Chapter 5 plum mountain dog

In the distant hometown of Meishan, there lived a group of ancient mountain people. Every family of them loved and raised dogs. Every family dreamed of meeting and raising a Qixin dog.After raising dogs has become popular, a family has a dog mother, a dog father, a dog son, or a first, second, or third generation of dogs... Since the dog came to this family, it is the beginning of a new dog family and has become a part of the mountain family. The dog is a property of the Meishan people's family, and it is also the master who guards the house and lives a carefree life. Male dogs in Meishan, their survival time is relatively short, unless they are trained as guard dogs or hunting dogs.Otherwise, when they grow up to one or two years old, they will become unjust souls under the straw fire.

Meishan entered winter, and it was freezing cold in the mountains. The mountain people began to eat meat and tonic, and came to cats to spend the winter.The owner slaughtered the male dogs, slaughtering them one by one and eating them, to nourish the body and improve the vitality of the winter. The female dog of Meishan is responsible for breeding offspring.They have a long life and can die of old age naturally.The female dog is mature and can find a male dog to mate with when she is in heat.However, the general male dogs are blood related to the female dogs, either brothers or parents, no more than three generations at most.The little bitch quickly became a dog mother with family status.

Meishan native dog can run a long distance without getting lost.The dog peed on the side of the road while running, and when he came home, he could find his home by smelling the smell of urine on the side of the road.As the saying goes, an old horse knows the way, but dogs also know the way.I ran eighty miles a day and went home anyway.The owner doesn't like a male dog that has been running around for a long time.Because the person who raised the bitch waited for it to finish mating with the bitch, and beat it like a wild dog. If there is no accident to the mother dog, the owner will not kill it. Even if the puppies are worthless, no one will buy them, and they will be raised in litters, and they will be killed and eaten at the end of the year.The people of Meishan Mountain said: Dogs don’t blame their families for poverty, and sons don’t think their mothers are ugly.Dogs are the easiest animals to feed. They can be fed sweet potatoes or pigs without rice.Some people even say that dogs can't eat much.As the saying goes: dog belly.A dog's stomach is small. A dog weighing twenty or thirty kilograms has a stomach no bigger than two fists.The dog has a small stomach, and the owner only gives it a bowl of rice for a meal.Dogs are greedy for food, and when they see something, they never forget it. After a while, they eat it again, making their stomachs distended.Therefore, there is a saying in Meishan that people are gluttonous, and it is called a dog eating a phase.

Dogs like to chew on bones, especially Meishan native dogs.People throw bare bones to it to chew, and the dog seems to have picked up a treasure, hugging and chewing non-stop, and must finish eating the bone dregs.In fact, dogs like to eat meat the most. The bones that have not been gnawed away have a little trace of meat. of saliva.Some tough bones were chewed by dogs and finally eaten. Dogs have two big teeth, long and pointed, hook-shaped, extremely sharp, called canine teeth, which is a characteristic of dogs.If a person's front teeth protrude, they are often called canine teeth by Meishan people.Hearing this, the canine-toothed person will be so angry that he wants to pull it out immediately.I think there is no need to be angry. Human teeth are not as good as dog teeth. It is a pity that the meat in many bones cannot be eaten.Some people call protruding teeth canine teeth, and say they eat their children, but they are actually insulting people like never before.

Dogs eat shit, which is also a characteristic of dogs.People often say that dogs can't change eating shit.This cannot be too absolute. There may be two situations, one is forced, and the other is voluntary. For young people in Meishan, after they get married and start a family, their parents will give them dogs as part of their property. This is a clear proof that people arrange dogs to eat shit.When young people get married, the first priority is to have children. Babies eat and drink, and they have no self-control and no time rules. They can do whatever they want, regardless of space.Babies' stools are watery, and they are pulled on the ground, and they have to be swept away with plant ash. The smell is also very bad, which is disgusted by young people.There were only dogs, the owner said "He Nuo, He Nuo" two times, the big dog and the small dog came running, the owner pointed his finger at the ground, and all the dogs surrounded the pile of excrement, looting and cleaning it up, neither cleaning nor smelling.

Dogs like to drill into the toilet and find their own shit to eat.This may be a dog's habit, because it sniffs everywhere, looking for the smell of food to satisfy its stomach. Meishan people believe that the dog's stomach can absorb all nutrients, and dog poop does not have any nutrients.To say that people are not good is to say that dog shit is not as good.He also hates shit, saying that shit rots the soles of shoes, and the soles of feet rot when stepped on. The mountain people in Meishan hate dog poop, and when they see dogs littering everywhere, they beat them with stones.Therefore, Gou Lasa must go to the deep mountains and old forests to be considered a good dog.Every family that raises a puppy must train it to pull dog poop outside the house.

The purpose of a young couple raising a dog is to solve the embarrassment and cumbersomeness in life and improve hygiene conditions.As they grow older and their children grow older, it becomes a habit to keep dogs.Relatives and friends are not allowed to bring a baby to visit one day, and the baby's laxity has become the disgust of adults. Only the Meishan native dog can adjust the embarrassment between guests and owners.As soon as it emerges, it can eat the baby's poop. In the early 1990s, all Meishan native dogs disappeared overnight.This is related to the three steps of medicine.In the early days of reform, the surplus labor force emerging from the countryside affected social stability.The educated young people all go to the coast to work, and the remaining punks who can't read a few characters stay at home and make trouble.They are restless, lazy, not enterprising, and do some sneaky things.When they have no money, in order to satisfy their appetite, they often steal chickens and dogs.When I saw the chickens and dogs raised by others, I salivated.Although there is no shortage of large livestock such as pigs and cattle in Meishan, they dare not steal them for fear of breaking the law.The dog ran around outside for a long time, and became a wild dog when it went out. No one controlled it, and no evidence could be found if it was killed.They found a piece of fat meat and mixed it with a "three-step pour". When they saw a wild dog, they threw it to eat. The dog fell to the ground after eating it. They packed it in a woven bag and carried it to a friend's house.A dog serving people ended its life in this way and became a ghost of unjust death.

In a short period of time, the native dogs in Meishan were almost extinct, and it was difficult to hear the dogs barking.Some families who really want to feed dogs go to other places to find dog breeds to replace Meishan native dogs.Some brought back puppies from Shaodong and Changsha.These pups have a low survival rate.In order to save the dog's life, the owner trained it not to eat things thrown by strangers. According to the old legend, puppies are born with their eyes closed.I saw newborn puppies with red flesh, no fur, their heads were larger than their torso, and they kept barking like babies.The old man also said that the puppies can open their eyes after seven days without being watched, and it takes half a month after seeing them.I don't believe in these legends, I think they are superstitions.The mother dog is very smart. She is afraid that people will mess with her baby, so she will choose a safe place to give birth, such as under the floor of a wooden house.In the wooden houses in mountain villages, the first floor is separated from the ground by thick boards, and kept dry. People rarely enter, and dogs can climb in and out.Before the mother dog gives birth, she has to dig a hole in the ground, and then put some straw and hay on it to prevent the baby from freezing.When a mother dog gives birth, the owner rarely notices until the puppy is visible and crawls outside.

In the winter of 2003, my dog ​​was about to give birth. She dug a hole under the floor, tossed and tossed for half the night, and ran out again.My nephew was very naughty, and the mother dog was afraid that he would mess with her baby, so she ran to the hillside behind the house to give birth.The mother and younger brother searched several times, but they couldn't find a place to give birth.On the night of the fourth day, heavy snow fell, and five or six inches of snow was piled on the ground overnight.It was more than nine o'clock in the morning, and the mother dog hadn't come home for breakfast.My father went to look for it, searched all over the mountain, and found the dog's den after one o'clock in the afternoon.

The mother dog hugged her pup tightly, and her whole body was soaked.The father and the mother dog looked at each other for a while, then walked over and pushed the mother dog away. There were four puppies, one of which had been frozen to death.Because there are many puppies, the dog's belly cannot be covered.The father took the three live puppies in his arms and walked back home along the narrow path. The dog followed behind, watching the master's movements all the time.The mother made a kennel with a charcoal sieve and put straw in it, and put the puppies in it. After the mother dog had eaten, she ran to the hillside to fetch the dead pup and put it in the kennel.It doesn't know that its baby is dead.Maybe, it doesn't want to let its own flesh and blood be thrown into the wilderness, and it wants to stay together.

As the saying goes, dogs take mice and meddle in their own business.This is wrong.There are not many dogs that catch mice, that is to say, only good dogs can catch mice.If you keep a good dog at home, you will catch all the mice. A smart dog will only catch and not eat.In one night, you can catch a few mice and put them together, like an exhibition, which looks very beautiful.A dog that eats rats is not a good dog, and it is easy to risk its own life.There are many rats in the mountains and fields, and the farmers sprinkled rat poison, and the rats killed by the poison, the dogs ate it, and the poison killed themselves. Meishan puppy, two months before the full moon.When a mother dog gives birth to a pup, the owner adds some soup to the meal, calling it lactation, so that the pup has milk to eat.The puppy can eat, but also put some washing pot water in the meal.Put some water and salt in the pot where the vegetables have been fried, wash off the oil on the pot, and boil it. It is a good soup.Salt can strengthen the bones, oil can grow fat, and the puppies will grow up soon after eating it. Meishan people have many rules when buying puppies.Usually make an appointment in advance and pick them up early in the morning.I bought a pup, put it in my arms without putting it in a cage, and took it away.When crossing a field embankment or a bridge, you need to find a stick to scratch your buttocks, saying that dogs will pull shit far away.Otherwise, it will be dragged to the house or in front of the house, and the only way to beat it with a bamboo stick is to beat it a few times. To raise a dog, you must choose a dog breed, tall and strong.Then there is the need to choose the appearance of a puppy, four-eyed dogs are not acceptable.The so-called four-eyed dog is a dog with a black ring around its eyes, like wearing sunglasses.A bitch gave birth to seven pups, named Qixingou, who are the best pups in Meishan.There must be people scrambling to buy it, and it is also a once-in-a-century guard dog and hunting dog.Animal husbandry is most afraid of pigs giving birth to two and dogs giving birth to one.Pigs give birth to two elephants, and they have to recite the time; dogs give birth to one single seedling, which is unlucky.Three or four births of dogs are common and ideal.Choosing a dog also depends on the dog's whiskers and ears.One must hunt, the other must guard the house, and the third must be lazy.That is, one beard is a hunting dog, two beards are a guard dog, and three beards are a dish dog.A pup's ears must be pricked up to be a smart dog.Drooping ears, no one wants this dog.Pick a hound, and have pointed and thin ears. Meishan never used a knife to kill dogs, and most of them were drowned or hanged.As the saying goes: You can't eat a piece of wool, but you can eat a thousand dog hairs.Many people tied the dogs' necks with ropes and hung them from the beams to die. The death looks very much like the vicious dogs in the cartoons.There are also those who choked to death with water, and the dog's tongue sticks out, making the death look very ugly.A killed dog cannot be left lying on the ground.Dogs have a ground nature, and they will come to life after lying on the ground for half an hour. I have seen this with my own eyes.It was the autumn of 1989, and my grandfather wanted to eat dog meat before he died.I started to hang the dog on the bridge, and I put it in the sun valley flat, and when the water boiled, its feet could move. The dog's hair will fall off when it is scalded with boiling water, but the fluff is difficult to pull out, so it has to be burned with straw.Put the dog on two wooden sticks, light a handful of hay, and roast it all the way until the skin is ripped apart and it screams.Then use the straw to scrub in warm water, and it will be white and tender.Eat dogs, not just dog meat.As the saying goes: Eating dogs without intestines is like not eating them. To make dog meat, put the whole foot and sides in the pot and simmer until the bones can be peeled off.When stewing, add star anise and cinnamon, and you can also cook with native eggs.When the eggs are cooked, smash the shells, cook until the egg whites turn dark gray, and then remove them.Goudan eats special supplements, which can replenish vitality.Cut the peeled dog meat into pieces, wait for the oil in the pot to boil, stir-fry on high heat for a few minutes, add five-spice powder, and stir-fry until it is fragrant.Add the original juice, add monosodium glutamate and other condiments, and eat it while it is hot. In recent years, Meishan native dogs have come back, and more and more families keep dogs.The people and methods of eating dogs are also different.The value of Qixingou is no longer just hunting and housekeeping, but it has begun to be favored by the mountain people.