There were two rows of houses. Zhang Zian and Old Yang followed Fu Tao into one of the rooms, while Famous walked to the other row of kennels alone. It didn't know why it was doing this, but it had a feeling.
Fu Tao had left the door unlocked after bringing the old German Shepherd into the kennel. He probably thought that no one would steal anything from the yard, and he just wanted to guard against the naughty kids in the countryside.
Famous raised its paw and pushed open the door of the kennel. A spring breeze hit its face. The temperature inside the kennel was just right. There was a wall-mounted electric heater on the wall, which was neither hot nor cold for dogs.
It could be seen that the kennel was designed with care. It was originally intended to be a kennel, not a remodeled one. The inside of the kennel was divided into many compartments, and there was a dog in each compartment, most of which were German Shepherds.
The level of hygiene was not as good as that in the pet shop, but Famous could understand. It could only smell the scent of Fu Tao in the yard. It was very difficult for one person to take care of more than ten elderly German Shepherds, so it was normal for him to be too busy to take care of them. Fu Tao was a middle-aged man in his fifties or sixties. In a few years, he might need someone to take care of him.
"Woo ~"
The German Shepherd was lying in Cage 1. It had just walked around the hill and was lying on its side on the blanket. It looked up at Famous briefly, as if it was envious of Famous's youth and strength.
The scenery around it fluctuated briefly.
Famous was familiar with this feeling.
Xinghai and Old Time Tea could forcibly pull it into their Imagined Landscape because they were strong enough, and so was their Imagined Landscape. However, these ordinary cats and dogs could not do it. Their intelligence was not developed, and their memories were incomplete. In their Imagined Landscape, Famous was just a non-existent bystander.
The owner of this German Shepherd was Fu Tao. He was the current owner, and he was also the original owner. It was for this reason that he had built this retirement home.
It was very happy to be with its owner for a long time, and it wanted nothing else.
Famous went around Cage 1 and came to Cage 2.
In Cage 2 was another beautiful German Shepherd, about nine years old. It stood in the cage and looked very energetic. It was slightly smaller than Famous because it was a female. It looked at Famous curiously, but soon lost interest and turned to look out of the window, as if it was waiting for something.
Nine years old was not too old for a police dog. It was just past the prime of life. Some 10- or 11-year-old police dogs were still in service.
This German Shepherd was very common and typical for a police dog.
It had a litter of four siblings. It was neither the strongest nor the weakest. It had a happy and carefree childhood, growing up healthily and healthily. When it grew up a little, it and its siblings were taken away by different people. It was a little sad when they were separated, but more than that, it was looking forward to it, because it had had enough of competing with its siblings for its mother's love. It only hoped that it could meet someone, someone who only loved it.
Its owner was a rare female trainer in the police dog training base. She named it Luoluo, probably hoping that it would grow into a graceful lady.
Since then, Luoluo had meals, trained, and played with her. They were almost inseparable. Those were the happiest days of its life. Training was very tiring, but it could get praise from her after completing training. If it performed well, it could eat luncheon meat and drumsticks that she secretly bought for it. Therefore, Luoluo became more diligent in training, hoping to get more love from her.
However, reality was not always as it wished. Although Luoluo passed the training and successfully became an official police dog, its performance was not top-notch in all aspects. This was normal. After all, police dogs like Red Dragon and Prince, who excelled in many subjects, were very rare. They were equivalent to human top students. In fact, most of them were ordinary people with average grades, graduated from ordinary colleges, and worked ordinary jobs, just like Luo Luo, who was an ordinary police dog.
Luoluo's trainer was also an ordinary person. She had ordinary emotions. When she was happy, she would hold it tightly in her arms, and when she was angry, she would scold it severely. She also had a little secret, which was that she had a boyfriend in her hometown. This was a little secret that only Luoluo knew, because when she was alone with it, she would take out her boyfriend's photo to show it, and whisper to it how excellent he was. Occasionally, she would call Famous and Old Time Tea, saying that she would introduce him to Famous in the future.
Famous thought of Wu Ning in its Imagined Landscape. She was somewhat similar to Luoluo's trainer. She would also whisper to Famous and Old Time Tea about how handsome the handsome men she met on the street were, or imagine the voices and smiles of the authors of the articles in Shen Bao and New Youth, guessing whether they were men or women, and guessing what kind of life they lived.
Luoluo thought that these days would continue. One day, she suddenly bought a lot of delicious food, and happily told Famous that her boyfriend proposed to her, so she was leaving the base to return to her hometown. Her smile infected Famous, and Famous was sincerely happy for her, although it didn't understand why it should be happy.
When they parted, it wasn't too painful, because she repeatedly promised that when Famous was discharged from the army, she would take it home and play with her boyfriend.
Luoluo watched her leave, full of hope.
However, both of them had neglected a problem, which was that Luoluo was still young, and there was still a long way to go before it was discharged from the army.
Luoluo was sent to the police station and handed over to a police officer with a dog. Although its new owner was also very good to it, it couldn't forget her.
She came to visit it a few times, and her identity kept changing between trainer, fiancee, and newlywed. Every time they reunited, they were very happy, and every time they parted, they were full of hope. She repeatedly promised that when it was discharged from the army, she would definitely come to pick it up.
The last time she appeared, she had a big belly, and it was difficult for her to even bend down. She held its head, put its ear on her belly, and let it listen to the baby's heartbeat.
That was the sound of life.
After listening to it, Luoluo looked at her belly in awe, as if it was a sacred object.
Later, Luoluo's second owner left the police force for a job transfer, and it welcomed its third owner. It also slowly aged from a young police dog to a senior to the other police dogs in the police force.
She never came again.
When it was on a mission, Luoluo knew that it should concentrate, but its eyes always fell on the young woman holding the child, trying to find her in the vast crowd.
Luoluo's various subjects weren't particularly good, and as it grew older, it was in an awkward position in training.
Luoluo's third owner didn't know what it was thinking. Considering its age, she reduced the intensity of its training, and also reduced the number of missions it had to go on. This was for its own good, but regrettably, it lost the opportunity to find her on the street.
Later, the city where Luoluo was located held the National Games. In order to strengthen security, nearly half of the police dogs in the police force were eliminated, and they were allowed to retire early. Luoluo, who hadn't reached the age of retirement, was naturally among them.
The eliminated Luoluo had no one to adopt, because the international metropolis where it was located didn't allow private German Shepherds. Its third owner happened to know Fu Tao, so he sent Luoluo here.
Famous knew from its eyes that Luoluo still hadn't given up, and kept staring outside. Every time there was a strange footstep in front of the courtyard, it would stand up, waiting for her to appear in front of it again to pick it up.
Nearly a year had passed, and Luoluo grew older day by day while waiting.
Maybe her husband didn't like dogs. Maybe something happened to her work and family. Maybe she was busy taking care of her child. Maybe she was delayed by some other trivial things. There were too many possibilities. Of course, it was also possible that she forgot about it.
Famous thought of Cui Yi and Storm, who had parted ways at the gate of the base. Would Cui Yi fulfill his promise to pick up Storm after a few years?
Many things were not determined by people's subjective will, so it was hard to predict what would happen in the future.
Famous came to Cage No. 3.
The German Shepherd in Cage No. 3 was at least 14 years old, and its teeth were almost completely worn out. Its life was like a candle in the wind that could be extinguished at any time.
There was half of the food left in the food bowl in front of it, and the loss of appetite was a bad sign.
Famous tried to get closer and looked through the cage. It was lying on the ground and moved its nose, but it didn't open its eyes. It didn't even have the instinct to protect its food.
The food bowl was mainly made of commercially available dog food, softened by soaking in water. Some vegetables and minced meat were added to make stewed meatballs, which were soft and suitable for its teeth.
The German Shepherd in Cage No. 4 was the youngest of the four German Shepherds, about 8 years old.
When Famous first saw it, it was shocked because half of its right hind leg was missing. Below the knee joint was not a calf with hair growing on it, but a curved blade-like prosthesis like the disabled athletes on TV.
The prosthesis was made with rough technology, obviously a counterfeit version. It might have been made by hand with some tools, fixed on the knee joint by nylon velcro and base, and supported by curved stainless steel plates.
"Woof!" It looked at Famous warily and barked.
When their eyes met, Famous saw its past.
Its owner gave it a stylish name, X.
Like Luo Luo, X was not from the Binhai City Police Dog Training Base, but from the distant border of Guangdong and Guangxi.
It was a border police dog. It was born and trained in the Southwest Police Dog Training Base, and its training results were excellent, no less than Red Dragon and Prince. Therefore, when X graduated from the base with excellent results, it was assigned to the Border Police Force, which had the most stringent requirements for police dogs.
Famous played Lightning in the movie, which was a border police dog, but it didn't know what a real border police dog looked like. It was just acting according to the script.
In the hot subtropical forest, the environment was unimaginably harsh, especially during the rainy season. The air was hot and humid, and after running a few steps, it was so stuffy that it almost couldn't breathe.
X was carrying out the most dangerous anti-drug mission. Not only did the foreign criminals have pistols, but they also had light weapons such as grenades and automatic rifles. Therefore, X had to wear a bulletproof vest for dogs when carrying out the mission, which further exacerbated the heat.
During training, X fainted several times because of heat stroke. After a few days of intravenous drips, it continued to throw itself into strict training.
Because of the high humidity, after a few days of missions, its back, abdomen, sides, and all the places that had been in contact with the bulletproof vest for a long time were worn off by the bulletproof vest, revealing bright red tender flesh. Then, because of the bites of mosquitoes and parasites, it was infected with eczema, and large areas of its skin were red and swollen.
Every time after completing a task, X almost peeled off a layer of skin. Therefore, X's hair was very ugly and mottled, with new hair and old hair mixed together.
X's owner was very distressed and often took it to seek medical treatment. He also bought Chinese herbal medicine day and night, and applied it to the parts of X that had eczema.
From its memory, Famous saw that not only X was like this, but almost all the police dogs in the Border Police Force were like this. German Shepherds, or their ancestors, wolves, were not animals suitable for living in the subtropical rainforest. However, in order to protect the peace and tranquility of the border area, they devoted themselves to it from generation to generation, and even buried their bones here.
Near the station of the Border Police Force, there was a nameless hill. This was the police dog cemetery set up by the Border Police Force.
Through X's memory, Famous saw that its owner took it to the cemetery.
It was a cloudy weekend. Almost all the officers and soldiers who were not on duty came to the cemetery to mourn the death of a minesweeper dog that had been killed by a mine during a mission.
There were dozens of tombstones in the cemetery. X was led by its owner, and saw a few dark red characters on the tombstone closest to it: "Grave of Police Dog Zaizai". Next to it were two lines of smaller characters: "German Shepherd" and "Sacrificed in the line of duty in Project 528".
The tombstone was very clean, and it was obvious that it had been cleaned often. There were green weeds around it, and a beige dandelion stubbornly drilled out from under the tombstone. A light breeze blew, and the white crown scattered in all directions.
Under another tombstone, there was a pit for the police dog that was buried today. The big characters on the tombstone read: "Grave of Police Dog Michaux", and next to it were "Labrador Retriever" and "Sacrificed in the line of duty in a minesweeper mission."
Duke's owner held a small urn and put it into the pit, sobbing. The other armed police silently waved their shovels and filled the pit with new soil until it was level.
"Salute!"
In the solemn atmosphere, the officer gave the order, and the armed police stood straight and saluted.
The border police were not good with words, so they could only salute to express the memory of their deceased comrades.
The environment was harsh, and the enemy was cruel. The casualty rate of police dogs in the southwest border area was shockingly high, and very few police dogs could retire normally. As the days passed, bad luck finally found X one day.
It was a major anti-drug mission that had never been made public. The local armed police officers and soldiers were sent out to fight against foreign criminals.
The criminals were unwilling to wait for death, and a fierce battle broke out in the jungle.
During the battle, a grenade was thrown near X's owner, but he didn't notice it because he was focused on the battle. X, who had been trained to identify explosives, instinctively jumped on its owner and pushed him to the side.
The grenade exploded. X was saved by the dog's bulletproof vest, but one of its hind legs was cut off by the shrapnel. Its owner survived because of X's heroic rescue and was only slightly injured.
At the commendation ceremony, X received a second-class merit like Lightning in the script, but it was discharged because it could no longer carry out missions.
Luo Luo and Storm both had their owners who retired first, and then waited for them to do the same. However, X was discharged first, and its owner was still on the frontline.
X's owner was from Binhai City. His parents had passed away, and he brought X back to his hometown during the holidays, where the climate was cool. He left X in Fu Tao's police dog nursing home, and he would pick it up when he retired.
Famous believed that X's owner would come to pick it up, because they were comrades-in-arms. Nothing could separate them, and Binhai City didn't prohibit German Shepherds from being raised. Famous felt it was a pity. If it had met X earlier, it would have been able to play the role of Lightning better.
The prosthesis on X's leg was made by a carpenter that Fu Tao had hired.
Although it was disabled, scarred, and its hair was mottled and ugly, X still maintained the vigilance and pride of a frontline soldier. It had the right to be proud, and its crude prosthesis was like a dazzling medal.
After leaving the frontline, it was still a real soldier.
Famous squatted on the ground, raised its right forelimb, and imitated a human salute to X.
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