Chapter 119: Okay? You really understand dogs!
Soon Chen Pao took Yue Feng out of the house. The market was on the village main road. At the eastern end was the area where livestock such as chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs were sold. After walking for about five minutes, Yue Feng saw Zou Laoqi mentioned by Chen Pao.

At this moment, Zou Laoqi was squatting on one side, smoking a cigarette with a puff in his mouth.

In the wicker basket in front of him were four half-grown puppies with blue-gray fur.

“Laoqi, how is the dog sales going? Have you found a suitable buyer?” Chen Pao walked straight up to Zou Laoqi and greeted him.

“Chen Pao, are you here for business? Not yet! This bastard knows few people, and those who do know back off after hearing my price! Would you like a bag?” Zou Laoqi greeted Chen Pao politely when he saw him, and at the same time took out the cigarette paper and tobacco from his pocket.

“Give me a bag if you want one! Don’t sell this dog. Come to my house for lunch. I’ll be stewing roe deer!”

Chen Pao took the cigarette paper handed to him by the other party, pinched a pinch of tobacco naturally, flattened the cigarette with his hands and feet swiftly, sealed the mouth of the cigarette with saliva, and then pulled off the tail of the cigarette. Just then, Zou Laoqi’s match was handed to him, and he lit the cigarette and took a puff of it happily.

“This… Chen Pao, what are you doing…”

Zou Laoqi was a little surprised to hear Chen Pao inviting him to his home for dinner. They were acquaintances, but they were not very close. Inviting him to come home for dinner after stewing roe deer was a good treat. Zou Laoqi thought he did not have the face to do so in front of Chen Pao, so he was a little nervous.

“You dog, my eldest nephew wants you! Come to my house for dinner and I’ll have a couple of drinks with you at noon!” Chen Pao exhaled another puff of smoke and then said slowly.

“Okay! Okay! Really? You have helped me a lot! Everyone says that you, Chen Pao, are a righteous man, and that’s true!!!” Zou Laoqi gave Chen Pao a thumbs up repeatedly.

“Don’t freeze here, go home!!! Xiaofeng, help your seventh brother carry the basket!” Chen Pao waved his hand and stood up straight first.

“Oh! Okay!” Yue Feng also responded and swiftly picked up the wicker basket on the ground.

Yue Feng had already taken a thorough look at the four puppies. The puppies probably didn’t have very good food as they looked a little thin, but there was nothing wrong with their skeleton and body structure.

The three of them quickly returned to Chen Pao’s home. There was no need for greetings and they went straight into the north room.

Zou Laoqi had been freezing at the market for the entire morning and was frozen through. After entering the house, he stamped his feet and rubbed his hands, and it took him a while to warm up.

“Drink some tea to warm yourself up. Xiaofeng, take the puppy out and check on the dog. Don’t let Zou Laoqi steal it!”

“Hehe, Chen Pao, you’re joking. The appearance of this thing is all in the blood, it can’t fool an expert!” Zou Laoqi knew that Chen Pao was joking with him, so he laughed.

Yue Feng opened the lid of the wicker basket, and soon the dog inside could no longer hold back and raised its legs from the basket.

The appearance of this wolf-blooded puppy is somewhat similar to the puppies of Kunming dogs in Yue Feng’s memory. Its fur is yellow-gray in base color, and its back is dark black. It is estimated to be about three months old, and its ears have already stood up. However, it is visibly thin, and its ribs are clearly visible. It is obvious from its appearance that it has not received enough care in the hands of Zou Laoqi.

Before Yue Feng could say anything, Chen Pao next to him had already quickly grabbed the first male dog that popped out of the basket.

The big hand grabbed the male puppy’s back, but the dog didn’t bark or feel afraid, as if nothing had happened. It stared at Chen Pao intently, and occasionally glanced at Zou Laoqi and Yue Feng next to him.

Chen Pao looked up and down at the dog’s paws, head, and finally at the male puppy’s anus before putting it on the ground.

The puppy that fell to the ground was not panicked. It sniffed around and its first attention was not on the three people in front of it, but on the hunting dog tied in the yard through the crack in the door.

“This dog is good!” Yue Feng had been paying close attention to the performance of this cub and couldn’t help but sigh.

“Xiao Feng also understands dogs? Tell me, how is it good?” Chen Pao asked.

Zou Laoqi also looked Yue Feng up and down. The young man in front of him looked unfamiliar and he might have never seen him before.

Yue Feng said openly: “I am just looking at the dog blindly, and I am just showing off my skills in front of Mr. Chen. Since you asked me to speak, I will say a few nonsense words!
I think that a good hunting dog should first have a stable character. Hunting dogs are not guard dogs. It is enough for them to have hunting instincts to kill. Once they are let out into the mountains, no one knows what they will encounter. If a dog leads a pack of dogs to attack people, the responsibility must still be on the hunter!

This dog, if I’m not mistaken, should be the leader of this litter. When I opened the wicker basket, the opening was only this big. It was the first one to stick its head out, and the other dogs obviously didn’t dare to compete with it.

Even though its fur was scratched, the dog didn’t bark or bite. Instead, it looked around at us to see if we had any bad intentions. If we didn’t have any bad intentions, then we wouldn’t be afraid!
This kind of dog that scratches its back hair without barking will have relatively dull pain nerves, so it is not likely to lose its fighting ability when injured while hunting in the mountains!

After talking about his personality, let’s look at his appearance. If I’m not mistaken, his maternal line should be a yellow female dog with a relatively large body, a big head and a square mouth.

This kid has a broad chest, a well-proportioned frame, a reasonable head, and a moist and wide nose, which makes it easier for him to smell various odors. If he is well fed and well provided until he grows up, he can grow to at least 100 kilograms!
I saw it enter the house and keep sniffing around, and soon noticed the dog in the yard. It’s likely that it’s sniffing something, but I don’t know what that sniffing path is.

If the road is right, this wolf blood string is a rare head-on dog! “

“Great? You really understand dogs!!” After listening to Yue Feng’s analysis, both Zou Laoqi and Chen Pao looked at Yue Feng with admiration.

Yue Feng is an expert in raising eagles. After all, this is a family heirloom. Outsiders don’t understand it or are not good at it, so naturally they don’t have any other ideas in their minds.

But when it comes to dog raising, Zou Laoqi and Chen Pao are both serious practitioners. Yue Feng’s assessment is definitely not just a few random remarks based on hearsay, but a reflection of his deep understanding of dogs.

“Hehe, my grandfather’s generation was also a hunter, but the old man suffered too much when he was young, and he died long ago without passing down all his skills. I have heard a little bit about the art of dog fortune-telling!” Yue Feng said with a smile.

“What you just analyzed is all correct, but there is one thing you don’t quite understand!
This wolf-blooded dog must be good. Any of the four dogs in this basket can be a top dog if you train them well! That’s why these puppies are so expensive!”

Zou Laoqi followed up Yue Feng’s words and explained why this wolf blood string was so valuable.

“The dogs have been brought back. My eldest nephew will buy these four dogs at once. How much do you want?” Chen Pao saw that the discussion was almost over and both parties were interested, so he immediately put the matter of buying dogs on the agenda.

When the price was mentioned, Zou Laoqi hesitated for a moment and said, “Before at the market, I bid 220 dogs, and I bought all four for 190 yuan without bargaining. You know Chen Pao, since you’ve already asked, I’ll take all four dogs and put them in another basket for yuan. What do you think, Xiaoyue?”

“180!!” Without waiting for Yue Feng to nod, Chen Pao chopped without hesitation.

Seeing Chen Pao bargaining in person, Zou Laoqi gritted his teeth and said, “Okay, then 180! Sell it!!”

“Xiao Feng, take out the money!” Yue Feng immediately took out a stack of bills from his arms. After counting them one by one, he handed them to Zou Laoqi on the spot.

“You’re not worried now, are you? Xiaofeng came to see me and brought some good wine. Let’s have a good drink at noon!”

Zou Laoqi counted the money happily, then put it into his pocket: “Okay, I’ll follow your instructions, Chen Pao. It’s up to you!”

Seeing that Zou Laoqi was giving face and was so happy about it, Chen Pao felt quite happy and grabbed the leader of the puppies again.

“In fact, in addition to the points you mentioned before, there is another most important point about this dog, which you two didn’t notice! I’m happy today and I’ll tell you about it!”

Yue Feng was slightly stunned: “You say!”

Zou Laoqi also nodded repeatedly: “You are an expert in playing with dogs, I am listening!”

Chen Pao picked up the half-grown puppy’s back skin and put it on the ground. Then, like doing bone correction and massage, he pressed lightly on the dog’s spine with his thumb and index finger, and then stopped near the dog’s lower back.

“The elders say that dogs are just like wolves, with iron heads and tofu waists. Once the waist is injured, the dog will be fractured at best, or paralyzed at worst! But among the wolf-blooded dogs, there is a kind of dog known as the iron waist! This puppy is an iron waist!”

“What does ‘iron waist’ mean?” Yue Feng had lived two lives, but this was the first time he had heard such a term.

Chen Pao brought out another puppy, and the two dogs, which were not much different in size, were placed side by side.

“Feel the lower back spines of these two dogs. Are there any differences?” Chen Pao did not give a direct answer, but let Yue Feng feel it himself.

The second puppy was not as stable as the first one. It whimpered a few times when its back was grabbed, and kept trying to lick Chen Pao’s hand.

Yue Feng touched the spines of the two dogs according to Chen Pao’s instructions.

After touching it, I actually found a little difference.

The puppy that Chen Pao called Iron Waist had two obvious flat spinal protrusions on both sides of this section of the bone, while the other puppy had none.

After Yue Feng finished touching it, Zou Laoqi also touched it and nodded repeatedly.

“There really is a difference! Is this the Iron Waist?”

“Yes! The physiological structure of a hound determines that its waist is the vital part of its body. The front half of its body has ribs and is wrapped in a large amount of muscle tissue, making it less prone to injury. The back half is connected to the hip joint, so the waist is the most vulnerable part of the body!
These two spinal protuberances are a manifestation of a trait similar to returning to ancient times. With these two protuberances, part of the waist muscles can be attached to the outside of the protuberances. When the dog is injured, it is less likely to have waist problems. At the same time, the dog’s waist is stronger, and the overall quality will be significantly improved!”

When talking about his expertise, Chen Pao did not hide his shortcomings and explained in detail the advantages of Iron Waisted Boy to Zou Laoqi and Yue Feng.

After hearing this, Zou Laoqi’s face showed some regret. He definitely couldn’t afford to raise four puppies, but if he kept this rare Iron-waisted Wolf Blood Bunny, he could still afford it. After all, one didn’t have to be too particular about the meat used to feed the dog. Things like offal and internal organs could all be used to feed the dog. Although it was difficult, he could always raise the dog.

But now, the money has been paid and the dog has been sold to Yue Feng. It is impossible to keep this top-notch dog.

“Damn it, Laoqi, you still want to regret it after listening to it?” Chen Pao saw Zou Laoqi’s expression and glanced at him.

“How could that be possible! I’m just a little upset that I didn’t know about it earlier! But it’s okay, my female dog is still at home. I take my dog ​​to the cellar on the mountain every year. If I’m lucky next year, maybe I can give birth to a litter of wolf blood! If there are any top-notch cubs by then, I will definitely keep them and raise them myself!”

“That’s more like it! When your kid grows up and needs a dog to be towed, just tell me and I will definitely help you drag the dog out!”

“it is good!!”

After a brief chat, it was time for lunch. Chen Pao’s wife and eldest daughter-in-law worked in the kitchen for a long time and soon set up the kang table and served various dishes.

The main course was a large pot of roe deer stewed with potatoes, and there were other hard dishes such as stewed chicken with mushrooms, braised pork, and sauerkraut pork ribs. The most rare thing was that at the end, a plate of braised squid with sauce was served on the table. You have to know that the outdoor temperature is now minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius, and this is not easy to prepare. It is obvious that the Chen family has put a lot of thought into entertaining Yue Feng.

Chen Pao and his two sons were at the meal, and the five old men were sitting at the kang table. After eating and drinking together, both the host and the guests were having a great time.

Yue Feng was still thinking about taking the dog home, so he didn’t drink much, only about four taels. After drinking, he started talking. The three of them were all hunting enthusiasts, and they talked about all kinds of hunting topics when they were young. They talked very smoothly.

The meal lasted until 1:30 in the afternoon. The old man and Zou Laoqi each drank nearly a pound of white wine. The old man was still sober, but Zou Laoqi had obviously drunk too much. After the meal, Chen Pao instructed his eldest son to send Zou Laoqi home.

After drinking tea on the kang for a while, it was already 2:30 in the afternoon. Yue Feng was still thinking about going to the city to deliver game later, so he said goodbye and prepared to leave.

When he heard that Yue Feng was leaving, the old man turned around and went to the warehouse to get out some hemp ropes.

The three hunting dogs thought their owner was seeing off the guests, but the old man quickly tied up the three dogs with hemp ropes and handed them to Yue Feng personally.

“It’s a pity that Qinglang died. I leave these three dogs to you! I know you are a person who understands and loves dogs. Now that Dahuang and the others are in your home, you can’t treat them badly!” After a few simple instructions, Chen Pao handed the hemp rope in his hand to Yue Feng.

When the rope was handed to Yue Feng personally, the three dogs, which had been wagging their tails a second ago, all drooped their tails. The dogs whined and moaned like children who had made mistakes, and were in a very depressed mood. The yellow dog even pulled at Chen Pao’s trouser leg.

Chen Pao was startled and took a step back: “Stop whining! I’m too old to go up the mountain anymore. Our fate is over. Let’s follow Xiaofeng!”

Old Chen Pao was such a free and easy person, but when he heard his dog whimpering, his eyes turned red. He turned slightly sideways, raised his head and stared blankly at the courtyard wall in the distance, waved his hand, and signaled Yue Feng to take the dog away.

Yue Feng could understand the feeling of sending one’s partners who had fought side by side with him to others. These dogs, once they left this door, would be gone forever.

“Uncle Chen, I’m leaving now!” Yue Feng tied the dog’s leash to the back seat, then pushed the bike out of the yard.

(End of this chapter)