Travels

As soon as Xia Wanmu walked into the living room, he heard a sad dog barking from the yard. The barking was sharp and rapid, as if he had encountered great pain.Her heart tightened, and she rushed to the door in two or three steps, and saw the staff forming a circle in the corner of the yard. The director standing outside caught a glimpse of her and waved from a distance.

"what happened?"

She rushed over and asked anxiously, the chief director coughed, and the crowd automatically divided into a lane.Rhubarb was lying on his side in the corner of the courtyard wall, holding his head up and screaming non-stop. A certain part of his open legs was shrinking, and a black ball was slowly protruding out of the rounded opening with his undulating abdomen. .

"Rhubarb..." She was horrified by this scene, smelled a faint smell of blood on the tip of her nose, and unconsciously shouted.Hearing the call, Gouzi raised his head and glanced at her, then bent over to lick his lower body again, the pain so exhausting that it made people feel shocked.

"Is it giving birth to puppies?" Xia Wanmu turned her head to look at the chief director, and after getting a positive reply, she was a little dumbfounded, and sighed in disbelief: "How is it possible, its stomach is so flat, it doesn't look like it's pregnant ..."

She looked at Rhubarb's ribs that were so thin that the bones could be seen, and then compared the slightly bulging abdomen, and felt that it was not so incredible for a while.

People in the country feed their dogs very casually. The dogs can only eat when there is a lot of leftovers.Not to mention the accommodation conditions, a few blocks next to the chicken shed and a dirty black towel are considered a nest.Rhubarb limply slumped on the bricks, his upturned belly was covered with black mud and blood, and the black ball between his legs was always stuck in the opening, and there was no sign of coming out for a long time.

The sound of the dog barking became more desolate, Xia Wanmu tightened her heart, and became more irritable because she was at a loss.

"Why is it screaming so badly? Do you want to help it press its stomach and squeeze the puppy out?"

The middle-aged director, who was already half bald, was at a loss for words when she grabbed his shoulders and asked, frowning and thinking for a long time before shaking his head and comforting him: "This is not a domestic pet dog. The native dogs in the countryside are very wild, especially the raw ones. When you are a child, it will be more fierce because of the cub protection, if the owner is not around, it is recommended not to approach it."

Xia Wanmu didn't expect him to speak so indifferently, and the staff around him didn't say a word, just fiddled with the instruments in their hands.She gritted her teeth, wishing she could smash those red cameras.

"Then look at it like this? It barks so loudly, what if something goes wrong?!"

The director looked at her in embarrassment, and said half-compromisingly: "You see, it is quite old. It must have experience in giving birth to puppies. Let's observe it again."

While speaking, Rhubarb kept moving restlessly on the brick surface, and the whining sound in his mouth didn't stop for a moment.The smell of blood in the air seemed to be getting stronger and stronger, she pushed the man resentfully, turned around and ran into the house.

Yu Qingge had already got out of bed, and was standing by the table wearing a coat, with a serious expression on his pale face, he probably heard the movement outside.

"What happened to the rhubarb?"

"I'm giving birth to a puppy, barking non-stop, and looks very scary." She was so upset, she opened the suitcase and rummaged through it, picked up a few thick clothes and was about to run outside.

Yu Qingge stopped her.

"Move the quilt over there, it's too cold and the clothes are useless."

She froze in place, dazed in her mind, completely dizzy in the face of such an emergency.Yu Qingge didn't explain too much to her, just neatly rolled up the heavy quilt on the bed, hugged her in her arms and walked over with difficulty, there was no panic in those long and narrow eyes, they were so clear and terrifying.Infected by this calm demeanor, she calmed down slowly, dropped the clothes in her hands and went to help, the two of them carried the quilt and hurried to the yard, Rhubarb was lying on the bricks, and he didn't even have the strength to move.

Seeing such a big battle, the onlookers all held up the machines and took two steps back cooperatively.She followed Yu Qingge to clear an open space, and spread the quilt thickly next to the bricks.

"Go to boil water, take scissors and a clean towel, and cook some meat paste and eggs for later use."

When she was about to move the dog, Yu Qingge stopped her, with an undeniable power on her quiet face.

"I'll help you……"

"No, I can handle it."

She grabbed the slender arm, her tone a little excited: "It protects the cub, what if it bites? You go to boil the water, and I will carry it over."

"It's so painful that it can't even bite." Yu Qingge gently pushed her hand away, and suddenly smiled at her, his eyes were so gentle that water was pouring out, "It's okay, go quickly, move!" Take it easy."

She retreated to the periphery of the crowd following the force coming from in front of her, and when she was about to step forward, Yu Qingge's hand had already touched Rhubarb's neck.The expected scene didn't happen, Rhubarb seemed to be struggling to even raise his head, or he knew very well that the woman in front of him was here to help. In short, he remained obedient until he was hugged into the bed and lay down. Howling, how pitiful he is.

She breathed a sigh of relief, turned and ran to the kitchen to boil water.Maybe because the dog barked his heart softly, the director ordered a few staff members to come and help, and a few people crowded in the kitchen and bustled around, making preparations as quickly as possible.

The barking in the yard was intermittent, and when she brought the water over, a small black dog the size of a palm was curled up wetly on the soiled bedding, Rhubarb tilted his head, and licked it over and over again with the remaining strength. Holding the little life in his arms.

The smell of blood became stronger, she sniffed and put the water basin on the ground.When Yu Qingge heard the movement, he soaked the bloody towel in the basin, patiently washed it and wrung it dry, and wiped the blood on the dog's hind legs.

Wisps of red quickly spread along the water surface, and she looked at the person who moved skillfully without changing his face, and she was full of doubts—the ability to cook may be attributed to the family education or hobbies of self-reliance since she was a child. Dog delivery is not so simple.She thought of the neat way this man grabbed the goose's neck two days ago, and his calm expression, she was very curious about what kind of family could raise such a "strong woman".

She didn't have the chance to see it before, but now she realizes that there are too many mysteries about Yu Qingge, one after another, which makes her both eager to try and a little timid.

After a brief pause, the mournful barking of dogs sounded again, Da Huang ignored the puppy in his arms, and bent his back to lick his lower body again.Yu Qingge immediately withdrew her hand and told her in a low voice: "Go and change the basin of water and towels."

Xia Wanmu held the edge of the water basin, feeling her arms began to weaken. She stared at Rhubarb's undulating belly, and couldn't believe that there was a small thing inside.

But this time it came out very quickly, maybe the previous one had already cleared the way, and this one soon exposed the entire head, which was wrapped in a black and sticky transparent film, and the elasticity between the pulls She felt her scalp go numb.Rhubarb's cry gradually became weaker, and some of the yellow and black belly contracted and squeezed at a frequency visible to the naked eye, and the black ball below could not be dropped, and it was stuck in the hole and could not move forward or retreat.

She couldn't help taking two steps back, her eyes began to darken, but this terrifying picture had an indescribable attraction, which made her unable to move her eyes away while being terrified.In a daze, she remembered that Yu Qingge asked her to fetch another basin of water, so she stumbled back out, but the little black ball hidden between her legs seemed to have taken root in her brain, and she was anxious to go back to look again. In the rush, he didn't even notice that hot water spilled on his hands.

The little black ball was pulled out by a pair of slender and beautiful hands wrapped in a towel. She rushed there with a water basin and managed to see the last scene: the puppy was wrapped in a film like plastic wrap, like a peeled egg The same thing rolled down on the quilt, and a dark unidentified object was dragged behind it.Yu Qingge still looked calm when he saw such a scene, his hands didn't even tremble a bit, he grabbed the scissors and steadily released the little thing from the membranous sac.Rhubarb was already paralyzed and motionless, staring helplessly at the woman who was holding his child, and his thin cry was muffled in his throat, which made the bystanders feel a little sad.

"Have the minced meat and eggs been cooked?" Yu Qingge gently wiped the water stains on the puppy with a towel, and glanced sideways at her: "The big dog is already exhausted, and needs some nutrition."

Xia Wanmu nodded blankly, took the porcelain bowl from the staff and placed it in front of Rhubarb. The dog smelled the aroma and sat up with difficulty to eat.

It was another day when she couldn't help with anything, she stared at the seemingly omnipotent person beside her for a while, wanted to help but was afraid of something bad, looked around and found that there was only cleaning work left.The light-colored quilt was dazzled by the unknown object, she endured nausea and wanted to throw it away, but Yu Qingge stopped her as soon as she stretched out her hand.

"Don't move that one, the rhubarb will be eaten when it has strength."

She stared and exhaled lightly: "Eat it?"

"Yeah." Yu Qingge looked at her eyes distractedly, and explained softly with the corners of his lips bent: "It's afterbirth, it's good to eat, and usually big dogs will eat it after giving birth."

She nodded half-understanding, stared at the thing curiously, sighed in a low voice, "You seem to understand everything."

The hand that was still wiping the puppy paused in the air. After a moment of incomprehensible silence, another voice returned a little coldly.

"I just happened to see it."

"Really." She leaned over to touch the puppy, pressed those hands, and asked persistently: "Where did you see it, tell me."

Yu Qingge avoided her gaze, there was no way to avoid it, and finally lost the battle, lowering his eyes and sighing softly.

"When I was young, I watched my grandma do it at home."