Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Chapter 2 Killing the Dog

"Second Uncle, you're back..."

A child wearing an old tiger-head hat, wearing a short shirt and with a runny nose, swung his legs and rushed towards Chen Ku.

"Hey!"

Chen Ku lifted his nephew above his head, looked at him carefully, and asked, "Is your stomach still uncomfortable?"

This child is the only son left by his elder brother. His full name is Yinhu and his nickname is Huzi.

Hu Zi's face was a little sallow, and he said aggrievedly: "I also had diarrhea today, I feel uncomfortable, and my butt hurts."

Touch your belly with your little hands.

Chen Ku put his nephew down and walked to the kitchen. Seeing his sister-in-law cooking, he said helplessly, "Sister-in-law, didn't I ask you to boil some water for Hu Zi? He just drank the cold water and got diarrhea. His butt hurts."

The woman in the kitchen, with fairly distinctive features and a slightly sturdy figure, hurriedly shook her hands, wiped them on her apron, and took over Chen Ku's backpack, but lowered her head and said:

"We don't have much firewood at home, so we have to calculate how much we use. How can we drink boiled water every day? I boiled some for him yesterday when I was cooking."

Chen Ku shook his head and said, "It's okay. I picked a valuable herb this time. Tomorrow I will go to the town with Master Li to buy firewood and some antidiarrheal medicine. Boil more water today. I also want to drink it."

Hearing that Chen Ku wanted to drink, the woman named Xu Lan nodded quickly: "Well, it's not easy for you to go into the mountains, brother Ku, I will boil a pot of hot water for you."

Chen Ku nodded and turned to look at his mother.

There was an old woman lying on the bed, coughing.

"came back."

"Mom, your cough hasn't healed yet?" Chen Ku asked.

Mother Chen felt relieved when she saw her son coming back. She said, "It's okay. It's just that the weather is cold and the firewood is not enough. I caught a cold. I'm afraid I can't go to Brother Zhao's house to work today. You go and tell them. They are in charge of our household registration. We can't let them say we are lazy."

"Brother Zhao is a good man, I'll just go back and tell him." Chen Ku said, "It's okay, I'll go to the town to buy more firewood and rice tomorrow."

"Then go tell them."

"Let's eat first. It's lunch time now, so it's not a good idea to go there."

After a while, the meal was ready.

A simple cornmeal tortilla and a large plate of shredded potatoes.

In theory, Chen Ku could afford rice and flour, but one pound of rice and flour could be exchanged for ten pounds of cornmeal. Naturally, cornmeal was more affordable and could fill him up as well.

Chen Ku can eat four cornmeal cakes in one meal.

While eating, sister-in-law Xu Lan brought a few bowls of cool boiled water. Chen Ku blew a breath, gulped down a bowl, and felt a lot better.

Then he looked at the half-full pot of boiling water and the kitchen smoke that had long been extinguished.

I sighed in my heart:

"It's not just my family that can't afford boiled water. Many people in the village can't afford it. Firewood is a huge waste. This problem must be solved. Otherwise, let alone Hu Zi, I go into the mountains all year round and drink raw water. It won't be long before my stomach and intestines have serious problems."

I thought to myself that I must buy more firewood when I go to the town this time, so that I can at least have enough boiling water for the next month or so.

I simply ate a meal at home to fill my stomach. Although it was not very nutritious, at least I wasn’t hungry anymore.

As soon as I went out, I went to find Brother Zhao and told him that my mother had asked for leave.

It’s not far away.

This elder brother Zhao, whose name is Zhao Bocai, has a very good relationship with his elder brother. In the past, he and his family were considered one of the wealthiest in the village, so he saved a lot of money and was able to send his brother Zhao Mengcai to the county martial arts school.

We arrived not far from Brother Zhao’s house.

His house is obviously bigger than Chen Ku's, and it is a brick house.

But haven't walked over yet.

From a distance, I could hear a series of children crying and very rapid dog barking.

Chen Ku heard the sound and looked over.

On the small road in the village, several half-grown children were running wildly, crying and shouting.

"That's Brother Zhao's little treasure."

Chen Ku recognized at a glance the smallest boy among the crying and running children, who was about six or seven years old and running at the back. He was the only child of Zhao Bocai, Zhao Bao.

"Were you chased and beaten by the older kids again?"

Chen Ku frowned.

It is common for children in the village to fight with each other.

Can,
He soon realized something was wrong.

These children ran towards him, each with an expression of fear on their face.

Ouch! !

Soon Chen Ku saw what was chasing the children.

I saw those kids, especially behind the earthen wall behind Zhao Bao who was running the slowest...

A slender and agile white dog, half a person's height, and it runs incredibly fast!

Almost three or four meters per breath, it quickly pounced on Brother Zhao's child. "That's not a village dog, it's a wild dog from the mountains, almost like a wolf!"

Chen Ku could tell at a glance that there was blood at the corner of the beast's mouth.

It seemed like it was about to pounce on Zhao Bao.

At this time, Chen Ku roared out of instinct:
"brute!"

Subconsciously in order to save people, he picked up a large stone from the roadside and threw it at the white puppy.

boom!
This time, the aim was off and it didn't hit directly.

But it immediately attracted the attention of the slender white dog that was half a person's height.

Several children also seemed to have found a savior.

The white hound spotted Chen Ku, who was more than ten meters away. Especially when it caught a glimpse of the stone that had just hit it, it immediately lowered its body, looked ferocious, and growled with bared teeth.

"Wow……"

The child from Brother Zhao's family tripped and fell at the feet of the small dog, crying heart-wrenchingly with fear.

Chen Ku saw that the wild dog was attracted to him, but the child fell at its feet. He became anxious, wondering if the wild dog was going to take the child back to the mountains like a chicken or a duck.
"Beast, get out!"

Chen Ku felt for the sickle behind him, took it out, and swung it, growling, trying to scare away the wild dog.

But I didn't expect it.

Hula~~
Seeing Chen Ku pulling out the sickle, the slender white dog's teeth trembled even more violently, a fierce light flashed in its eyes, and it stomped its four legs and pounced towards the people like a gust of wind.

call!
Chen Ku only felt a flash before his eyes and smelled a fishy smell in front of his nose!

The white dog had appeared in front of him, jumped up on its hind legs, opened its bloody mouth full of sharp canine teeth, and bit towards his neck.

For a moment, Chen Ku's head buzzed.

This is not a dog.

It’s really a wolf!

So ferocious!

In a trance.

Words flashed through my mind.

[Sensing the evil spirit coming, the transformation diagram has been activated]

Evil spirit?

[Those who are not good for me are called evil spirits. Killing them can absorb the evil spirits of heaven and earth, and the changes are endless]

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

Anyway, with the wolf-like murderous intent ahead, Chen Ku couldn't care about any other distractions.

The body is bent,
Shoulder strap elbow,
Elbow with hand,
Hand with knife!

Instinctively, he slashed the sickle towards the white shadow in front of him!

Woohoo~~
The sickle fell from his hand.

But it worked!
"Humph……"

Chen groaned in pain. There were several bloody scratches on his chest. He seemed to have been kicked hard and took a half step back.

Simultaneously.

After his sickle slashed past, a stream of dog blood splashed on his face, and then he vaguely heard a shrill dog barking, and then he fell heavily to the ground.

Open your eyes that are blurred by the dog blood.

Use your hands to wipe away the blood.

Without even checking the scratches on his chest, he saw the white, thin dog that was half a person's height and over one meter long at first sight.

There was a sickle stuck in his neck, embedded in the bone, and blood was gushing out.

The thin dog twitched continuously on the ground, then began to whimper, and its breath became weaker and weaker.

"Baoer! Baoer!"

At this time, Zhao Bo heard the sound and rushed over hurriedly with a fork.

As a result, I saw my son lying on the ground crying.

Chen Ku was covered in blood and had scratches on his chest. Lying on the ground was a huge, long, white, thin dog.

"Brother Chen Ku, how are you?" When Zhao Bocai saw that his son was fine, he immediately showed concern for Chen Ku.

Chen Ku looked at the white puppy as if he saw nothing, but actually saw a black dog shadow entering his body.

"Is this my golden finger?"

Lines of text popped up in my mind.

Accompanied by a picture.

(End of this chapter)