Chapter 205 This cat is not that cat!
The two of them walked out of the alley and into the main road, and the scene in front of them also opened Ran Qingxuan's eyes.
She originally thought that people in ancient times had no entertainment activities, especially women, who mostly stayed at home embroidering and fiddling with flowers and plants. However, there were many men and women walking together on the streets, which was not what she thought.
The vendors on the street were shouting loudly, some were selling head ornaments, others were buying and selling calligraphy and paintings, and Ran Qingxuan even saw a group of hunters selling captured animals.
But most of them are roe deer, pheasants and rabbits, and the largest one is just a small wild boar.
"Shuangling City has restaurants, so why are these people still hawking their wares on the street?"
Glancing at the bottom of the cage, where there were a few dirty pheasants and rabbits, Gu Yanchen whispered, "The restaurant will buy the good ones, and the rest that don't look so good will be sold on the street in exchange for some rice and flour."
Ran Qingxuan looked up and found that the pheasants and rabbits were indeed hanging their heads, and even the little wild boar had several arrow holes on its body. It looked like it was not in good condition.
However, just as Ran Qingxuan was about to leave with Gu Yanchen, a faint cat's meow came from the cage.
The people who were negotiating the price with the hunter around the cage looked over when they heard the sound and let out a light exclamation.
"Why did you sneak a cat in here?"
The hunter was a dark-skinned young man. Hearing this, he explained with a simple smile.
"My family found this on the way back from hunting. It was squeaking and very fierce, so we put it in a cage."
Looking at the people who were buying game in front of him, the hunter pointed at the black kitten and said, "This kitten is easy to raise. Do you want to buy it and take it home to catch mice or something..."
"Go away, go away, your house is home to a rat, it's bad luck..."
The man who was originally preparing to pay for the pheasant was so angry when he heard the hunter's words that he put down the pheasant he had chosen, cursed a few words, and turned away.
The young hunter looked aggrieved after being scolded, and the old hunter next to him reached out and slapped him on the back of the head.
"If you don't know how to talk, just shut up. How can you say that there are mice in other people's houses..."
"Dad, what I said is true. We bought this cat to catch mice!"
"This is in Shuangling City. Do you think this is in our mountain valleys? Snakes, insects, rats and ants all like to hide in our homes."
What the old hunter said was not wrong. Even the poorest family in Shuangling City would probably be richer than the hunters who made a living by hunting.
But what the young hunter said was right. Isn't the purpose of buying a cat to catch mice?
Just because of the young hunter's words, the people who were originally gathered around to pick pheasants and rabbits left in disappointment. A middle-aged man of the same age as the old hunter smiled and tried to smooth things over.
"Brother, Adong is still young, and some things can be taught slowly. I think we can just forget about selling this cat, and we can just take it home and raise it ourselves."
"Alas, it has become increasingly difficult to hunt prey in the mountains these years. People can barely survive, so what's the point of raising an animal?"
Next to the middle-aged man squatted a girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old. She was wearing a vest made of coarse cloth and various animal furs, and had a furry rabbit fur decoration on her head. When she stood up, she shook it in a playful manner.
"Uncle Lu, if you can't sell this kitten, just let me play with it. I can catch fish anyway, so I'll take care of it."
"Qingqing, we already have a lot of small animals at home. We are hunters. You have kept many of the animals we hunted. Now add a cat..."
Ran Qingxuan stood by and watched, and felt that the scene was very heartwarming.
It was obvious that this middle-aged man loved his daughter very much. Otherwise, people who made a living by hunting would only exchange the hunted animals for money, so how could they keep and raise the daughter?
When the young hunter heard that the little girl wanted to raise it, he lowered his head and said to his father embarrassedly: "Well, Dad, if no one buys it, can I give it to Qingqing to raise for fun?"
Ran Qingxuan glanced back and forth between the two men's faces, and an ambiguous smile quickly appeared on his face.
"Hey, hey, hey, look, there must be something wrong with these two people."
Sure enough, after hearing the young hunter's words, the girl named Qingqing lowered her head shyly, which made the two old hunters feel happy and worried.
"Brother, if you can't sell this cat, just put it back in the mountains. This little thing is very fierce, don't scratch Qingqing."
"Dad, I'm not afraid!"
"Then if it wants to eat fish, will you catch it?"
As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, a young hunter named Adong volunteered and said, "Uncle, I occasionally carry grass for the small animals raised by Qingqing, and I can also catch a few fish along the way..."
"No, wait and see, maybe someone will buy it."
Ran Qingxuan almost laughed when he heard this. It wasn't that he didn't want to keep a cat, it was clearly that the old father was afraid that his daughter would be abducted.
"Brother He, if Qingqing likes to keep the cat, that's fine."
Adong's father smiled with wrinkles on his face and looked at his son with an expression that said, "You can do this, kid."
When Qingqing heard this, she immediately opened the cage excitedly and went to hug the cat.
"Dad, Uncle Lu said he left it to me, so it's mine from now on!"
Ran Qingxuan, who was watching this scene with a smile, felt that the two families were quite interesting. Although their lives were rather hard, it could be seen that they were both kind people.
Just as Ran Qingxuan turned around and was about to continue strolling around, he heard a painful cry and a childish and shrill howl behind him.
"Be careful!" A cry of surprise was heard. Before Ran Qingxuan turned around, Gu Yanchen beside him had already taken quick action.
The young hunter Adong who caught up with them had an anxious look on his face, and looked apologetic as he saw the kitten struggling violently in Gu Yanchen's hands.
The old hunter, who was originally checking on the girl's injuries, walked out of the cage. Seeing the two men with extraordinary figures and looks, his face was instantly filled with panic.
"This little thing has offended the two nobles. I hope the two masters and ladies will not blame me."
Only then did Ran Qingxuan realize that the cat was too ferocious. It scratched the girl and broke free from its grip. It just attacked them because he was the closest to them.
Since he was not injured anyway, Ran Qingxuan smiled and shook his head.
"No problem." Then he gestured to Gu Yanchen to return the kitten to them.
“Ouch…”
The kitten caught by Gu Yanchen struggled hard and made a few roars from its throat that didn't sound like a cat's meow.
This phenomenon aroused Ran Qingxuan's curiosity. After looking at it carefully, she felt more and more that something was wrong.
Just as the old hunter was about to take the kitten, Ran Qingxuan grabbed Gu Yanchen's arm and asked, "Uncle, are you selling this cat?"
After hearing this, Gu Yanchen frowned slightly and glanced at the girl who was scratched by the kitten.
"Qingxuan, this cat is so ferocious even though it's still so young. I'm afraid it will be even harder to tame when it grows up. If you like, I'll find you a docile one."
Indeed, the kitten in his hands looked no more than one or two months old, but such a small cat actually scratched the girl and made her bleed profusely, which showed that it was indeed not easy to tame.
Ran Qingxuan did not respond to Gu Yanchen's words, but just looked at the old hunter and repeated what he had just said.
"Uncle, are you selling this cat?"
The middle-aged man felt distressed when he saw his daughter's bleeding arm, and immediately said, "Sell it!"
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