"Ah, it's for the two of them." Xue Hongfa was startled for a moment, and then said with some distress, "This food is too good. Is this beef? How expensive is beef now? It costs thirty or forty yuan a pound.
You're such a big golden eagle, you can't eat two kilograms of meat a day?"
Xue Chen agreed vaguely, without saying that two kilograms was only enough to fit between teeth, and ten kilograms was the starting point.
"Dad, even though they eat a lot, they are also very capable. They can even kill a wild boar of 200 to 300 kilograms. They can also catch a rabbit and pheasant. If you want to eat it, I will let Xiao Jin eat it later.
I'll go to the mountains and catch two for you."
After finishing tidying up, the family of three sat down in the living room. Xue Chen took a sip of hot tea, peeled another orange, and settled comfortably on the sofa, watching TV and chatting.
After returning home, Xue Chen completely lived a lazy life, doing nothing, watching TV, flipping through a few pages of the books he brought back to pass the time. Occasionally, uncles and aunts from the village would come to visit, and they would sit together and chat.
On the second day after returning, the industrious little golden eagle began to carry the trophies back from the mountains. When he saw a plump gray rabbit, Xue Hongfa was pleasantly surprised. When he saw a small wild boar of about thirty pounds, he was completely
It's messy.
"Now there are no traces of wild boar in the surrounding mountains. How far did it fly to catch it? I weighed it on the scale, and it was thirty-one pounds. You are really capable. You can actually catch it." Xue Hongfa
Amazed again and again.
Xue Chen was also surprised to see that Xiao Jin had caught such a heavy little wild boar. At the same time, he also expressed doubts about some information about golden eagles that he searched on the Internet. Some websites said that the weight-bearing capacity of golden eagles is very poor.
One or two kilograms.
He said it was absolutely impossible, even an ordinary golden eagle couldn't be that bad.
After Dad spread the word everywhere and praised the little golden eagle, for a while, everyone in Liushu Village knew that Xue Chen had brought back an amazing big eagle, and they all came to watch the fun, which made the little golden eagle almost grow up.
became a big star in the village.
There was a contractor in Liushu Village named Li Lianquan who was contracting out projects. He was often jokingly called the richest man in Liushu Village. Li Lianquan also acquiesced with a smile, but later Xue Chen donated money to build roads and built a house for his family.
No one mentioned it again.
On this day, Li Lianquan also came with his hands behind his back. He was not very tall, but he walked very elegantly. When he saw the gray ball lying at Xue Chen's feet, his eyes lit up: "Xue Chen, what kind of dog are you?
?”
"Uncle Li, this is a Caucasian dog." Xue Chen said with a smile.
"It looks like he has been well raised. He looks quite big, but he doesn't look very ferocious. I guess it's a bit worse than my King Kong." Li Lianquan said seriously, and then told Xue Chen,
His King Kong is a very pure Tibetan Mastiff.
Xue Chen smiled noncommittally and did not respond. He listened to Li Lian talking about his pet dog Tibetan Mastiff and how powerful the Tibetan Mastiff he raised was.
"A few years ago, I couldn't buy my Tibetan Mastiff without even one million yuan!" Li Lianquan said loudly, with a bit of pride on his face, "Now that the market has dropped, I got a bargain and spent five thousand yuan.
I bought it with money, and it’s money well spent.”
Xue Chen didn't know much about Tibetan Mastiffs, but he had heard about the ups and downs of the Tibetan Mastiff market. Seven or eight years ago, the Tibetan Mastiff market became extremely popular, with the price of a naive Tibetan Mastiff puppy reaching hundreds of thousands.
level, and the most exaggerated thing is that the so-called Tibetan Mastiff King has a price of 30 million, and the price is simply outrageous.
It is precisely because of the popularity of the Tibetan Mastiff market that mastiff gardens have emerged.
The reason why the Tibetan Mastiff is so popular is because people firmly believe that this kind of dog is very brave. A Tibetan Mastiff that cannot fight wild wolves alone is not a good Tibetan Mastiff. It is normal to be able to fight tigers and lions.
So much so that later people made up jokes to satirize this phenomenon, saying that one mastiff fought three tigers, three mastiffs sank an aircraft carrier, five mastiffs fought God, and ten mastiffs created the world...
Xue Chen is very familiar with the hype in the market. It is not uncommon in the antique circle. Let’s not talk about it far away, let’s talk about Bodhi, including Rudraksha and Xingyue Bodhi. The prices fluctuate greatly, just because there are pushers who are speculating. Now
Speculators are eyeing Thuja cypress again...
However, the prices that have been speculated will eventually fall back one day. The price of Tibetan Mastiffs has also plummeted in the past few years, from over a million a head to the current price of cabbage. Countless mastiff farms have closed down, and even mastiffs worth thousands of dollars have gone up.
the dining table.
Maybe the Tibetan Mastiff is indeed a very ferocious dog, but to say that it can fight with tigers and lions is pure fantasy, and it cannot even be said to be the most ferocious among dogs.
Hearing Li Lianquan say that the Tibetan Mastiff he raised was more ferocious than Gray Ball, Xue Chen didn't want to argue with him, and felt that it was unnecessary. He also understood that Li Lianquan was a person who was very concerned about face, and also had a competitive personality.
Li Lianquan also felt that Xue Chen didn't seem to care much about his words, so he said: "Xue Chen, I think you don't believe it. You haven't seen my King Kong. Just wait, I will bring it to you."
Take a look."
"Uncle Li, don't bother me. Come in and sit for a while, drink some tea and eat some fruit." Xue Chen said with a smile.
"No, just wait for me. I'll be back soon." Li Lianquan said and turned away. Xue Chen laughed and shook his head.
After a while, two people entered the yard, the village chief Qi Changhe and Li Lianquan. Li Lianquan was holding a black-haired Tibetan mastiff in his hand.
"Uncle Qi, you are here, come in." Xue Chen greeted.
"I came here for a walk and met Li Lianquan on the way. I saw him holding his Tibetan mastiff, so I asked him what he was doing. He said he wanted to compete with your big dog. I thought it was quite novel, so I came over to take a look.
"Qi Changhe said with a smile.
Xue Hongfa, who was in the house, saw the village chief coming and opened the door and walked out.
"Xiaochen, what do you think of my Tibetan Mastiff?" Li Lianquan said.
"Very good." Xue Chen took a look and said.
This Tibetan Mastiff does sound majestic, and is quite strong. Its limbs are as thick as an adult's arms, and it looks very powerful. Standing there, it is about as high as Li Lianquan's hip bone.
Gray Ball, who had been lying on the ground, seemed to feel that his territory had been violated, so he stood up.
Li Lianquan had only seen Gray Ball lying there in a big, furry pile. He didn't know the specific size. When Gray Ball stood up, he was stunned for a moment. It exceeded his previous guess, and even exceeded his mastiff.
A big chunk.
Qi Changhe squinted at the two dogs and said, "Xue Chen, your dog is really big. I have never seen such a big dog. It must weigh seventy or eighty kilograms."
"I need a little more, one hundred and ninety kilograms." Xue Chen said.
"One hundred and ninety pounds..." The look on Li Lianquan's face became unnatural when he heard this. His mastiff only weighed about one hundred and thirty pounds, which was quite a difference. It was not a heavyweight at all. He had been a heavyweight before.
I feel that my Tibetan Mastiff must be more awesome than Xue Chen’s big dog, but I don’t dare to say that now.
Xue Chen never worried that Gray Ball would explode and hurt people, so he never had the habit of using a dog leash. Maybe he saw the same kind of dog and wanted to get close and play together, so Gray Ball trotted over and reached Li Lianquan. In front of the Tibetan Mastiff he was holding, he stretched his head to smell it.
But the Tibetan Mastiff named King Kong didn't seem to have a good temper, and he didn't have any kindness toward Gray Ball. He bared his teeth and bit into Gray Ball's neck with a low growl.
Gray Ball ducked with a very agile move of his head, and immediately roared and fought back, not with his mouth, but with his front paws. He raised his right front paw and slapped King Kong, the Tibetan Mastiff, on the head.
The Caucasus is a large dog known for its strength and endurance. After Xue Chen's rejuvenation and careful feeding, Gray Ball has more strength than the ordinary Caucasus. Coupled with the complete suppression of the weight, this claw can beat the Tibetan Mastiff King Kong. He fell to the ground and turned two somersaults.
"Gray Ball, come back!"
When Xue Chen saw the conflict between the two dogs, he hurriedly shouted and called Hui Qiu back.
King Kong, the Tibetan Mastiff, also got up from the ground, struggled hard on the leash, and roared at the gray ball with his teeth bared, as if he wanted to save his face in the 300th round of the battle.
Li Lianquan's expression was not very good, and he was holding on to the rope tightly and refused to let go. How could he let go? The claw just now scared him. He actually slapped his King Kong and made him do two somersaults. What else could be better? It's not on the same level at all.
"Xue Chen, I'm going back first." Li Lianquan dragged his King Kong towards the courtyard gate.
After Li Lianquan left, the village chief Qi Changhe laughed: "This is Li Lianquan."
…
Haicheng University also had an early holiday. My sister Xue Qi came with a smile just after breakfast and asked Xue Chen to accompany her to the market in the town. Today is the day of the market.
"Let's go to the market in the town." Xue Chen said hello immediately.
He has also been very fond of visiting the market in the town since he was a child, especially during festivals. The market is arranged from one end of the largest street in the town to the other. You can buy them, and they are often of good quality and cheap.
Every time there are so many people in the market, they are so crowded that it is almost impossible to pass through. It takes eight hours to walk from one end of the market to the other.
When he was a child, every time he went to the market with his parents, he would hold some snacks in his hand and eat and watch while walking. This was the greatest enjoyment for him as a child.
"By the way, Li Huihui is also going. I made an appointment with her to pick her up later."
"Li Huihui, oh, I remember she and you were high school classmates, right."
After Xue Chen simply cleaned up, the two of them went out together, and then drove to pick up another girl from the same village, Li Huihui.
After getting in the car, Li Huihui shyly called Xue Chen Brother Chen.
After more than ten minutes of driving, the three of them arrived in the town. They saw that there were obviously more people on the streets, and the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival was everywhere. (To be continued)