Chapter 9
Forget it, let her be.
If you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you're a bastard.
Shen Jiao pulled out the small wooden branch from her ear hole, put on the earrings, hung the flower basket around her waist, and then left.
Along the way, I heard many people talking about the Tongcai Festival, and the stories of this hero and that sect leader were very exciting.
But it's not as honest as what a cake-selling grandma said: "I don't know those things. What's the point of knowing? Will they still ask me to sell cakes? I just know that when they hold that meeting, my cakes will sell well. It would be best if they held it every year and every month, so that I can make a lot of money. Then I can set up a longevity tablet for them and kneel down to worship these heroes every day. After all this talk, are you hungry? Buy a cake? It's still hot from the oven."
The people who spoke to her stared at her for a long time, muttering something like "Summer insects cannot talk about ice" and "Ignorant old woman", and then left in boredom, calling their friends. Judging from their clothes, they all looked like gangsters.
Shen Jiao bought two bags, and she muttered, "How can we finish all this? It won't be fresh if we keep it for too long. We need to find a cool place. In this weather, it will go bad in two or three days at most."
There was no need to worry. Shen Jiao went back to give the clothes to Xue Shun, took some snacks to the backyard, and saw a big cat.
A coat of shiny white fur and a pair of black pupils.
No matter how much food Shen Jiao threw out, it ate it all.
This is the strange beast that was about to transform that Xue Shun and Aunt Zhang talked about a while ago.
Shen Jiao had only been here for a few days when he saw it.
Just like the big cat in Huisheng Valley, he likes her as a servant very much and comes to ask for some offerings every day.
If the people in the yard were a little more diligent, they would be able to see it every day. Unfortunately, they didn't, and the back of the yard has been deserted and no one cares about it.
"Sir, should we plant something in the backyard? The weeds there are taller than people."
Shen Jiao went to ask.
Xue Shun was looking at himself in the mirror and said indifferently, "It's up to you. There's still some money left in the box. Take it and see what you can buy and plant. Don't plant too many flowers, as they'll attract wasps."
Shen Jiao fished out a few copper coins from the bottom of the box, but he didn't think he could come up with the word "more".
"Sir, do you like cauliflower? Like potatoes, radishes, peas, and the like."
Xue Shun: ...
A quarter of an hour later, Xue Shun, who had changed his clothes, stood in the backyard with Shen Jiao, holding a flower hoe. Xuan Tong glanced at him arrogantly, then jumped over the wall and walked away with his tail wagging.
Xue Shun didn't take it too seriously. He was just a scoundrel who was idle all day and went everywhere. He was also the favorite of the lady of the manor. She couldn't drive him away and he just left without paying any attention to him.
Xue Shun had come here before but didn't dare to provoke it. Instead, it smashed a piece of fine inkstone on him. He was so heartbroken. Later, he rarely saw it. Recently, he saw it walking past from time to time. He didn't know where it found some interesting place to play.
Everyone treats the exotic beasts fed by elixirs as treasures, so what’s so great about it?
Xue Shun was really annoyed by its pretty, spoiled appearance. It was so arrogant and conceited that it acted more like a proper master than he did.
Pretending not to notice, Xue Shun pointed to the side with the lesser plot and said, "You start over there, I'll be over here. You sell what you grow, 40% to 60%."
No need to ask, Shen Jiao is the fourth one.
That's fine, it's not about the money anyway.
"I'll decide what to plant."
"make a deal."
Although this place looks desolate, the soil is quite fertile. It would be even better if there wasn't so much manure dug out.
Shen Jiao watched a hedgehog crawl away, and chased after it to take a look, and found two or three small holes in the wall.
Over there, Xue Shun quickly killed a snake with a hoe. After walking a few steps forward, a mouse appeared. It was a mouse that was giving birth and ran away with an incomplete baby. There were a few pink little things in the form of cricket pupae in a small hole on the ground.
Xue Shun: ...
"Let's find a box to keep it in?"
He looked at Shen Jiao expectantly, and that look… how should I put it? It was like someone who, knowing it was a bad idea, still wanted others to agree and praise his wisdom, bravery, and intelligence.
"If you run out, they might eat your eyes out in the dark."
"It's all right if you close it tightly. I think there's a mousetrap there that I can use for them."
Shen Jiao: “…Yes.”
While she was looking for the cage, Xue Shun had already successfully caught the female mouse, and the family of six was reunited.
There was another one that unfortunately died young. Like the snake, he chopped it into pieces and buried it in the ground.
Shen Jiao watched him untie the tied-up female mouse and stuff it into the cage. He also thoughtfully made a nest with straw to prevent the small mice from falling out of the cage. Finally, he muttered, "I have to change to a bigger and stronger one." He knew in his heart that this matter was a done deal. Unless Xuan Tong came and ate his mice, no one could stop him.
He also gave the female rat a name - Xuan Xiao.
Because its cry is particularly loud.
The remaining mice also have names - Fu, Lu, Shou, Xi and Cai.
Xuan has blessings, Xuan has wealth, Xuan has longevity, Xuan has joy, Xuan has wealth.
The origin of this saying is that he remembered a common saying - good fortune, wealth, longevity, happiness and fortune, the five blessings come to the home.
What could Shen Jiao say? She just said, "That's a really good name."
I cursed in my heart: He is such a talented person.
What are you thinking? You grow food while you support food thieves.
The man was quite nice and asked Shen Jiao to cook meat for the female mouse.
"Wait a minute," Shen Jiao nodded, "You need to nourish yourself during the confinement period."
Shen Jiao never thought that one day she would be taking care of mice...
When the backyard was almost cleaned up, Xue Shun caught a male one. He thought it was from the same family, but Xuan Xiao was grinning. The mouse also wanted to eat Wu Fu, so Xue Shun was so angry that he shoveled it into pieces.
He buried the rat while cursing it, sometimes treating it as a father who didn't recognize his child, sometimes treating it as a cruel stranger rat, and cursing the rat father who had disappeared until he was almost beaten into mud before he stopped.
I don’t know if this family of mice were scared or what, but they have been much more well-behaved since then.
In two days, Xuan Xiao would be eating from his hands.
Mice, like other small animals, prefer Shen Jiao and will crawl towards her following the scent of the medicine. It can be seen that they still do not understand the ways of the world.
Xue Shun felt a little frustrated, so he tried even harder.
Shen Jiao thought that most of them didn't need a rat father, and Xue Shun was quite like a father.
Feed him and feed him until he becomes obedient after feeding him one litter after another.
He fed his rats and planted peppers in his fields, and his life was quite peaceful.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the Tongcai Festival.
Jin Yu, Yin Hua and the others also came back. Xue Shun dressed up and took the two maids to the banquet, leaving Shen Jiao to take care of his beloved Haozi and his family.
There is no other choice.
Few of the people in the yard wanted to get close. Yinhua, who had the worst temper, came back and saw a cage of rats. Her first reaction was to drown them, if she hadn't felt that the place where the rats appeared was not right.
They are already dead.
Xue Shun was very worried about their safety, fearing that someone would secretly murder them, so he specifically told Shen Jiao to stay close to them...
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