"The shepherd dog in Abu Khan's family just gave birth to a litter of eight puppies. I have already agreed with him to sell us five. You can pick them later and see which five you like."
The old Uighur led Chen Mu to Yakashi Village, and at the same time introduced him to Chen Mu.
"I don't know how to pick a dog. In fact, uncle, you can help me choose."
Chen Mu didn't understand why the old Uighurs had to bring him here.
The old Uighur said: "This is our custom here. You can't treat a dog as a pet. You have to treat it like a family member. It will take care of your home, guard your yard, graze and hunt, and be loyal to you all your life." Miles. So if you want to get a puppy at home, you have to pick it yourself, because you are picking your family, no one else can do it for you... Well, it’s the same as picking a bride."
Originally, Chen Mu just wanted to raise a few dogs to take care of the house, but now that the old Uyghur man said this, he dared not be sloppy, and became more or less sincere.
When we came to the family named Abu Khan, they were already waiting. After a few pleasantries, the middle-aged Uighur led them to the mother dog and the puppies.
"This is Oman. She is our authentic shepherd dog here. She is said to be pure-blooded... Anyway, I don't know. I only know that Oman is very loyal and a good dog."
"This is her first litter, and she gave birth to eight. The father of the puppies is also our shepherd dog. I have agreed with the uncle, and I will give you five... Well, we can't take all Oman's children away, otherwise She's going to be sad."
"Someone asked me to sell it a few years ago, but I didn't agree. Uncle Aizmaiti said you wanted it, so I was willing."
"After you bring them back, you must take good care of them. When they grow up, they will be faithful."
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Abu Khan chattered to Chen Mu, his Xia language was not very good, but his words were clear.
It could be seen that he was very reluctant to sell the puppy, but he agreed because the buyer was Chen Mu.
Although he sold the puppies, he also hoped that Chen Mu would treat these puppies well, so he kept instructing them, for fear that Chen Mu would not care.
Chen Mu squatted on the ground with the Uighur old man to watch the dog, and saw that the bitch was big, with a black body and white chest, straight and thick outer hair, and dense and short inner fluff. The whole thing looked fluffy and warm.
The dog has a flat head and strong jaws. Although Chen Mu doesn't understand dogs, he also knows that such dogs can kill people when they become fierce.
"You can choose, whichever one you like. The most important thing in choosing a dog is to match your eyes."
Abu Khan reminded Chen Mu with some reluctance, and then squatted aside to smoke a pipe.
Chen Mu looked at those puppies, but they all looked about the same, round and round like little pompoms.
Moreover, their coat colors are similar, mainly black and white, and most of their faces are covered by two black hairs on the left and right, like red pandas.
"Why do their ears seem a little different from the mother dog's?"
Chen Mu found that the ears of the puppy and the mother dog seemed to be different. The ears of the puppy were longer, while the ears of the mother dog were shorter. There was an obvious gap, so he couldn't help but ask.
The Uyghur old man said: "When you go back, you have to cut off the ears of the puppies. Otherwise, when they grow up, the ears will grow very long and droop to the same level as the eyes, which will prevent them from seeing things."
Chen Mu understood a little bit, but he definitely couldn't do something like cutting off the puppy's ears, so he had to let the old Uighurs do it.
Chen Mu picked out five pleasing ones. Although the bitch didn't move, when he picked up the puppies, she still raised her head and stared at him.
"Aman, don't worry, you have too many cubs, send a few to a good family, it's good for you and the cubs."
Abu Khan put down the tobacco stick, came over to stroke the hair on the bitch's head, and said softly comforting words in his mouth, really in a negotiating tone, treating the dog like a family member.
The bitch didn't know if she understood, and slowly lowered her head, but her eyes were still fixed on Chen Mu and the puppy in Chen Mu's hand.
Chen Mu glanced at the middle-aged man, then at the bitch, and felt that the dog had really developed spirituality, and he had to develop it later, so he also said: "I will take good care of them. .”
After speaking, he put the puppy into the cardboard box prepared in advance by the Uyghur old man, then got up and walked out of the courtyard with the Uyghur old man.
This is what I agreed with Abu Khan. After taking the puppy, I will leave the yard and cannot stay.
After walking a few steps, Chen Mu heard the low whine of the bitch coming from behind, with a bit of desolation in it, which made him stop and couldn't help but want to look back.
But the Uighur old man urged him: "Go quickly, don't look back, don't stop, the bitch will forget about it after a while."
Chen Mu could only continue walking, and after walking a long way outside the courtyard, he stopped and waited for Abu Khan.
After a while, Abu Khan also came out of the yard, and handed a piece of paper to Chen Mu: "You go, here is the way to raise a dog that I asked the kid at home to write, you can read it yourself."
Chen Mu took the piece of paper and looked at it. The writing on it was very small, densely packed, and looked very detailed. He quickly thanked him and stuffed the paper into his pocket.
Back at the gas station, it was almost noon.
The old man Li Yi also got up. He saw the Uighur old man and asked, "My brother, I have been looking for you since I woke up this morning. Where have you been?"
The Uighur old man pointed to the cardboard box Chen Mu was holding: "I'm going to buy a dog with him."
"dog?"
The old man Li Yi came over and glanced at the puppy in the cardboard box, nodded and said, "Oh, it's a shepherd dog, not bad, take care of it, and it's a good dog if you take care of it."
The Uighur old man smiled: "Brother, you know dogs too."
The old man Li Yi took out a puppy from the paper box, looked at it and said: "When I was young, I also liked to raise a few dogs, but I didn't dare to raise them when I was old... Well, dogs will develop feelings after a long time." , but their lives are too short, and they suddenly disappear after being raised, and I feel uncomfortable, so I dare not raise them anymore."
After looking over and over at the puppy in his hand, the old man Li Yi said again: "This is an authentic local shepherd dog. It is also called Tianshan Mastiff or Kazakh Shepherd Dog... Well, the name seems to be very powerful, but it is not It was blown from the outside, but it is actually our local dog.”
"A dog is a good dog, capable, quiet, brave, and loyal. But raising this kind of dog depends mainly on whether the owner will raise it. If you raise a fierce dog, not only will it bite people, but even the owner will bite if you raise it fiercely. It’s just an ordinary dog, nothing special.”
"A few years ago, I heard that the pure blood of this kind of dog is almost extinct, so the Ministry of Agriculture has listed it as a national protected breed resource list. Well, I think your bloodlines should be quite straight, not bad."