Chapter 53: The Grace of a Meal
The rain was still falling, and the little fox wanted to get out of the bushes with his robe in his mouth and return this soft, warm, waterproof and dustproof treasure to the soaked monk.
But as soon as she showed her head, she stepped back again, hiding behind the dense foliage, revealing only a pointed nose and a pair of large black eyes to peek secretly.
She was still a little scared when she thought of the evil humans of yesterday.
Although she was young and ignorant, after yesterday's catastrophe, she also understood that humans do not dislike monsters, and even hate them, and will wantonly kill the little demons that appear in front of them for no reason.
She didn't know what she had done wrong, she was still too young, and in the course of nine years of her life, she had not thought about anything other than learning how to be a good fox.
Monsters raise cubs, most of them are free-range, just like red children, who were kicked out of the house by their parents when they were still a little doll, and they set up a mountain outside to be the king.
This is especially true of animal-shaped yokai, whose cubs can run and jump within a few days of birth, and are stronger than ordinary animals, and can hunt blood and feed themselves alone.
The life cycle of animals and humans is different, wild foxes have a lifespan of 10 to 15 years, and nine-year-old foxes have already entered old age and have long been able to support themselves.
The life span of the demon fox is very long, but it should also be divided into two intervals before and after the transformation, the living habits of the demon fox before the transformation are no different from ordinary foxes, and they will leave the mother fox to live alone at the age of one or two, unlike human infants and young children who receive meticulous care.
The children of the monster may not all be able to transform into shape, some of the young demons with poor qualifications and impure blood are likely to be unable to transform for a lifetime, and live a life like a beast in animal form, this kind of monster, the attitude of parents towards them is no different from that of beasts to cubs, and when they reach the age of being independent, even if they are only two or three years old, they will be driven away from their side, and let nature teach them.
The snake man and the fox girl caught a lot of girls, some of them as concubines for the snake men, and the other part as maids for the fox girls, serving them for pleasure. The little fox didn't have this kind of treatment, she just used the Dragon Hidden Cave as her own fox cave with the tacit consent of her parents, a shelter to hide from the wind and rain.
If she succeeds in taking shape, her parents will treat her the way humans treat their children, reconnecting with her as a human being.
This is also the reason why in the original plot, Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru exterminated the demons in the Longyin Cave, and none of the girls rescued mentioned Su Mei, in the eyes of these girls, the little fox who occasionally wandered around in the cave was just an ordinary beast, and it had nothing to do with the two demon kings.
Avatar is the transformation of the life level that opens intelligence, and although the little fox is the smartest from the fox's point of view, it is far from reaching the level of humans of the same age.
The little fox had already sensed that the bare-headed human was different from other humans, but out of the natural instinct of wild animals, she still did not dare to rush over, and she had to continue to observe for a while before she could be sure that the bare-headed human was indeed harmless.
"Gollum ......"
The little fox hid very well, holding his breath and concentrating, quieter than when he caught the bamboo rat, but unfortunately his stomach screamed uncontrollably, and the voice was not small, and the monk who closed his eyes and chanted opened his eyes when he heard the sound, and was meeting the little fox's gaze.
The red fur exploded, and the little fox reacted instinctively, threatening Luo Feng with sharp fangs, and then flicked his big red tail and turned around and fled.
After running a few steps, the fox's pointed ears trembled, and he didn't hear the sound of someone chasing after him, so he slowly stopped, twisted his neck and looked back, but saw that the human with his head was still sitting cross-legged, and he didn't mean to catch her at all.
Slowly, the little fox slipped back into the bushes where he had been hiding, leaking his pointed nose and big eyes to continue peeping, but refusing to step out of the bushes.
Seeing her timid and curious look, Luo Feng couldn't help but smile, grabbed a handful of dog food from the storage space, ate a few in front of the little fox first, and told her with actions that those small brown and yellow particles that looked like rabbit poop were actually food.
Stretched out his palm to the little fox and teased her to eat, but the cautious fox just stared at Luo Feng's palm and lay motionless in the grass.
Luo Feng picked up a grain of dog food and threw it over, just in front of the little fox, less than a meter away from the bushes, the dog food was a mixture of bone and meat meal, fish, dried vegetables and grains, exuding a faint aroma, the little fox's nose was stirring, stretching out his tongue and licking his fangs, looking at Luo Feng and then at the dog food on the ground, and fell into a difficult choice.
"Gollum ......"
The stomach crowed again, and the little fox could not hold back any longer, and rushed out of the bushes like a fire, pounced on the dog food, turned around and flicked its big tail, and burrowed back again, as if the bushes could provide her with safety.
Hiding in the bushes and "crunching" and biting the dog food particles and swallowing them, the sweet taste was much more delicious than the blood food she had eaten, and there was no fishy smell at all.
It's a pity that the amount of this dog food is too small, and she feels even hungrier after swallowing a mouthful of wine.
The little head poked out of the bushes again, and the little fox drooled, staring at Luo Feng's palm again.
Just as she expected, the slick human on the top of her head once again threw out delicious small particles, this time more than a meter away from the bushes, although a little farther than just now, the little fox was a little bolder, she rushed back and forth again, took back the dog food and hid in the bushes to taste.
In this way, Luo Feng threw out the dog food one by one, getting farther and farther away from the bushes, getting closer and closer to his side, the little fox was still running back and forth at the beginning of the period, and he had to bring the food back to the bushes, and when Luo Feng threw the dog food two or three meters in front of him, the little fox stopped tossing, and after eating the dog food, he just turned his head vigilantly, and his butt was rushing at Luo Feng, looking like he wanted to run at any time.
Luo Feng smiled slightly, took out another handful of dog food, put the dog food into the bowl he was carrying, put the bowl in front of him within reach, and then took out a carton of milk from the storage space, tore open the carton and poured the milk into the bowl.
The bowl smelled of milk, and the little fox swallowed a mouthful of saliva, imagining how delicious the already fragrant "little biscuit" would be soaked in milk.
However, the bowl was too close to the humans, and she did not dare to come up to it, for fear that it was a trap set to catch her.
She'd seen her kind fall into a similar trap because of gluttony!
Luo Feng didn't look like he saw the little fox, as if the food in the bowl was not prepared for her, but took out a wooden spoon, scooped up the milk and soaked the dog food, and ate it in a big gulp, as if this was his breakfast.
After eating a few big bites in a row, the milk soaked dog food in the bowl was reduced by one-third, and the little fox couldn't hold back any longer, drooping his ears, shrinking his tail, and cowardly came up, raised his head and glanced at Luo Feng, who was smiling, gritted his teeth and poked his head into the bowl, regardless of the ground, and ate it in a big gulp.
Looking at it from Luo Feng's perspective, I couldn't see the little fox's expression, but I could guess from her big tail that she must have eaten happily and satisfied......