Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 72 Loyal Dog Da Huang
"Dani, where's Dahuang? Have you seen him?"

"It seems like I saw it when I sent grandpa up the mountain this morning, and then I didn't see it anymore!"

When Xu Dani heard Li Guoqiang asking about Dahuang, she tilted her head and thought for a while, then shook her head and answered.

Going up the mountain?

No way?
When Li Guoqiang heard Xu Dani's words, he couldn't help but think of Da Huang's previous disdain for his recruitment, and then he instantly thought of a possibility.

"Big brother, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Dani saw that Li Guoqiang's brows suddenly frowned, and hurriedly asked: "Are you looking for Da Huang for something? Then I will accompany you to find it! I know where it likes to play!"

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang nodded when he heard this, and then said with some worry: "Then let's go now!"

After saying that, he pulled Xu Dani towards the gate of the courtyard.

Not long after, Xu Dani looked around the piles of corn stalks next to the threshing ground and a look of confusion appeared on her face.

According to her understanding of Dahuang, when Qu Yinfeng didn't go up the mountain to collect firewood, Dahuang would either stay at home or run to the threshing ground to play, but how come he couldn't be found now?

After thinking for a while, she still couldn't figure it out, so she could only look at Li Guoqiang timidly.

"Big brother, I can't find Da Huang!"

"It's okay. I roughly know where it should have gone. Go home and tell your grandma first, and I'll go find it."

When Li Guoqiang saw Xu Dani like this, he hurriedly spoke in a gentle voice to comfort her.

"Ok!"

Xu Dani hesitated for a moment when she heard this. She wanted to follow Li Guoqiang to find Dahuang, but she was worried that if she disobeyed, Li Guoqiang would be angry. In the end, she nodded and agreed, then turned around and ran towards her home.

When Li Guoqiang saw Xu Dani going back, he did not waste any time and hurried towards the back mountain.

Although Dahuang is just a dog, in his heart, he has long regarded Dahuang as a member of this family. Now that Dahuang is missing, of course he has to find it back.

Soon, he followed the mountain path he had just walked in the morning and came to the mountain where Xu Guangshan was buried. Then, from afar, he saw a yellow figure lying quietly in front of Xu Guangshan's grave, which instantly moved him.

In his previous life, when he saw movies about loyal dogs, he was a little skeptical whether there were such loyal and humane dogs in real life.

Unexpectedly, a real-life example appeared before him.

Dahuang didn't seem to expect Li Guoqiang to come. When it saw Li Guoqiang, it was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly got up from the ground and walked to Li Guoqiang, lowered its head and rubbed Li Guoqiang's trouser legs a few times.

Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, squatted down and rubbed Dahuang's head, then said softly: "Dahuang, come home with me! I'll get you something delicious when we get home!"

Hearing this, Da Huang raised his head and looked at Li Guoqiang, then quickly ran back and stood guard at Xu Guangshan's grave again.

"you"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then looked at Dahuang lying there quietly, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

After a while, he had an idea and took out two pounds of pig intestines from the storage space and placed them in front of Dahuang, wanting to prove his sincerity.

However, when Dahuang saw the pig intestines that appeared out of nowhere, he just raised his head and looked at Li Guoqiang in surprise, then quickly lay down again, as if he could not smell the fragrance of the pig intestines at all.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang frowned slightly, then said helplessly: "Okay! If you want to stay here, then stay here first! I will bring you food regularly in the future." After that, he stood there and watched quietly for a while, and saw that Dahuang never ate the pig intestines, so he could only turn around and go back helplessly.

"Big brother, have you found Da Huang?"

Xu Dani was standing at the gate of the yard. When she saw Li Guoqiang coming back, she immediately went up to him and asked.

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded first, then quickly shook his head and replied, "No, I didn't find it!"

"what?"

When Xu Dani heard that Li Guoqiang hadn't found Da Huang, she couldn't help but say with some worry, "Could it be that he was too playful and was accidentally caught and eaten by a tiger in the mountains?"

"Will not!"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then hurriedly shook his head and said comfortingly: "Da Huang is so smart, he will definitely not be eaten by the tiger. Maybe he was too tired from playing outside and accidentally fell asleep. When he wakes up, he will naturally come back by himself!"

"is it?"

Xu Dani looked up at Li Guoqiang, then said fiercely, "When Da Huang comes back, I will definitely teach him a lesson. How could he be so playful?"

"Ah!"

When Li Guoqiang saw Xu Dani like this, he was instantly amused, and then hurriedly took Xu Dani into the house, prepared to light a fire and cook some rice. At the same time, he also asked Qu Yinfeng to take out the remaining two kilograms of pork and cook it, so that Xu Dani and Qu Yinfeng could get some nutrition to avoid ruining their bodies due to excessive sadness.

After a while, after successfully receiving the reward of 20 kilograms of rice, he silently counted the supplies in his mind.

Since he had used the food he had advanced from the production team when he made breakfast for Xu Guangfu and others, in addition to the various supplies already available in the storage space, there were also 300 kilograms of cornmeal porridge, 400 palm-sized cornmeal cakes, 100 kilograms of roasted sweet potatoes and 100 kilograms of roasted potatoes.

为此，他用了15斤的苞米面粉、10斤地瓜和10斤土豆，再加上刚才煮饭用了1斤大米，所以现实中的粮食就还剩下了35斤大米、92斤苞米面粉、40斤土豆、40斤地瓜和10斤豆子。

In addition, when Tian Guixiang and her people were cooking at noon, they did not use up all the food sent by each household. There were about 10 kilograms of corn flour and 3 kilograms of potatoes left. After taking into account the gifts from each household and deducting various expenses, there was still a surplus of 16 yuan for the family.

In other words, of the 50 yuan that Li Guoqiang had taken out before, he only spent 33 yuan in the end.

Among them, the most expensive thing was the 5-inch thick coffin, which cost 36 yuan. When it was buried, it took more than a dozen strong men to pull the rope together to put it into the grave steadily.

At that time, some people couldn't help but feel a little envious of Xu Guangshan, saying that before Xu Guangshan died, he was lucky enough to meet such a good man like Li Guoqiang who was willing to spend money to buy him such a good coffin, which made his life worthwhile.

Li Guoqiang did not feel dissatisfied about this. After all, the world is big and death is the most important thing. It would be good if Xu Guangshan could go in a glorious way. At least it could give Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani some psychological comfort.

At the same time, he can also leave the villagers with the impression that he is helpful, kind and reliable, making it easier for him to integrate into the village in the future.

These days, the impact that a person's reputation can have is undoubtedly enormous.

He didn't want to go into the mountains and dig up that hundred-year-old ginseng in the future, and then come back and be labeled as ungrateful behind his back.

After he had taken inventory of the supplies he had, Qu Yinfeng had just finished preparing the dish.

Seeing this, Xu Dani hurried into the inner room to set up the kang table, and then busied herself with Li Guoqiang to serve the food.

When Qu Yinfeng brought the pork stewed with sauerkraut to the table, Li Guoqiang and Xu Dani sat at the end of the kang as usual, leaving the head of the kang to Qu Yinfeng.

Just when Li Guoqiang was about to ask Qu Yinfeng to sit down and eat, Qu Yinfeng pointed to the spot inside the table and said seriously, "Qiangzi, you can sit there and eat from now on!"

(End of this chapter)