As she said this, Su Mianmian picked up little Ayan from her feet, carried them both to the kang, and stuffed them into the quilt.
Then she turned to look at Su Qingqing, who was still standing there in a daze.
"Qingqing, go back to the kang and relax for a while. I'll go see if the mouse has chewed through the cabinet."
After Su Mianmian finished speaking, she walked towards the old wooden cabinet.
She walked over, gently took out the clothes and sundries from the closet, and placed them aside.
Su Mianmian's attention was quickly attracted by the situation at the corner of the cabinet.
When she looked closer, she saw several small holes of different sizes at the corner.
She couldn't help but mutter, "This little mouse is quite good at chewing. Look at these holes, one, two, three, four, there are four in total, and each one is as thick as little Ayan's wrist."
Su Mianmian thought about it, stood up and left the room.
After a while, she came back with a fire stick.
Cautiously, she approached the holes and poked them gently with the tip of the poker.
Su Mianmian held her breath and concentrated, afraid of missing any subtle movement.
However, the cave was silent, as if there were no mice.
Su Mianmian couldn't help but feel puzzled. She turned to look at Su Qingqing, who was lying in bed with Ah Yan. "Qingqing, you must have been half asleep and seen things wrongly, right?"
Su shook his head gently. "No, I saw it clearly. The gray mouse scurried right past my feet and into the closet."
Su Mianmian nodded after hearing this. Maybe she was afraid of people and didn't dare to come out.
So Su Mianmian continued to swing the fire stick back and forth around the small holes, trying to force the little mice out.
Since Qingwei said there was a mouse, then there must be one.
Su Mianmian didn't stop and continued to poke a slightly larger hole.
This time, Su Mianmian stopped holding the fire poker. The touch didn't feel right. Why was it so soft?
Su Qingqing didn't believe it, so she poked it again with the fire poker.
Suddenly, a mouse jumped out without even looking at Su Mianmian. Su Mianmian watched the mouse walk towards the door, but the threshold was too high and it couldn't get out.
Su Mianmian picked up her shoes and prepared to catch it, when she saw two or three mice, smaller than the previous one, running out of the small holes.
This inevitably made Su Mianmian's scalp tingle. My goodness! Rats have made their home in her house.
Su Qingqing and Xiao Ayan, who were lying on the kang, had huddled together in a ball, their eyes closed and they dared not look.
But the mouse was also smart. When it saw that it couldn't get out through the threshold, it quickly darted back into its own little hole.
Seeing the big rat running away, the little mouse ran in too.
Su Mianmian breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, otherwise she would feel uncomfortable catching so many mice at once.
"Mian... Mian Mian, what should we do? Think about it, we face that old wardrobe every day. What if these mice suddenly jump out one day? Eh~"
As he spoke, Su shuddered slightly, and the strength in his hands unconsciously increased, holding little Ayan tighter.
Little Ayan was no longer curious at this moment, and he nodded at whatever Su Qingqing said.
"Hey~ Sister Ayan is scared."
Su Mianmian nodded. "This isn't going to work. The two of you put on your cotton-padded clothes and get off the kang. We'll move to another room today. Let me check if there's any rat poison or something like that in the house."
After Su Mianmian gave the instructions, she walked to the wardrobe, took out all the clothes, suitcases and other miscellaneous items and placed them on the desk next to her.
She looked carefully to see if there was anything rotten or rat droppings in it.
"Mianmian, how are you? Is there anything bitten?" Su Qingqing's voice came from behind. She was busy dressing little Ayan, but her eyes glanced at Su Mianmian from time to time.
Su Mianmian looked up and smiled at Su Qingqing, "No, it's okay." Otherwise she would really feel uncomfortable.
Although there is no damage, if I keep it in this closet, it might be eaten by mice in the future.
So she continued, "But we have to wash these clothes. We'll put them in the space later."
After checking, Su Mianmian piled the things on the table and went to get dressed.
After the three of them were dressed, they went to another room.
Su Mianmian didn't forget the clothes piled on the table. She picked them up one by one and threw them into the large wooden tub used for washing clothes.
After Su Mianmian and the other two washed up, they went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
Su Qingqing thought of the scene just now and always felt that there were mice everywhere. She held little Ayan and followed Su Mianmian.
Sitting on a small stool in the kitchen, Su glanced around gently, "Mianmian, do you think there are any mice in the kitchen? Besides, the room we sleep in is closest to the kitchen. What if they chew through the wall and get in?"
It would have been fine if she didn't say it, but once she said it, I felt uneasy because Su Mianmian was not in the kitchen.
She looked at the wall near their room and was relieved to find that it was intact.
She was afraid that another nest of mice would come out.
But just in case, Su Mianmian still looked at the cabinets where food was stored and only stopped when she saw that everything was intact.
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Around noon, Qin Huaichuan and Shen Yuandao came to the Yun family again.
As soon as he entered and saw the two of them go to another room, Qin Huaichuan couldn't help but be curious, "Hey~ Why are you in this room? Aren't you usually over there?"
Little Ayan, who was inside the house, had already heard the noise outside the door. He shouted excitedly, "Brother Qin, Brother Qin! There are mice in that house. Ayan is scared! Sister is scared too!"
Qin Huaichuan frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked quickly: "Rat? What's the situation now? Is the rat killed? Are you all okay?"
Su Qingqing followed behind the two of them and replied, "No, I was just startled. After breakfast, we've been busy doing laundry and cleaning the house. We're thinking of looking for rat poison or something."
Shen Yuandao also asked, “We have some over there, we’ll bring it to you later.”
Su Mianmian was rubbing the clothes in her hands. Upon hearing this, she looked up at Shen Yuan and said, "That's great. You don't know. When we found out last night, the mice had made it as if they had made their home in that room. They had a whole litter of three or four babies! It was so scary to see."
Seeing this, Shen Yuandao silently took the clothes and washboard from Su Mianmian's hands, "Let me help you wash, your hands are all red, take a rest."
Su Mianmian smiled slightly and handed him the small stool beside her: "Okay, then I'll rest for a while."
Shen Yuandao nodded, then turned to Qin Huaichuan and said, "Huaichuan, go get some rat poison from home, and we'll help them prepare it so they won't get scared again."
Qin Huaichuan nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll go right away. You guys go ahead and get busy, I'll be back soon."
After saying that, he turned around and left in a hurry.
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