Chapter 240 Digging a Rat Hole 2
Zhao Mei, her face pale, asked, "Are there more wolves coming down?"
Upon hearing this, the others felt a sudden jolt of anxiety, their faces filled with tension, fearing that the monkey might nod in agreement.
Fortunately, the monkey shook its head, denying this guess.
Seeing this, the Chen family members finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, Zhou Zhaodi had a flash of inspiration and said, "Could it be that they want to take us to the place where the peanuts are hidden?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the monkey immediately started shouting again and even nodded.
Now the Chen family understood; the monkey really wanted to lead them to the place where the peanuts were hidden.
They were taken aback at first, then their faces lit up with surprise.
Peanuts are a great food!
It tastes delicious when stir-fried!
If they could actually find peanuts, they would have something to eat for snacks.
So Zhou Zhaodi asked impatiently, "Are there many peanuts?"
"Squeak squeak squeak!" The monkey nodded three times in a row.
To the Chen family, it sounded like: Too much! Too much! Too much!
Even Chen Jianguo finally spoke up, saying in a deep voice, "Mom, let's hurry up and carry all the peanuts back!"
The others were equally eager; after what happened last night, they had no doubt that the monkey was lying to them.
What a clever little creature!
Ma Xiulian, however, was not in a hurry. After pondering for a moment, she asked, "Are these peanuts inside the mouse hole?"
Of all those animals, only those damned rats would steal food from the fields and from our homes.
"Squeak!" The monkey nodded again; it was the mouse hole.
So Ma Xiulian raised her arm and shouted, "Go get the tools! Let's go and hollow out all the rat holes! Then kill all the rats and bring them back to eat!"
"Why!"
The whole family cheered; some went to get shovels, some to get hoes, and others carried baskets on their backs.
Zhou Zhaodi even brought several large sacks, fearing they wouldn't be enough to hold them all.
Helian Jiao blinked her big eyes and said in a childish voice, "Grandma, I want to go too."
The little princess didn't want to catch mice to eat, because mice are too ugly.
He wasn't interested in peanuts at all; he was just there for the fun of it.
Ma Xiulian squatted down and gently patted her little head, coaxing softly, "Grandma will be back soon. Sweetie, just wait for Grandma at home. If you're sleepy, go to sleep first, okay?"
Although the moon was out and she could see the road, there was no guarantee that wild boars or wolves wouldn't appear in the middle of the night, so she dared not take her precious granddaughter with her.
"good."
Helian Jiao nodded obediently and sweetly.
"Good girl."
Ma Xiulian stood up and instructed Zhao Mei and Li Chun, "Eldest daughter-in-law, you and the third son's wife stay home and look after the children."
Then, a large group of people followed the monkey out of the house.
They walked in silence, because if the other people in the commune saw them, the rat hole would be ruined.
If they are discovered when they return, it will be even worse; all the grain will have to be handed over to the government.
The family followed the monkey almost to the village entrance before the monkey stopped, ran over, parted some grass, pointed to a small hole, and started barking at them.
"This must be a rat hole!"
Ma Xiulian picked up her hoe and started digging there. After digging several times, she broke through the outer layer of soil, and several large sweet potatoes rolled out with the soil she dug out.
Zhou Zhaodi immediately stepped forward, picked up the sweet potatoes, wiped the dirt off them with her sleeve, and exclaimed with delight, "These sweet potatoes are so well preserved!"
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