Wang Ping became more and more irritated the longer he lay there, so he simply got out of bed, climbed onto the opposite windowsill, held onto the window frame, and breathed in the fresh air in the yard.
The small western-style building was located on a high ground, because it was on the edge of Shengjiawu, with the tea mountain behind it, and it could overlook the entire village. In the distance, in the village, the sound of chickens crowing could be heard.
There was a noise in the yard. Wang Ping looked down and saw Dahei coming out of the extremely ugly doghouse, wagging his tail and walking towards the small building.
There was a sound of a door opening in the living room on the first floor, followed by the sound of claws stepping on the floor.
Thinking of what Gu Lang said yesterday, Dahei would patrol the mountain every morning and afternoon. Wang Ping thought about it, turned around and slid down the window sill, and ran to the door. Maybe I should go for a walk in the mountains, maybe it can change my mood.
Wang Ping jumped all the way down the stairs. When he reached the first floor, he fell again and rolled directly under the steps and lay on the floor.
Shaking his dizzy head, Wang Ping followed the sound, walked through the living room and came to the kitchen door.
Dahei was holding a small stainless steel bowl and was collecting dog food from the pet feeder in the kitchen. When he saw Wang Ping appear at the door, he wagged his tail as a greeting.
He filled a small bowl of dog food, and the dog food in the feeder stopped leaking. Dahei dragged the small iron bowl aside, lowered his head and started to eat breakfast.
But after eating two bites, it seemed to remember that there was a little friend watching it. Dahei turned his head to look at Wang Ping, raised a paw, and pushed the small basin towards Wang Ping.
Wang Ping: “…”
Ignoring the enthusiastic dog, Wang Ping turned and left the kitchen door, went to sit on the concrete steps outside the foyer, looked up at the dark sky above his head, lost in thought.
After a while, the door behind him opened, and Dahei came out of the hallway, licking his mouth. When he passed by Wang Ping, he leaned over and sniffed twice. Before the badger could slap him, he raised his head and squatted down beside Wang Ping.
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Wang Ping looked at Gou Zi in confusion. Didn't you say you were going to patrol the mountains? What the hell are you doing sitting here
But unlike the quiet Wang Ping, Dahei would look back at the direction of Grandma Sheng's bedroom every once in a while and listen with his head tilted. After finding no sound, he turned back and stared at the yard.
This went on for about ten minutes. The sky was getting light and the chickens in the village were crowing more frequently. Seeing that Grandma Sheng still hadn't appeared, Dahei stood up, muttered something, twisted his hind legs, and walked towards the gate with his tail wagging.
"It turns out this guy is waiting for Grandma Sheng."
Wang Ping suddenly realized. Gu Lang had mentioned during the day that Dahei originally followed Grandma Sheng to patrol the mountains, and only started to go on his own in the past two years. It seems that this dog waits every morning.
Seeing that Dahei had reached the gate, Wang Ping stood up and chased after him. When Dahei was scratching at a small door on the gate with his claws, Wang Ping climbed up along its back, raised his claws, and pulled open the bolt.
"Woo~"
Dahei's body trembled, and Wang Ping stepped on his head several times, almost falling over. He stepped back a few steps on his hind legs, and only stood firm after his front paws landed on the ground.
At this time, Wang Ping was lying on its back, pulling one of its ears with his claws, causing Dahei's eyelids to tilt upwards and his teeth to bared.
Unlike many dogs raised in the village, Dahei had a bone-shaped pet tag hanging on his collar. Wang Ping took a look at it and saw Gu Laosan's phone number and a sentence on it:
"Don't kill me, my dad is very rich!"
A bit silly, just like Gu Laosan's style as always.
Wang Ping let go of the pet tag, grabbed Dahei's collar with his two paws, and sat directly on its neck.
Dahei was a little confused. He stood there for a while, then turned around to look in the direction of the small building, probably hoping that someone would come and take care of this thing on his neck.
Wang Ping patted the dog's head, signaling it to hurry up and leave. But after patting twice, Wang Ping suddenly became dazed. For a moment, Wang Ping thought it was Xiaohua under him.
But if it was really Xiaohua, after working together for so long, she would have run away when Wang Ping signaled, instead of mumbling like a certain dog, with a look of grievance on her face. I don't know if she was cursing.
Wang Ping was a little confused.
I didn't use any force. I just patted you twice. Why are you feeling wronged
Perhaps because he saw that no one came to take care of this guy and he didn't want to delay the mountain patrol, Dahei waited there for a while, then raised his paw to open the side door and walked out.
Outside the white courtyard wall, there was a path leading directly to the tea mountain. However, Dahei did not go up the path. Instead, he carried Wang Ping on his back and walked towards the village with his tail twisted.
Wang Ping was not in a hurry. He sat steadily on the dog's back and looked at the people in the village along the way.
It can be seen that the per capita economic level of Shengjiawu is still good. I don't know if it was Grandma Sheng who promoted it, but every household has a beautiful porch, and some have even built a two-story building. Of course, it's still not like Grandma Sheng's house, which is not only taller, but also has a bigger yard than other houses.
I followed Dahei all the way to the northwest of the village. Outside a red gate, Dahei stopped, raised his paws, and started knocking on the door.
“Woof woof!”
There was a sudden commotion in the yard, and a dog barking voice that was obviously different from Dahei's was heard in the yard. Through the crack in the door, one could see a light on in one of the rooms in the yard.
Damn it! This damn dog!
Wang Ping's face was dark, hesitating whether to run first. Would he be beaten later
However, Dahei looked calm and simply squatted outside the door.
After a while, there was the sound of a window opening, and a middle-aged man's sleepy voice came from the yard: "Is that Dahei?"
"Woof!"
Dahei shouted towards the door as a response.
"Oh, it's only this time. You go first. I'll sleep a little longer!" the man said with a yawn.
Wang Ping suddenly realized that this was the person hired by Grandma Sheng to patrol the mountains. He was so lazy, he was no better than a dog.
"Woof!"
Dahei barked again and stood up to leave. However, after turning around and taking two steps, he turned back and, under Wang Ping's stunned gaze, raised his hind legs and put them on the door, and urinated on the vermilion door.
“Woof woof!”
The barking of the dogs in the yard became more intense, accompanied by the rattling of chains and the sound of claws scratching the ground, sounding extremely angry and manic.
"Ah Huang! You damned dog, can't you just be quiet for a while and let me take a nap? If you keep barking, you won't get any bones during the day!"
The middle-aged man's voice sounded again, but he was scolding his own dog.
Wang Ping suddenly wanted to laugh, and his depressed mood was temporarily relieved.
After peeing, Dahei turned around and left with a satisfied look on his face, trotting towards the east, almost whistling.
When he returned to Grandma Sheng's house, Dahei stopped and listened for a while. When he found that there was no sound in the yard, he turned north and ran along the path outside the courtyard wall towards the back mountain.
The sky was getting brighter, and dew was condensing on the grass and leaves by the roadside. A thin layer of mist was also appearing in the distant forest. The breeze blew, and the fragrance of tea leaves drifted by with a hint of coolness, which made the badger's brain clear.
The dog was breathing slightly, jumping in the woods, and running towards the hillside.