Chapter 87: Bites That Can Kill【seeking Monthly Tickets】
Little Friend Yuan Yuan blinked her big eyes, her little face full of bewilderment.
Shang Wan: “……”
She looked at Lu Chengjing, “Have that group of field mice left?”
Lu Chengjing shook his head, “They are still staying in the field with Shi Tou.”
Shang Wan had no time for more words, scooped up Yuan Yuan, and hurried quickly toward the wasteland at the foot of the mountain.
On the wasteland side, Shi Tou was trying to direct the field mice to help him dig a ditch to lead water from the riverside to the field.
He was drawing and modifying on the ground with a branch, completely unaware that the field mice’s eyes looking at him had already begun to glow with eerie red light.
“Just digging a ditch isn’t enough; we need to make a pool to store water, so it’s convenient for irrigation.” Shi Tou muttered to himself, drawing a square pool at the end of the ditch. He turned to look at the field mice, “Can you… ah!”
Three field mice pounced at him head-on, and Shi Tou scared rolled on the ground to dodge.
The other field mice swarmed up together, sharpening their claws at Shi Tou, as if to tear a piece of meat off him.
One drawback of the beast-taming ability is directing non-captive animals to work for you. When the ability level is too low, you must pay reward equivalent to the animals’ effort; otherwise, you will suffer backlash from the animals.
If they are herbivores, it’s still okay; at most, they will kill the person. If they are carnivores or omnivores, killing isn’t enough—the corpse will be gnawed by the animals, and perhaps only a few bones will remain in the end.
If Little Friend Yuan Yuan were nearby, she could suppress them somewhat, and the field mice wouldn’t turn ferocious so quickly.
But now Yuan Yuan was not there, only Shi Tou, who had also commanded the field mice, was present. Meanwhile, the task Yuan Yuan ordered them to do was completed, and the field mice had no habit of working overtime, so of course they began demanding their reward.
This unlucky Shi Tou rolled on the ground several times before realizing the field mice had lost control.
He didn’t know if killing field mice would harm Yuan Yuan, so he could only swing the hoe to threaten the field mice not to approach.
“If you come closer, I’ll really hit you!”
“I tell you, I’m Yuan Yuan’s uncle. If you bite me, Yuan Yuan will deal with you.”
“Don’t, don’t, don’t come over!”
Shi Tou swung the hoe while retreating, not daring to run home.
Sister hadn’t returned yet. What if this group of field mice chased after and hurt brother-in-law and the others?
The field mice couldn’t understand what Shi Tou was saying. At this moment, Shi Tou was just a piece of moving fresh meat in their eyes.
Field mice were small in size but fast runners. Under their siege, Shi Tou gradually lost his composure. Caught off guard, one field mouse bit his ankle, causing him to yelp in pain. His swinging hoe paused, exposing a bigger flaw.
The field mice seized the chance and swarmed up, all opening their mouths to attack Shi Tou, but suddenly they all froze in place, the red glow in their eyes gradually fading as they lay motionless on the ground.
Shang Wan descended from the sky holding Yuan Yuan. Yuan Yuan was tightly furrowing her little brows, her little face puffed up with anger, her little mouth babbling rapidly at the field mice. Her childish milky voice was fast and urgent; Shang Wan couldn’t understand what her own child was saying at all.
In any case, the end result was that the field mice were scolded obediently by Yuan Yuan and lined up submissively to receive their reward from Shang Wan before leaving.
“Su!” Yuan Yuan pounced into Shi Tou’s arms, pouting her little mouth and blowing on Shi Tou, “Huhuhu~”
Shi Tou’s earlier cry wasn’t just heard by Shang Wan; Yuan Yuan heard it too, scaring the little one badly.
Shi Tou grinned, “Uncle is fine, it doesn’t hurt.”
Shang Wan squatted down to check the wound on his ankle: two shallow blood holes, not much blood flowed, but the area around the wound was red and swollen.
Rodent teeth carry many bacteria; the wound should be infected.
She stood up, took Yuan Yuan, and said, “Go back, rinse the wound with water, take out the jar of ointment for your brother-in-law and apply it to the wound.”
She had added spiritual spring water to the ointment; spiritual spring water could detoxify and heal, enough to handle this small wound.
“The ointment for brother-in-law is expensive.” Shi Tou glanced at the wound on his ankle, “It’s just a bit of broken skin; I’ll wash it and be fine.”
Shang Wan said faintly, “Field mice are also mice; their bites can be fatal. If you don’t want to live, feel free not to apply the ointment.”
Shi Tou immediately shuddered, “I’ll apply it!”
No matter how expensive the ointment is, it’s not as important as life.
Worried about his own life being in danger, he shouldered the hoe and ran home like mad.
Shang Wan slowly followed holding Yuan Yuan, reached out to pinch the little one’s soft chubby cheeks, and said gently:
“Good child, you’re too small now, and your ability level is low. Although you can summon animals, you temporarily can’t suppress them. After having animals help, you can give them some food as reward. You can’t be like today anymore, got it?”
“Got it!” Yuan Yuan thought of Uncle Shi Tou’s bleeding wound and nodded her little head heavily.
Shang Wan smiled and kissed her own child, thinking that she also bore responsibility for this matter and should have told the little one when Yuan Yuan first used her ability.
The first few times she had helped clean up afterward, but in the future, she still needed to let Yuan Yuan handle it herself, giving reward in ways she could manage.
Xiao Huan fetched water to help Shi Tou rinse the wound; the ice-cold well water temporarily eased the burning pain at the wound.
After wiping off the water droplets, Shi Tou took out the ointment and carefully applied it to the wound and surrounding area. The ointment stung upon contact with the wound, and he couldn’t help but hiss softly.
“Su!” Yuan Yuan clenched her small hands tightly, her fair little face scrunched up like buns, tilting her little head and staring unblinkingly, looking very worried.
“Uncle is fine; the ointment is too cool, a bit cold.” Shi Tou adjusted his expression, bandaged it with gauze, pulled down his trouser leg, washed his hands, then picked up Yuan Yuan and spun her around.
“Flying, flying~”
Yuan Yuan was amused into giggles by him, revealing her two millet teeth.
Shi Tou secretly breathed a sigh of relief; as long as she was laughing, it was good.
He placed Yuan Yuan on the soft cushion to play with the little turtle, while he went to help Shang Wan unload the bricks.
Shang Wan increasingly felt that hiding the space was troublesome.
If everyone at home knew, she could just wave her hand to bring out all the bricks, so why go through all this trouble?
But after thinking it over, Shang Wan still suppressed the urge to confess now.
She would wait until she tested the spiritual field.
Anyway, she hadn’t deliberately hidden it. Besides Shi Tou, Lu Chengjing and Xiao Huan had probably noticed some clues; there was no rush for this moment.
As dusk approached, villagers came one after another to Lu Chengjing to record accounts. Shang Wan took the opportunity to inform everyone that the disaster relief grain had arrived in the county town.
News spread quickly in the village; soon the whole village knew, and they had more hope for the grain distribution.
After dinner, Shang Wan’s family of five sat together discussing the design of the new house.
Of course, Little Friend Yuan Yuan was responsible for holding the milk bottle and joining in the fun.
Lu Chengjing assembled the small table board on the wheelchair, spread out white paper, held down the edges with a paperweight, picked up the brush, and first sketched a rough design.
Shang Wan and the other two gave suggestions, like how to arrange the kitchen, the side room, where to put the study room…
As the four discussed, the blueprint gradually perfected, and the prototype of the new house appeared before their eyes.
Lu Chengjing rotated his wrist and asked, “Is there anywhere else that needs modification?”
The three looked left and right; Shang Wan reached out and pointed at the courtyard gate, “No steps.”
Lu Chengjing crossed it out with the brush.
Xiao Huan and Shi Tou also made some suggestions, but they were about things to add after the new house was built, not urgent.
The next day at noon, a team of constables escorted the disaster relief grain to the village entrance.
