Chapter 243 Digging a Rat Hole 5
Ma Xiulian glanced at the eager expressions on everyone's faces, but said calmly, "There's no rush. Let's go in a couple of days."
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions showed surprise and confusion.
Li Chunhua shouted in disbelief, "Mom, what are you saying? We finally got such a great deal! While there are still other rat holes, let's hurry up and bring all the grain back!"
She was even prepared to disregard her own health and go help carry grain tomorrow night.
Chen Jianye nodded in agreement: "That's right, let's hurry up and pack all that grain back. If someone discovers the rat hole, we'll suffer a huge loss."
Seeing the anxious third son and his wife, Zhou Zhaodi's eyes lit up, and she said, "Mom must have other ideas. Let's just listen to them."
Old Chen, who had been silent all along, tapped his pipe and said in a deep voice, "Your mother has the final say on this matter."
After he spoke, Li Chunhua naturally dared not say anything aloud, but she couldn't help but mutter to herself.
My parents are really getting senile. What are they doing waiting at home for two more days? They should hurry up and collect all the grain!
Ma Xiulian stood up and said, "It's getting late, everyone should go back to their rooms and get some sleep!"
But she went to the kitchen herself, saying to Chen Dazhu as she went, "Old man, come and wipe the sweat off your body too."
In the sweltering summer heat, even at night, moving around for a little while will make you sweat, let alone after they've been up all night.
Her clothes were soaked with sweat and smelled strongly of body odor, which she couldn't let bother her precious baby.
Chen Dazhu knew that his granddaughter was a clean person with a keen sense of smell, so he silently followed his wife to the kitchen.
The others, however, didn't care about the sweat and went back to their rooms.
The monkey sneaked into Helian Jiao's room and tiptoed to the bedside. There, it saw the sleeping wolf cub suddenly open its eyes, its round eyes full of vigilance.
Upon seeing that it was a monkey, the wariness in its eyes subsided, and it became soft and harmless again.
The monkey cautiously reached out and touched its head, its eyes revealing a kind of loving affection, like an elder looking at a younger generation.
The little wolf cub hummed softly in comfort.
After a while, the monkey heard footsteps outside the house, chirped twice at the wolf cub, and then turned and left.
It had no intention of taking its friend's child back to the mountains, because it was too small and had no ability to protect itself.
After all, no alpha wolf would let a white wolf destined to become king grow up alive, except for its deceased father, the previous alpha wolf.
Although the new alpha wolf and its supporters are dead, there are still a dozen or so left in the mountains. Little Whitey will definitely be attacked by them when it goes back.
Therefore, placing it next to the terrifying Demon King is actually safer, as the other wolves will certainly not dare to come again.
Seeing that it was gone, Ma Xiulian didn't stop it. She thought she would buy it a big bunch of bananas as a thank you gift when she went to town the next day.
The three brothers, who had already returned to their room, were not sleepy at all and were whispering among themselves.
Li Chunhua and Chen Jianye complained in a low voice, "Don't you think Mom and Dad are getting senile? There's so much grain, why don't they hurry up and bring it back instead of waiting two more days? What if someone else picks it up? Wouldn't we be at a huge loss?"
(End of this chapter)
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