At that time, I had never seen a mouse cub and didn't know what it was, but I thought those things were very interesting, so I put them all in my pockets and showed them off to my friends. I even forgot to help my grandfather find clothes.
When I arrived at Qiubo's house, his mother was watching Qiubo doing his homework. I told Qiubo that I had a treasure to show him, but Qiubo didn't believe me, so I let him reach into my pocket and touch something.
This touch scared Qiubo so much that he sat down on the ground and burst into tears. Seeing this, Qiubo's mother asked me to take out the things in my pocket. Seeing that his mother looked unhappy, I had to do as she said.
When his mother saw me holding a handful of mice, she started yelling.
"You little brat! What are you doing with that thing? Get rid of it now! You'll get the plague again!"
Only then did I realize that I had caught baby mice. The plague was rampant at that time, and if we were not careful the whole village would be infected. I was so scared that I quickly threw the baby mice into the slop bucket.
However, this is not the end. When I was sleeping at night, I felt something moving in my quilt. At first I thought it was my grandfather, but the thing went straight into my quilt and crawled from my heels to my crotch.
But I felt a little itchy, so I reached down and tried to scratch it, but when I scratched it, I almost peed myself! It was furry and warm!
I let out a cry and sat up from the kang, but then I felt a sharp pain in my thigh.
At this time, my grandfather lit the light, and I saw a rat as long as my forearm scurrying out from my bed. My grandfather was quick-witted and picked up a broom to swat it, but the rat was so fast that it jumped off the bed and ran out of the house through the crack in the door........."
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