Reborn 1960之巧女当家

Chapter 28 "Cubs"

That Granny Luo came over and asked Xia Nuan and the others with concern, "Nuan Nuan, you are not hurt, are you? Your grandma is just like this, so you can just hide from her in the future, and mother-in-law will send you back? To avoid any bad things People with a heart are talking nonsense in front of you."

For this kind old lady, Xia Nuan still likes it very much. Everyone is going to have dinner at this time, and besides, it takes more than half an hour to walk back and forth to her house.

"No need, Granny Luo, don't worry, brother and I can go back by ourselves, and you should go home early too!"

Just now in the old house, Xia Nuan deliberately made things big so that Grandma Xia would not dare to act rashly, and also let others see how Grandma Xia treated their family. Even if Grandma Xia said that they were not filial No one will believe it.

When Xia Zhongguo heard Grandma Xia's attitude when she got home, she didn't look too good. After all, it was his own mother, "It's because Dad can't forget your grandma's temperament. After Nuannuan, if Dad has something to do in the old house, he can go by himself! "

In the evening, Wang Ximei took advantage of the fact that there was still flour at home just after the rations were distributed, so she specially used the distributed pork to give the children a meal of pork-filled dumplings, which made Xia Zhongguo and the children have a mouthful of greasy food.

Every morning, Xia Nuan and Wen Hao would run around the village, but every time they got up early and ran in a remote part of the village, no one knew about it.

Now Xia Nuan not only runs, fights, and reads every day, but also learns to recognize herbs on the mountain every afternoon when she and Wen Hao go up the mountain to hunt pigweed.

In fact, the introductory course of traditional Chinese medicine is basically to teach Xia Nuan to distinguish herbs. As for diseases, it also records how to treat minor diseases such as colds, heatstroke, and diarrhea, and there are not many diseases that Xia Nuan can learn. .

But Xia Nuan doesn't care about this at all. She is only six and a half years old and she is not in a hurry to learn Chinese medicine immediately, and learning Chinese medicine to identify herbs and know the medicinal properties of herbs is indeed the most basic.

Xia Zhongguo and Wang Ximei were very worried about Xia Nuan running up the mountain every day at first, but after watching Xia Nuan, they knew that they would not go too far, so they let her go. The children in the village were free-range, and the couple Even if you have to go to work every day, you can't accompany Xia Nuan every day.

Wen Hao and the others were hunting pigweed over there, and Xia Nuan ran around to find if there were any herbs. Today she was lucky and found a lot of Sanqi and Smilax.

Just when Xia Nuan was planning to find herbs in another place, she found a white mass in the distance. She was a little curious and walked over to see what it was.

When she saw clearly what the white thing was, she couldn't help but backed up a few steps in fright. It turned out that this white thing was nothing but the king of the forest—the tiger.

It's just that this little tiger looks very small, as if it was just born. Xia Nuan looked around to make sure there was no danger around her, and then she was sure that it should be a mutant tiger cub abandoned by the mother tiger. The willingness to be abandoned should be that it is It's white, this color is too unfavorable for it to survive in the forest.

The weather is getting cold sooner or later. Seeing the weak look of the tiger, Xia Nuan guessed that it must be some time before it was abandoned. She hesitated and didn't know what to do. Parents would never agree to raise a tiger at home.

Xia Nuan wanted to leave, but the cub's pitiful appearance stopped her from leaving. Thinking of the miserable end if she left this cub, she still couldn't bear to leave like this after all.

Xia Nuan carefully held the little tiger with both hands, probably because the temperature of her palm made the little tiger feel warm, and the way it actively nestled in Xia Nuan's palm melted her heart.

She put the little tiger into the small back basket and covered the back basket with a piece of rag, "Brother, I'm going back first..."

Looking at Xia Nuan's back hurriedly going down the mountain, Wen Hao didn't stop her. Xia Nuan was already familiar with going up and down the mountain, and Wen Hao didn't worry about what would happen. He just had to watch Xia Nuan not let her go into the deep mountain.

Xia Nuan didn't plan to tell her family that she wanted to raise this little tiger. In this era of food shortage, even pigs can't afford to raise it, let alone a carnivore with a big appetite like a tiger.

Xia Zhongguo and the others would not agree to keep such a dangerous animal as a tiger at home. If the people in the village knew that Xia Nuan kept a tiger, they might drive her out of the village with her.

It’s just that Xia Nuan didn’t think about where to keep this little tiger. It’s definitely not okay to leave it on the mountain. She can only secretly take it home first. Fortunately, this little tiger is only the size of a palm. Very convenient to hide.

When Xia Nuan returned home, there was no one in the house. She ran back to her room and took out a small wooden box. This small wooden box was about the size of a future laptop, and it was made by Xia Zhongguo to store some small things for her.

She took out all the things in the wooden box, then put the old cotton batting at home into the box, and put an old dress from her childhood in the box.

After everything was done, Xia Nuan felt that there was no problem, so she put the shivering little tiger into its new home. It should have only been a few days old with only a thin layer of fluff on its body.

The little tiger changed its environment. At first it felt uneasy, but after it got familiar with the environment, it simply got into the old clothes that Xia Nuan put over there.

"Well... I can't just call you Little Tiger all the time, what name should I give you..." Xia Nuan really felt that she had no talent for naming.

She frowned and thought for a while, "Why don't I call you Zai Zai, you look so small, how handsome you are..."

Xia Nuan said to herself, completely forgetting that the tiger will be bigger than her when she grows up, and it would be too inappropriate to call him Zai Zai, but even if someone uses this reason to object to her, she can refute it, the reason is At that time, the name Zai Zai will have a contrast, how cute and cute!
When she was thinking about something, Zai Zai suddenly called out, probably because she felt that it was not so cold after she recovered, Zai Zai's cry was obviously louder.

"By the way, I even forgot to feed you. What should I give you? You are so young and you should drink milk..."

Xia Nuan opened the system mall and searched for milk powder in it. Most of the milk powder is for people and divided into different age groups. There are only two kinds of milk powder for animals, one is cat milk powder and the other is dog milk powder. milk powder.

Looking at the milk powder on the page, she first ruled out the milk powder that humans drink. Even if she has never raised a tiger, she knows that animals and humans eat different things.

Xia Nuan struggled for a while and decided to buy cat milk powder. This tiger is also a cat. The tiger that cats can eat should be able to eat it too. She also bought a milk bottle in the mall.

Before Xia Zhongguo and Wang Ximei came back, Xia Nuan went to the kitchen to heat up water and cook. There was no way for anyone to let the house have no kettle, so she had to boil hot water now.

With Xia Nuan subsidizing the family secretly, there was plenty of food, but Wang Ximei and Xia Zhongguo didn't notice anything unusual.

However, she also knows that the family members should not be too different from other people in the village and can only improve the food occasionally, so in the evening, she just made some wild vegetables and pasted some corn cakes, took out the pickled radishes at home and cut everything up as dinner .

Xia Nuan put the food on the stove to heat up, and when Xia Zhongguo and the others came back, they would be able to eat hot food.

She looked at the time and felt that Xia Zhongguo and the others were coming back soon, so she quickly soaked the milk powder with the cooled warm water, picked up the cub and let it eat and drink enough before putting it back into its den.

Xia Nuan plans to secretly keep the cub in her room for the time being, but fortunately she usually insists that there is nothing wrong with cleaning the room by herself. Wang Ximei and the others will not come in casually.

Seeing that Zai Zai fell asleep, Xia Nuan put Zai Zai's nest under the bed, and the sheets on the bed were hanging down just enough to cover it. Even if someone came in, as long as Zai Zai didn't bark, no one would notice.

Now Zai Zai is too young to leave her care without even opening her eyes. She plans to go to the mountain to find any caves when Zai Zai is older. Putting Zai Zai in the cave is a big deal and she goes up every day. Look at cubs.

(End of this chapter)