allonlinenovel Chapter 318 Who did it?
Chapter 318 Who did it?
"To put it simply, bee thieves are like what we call bandits. They want to get something for nothing, so they just come to your house and take it without asking."
Zhu Chongli clapped his hands and understood instantly, "Yuan girl, if you explain it this way, aren't pests and diseases the same as what we call illness? It turns out that animals also have these problems. This is the first time I've heard of this. It's really interesting."
Xuyuan replied: "In fact, they are a group wherever they go, they just can't speak."
"Okay then. I'll go back and try the first one you mentioned. As for freezing to death or getting burned by heat, that's absolutely impossible."
"As for pests and diseases, I don't know whether it is an illness or not. Anyway, what I can judge is that they are not dying in batches. Only a few die occasionally. And what about those bee stealers? How can I prevent it?" Zhu Chongli asked humbly.
"Just drive them away or kill them. After all, if we were to deal with bandits, it would be a matter of either you or me, right?" The wish was brief and to the point.
After listening to this, Zhu Chongli burst into laughter and nodded, saying, "That makes sense."
……
It was almost sunset again and the sky was getting dark.
When Xuyuan returned home, wisps of smoke were rising from the kitchen roof.
Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Manyu, who was reviewing Japanese confectionery in the pavilion, looked up towards the gate of the courtyard.
"Sister, why did you come back so late? We were so worried." Xuanyu was the first to run up, hugged Xuyuan's thigh, and said coquettishly.
"I met some villagers on the way and chatted with them for a while. Don't worry, I brought some good stuff back with me."
"What good stuff, big sister? Is it delicious again?" Xuanyuen looked excited and let go of the thigh that he was holding to make a wish.
"You're so clever." Xu Yuan scratched the tip of Doudou's nose, "Let's go inside and talk."
Guozi and Duodian looked at each other and grabbed Xuyuan's arm.
"Sister, why don't you go in later and rest outside for a while."
Guozi spoke hesitantly.
"What's wrong?" Xu Yuan frowned.
Seeing the two kids hesitating, Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "It's okay if you don't say anything. I'll know once I go in."
After saying that, he took a step and walked in.
"Miss..."
Guozi's words came to an abrupt end along with the sound of Xuyuan's footsteps, and he couldn't help but raise his hands to cover his face.
"Who did it?"
Xu Yuan pointed at the collapsed cabinet in the kitchen. All the things inside had been placed on the table. There were also a few suspicious puddles of egg liquid. He spoke in a flat tone.
It was obvious that it had been cleaned up.
There was a fire burning on the stove in the kitchen and rice was steaming in the pot.
Xu Zhi was nowhere to be seen either.
Xu Yuan put down the backpack and looked at the two people behind him with an angry face, scratching his hands and head, making small movements all the time and with a silly smile on his face.
"Uh..." Xuanyu hesitated for a long time and scratched his head, not knowing how to explain it better.
"Guozi, you say it." Seeing that Xu Hao had been hesitating for a long time but still couldn't come up with anything.
"Sister, please don't be angry after we tell you." Guozi decided to explain things to her elder sister first.
"I'm not angry, you guys tell me."
Xuyuan found a stool and sat down, listening quietly to Guozi's description.
Guozi exhaled, closed his eyes, and then opened them, saying with a guilty look, "Actually... I hit the cabinet accidentally."
Fearing that her elder sister would be angry, she quickly said, "Eldest sister, a big rat just jumped out of the kitchen. Manyu and I thought it was a great meat dish, so we chased the rat with sticks. The rat ran all over the house, so we hit it all over the house. Then the rat climbed onto the cupboard, so I hit it with my hand, and it became like this."
"Yes, that's it. Second sister went to find Uncle Dafu." Many others echoed, holding their little hands.
"You are all okay, right? Did you kill the rat?"
It has become like this. It would be a shame if I didn’t catch the mouse.
"No." Guozi pouted in frustration. In the end, he let it escape and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"It's okay, I'm glad you're not hurt."
It was very strange why a mouse would come out in broad daylight, but these two children would definitely not lie.
Xu Yuan glanced at the kitchen and looked at the wooden board of the cellar. It was not tightly covered. He had clearly checked it before leaving. It was already covered. "Guozi, Xiaoduo, did you open the cellar door today?"
"Well, my second sister said she wanted soybeans, so I went downstairs to get them. Maybe I didn't close the box properly." Guozi said shyly.
"Could that big rat be running towards the cellar? Maybe it was chased by us and ran into the cellar!" many people exclaimed.
"I'll go down and take a look."
Many asked: "Sister, don't you blame us?"
"Why blame you? Things have happened, and it's a good thing you didn't get involved. These are just small things."
"When did your second sister go, and how long has she been gone?"
It was getting dark outside.
Guozi: “It’s been a while since I left.”
Xuyuan took a broom, lifted the door and went down to the cellar.
Guozi and Guozi wanted to follow, but Xuyuan refused, "You two stay here. If it jumps up, chase it out."
Many wagashi nodded solemnly, holding wooden sticks in their hands.
Because there was a small opening at the bottom of the cellar, the air seemed less stuffy.
The stacked cloth bags of grain were neatly arranged, without any signs of having been bitten, until I made a wish and walked to a corner, where I saw fallen peanut shells on the floor and bite marks on the cloth bags.
It is obvious that some small animals have visited here.
Looking again, I saw that the small fence in the yard was not completely closed, and there was a small gap. There was a pool of water on the floor, which was blue in color. It seemed that the water came in from here.
"Xiaojiu, check if there are any holes in this area?"
With so much food piled here, it is of course impossible to search through them one by one. I can only use the golden finger.
"Okay, Master, five points have been deducted."
Xiaojiu moved quickly and a three-dimensional map soon appeared in his mind. The places with holes were marked in red. Among the piled up cloth bags of grain, two or three were bitten.
Xu Yuan dragged out all the bags and piled them aside.
"Big sister, what's going on down there? Is that big rat there?"
Many people looked down from above and shouted loudly.
"Not here." Xuyuan responded and walked out of the cellar.
The first thing he did was to go to the edge of the yard and cover the cellar tightly with wooden boards.
Guozi came over and said, "Sister, is there any problem here?"
"This place is not covered tightly. The mouse must have gotten in from here."
"Ah? Is the food okay?" Many people exclaimed.
Xu Yuan reminded, "It's okay, it just ruined a little. Next time you guys pay attention, remember to close the door tightly after going down to the cellar."