Qi Baoer looked at her father with difficulty, "Master, do you think these things were done by that little devil from Fuye?"
The old man Qi said without thinking: "That can't be done. Although Fuye's child was a bit naughty during his lifetime, his character is absolutely fine. He is filial. As long as the little baby is a little bit delicious, he can eat it.
I’ll keep it for my family.”
The old man seemed to have remembered something, "Do you still remember the running-water banquet our family had in the village when you first came back?"
Qibaoer nodded.
"Although we said we could eat whatever we wanted at the time, we didn't have enough apples at home and we didn't buy them outside, so we didn't leave the apples one by one for everyone to take. We could only cut them into slices and put them in big basins."
Lao Qi's family is not stingy, otherwise they would not take out valuable apples as snacks. It is said that the food at the flowing banquet is all food and wine, and if they can bring out fruits, everyone will think that the host family is extremely generous.
But unfortunately there are some things that you just can’t buy even if you have the money and the will, such as apples that are out of season.
Fortunately, the people in the village are honest and there are no greedy ones, at least not in front of Lao Qi's family. No one is dissatisfied with it, and everyone just wants to take a slice and taste it.
As a result, the apples that were not enough at first turned out to be the most leftover every day.
There was no reason to recycle the things used for the running mat once they were taken out, but there were not too many apple slices left, and one piece for each person was not enough, so Old Man Qi took the initiative and gave those apple slices to the children in the village.
Children divide it up.
It was at this time that Old Man Qi noticed the child Qi Fuye.
Although he looks like a child who lives in the world, every time he is given apple slices, he carefully wraps them in clean leaves and hides them in his sleeves. After hiding them, he immediately runs home.
Looking at the other children, they all happily ate after receiving their portions.
Old man Qi met Qi Kaishan one time. He suddenly remembered this and asked curiously. Qi Kaishan told him that the child knew that Qi Wen Fang liked to eat apples, but Qi Wen Fang himself was always reluctant to buy them, so he asked him
He didn't eat any of the apple slices he was given when the Qi family held a flowing feast, but took them all back to honor the praying party.
Old man Qi wiped his tears and said, "My dear, you said that for such a sensible and filial child, even if his soul and character may change, I just don't believe that he would really hurt Wen Fang and the others."
A kind and filial child at heart, even if he becomes Piao, he believes that the baby will only be a good piao who is reluctant to leave his family.
Qi Bao'er did not answer her father directly, but said silently: "Master, I will go to Grandpa Kaishan's house later to have a look."
Regardless of whether it was really the child's wish for wealth or something else, this was already going to hurt people's lives. She was so close, so it just couldn't be justified.
She sighed helplessly in her heart, she really just wanted to take a long vacation and be comfortable.
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At night, three people, two tall and one short, were walking on the main road in the village in the quiet night.
Old man Qi was thinking about the affairs of Qi Kaishan's family and was unwilling to let him wait at home, so Qi Baoer simply took him with him.
As for the other one, he said, "Always remember that you are the prince's personal attendant," but actually he wanted to see the lively Twelve.
When approaching Qi Kaishan's house, Qi Bao'er raised his eyes and glanced in the direction of Qi Kaishan's house and suddenly stopped.
Old Man Qi and Twelve both looked at her in confusion, only to see her gaze fixed on Shao Shao, looking out of control and looking in the direction of a corner at the entrance of the courtyard with obvious surprise.
"My dear, then, is there something there?" Old Man Qi's voice was trembling.
It's one thing to know that you will definitely encounter a supernatural event today, but it's another thing to know whether you will be afraid if you actually encounter it.
At this moment, all the hairs on his body stood on end, and a chill ran down his back from the top of his forehead to his tailbone.
Qi Baoer didn't reply and asked: "Sir, did Grandpa Kaishan's family have a dog before? The head is like a lion's head, about one meter high, very strong, and white."
It's a bit similar to the Zhan'ao dog in her previous life, but it's just similar. The hair is not that long. It's a short-haired dog. It looks very majestic when you look at it.
When Old Man Qi heard his granddaughter's description, he was no longer afraid. He let out a long sigh and then said in a sad tone: "Yes, it's called Da Zhuang. It's a dog picked up by your founder."
Old man Qi didn't even want to talk about this dog, it was really irritating when he thought about it.
"Da Zhuang is a hunting dog raised by a young master from a wealthy family in the city. The young master not only raised Da Zhuang, a hunting dog, but also a large group of them."
That family was rich, so of course they didn't keep hunting dogs to make money, they just did it for fun, not even as a hobby.
One time, the young master became interested in going hunting in the mountains, so he took seven hunting dogs with him, including Jia Da Zhuang.
Unexpectedly, they were not very lucky that time. Not long after entering the mountains, they encountered a bear and a tiger fighting. The reason was that the black bear wanted to kill the tiger cub, and the tigress was protecting the cub, so the two sides fought for their lives.
When this happens, no matter whether it is an experienced real hunter or an inexperienced ordinary person, everyone knows how to run away first to save their lives.
But the young master was weird. At this moment, he also took a fancy to the two little tiger cubs who were protected by the tigress and who also drove the tigress crazy. He actually ordered the hunting dogs to surround the black bear and the tigress, and then let the servants go.
I stole two tiger cubs in order to make a profit.
This is the case in the animal world, but when it comes to cubs, most females will go crazy and try their best, but black bears are stupid and will go crazy at the slightest provocation.
Therefore, the black bear and tigress that were originally fighting against each other, after Da Zhuang and the others surrounded them, in the blink of an eye they were all facing the seven hounds as if they were enemies.
The final outcome was tragic, six of the seven hounds died and one was seriously injured, but both the black bear and the tigress were still alive.
When all the dogs fell down, the young master was so scared that he didn't want the tiger cubs anymore, so he turned around and ran away, and the other servants also ran away with him.
No one paid attention to Da Zhuang, who was still moaning and groaning even though he was seriously injured.
I don’t know whether I should call Da Zhuang lucky or unfortunate. It rained heavily that night, and the place where Da Zhuang fell happened to be in a low-lying area. After the rainwater collected, Da Zhuang was washed to the foot of the mountain.
Not far below the foot of the mountain is Qi Kaishan's family's field. Qi Kaishan was worried that the rain would wash away the newly planted seedlings, so he asked Qi Kangshun to go to the field overnight wearing a raincoat.
The Qi Kaishan family did not know the origin of Dazhuang, but they kindly picked up the seriously injured Dazhuang, treated his injuries and raised him carefully.
However, judging from its large stature and appearance that was clearly different from a local dog, they also guessed that this was definitely not a dog that had been raised by humans in the past.
"You, the founder of the mountain, have such a temperament. After Dazhuang got better, he asked someone to go to the government to keep it secret, so that Dazhuang's original owner could find it as soon as possible."
Because of Qi Kaishan's behavior, the young master's family quickly came to the door as expected and took away Da Zhuang, who was still injured at the time.
But less than half a month later, Qi Kaishan went to the city once. On the way back to the village, he actually saw a strong corpse in a not hidden place on the roadside.
"The big body was covered with whip wounds that were clearly caused by being beaten. There was no good spot on the body."