The wife of two taels of silver

Seeing that Gu Zhilan was a little scared, Lin Haitang held her on her lap and whispered, "Lanlan, don't be afraid. Mom won't tell you. Tell me, who is that friend on the mountain you were talking about? What are his parents' names? Tell me, okay?"

"Mom, it was a puppy, a very small dog. It was injured in the mountains. My brother and I hid it in a cave and raised it." Gu Zhilan hugged Lin Haitang's neck and whispered.

Lin Haitang frowned and thought: It can't be a puppy. The domestic dogs in the village don't give birth in the mountains, and she doesn't remember there being stray dogs in the mountains. It's very small, it must have been born not long ago. Where is the mother?

"It's okay, let's go together, okay? You and your brother can take mother with you."

The three of them packed up, put on their bamboo baskets and went up the mountain.

It wasn't too early, it would be around ten o'clock in the morning in modern time. The sun was warm on her body, and since it was winter, she didn't meet many people on the road, which made Lin Haitang breathe a sigh of relief.

Lin Haitang, her mother and her two children walked up the mountain along a small path. Not long after they walked, the two children took Lin Haitang to a small cave. It was so small that it could not be called a cave. It was just a groove that could accommodate an adult curled up in. Inside, Lin Haitang saw the "friend" that the two children mentioned.

It is a puppy, snow-white all over, with only two black ears, and its mouth looks a little longer than that of an ordinary puppy.

It can't be a little wolf cub, right?

Lin Haitang thought. That shouldn't be the case. I don't remember there being wolves on the mountain. Besides, why would a wolf cub be alone?

"Mom, this is it, Xiaobai." Gu Mo pointed at the puppy, "My sister and I found it next to a big tree when we were collecting firewood yesterday."

The two children were probably afraid that the puppy would be cold, so they surrounded it with some dry grass.

"Didn't you see the big dog when you picked it up?" Lin Haitang carried the puppy out. The puppy hadn't cried out and its body was starting to feel cold. It was probably not going to survive.

"No, I only saw Xiaobai barking." Gu Mo reached out and touched the puppy.

"Momo, Lanlan, don't be sad. This puppy is too small and hasn't opened its eyes yet. It has been frozen for so long. We may not be able to keep it alive." Lin Haitang said seriously to the two children while holding Xiaobai.

The two children were still young and loved Xiaobai very much. If they were not told clearly, they would be very sad. Although they would still be very sad after Xiaobai died. It was okay. Lin Haitang could not make them not sad. She could only tell them in advance so that they would not be kept in the dark.

Gu Zhilan's eyes suddenly filled with tears: "Mom, please save Xiaobai, please save Xiaobai."

Lin Haitang: "Lanlan, Mommy will take Xiaobai home and try to save it, but it's almost dying now. Mommy can't guarantee that I can save Xiaobai. Lanlan, please be mentally prepared. Don't worry, Lanlan, Mommy will definitely do her best to save it."

"Okay, thank you, Mom. Mom, let's go home quickly and save Xiaobai." Gu Zhilan's little hand tightly grasped the corner of Lin Haitang's clothes.

Lin Haitang returned home with her two children and a dying puppy.

The puppy's body was almost cold, but luckily its armpits were still warm. To be honest, Lin Haitang had no idea how to save it.

Finally arriving home, Lin Haitang took the puppy out of her arms. She was really afraid that the puppy would die on the way, so she kept it in her arms.

Lin Haitang picked up the puppy and put it in the bed. Fortunately, Lin Haitang did not put out the fire on the kang, otherwise Lin Haitang would not be able to find a ready-made warm place for the puppy.

Lin Haitang was truly troubled as to how to save this little creature. It looked like a puppy, freshly born, and it had been freezing outside in the winter for who knew how long, and hadn't had any milk in who knew how long. Lin Haitang truly didn't know what to do.

space!

Lin Haitang had a flash of inspiration. This space couldn't be useless. There must be a solution inside.

"Momo, Lanlan, can you two go pick up the eggs laid by the chickens and ducks today? Mom will use them to save Xiaobai, otherwise Xiaobai will have nothing to eat." Lin Haitang found an excuse to send the two children out so that she could go into the space to find something that could save the puppies.

"Okay, my sister and I will go pick up chicken and duck eggs, and Mom will save Xiaobai." Gu Mo took his sister's hand and walked out.

Lin Haitang quickly entered the space. She saw the small ball of light on the flower, and the more she looked at it, the more it looked like a pill. She went to the nameless house and took two small bottles, one for the pill and the other for spring water.

Lin Haitang muttered "exit" to himself and came out of the space.

Looking at the pills and spring water in her hands, Lin Haitang decided to give it a try, otherwise she would have no other options.

I opened Xiaobai's mouth and put the pill into it. But how to make Xiaobai swallow the pill became a problem, because Xiaobai was not a human being and could not be fed the pill mouth to mouth.

Lin Haitang poured some spring water into Xiaobai's mouth and was about to press the medicine down with her fingers when a magical thing happened. The pill actually slid down along the spring water.

After a while, Xiaobai's body began to warm up and he started to make humming sounds.

"Oh my god! This is amazing! This is actually medicine! I've really found a treasure!" Lin Haitang cried in her heart.

"Xiaobai! Xiaobai is fine! Mom, you are so great!" Gu Zhilan quickly put down the egg in her hand and hugged Lin Haitang.

Lin Haitang also happily hugged her daughter: "Mom is amazing, isn't she?" Then Lin Haitang found another problem, "But Xiaobai is so small, and we don't have anything to feed it at home. What should we do?"

"Mom, we have chicken eggs and duck eggs!" Gu Zhilan said naively.

"Mom just forgot. I'm sorry, Lanlan. Xiaobai is still too young and can only drink milk. She can't eat eggs now." Lin Haitang rubbed her daughter's little face.

Gu Mo looked worried: "Mom, what should we do? We have milk at home for Xiaobai to drink."

"It's okay, Mo Mo. Mom will go ask in the village if there is a female dog that has just given birth. If that doesn't work, Mom will buy a ewe. She will definitely not let Xiaobai get hurt." Lin Haitang pinched Gu Mo's little fat.

Gu Mo suddenly remembered something, and his eyes lit up: "Mom, the village chief's dog has given birth to puppies, you can feed Xiaobai."

"The village chief's house, that's great, now Xiaobai will have something to eat." Lin Haitang also became happy. The village chief was an upright man, and he had always taken good care of Gu An and Yuan Shen. It would be a great thing if the dog in the village chief's house could feed milk.

"Momo, can you and your sister stay home and look after Xiaobai? Mom's going to buy some food. Xiaobai wants to drink the village chief's dog's milk, so we can't go empty-handed." Lin Haitang looked at Gu Zhilan again: "Is that okay, Lanlan?"

"Okay." The two children said in unison. "Mom, please drive slowly." Gu Mo said.

"Thank you Momo, Mom is leaving." Lin Haitang took the silver and walked out of the house.

Lin Haitang first went to the village butcher, Li, and bought a few pounds of meat. He took two pounds from the village chief, kept two pounds for himself, and also asked for five pounds of large bones. He then went to Aunt Wang's house and bought two pounds of soybeans and two pounds of tofu. Seeing that she had plenty of cabbage, he also asked for two large cabbages. In winter, there were no other vegetables, only cabbages.

These things just filled up the backpack, and Lin Haitang returned home satisfied.

Lin Haitang brought two pounds of pork, one pound of tofu and six eggs to the village chief's house, put them in a bamboo basket, covered it with a lid, asked Mo Mo to hold Xiao Bai, picked up the small bamboo basket, and took the two children to the village chief's house.

On the way, Lin Haitang chatted with the two children: "Momo, how did you know that the village chief's dog gave birth?"

"Brother Zhuqing told me." Gu Mo's face flushed, seeming a little shy.

Gu Zhilan said happily, "Mom, Brother Zhuqing is so nice. He always gives us delicious food. My brother and I love Brother Zhuqing so much."

Lin Haitang also smiled and said gently, "Is that so? Then Momo and Lanlan should thank Brother Zhuqing very much, and also thank the village chief. Xiaobai will also ask the village chief's dog to feed him milk."

"Yes! We will thank Brother Zhuqing and the village chief very much!"

Soon we arrived at the village chief's house.

"Village chief, I'm Haitang." Lin Haitang shouted while standing in the yard.

"Haitang is here, come in quickly, your uncle just went out, tell me what's the matter first." A very enthusiastic voice came, it was the voice of the village chief's wife Duan.

Duan touched Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan's heads respectively: "Mo Mo and Lan Lan have grown taller and more beautiful!"

Duan's hands looked rough, evident from years of hard work, but her graceful demeanor could still be seen on her wrinkled face. In her youth, Duan was a renowned beauty, and her father was a scholar. However, Duan only had eyes for the hardworking Li Youdao, now the village chief. Fortunately, Duan made the right choice. Life was tough at first, but things are getting better now. Their son is a renowned literary figure known throughout the surrounding villages.

"Hey! Why is Momo still holding the puppy?" Duan saw Xiaobai in Gu Mo's arms.

"Aunt, I came here just for this puppy. Momo and Lanlan picked up this puppy on the mountain. It was lucky enough not to be frozen to death. I heard that your dog just gave birth to puppies, so I brought Xiaobai here and asked the dog to feed the puppies." Lin Haitang said.

Duan picked up Xiaobai and said, "I thought it was nothing. Come on, I'll take the puppy to the big dog."

Duan brought the three of them to the woodshed, where the dog's kennel was. It was too cold in winter and the dog couldn't stand being outside.

The village chief's dog was a big yellow dog. When the big yellow dog saw Duan, it hummed twice. There were five puppies in the big yellow dog's arms, grunting and drinking milk.

"I'll try it slowly first. Don't let Da Huang throw Xiao Bai out." Duan kept muttering to herself as she carefully placed Xiao Bai in Da Huang's arms: "Da Huang, I'm giving you a new child. Feed him well and don't throw him out."

I don't know if Da Huang understood or if her maternal instinct was too strong, but soon after Xiao Bai was put in her arms, Da Huang started licking its fur. Soon after, Xiao Bai started humming and looking for the nipple, and after finding it, she couldn't wait to start drinking milk.

This was undoubtedly a good result. Momo and Lanlan were very curious to see so many puppies. The two little people squatted in front of the doghouse and chattered about it.

"Auntie, thank you so much. This is just a small token of my appreciation. Please don't be polite. I really don't know how to thank the village chief for what happened yesterday. So I'm bothering you again today." Lin Haitang handed over the basket.

"Look at what you said. Not to mention that He Li is the village chief, he is also your uncle. How can this be considered help? This is what he should do." Duan returned the basket again, frowning, and was really a little angry at Lin Haitang's politeness.

Lin Haitang had to waste a lot of time and effort to convince Duan to accept the things.