Heizi gave birth to puppies smoothly. She didn't need any help from others. She knew exactly what to do when giving birth to puppies and how to replenish her energy during the birthing process.
Heizi gave birth to three puppies in total, one was pure black, and the other two were very mottled, with black, white and yellow fur mixed together.
Cen Huaian squatted aside and witnessed the whole process of Heizi's delivery with surprise in his eyes. It turned out that this is how puppies give birth.
He looked at Heizi's big moist eyes looking at his puppies, and he stretched out his rough tongue to gently and carefully lick the afterbirth off the last pup. Cen Huaian didn't understand Heizi's behavior.
He looked up at Chuxia: "Mom, what is that layer that Heizi tore off the puppies? Why does he lick it off every one of them?"
Chuxia was looking for some old warm clothes to give to Heizi and the puppy. Wen Yan said, "That's the afterbirth. The puppy can't breathe if it's not licked off. It's better for Heizi to tear it off himself to cultivate his maternal instinct."
Cen Huaian continued to look at Heizi and the puppy. Cen Zhengnian reached out and touched his head: "An'an, you come up with names for these three puppies."
Heizi has already taken care of the last puppy. The three puppies have not yet opened their eyes. One of them climbed onto Heizi to drink milk, one lay there sleeping, and the other one crawled around, not knowing what it was trying to do.
Cen Huaian kept his eyes on the three puppies, thinking they were so small, the kind that he didn't dare to touch them with his hands.
After hearing what Cen Zhengnian said, he thought for a while and said, "This one is called Xiao Hei, this one is called Xiao Hua, and this one is called Bian Ban."
Cen Huaian named the three puppies entirely according to their colors, which suits them very well.
When Chu Xia came over with the worn-out clothes, she happened to hear the three names An An said. She laughed out loud and agreed very much, saying, "This is a good name. You can tell right away that you are calling them three."
The corners of Cen Huaian's mouth curved upwards; he thought so too.
After spreading warm cloth around Heizi and the puppy, Chuxia yawned and looked up at the clock hanging in the living room. It was almost two o'clock in the morning.
She pulled up Cen Huaian, who was still energetic and wanted to continue watching the puppy: "Go to bed, and watch it tomorrow."
Cen Zhengnian also stood up and looked at Cen Huaian: "I'll take you to the house."
Cen Huaian immediately turned around and walked to his room: "Dad, I'm going to sleep by myself."
Cen Zhengnian smiled, held Chu Xia's hand, and the two returned to the room.
The next day, upon learning that Heizi from Chuxia's family had given birth to puppies, Jiang Zhida brought Zhang Lu and the others over.
"An An! Where's the puppy? Let's come and see the puppy!"
As soon as Zhang Lu got out of the car, he couldn't wait to shout to Cen Huaian in the house, and ran into the house while shouting.
Cen Huaian was stunned when he heard the voice, and hurried to the door. Zhang Lu was about to run in, and the two almost bumped into each other.
"Where are the puppies born by Heizi?" As soon as Zhang Lu came in, he looked around the living room. When he saw the doghouse in the corner of the living room near the backyard door, he immediately ran over.
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"Wow!" Crouching in front of the doghouse, Zhang Lu opened his mouth wide and looked at the palm-sized puppies inside. His eyes were full of curiosity: "The puppies are so small! Their eyes are not even open!"