She slept very comfortably. When Gu Lan woke up, the sky was already getting light.
Just as Gu Lan sat up and prepared to clean up, she suddenly paused and squinted her eyes towards the direction of the fire.
The fire had burned out, but there was a black ball lying next to it. If it hadn't moved just now, Gu Lan wouldn't have noticed it.
Holding the dagger under her clothes tightly, she carefully got out of the quilt and went around the fire from the other side.
Then she saw clearly what the black thing was. It turned out to be a black dog, curled up into a ball. The only feeling was that it was very thin, and the bones on its body were clearly visible, not much different from when she first saw the little bun.
As if sensing Gu Lan's gaze, the black dog opened its eyes and looked at the person standing in front of it.
Its expression was a little listless, with vigilance and a hint of flattery in its eyes, but there was no malice. If there was any malice, it would probably attack them the first time it arrived.
The dog had a cloth band around its neck, and it looked like it was either lost or abandoned. It looked at her warily, as if it would respond immediately and be ready to run away at any time if she did something wrong.
Gu.Lan didn't hate dogs. To be honest, she liked dogs quite a bit and had raised dogs before. Seeing the skinny dog, she really couldn't bring herself to drive it away.
So, Gu Lan decided to ignore it and started to clean up. First, she lit the fire and put the broken pottery pot on the fire.
She took out a large bottle of mineral water from the space and poured half of it into it, then put the peeled oats and sweet potatoes in it.
After thinking about it, she washed the quail eggs she took out last night with water and put them in the pot. After cooking, she could take them on the road to nourish An'an.
The dog lay obediently beside her and looked at her throughout the whole process, but when it saw the water, there was a deep desire in its eyes, and its mouth kept moving.
Its eyes that longed for water were so obvious that Gu Lan couldn't do anything even if she wanted to. She thought about taking out a bowl from the space and deliberately broke it a little on the ground, so that when the little bun woke up and asked, it would be easy to explain that she picked it up.
The water used to wash the quail eggs was poured into a bowl and placed in front of the dog. The dog was still very cautious. Even though it was very thirsty, it did not drink the water immediately, but looked at the person in front of it tentatively.
"Drink it." Hearing this gentle voice, the dog could no longer bear it and licked it frantically until there was not a drop left.
It had been thirsty for a long time. It was driven out by its owner. It knew vaguely that its owner wanted it to escape and survive.
It had been wandering like this, and after being frightened many times, it learned to be alert and to stay away from people because it did not want to die.
Last night, it really could not help it. It was hungry and thirsty. When it found the fire and felt the two humans, it could no longer bear to get closer. When it came, it smelled the smell of food on them. Although it was very eager, it still did not move.
Unable to walk, it lay down beside the fire, thinking about leaving early in the morning. But it was too weak to notice that the human woke up earlier than it. Fortunately, it did not notice the terrifying look. Not only that, it also gave it water to drink, which made it happy. This person did not seem to be a bad person, and its vigilance was lowered a little.
Here, Gu Lan did not know the wild thoughts in the black dog's mind. The sky had slowly turned bright, and Gu Lan was thinking about collecting the quilt.
The moment her hand touched the quilt, the military quilt covering the little bun disappeared. Such a strange scene scared the black dog who had been paying attention to humans, and his eyes widened and his mouth slightly opened, with a very funny expression. Gu Lan did not see this scene either. At this time, Gu Lan's mind was on the little bun. Gently patting the little bun, "Son, get up" the voice was so gentle that it seemed to be able to ooze water.
At this time, Gu Lan had completely taken on this role after getting along with the little bun these days.
As she shouted, the little bun woke up slowly with trembling eyelids. He did not have a bad temper when he got up, and he smiled brightly at Gu Lan. He likes this kind of mother very much, likes her smiling face and her soft voice.
Although his mother was very kind in the past, she seldom smiled at him. She had too much work to do every day and had no time to smile at him. She even rarely spoke.
"Mom," An'an called Gu Lan softly, sat up and leaned on Gu Lan, with eyes full of dependence on his mother.
"Get up when you wake up. Mom is cooking. It will be ready soon." Gu Lan touched the little bun's head and said gently. The little bun nodded, quickly put on his pair of coarse cloth shoes that were already worn out, and stood up obediently to help his mother pack up the worn-out clothes under her body.
The big and the small quickly put away the old clothes spread on the dry grass, and tied up the dry grass by the way.
Then the little bun squatted obediently by the fire. He had already smelled the fragrance of the rice, and his stomach kept rumbling, so he didn't notice the black dog lying on the other side of the fire. The black dog was lying there, looking at the big and the small with a vigilant and hopeful look, and had no intention of leaving.
After drinking the water, it wanted to leave, but it smelled the fragrance of the food and couldn't move its steps to leave, so it simply lay on the ground again.
Perhaps because it was a little tired of lying on the ground for a long time, the black dog couldn't help but change its posture.
This movement made the little bun discover its existence. The moment it looked at the black dog, the little bun was scared and hugged his mother tightly.
"Don't be afraid, it's a dog." Gu Lan gently stroked An'an's back and glanced at the black dog.
Black dog: "..." Did it do anything?
In fact, An'an was not really scared, he was just startled. Anyone who suddenly found a living creature next to him would be frightened without psychological preparation.
Hearing his mother's voice and knowing it was a dog, An'an's frightened mood was completely calmed down. Then he looked at the black mass, and it was really a dog.
Children's senses are more sensitive.
He didn't feel any malice from the dog, so he was a little braver than before, slowly moved away from his mother, and looked at the black dog.
"Mom, how did this dog appear here?" He raised his question while looking at the dog.
"Mom doesn't know, maybe it was attracted by the fire." Gu Lan really didn't know this, but it was certain that the dog had no ill intentions, otherwise it would have attacked them last night.
Speaking of which, the alertness of her body was really low. She didn't notice the arrival of the black dog. It seems that she still needs to practice well.
"That must be the case." An'an nodded.
The words "The meal is ready" instantly drew An'an's attention to the meal.
He saw his mother pick up a dozen things from the meal with chopsticks. After a closer look, he recognized what they were bird eggs.
He had seen the children in the village touch them from the tree, and he wanted to touch them too, but unfortunately he was too young to climb up the tree. He hadn't tasted bird eggs yet. Not only bird eggs, but even chicken eggs, he had rarely eaten them.
The saliva in the little guy's mouth instantly secreted, and he swallowed his saliva involuntarily.
"Mom, these are bird eggs."