Chapter 275 Food and Grass Released from Rats

Chiu Chiu felt that she had suffered because of her lack of education. Although she was not even two years old this year, she still felt melancholy about some things.

Thirteen, who came to pick up Qiuqiu from school, could clearly sense that she was in a very low mood. As someone who also disliked going to school, Thirteen expressed her complete understanding.

"I'm not going home." Thirteen made a painful decision. "Your mother gave me my monthly allowance today, let's go to Juxianglou for roast duck, and I'll buy you a large portion of sesame cakes from the shop on the back street!"

Chirp isn't easy to fool!

Today is the first day of the lunar month; they only receive their monthly allowance on the fifteenth!

[Thirteen's so poor, maybe Chiu Chiu won't eat.]

Thirteen was so moved that he wished he could buy all the roast ducks in the world for her right now. It was his honor to have such a considerate little dumpling as her bodyguard.

[Hehe, I'll write this down and redeem it on the 13th when it's the 15th!]

Thirteen was moved, moved... so moved she was dying!

Eat your fart!

Chuchu's limp body was shaken a couple of times by Thirteen, and then she heard him cruelly say, "We're not eating roast duck anymore. Let's go home and do our homework."

Chirp: "???"

Is this all the love Thirteen has for me?

Thirteen sneered inwardly, thinking that she didn't like such a stingy little dumpling at all!

"Wake up, time to do your homework!"

After wandering around two streets while munching on a flatbread, troubled by her homework, Chiu Chiu suddenly had an epiphany!

If she's having a hard time, then everyone else has to suffer with her.

"Let's go to Grandma's house," Chirp chirped sweetly, her face still covered in crumbs of sesame cake. "Chirp, tattle!"

Thirteen was puzzled: "You told your maternal grandfather about me?"

Chiu Chiu shook her head, lowered her head and took a bite of the flatbread: "(chewing) Sister (chewing), um, intercepting (chewing, hiccup) Chiu Chiu won't write (chewing frantically)!"

Confucius must have had people he was afraid of.

Thirteen stared at Chiu Chiu, who was frantically munching on a biscuit, and felt a chill run down her spine. Had she learned to tattle now?

While he was lost in thought, someone bumped into him from behind. Thirteen, holding Qiuqiu, spun around to avoid the person behind him.

He looked at the short man behind him with a bad expression.

Chiu Chiu finally managed to tear her attention away from the pancake. She glanced at the man in gray, [How could he bump into Thirteen so quietly? This guy… is he trying to stage an accident?!]

Thirteen checked her belongings and found nothing missing. Chiu Chiu never carries valuables when she goes out.

"Brother, I'm so sorry, it was an accident. Are you and your child alright?"

The short, grey-clad man's face was covered in black grime, but his dark eyes still shone. Although he had deliberately smeared his face with soot, his tone of voice and gaze showed no sign of timidity or cowardice.

He did it on purpose!

Chiu Chiu secretly tugged at Thirteen's clothes, using the huge flatbread as cover, "Let's go."

Thirteen picked up Qiuqiu and was about to leave, but unexpectedly, the other girl objected, "Big brother, I bumped into you, you guys..."

"Stop right there! You stop right there!" A familiar figure with an arrogant outfit appeared in Qiuqiu's sight. Jin Fengnian, accompanied by his servants, swaggered over and grabbed the gray-clad man by the back of his collar. "You brat, you actually dared to put rats in my granary! You're asking for death!"

Chirp chirped happily: "Golden!"

Unlike her fierce demeanor towards the gray-clad man, Jin Fengnian gave Qiuqiu a big smile, patted her head, and pulled out a large gold ingot from her pocket, handing it to her. "Good girl. Jin Jin has things to do. Have Thirteen take you to get something nice to eat. We'll play again next time."

Chiu Chiu opened her little flowery pouch, [Please put Jin Jin in my pocket!]

Thirteen asked Jin Fengnian what had happened. Jin Fengnian got angry just thinking about it.

After the imperial examination cheating scandal, Jin Fengnian's ranking was revoked, but Emperor Jingming also gave him and the Jin family corresponding compensation.

Jin Fengnian also fulfilled his father's long-cherished wish to stand out in another way, and no one dared to bully their family anymore.

Because their family became imperial merchants!

Their biggest backer is the current emperor!

Jin Fengnian now sees Qiuqiu as a living god of wealth, all because of Qiuqiu. His Majesty only ordered his family to engage in commerce; the one who truly values ​​them is the Crown Prince. It is also because of Qiuqiu that the Crown Prince gave their family this opportunity.

But then the problem arises.

Jin Fengnian had a headache. The Crown Prince had instructed his father to secretly stockpile grain and send it to the front lines. This matter was extremely important and absolutely could not be compromised, but it could not be known to outsiders.

Merchants are perceptive; when it comes to matters of grain and provisions, they understand the deeper implications. Jin Fengnian has been so busy lately smuggling grain and provisions to the border that he's developed blisters on his lips.

Three days later was the last batch of grain to leave the capital. Today, during his inspection, he discovered that the man in gray was putting rats into his grain supplies!

Enraged, Jin Fengnian kicked the gray-clad man again. He had covered up the matter of the grain, but the boy's despicable behavior infuriated him: "Thirteen, do you think it's right for me to beat this boy to death?"

The fact that this man could approach her so silently meant he was incredibly skilled in martial arts, at least superior to her own. And how did she end up bumping into him and Qiuqiu out of so many people?

Thirteen winked at Jin Fengnian, "This young man looks rather pitiful, and he's not very old. How about..."

The man in gray nodded and begged Jin Fengnian for mercy: "Sir, I was just doing this for money. It was Zhang Ji from the next street who was jealous of you and that's why he resorted to this dirty trick. Please forgive me this time! I beg you, sir!"

While munching on a flatbread, Chiu Chiu looked the gray-clad man up and down with her big, round eyes. [What an innocent person! Thirteen means just crippling him, right?]

Thirteen coughed lightly; he wasn't always this ruthless.

"Brother Jin, this man's behavior is certainly despicable, but Zhang Ji's behavior is even more heartbreaking. I think we should go and beat up Zhang Ji's manager to vent our anger, what do you say?"

Chiu Chiu didn't quite understand, staring blankly at Thirteen. [When did he become so considerate? And...didn't Zhang's shop go bankrupt last month?]

The owner of Zhang's shop had been selling rice for most of his life, but after being advised by Qiuqiu, he switched to selling rice cakes.

Zhang's Rice Shop is being renovated to sell rice cakes, so who exactly ordered him to do it? Was it the rats in the rice shop?

Chiu Chiu: [There's a problem!]

After being reminded of this, Jin Fengnian also remembered the matter.

Shopkeeper Zhang made a decision that went against ancestral teachings... fearing that his father would break his legs, he coaxed his father to go on a trip, hoping to make things irreversible by the time he returned.

Since even their own father hasn't told them, outsiders certainly won't know.

This idiot's excuse is so unrealistic. Jin Fengnian cursed a few times, pretending to hit someone, but was eventually pulled away by Shisan and Qiuqiu in a fake manner. "Never mind, never mind."

Jin Fengnian roared, "No way! I'll beat this thing to death!"

Chirp: "Ouch!"

Thirteen: "Never mind, never mind."

They left that place in a somewhat haphazard manner.

After confirming the person had left, the man in gray straightened up, suddenly becoming much taller than before. He wiped his face and spat behind him, "Pah! I'll see how you die!"

After saying that, he quickly disappeared into the crowd.

Jin Fengnian hid at the alley entrance, pointing in the direction the man had left and stammering, "He...he..."

Thirteen: "Luckily there were many people around, otherwise he could have snapped your neck!"

Jin Fengnian: "???"

Chirp: "So scary!"