Siheyuan (traditional courtyard house): 52 years of farming, producing hundreds of millions of tons

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"Huh, why am I sleeping on the floor?"

Why did my bed collapse?

A scream from Jia Zhangshi rang out.

Jia Dongxu sighed. The worst had happened: the rats had escaped and chewed up his bed, as well as Jia Zhangshi's bed.

Wow!

The table fell over.

To Jia Dongxu's surprise, the rat he thought had long since run away had returned and had just chewed off a table leg.

"You damned rats, I'll kill you all!"

Jia Dongxu picked up a broom, and the rat scurried away.

Before he could catch the mouse, he heard the deaf old woman's shrill cry for help.

"Did something happen to the deaf old lady?"

Jia Dongxu was very surprised.

"Mom, the mouse is too slippery, I can't catch it at all. I'll go out and see what's wrong, and then find a few people to help me catch the mouse."

Jia Dongxu pushed open the door and went out.

He went to the backyard.

Xu Damao and others appeared even earlier than him.

"Damn rats, they chewed through the legs of our bed."

Liu Haizhong stormed out of the house, complaining angrily.

Who can catch mice?

"Help me catch the mice in my house, and I'll give him a dollar."

Liu Haizhong angrily held up a one-yuan coin.

"Your bed was chewed up by rats too?"

The deaf old lady was very surprised.

"Yes, ma'am, your bed wasn't chewed up too, was it?"

Liu Haizhong was quite unexpected.

"The rats are too cunning; I can't catch them at all, which is why I wanted to find someone to help me!"

The deaf old lady nodded.

"And in our house, my bed and my mom's bed were chewed up by rats."

Jia Dongxu also shared his family's situation.

"What, are all three of your families having rats too?"

Yi Zhonghai arrived at the backyard with a swollen face.

He hadn't caught a mouse, so he got angry and accidentally tripped and fell face-first!

"Wan Ping'an, don't you have any rats in your house?"

Jia Zhangshi ran to the backyard.

Upon hearing that the deaf old lady's house, Liu Haizhong's house, and Yi Zhonghai's house all had rats, I immediately guessed that it was probably the deaf old lady who had released the rats.

She put the rats in Wan Ping'an's house, and the rats will definitely cause damage there first.

Only after destroying everything will they go to other people's homes.

"no!"

“For the past few days, I’ve been bringing the owl home every day.”

"The lingering scent of owls in my house. Owls are the natural enemy of mice; mice will run away in terror as soon as they smell them!"

Wan Ping'an explained with a smile.

what?

Jia Zhangshi was dumbfounded.

broken!

She realized she had made a mistake.

Wan Ping'an's house has the scent of owls, so even if you put mice in, they will be scared away and wander into other people's houses in the yard.

"Besides my family, the deaf old lady's family, Liu Haizhong's family, and Yi Zhonghai's family, could there be other families who have also been victimized?"

"If they find out I'm the one who released the rats, they'll definitely make me pay for it!"

Jia Zhangshi was a little scared.

Chapter 156 Money Stolen, Jia Zhangshi Faints from Pain, Beasts Laugh

"No, no, Wan Ping'an is wrong!"

Jia Zhangshi remembered something.

She caught the mice and threw them all into the jar, ignoring and feeding them until they were starving.

The first few rats caught were too weak from hunger and were killed and eaten by their hungry companions, leaving only forty-eight rats.

Even if the owl is present, the hungry mice will swarm to it, let alone if the owl leaves only a faint trace of its breath.

They were all starving.

Only one thought remained in my mind: eat, eat, eat everything I could chew!

"Wan Ping'an's house must have been gnawed by rats, and it must have been gnawed much worse than our four houses, hahaha, Wan Ping'an, you deserve to die!"

Jia Zhangshi almost burst out laughing.

Endure.

Fortunately, it was nighttime and the lighting was poor, so no one at home noticed her and didn't realize how hard she was trying to hold back her laughter.

"Grandma, don't worry, we'll catch the mice in your house first, and then we'll go to other people's houses."

Yi Zhonghai made a statement.

If he wants to establish a persona and build prestige, he can't prioritize his own family.

Yi Zhonghai took the lead, followed by Liu Haizhong, and then Liu Guangqi, Yan Jiecheng, and a few other young men, and they gathered the three flashlights together.

"Where are the mice?"

They shone three flashlights around but didn't find a single mouse.

"The bed legs were gnawed off by rats!"

Liu Haizhong squatted down to check the deaf old lady's bed.

Just like their family, the two bed legs were gnawed off by rats, causing the bed to collapse and the old lady to roll off.

Liu Haizhong also rolled off the bed.

Yi Zhonghai nodded; he agreed!

"I understand."

Liu Haizhou slapped his thigh.

"A rat is a rat, it's bound to be afraid of people. If so many of us come together to catch it, it's bound to run away, isn't that normal?"

Liu Haizhong proudly raised his head.

Yi Zhonghai nodded.

Everyone agreed.

What normal rat isn't afraid of people?

"Grandma, why don't you come inside and rest?"

"The rats have all been scared away. Call us to catch them again when they come out again."

Yi Zhonghai comforted the deaf old lady.

The deaf old lady could only nod; the mice had all run away, what else could she do?

"Whose house are we going to next?"

Yi Zhonghai inquired.

There are currently four victims: the deaf elderly woman's family, the Jia family, Liu Haizhong's family, and his family.

Yi Zhonghai thought that as long as he asked, Jia Zhangshi would definitely jump out. Jia Zhangshi wouldn't dare to argue with the deaf old lady, but she wouldn't give way to others.

He finished asking.

No movement.

Why didn't Jia Zhangshi come out?


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