No matter what Tian Cai says, Mimi responds with "ao" and "meow". After raising it for such a long time, Tian Cai can basically understand what it wants to express. The "meow" sound is mostly when it is acting coquettish, and it usually uses "ao" with different tones to express emotions.

After rubbing Mimi's fur all over his body, Tian Cai took it to a deeper place to rinse the foam off its body. After cleaning the foam, he returned to the shore and rubbed it a second time. After repeating this twice, the fur on its back was washed clean.

As soon as Mimi got ashore, she shook her fur vigorously. After a crackling sound, most of Tian Cai's clothes were wet.

"Ah—you little bastard!"

Mimi didn't leave after shaking off her fur. She found a big rock that had been warmed by the sun and squatted on it, lowering her head to lick her fur bit by bit. Without her naughty voice, the surroundings seemed to become quiet all of a sudden. One could only hear the sound of water flowing in the river, the chirping of crickets in the grass, and the occasional call of a bird or two in the mountains.

A breeze blew by, lifting a strand of hair on Tian Cai's cheek. She looked down at the gurgling stream, feeling a little itchy.

I remember hearing Liu Yanqing sigh a few days ago, saying that it would be nice to be able to take a bath in the river, but the women in the mountain village are used to taking a bath in bathtubs at home, and only the men would go to the deeper water area, which is some distance away from Tian Cai's house. In the summer evenings, there are often shirtless young men going there.

Tian Cai looked at it with envy. It was so hot during the day, how pleasant it would be if he could soak in the river for a while!

Now looking at the clear river water, the thoughts hidden in her heart began to stir again. She looked around and estimated that it was already past nine o'clock. Everyone in the village was asleep and there was no one outside.

Tian Cai struggled for a while but finally gave up. She thought, "It's better to be safe than sorry. What if someone passes by?" However, if she couldn't take a shower, she could still wash her hair. She decided to borrow Mimi's soap.

So Tian Cai walked to the place where he had just been, untied his hair, bent down and started washing his head. The sound of splashing water attracted Mimi's attention. The little guy simply stopped licking his fur, and with a jump, he jumped into the water again with a "splash".

It didn't know what to think, it thought Tian Cai was playing with it, and soon the man and the cat went from Mimi chasing Tian Cai to hiding from each other, and then they started playing with each other. Tian Cai scooped up a handful of water and splashed it at it, and it happened to splash on Mimi's face, "Hahaha——"

"Ah--" The little fellow shook his head and slapped the water relentlessly as he chased after Tian Cai. Tian Cai's clothes, which had just been soaked by the cat's hair, were now completely soaked, sticking tightly to his body. When the wind blew, he felt a little chilly.

Thinking that everyone in the village had gone to bed, she didn't bring a towel with her. After she had enough fun, she let her hair down, put on her straw sandals, and walked quickly home.

Coming up from the river, they had to go around to the front gate to enter. Tian Cai couldn't help but mutter to Mimi, "It seems that we have to open a door in the backyard tomorrow, so that it will be convenient for us to go in and out in the future."

When she looked up, she happened to see a figure walking towards her. She looked over there, and when the person got closer, she found out it was Qin Ling, and Qin Ling also saw her.

Tian Cai quickly opened the door and hid behind it, sticking his head out. He waved at him and said with a smile, "What were you doing so late at night?"

Qin Ling just came back from the county today. In the morning, Ma Jianhong's truck arrived in Huang County. He asked someone to pass a message to him, asking him to come over.

After the two men finished discussing, Ma Jianhong left the goods he brought this time and left. Qin Ling learned from the previous experience and did not leave all the things with Sanzi. Instead, he dispersed them and found several places to hide them. Otherwise, he would not have been so busy until so late.

"I went to the county." His eyes naturally fell on Tian Cai's exposed neck. Because she leaned her body, her neckline naturally tilted to one side, revealing the faintly visible collarbone underneath. The lines were beautiful, sliding straight down to her shoulders, and there was an extremely attractive depression, which made the entire collarbone more slender and beautiful.

"I just took Mimi to take a bath. You should go back soon." Tian Cai waved at him and slammed the door without waiting for his response.

No, she was going to freeze to death. No matter how hot it was in the summer, she was soaking wet in the middle of the night and couldn't stand the night wind.

Qin Ling caught a glimpse of her exposed round shoulders from the corner of his eye. His clear eyes were burned for a moment, and he quickly turned his gaze away, said "OK" and turned away.

Tian Cai took a basin of warm water from the pot and washed herself again, then changed into dry clothes. She looked at the dead roe deer in the yard and felt worried. She was so busy taking Mimi a bath that she forgot to clean it out. But she had already taken a bath, and it would inevitably smell if she cleaned it again.

Tian Cai sighed, resigned himself to his fate, took a knife, and cut open the silly roe deer's belly.

By the time everything was cleaned up, it was already past twelve o'clock. Tian Cai dragged her tired body into the bamboo house, fell on the bed and couldn't get up again. Mimi's fur had dried. She followed Tian Cai closely and stopped moving soon after she got on the bed. She waited for a while, and after making sure that the bedtime touch that belonged to her was really gone, she meowed in disappointment and jumped onto her own small bamboo bed to sleep.