The next morning.

A Yuan was awakened by his third aunt's crying.

"Damn it! Who did this? Where did these rats come from?"

Grandma was also shouting in panic:

"Never mind about that! Look for the bracelet! I clearly put it here yesterday, how come it's gone!"

The yard was in chaos. Yuan quickly put on his clothes and ran out with disheveled hair.

The two rooms with kangs on the north side are occupied by the old couple Yang and Futou, and the family of the eldest wife.

The second bedroom, which houses more people, is located in the two rooms on the west wing.

The third bedroom is in the two south rooms.

The room next to the kitchen in the east room is occupied by the fourth family.

At this moment, A Yuan came out and went to his grandmother's room next door.

Old Yang's face showed a rare look of panic and guilt. She was at a loss and rummaged through boxes and cabinets, mumbling:

"That's impossible! I clearly hid this, how could it be gone? Even if a thief came, he shouldn't have thought of looking here!

Did I put it in the wrong place? Is it because I am old and my memory is not good?

Don't just stand there, look around to see if it's over there."

Fu Dabai, Li, Wang and Fu Sibai were busy helping to look for it.

As soon as Yuan took a look, he knew that the bracelet that his third aunt gave to his grandmother was missing, but Yuan also remembered that it was clearly hidden there.

There is an empty mouse hole in the house. It is very shallow and if you put a stone in it, no one can guess where the hole is and what is hidden inside.

In the east room kitchen, my third aunt was crying loudly, and Yuan ran over to see.

The apprenticeship gifts I bought yesterday were all lying on the ground, with a big rat in the middle with a round belly, as if it had died of bloating.

Celery, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, red beans, and dried meat are all wasted.

None of them can be used.

There were a few mice running around the house, and my third uncle and several brothers were busy catching them.

The second uncle was hiding in a corner, grabbing a mouse and trying to stuff it into his mouth. Yuan had been afraid of this since he was a child, and he wanted to run two miles away, but he still had the guts to stop him:

"Uncle! You can't eat that!"

Fu Erbai laughed foolishly: "You want it? Here you go!"

As he said this, he threw the mouse in his hand towards Yuan, hitting him right in the face.

The warm and soft tail was so long that it even climbed up to Yuan's head, grabbing him with its claws.

"ah!!!!"

A Yuan jumped up, and the long flesh-colored tail seemed to pass by her mouth, accompanied by squeaking.

A Yuan tried to pull it down but couldn't, so he could only grab it and throw it away. It seemed like it had no bones, and it was so soft and fat when he grabbed it, but it was still struggling.

Yuan was so scared that he ran out screaming, and stepped on something at the door.

A mouse was at her feet, in a pool of blood, twitching...screaming...

I don't know where the blood came from.

Yuan: ...

The whole family in the kitchen looked at her stupidly, and even with their hands stretched out they were stunned.

The ground beneath her feet was soft and gurgling. Yuan seemed to be frozen in time. She looked again and again until another mouse escaped from her feet and ran out the door.

Yuan rolled his eyes and fell down.

"A Yuan!!!!"

The brothers rushed over and carried her out.

Zhao didn't cry either. She took two steps forward and turned back to Fu Erbai who was curled up in a ball and laughing foolishly:

"You! Alas!"

Zhao wanted to curse, but when she saw that the man seemed to know nothing, she could no longer curse. She stomped her feet and chased after him.

Good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes singly. After Yuan was woken up by being pinched on his philtrum, he was shaking all over and kept rubbing and washing his face.

I was vomiting and felt like a mouse was moving around when I felt itchy. Even when I covered myself with a quilt, I was worried that a mouse would crawl into the quilt. The feeling of a mouse sticking to my face was something I couldn't get rid of.

Fear and nausea soon caused her to develop a fever.

But she was determined not to lie on the bed, and instead lay on Li's body. Li dressed her warmly, wrapped her in a quilt and held her in her arms. Soon, she herself was sweating from the heat.

The house was in chaos for a while. Old Mrs. Yang even cut open the stomach of a caught mouse to look for the bracelet, but she couldn't find it.

The things I bought yesterday are no longer usable.

Fu Dabai and Fu Sibai hurried to buy new ones, while Fu Sanbai pawned Wang's earrings for some silver.

Wang forgot to take the earrings yesterday because it was late. When she remembered it, it was already midnight. She decided to think about it tomorrow, so none of them were lost now.

I didn't have time to buy pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, and books. In order to earn more money, Fu Dabai and his colleagues got off work very late yesterday, and only had time to buy all the gifts for becoming a disciple.

I had originally planned to buy them in the morning, but now it’s too late as the agreed time is almost here.

Old Futou and his sons hurried away with Hutou, Hunao and Niuwa.

Yuan looked listless and said to his mother in a low voice:

"Tell them not to forget to explain to the gentleman. Have you caught all the mice?"

The incoherence between the introduction and the conclusion is confusing.

Li put his chin against her head and coaxed her:

"Your father is going with you, don't worry, they know what to say.

How are you? Are you still feeling uncomfortable? "

Li felt that she was getting hotter after this moment.

Yuan: "What do you mean I'm making fried sauce, so can I take the sour noodles?"

Li: ...What kind of ears are these? Why do the words keep coming out the more I hear? ! !

Yuan thought for a while without any energy, then asked, "Did you catch the mouse?"

Li: "Didn't you ask once?"

Ah Yuan huddled back down again, and after a while he raised his head again, his eyes filled with tears, and he grabbed Li in shock:

"You made the rat into noodles? Or rotten noodles? That's inedible! Ugh!"

A Yuan thought of the rat tail that had passed by his mouth, turned his head towards the ground, and vomited again.

Lee: ...

All Family: ...

"Find a doctor to see her."

Old Mrs. Yang also slumped down on the kang, looking listless, and spoke weakly.

Lao Futou hurriedly covered her with the quilt and said, "I have to show you too."

Old Mrs. Yang didn't have a fever, but several bubbles appeared on her mouth in a short while, and her vision was a little blurry. She was in a bad condition due to the fever.

The whole family couldn't stay here, so Dalang and Erlang went to the dock first.

Several daughters-in-law took on embroidery work because the people who worked on it were in a hurry to finish it, but they still asked a doctor to prescribe medicine first.

Wulang, Liulang and Rabbit and Xingzi took care of the rest of the work, including cleaning up the dead rats, cleaning up Yuan's vomit, boiling medicine, taking care of the patients, and also keeping an eye on Second Uncle from time to time.

I had to cook and prepare two meals, which I would ask my uncle and others to take to my two brothers.

The children were reluctant to throw away the things that were destroyed by rats, but their family was also afraid that they would get sick.

After all, there was no one knowing where so many rats came from, and who knew if they had any diseases, so the children just threw them away.

The family spent the whole morning in chaos and confusion.

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