Decades ago, the production team was in full swing, many young people went to the countryside to receive exercises, Lao Li was one of them, when he was still called Xiao Li, seventeen or eighteen years old, all day long, nothing to do, as the saying goes, half a big boy eats poor Lao Tzu, he is the age that can eat, the family does not have much surplus grain, all day long by the father, in a huff to pack their own few luggage, put on the backpack, did not leave a note for the family, went out alone to the train station, planning to go out to see the world.
Of course, his departure did not cause too much waves at home, there were still younger siblings at home, and his departure allowed the family to save rations. Xiao Li also did not know where he should go, he only thought that he could go far away by train, when he arrived at the train station, he found that he could not buy a ticket without a letter of introduction, when he was in trouble, he found that some people were the same as him, but did not enter the station, but in droves to the outside of the train station, he followed the past, only to find that they were waiting for the train, Xiao Li was a little timid, wanted to go back and was afraid to see the face of the father, and his heart climbed on a northbound truck.
At that time, the train speed was very slow, the open carriage was like an ice cellar in the cold wind at night, Xiao Li also had no experience, the thin clothes on his body made him shiver, and several old fritters around him opened the liquor they were carrying and drank, at this time the wine was not wine, but a cold medicine, Xiao Li really couldn't hold back, used the kettle to change a bottle of wine with one of them, Grunt and gollum drank it all, and after a while he was confused and slept. I don't know how long later, he was kicked up with his feet, it turned out that he had reached the terminal station Northwest Copper City, and the people who were traveling with him did not know which station to go down from, leaving himself, along with his backpack, but fortunately those people still had a little conscience, and covered him with some rags, otherwise he would have to freeze to death after a night of drunkenness.
After being kicked off the bus, Xiao Li came to this city that he did not understand, and he walked aimlessly in the empty square in front of the train station, without any proof or property on him, and he became a real proletariat, the so-called blind stream. He felt unprecedented loneliness and fear, holding his head and hiding in the corner to avoid the cold wind, suddenly, he saw a group of student-like people coming out of the station, they were a group of young people from all over the countryside, Xiao Li quickly inserted into the team, and finally, he was taken to a place called Bitter Water River, because of the harsh conditions, very few people chose to come here, Although Xiao Li did not have a letter of introduction, he was also prevaricated by him and accepted.
Xiao Li was arranged in the breeding room, followed by an old man to raise livestock, the old man was alone, silent, bored Xiao Li could only be with the earth dog, in his spare time with the earth dog out to play a tooth sacrifice, such a day passed half a year, the next summer, Xiao Li has adapted to such a life, he fed a gray puppy also grew up, however, this summer encountered a rare drought, the crops almost no grain, the bitter water river has become a trickle, was built a dam to block the water, In order to compete for water conflicts, what is even more frightening is that with the intensification of drought, not only the life of people and livestock is difficult, but also the animals in the mountains are affected, and the wolf plague has been everywhere since the beginning of the wilderness, and Xiao Li has seen this face.
The drought was getting worse, there was less and less food in the mountains, and the sparse mountain wolves began to gather, howling closer and closer to the village. The livestock began to be restless and did not even dare to go to the river to drink water, especially at night, sometimes the howling of the wolves could last for several hours, the herds almost blew up their nests, and ran in panic in the fence all night, fortunately surrounded by dogs, otherwise it was likely to jump out and send them to the mouth of the wolves. There are many dogs in the village, in previous years, the dog group is the barrier of the village, the wolf pack is also relatively scattered, rarely can break through the dog group to attack the village, but this year is different, people can not eat enough, not to mention the dog, many dogs have been skinny, Xiao Li raised a small greyhound situation is worse, he has no extra food to give it.
One morning, Xiao Li got up and did not see the greyhound, he thought sadly, it must be buried in the wilderness, these days many hungry dogs go to the wild to find food to eat, most of them were bitten by wolves, and when they were found, there was only a little fur left. After a long time after that, the little greyhound did not appear again, until the winter, a snowy night, Xiao Li was on fire to keep warm, a few potatoes baked in the stove is his dinner, suddenly he heard the sound of paws scratching the door, he was frightened, picked up a stick and quietly walked to the door, through the hole he saw a dog standing on the white snow, it was a greyhound, he was frightened, hurriedly opened the door, the greyhound jumped in, affectionately rubbed his trouser legs, Xiao Li lit a kerosene lamp, looked at the greyhound carefully, Its fur is messy, there are many scars on its body, it is very emaciated, but its belly is very large, as if it is pregnant, it seems that it is not good in the wild, and it is difficult for Xiao Li to imagine what greyhounds have experienced in these months.
Soon, the greyhound gave birth to several cubs, due to the lack of nutrition, the greyhound had difficulty giving birth, and finally only a black cub survived, in order to feed it, every night, Xiao Li secretly drilled into the sheep pen to milk the sheep to feed it. This little black dog grew fast, and soon learned to steal milk to drink by itself, and at night Xiao Li let it out, and it went to find the mother sheep to drink milk. Under the care of Xiao Li, the little black dog grew very quickly, but also showed a different side, it is very large, thick fur, sharp teeth, like a dog and like a wolf, especially on weekdays rarely bark, fights are very fierce, in the dog group soon stood firm, however, it is not fit, usually are alone, especially like to go out at night to fight tooth sacrifice, at the beginning, every morning the little black dog came back with injuries, obviously with what beast to fight, Xiao Li is afraid that it was attacked by wolves, tie it up, But they were all broken free by it, and he was lucky to be angry. Later, the black dog's wounds became less and less, and he didn't know when there would be no more wounds, and even began to bring back his prey, which surprised Xiao Li, but he immediately understood that the black dog was extraordinary, and it actually stood in the wild, which was very rare in the mountains where wolves were surrounded and leopards were infested.
In the winter of the third year, the drought was still on, the wolves rose again, this time the wolves were more ferocious, and the wolves led by a white-haired wolf successfully used the way of the east and west to keep the dogs and hunters in the village in a hurry, and some livestock were taken away by the wolves, but there was only one exception, that is, Xiao Li had the most livestock in the breeding room, but it was never lost. It turned out that every time the wolves came, the black dog did not care, it never followed the wolves to chase, but quietly lay on the highest part of the sheep pen, and the sheep saw that the black dog was no longer panicked, rarely quiet. The wolves also seemed to know the black dog, and they tacitly bypassed the black dog's territory, never deviant. A few days later, the village also discovered this situation, so everyone gathered the livestock and placed them in the fence of the breeding room, and every night, people and dogs were also concentrated here, and this method was really effective, and the number of wolf attacks was much less.
One night, the white hair snow fell all night, the snow on the ground was half a meter deep, people were sleepy and tired, the dogs were scattered and crowded together for warmth, people also gathered in the breeding room to roast the fire for warmth, after midnight, everyone slept, suddenly a noise came, followed by the scream of the dog, people quickly packed up the guys to go out to check, as soon as they went out, they were stunned by the situation in front of them, a large group of wolves were surrounded by a circle, I don't know how many, a huge white haired wolf was clustered in the front row, and several dog corpses lay in the middle The remaining dogs huddled under the corner of the sheepfold to confront the wolves, apparently having just suffered a loss. Xiao Li leaned out and looked, he couldn't count how many wolves there were, but obviously these few of them were not opponents, and the wolves obviously paid no attention to the appearance of the hunters, their targets stared at the sheepfold behind the dogs, but the strange thing was that the wolves obviously had the advantage but did not move immediately.
Suddenly, the white-haired wolf came out surrounded by several big wolves, it looked up and roared in a low voice, as if it was saying something, several big wolves also issued a low roar of threat, the dogs trembled for a moment, there was no sound at all, but the target of the white hairy wolf was not on the dog group, it stared at the top of the sheep pen, it turned out to be a black dog, it was lying on the top of the sheepfold, the black fur blended with the night, and then it was noticed, it seemed to ignore the threat of the head wolf, as if the whole thing had nothing to do with it. After a while, the head wolf howled, and the wolves began to stir, gradually surrounding the sheepfold, at which point the people could no longer hide, and once the wolves entered the enclosure, none of the livestock remained, and the village was difficult to survive this winter. They plucked up their courage, picked up the guy and rushed out, the dogs saw that the owner's courage also grew, three or three two with the people, soon confronted the wolves, and soon there were many sticks and canine wolves from time to time to fight, the white hairy wolf is still in the middle of the wolf pack, from time to time roaring and urging, a big war is about to start.
In order to speed up the siege, the head wolf roared again, and several big wolves around them immediately scattered into the various wolves, the hunters knew that this was about to launch a general attack, hurriedly reminded everyone to pay attention, the wolves also began to stir, suddenly, a black shadow jumped down from the wall, it went straight to the head wolf and crashed over, the head wolf was directly knocked to the ground, the only three remaining big wolves around were also frightened by this sudden attack, the head wolf turned over, and immediately jumped into the guard wolf pack, but the black shadow followed, it tightly entangled the head wolf, Tangled with it, it made several of the guards jump to their feet, but they could not attack, because they could not lock on to the target, and between the teeth of the dogs, the wolves blew up their nests from the middle, which made the wolves that were about to fight cool down instantly, and everyone was stunned by this scene.
Xiao Li fixed his eyes on it, it turned out to be his own black dog, it took advantage of the emptiness around the wolf king, seized the opportunity to fight with the wolf king in close combat, so that the wolf king lost the team advantage, can only fight with the black dog alone, the black dog is obviously better, but the head wolf is not vegetarian, their fight is very fierce, and finally the black dog bites the neck of the head wolf, but at this time it is also surrounded by three big wolves to bite, at this time, Xiao Li roared, knocking on the gong and shouting that the guy rushed up, the wolf pack lost the head wolf command, suddenly chaotic, and fled, And the black dog covered in blood bit the head wolf and never let go.
The next day, the severed fur of the white-haired wolf was separated from the black dog, which was buried on the hillside at the entrance of the village, which connected the wilderness and the village, where the black dog often passed, and this freedom-loving black dog with a mixture of dog and wolf genes became the patron saint of the village.