Chapter 27: The Little Foxes

The little fox was lying limply on the ground, its eyes tightly closed, and Lu Qingjiu was afraid that something might happen to it and took it into his arms. The fox is small, just the size of a palm, and its soft fur is fluffy and comfortable to the touch.

Lu Qingjiu carried him gently back to the house, calling out as he entered, "Bai Yuehu Bai Yuehu, is this your son?"

Bai Yuehu had just finished washing the dishes, his hands still wet, when he came out of the kitchen, he saw Lu Qingjiu and the little fox cub in his arms, his eyes became sharp: "Where did the fox come from?"

Lu Qingjiu said, "I picked it up on the side of the road." He described the situation and then said suspiciously, "Did someone leave it on our doorstep on purpose?" and gave Bai Yuehu a thoughtful look.

Bai Yuehu is the only fox spirit in the house, so the fox cub must be related to him, and leaving it on the doorstep like this would fit in with the drama of a woman who is left alone to give birth to a child and then throws the child at the doorstep of her ungrateful husband.

Does it mean that after turning into a spirit, this habit will also change? Lu Qingjiu was imagining a big drama when he saw Bai Yuehu walking over with a frown, reaching out and picking up the fox cub.

The fox cub was already dazed by the stone, but as soon as Bai Yuehu's hand touched it, the little fox opened its eyes, only to have a look of terror in its eyes, and began to bark incessantly, trying to break free from Bai Yuehu's grasp.

Lu Qingjiu's heart softened at the sight of him, so he said, "Don't carry him like that, it will hurt him."

Bai Yuehu sniffed and threw the fox cub into Lu Qingjiu's arms.

"How can it be my son." Bai Yuehu denied Lu Qingjiu's question outright, his tone taking on a tinge of disgust.

"It's not your son," the little fox cub said as soon as he was in Lu Qingjiu's arms, and arched pitifully towards Lu Qingjiu's chest with his wet eyes, without the excitement he had felt when he was in Bai Yuehu's hands.

"No." Bai Yuehu spat out two words with great certainty.

"He remembered that foxes were white only in winter, to blend in with their surroundings and to hunt, but now it was almost summer and even a fox should not be white. Even a mountain fox should not be white. The fox was clean, not a bit of dirt on it, and it didn't really look like a wild one.

Bai Yuehu heard Lu Qingjiu's question, but did not give a direct answer, but gave the fox a thoughtful look, as if he was thinking about something.

Lu Qingjiu waited beside him for a moment before hearing him say, "Yes, it's one of my people."

"Really," Lu Qingjiu was energised by the knowledge that he was carrying a little vixen, "can she become human?"

"It's too young to become human and not very tasty." Bai Yuehu said.

Lu Qingjiu didn't care, he said, "You can't become human."

Bai Yuehu said, "It still has to grow up a bit."

"Lu Qingjiu was a bit happy, he actually liked this kind of furry animals, because he was working and he didn't have the means to keep them at home, so he just thought about it. Although the Xiao Hei Xiao Hua at home is quite cute, the pig does not have any hair on its body, so it does not satisfy Lu Qingjiu's fetish for invisible fluffy animals.

Bai Yuehu said, "Pick up."

Lu Qingjiu said, "Do you want to keep it in our house if you don't pick it up?"

Bai Yuehu: "I think we can actually wait until we're older"

Before he could finish his next words, Lu Qingjiu understood what he meant and said in horror, "Damn, you don't want to raise it and eat it, do you? It's one of your clan, although it hasn't transformed, it's still one of your kind."

Bai Yuehu was silent, and Lu Qingjiu saw the word dilemma in his eyes, as if he was pondering whether to give up the meal in front of him or not. In the end, under Lu Qingjiu's stunned stare, he reluctantly gave up his inner thoughts and said reluctantly, "Then let's keep it for now. "

Lu Qingjiu said: "OK", he directly ignored the two words from Bai Yuehu's mouth for the time being. Although Bai Yuehu was usually cold and icy, Lu Qingjiu felt that he actually had a good personality after getting along with him for a long time, he would discuss everything with him and seldom acted arbitrarily.

The little fox was shivering in Lu Qingjiu's arms, his head literally trying to burrow under Lu Qingjiu's clothes, leaving his little white bottom with a fluffy tail on the outside.

"Yin Xun had just gone to the toilet after playing with Bai Yuehu, but when he came back, he saw a poor white ball in Lu Qingjiu's arms. Where did you get that?"

Lu Qingjiu replied, "I picked it up on the side of the road."

Yin Xun: "You can still pick up foxes by the roadside ouch this little poor thing, it's still shivering." As he said this, he reached out and contentedly jerked the soft, fluffy fur of the little fox. The young fox's fur would become harder as it grew up and would not feel as good to the touch, but the one in Lu Qingjiu's arms was obviously not yet old enough to have undergone a change of fur, so it felt like a stuffed toy from a toy shop, the kind with warmth.

"What does it eat?" Lu Qingjiu asked Bai Yuehu again.

Bai Yuehu frowned, thinking for a moment, "Don't all foxes eat chicken."

Lu Qingjiu: ""He felt that his family's vixen seemed a little less professional, not even knowing what his clanmates ate.

The little fox was indeed hungry and began to suck on Lu Qingjiu's finger with his mouth, his eyes wet as he looked at Lu Qingjiu with a pitiful and adorable expression.

Lu Qingjiu said, "I'll try it first." He and Yin Xun went to the kitchen and decided to make some mincemeat for the little fox, and as they turned to leave, they naturally didn't notice Bai Yuehu's unmistakable look of disgust.

Lu Qingjiu cooked the meat, chopped it into mince and fed it to the little fox, whose sharp nose sniffed it and then ate it happily.

The little fox ate very happily, but after taking two bites, it looked at Lu Qingjiu cautiously, as if it was worried that Lu Qingjiu might take the food away at any time. Lu Qingjiu's heart melted at the look in his eyes, so he reached out and stroked his head, saying, "Eat, eat, eat, eat until you're full, I won't take it away."

After hearing Lu Qingjiu's words, the little fox buried its head and continued to eat bitterly, smearing the sides of its mouth with frothy meat.

Lu Qingjiu was very happy to have such a cute little creature in the house, so he fed him and made him a den in his bedroom. The little fox seemed a little sleepy, so he hunkered down and went to sleep, while Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun looked on with a fatherly smile.

"I used to want to have a dog, too," Yin Xun says. Yin Xun says, "but I thought I couldn't even do it myself, so I gave up."

Lu Qingjiu said, "It's okay, we can keep foxes now."

Yin Xun shed tears of emotion and Lu Qingjiu clasped hands in happiness.

In the evening, after Yin Xun had left, Lu Qingjiu went to wash up briefly, but when he was about to go back to his room to rest, he heard the sound of someone talking in the courtyard, which did not sound like Xiao Hua Xiao Hei, but rather like Bai Yuehu talking to someone.

By now it was already a little dark, and only the faint silhouette of Bai Yuehu could be seen and a faint sound heard.

Bai Yuehu looked like he was arguing with someone and he said, "Come quickly, I promise I won't eat you, you take him away"

I don't know what was said there, Bai Yuehu said again, "Afraid of what you're afraid of, didn't I say I won't eat you, I'll give you three days, if you don't come over, wait to die"

Lu Qingjiu could not hear clearly what he was saying, but Bai Yuehu's impatience was obvious and Lu Qingjiu had no idea who he was talking to.

Lu Qingjiu took another look at the little fox and stroked its soft fur before lying down contentedly on his bed and going to sleep.

The next morning, Lu Qingjiu woke up from his sleep and the first thing he did was to look at the fox beside his bed, but to his surprise, the fox was gone and the door was open, apparently having slipped through the door during the night. Lu Qingjiu panicked at the sight and rushed out of the house in a panic, not even bothering to change his clothes.

"Little fox, little fox", Lu Qingjiu called his name as he searched the yard, a little afraid that Bai Yuehu would swallow the little fox in one gulp, after all, his fox spirit would eat anything he could.

Lu Qingjiu went to the backyard, but before he could walk in, he saw a fox in the backyard next to the well.

Your little creature, the animal with all the fur blown out of its body, round as a ball, heard his voice ram eat ram eat and ran this way, a familiar cry coming from its mouth.

Lu Qingjiu's eyes rounded instantly when he heard the unidentified creature making a familiar sound and said, "You you are the little fox"

The little fox jumped up to Lu Qingjiu and rubbed his head against Lu Qingjiu's foot, as if in reply: "Yes, yes, I am the little fox.

Lu Qingjiu looked at the appearance of the little fox was simply stunned, only to see the little fox's body hair all exploded, like a round ball ball, he picked it up, felt the amount of hair a lot more, instantly figured out what had happened to the little fox estimated that the little cub ran out of the house at night, somehow worshiped this well, and then the hair on his body instantly exploded.

Lu Qingjiu was in tears, although the fox was quite cute and round like a ball.

He returned to the front yard with the fox in his arms and saw Bai Yuehu with a hose watering the vines in the yard.

" Bai Yuehu ." Lu Qingjiu walked up to Bai Yuehu with the little fox cub in his arms.

Bai Yuehu's gaze falls on the fox cubs.

Lu Qingjiu said, "Can it be changed back after it has become like this?" He grabbed the little fox as if it were a ball of fluffy hair.

Bai Yuehu ponders for a moment; "If it doesn't come back"

"You can't eat it either." Lu Qingjiu replied guardedly.

Bai Yuehu showed direct regret as he reluctantly replied, "I can't recover it, just trim it with scissors."

Lu Qingjiu looked at the little fox, whose blue eyes looked innocently at Lu Qingjiu, although he could not even see his eyes because of the amount of fur he had. I have to say that the well in the backyard is a great effect

Seeing that Bai Yuehu offered no alternative, Lu Qingjiu resigned himself to carrying the little fox into the inner room and grabbed the scissors again.

The little fox was a good boy, apparently finding it safe to stay with Lu Qingjiu, and he stood still while Lu Qingjiu began to trim the fur that had completely blown off his body.

It was the first time Lu Qingjiu had ever done such a thing, so he could only try to trim a little bit, but the more he trimmed, the more he felt that something was wrong, and then Yin Xun came in and called out as soon as he entered the room: "Damn, Lu Qingjiu, where did you pick up another dog?"

Lu Qingjiu: "Not a dog."

"If it's not a dog, what is it?" Yin Xun reached out and gave the little fox a good wipe, "Or a poodle."

Lu Qingjiu silently threw away the scissors in his hand, feeling that he had become an unforgivable sinner, he was obviously a cute fox spirit just now, but with this cut, he had become a poodle!

"Wait a minute, this really doesn't seem to be a dog" Yin Xun looked closer and noticed something was wrong, he stared round, "Isn't this the fox from yesterday?" How did it get spoiled like this?"

Mr. Lu, the culprit of the fox spoilage, averted his gaze sheepishly.

"Poor little munchkin." Yin Xun said, "You cut it."

Lu Qingjiu could only helplessly explain that the little fox had been affected by the well in the backyard and had unfortunately exploded.

Yin Xun looked at the little fox who didn't understand what was happening and said, "It's okay, the fur will come up in a couple of days and then we'll fix it again."

Lu Qingjiu thought to himself that this was the only way to go.

Xiao Hua Xiao Hei welcomes his new companion with open arms, and although he doesn't speak human and has been made to look like a poodle by Lu Qingjiu, he is still a very pleasant furry creature.

The chickens in the yard have grown into large chickens and at first were hostile to the fox and tried to peck at his fur, but Lu Qingjiu saw them and reprimanded them several times before they gave up and stopped pestering the fox.

So Lu Qingjiu was cooking in the kitchen while two pigs and a fox were paralyzed in the front yard, and a fox spirit was sitting on a chair, and the four of them were cooling off together in the shade of a tree, which was very harmonious.

Because of Bai Yuehu, the grapevines at Lu Qingjiu's house are growing exceptionally fast, climbing up the shelves and covering the entire courtyard, shading it from the hot sun and making it very cool. The most delightful part is the bunches of grapes hanging from the vines, and you can imagine what a delightful sight they will be when they are ripe. After calculating the quantity of grapes, Lu Qingjiu decided to make a barrel of wine for himself and sell the rest to Chao Qianyu, who has been calling Lu Qingjiu almost every day since he found out about the grapes he grows and has offered him a very high price.

For lunch, Lu Qingjiu had bought fresh lamb and used the lamb chops to braise the meat. After cooking the lamb chops, he made a pot of pumpkin and green bean soup to cool off and thought he would make some meat pies and savoury vegetables for the evening.

The hot weather can affect people's appetite, but this was not a problem at their house at all. Lu Qingjiu brought the lamb chops to the table and picked out a few to feed to the foxes, not knowing if they would be able to bite, he simply tried.

The little fox was so excited by the aroma of the lamb chops that he couldn't stop chomping at them and refused to put them down, but he was a bit too small to bite them and it took him half a day to eat one.

Lu Qingjiu was looking down at the little fox when he suddenly felt a gaze and lifted his head to find Bai Yuehu looking at him.

"It just ate two pieces." Lu Qingjiu knew his fox spirit was guarding his food and could only coax, "He won't be given any meat pies for the evening."

"Well." Bai Yuehu reluctantly accepted Lu Qingjiu's answer.

When it was time to take a break after eating, Lu Qingjiu went to the kitchen to bring out the ice powder seeds, intending to make some ice powder to eat. The ice powder is a very popular tool to beat the summer heat. The ice powder seeds are rolled into water and then added with gypsum water to form a transparent jelly-like mass.

Bai Yuehu is a bit more of a meat lover, but he's not picky at all when it comes to sweet treats.

Lu Qingjiu rolled a large tub of ice powder and put it in the freezer to freeze. The little fox follows him around while he works, and is so good that Lu Qingjiu almost steps on him a few times when he is walking.

"Good boy, you go and play with the piglets in the yard." Lu Qingjiu said, "I'm doing something." After nearly stepping on him again, Lu Qingjiu had to crouch down to talk to the little fox.

The little fox looked at Lu Qingjiu pitifully, his little paws scratching Lu Qingjiu's trouser legs, and gave two little chirps, the fondness in his wet eyes like he was saying he didn't want to go.

Lu Qingjiu stroked his little head: "There is still something to eat in the courtyard, why are you afraid?

The little fox seemed to understand Lu Qingjiu's words, his body silently shrinking into a ball.

It is probably because Bai Yuehu did not hide his appetite for the little fox at the beginning, which caused the little fox to be afraid of Bai Yuehu from the beginning to the end, and to start shivering when he was approached, people who did not know would think Bai Yuehu had electricity on his body.

Lu Qingjiu thought about it, picked the little fox up, walked to the courtyard and called out, " Bai Yuehu ."

Bai Yuehu was still resting his eyes when he half-opened them at Lu Qingjiu's cry and said, "Mmm."

Lu Qingjiu said cheekily, "Just give the little fox a hug."

Bai Yuehu :""

Lu Qingjiu said, "It's afraid of you, so give it a hug and tell it that you won't eat it."

Bai Yuehu's eyes moved down and landed on the little fox, who instantly trembled again as he stared.

Lu Qingjiu looked expectantly at Bai Yuehu who, after a moment of silence, finally sighed with relief and held out his hand to the little fox, "Come."

Lu Qingjiu immediately smiled and carefully handed the fox cub to Bai Yuehu.

The little fox was only the size of a palm, and in Bai Yuehu's white, slender hands it looked even more pocket-sized, screaming and not daring to struggle, but looking at Lu Qingjiu with pitiful eyes for help.

"What are you afraid of." Bai Yuehu said coldly to it, "It's not like I'm going to eat you."

The little fox understood human language, and after Bai Yuehu had said this, the trembling in its body was noticeably lessened, but just as Lu Qingjiu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Bai Yuehu added, "At least not for now."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Lu Qingjiu saw a bizarre water stain appear in Bai Yuehu's hand and the little fox rolled his eyes and passed out.

Lu Qingjiu couldn't hold back his laughter at the sight of this scene, but his next move was to take the little fox back from Bai Yuehu's hands and then rush over to drag the hose over and wash Bai Yuehu's hands seriously.

Bai Yuehu hasn't moved since the little fox pissed on his hand, and the whole fox simply seems to be frozen in place.

Lu Qingjiu washed and wiped Bai Yuehu's hands clean, and when he saw that he hadn't moved, he carefully touched the back of his hands and called out, " Bai Yuehu ".

Bai Yuehu A dense black mist instantly rose up behind him.

Lu Qingjiu was not very nervous at the sight of the black mist, in fact every time he saw it he was saved, he hurriedly reassured, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, it's just a child, children are not reliable, don't bother with it."

Bai Yuehu, eyes up.

"Tomorrow I'll go to town and buy you a sheep, and we'll roast the whole thing for the weekend." Lu Qingjiu had to use food to bribe his own angry vixen, "It's enough."

Only after hearing Lu Qingjiu's promise did Bai Yuehu's hand slowly drop, and he looked at the little fox who had just been led back by Lu Qingjiu and was now cowering in Lu Qingjiu's clothes pocket, saying with discontent, "Why are you so timid?"

Lu Qingjiu wanted to laugh a little, but felt that the atmosphere didn't seem right, so he held back.

It took a while for the scared little fox to recover, but when he woke up he was even more scared and refused to move in Lu Qingjiu's hand. Lu Qingjiu stroked his fur and said, "Look, you have offended him so much, if he wanted to eat you he would have done it already, so don't be afraid, he won't eat you for sure."

The little fox moved with a start, still looking at Lu Qingjiu with suspicion in his eyes.

"He needs my permission to eat too." Lu Qingjiu said, "No fear, no fear, there are other good things to eat at home, you have so little meat, he won't be interested."

The little fox stopped shaking at this and chittered twice.

Lu Qingjiu laughed, "Right, just think it through, it's okay, Bai Yuehu he's very gentle." Except when it comes to food protection, "So you really don't have to be that scared of him either."

The little fox didn't say a word, just stuck out its pink tongue and tenderly licked Lu Qingjiu's finger, as if to tell him that he knew.

The author has something to say: Bai Yuehu looked at the little fox and gnashed his teeth.

The little fox was aggrieved and pissed.

Lu Qingjiu: hahahahahahahaha