Lao Zhou lives alone in the mountains this year. He has been a forest ranger for more than 20 years. That night, not long after Lao Zhou fell asleep, he heard something scratching at the door. However, Lao Zhou was too tired, so he didn't get up and open the door, but chose to fa

Lao Zhou lives alone in the mountains this year. He has been a ranger for more than 20 years.

That night, not long after Lao Zhou fell asleep, he heard something scratching at the door. However, Lao Zhou was too tired, so he did not get up and open the door, but chose to fall asleep.

Vaguely, Lao Zhou heard that his window seemed to be opened, and something came in. Lao Zhou woke up instantly and saw a red figure appear on his bed. Lao Zhou turned on the flashlight and saw a familiar figure. The little fox was anxiously wandering around him.

The little fox seemed very happy when he saw Lao Zhou wake up. Then he kept biting Lao Zhou's clothes and pulled Lao Zhou out hard.

It seems that there is something outside the door, and I want Lao Zhou to see it.

Lao Zhou originally thought that there were frogs and other things brought by the little fox outside the door, but when these things were delivered before, the little fox was always in the daytime, and he was not so anxious.

Lao Zhou got up and followed the little fox out. The little fox kept leading Lao Zhou until he reached a very empty place. The little fox stopped. Lao Zhou took a flashlight and looked around, and found that this was his usual An open space for drying things.

What did the little fox bring him here for? Is there something?

Just when Lao Zhou was about to investigate, suddenly the earth shook . Lao Zhou hurriedly squatted on the ground and grabbed the small tree next to him to steady himself. Suddenly, a huge sound came from Lao Zhou's body. With the sound of the sound, Lao Zhou turned his head and saw that his house had been shaken and collapsed. Fortunately, he was not inside, otherwise he would not have had the chance to escape while sleeping at this late night.

I don’t know how long it took, but the earthquake stopped. Lao Zhou slowly stood up. At this time, in addition to the collapse of his house, many trees on the mountain were also shaken and cut off. However, the mountain was very quiet, and there were no animals running around. I guess I had foreseen the earthquake in advance and hid.

Lao Zhou suddenly realized that the little fox dragged him out because there was about to be an earthquake.

After the earthquake passed, the little fox completed its task, rubbed against Lao Zhou, and ran into the forest.

Looking at the little fox's retreating figure, Lao Zhou felt that he had really saved his life.

Thinking about the process of getting to know the little fox, Lao Zhou can only say that good people are rewarded.

Old Zhou and Little Fox met two months ago.

Lao Zhou is 45 years old this year and has only been working as a ranger in the mountains for four or five years. Although the salary of a ranger is not high, the advantage is that it is clean. Lao Zhou's two children are already working and can support themselves.

Originally, Lao Zhou followed his wife to farm at home, but seven years ago, Lao Zhou's wife died in an accident, leaving Lao Zhou alone at home.

Lao Zhou’s children are now in the city, and because Lao Zhou is not used to life in the city, his children have tried to bring Lao Zhou to the city several times, but Lao Zhou has refused. In order not to miss things at home, Lao Zhou I applied for the ranger position.

Being in the mountains almost all year round, it can be regarded as far away from the troubles of the world.

In the past few years as a forest ranger, Lao Zhou finally realized the intelligence of natural creatures.

There are gray wolves who come to Lao Zhou for medicine when they are injured. Food is settled.

What the little fox did when he first met Lao Zhou was what Lao Zhou disliked the most - stealing things.

This afternoon, Lao Zhou had just returned home from his mountain patrol to prepare for dinner. As soon as he arrived at the door of his home, he heard a huge sound of something falling into the water.

There is only one water tank in Lao Zhou's wooden house. If the water is dirty, Lao Zhou will have no food today.

So when he heard the sound that clearly came from the kitchen, Lao Zhou tensed up almost instantly.

Putting down the meat he just bought, Lao Zhou hurried to the kitchen.

Opening the door to the kitchen, Lao Zhou took a breath of air and his blood pressure soared instantly.

The kitchen that had been tidied up last night was now in a mess.

The bowl fell into pieces on the floor, and the cabinet door was also opened. Whose thief is stealing things and smashing the bowl!

Just when Lao Zhou was angry, the splashing sound from the water tank attracted Lao Zhou's attention.

Something alive seemed to have fallen into the water tank, and it was still flopping around, splashing water all over the ground.

Lao Zhou walked to the water tank and took a look. He was silent for a moment. He saw a fox. Lao Zhou took the fox out of the water tank. The fox fur that had been soaked in water was very shiny, but it leaked when he touched it. .

The little fox seemed frightened, lying in Lao Zhou's arms in shock.

Lao Zhou’s water tank is right next to the cupboard. It’s convenient to use a bowl to get water, but Lao Zhou didn’t expect that a fox would sneak in and steal things from the cupboard. Not to mention that the theft was not successful, and he even slipped and fell into the water tank. Inside.

Lao Zhou put the frightened little fox aside and first cleaned up the broken bowls all over the floor in his room.

While cleaning up, Lao Zhou found that the meat he had cooked yesterday was gone. Looking at the little fox on the ground, he didn't know whether to get angry or not.

It was obvious that this was a little fox that sneaked into the house to eat while he was not at home. But for some reason, after eating, he broke the bowl all over the floor. He probably had oil on his paws and wanted to run away after eating. At that time, he fell directly into the water tank and was fished out by him who had just arrived home.

What made Lao Zhou the most angry was not that the fox stole food, but that when Lao Zhou was packing up, he found that a bowl that was very important to him was broken.

is a bowl that does not look very beautiful. The traces of handwork are very serious and can even be said to be ugly. However, this bowl is of great significance to Lao Zhou.

After the wife was diagnosed with a serious illness, she took Lao Zhou and the children to the factory where the bowls were made. The owner of the factory was one of the wife's brothers. The wife borrowed the tools from the factory to Lao Zhou and the children, and each of them made a bowl for them. Lao Zhou and his children thought about each other.

After his wife passed away, Lao Zhou regarded this bowl as a treasure. Even when he went to the mountains to become a ranger, he always kept this bowl with him.

"It was clearly placed in the back of the cabinet, how did you dig it out!"

Lao Zhou admitted that he was already very angry at this time, and he ate whatever he wanted. It didn't matter to him, so why did he break his things?

For a moment, anger rushed into his heart. Lao Zhou had the urge to beat the fox to death. He raised his hand high. The little fox curled up on the ground. It seemed that he felt Lao Zhou's anger, or maybe he knew that he had done something wrong. Something happened, and he screamed pitifully, "Ying Ying", and his body was still wet.

Old Zhou was silent, and then he put down his hand for a long time, "Forget it, why bother arguing with an animal."

Old Zhou opened the door and put the little fox outside. Out of sight, out of mind.

But Lao Zhou wanted to be out of sight and out of mind, but this little fox didn't seem to think so.

Early the next morning, Lao Zhou got up and prepared to go up the mountain. As soon as he stepped out, he found that he seemed to have stepped on something and it was a little soft.

When he lowered his head, he saw that it was a little bird. It looked like it had just died.

Old Zhou looked around and didn't find anything. He just thought that the bird happened to die in front of his door, so he didn't care.

But in the next few days, mice, hares, frogs, and fish appeared at the door one after another. There were literally all kinds of menus. No matter how slow Lao Zhou was, he realized that these were probably sent by the little fox. .

sighed, Lao Zhou took care of the rabbit that was delivered today, and that was it. The little guy admitted his mistake and accepted it. What can a fox understand?

Don’t tell me, you really know a lot.

At least after Lao Zhou accepted the rabbit, the little guy knew that Lao Zhou was no longer angry, and started visiting Lao Zhou's house openly, eating and drinking, and was extremely shameless.

The little fox has found an excellent way to "deal with" Lao Zhou, and that is fighting.

In addition to being angry at the little fox for breaking his wife's belongings at first, Lao Zhou later began to look forward to the time when the little fox came to play at home. It was very quiet alone in the mountains, but it was not very good to be too quiet.

The appearance of the little fox broke the tranquility in Lao Zhou's heart, and he began to feel alive again.

At the beginning, when the little fox warned Lao Zhou, they had already known each other for more than two months.

The little fox ran back into the forest, and after reacting, Old Zhou also rummaged through the ruins, dug out some food and medicine, and prepared to go down the mountain. This earthquake was not a small one, and the towns at the foot of the mountain were probably He was seriously affected, so he had to go down the mountain to save others while he was not injured.

Just by the light of the flashlight, Lao Zhou began to walk slowly down the mountain. There were several aftershocks in the middle. Fortunately, no one was injured. When Lao Zhou reached the foot of the mountain, he realized that the matter was far more serious than he thought. There was no time to say more. , Lao Zhou quickly moved things to save people.

Because the earthquake happened at night, many people had already rested, so many people had not escaped. Looking at the ruins on the ground, Lao Zhou could only save people while silently praying that his children would be okay.

Fortunately, the army arrived soon.

At that time, Lao Zhou, who had been busy for who knows how long, got up and happened to see the sun that had just appeared in the morning. Lao Zhou thought that everything would be fine.

It has been several months since Lao Zhou returned to the mountain. I don’t know when there was a lot of food next to the ruins of the cabin. Lao Zhou thought that the little fox must have been waiting for him for a long time, and

he also wanted to meet him. My old friend.