Author: Kang Jiandong
Mom and Dad have two dogs. One of them is called Tiger Tiger, an "old" member of my family for many years.
Tiger Tiger these two days are a bit unassuring. Why? Because it's sick!
The news that The tiger was sick was discovered by the mother first. Mom said that Tiger Tiger has cancer, rectal cancer! The neighbor who came to visit the door laughed, the dog will get cancer! Mom was a little upset. The neighbor has a sister-in-law who got rectal cancer last year. Not long after the operation, I couldn't carry it and left. My mother has told me a few times that it is a pity to be such a young, such a kind person.
Turning her head, my mother said to me, Third son, you see, underground, in the courtyard, it is all blood.
I looked, but it wasn't, bit by bit, wisp by wisp, bright red, black, a large piece. As a doctor, I know what that means. "Well, I guess I can't live."
Mom said that walking was still soft.
So, these days, as soon as I have time, I observe it. I want to see if there's anything I can do to save it.
The tiger is a Tibetan mastiff. More than a decade ago, Big Brother's career just picked up. A keen dog lover, he specially bought a newly grown tiger tiger from the Tibetan mastiff base hundreds of kilometers away and placed it in the foster care of his parents' home.
This dog has a large head and four eyes. All black, four thick golden legs. Standing up is half a man tall, majestic, tiger and tiger.
Eat something, a leg of lamb stick, click, bite, and swallow with the bone and meat.
When he cried out, it was not a roar, but like a tiger roaring, like a lion roaring, thundering thunder, echoing endlessly. The timid person listened, his scalp was numb, his hair was cold, his chestnut was trembling, and he just wanted to turn around and run. Seeing it, I lamented that it was not born on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where it fought and killed wolves. Growing up in this place where wild animals are extinct, I have never seen even a hare, and I have failed to live up to my good skills. However, it is said that there is a dirt dog that does not have long eyes, which is close to it, but is bitten to death by it. This dog thing is really hard to say, it's hard to figure out.
Only one point. It doesn't bite children, it doesn't yell at family members. Usually my nephew and I drive back and never bark. Every time I came back, the tiger didn't bite me or bark me. Even so, the tiger is usually tied to its nest by a thick iron chain. Mom and Dad are afraid of trouble.
Under normal circumstances, I only dare to touch its forehead carefully, and I dare not move in other places. It also never looks me in the eye. But the daughter son, the nephew and the niece, played with it casually, very intimately.
A few times, my daughter asked me to help her walk the tiger. I walked, a feeling, this dog is as powerful as a cow. Where I walk it, it is clear that it walks me! One lap back, I was sweating and panting. It doesn't feel anything. Let it be tied up and majestically lie down in its own old place.
This time back, the tiger did not carry chains, and walked without spirit. Mom said that she hadn't eaten in a few days and didn't eat anything.
But it followed me closely, didn't look at me, and circled around me. As I walked into the house, it hurried ahead of me, afraid that I would shut it out. Chinese New Year's Eve afternoon, it pushed open the door with its head and broke into the house where I lived. Like checking my household registration, I walked around the place where I lived, house by house. And then go again. And then go again. Finally, stand outside in the living room.
I pushed it hard and wanted it out. It looked back at me and decided not to go. Deadlocked, I called Dad, help me!
Dad said, Tiger Tiger, come out! It looks, or does not go. Dad said in an aggravated tone, Tiger Tiger, hurry out! Do you want a face no? As soon as I heard it, I secretly smiled in my heart. There is also such a dog, what does it know?
What I didn't expect was that it seemed to understand. Shaking out, no one pushed him. My dad and I were tired too, so we went back to the bedroom to rest!
Soon it was evening. Mom said, tiger tiger, has not returned. Looked around and didn't find it.
The next day, the first day of the Chinese New Year. Mom cleaned Tiger Tiger's kennel and threw away Tiger Tiger's old quilt. I was a little upset: Why did you throw it away so quickly? It's less than 24 hours yet! According to the country, when the dog dies, it will avoid it and will not let the family see it. I don't believe it. Could it be that yesterday afternoon was the last time we met?!
At noon on the first day of the first year, I sat on a small stool in the courtyard and sent a happy New Year's Greeting text message. Suddenly, tiger tiger returned! There was a large piece of peeing in the yard next to me. Then he looked up at me, turned around, and drank water. Then, everyone has to follow. At lunchtime, I entered the house again. Feeding nothing, just watching people. That look, the meaning of which could not be explained, only felt deep and difficult to understand. Isn't it coming to say goodbye to our whole family!
I had this thought in my heart, but I still didn't want to believe it.
Dad hurried to find something for it to lie down on. I didn't find a suitable one, so I put the cushion on the sofa next to it in a hurry. However, it did not suffer and went out of the house. Dad stumbled and followed. I don't know what my dad said to it when he stroked it? Just seeing it, he went out the door again.
I sat on the kang at home. Seeing it look back, it looked at me with deep eyes. I'll never forget the look in its eyes!
At noon on the second day of the Chinese New Year. Expecting the tiger to return, I sat on a stool in the courtyard early. Expecting it to come back, peeing a big chunk of urine around me. But it doesn't!
At noon, my grandnephew And my 5-year-old granddaughter Luo Yang discussed to find Tiger Tiger. Xiao Luo Yang said, who snatched the tiger away, let's grab it back! Buckle immediately took a bamboo stick from home and called me, to the south of the village, to the north of the village, and to the west of the village, and looked for it over and over again. There are no tigers anywhere.
5-year-old Xiao Luo Yang said, you adults are really cold-blooded animals, tigers and tigers lose you will not look for! I listened to her and my head grew bigger. We adults are not as good as children! These words deeply stimulated me and made me very uncomfortable.
In the afternoon, my daughter is going to walk the dog again (or maybe the tiger).
So she and I took another small earth dog from my father's house and walked to the village, walking around and looking for it. Walk through the village school, the church, and enter the old kiln yard to see. Looking at the iron ladder in the courtyard, the daughter remembered climbing to the top of the kiln when she was three years old. Out of the old kiln yard, in the laneway, two puppies came out and rushed at us. I quickly pulled the dog away. I thought to myself, if we were leading a tiger and a tiger, I'm afraid those two dogs would have hidden long ago, and who would have the courage to do it!
Disappointed, we led the little earth dog home. I wish I could "happen" to see where the tiger is. But no!
In the morning of the third year of junior high school, I continued to wait in the yard for the tiger. Wait for it to pee, or drink water. Until the evening, tiger tiger did not come back. I vaguely heard my father in the house and my mother say that the tiger was dead, and I didn't want to live.
I felt bad. Say, Dad, I'll do the math for you, you'll live at least ninety-two!
My son Rui Rui suddenly told me at noon that Grandpa could live at least ten years! I said, Grandpa is alive to see your brother and sister get into a good university! I said, there is your grandfather in the family, there is your grandmother, we have to rely on, there is the main heart!
Today, on the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, I returned to Taiyuan, and my heart was still waiting for the tiger to return.
In the morning, My mom and dad and I video called, did not say tiger tiger came back no. I didn't ask either, for fear that they wouldn't feel well.
In my heart, Tiger Tiger will always be a member of my family. Whether it comes back or not, I will worry about it.
(Editor: Zhang Wenju)