Xiaolun knew Xiaobai was going to follow Yang Ruxin back home, and hurriedly whooshed around her wrist again. It did not want to stay with Dabai the tiger; after all, its injury was just a superficial wound on the skin, which would heal on its own soon.
"Crap, my little shrimps." Yang Ruxin suddenly remembered something and when she looked outside, she found that her bucket had been smashed by the tiger, and the three pounds of little shrimps were scattered everywhere. She couldn’t help but let out a low curse and pointed at the big guy outside in the space, "You son of a bitch, just wait, one day I will turn your bones into a plaster..."
Why didn’t she just put the shrimp bucket into the space earlier? Yang Ruxin felt like banging her head against the wall.
Dabai couldn’t help but shrink its neck; Tiger Bone Paste seemed to be very popular among humans.
After the tiger outside roared and smashed the wooden bucket to pieces without finding its target, it could only walk away frustrated. Only then did Yang Ruxin come out of the space with Xiaobai, and upon seeing the shrimps scattered in the grass, she couldn’t help but curse again before returning to the village.
Yang Ruxin had been out for most of the day and was a bit worried that her sisters and the Zhou siblings might not get along. But when she entered the house, she found it peaceful inside; Erni and Sanni were doing needlework, while Zhou Xiao was teaching the younger ones how to read. They were reluctant to use paper and pen, so they practiced with sticks in the courtyard. At the moment, they were learning the phrase "If not taught, one’s nature will stray," which pleasantly surprised her at the quick progress—her younger sisters were indeed very smart.
"Big sister..." Sini was the first to see Yang Ruxin and hurriedly got up to run over but stopped suddenly when she got close, her big eyes flickering, "Big sister, is this... a little puppy?"
"It’s a wolf... dog," Yang Ruxin initially wanted to say it was a wolf but changed it to wolf-dog, not wanting to scare the little ones. "Its name is Xiaobai, but it’s hurt..."
Xiaobai couldn’t help but roll its eyes. It was much more formidable than a dog, right? But since this was the woman’s territory, it decided to endure it for now.
The others heard the noise and ran over too.
Zhou Ying, who was just recovering from a serious illness, also followed, wearing a mask that Erni had just made for her, leaving only a pair of shiny black eyes exposed, looking at Yang Ruxin and Xiaobai from a distance.
She knew her illness was contagious, because her brother said that the Doctor grandpa had prescribed medicine for everyone to drink, so for the past two days, she had consciously kept her distance from everyone.
"Come over everyone," Yang Ruxin called everyone over. "Get to know Xiaobai. From now on, it will also be a member of our family." As for Xiaolun, she had previously wanted to introduce it to everyone, but upon further thought, she figured that a snake wasn’t like other creatures and it wouldn’t be good to scare someone, so she decided to keep it as her secret weapon.
Xiaolun actually wanted to show itself too, but noticing that its owner did not introduce it, it could only lie there in frustration, though it still occasionally flicked its tongue to touch Yang Ruxin’s skin.
Yang Ruxin felt ticklish and uncomfortable and discreetly flicked Xiaolun’s head as a warning to behave.
Xiaolun could only lie down, feeling wronged.
Xiaobai, though somewhat depressed about being recognized as a dog, didn’t express any dissatisfaction, as it didn’t want to scare everyone either.
"You all touch it one by one, and it will remember your scent," Yang Ruxin stroked Xiaobai’s head, introduced each family member by name, and then watched contentedly as everyone surrounded Xiaobai, touching and poking at it.