The next morning, the sky was bright, You Xu woke up early and heard the boy's even breathing, she didn't move, and quietly nestled in his arms.
After a long time, the boy moved, and You Xu felt that he was awake, so he rubbed his head against his chest.
The boy touched her head, sat up with her in his arms, and smoothed her hair again and again, they stayed quietly for a while, the boy touched her belly, and then, like yesterday, gave her a straw After forming a small nest, we went out.
After waiting for a while, You Xu stood up and circled the room to find the small hole that the mouse had entered yesterday, and the hole was blocked by the boy with straw.
Youxu used her mouth and claws to take the straw away. The hole was a little small, and the mouse could easily drill it back and forth, but it was a little difficult for her to drill. Fortunately, the ground was soft soil and there was no hard rock, so she used her claws to plan it. earth.
After digging for a long time, it was considered that the hole was enlarged a bit. When you drilled it, it was just stuck in the position of the back waist and back legs. She tried her best to drill forward, and she didn't know how much hair was removed before she successfully drilled out.
The snow has stopped outside, the sky and the ground are white, the branches are covered with layers of snow, there are large and small snowdrifts everywhere, and there are deep and shallow footprints.
You Xu was a little slippery walking on the snow, and she found that the boy's hut was in a very remote position, and there were no neighbors around, which made the hut look a little awkward in the snow.
She didn't know which way to go, so she went around to the door and followed the boy's footprints. When she got to the back, she found that his footprints were gone, so she had to continue walking in this direction.
While walking, You Xu looked around and wrote down the road she passed. Later, she noticed a low-lying place extending down by the road, with many branches in the middle blocking it, but she found a frozen lake.
She walked down this small slope and passed through the branches. Some of the snow that could not be carried on the branches fell on her body. She was so cold that she shook her hair and shook the snow off her body.
The frozen lake was as flat as a mirror, and You Xu's feet slipped twice on it. After stopping, he walked more cautiously.
She saw an old man wearing a hat by the lake who was fishing. He cut a palm-sized hole in the lake, hooked the bait into it with a hook, and sat on a small wooden bench to wait quietly.
You Xu walked up to him and saw that there were already two big fish and one small fish in his bucket. When the old man saw a cat approaching, he thought she was going to steal it, so he waved her away.
You Xu had no choice but to step aside. She looked at her claws and tried to plan on the ice, but after working for a long time, there was not even a notch.
She had to give up and wait silently.
The sky was slowly getting dark, and the old man had caught a bucket of fish and left with the bucket.
You Xu immediately came to the place where the old man was fishing before, looked inside, and saw the faint shadow of fish in the clear water, she squatted beside the opening.
It was getting darker again, and only the shadows of the trees around him could be seen.
Although she has hair, in the icy sky and snow, on the extremely cold ice lake, the cold feeling penetrated into the flesh and bones, and her whole body was frozen.
You Xu later realized that she was too close to this opening, and those fishes didn't dare to come up to her when they found her.
She took four or five steps back, ready to sprint and bite at any time.
Finally, when a fish came out of the lake, You Xu rushed over immediately, and the fish had slipped away before his paws touched the fish.
Next, she failed more than a dozen times. Either she was stiff and didn't rush fast enough, her feet slipped, she missed the best time, or she didn't bite decisively enough.
Her body was basically wet with water, and her hair was wet and stuck together. When the wind blew, it was even more bitingly cold.
You Xu was so cold that she lost consciousness, but she couldn't give up. It was not easy to find food at such a time, and the mouth of the lake would freeze again tomorrow.
Thinking of the way the boy was stroking flint and flint again and again, thinking of his scrawny body, You Xu closed his eyes and started squatting again.
There was a half-bright moon on the horizon, and the icy lake was sprinkled with silver light, and the snow was so white that it shone slightly. In the scene of a static painting, there was a small wild cat who kept repeating the action of biting.
"Wow!" The water splashed.
You Xu gritted her teeth hard and shook the water from her face. She finally caught a crucian carp. Although her slap was a bit bigger, she still got something for her work.
She took the fish and walked back along the original route.
It didn't take long for her to feel tired and sore in her mouth. To tell the truth, if she had no hands, she would always bite with her mouth, which made her really tired.
It started to snow again, the wind mixed with the snow on her clammy hair, You Xu felt like she was about to become an ice sculpture.
About half an hour later, You Xu finally saw the cabin, and vaguely saw a person crouching on the ground and huddled on the path outside the door.
The moonlight fell on him, pulling his shadow very long.
When You Xu thought of Duan Min waiting for her to go home under the street lamp, her heart trembled, and she walked over quickly.
The boy's exposed face, hands, and feet were red and blue from the cold. When he saw the kitten running back, the world-weary grayness in his eyes faded, and his eyes lit up slightly.
He picked up the kitten, swept the snow off her with his clothes, wiped the water, and carried her into the house.
You Xu was stunned for a while, so she was really waiting for her, waiting for her a cat
"Meow—(Are you waiting for me)"
"Meow- (why don't you go in and wait)"
You Xu continued to educate him bitterly: "Meow meow!!! (What if you catch the cold)"
The boy just thought she was cold, touched her head, and hugged her tighter.
Yuxu: I hate the language barrier.
What she didn't know was that the boy didn't see her when he came back in the evening. He thought she was gone, and he was afraid that she would be frozen outside, could not find food and be hungry, or if he found his own home, he would never come back.
He thought he couldn't have anything, didn't deserve anything.
As fate would have it, those who were close to him would leave.
But it came back, it was just hungry to find food, not to leave him, even if it didn't understand this, it would be fine if it came back.
The boy put her in the placket, and You Xu showed his head from his collar, wanting to give him the fish, but seeing how busy he was, she had to continue holding the fish with sour teeth.
The boy was busy for a while before he succeeded in lighting the fire. You Xu thought he was going to cook fish to eat, but he held her in the palm of his hand and approached the fire to help her dry the wet fur.
You Xu bent his head and put the fish in his hand, he put the fish in her mouth again, You Xu shook his head and pushed the fish to him.
The boy was obviously stunned for a while, but he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. He knew that the kitten was very hungry and didn't eat anything, so he ran out to find fish to eat. The return is... for him.
A certain place in my heart suddenly felt a warm feeling, like a warm wind blowing from an ice field that no one had reached.
A person was wrapped in ice-like maliciousness, and just a little bit, or the warmth of a kitten, pryed the layer of ice apart.
"Ah... ah..."
He hadn't spoken for too long, and he couldn't say a complete sentence at all, only some vague sounds.
You Xu listened carefully for a while, he said it too hard, and his voice was hoarse and hoarse, it was difficult to understand what he wanted to express.
She had to push the fish again, signaling him to eat quickly.
The boy picked up the iron bowl, put the fish in it, cut it open with a rust knife, removed the internal organs, scraped the fish scales, and finally poured in some snow and boiled it on the fire.
He wiped his hands, reached out to the fire to warm it up, and then picked her up to bake her.
The snow on his body melted away, and the cat hair was slowly dried. You Xu finally stopped shaking, and the stiffness of his body eased.
In a short time, the fish soup was also cooked, and with the steaming heat, a light fragrance wafted out.
The boy rummaged through the straw and found a broken porcelain bowl and a pair of poor chopsticks. He used chopsticks to divide the fish in half, put half of it into the porcelain bowl, and poured some soup into it.
You Xu thought that the small porcelain bowl belonged to her, and as soon as she stretched out her head, the boy put the iron bowl in front of her.
She paused and looked up at him.
He touched her head and made a difficult and vague voice: "Ah..."
You Xu still didn't understand what he said, and probably guessed that he wanted her to eat more of this.
She lowered her head and took a sip. Although there was no salt, it was better than the tender fish and the taste was okay. The hot soup entered her stomach and quickly spread warmth into her limbs.
The cold was warded off a little bit, and the body gradually warmed up.
The snow outside the house is getting bigger and bigger, and it is blown by the wind, and the dark silence is accompanied by the silver moonlight.
The sparks from the fire in the cabin made a soft noise, and the boy looked down at the sleeping kitten in his arms.
He didn't know how soft his eyes were, and he didn't notice the corners of his lips curved.
The author has something to say: Come on~ Go to bed early after reading, good night~~~~
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