In the thick forest, an old man was intently digging for herbs. After going up the mountain to collect medicine for almost a month, I finally found this precious herb.
The old man was overjoyed, only caring about this precious herb, but not noticing that danger was approaching him step by step. It turned out that not far away, a black bear was slowly approaching him.
The black bear let out an offensive roar, and the black bear had apparently taken the old man as prey.
The old man was startled by the huge roar of the black bear, and when he looked back, the black bear was already close at hand, and there was no way back. When he closed his eyes in despair, he suddenly heard a wolf howl in his ear.
When I opened my eyes, it turned out that it was a wolf in front of me.
The old man looked at the wolf with surprise and joy, and his heart was extremely excited. What is the origin of this wolf and this old man? Why did he give up his life to save this old man?
A relationship between the old man and the wolf
This old man is from the northeast, everyone calls him Old Li, and Old Li is a retired worker. Since he retired, he has returned to his hometown in the countryside, and he is not used to living in the city. He likes to live in the countryside, where not only neighbors can play chess and chat together.
You can also often go up the mountain to dig up herbs. Not only can you pass the time, but the herbs you dig up can also be used to supplement your home.
Because there are often black blind people on the mountain, old Li will always carry a hoe as a self-defense tool when he goes up the mountain.
He would spend a whole day on the mountain every time he went up, and he would not go down until dark, so his harvest was not small every time. Old Li's grandfather used to sell herbs for a living, and Old Li followed his grandfather to dig herbs since he was a child. Nature knows what many precious herbs look like.
He carefully put the dug herbs into the basket, looking at the herbs in the basket, Old Li showed a satisfied smile, today's harvest is good.
As he continued to concentrate on his search for herbs, a mournful howl sounded in his ears. What is this sound?
It didn't sound like the roar of a black blind man. Although Old Li was a little frightened, he still plucked up the courage to carry the hoe and slowly walked in the direction where the sound came from.
Old Li walked over only to find that it was a wolf howling, and it turned out that the wolf had mistakenly entered the hunter's trap and was caught in one leg, unable to move.
It looked like it had been trapped for days, and the blood on the ground had dried up. The wolf must have struggled desperately for a long time before it would lead to exhaustion.
After this wolf found Old Li, he tried his best to grin at Old Li with a fierce expression. Even in such a desperate situation, this wolf was trying to make a final resistance.
Old Li looked at the blood gushing out of the wolf's legs, and his heart was a little unbearable. If he had gone like this, the wolf would have died.
Because in the eyes of the hunter, it is just a wolf skin that can be sold for a good price. However, since he let himself meet today, it means that this wolf is related to himself, and his life should not be extinguished.
Therefore, Old Li boldly walked up to the wolf and first helped it remove the trap. Although the wound was deep, fortunately, the bone was not broken. The wolf was still gritting its teeth and grinning before, but when it found that Old Li had not hurt it, it stopped biting its teeth, and it lay on the ground silently allowing Old Li to help it clean up its wounds.
Old Li has no medical tools around him, so he can only take the water in the kettle to help the wolf clean the wound first, and the herbs dug up today have the effect of stopping the bleeding.
He chewed up the herbs and smeared them on the wolf's wounded area. Finally, he took out a hand towel he used to wipe his sweat and bandaged the wound. At this time, Old Li found that this wolf had only three legs.
The only hind leg was injured again, and I was afraid that the wolf would not be able to stand up at all now.
Moreover, it had not eaten for many days, and now it was left here and could only wait to die.
Old Li silently thought in his heart, good people do it to the end. He planned to take the wolf down the hill and take it home to treat his leg wound. Otherwise, just throw it on the mountain, and it will still be caught by the hunters.
"I'm going to save your life now, I won't hurt you, don't bite me."
Old Li repeated this sentence on his lips, and the wolf seemed to understand, not only did not bite him, but did not even bite him. In this way, Old Li was allowed to pick it up and put it into the basket.
Old Li carried the injured wolf all the way back to his home and cleaned the wound for it again. Water and meat were also prepared for the wolf, and it turned out that there were still some uneaten fish left in the house.
The wolf must have been hungry. It completely let down its guard, gulped down the meat, and drank a basin full of water. After eating and drinking, the wolf's spirit was obviously much better.
It kept staring at Old Li with its round eyes, and Old Li had the courage to stretch out his hand and slowly place it on the wolf's head.
Unexpectedly, this wolf silently lowered its head and let Old Li stroke it.
Old Li was very happy in his heart, he didn't expect this wolf to be so human.
It didn't take long for the wolf's leg wound to heal gradually, but during this time, it and Old Li had already formed a deep friendship. Although the size of this wolf is already an adult wolf.
However, it should not be very old. After the injury is healed, the naughty nature is exposed. Every day, either chasing the chickens around the yard or chasing the sheep all over the mountain. Old Li looked at its mischievous appearance and could only drive it home helplessly.
This wolf accompanies Old Li up the mountain every day to collect medicine, or accompanies Old Li to the river to fish.
In short, it has been following Old Li since it was healed. Never left.
Old Lee led it to the mountain several times, ready to return it to nature. However, each time it arrived home before Old Lee. It seems to regard Old Li as its own mother, always likes to stick to Old Li's side, and it also regards this place as home.
Old Li had no choice but to leave the wolf by his side and build a comfortable nest for it. Since then, this wolf has guarded Old Li and guarded this courtyard.
It accompanies Old Li to the mountain every day to collect medicine, and when Old Li collects medicine, it begins to search around for prey, and from time to time it can always catch some hares and pheasants. One man and one wolf harvest full of go down the mountain and go home.
Old Li was always alone, and now that he had this wolf by his side, he felt that his life was more fulfilling and he was no longer alone. After all, however, wolves belong to nature.
On this day, Old Li heard the wolf howling from the mountain in the courtyard. It could be that the wolf's family was calling for it. The wolf was also responding, making a long wolf howl.
Although Old Li was very reluctant in his heart, he still patted the wolf's head and opened the gate of the courtyard to let the wolf find his family. After all, it doesn't belong here.
The wolf looked back at Old Li deeply, then turned his head and left. Old Li silently closed the door of the courtyard.
Look at the empty wolf den. He sighed heavily.
Old Li's days have returned to his former life, but every time he goes up the mountain and encounters a trap, he will pick it up and take it home. Because he was worried that the wolf he had saved would be caught and injured by the beast again.
Months passed, and the wolf never returned, and although Old Li was a little lost, he silently prayed in his heart that the wolf would be safe. Never get caught by a hunter's trap again.
Looking at the more and more trappers in the family, Old Li smiled, for this wolf, he was estimated to have been scolded hundreds of times by the hunters. Finally, on a morning before dawn, Old Li heard a few dog barking sounds outside the door.
He got up from the bed and went out to see that it was the wounded wolf who had returned. It also carried a fat and large hare, which was sitting in front of Old Lee's kitchen door.
Old Li looked at the wolf that had not been seen for a long time, and immediately ran over, hugged it, and quickly checked whether it was injured.
The wolf lovingly gathered around Old Li and kept licking Old Li's cheek.
Old Li watched the wolf return intact and was very happy in his heart. He was finally relieved. Also more determined after going up the mountain must look around to see if there is a trap or something.
If the wolf turns back, he will either take revenge or repay the favor
On this day, Old Li went up the mountain to collect medicine as usual, but his luck today was too bad, and he would even meet the black blind man. Old Li went up the mountain to collect medicine for many years, and for the first time encountered a black blind man.
He knew he might be doomed today. Because the hoe was still far away from him. I'm afraid that before he got the hoe, he would have been torn apart by the black blind man.
However, just as Old Li closed his eyes in recognition. The wolf he had saved had appeared.
It stood in front of Old Li, grinning at the black bear's teeth. Old Li couldn't believe his eyes.
The black bear waved its paw at the wolf. Only to see that this wolf deftly avoided the bear's paw, quickly ran behind the black bear, and successfully attracted the attention of the black bear. The black bear chased the wolf.
Old Li took the opportunity to quickly climb into the tree to hide.
Standing in the tree, he saw the black bear chasing the wolf tightly, and he couldn't help but worry about the wolf. However, he found that the black bear gradually stopped chasing.
It turned out that the wolf had actually led the black bear to the territory of the wolves. No matter how powerful the black bear is, it can't beat a group of wolves. Therefore, we can only give up the chase, take the road and flee.
The wolf saw that the black bear was gone, and returned to the tree to find Old Li, who hugged the black bear tightly for a long time. He suddenly remembered what the older generation had said, if the wolf turned back, it would either repay the favor or take revenge.
He did not expect that the wolf was such a sentient and righteous animal that he would sacrifice his life to save himself.
Since then, Old Li has forged a deep friendship with this wolf and its descendants, and this wolf is like returning to his mother's house, often bringing his own little wolf cubs back to visit Old Li.
Old Lee also loved these wolves. He often brought out the delicious food from home to entertain his special friends and relatives.
His story with the wolf was also passed down as a good story in the local area.