loyal dog becomes cat

This afternoon, Ma Ke ignored Liu Xiaodong again, and Liu Xiaodong, who was usually like brown sugar, seemed to be deeply hurt by his master, so he found a nest in the woodpile and settled down alone, curled up on a small cotton pad and hid for a few days. I didn't even come out to drink water for an hour.

Marco was distracted by a dream and a cat, so he didn't have the heart to work any more. He lay down on the table reading a book sullenly, but he didn't turn a single page of the "State Chronicle" in front of him throughout the afternoon.

Seeing that it was almost dusk, and Hua Jian and Nanny Wu hadn't come back yet, Mrs. Ma was a little worried. She looked at the door several times, knocked on Ma Ke's window, and said, "Ake, what do you want to eat tonight? It's time for dinner."

Ma Ke woke up and hurriedly said: "Mother, rest, I will do it." After finishing speaking, he put the book on the shelf and left the room.

Mrs. Ma followed him to the kitchen. After taking two steps, she felt that something was wrong. She looked back and asked, "Where is the cat? Why didn't Liu Xiaodong follow you?"

As soon as Ma Ke heard the word "Liu Xiaodong", he felt awkward, and he hesitated: "I don't know, maybe I went somewhere to play."

"Oh." Mrs. Ma muttered, "That's strange, isn't it inseparable at this time in the past?"

Ma Ke didn't speak, went into the kitchen to wash rice and steamed rice, then sat on a small bench to pick vegetables, and habitually glanced at the threshold when he picked half of them. Normally, whenever he was in the kitchen, the kitten would always squat there. I'm not here today, but I actually feel empty in my heart. I can't help but think of the dream, where Liu Xiaodong suddenly disappeared, and I can't help it... Now the cat is gone.

It was getting late, Mrs. Ma cooked the dishes herself, but Hua Jian and Madam Wu hadn't come back yet, Ma Ke was afraid that the dishes would be cold, so he used a big bowl to keep the dishes warm.

After tidying up, I thought of Liu Xiaodong again. Although I was annoyed, I was afraid that the kitten would starve, so I divided some food into its food plate and carried it into the firewood room.

The firewood house has a thatched roof, which is not as strong as a brick-and-wood structure house. Because there are no people there, the places where the air leaks have not been taken care of. Normally, Ma Ke just grinds tofu here, and he doesn’t feel anything. After rushing to such a crude place, I immediately felt that the conditions of this place were really bad.

In fact, to be honest, you can’t blame the kitten for what happened in the afternoon... Ma Ke is naturally soft-hearted, and his anger disappeared after a few hours of work. Think about it, it was obviously a dream of his own, just because he was afraid of himself Under the influence of Liu Xiaodong, he became a homosexual, so he turned all the fire on the little thing. In fact, what is wrong with it, cats are naturally afraid of the cold, and it is not the first time that cats sleep in their arms. Why this time Such a big fire?

Feeling guilty, Ma Ke stood in the middle of the room with a food plate and looked around, but couldn't find the kitten. He called "Mi...mi..." a few times, but no one answered, so he had no choice but to put down the plate , said: "Okay, let's go out to eat, who is it if you are starving? Do you want to eat mice if you don't eat?"

Liu Xiaodong is usually very dog-legged, but for some reason today he was very angry and couldn't come out. Ma Ke couldn't help it, and sighed: "Well, it's my fault, I shouldn't take all the fire on you, you There are a lot of kittens, so please forgive me this time."

The woodpile on one side made an undetectable soft sound, like a small branch being trampled, Mako knew that the kitten was listening, but couldn't show his temper, so he said: "Okay, then I'll go, If you lose your temper, go out to eat by yourself, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

Ma Ke left the firewood house, closed the door, took a few heavy steps, pretended to go far away, then tiptoed around to the backyard, looked in through the small window of the firewood house, and saw a slight movement of the firewood pile, Liu Xiaodong's small figure He jumped down lightly, looked around, and made sure that there was no one else, so he moved to the front of the food plate step by step, looked listlessly at first, and then slowly started eating.

Ma Ke looked at the way it was eating, with a bulging face, a twitching mustache, and drooping big eyes. The more he looked at it, the more pitiful he became, and he finally said after holding back for a long time: "Hey! Liu Xiaodong. "

Liu Xiaodong raised his head abruptly, and caught sight of Ma Ke on the window, his eyes immediately showed a hurt look, and he was about to leave as soon as he turned his head, Ma Ke hurriedly said, "I'm sorry."

Liu Xiaodong stopped but didn't turn around. Ma Ke could only say, "Everyone is equal, and so are cats. I shouldn't call you 'fag cat'. That's a curse, and I won't do it again."

Liu Xiaodong tilted his head and twitched his left ear slightly, but still ignored him. Ma Ke laughed at his arrogant temper, and said, "I'm afraid of you, move back after dinner."

Liu Xiaodong turned around and said, "Meow."

Ma Ke waved his hands grumpily: "Eat, eat, I have to go and see, Hua sees why they haven't come back."

"Meow."

As soon as Ma Ke turned to the front yard, the door of the firewood room was pushed open with a squeak. Liu Xiaodong walked out, squinted his eyes and licked his lips, trotted two steps to keep up with Ma Ke, and said : "Meow." It seems that he is going to go out with him to meet Wu Momo and Hua.

Fearing that the dusty road outside would stain the fur of Liu Xiaodong's paws, Ma Ke bent down and hugged it in his arms and went out. As he walked towards the entrance of the village, he asked casually, "Are you full?"

"Meow."

"Liu Xiaodong, you have too much temper. If you say a word about you, you will turn against me."

"Woohoo." Liu Xiaodong refused to admit that he had a bad temper.

"But I can tell you, I said you can move back, just move back to my room, but don't even think about getting into my bed again."

"Woooo..." Liu Xiaodong protested.

"What's the matter?" Marco raised his eyebrows, "Don't push yourself."

"Meow." Liu Xiaodong immediately compromised.

The young couple let go of their suspicions and walked towards the entrance of the village affectionately.

Dengzhuang is about ten miles away from Huanzhou City, and it leads to a two-lane small road (cart cart). As soon as Ma Ke turned onto the small road with Liu Xiaodong in his arms, he saw a donkey cart approaching from a distance. .

Before the car was stable, Huajian jumped down lightly and Qiaoqiao, and said happily: "Brother, why did you come out?"

"Why is it so late?" Ma Ke looked him up and down, and was relieved when he saw that she was doing well. "Dinner is ready, and I'll wait for you to come back to eat."

"Brother, don't mention it." Huajian said with a smile, "I wanted to go to a bustling place to set up a stall, but Brother Deng Liang said that what you said was reasonable, and took me and Madam Wu to an alley according to your words, saying that it was here. Although there are few people passing by, but there are many residents, if the sale is familiar, the future business will definitely be easy..."

"Okay, let's talk about it when we get home. You just have to speak quickly." Madam Wu said with a smile, "I'm afraid my wife will be waiting in a hurry."

Hua Jian stuck out her tongue playfully, and followed Ma Ke to the house.

Mrs. Ma was very happy to see them coming back together. Seeing that the food was cold, she lit the fire and returned it to the pot again. Seeing the child's temperament, Hua couldn't stay idle, so she took Ma Ke to get fodder to feed the donkey.

The food was good, Madam Ma greeted everyone to eat, sat at the dining table and asked Nanny Wu: "Why did you come back so late? But what happened?"

"No, no." Hua Jian started talking now, and hurriedly said, "I thought people would come to buy it when the stall was set up. It turns out that there is a lot of knowledge in business, and it's not just about finding a place to set up a stall."

"Yeah, we set up the stall, didn't know how to shout, just sat on the bench stupidly, and no one asked me until noon." Madam Wu covered her mouth and smiled, "Then a spiker next to me felt strange and asked me Said: "Auntie, it's already noon, and the person you're waiting for hasn't come yet?" I just remembered that people don't know what you are doing, so where would someone come to buy tofu?"

Mrs. Ma smiled and said: "No, you have been with me since you were a child, and you have never done business. You are so young, how can you know how to shout, and then what happened? I think the tofu is sold out?"

"Later, I told the spiker that we sell tofu." Madam Wu said, "The spiker smiled and said, why don't you shout, it's time for cooking, and someone will come out to buy it if you shout. Alas, it’s also because we are worthless, after pushing and tweaking for a long time, no one can open their mouths.”

Ma Ke sighed: "It's not your fault, it's all my fault. I didn't train in advance how to sell, and I didn't think of an advertisement."

Hua Jian said: "It's okay. Later, the shoe spiker came up with a plan for us. He found a wooden board for us, and begged a fortune teller next to him to write the word 'tofu' on a carbon stick, and marked the price. We waited for a while. After an hour, people finally came to buy our tofu one after another."

"Smart, why didn't I think of making a signboard." Ma Ke said, "Next time I go, I will write a signboard to let everyone know that you sell pony tofu."

Mrs. Ma laughed and said, "It's either 'Ma Ji' or 'Ma Shi'. Your name is 'Xiao Ma', which is really unique."

Ma Ke suddenly remembered that Liu Xiaodong always called him that in the past, and couldn't help feeling sad, and forced a smile: "That sounds kind."

"Our sign was written a little late, and people have finished their lunch, so they didn't sell much tofu until the afternoon." Hanami continued, "I thought that all these tofu could not be sold out today, but I didn't expect that after the Shenshi , many women came out to buy vegetables. Some people saw that we were honest and the tofu was white, so they bought less and tried it. After a while, the people who bought it before brought others. The tofu was all sold out, and it took only an hour."

Mrs. Ma laughed from ear to ear, and said: "It seems that 'Little Horse Tofu' is really good, and it took only half a day for the reputation to spread."

"Let's watch it in a few days." Ma Ke is still more realistic, "Everyone is always curious about new things and likes to try new things. If you want to keep being popular, you still have to get something. I will improve the craftsmanship in the next few days and try to make it Build word of mouth."

After the meal, Ma Ke and Hua Jian finished the tofu that had been made during the day, put Huidou on the stone mill, and began to grind the soybean milk for the next day. Liu Xiaodong had nothing to do, and followed Huidou around Turning the millstone, as if exercising, he turned dizzy after a while, and staggered to the side.

It was late at night when the soy milk was cooked, Ma Ke asked Hua Jian to go to bed quickly, and went back to the room with the money bag to settle the accounts.

Although Ma Ke is confident in quality, in order to attract customers, he set the price of his own tofu at the same price as Deng Liuniang's. Therefore, after the calculation, the profit is not too much, just 50% of the gross profit. Fortunately, Labor does not need to be counted as money, it just accumulates to make more money, plus the money left over from buying a donkey, you should be able to buy a cow in the spring.

After finishing the calculation, Ma Ke found another piece of wood and began to engrave the sign of "Little Horse Tofu" under the lamp. Liu Xiaodong put the cotton pad at his feet and lay on it to keep him company, but it was just a kitten after all. , By the time Ma Ke finished his work, he had already fallen asleep in the dark.

It’s past time to pack up the things. Ma Ke washes up and rests. In the darkness, the mountains and forests outside are silent. The north wind gradually picks up, whining and scraping the window lattice. The cat Liu Xiaodong’s steady cry comes from under the table. I also feel very warm and happy in my heart.