loyal dog becomes cat

That night Mako seemed to have fallen into an endless hell, tossed and tossed and tormented. At one moment, he seemed to be in an ice cave, with the cold piercing his bones fiercely through his skin, and at another moment, it seemed that his whole body was covered with raging flames, trying to burn him to ashes. .

The overwhelmed soul in the mist actually floated out of the body. When I looked down, I saw Ma Ke's familiar and strange little body curled up in the thin quilt. Perhaps because of the loss of the soul, the whole person was as if a corpse. angry.

A tiger kitten with yellow background and black stripes was squatting by the pillow, rubbing its nose against him. After a while, probably sensing the weakness of its owner, it stood up anxiously and circled his body. "Meow meow" two times, suddenly shed two tears.

Seeing Liu Xiaodong crying, Ma Ke, who was floating in the air, shuddered violently, like a kite flying in the sky whose string was suddenly pulled back, and fell down involuntarily.

His body fell back into the ice cave, Mako was miserable, and his consciousness seemed to return to the space-time tunnel. For a while, he dreamed that he was only the size of a child, and was gently coaxed by his mother in his arms. I comforted myself softly.

Ma Ke called "Mom and Dad" vaguely, and later dreamed that he was an adult and had appendicitis. He was dying of pain alone in the middle of the night. After finally touching his mobile phone, he opened the communication record and dialed, and then heard Liu Xiaodong's voice. The sound made my heart feel lighter, and I lost consciousness after calling "Brother Dong".

Afterwards, the dream became chaotic. In the haze, I only felt a pair of strong arms supporting my body, and someone whispered something softly in my ear, and then my jaw was squeezed open, and a spoonful of extremely bitter medicine was poured in.

Ma Ke was choked and coughed, and spit out all the medicine that was poured down. The man gently wiped the juice under his jaw, and then kissed him, pressing the tip of his tongue on his mouth, and gave him the medicine juice little by little. into the throat.

After several twists and turns, the decoction was finally finished, and what was fed was replaced with clean water, and then the body was laid flat, and a cool cloth towel was placed on the forehead.

Ma Ke fell into a drowsy sleep for a while, then gasped again, suffocated and sad, unable to cry, his body was pulled in one place, the pain was so extreme that he could only hold on to the hand in the palm, as if grabbing a life-saving straw.

A deep voice kept comforting his ears softly. Ma Ke couldn't hear what he was saying at all, but he was so moved that he died, and the tears kept flowing down without any hope.

After a while, he gently untied his belt with both hands, took off his coat and underwear, and even took off his bellyband. Then, a fiery body got into his bed.

The man stretched out his arms and hugged him tightly, his limbs intertwined and hugged him tightly, his big warm hands kept rubbing his back and waist ribs, his skin hurt from rubbing, but his body gradually warmed up .

As if he was greedy for the heat source, or subconsciously unable to let him go, Marco tremblingly hugged the person in his arms tightly, crying against his chest, the person pressed against his face, kissing his lips from time to time Rubbing his forehead, although he didn't say anything, Ma Ke gradually felt at ease in his heart.

After a while, sweat oozes out from the pores of Ma Ke's body crazily. The quilt is damp, and even his hair is sweaty. Only the cloth towel on his forehead still feels cool from time to time.

The pain that had been tormenting for a long time finally eased, and a warm current lingered in the limbs and bones. Ma Ke sighed softly and relaxed his body.

"Xiao Ma, Xiao Ma, even if brother is gone, you should be well..."

The man murmured in a low voice, and Ma Ke's heart seemed bright and dark. He struggled to say something to him, but he was a little dazed. After hesitating for a moment, his consciousness gradually blurred, and he slowly sank into the darkness and fell asleep.

Ma Ke always got up early, but this morning he overslept. Mrs. Ma was worried, so she came to his room early, and she couldn't help being startled when she saw him.

I saw my son lying on his side on the pillow, covered with two quilts, his jet-black hair was draped over a pillow, and several locks stuck to his face. His whole body seemed to have been washed, and even his chin was dripping with sweat.

A small furry head was pillowed beside his head, and Liu Xiaodong fell asleep face to face with him. He was usually very alert, but today he didn't even wake up when someone came to the bed.

Mrs. Ma gently lifted a corner of the quilt, and couldn't help laughing. She saw the kitten lying on its side, sleeping like a human, with its paws around Ma Ke's neck and its tail wrapped around his arm.

Ma Ke usually sleeps in obscene clothes, but today he was completely naked, his whole body was dripping with sweat, and even the bedding was damp.

Mrs. Ma touched his forehead and felt a little fever, but it wasn't very hot. She called him twice, and Ma Ke opened his eyes, but fell asleep again unconsciously.

Mrs. Ma got up in a hurry and asked Madam Wu to get the money quickly, and ordered Hua Jian to set up a donkey cart and go to Huanzhou City to invite a doctor.

After finishing the order, Mrs. Ma took the kitten out of Ma Ke's bed. The kitten woke up as soon as it was touched, and jumped out of her hands with a "meow", and looked at her for two seconds before turning around. Going to see Marco, there was a worried look in his eyes.

Mrs. Ma wrapped Ma Ke tightly with a quilt, carried her to her bed together with Nanny Wu, and then turned on the fire, saying: "I remember we still have some herbs to dispel the cold, you can find them and boil them." Give A Ke a bowl to get rid of the cold."

Madam Wu was busy looking for medicine, Mrs. Ma found clean obscene clothes and put them on Ma Ke, when Madam Wu said outside the window, "Ma'am, the herbs are gone."

Mrs. Ma said: "It's on the top shelf of the cupboard, I remember there is still a bag."

Nanny Wu said: "I know, the young master probably boiled it himself last night, and the medicine dregs are still in the casserole."

Mrs. Ma vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a soup bowl on Ma Ke's bedside, so she said, "Let's talk about it when the doctor comes. You go and heat up last night's porridge first, and I'll feed A Ke some. I haven't eaten anything all night."

Madam Wu took the order and went. Mrs. Ma tucked Ma Ke in the quilt, reached in and felt for his pulse. Although she didn't quite understand the pulse, she felt that his pulse was beating fast and strong, and she was a little relieved.

Liu Xiaodong didn't know when he followed him, and obediently lay down by the stove without screaming, his chin resting on his front paws, looking at Ma Ke eagerly, his eyes were tired, but his worry was palpable.

Mrs. Ma was moved when she saw how loyal it was, and sighed, "Don't worry, silly cat. I have raised him for 14 years. He has never had any serious illness since he was a child. The master said that as long as he doesn't change into men's clothes, he can always survive." In the past, it will be fine after the eighteenth."

Liu Xiaodong stared blankly at Ma Ke, and for a long time flicked his left ear lightly, as if agreeing with Mrs. Ma's words, and called: "Meow."

Ma Ke's illness was very serious, and after taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor, he woke up at dusk the next day.

Mrs. Ma recited the Buddha's name again and again, holding his hand and weeping, she said: "My son, you scared my mother to death, why didn't you even say that you fell into the river, you have delayed your illness for life and death."

Ma Ke didn't expect that he could pass out for two days after catching a cold, knowing that Huajian must have told Madam Ma the truth, so he could only comfort him: "Mother, I'm fine, but I've been too tired these two days and slept for a long time. "

Mrs. Ma knew that he didn't want to worry her by hiding it from the beginning. Thinking about her son being so sensible and capable, but because he was young and unreliable, he was bullied by a few little girls and suffered a serious illness. She couldn't help feeling sad, and said with tears: "It's all Mother is useless, if your father is here..."

"Mother." Ma Ke was afraid that she would be sad when she mentioned Master Ma, so he hurriedly interrupted her, and suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Did you sleep with me the night I was just sick? "Although he was not very awake during his illness, he could feel that someone had been hugging him to sleep in the middle of the night, and the tactile sensation was very real, not like a hallucination.

"No." Mrs. Ma said, "You slept by yourself the night before, and you boiled herbs to drink in the middle of the night, don't you remember?"

"Oh..." Ma Ke also remembered that the person who accompanied him was very tall. It was unlikely to be Mrs. Ma, and asking her was just to ask her a question.

"If anyone is with you all the time, it's only the cat." Mrs. Ma stroked his head and smiled.

"It?" Ma Ke looked up, and saw Liu Xiaodong lying in the corner of the room drinking water, his little tongue curled up and down, his eyes lowered, and he was looking at the water bowl in front of him seriously.

Maybe it's my hallucination, Marco thought, I sleepwalked through the herbs and so on... Although this statement even felt far-fetched to him, he really couldn't find a more reliable reason.

The next day, Ma Ke got better, so he moved back to his room to recuperate. At noon, Deng Liuniang actually came and said that she didn't know that her daughter bullied Ma Ke, and now she beat Sanjie Deng and shut her up at home. , and bought some snack supplements to make amends.

Mrs. Ma was soft-hearted, and when she saw someone coming to plead guilty with a gift, she didn't criticize her any more. Instead, she advised Deng Liuniang not to scold her daughter too much.

Ma Ke was sick and weak, and listened to them talking in the courtyard through the window, and didn't have the energy to reason with them, so he had to persuade himself to think about it, not to be as knowledgeable as little loli.

Although the person is sick, the signed contract still has to be fulfilled. The contract signed by Ma Ke and He Xiangji is to start delivery on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, and the day after tomorrow will arrive.

The equine disease is still not healed, and it is difficult to get out of bed and stand, let alone work, after thinking for a long time, I had to call Huajian, and said: "I signed a contract with Hexiangji, and I will start delivering goods to them the day after tomorrow. Now, this is our first big customer, we must not break our promise, can you ask Deng Liang to help us for a few days?"

Mrs. Ma said: "During the twelfth lunar month, every family has to kill pigs for the New Year. Deng Liang is a famous pig butcher in the village. He must be very busy. Besides, the New Year is coming soon, and everyone has a lot of things to do. Don't bother others. Let me do it." .”

Ma Ke has been very filial to Mrs. Ma since he crossed over. Although his family is in a difficult situation, he has never asked her to do any heavy work. He usually just spins a thread and rarely even cooks. Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "That can't be done."

Mrs. Ma smiled and said: "What's wrong with you? Are you used to being a wife? When you were young, your father went out to run a business, and I had to deal with all the family affairs. What's so difficult about making tofu now? A Ke even looks down on mother, is being a mother an old trash?"

Ma Ke had no choice but to agree, and explained the method to Mrs. Ma in detail on the sick bed, and she brought the flowers to see Madam Wu to do it.

How many years has Mrs. Ma not done heavy work? She was so busy until dark that she ground the soy milk. It was already late at night when the plaster was put on. Ma Ke was afraid that she would be tired, so he ordered Hua Jian to let everyone rest, at worst tomorrow. Do it in the morning and deliver it in the afternoon, and a few hours in the evening for the first delivery is justified.

The three laborers, the young and the young, were indeed tired from their busy work, so they packed up their belongings and went to bed.

Ma Ke woke up suddenly for some reason in the middle of the night. He habitually touched his side, but it was empty. "Liu Xiaodong" also received no response.

Although Marco was surprised, he was tired after all. He thought it might be too cold, so he went to sleep by the stove, turned over and fell asleep by himself.

Early the next morning, before Ma Ke opened his eyes, Mrs. Ma hurried in and touched Ma Ke's forehead without saying a word. Seeing that his hands were not hot, Fang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "A Ke, why don't you Obedient, did you go to work in the kitchen again in the middle of the night?"

Marko said inexplicably: "What? I was sleeping last night."

"What? It's not you?" Mrs. Ma said in surprise, "Who could it be? Last night we obviously finished half of the work and let it go. Why did you even make tofu in the morning?"

"Ah?" Ma Ke was also puzzled, and subconsciously turned his head to look, only to see that Liu Xiaodong had come back at some point, curled up into a hairball behind his back and sleeping soundly, and he didn't wake up when someone spoke next to him.