I Run a Gas Station in the Northwest

"The shepherd dog in Abu Khan's family happened to give birth to a litter of puppies, eight miles away. I've already told him to sell us five. You will pick one out later and see which five you like."

The Uighur old man led Chen Mu to Yakash Village, and at the same time introduced him to Chen Mu.

"I don't know how to pick dogs, in fact, uncle you can choose for me."

Chen Mu didn't understand why the Uyghur old man had to pull him over.

The Uyghur old man said: "This is our custom here. Dogs can't be treated as pets. You must treat them like your family. Only then will they take care of your home, graze and hunt for you, and be loyal to you all your life. Miles. So if you want to pick up a puppy at home, you have to pick it yourself, because you are choosing your family. Others can't do this for you... Well, it's the same as picking a bride."

Originally, Chen Mu only wanted to raise a few dogs at random to look at his home, but now hearing what the Uyghur elderly said, he dare not sloppy and become more sincere.

When they came to the house called Abu Khan, they were already waiting. After a few words of greeting, the middle-aged Uighur led them to the mother dog and the puppies.

"This is Aman. She is an authentic shepherd dog here. She is said to be pure blood... Anyway, I don't understand. I only know that Aman is very loyal and a good dog."

"This is her first child. Eight of them are born. The puppy's father is also our shepherd dog. Uncle and I have agreed to give you five... Well, I can’t take away all the children from Oman. Otherwise she will be sad."

"Someone asked me to sell it a year ago, and I didn't agree. Uncle Aizmat said you want to sell it, so I would."

"You must take good care of them when you take them back. When they grow up, they will definitely be loyal."

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Abu Khan said to Chen Mu babblingly, his Xia language is not very good, but it is clear.

It could be seen that he was very reluctant to sell the puppy, but because the buyer was Chen Mu, he agreed.

Although he sold the puppies, he also hoped that Chen Mu would treat these puppies well, so he kept asking, for fear that Chen Mu would not care.

Chen Mu and the Uyghur old man squatted on the ground to watch the dog together. They saw that the bitch was very big, with a black body and white chest, with straight and thick outer hair, and dense and short inner hair. The whole looked furry, especially warm.

The dog has a flat head and strong jaws. Although Chen Mu doesn't understand dogs, he also knows that such dogs can bite people to death when they become fierce.

"Choose it, you can choose whichever you like. The most important thing to choose a dog is to close your eyes."

Abu Khan reminded Chen Mu a little bit dissatisfied, and then squatted aside to smoke.

Chen Mu looked at the puppies, they were actually almost the same, they were round, just like little pompoms.

Moreover, their coat colors are similar, mainly black and white, and most of their faces are covered by two pieces of black hair on the left and right, like a red panda.

"Why do their ears seem to be a little different from the mother dog's?"

Chen Mu found that the puppy's ears seemed to be different from the dog's mother's. The puppy's ears were longer and the dog's mother's was shorter. There was a significant difference, so he couldn't help asking.

The Uighur old man said: "After you go back, you must cut off the puppy's ears. Otherwise, when they grow up, the ears will grow very long. They will droop and be flush with the eyes, which will block them from seeing."

Chen Mu understood a little bit, but he definitely couldn't do things like cutting off the puppy's ears. He could only let the Uighur elderly do it.

Chen Mu picked out five of them that looked pleasing to the eye. Although the bitch didn't move, when he picked up the puppy, he raised his head and stared at him.

"Aman, don't worry, you have too many cubs. Send a few to a good house. It's good for you and the cubs."

Abu Khan put down the dry tobacco rod, came over and rubbed the hair on the bitch's head, and said comforting words softly in his mouth. It was really a tone of discussion and treated the dog as his family.

The bitch didn't know if she understood, she slowly lowered her head, but her eyes were still staring at Chen Mu and the puppy in Chen Mu's hands.

Chen Mu glanced at the middle-aged man and then at the bitch. He felt that this dog has really developed spirituality, and he has to develop it like this when he looks back, so he also said: "I will raise them well. ."

After speaking, he put the puppy in the paper box prepared by the Uyghur elderly, and then got up and walked out of the courtyard with the Uyghur elderly.

This was agreed with Abu Khan. After taking the puppy, he left the yard and could not stay.

After not taking a few steps, Chen Mu heard the bitch's whispering whispering from behind, with a desolate tone, which made him stop for a while and couldn't help but want to look back.

But the Uighur old man urged him: "Go away, don't look back, don't stop, the bitch will forget about it after a while."

Chen Mu could only continue to walk forward. After walking outside the courtyard, he walked a long way before stopping to wait for Abu Khan.

After a while, Abu Khan also came out of the yard, took a piece of paper and handed it to Chen Mu: "You go, here is the way I let the kid at home write about how to raise a dog, you can see for yourself."

Chen Mu took the piece of paper and looked at it. The words on it were very small, densely packed, and looked very detailed. He quickly thanked him and put the paper into his pocket.

Back to the gas station, it was almost noon.

Elder Li Yi also got up. He saw the Uighur old man and asked: "My brother, I have been looking for you since I got up in the morning. Where have you been?"

The Uyghur old man pointed to the cardboard box Chen Mu was holding: "I will go with him to buy a dog."

"dog?"

Elder Li Yi walked over and glanced at the puppy in the carton, nodded and said, "Oh, it's a shepherd dog, yes, raise it well, after raising it, it will be a good dog."

The old Uighur smiled: "Brother, you know dogs."

Elder Li Yi took out a puppy from the carton, and said while watching: "When I was young, I also liked to raise a few dogs, but I would not dare to raise them when I was older... Well, the dogs will have them after a long time. Feelings, but their lives are too short, and they suddenly disappeared after raising them. They feel uncomfortable, so they don’t dare to raise them anymore."

Looking at the puppy in his hand over and over again, Old Li Yi said: "This is an authentic local shepherd dog. It is also called Tianshan Mastiff or Kazakh Shepherd Dog... Well, it sounds like a good name, but that They are all blown out from the outside, in fact, this is our local dog."

"A dog is a good dog, strong, quiet, brave, and loyal. But raising this kind of dog depends mainly on whether the owner will raise it. If you raise a dog, you will not only bite people, but even the owner will bite if you are angry. Now, it's just an ordinary dog, nothing special."

"I heard that this purebred dog is almost extinct in the past few years, so the Ministry of Agriculture has listed it as a national protected breed resource list. Well, I think you have a good pedigree. It's not bad."