Qiao Fuhai's family is very simple. He only has his wife at home and a pair of children who are boarding and going to school in the county town.
In order to entertain Xue Chen, Qiao Fuhai and his wife cooked a very sumptuous dinner, which made Xue Chen feel their enthusiasm.
The two of them also drank a lot of wine, which was local corn wine, which was really good.
After dinner, Qiao Fuhai said drunkenly that he would talk about something tomorrow.
Early the next morning, Xue Chen simply exercised in the yard, while Qiao Fuhai and his wife also got up early to take care of the chickens, ducks, geese, cattle and sheep...
Qiao Fuhai has built this mountain, so the scale of breeding is not small. There must be two to three thousand poultry, all of which are free-range. In addition, he has to take care of other livestock. It can be said that the workload is not small, but
I don't look like I'm working hard at all.
Xue Chen understood after looking at it for a while that it was because of Qiao Fuhai's special ability that it had the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort. It might take five or six people to complete the work, but because of the superpower, Qiao Fuhai could do it alone.
There are also several dogs in the yard. They help Qiao Fuhai chase chickens, ducks and geese. They also work part-time to look after the house and yard to prevent the intrusion of wild animals such as foxes and weasels in the mountains. They are all local dogs that grow well and look very smart.
After finishing their busy work and having a simple breakfast, Xue Chen and Qiao Fuhai stood in the yard.
Qiao Fuhai teased Gray Ball and praised with bright eyes: "Brother Xue, you are an amazing dog."
"Brother Qiao, I'll say it directly if I have anything to say. I'm here this time hoping that you can use your ability to help me gain a deeper understanding of the gray ball. Well, it has undergone some special changes recently." Xue Chen organized.
Language, some things are really hard to say. Would it be too shocking to directly say that my dog may have superpowers?
He also felt a little regretful. It would be great if mind reading could be used on animals, but unfortunately it didn't work. He had already tried it, but it didn't work.
Qiao Fuhai squatted down and touched Hui Qiu's head: "It doesn't look like he has a big mouth. He is one year old? He is still a little guy."
Gray Ball seemed to feel that Qiao Fuhai was different from other people, so he squatted there obediently and looked at Qiao Fuhai.
"Little guy, what changes have happened to you recently?" Qiao Fuhai spoke to a dog as if he were talking to a human being.
Gray Ball flicked its tail and barked several times.
Qiao Fuhai let out a light sigh.
Xue Chen watched from the side and saw that Qiao Fuhai only said one sentence and did not open his mouth again. He just looked at Gray Ball with a serious expression, while Gray Ball called out twice from time to time.
After about ten minutes, Qiao Fuhai stood up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then said: "My ability is to communicate with animals. You know it, but it's not as powerful as you think. For example, those
Chickens, ducks and geese, at most they know my orders and obey my orders. Dogs and cows are relatively smart. It is easier to order them, but it is difficult to understand what they want to express. It is also at most a matter of understanding them.
The emotions include happiness, sadness, whether you are sick, etc..."
"Yeah." Xue Chen listened quietly.
"In other words, the smarter the animals are, the easier it is for them to communicate with me, and I don't know how to describe the way of communication. Simple things can be done through talking, and you can also communicate mentally, but it is rarely used in daily life.
, I had a conversation with the little guy just now, and I found that it is very smart, the smartest of all the animals I have ever seen, and it is much easier to communicate with than the old scalper that I have raised for ten years."
Speaking of this, Qiao Fuhai couldn't help but sigh.
"What did you communicate with Hui Qiu?" Xue Chen asked curiously.
"When it comes to communication, it's definitely not like human beings who can clearly express what they want to say. They can only roughly understand it."
Qiao Fuhai talked about the exchange he had with Gray Ball just now. To put it simply, he asked about Gray Ball's recent changes.
Xue Chen immediately became interested and listened carefully.
"It seems to mean that a few days ago, something bad happened suddenly, maybe because of illness, but it got better soon. After that, there were some different changes in the body. The little guy was not very expressive about the changes.
It’s so clear, it seems to mean that the nose has become more sensitive, it can smell more smells, and it can run faster. In general, the body has become stronger..."
"Is this so?" Xue Chen thought thoughtfully.
Qiao Fuhai scratched his head: "Not only that, the little guy also expressed some other meanings, but I didn't fully understand them. Those meanings are too complicated."
Just as the two people were talking, an old woman who looked to be in her seventies opened the door to the yard, carrying a basket on her arm, and said with a smile as she walked: "Fuhai, load it for me."
Twenty goose eggs will be brought to the city tomorrow to give to my eldest grandson."
Hearing the sound, Qiao Fuhai's wife hurried over and found that the goose eggs were in the basket.
The old lady was a little scared when she saw a dog as big as Hui Qiu, so she didn't come forward and just stood at the door of the yard waiting.
This was when Gray Ball made a very strange move. He turned his head and looked in the direction of the old lady, sniffed again, and then let out a low whimper, as if he was very sad.
Xue Chen didn't pay attention. On the contrary, Qiao Fuhai's expression changed slightly. He first glanced at Hui Qiu, then at the old lady at the door, and then whispered to Xue Chen: "Hui Qiu whimpered twice just now. What did you mean?"
It seems like someone is dying..."
"What?" Xue Chen was shocked in his heart. Someone is going to die? Who? He naturally turned to look at the old lady at the door, but although this old lady was not young, her face was full of wrinkles and she didn't have many teeth.
But he is nice, his smile is very kind, and at first glance he is a kind-hearted person.
"It shouldn't be wrong, that's what the little guy meant." Qiao Fuhai also looked a little shocked.
For a moment, neither of the two people spoke.
Qiao Fuhai's daughter-in-law also packed the goose eggs and handed them into the old lady's hands. The old lady turned away with a smile and a brisk pace.
At noon, Xue Chen had just finished his meal and was standing in the yard looking at the poultry raised on the mountain. At this time, a middle-aged man came in a hurry. After opening the door, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Fuhai, you are home."
Bar!"
Qiao Fuhai came out of the house and looked at the man who came: "Brother Li, what's wrong?"
Brother Li sighed first, then shook his head and said, "Just now... Mrs. Yuan left."
Xue Chen's face couldn't help but change. Mrs. Yuan, isn't she the one who came to buy goose eggs in the morning?
Qiao Fuhai also looked unhappy, with a sad expression: "How is it possible? Is Aunt Yuan feeling well?"
"Who can explain this clearly? I heard from Xiaohua that her mother was picking eggplants in the garden and suddenly fell to the ground. Old Zhao from the village came to see her and she was out of breath. It might be a heart disease.
It’s a crime, it’s sudden death.”
The fourth brother Li who arrived first gave a general talk, and then said that he was leaving and had to do some errands. He needed some eggs and live chickens, and asked Qiao Fuhai to prepare them and come over to get them later.
After Brother Li left, Xue Chen and Qiao Fuhai looked at each other with complicated expressions. They didn't expect that this thing actually happened.
Qiao Fuhai and his wife went to prepare the eggs and live chickens needed for the wedding. Xue Chen called Hui Qiu in front of him. Looking at Hui Qiu, he felt that it was very different from the past.
He really couldn't believe that Gray Ball was actually right and saw the possibility that the old lady was going to die.
What kind of ability is it? Prophecy? Seeing through life and death? Or...
He really wanted to have a detailed chat with Hui Qiu, but unfortunately Hui Qiu couldn't speak human language. Even Qiao Fuhai could only communicate briefly and couldn't fully understand everything.
Looking at the gray ball, thinking about it breaking Wang Dong's disappearance, and seeing that the old lady was about to die, I had some guesses in my mind. It seemed that the gray ball really had superpowers...
After a while, the village below the mountain remembered the sad music played on the trumpet. As a member of the same village, Qiao Fuhai and his wife all went down the mountain to help deal with the old lady's funeral. This is also a rural habit. When a family has something to do,
Villagers who are nearby will help with the work.
Xue Chen stayed for another day, said goodbye to Qiao Fuhai early the next morning, and drove back with Hui Qiu on his way back.
When he was about to arrive in Haicheng, and when he got off the highway and was about to enter the city, Xue Chen saw a policeman checking the passing vehicles in front of him.
He saw Liu Qingshuang among them, and the other policemen were also from the criminal police team, many of them armed with live ammunition.
When he stopped the car, Liu Qingshuang put her hand on the car window and glanced inside.
"You just came back from out of town?" Liu Qingshuang asked casually.
"Yes, I went to other provinces and just came back." Xue Chen nodded, looked around, and asked curiously, "What are you checking for?"
"Routine spot checks, I'll talk to you later when I have time." Liu Qingshuang took a step back, then waved her hand to signal her to come over.
Xue Chen glanced around and saw that there were police dogs on the side of the road. It didn't look like a random inspection. It should have a special mission.
Just when Xue Chen was about to release the brakes, Hui Qiu, who was lying in the back seat, suddenly sat up and let out two whimpering sounds.
After Xue Chen heard this familiar voice, his muscles all over his body tightened. He turned around, looked at Gray Ball, and whispered: "Could it be..."
At this time, Gray Ball was looking at a little policeman holding a police dog on the side of the road through the car window.
"Why aren't you leaving? Don't delay my work." Liu Qingshuang urged with a smile.
Xue Chen ignored Liu Qingshuang, but looked at the little policeman seriously, thought about it quickly, and then said to Liu Qingshuang: "That little policeman... let him pay attention to his own safety."
"What do you mean?" Liu Qingshuang was a little confused.
Xue Chen smiled bitterly, he didn't know what to say. (To be continued)