When Li Du arrived, Sophie was considerate enough to wait outside the door.
Seeing him, the lady doctor waved happily. "Go in, she's trying to open her eyes. I didn't stay inside, in case she sees me first."
Li Du smiled. "It's okay, Sophie. It's good to see you first."
Sophie's thoughtfulness, gentleness, and kindness touched him.
The lady doctor stubbornly refused, opened the door, and pushed him in.
The puppy was placed on the sofa, wriggling its round, chubby body from side to side. Its eyes were still closed, and it tried its best to sniff with its nose, slowly turning its head.
Li Du moved closer. The puppy's eyelids were trembling, as if it was about to wake up.
Ah Ow did not open her eyes immediately. After about half an hour, her little eyelids finally opened slowly, revealing a slit in her eyes.
After opening her eyes, the process of widening them was quick. Ah Ow blinked hard, and the eyelids became stronger and stronger. Gradually, they opened, revealing her eyes.
The puppy's eyes were not black, but a beautiful sky blue, as if covered with a layer of mist. They were warm and clear, like sapphires in the rain.
"Simply too beautiful," Li Du could not help but exclaim.
Ah Ow stared at him with her eyes wide open, her forehead slowly wrinkling. Then she tilted her little head, revealing a curious expression unique to puppies.
Li Du kissed her, moved closer, and said, "Come, look at me clearly. From now on, I'm your owner. You have to be obedient."
Thinking of the disobedient ocelot at home, he was annoyed. However, considering that this was a Czech Wolfdog, a very docile animal, he was relieved.
The Czech Wolfdog was not as unruly as the ocelot. The latter was a wild beast, while the former was a pet.
Ah Ow's soft little legs shook a few times, and she struggled to get closer to him, using her little tongue to lick his face.
Li Du could not help but laugh. The Czech Wolfdog's tongue was very rough.
Sophie walked in from behind, and Ah Ow struggled to get closer to her. Obviously, after two days together, she was familiar with Sophie's smell.
After feeding Ah Ow some goat's milk, Sophie carefully wiped her butt with a cotton swab dipped in warm water. Ah Ow let out a cry and began to defecate comfortably.
Li Du felt bad when he saw the female doctor busying herself and even asking for leave. He decided to thank Sophie properly when Ah Ow was a little older.
After playing with Ah Ow until night time, Li Du left. As he was leaving, Ah Ow struggled with all her might, flapping her short legs in an attempt to climb out of her little nest.
Fortunately, Sophie went up and hugged it. The puppy felt a familiar scent and slowly calmed down.
However, it kept looking in the direction that Li Du had left, which made Li Du very satisfied. The Czech Wolfhound was indeed a loyal dog. At such a young age, it already knew how to be attached to its owner.
At the beginning of September, the weather turned better. The sun was as bright as ever, shining down on Arizona like a furnace.
In terms of the season, it was already autumn.
Perhaps it was a psychological effect, but Li Du felt that although the sun was still hot, it was not as hot. The temperature outside had also dropped.
Most of the valuable items in the camp had been taken away by the treasure hunters. They either took away the trash in the camp or left something useful for Li Du and the others.
Now that Hans had also accepted the way the camp handled the goods, it saved him a lot of trouble. As for the matter of making less money, it was not important. He did not care about a few hundred dollars.
On the first day of the month, they went to a township storage company's auction. There was a storage unit that was rented by a tourist farm. There were some reclining chairs, umbrellas, and other tools inside. Li Du bid for it and placed it at the camp to be exchanged.
Other than this storage unit, they had nothing to do for the past few days. When they were free, Hans, Godzilla, and Big Quinn opened up a wide and shallow ditch in the camp, leading it to the edge of the forest.
They traded with a treasure hunter for a broken high-powered water pump. After Big Quinn repaired it, the pump could be used again.
Hans placed the pump next to the well and drew water up from the well.
Li Du did not understand what he was doing, so he leaned on the railing and looked forward.
The ditch went around the edge of the forest and then returned to the well, forming a cycle.
Hans filled the pump with diesel. With a rumbling sound, the clear well water was pumped up.
The well water gushed out of the pipe and into the ditch. As the ditch had a height difference, the water flowed along the ditch and returned to the well.
Li Du said, "Buddy, what are you doing?"
Hans smiled proudly. "Wait and see, I have a good idea."
A day later, two dump trucks drove in and unloaded a large pile of fine sand.
Li Du asked, "What exactly are you doing?"
Hans did not answer. He led Godzilla and Big Quinn to continue to sweat and sprinkle the sand into the ditch.
After sprinkling a layer of fine sand, he spread the rest of the sand on the land near the ditch.
Finally, he propped up an umbrella on the sand and placed a reclining chair on it. Li Du knew what he was doing.
Hans had created a small beach in the camp. There was water, sand, and wind, turning the barren land into a resort.
"Even if there's sand in my heart, it's still Hawaii." Hans winked at him proudly, put on his sunglasses, and lay down.
"Comfortable!" he yelled again.
Li Du smiled bitterly. "You can still relax with the rumbling of the engine?"
"Can't we just treat it as the sound of the waves?" Hans said confidently.
Li Du shrugged. He also dragged a reclining chair into the shade of the tree and followed Hans's example by soaking his feet in the ditch.
The soles of his feet stepped on the soft fine sand. The cold well water flowed past his feet. There was also a cool breeze in the forest. It felt good.
Big Quinn said, "I have a question, Boss. If we do this, won't we be drinking our own foot soaking water?"
Circulating the well water from the ditch could save water, but it would also cause secondary pollution. Big Quinn was right. The well water had become their foot soaking water.
Li Du said unhappily, "You don't save when you should. Why are you circulating the water?"
Hans said helplessly, "Use your brain, buddy. This is Flagstaff, not Miami or the Great Lakes. There is a lack of underground water. If we don't circulate the well water, the well water will be drained very quickly."
Li Du thought about it and agreed. Hans was right.
Hans said again, "As for the foot soaking water? That won't happen. The well has a natural sedimentation effect. Even if there is something dirty in our feet, it will sink to the bottom of the well. Can't we just get water from the bottom of the well? "
Hearing this, Big Quinn and Godzilla also carried the reclining chairs and lay down. The four of them lined up in a row under the shade of the tree and enjoyed themselves.
A treasure hunter who came to look for something was amused by this scene. He asked, "Are there any more reclining chairs? Let's lie down together. "
Li Du said lazily, "Yes, buddies. A hundred dollars per chair."
"You're so greedy!"
More treasure hunters came to the camp, and more people knew about this small camp. For the next two days, there were people dragging reclining chairs over to rest.
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