Shangqiaotou Village, Qiaotou Town

That day when I went home, I passed by the "ash dump" (a garbage dump in the countryside is mainly dumped with burnt cinders and charcoal ash, so it is called "ash dump"), and I heard a few sounds of "uh huh huh", and I was very happy. Sheng heard it first, and ran over following the sound, squatting there to watch, Hong Sheng went over and looked at it, so he didn't know whose dog had given birth, maybe the big dog was too weak, and he was afraid that the little dog would eat the big dog The milk was eaten to death, so they were thrown into the ashes as soon as they were born; there were three in total, two flowery ones, one black one, one of the flowery ones was already stiff, and the other was dragging its small tongue and only breathing There was no air, and the sound was made by a black one. The little thing’s eyes hadn’t been opened yet, and the sound of screaming was almost dead; Le Sheng raised his head and looked at Hong Sheng, his eyes were red, and his eyes seemed to say,

"Save it, please!"

Hong Sheng sighed at the time. The dog was just born, its eyes were still open, and it had been frozen outside for an unknown amount of time, so it might not be able to support it. Generally, if people want to give a dog as a gift, they usually let a big dog milk it. It will be easier to feed the puppies until they open their eyes. Of course, even so, when the puppies change their stomachs, half will live and half will die; but looking at Le Sheng's eyes at this time, Hong Sheng can only nod. I saw that the other party carefully hugged the little black guy in his arms, and put it on the kang when he got home; Hong Sheng heated up the leftover rice soup in the morning, grabbed some small things and poured it, maybe it was warmer on the kang , or it may be that his stomach was filled with rice soup, the little thing hummed for a while, and then fell asleep; at this time, Le Sheng reluctantly withdrew from the house, took a small shovel and left; Hong Sheng went out to see With a glance, he found that he was walking towards the pile of ashes.

What Hong Sheng didn't expect was that this little thing had really strong vitality. Three days had passed with just this millet soup, and it was still alive, and it would go to sleep when it was full, and beg for something when it was hungry. Eat; Lesheng is just like a full-time nurse. The dog sleeps next to him at night. When he barks, he turns on the light and starts filling rice soup. But it still had to yell seven or eight times throughout the night; Lesheng put a piece of ragged clothes under it, and put a piece of plastic sheet under the clothes, and when the puppy pooped and urinated, he took it out to dry it, and then changed it. One piece, Hong Sheng shook his head and could only smile helplessly,

"It's the first time I've seen someone who raises a dog like this. I'm going to become a genius someday. I think I can call you a mother!"

When Le Sheng heard it, he became even happier, and took care of the little things more diligently.

Three days later, Hong Sheng felt that the little guy was not only alive, but also that his voice was much louder, so he gritted his teeth and went to the town to buy a bag of milk powder. After returning, Le Sheng happily walked around him for a long time.

14 days later, the little thing opened his eyes, and crawled on the kang with his calves humming. 20 days later, as soon as he smelled the smell of Lesheng, he ran to him desperately, because he fell off the kang Once, Hong Sheng made a cardboard box for Xiao Shi on the ground, and put it in for him during the day; after 30 days, Hong Sheng began to feed Xiao Shi with rice soup and milk powder.The eleventh month of the lunar calendar is coming to an end, and the colder in the twelfth lunar month, since raising a puppy, the life of the two of them seems to be more fulfilling, just like being parents for a while.On the [-]th and [-]rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the little thing started to change his stomach. He vomited hard for two days and crawled softly on the kang. After eating, Hong Sheng heaved a sigh of relief seeing the lifeless energy of eating.One day Le Sheng suddenly spoke up and asked,

"Hong Sheng, choose a name!"

Hong Sheng was stunned for a long time and didn't realize it. This was the first time Le Sheng called him by his name. Since he met this person, how many times has this been the first time?Every time, Hong Sheng was moved for a long time and was pleasantly surprised.

"What did you call me?"

"Hong Sheng, Wang Hongsheng!"

"Do you know my name is Wang Hongsheng?"

"Yes, my name is Wang Lesheng! Your name is Wang Hongsheng!"

Hong Sheng was so excited at the time that he wanted to go out and pull people around, so he said, "Look at our Jialesheng, we are not stunned, and we know my name is Wang Hongsheng, and we can still talk to me!"

"What else do you know?"

Le Sheng seemed to think about it, and then said,

"Old bachelor Wang Hongsheng!"

When Hong Sheng heard it, he was taken aback for a moment, and burst out laughing. When he saw him laughing, Le Sheng laughed too.

"Who told you that!"

Le Sheng blinked mischievously, stretched out his hand and pointed outside, and said,

"outside!"

After the surprise, Hong Sheng still had to choose a name for the puppy. The dogs in this village don’t even have a name. The yellow ones are called “Dahuang” and the flowery ones are called “Little Flowers”. The black ones are not many, and the villagers don’t like them. It is unlucky to keep a black dog; in Hong Sheng's view, a dog does not know its own name, but it can recognize its owner's voice. Dogs in the village also have a common name called "little dog!" After going out, the owner only needs to stand at the door and shout, "Puppy, come back!", and his pup will run back on tiptoe. Anyway, the "puppy" from another family will definitely not go wrong. The first time a dog was named, it was still a black dog. Hong Sheng thought about it for a long time and said,

"Is it Heizi?"

Lesheng hugged the puppy and said,

"Heizi, your name is Wang Heizi!"

When Hong Sheng heard it, the dog called "Heizi" was not unpleasant, but adding the surname, "Wang Heizi" made it too unpleasant, and he always thought it was not a good thing. "Baby", it's something from the city people, so he said,

"Should I call it Hei Bao? Hei Bei?"

In the end, Le Sheng chose the official name "Wang Heibei" for his dog son. When "Wang Heibei" was able to run and jump, he often heard Le Sheng shouting at the top of his voice,

"Hei Bei!"

Barked twice, before seeing the dog, barked again,

"Wang Heibei, come back for dinner!"

The dog swished back;

When the villagers first heard it, they asked Hong Sheng in surprise,

"Oh Hongsheng, was that your Jialesheng just now?"

The corner of Hong Sheng's mouth curled up when he heard this, and he said proudly,

"Oh, maybe the dog ran out again!"

"Ah, Hong Sheng, your Jia Lesheng asked you to raise him, and you still talk?"

"He could talk!"

"Yeah, look at Hong Sheng, he's a good guy, even a dumb kid like you can talk!"

At this time, Hong Sheng didn't explain much, just kept laughing foolishly, at this time someone asked again,

"Hong Sheng, who is Wang Hebei?"

"Le Sheng's dog!"

"Hong Sheng, your family is ridiculous, and the dog still has a name?"

"Oh, if Le Sheng wants to take it, he will take it!"

"Oh, Hong Sheng, your family is so ridiculous!"

On the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, the snow that had fallen for two days finally stopped. The roofs, the bare tree branches at the door, and the gray mountain ridges in the distance were all covered with silver at this time. Before the first wisp of cooking smoke in the village rose, Hong Sheng got up, looked at the sweet Le Sheng who was still sleeping next to him, and crept up, opened the door and swept the yard, and then set up a ladder to sweep the roof; The roof must be swept, otherwise it will be damaged by freezing and water seepage; the winter in the northwest is not like that in the south, if the snow is not swept, part of it will melt at noon, and it will freeze in the afternoon, and part of it will melt again at noon the next day, and it will freeze overnight. It just melted and frozen like this, no matter how strong the roof is, it can't stand it.When the snow fell from the roof, I saw Le Sheng shouting in the yard,

"Hong Sheng, Wang Hongsheng~"

"It's on the roof!"

"What are you doing on the roof?" Le Sheng and Hong Sheng have learned a lot of local dialect, and when they don't understand, they still speak Mandarin. Although the sentences are short, the tone and tone are just like those on the radio. son; but Hongsheng prefers Lesheng to speak their local dialect, half-baked, but it has a kind of glutinous feeling, which makes people feel at ease; at this time, Wang Hongsheng has a smile on his face and keeps sweeping snow with his hands , replied,

"Snow removal!"

"Oh!"

After a while, I saw a black head on the roof where the ladder was built, followed by a frozen red face. The man climbed on the edge of the roof with both arms, and said with a smile,

"Hong Sheng, I'm here to sweep the snow with you!"

Hong Sheng turned his head to look, and was so frightened that he threw away the broom, and hurried over, saying as he ran,

"Oh, who told you to come up!"

"I let me come up!"

Le Sheng had never climbed this kind of ladder before. The top of the ladder was about forty centimeters away from the roof, and the last section was against the wall, so he didn't know how to climb up at this time, so he climbed on two arms in the room. On the edge of the roof, he smirked at Hong Sheng; when Hong Sheng saw him smiling, he lost his temper and quickly pulled him up.

"Don't climb the ladder in the future, ah, it's snowing, if you fall down, your leg will be broken!"

"Hong Sheng, didn't you climb up from the ladder?"

"Aren't I afraid if I climb a lot!"

"Then I'll climb more!"

Hong Sheng was so speechless, he put him in the middle of the roof and did not allow him to move, and hurriedly cleaned up the rest by himself, when Le Sheng spoke again,

"Hong Sheng, I want to look around!"

"What do you want to see?"

"Look at our yard!"

"Our yard is so beautiful!"

"I'm afraid Hei Bei won't be able to find me!"

Hong Sheng laughed again, I don't know why, ever since Le Sheng became "talkative", Hong Sheng liked to laugh very much, he was happy from the bottom of his heart; he pulled Le Sheng to stand on the edge of the roof, that person was very happy, rushed shout down below,

"Heibei, I'm on the roof!"

Hei Bei jumped up and yelled at them, as if to say, "Why don't you take me!"

Le Sheng smiled more happily,

"Hong Sheng, this is what our yard looks like!"

"It's not the first time you've seen our yard!"

"That's different!"

"Why is it different?"

"Different is the same!"

When Le Sheng turned around, there was a thin layer of ice on the place, and when it slipped suddenly, Hong Sheng subconsciously pulled him tightly into his arms. At that moment, Hong Sheng was terrified; He didn't say anything for a long time, but his heart was beating uncontrollably, he wrapped his arms around the other's waist, patted his back with the other, and said,

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" This sentence seems to be comforting the other party, more like comforting myself;

Le Sheng still didn't move, Hong Sheng took him to the middle of the roof first, and then opened the distance between the two of them. The purple red that comes out is the crimson that radiates from the inside out; in an instant, it seems that the color of the mountains and rivers has faded, everything around has lost its voice, and it seems that thousands of butterflies fluttered in a daze around his ears, and Hong Sheng was dumbfounded. I don't know how to describe it, "It's beautiful!" But I feel superficial, but Wang Hongsheng, who is only educated in the third grade of elementary school, can't think of another word except this word; his heart starts to beat again, This time it was not because of fear, but because of Wang Lesheng's blushing face; finding that Hong Sheng hadn't spoken for a long time, Le Sheng raised his eyes to look at the other party, and when he found that the man was staring at him straightly, he blushed even more for some reason. After a while, Le Sheng opened his mouth to break the ambiguity,

"Hong Sheng, am I not afraid!"

After Hong Sheng came to his senses, he suddenly felt uncomfortable, and felt soft in his heart. He said "Oh", and it was rare that he didn't answer.

"Hong Sheng, do I know you're here!"

"What's the matter? (meaning what)",

"I'm not afraid when you are in front of me!"

Because of these words, Hong Sheng's heart suddenly became sore and numb, and the sockets of his eyes turned red.

"Because even (meaning why) you are not afraid when I am around?"

"Anyway, I'm not afraid!"

Noticing Le Shengdong's red ears, Hong Sheng stretched out his hands and covered them, it was cold, and then said in a gentle tone that he had never used before,

"Frozen ears?"

Le Sheng also stretched out his hands, covered Hong Sheng's ears, and said,

"Hong Sheng, are you freezing?"

"I'm not freezing!"

"Hong Sheng, if you don't freeze, neither will I!"

Hong Sheng freed one hand, rubbed the other party's hair with a smile, and said,

"Let's go down and go back to the house and put on our hats!"

"Hong Sheng, don't you want to scan?"

"The roof is finished, wait for the courtyard!"

"I'll sweep with you too!"

"it is good!"