There is a folk saying that a chicken can only be kept for six years, and a dog can only be kept for eight years. This sentence is also mentioned in the ancient book "Yi Yao" in the Western Han Dynasty, which means that chickens cannot be kept for six years, and dogs cannot be kept for eight years. After this time, the chickens and dogs begin to be restless. They stay with people all day long, observing people's every move.

Today is the story of an old dog becoming a genius. The story starts more than 30 years ago. At that time, there was a man named Han Laosan in the west of our village. His parents died when he was young.

Later, the fourth brother married, and the two brothers separated. Han Laosan was alone and probably felt that the home was deserted, so he raised a local dog. The local dog was very strong and powerful, like a wolf dog.

As long as he had a bite to eat, he would never starve the dog. After seven or eight years, life gradually improved, and he no longer had to worry about eating and drinking. The dog was also old, and its fur had become white, and it had bald in some places.

At that time, there were two babies in the fourth family, two siblings, and the younger brother was called Huzi. He was about seven or eight years old and often went to the third family of Han to play. The third family of Han also loved his nephew very much, and kept all the delicious food in the family for him.

But as a child, he was also at the age of seven or eight years old, and he was more naughty. Once, Huzi ran to Old Han's house to play, and when he saw that the old dog was sleeping on the ground, he stepped forward and kicked it.

The old dog was kicked for no reason and wanted to bite. Fortunately, he was chained, so the old dog could not break free and could only bark at the tiger.

Huzi was startled at first. Later, when he saw that the old dog could not break free, he became more energetic and pointed at the dog and said that he would let the uncle (uncle) kill you and eat meat during the Chinese New Year.

After he had said this, the old dog froze for a moment, then stopped barking, and got into the nest in dismay.

Huzi was smug and scolded a few more stinky dogs before entering the house.

From then on, every time Huzi came to see the old dog, he said that he would stew dog meat and eat it during the Chinese New Year. The old dog did not dare to bark at Huzi, but the eyes that looked at Huzi became more and more gloomy. After a period of time, it was almost the end of the year, and the old dog seemed restless and stopped eating much, and went back and forth in circles in front of the nest all day.

Han Laosan thought he was sick, so he boiled a few eggs for him, but he didn't eat.

It was the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which was Little New Year, and it was also the day of the temple fair in the county seat. The fourth child made some mountain goods to sell at the temple fair. If he wanted to stay there for a few days, he handed over the two babies in the family to Han Laosan to take care of.

That night, the two children of the fourth family lived in Westinghouse. In the middle of the night, Huzi's sister vaguely heard a knock on the door. The sound was very strange.

Huzi's sister slept in a daze and didn't care about it. After a while, the knocking on the door became more and more urgent, and there was also a coughing sound mixed with Han Laosan's coughing sound, which was similar to Han Laosan's coughing sound, but the sound was slightly lower and a little awkward, as if he had deliberately coughed out by lowering his voice.

Han Laosan had tracheitis, so she often coughed. Huzi's sister was in a daze, so she just thought that uncle was knocking on the door, so she got up and went to open the door.

Not long after lying in bed, half asleep and half awake, there was a knock on the door again from outside, and the noisy person couldn't sleep. Huzi's sister was sleepy at this time, so she didn't care. After a while, she vaguely heard her brother get out of bed and open the door, and the knock on the door disappeared, and she fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Han Laosan got up early and wanted to go to the market to buy some New Year's goods and buy some delicious food for the two children, by the way, but when he went out, he saw that the old dog was wet and there was mud on the dog's legs, which made him feel very strange. It didn't rain that day, so where did the water come from on the dog?

He looked at the old dog carefully and saw that the rope on its neck was loose and loosely wrapped. He wondered if the old dog had sneaked out at night, but he thought it was unlikely that the dog could put the rope on again after he came back.

Thinking of this, Han Laosan himself laughed. Although he didn't know what was going on, he didn't care and dried the water on the old dog with a cloth to prevent it from getting cold.

But as he was wiping the dog's water, Third Han felt that something was wrong. The old dog wagged his tail, lowered his head, and his eyes kept dodging, like a child who had done something wrong. This made him a little puzzled, wondering what happened to the old dog today.

Just as he was thinking, suddenly Huzi's sister came out of the house in a panic, crying and saying that Huzi was gone.

Han Laosan was taken aback and told not to cry, speaking slowly. Huzi's sister told her what happened last night. After hearing this, Han Laosan thought it was strange.

Han Laosan couldn't think of any clues for a while, so he went out to find Huzi first, and searched around the village, but found nothing. At this time, the villagers also heard that Huzi was missing, and they all helped find him. It was not until the afternoon that Huzi's body was found by the river in the east of the village.

Huzi's whole body was covered in blood, and the person who was bitten was no longer human. He was lying alone in the cold river water. Han Laosan cried on the spot when he saw it, and walked home with Huzi in his arms, staggering.

Later, a villager found dog footprints by the river and told Han Laosan about it. Han Laosan remembered the old dog's abnormal expression that day, as well as his wet body and legs covered in silt, and then realized that it was this beast that killed Huzi.

Huzi used to scold the old dog, he was taking revenge! Although Han Laosan felt unbelievable and horrified by the old dog's behavior, he still beat the old dog to death with a stick under his rage. When the old dog died, he barked miserably, but he never bit Han Laosan.

Some people in the village said that the old dog of Han Laosan's family has become a spirit, but an animal has become a spirit. Although he understands human words and can imitate some people's actions, he is still a beast after all.