country bumpkin

In Kongjia Village, Zhou Caiyun was playing with her child inside the house, making him giggle non-stop.

By this time, Qingsheng was already six months old, and the weather was gradually warming up. Zhou Caiyun often took the baby to visit neighbors at the old house.

She also has housework to do and children to take care of, so she's a bit too busy and plans to send the dog back to the old house.

Before the Lunar New Year, Yunya kept saying she wanted to get a puppy. Mu Shuyun was so busy that she forgot, and several months have passed now, but she still hasn't gotten one.

Just then, Zhou Caiyun decided she didn't want to take care of "Little Yellow" anymore, so she returned the dog. Yunya was overjoyed to see her friend and skipped off to play with the dog.

This was her childhood friend who had grown up with her. "Little Yellow" was also very happy to see Yunya, calling out in a roundabout way as if it were talking to Yunya and expressing its longing for her.

It kept wagging its tail happily, "swish swish swish," almost leaving a blur.

The dog happily circled around Yunya, licking her hands and face until they were wet.

Yunya ran inside and took out her favorite candy, feeding it to "Little Yellow". "Little Yellow" didn't stand on ceremony, licking the candy again and again, and finally simply rolled it up with its tongue and put it in its mouth, crunching away.

Yunya, with her clumsy and playful manner, helped the dog remove the crumbs from its mouth. The dog didn't get angry or guard its food, nor did it bite her. Instead, it spat out a small piece of candy and put it in Yunya's hand, barking twice at her.

Yunya understood its meaning and happily stroked "Little Yellow's" fur, saying, "You eat it! I still have plenty more."

The dog seemed to understand Yunya's words and didn't refuse. It licked the candy crumbs off Yunya's palm, making her little hands ticklish and causing her to giggle nonstop.

Mu Shuyun felt a little guilty seeing this. She thought to herself: How could I have been so busy that I forgot? I promised to bring Yunya back another puppy, but I completely forgot.

Qingsheng can't walk yet, but she loves animals. Watching Yunya and the dog play together, she kept looking at them and would laugh out loud from time to time.

At noon, Jianjun, Jianguo, Caixia, Xianghong, and Xiangyang all came to see "Little Yellow." Yunya introduced her friends to "Little Yellow" one by one.

The stray dog ​​neither barked nor bit them. As if it understood Yunya's explanation, it treated the unfamiliar children kindly.

The group played with the stray dog ​​until it was almost dark before heading home.

Zhou Caiyun held the child and stayed in the old house all day, only going home when it was almost dark.

That night, the dog returned to its old den, in the doghouse under the big tree opposite the gate in the yard.

Yunya also found some dry grass to spread on the ground for the dog, which lay on it and found it soft and comfortable.

The dog was comfortably dozing off when a tiny noise jolted it awake.

In the dead of night, a dark shadow flashed by and stopped on the wall of Yunya's new gate.

The dog was very alert and heard the noise as soon as the dark figure appeared.

It barked loudly, waking the people sleeping inside. The dark figure didn't climb over the wall to steal anything; it simply threw a large piece of meat into the yard next to the doghouse.

The dog was smart; it didn't eat the food the stranger offered, it just went over to look at it and sniff it.

Suddenly the dog sensed something was wrong. After smelling the meat, it kept sneezing.

A few minutes later, it started gagging, with white foam coming out of its mouth. The dog was clever and quickly perked itself up, barking incessantly, "Woof woof woof woof woof..."

As soon as the discomfort subsided, he kept calling out, urging the people in the house to wake up quickly.

Kong Tongming and Mu Shuyun were both awakened by the commotion outside. Kong Tongming quickly dressed and put on his shoes, grabbed a stick and a flashlight, and quietly peered out the window.

Finding no one outside, he turned on the porch light, pushed open the door, and went out. The dog thief, hearing someone open the door, was so frightened that he ran away immediately.

Kong Tongming took a flashlight and went to the doghouse. He saw the dog squatting on the ground, foaming at the mouth and dry heaving. When he saw the big piece of meat, he knew something bad had happened.

Hurry up and call Mu Shuyun to get up. When Kong Tongming went out, Mu Shuyun had already put on her clothes and shoes.

Hearing her husband calling her, she rushed out and anxiously asked, "Honey, what's wrong?"

While untying the dog's leash, Kong Tongming instructed Mu Shuyun, "Go quickly and get some soap solution to make the dog's skin more flaky. It must be a dog thief who's come to steal our dog; they've poisoned it."

Mu Shuyun didn't hesitate and quickly ran to prepare. Within minutes, she returned with a large basin of soapy water.

The two worked together: one pried open the dog's mouth, while the other used a small gourd ladle to pour the contents into its mouth.

The dog seemed to understand human behavior and knew that its owner was saving it. It did not resist, but the discomfort made it tremble all over.

Mu Shuyun kept pouring soapy water into the dog's mouth without delay. Kong Tongming pried open the dog's mouth, his hands aching, but he still didn't dare stop.

They worked swiftly and fiercely, only stopping after they had poured out an entire basin of soapy water.

The stray dog ​​was exhausted and lay on the ground with its eyes closed, its mouth and body covered in water stains.

The dog was still spitting out white foam, and its slightly swollen belly showed that it was struggling to breathe.

With mixed feelings, Mu Shuyun asked, "Honey, what do we do now?" Kong Tongming was much calmer than Mu Shuyun.

He comforted the dog, saying, "Don't worry, it should be fine once it stops foaming at the mouth." He took out a tattered cotton-padded coat and covered the dog with it to keep it warm.

Kong Tongming called for Mu Shuyun to go back and rest, but Mu Shuyun was worried and asked him to take the dog into the kitchen, fearing that the dog thief might return and steal the dog again.

Dog meat is now more expensive than pork! Some people just love it.

There aren't many dogs in the village. It's possible that when Zhou Caiyun brought her dog back yesterday, someone with ulterior motives took notice of her, which led to this incident.

The couple had done everything they could, and there was no other way but to rely on the dog itself.

The two returned to the bedroom, analyzed the events of the night, and then lay down to rest.

The next day, before dawn, Mu Shuyun got up quickly. The first thing she did was go to the kitchen to check on the dog.

She pushed open the kitchen door and saw that the dog had stopped trembling and was no longer foaming at the mouth.

Only a trace of filth remained on its mouth. The dog opened its eyes at the sound, but remained lying weakly on the ground.

The tattered cotton-padded coat covering her body remained draped over her shoulders. Mu Shuyun breathed a sigh of relief only after seeing that the dog could still open its eyes and confirming that the danger had passed.