no matter how you think about it.
In order to make up for it, Shen Shi'an went to the supermarket after class on Saturday afternoon to do some shopping. In the evening, he cooked a large table of sumptuous and fragrant dinner for Gouzi and himself.
After having enough food and rice, I took the dog down for a walk to eat. When I got home, I cut a plate of tomatoes. I dug out a few bags of snacks that Yun Feiyang brought last time, and sat on the sofa in the living room with the dog and one person watching TV.
Shen Shi'an is not really interested in TV programs, but Xiao Hei seems to like them, especially the costume fairy tales. Staring at the colorful special effects and flying magic weapons on the screen, this dog can be attracted to it. one day.
Shen Shi'an opened a bag of melon seeds, grabbed a handful and peeled them slowly and methodically. He looked down at the face of the furry dog lying beside his legs, concentrating on it, and wanted to laugh.
silly dog.
Xiao Hei soon smelled the aroma of melon seeds. His nose twitched twice and he turned his head to lean towards Shen Shi'an's hand. During this period, he couldn't bear to look away from the TV screen. The proportion of the whites of his eyes gradually increased to the point where people were worried whether it would blow out his eyeballs. Turn it over.
Shen Shi'an peeled off a few grains and handed them to his mouth. He rolled his soft and moist little tongue and immediately swept them all over. He chewed them twice and found them delicious, and then rubbed his head towards Shen Shi'an.
Shen Shi'an peeled a few more, and Xiao Hei finished eating in a few mouthfuls, then leaned his head over again. When a handful of melon seeds were peeled into kernels and put into the dog's mouth, Shen Shi'an's guilt for being a "left-behind dog" was completely gone, and he slapped the dog's head as it continued to push into the palm of his hand. Go up, the voice is frighteningly cold: "Am I a human machine specially designed to peel melon seeds for you? If you want to eat them, peel them yourself."
Xiao Hei let out an "ouch" in pain, turned around and bared his teeth at him, whimpered twice, and sure enough, he pulled it out of the bag. It’s just that when God created a creature like a dog, he obviously didn’t consider adding the function of “eating melon seeds”. Even after biting hard for a long time with a crooked mouth and squinting eyes, he still couldn’t separate the melon seed kernels from the melon seed shells. He was so angry that he just put the melon seeds into the bag. He took a big mouthful, chewed it and swallowed it whole with the shell and kernels.
"Tsk." Stupid dog.
Shen Shi'an's dark eyes were filled with a smile, and with a thought, he flashed into the space.
When Xiao Hei realized that he was about to disappear, it was already too late. He kicked off his hind legs and jumped into the air. He stretched out his paws and scratched the sofa twice: "I didn't catch up again!"
The space has not changed much since the last time Shen Shian came in. This week, he used various methods to juice, cut, cook, and make tomato sauce, trying his best to consume nearly a thousand tomatoes. , but the vibrant "tomato forest" is still full of fruits, and the red lanterns covering the trees don't seem to show any signs of decreasing.
He bought a total of two bags of seeds in the supermarket, one bag of melons and one bag of tomatoes. Only a quarter of the tomato seeds were used. He was trying to find a way to properly handle these tens of thousands of tomatoes, or to determine whether the fruits in the space were safe. Before it becomes corrupt, he will not dare to plant anything anymore for the time being.
The plants grown by watering the spiritual spring water in the space are obviously unusual. He only has one person and at most one dog. How can he consume so many things? You can't just sell it, right? Tomatoes the size of basketballs, how does he explain the growing technology and supply? It is estimated that other people will only think that this fruit has been sprayed with too much enlarging agent. If someone is interested in taking it for testing and detecting data that goes against common sense, it will only cause trouble and burn yourself.
After walking twice in the tomato forest, Shen Shi'an followed the grass path to the bamboo house. There are two trees planted in front of the bamboo house. One is a peach tree, which has not yet produced fruit. The other tree is of unknown species. The trees are full of bright yellow, translucent flowers. Shen Shian vaguely feels that these flowers It seemed a little different from the last time he saw it, but he couldn't tell what the specific difference was, so he ignored it.
The giant aloe vera that was taken in from the balcony is now next to the peach tree. Next to the aloe vera is a cactus that is already half a person tall. Two plants with spiky bodies are poking at each other. It looks like Quite harmonious. Another giant pothos plant was placed in the bamboo forest behind the bamboo building and grew in full bloom while climbing on the bamboo.
Shen Shi'an carefully avoided the sharp thorns on Aloe Vera's body, stepped up the steps and walked into the study. The ancient book titled "Guixu Cultivation Technique" was still on the bookshelf. He picked up the book and sat down at the desk to read through the pages. As expected, all the contents were still obscure and logically confusing, as if someone had deliberately messed up the order of every word in the book, unless he found the correct " Key", otherwise this book would just be a bunch of useless gibberish.
But how to find this "key"? He has read this book back and forth more than a hundred times, and tried all kinds of common and uncommon ways to decipher the cipher text, but until now, he is still confused and has no clue. Word.
Shen Shi'an rubbed his eyebrows, closed the book and put it back where it belongs. Forget it, I am fortunate to have gained it, but I have lost my life. I already have such a shocking treasure as space. I can’t be too greedy.
Besides, he still has studies to complete. The things he has to learn in clinical medicine are vast and complicated, and the courses are fully scheduled. After he has determined whether to go to graduate school and his preliminary intention of research direction in the second semester of his junior year, he will only be busier. He cannot do it just for this book. I don’t know what the ancient book does, and even normal life and future plans are abandoned.
In the blink of an eye, Monday came, and counting the time, it was time to take Xiao Hei to the pet hospital for internal and external deworming. However, Yun Feiyang personally brought the potion over, along with a parrot the size of an adult's palm.
"Where did this come from?" Shen Shi'an opened the door and took the birdcage from Yun Feiyang's hand.
"I adopted him." Yun Feiyang said while changing his shoes. "In October, I went out with the Animal Association to rescue stray cats and dogs. I found it on Zhangshu Avenue in the old district. I don't know who was so wicked that he propped it up among the trees. We found a fishing net, and this little thing got entangled in it. The fishing net was very thin, and it got tighter and tighter. It probably struggled too hard because of fear, and when we found it, it almost had its wings torn off."
Shen Shi'an took a closer look and found that the parrot's left wing seemed to be injured and inflexible, and even a large piece of feathers was missing. Xiao Hei came over to whine, but was silenced by Shen Shi'an's look, and secretly bared his teeth at the parrot.
Yun Feiyang put on his slippers and took the birdcage: "At that time, I thought I would not survive. When I came back, Sister Fang performed an operation and it took me two months to save my life. This little thing is a famous breed, and its scientific name is Wucai. 'Macaws cannot be raised in the wild. It is illegal. Artificially bred ones are also very expensive on the market, with an adult bird costing tens of thousands. But I don't know what happened to this one. It is several times smaller than the normal macaw. , even Sister Fang did not dare to recognize it at first. Later, the diagnosis was that it should be a cross with other breeds and some stunted growth, but it is not clear what breed it was with specifically - Sister Fang specializes in mammals such as cats and dogs, and is interested in birds. I’m not that proficient in this area.”
"If it's a breed bird, it should have had an owner originally?"
"We thought so too. After we rescued it, we contacted the forestry department and put up a lot of flyers in the area where we found it to look for its owner. The Animal Association also posted a notice on its official website, but no one contacted us and we didn't know it was here. The little thing flew too far or something. And because I took care of him almost all the time after the operation and he is the closest to me, so I am responsible for the time being. This little thing is smart and can talk. Come to Ruibao and say hello to An An."
The parrot stood on the crossbar and tilted its head: "Hello, baby!" The words were clear and round, and the voice was quite pleasant.
Shen Shi'an was a little surprised when he saw a talking bird for the first time. Before he could speak, the parrot tilted its head to the other side: "Goodbye, baby!"
Shen Shi'an: "..."
"Hehehehehe," Yun Feiyang scratched his head, "It just learned to speak not long ago, and now it only knows three words: 'hello', 'goodbye' and 'baby'." Then he smiled at Shen Shi'an: "Then What, Sister Fang has something to do when she returns to her hometown on New Year's Day. Happy Pet Hospital is temporarily closed, and the temperature in the dormitory is low. I'm afraid it will freeze, so I thought of bringing it to your place for two days to bother you, okay? Don't worry, it's very good. Be good and never make any noise."
"Of course, you can stay in the second bedroom." Shen Shi'an agreed, "Do you want to prepare some food for it?"
Xiao Hei, who had to be rubbed and soaked every time to get something to eat, was instantly angry. He lowered his head and bit out two more holes in Shen Shi'an's trousers.
"No, no, no, I have all the bird food with me. I just feed it some melon seeds as snacks. Ruibao likes to eat melon seeds the most. He can eat less than half a catty a day. He usually doesn't dare to feed him more. Today is an extra reward. ”
Yun Feiyang put the birdcage on the small round table next to the radiator, filled it with melon seeds, water and food. After teasing for a while to make sure the little thing was not used to it, he turned to ask Shen Shi'an: "Tomorrow is New Year's Day. Let's celebrate the New Year together tonight." , what delicious food is Chef Shen going to make? I'll help you. "
"We are running out of food at home," Shen Shi'an said, "Let's go to the supermarket and buy whatever you want to eat. I just need to buy some other things."
"okay!"
Yun Feiyang picked up his coat and was about to go out. Before leaving, he looked at the parrot in the cage that was eating melon seeds enthusiastically, and then at Xiao Hei who was squatting next to him and staring at the parrot motionless for some reason. He was a little worried: "An'an , Your black guy won’t bully Ruibao, will he?”
Xiao Hei immediately turned his head towards him and gritted his teeth.
"Probably not," Shen Shi'an took a look, "It can't reach the stool, and there's a birdcage blocking it."
Right. Yun Feiyang was relieved and took the elevator with Shen Shi'an, accompanied by two bodyguards as usual.
There are all kinds of ingredients in the supermarket. Shen Shi'an estimated the amount of food for several people and two pets together, and bought a whole shopping cart of meat and vegetables. After coming out of the supermarket, I asked Fan Guoping to drive to the nearest hardware store and bought a shovel, a hoe, an ax, a pair of gardening scissors, and an aluminum alloy two-way folding ladder over four meters high.
Yun Feiyang was stunned: "Little brother, are you planning to farm at home?"
Shen Shi'an thought: You really guessed it right.
I bought a lot of things, but it was nothing to share among four grown men. Not only were the strength of the two bodyguards much higher than that of ordinary people, but after being warmed and tempered by the spiritual spring water, Shen Shi'an vaguely realized that his current strength was probably not much different from Fan Guoping's.
The four of them walked out of the elevator door carrying their things. From a distance, they heard the cry of Ruibao the parrot coming from the room: "...Hello baby! Goodbye baby!"
One after another, it couldn't stop.
Yun Feiyang wondered: Why is this little guy talking so loudly? I have never seen anything like this. The key is that I promised An An that it would not make any noise.
Shen Shi'an looked at each other, opened the door and walked in quietly.
Next to the radiator in the living room, Xiao Hei somehow climbed onto the round table where the parrot was placed, and poured all the bag of melon seeds that Shen Shian had opened but not finished into the birdcage.
The parrot Ruibao was huddled in the corner and was eating. After eating each melon seed, he spit it into the trough. After saving a few melon seeds, the little black old god stretched out his paws to take them out and ate them. After eating, he still sat on the birdcage. Clap twice hard to signal the other person to move faster.
It trembled as soon as it slapped the cage. Ruibao was trembling with fear, with tears in his round little eyes. He screamed miserably while cracking melon seeds:
"Hello baby!"
"Bye baby!"
"Hello baby!"
"Bye baby!"
"..."
"Bye baby!!!"
