Border Cook

Chapter 248 Running away from home
"Master, wait for me." Mao Sanli hurriedly followed.

The place where the master and the disciple were living at the time was a place called Shilipu, which was named after the fact that it was ten miles away from the county seat. The two of them walked quite fast along the way, and even though it was a very cold winter wind, it only took them one hour to reach Jinqiu County.

Mao Sanli had been to Xia Mingyue's home and knew the way, so he went straight to Xia Mingyue's door without asking for directions.

At this time, Wu Jin was playing the game of throwing sandbags in a circle with the brothers Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu in the yard. When he saw someone coming to the door and saw these two people were very familiar to him, he was stunned at first, and then hurriedly ran into the main room.

Hid behind Xia Mingyue.

He even put his head under Xia Mingyue's arm, placed it on her lap, and barked twice.

The voice was urgent and panicked.

"What's wrong?" Xia Mingyue touched Wu Jin's head. "Why are you so scared?"

"Aunt Xia, there are guests at home!" Zhao Dahu lifted the curtain and shouted.

guest?

And it scared Wu Jin like this...

Mao Sanli is here?
Xia Mingyue stood up and walked out.

Wu Jin opened his mouth and bit the hem of Xia Mingyue's dress, struggling to pull back with his limbs.

"It's okay. We have to face what we have to face." Xia Mingyue half-knelt and rubbed Wu Jin's forehead. "It should be fine once we explain the matter clearly."

"Don't worry, if you are willing to follow me, I will find a way to keep you here, no matter how much money it costs."

Xia Mingyue spoke softly, but her attitude was very firm.

Seeing this, Wu Jin finally felt relieved and loosened his mouth, but he rubbed his head on Xia Mingyue's palm again and again, making a low humming sound.

"Okay, let's go out." Xia Mingyue stood up.

Wu Jin followed, but only hid behind Xia Mingyue.

After lifting the curtain, the man and the dog walked out of the main room and saw Mao Sanli and Yin Lingyou standing in the yard.

When Yin Lingyou saw Xia Mingyue and Wu Jin behind her, he was stunned.

It's completely black with a little golden color on its tail. Its pair of black, golden, shiny eyes, and gleaming appearance, who else could it be but Xiao Hei?

"Xiao Hei, it's really you!" Yin Lingyou was extremely surprised and took a few quick steps forward.

This action startled Wu Jin so much that he took two steps back, his buttocks touching the cotton curtain. When he realized he had nowhere to retreat, he sat down on the ground.

His head was still hiding behind Xia Mingyue.

This look clearly showed that she was familiar with him, but also definitely showed resistance.

Exactly the same as what Mao Sanli said.

Yin Lingyou paused, and looked at Wu Jin in disbelief, "Xiao Hei, why don't you want to recognize us?"

"Could it be that when Uncle Yin and Brother Mao adopted Wu Jin, they did something that made Wu Jin hate it so much?" Xia Mingyue frowned.

Wu Jin is a loyal dog.

Since she adopted Wu Jin, Wu Jin has been dedicated to looking after the house and doing some chores for her to the best of his ability.

He even paid close attention to her emotions. When she was tired, thinking about something, or was in a bad mood, Wu Jin would notice it at the first moment and come to her side.

Either she rolls around in a coquettish manner, or actively asks for caressing, or you put your toys in front of her to play with. In short, you need companionship and comfort.

A creature like Wu Jin would not disown the person who adopted it.

Moreover, she had previously asked Wu Jin whether he had been wronged, and Wu Jin had given a positive answer.

Therefore, Xia Mingyue had reason to suspect whether the master and disciple had done something without knowing it.

"How could it be? Xiao Hei is smart and obedient, and we treat him very well." Yin Lingyou was very sure. "Master is right." Mao Sanli also nodded, "And Master saw that Xiao Hei was thin and weak, so he often made medicinal food for him. Xiao Hei was also grateful to Master and often went out hunting, and would bring back pheasants and rabbits for Master."

"Xiao Hei also picks wild fruits and herbs. One time, he even brought back a Ganoderma lucidum. Although it was not very old and in poor shape, it was still very valuable."

Medicinal food, hunting, collecting herbs...

Xia Mingyue thought about these three things for a long time, frowned and asked, "Could it be that the medicinal food tastes too bad and Wu Jin really doesn't like it, so he doesn't want to eat it anymore?"

After these words were spoken, Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli were both stunned.

"How could it be, Xiao Hei clearly..."

I always eat up all the food. If I felt disgusted, how could I eat it?

Before Mao Sanli finished speaking, Wu Jin looked at Xia Mingyue and woofed.

"Did I guess right?" Xia Mingyue touched Wu Jin's head.

"Wang!"

Another affirmative answer.

Xia Mingyue thought about it again and then asked, "Could it be that you ran away from home because of this matter?"

"Wang!"

Got it right again.

Xia Mingyue nodded slightly.

Yes, judging from Wu Jin's behavior after he came to her house, he is indeed a greedy person and must have high requirements for food.

Moreover, the reason why Wu Jin appeared at the door of her house was that he was attracted by the kitchen waste she placed at the door.

It is understandable that such a person as Wu Jin dislikes the taste of medicinal food and runs away from home just for a bite of it.

Xia Mingyue looked at Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli, "It seems that this is the reason."

The master and disciple were stunned again.

Did Xiao Hei run away from home?

The reason for running away from home is the food is bad?

"But since Xiao Hei hates medicinal food, why did he go hunting to repay it?" Mao Sanli still didn't understand.

"I guess, because Wu Jin is a loyal person, he is grateful to you for adopting him for a while, so he went hunting rabbits and pheasants, picking wild fruits and herbs, etc., as a way of repaying you and making up for his guilt of running away from home."

Xia Mingyue said, "So when Wu Jin saw you again, he was very scared and worried that you would take him back again..."

"Wow wow wow!"

(That’s right!)

So, this is the reason?

After all this fuss, it turns out that they did something wrong with good intentions, and actually caused great harm and trauma to Xiao Hei?
It even made Xiao Hei think about running away from home.

Xiao Hei, who had a strong sense of responsibility, did everything he could and then left without looking back...

Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli were both silent for a long time.

After a long time, Yin Lingyou raised his head and stretched his neck, "But my medicinal food is carefully prepared, why don't they taste good?"

You know, he is a top-notch doctor. The medicinal food he carefully prepared has been recognized by many people. Even the empress dowager of the previous dynasty praised it highly. How could it be unpalatable?

Moreover, Xiao Hei doesn’t like the medicinal food he makes, but does he like the food made by Madam Xia so much?

Suddenly I felt very unconvinced!
"This may be because dogs' sense of taste is not as sensitive as their sense of smell." Xia Mingyue explained, "Unlike humans who rely on their sense of taste to judge the quality of food, dogs rely on their sense of smell to judge the taste first. Even if the medicinal food tastes wonderful, it often has a strong medicinal smell, which dogs may not like."