my panda city master

Chapter 21 Extra Story [-]: Master Rabbit: I Have a Home
The locust crossing is no different from the plague crossing. The former kills food first and then people, while the latter directly kills people.

Changle Town has met both this year.

Originally, the business of the coffin shop and the incense and candle shop was booming. To be honest, they were still a little happy in their hearts.But later on, I couldn't be happier.

Because it was miserable, it was so miserable that they couldn't bear to make this kind of money.

Cold autumn turned to cold winter, and the town has a population of 4, but only [-] people remain.

In the beginning of spring, the plague completely disappeared in the spring scene.The trees all over the town are sprouting buds as always, which is the only scene of vitality in Changle Town.

The dead are gone, and those who survive will continue to live.In order to appease the people who survived the catastrophe, the imperial court sent officials to escort money and food to supplement the town's granary and money bank, and then sent relief money and food for five consecutive days.

A girl who was only fourteen or fifteen years old in white cloth was walking on the street holding a bag of rice she had just received. She walked slowly and her eyes were dull.She just walked forward, not knowing if this was the way home.

Pedestrians hurried past her and rubbed shoulders with her.The girl swayed and fell to the ground.The man hesitated for a moment, then left.

Xixi stayed for a while, then slowly got up, patted the dusty clothes, and picked up the rice.She stood still like a dead bamboo, and looked up to the sky blankly.

The sun was shining brightly overhead, warm.She stretched out her hand to receive the warm beam of light into her palm, and her hand, which was so cold and purple, looked even more purple under the strong light, feeling very warm.

It wasn't until she got tired of standing that she lifted her foot and walked forward again.After walking a few steps, she realized that this didn't seem to be the way home.So she stood in a daze for a while, home... what is home?Can the place where she is left alone be called home?

Xixi smiled self-deprecatingly, looked up and looked around, and found the way back to the pawn shop.

Because most of the shops on the street are still closed, and it is not the main road, there are not many people.There were five or six people in front of them, and it was very eye-catching in this deserted street.Xixi looked there for a while, and only heard bargaining there, and faintly heard the crowing of chickens and ducks, so she stopped—some meat dishes should be presented in front of the tablet of parents.

She walked over there, and there were really some live animals for sale there, and there was a big yellow dog barking.There were two vendors. The woman was talking to the buyer. When the man was free, he saw a thin girl standing in front of him and said to her, "Buy some meat and go back to make up your body."

Xixi didn't say anything, and took a look at them. She was too thin, her complexion was not good, and her cheeks were sunken.There are about six or seven kinds of living things in front of him, such as chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, rabbits, and a pig, all of which are tied to the tree trunk next to them without cages.

Seeing her looking around, the man picked up a duck and said, "This duck is very fat, let's take it."

Xixi said, "Are they all raised by your own family?"

"That's right, natural disasters and man-made disasters, there are not many geese left in the house, so I sold them all." The woman had already sold two geese in a blink of an eye, and there was no one in front of the stall, and she said politely, "Girl, if you don't buy any more, wait for the geese to sell." Once there are too many people, it will be gone.”

Xixi heard the dog bark loudly, and said: "Let the dog go, dogs are spiritual."

The man said: "You bought it, and then put it away, it will be fine."

Xixi pursed her lips, and said in a lazy voice, "I know...these chickens, ducks and geese were all stolen by you."

The man's eyes widened: "Girl, don't spout blood just to lower the price!"

Xixi smiled, because her cheeks were too thin, and her smile looked weak: "You claim to be raising these poultry. There are seven kinds of poultry here. If there were a large number of them before, who can afford them? , life will definitely not be too bad. But you are yellow and thin, your fingers are rough, and your clothes are washed white, so it can be seen that your hard life has already begun, not from the plague."

The man and the woman were still staring, but they stopped talking and just stared at her.

"Even if you are really their owners, there will always be cages for raising and selling them. But now they are all tied here with ropes, and the ropes are of different thicknesses. It can be seen that they were found temporarily and not used normally. Finally The obvious point is that dogs recognize their masters, but until now, I have seen dogs barking at you all the time."

The man stepped forward and grabbed her skirt, but he didn't know what to do next.It's okay to steal some small things, but he really doesn't have the courage to kill someone.What surprised him even more was that even though the girl stared at him angrily, her eyes were neither frightened nor frightened, and she didn't flinch in the slightest.Instead, he retreated the murderous look in his eyes and became more guilty.

The woman hurriedly said: "Let her go, the patrolling officers and soldiers are coming soon."

The man gritted his teeth, had no choice but to put her down, and looked at the poultry on the ground reluctantly.When they turned to flee, they heard someone behind them say: "Take them away."

The two turned around in surprise, looked at the thin girl and said, "What did you say?"

Xixi said: "If you can succeed in succession and abduct such a big pig, there must be no one alive in the place you went to."

The woman was surprised that she had guessed correctly again, she nodded in acquiescence.When she opened her mouth again, tears were already in her eyes, and she said in a trembling voice, "We... want to live."

Xixi's eyes moved slightly, her body swayed slightly, the word "live" was extremely heavy, and it fell on Xixi's heart, causing her to be in a trance: "Then live well, but let that dog go, it is recognize the master."

Hearing this, the man couldn't believe that she didn't report on him. He understood, but didn't understand.But he still went to let the dog go, and was going to take the other living creatures with him.The woman also hurried to untie the rope, so as not to be questioned by the officers and soldiers later.

Xixi leaned over to lift her grain bag, and when she straightened up, the couple had already left.She looked under the tree, but saw a white mass curled up on the ground, which seemed to be dead.Presumably the couple felt that they couldn't sell it for money, and they didn't dare to eat it for fear of getting sick, so they threw it there.

She sighed softly in her heart, she became a little numb after seeing too much life and death.When she was about to leave, she saw the white ball move from the corner of her eye. She stopped and looked there, and she saw it move again.She walked over there, squatted down and saw that it was a rabbit.

The rabbit is very thin, it seems that it is less than a month old.It opened its eyes slightly, revealing a pair of red eyes, the light was faint, and its belly was still rising and falling slowly.

"Can I still live..." Xixi muttered to himself, reaching out to touch her.The rabbit's eyes were full of anticipation, and Xixi's heart was shocked by the strong desire to survive.She was stunned for a moment, then picked it up.Now that she saw it, she couldn't ignore it.

Back at the home where there is no one, it is a warm spring, but Xixi still feels very cold.She put the rabbit on the table, and went to the woodshed to get a handful of hay to cushion it.

The rabbit did not lose its breath, but its breath was weak. Xixi felt that it might not survive tonight—but for some reason, she still wanted to save it.

Xixi handed the greens to its mouth, the rabbit moved its lips, and held it in its mouth, but seemed unable to chew.Xixi scratched her head: "I'll make rice paste for you."

She ran to the kitchen and lit a fire to cook rice paste.Seeing another carrot in the basket, she got up and chopped it up and threw it in.When the rice paste is boiled, the carrots will be soft.She scooped up a spoonful of it, and it tasted slightly sweet, but luckily it was much better. It seemed that her dinner was settled tonight.

Xixi waited until it was slightly warm before going to feed the rabbit.The rabbit doesn't need to chew, just feed it a spoonful and it will swallow slowly.After tossing for half an hour, it also ate half a bowl.

For several days, Xixi cooked carrot porridge for it to drink.The rabbit also became more energetic. After five days, he could eat vegetables by himself and walk around the house.Although it walked tremblingly, it was able to walk anyway.

Every day Xixi received the relief food, she went to the vegetable store to buy carrots and vegetables, and she was more diligent than buying the vegetables she wanted to eat.

Saving a rabbit is as rewarding as saving a human being.

Because of the plague, Xixi had seen too much misfortune and watched people around her leave one after another, but now, she has saved a life.Although it is a rabbit, it is inexplicably peaceful and grateful.

After seven days of feeding, the rabbit has fully recovered, can eat by itself, and can run around.

Whenever it's time to eat, it shouts with joy, and it will run out and squat on the table to eat.Xixi even made a nest for it by the bedside, and they were almost inseparable.

"Since you live here, I have to give you a name." Xixi thought about it carefully, "My family runs a pawn shop, so I ask you to recruit money."

Rabbit glanced at her.

"Oh, I don't like it. It's called ingots, how precious."

Rabbit glanced at her again.

Xixi frowned and thought about it, and his eyes lit up: "You can find the food wherever I hide it, and my nose is like a dog, so I call it Master Dog."

"..." Rabbit didn't bother to look at her anymore, and lay down on the table to sleep.

Xixi saw that it actually despised her, blatantly mocked her ability to name, pinched its ear and said: "You really think of yourself as an uncle, so how about calling you Lord Rabbit?"

The ears suddenly stood up, and the rabbit sat up again, its eyes sparkling.

Xixi pursed her lips and smiled: "I also said that dogs have spirituality, and so do you. Say, did you escape from the Moon Palace, Mr. Rabbit?"

Master Rabbit had a handful of yellow hairs on his chin, and it was easy to recognize the extra handful of yellow hairs on a rabbit that was as white as a snowball.Xixi took it out again all day long, either squatting on her shoulders or in her vegetable basket, the longer it grew, the rounder it looked.The neighbors laughed at her as if she had raised a son, and gave it all the delicious food.Xixi just smiled when she heard that, in her heart, she was grateful to Lord Rabbit.

The shadow of the plague seems to have just passed away, and those who survived are working hard to survive for a year.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, there is no snow, but the coldness still seeps into the bone marrow.

Xixi got up early in the morning, and after washing up, he scrubbed Lord Rabbit's body as well.

Master Rabbit stretched out his body for her to wipe, but when he was picked up, he realized that he hadn't fallen into the vegetable basket.Here is also a basket, but with some more messy things.It patted its leg, and there was a strange fragrance, but it didn't know what it was.

"Master Rabbit, don't move."

Her voice was a little nervous, and there was a hint of restraint.This is something it has never heard before, even when it accidentally knocked over her bowl and kicked the copper plate into the well, she never used this tone.

The person who picked it up spoke very softly, slowly, and extremely sad in his calmness—"Today is my parents' death day, don't break the incense candle, Mr. Rabbit, be good."

There is a cemetery in the suburbs. It was originally just a barren hill with not many trees planted.But then the plague hit, and many people died. This place is the closest to the town, and many people were buried here, and it gradually became a graveyard.

Xixi climbed up from the foot of the mountain and stopped when it was almost halfway up the mountain.She walked to a new grave, looked at the name, and took out a small shovel to weed.

This is not the grave of her relatives, but the people on the same street.She remembered that this uncle gave her sweets and helped their family.Later, the town was swept by the plague, his family moved away, and no one came to weed and offer incense for him.Xixi weeded, burned incense and paper money for him, and then continued up.

When she was almost at the top of the mountain, she stopped again, seeing the two merged steles, she was in a trance for a moment.She originally thought that nothing would happen after a year, but the moment she saw it, her eyes were still moist and her heart trembled.Her tears rolled down big and big, and when they rolled on Master Rabbit's head, he thought it was raining.When it looked up, it turned out that someone was crying.

Xixi cleaned up the weeds around the tomb, put the worship dishes and their favorite tea in front of them, and sat on the side talking to them regardless of the dirt on the ground.

Master Rabbit ran to eat and came back with a full stomach, and found Xixi leaning against the stone tablet as if asleep, with tears still on his face.The wind was blowing so hard that it felt cold, so it ran over and arched her legs.

Xixi woke up from the dream, saw the white dumpling, reached out to pick it up, held it in her arms, and said in a low voice, "Thank you, Lord Rabbit."

When she was alone, she didn't think of doing anything stupid, because she didn't want her parents to worry underground.But she was so sad that she didn't have the strength to live a good life, walking like a dead body every day, waiting for tomorrow after today, without the desire to live.

But Master Rabbit is different, even if he only has one breath, he still wants to live.

Xixi felt that it was not she who saved Lord Rabbit, but Master Rabbit who saved her.

She hugged Master Rabbit and stood up, her tone was not as heavy as when she first came here, she said solemnly to the tombstone, "My daughter will live a good life, father and mother don't worry."

The wind blows over the barren mountains, making the weeds rustle, as if someone answered.

Xixi patted Lord Rabbit's head, and said softly, "Let's go home."

At home, she is no longer alone, there is also a rabbit accompanying her.In the future, it will become more and more lively. As long as people are alive, nothing is impossible.

(End of this chapter)