Chapter 516

Jia Dongxu still wanted to persuade Jia Zhangshi, but when Jia Zhangshi provoked Wan Ping'an, it was very likely that Wan Ping'an would retaliate against him as well.

He didn't want to be an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire.

Looking at Jia Zhangshi's face, which was blacker than the bottom of a pot, she was clearly in a fit of rage; if he tried to persuade her now, she definitely wouldn't listen.

Jia Dongxu sighed helplessly and went to cook.

Just as he was scrubbing the pot, he heard the sound of the door opening.

"Mom, are you going out?"

Jia Dongxu was very worried; she wouldn't go to provoke Wan Ping'an, would she?

"It's too stuffy at home, I'm going out to clear my head, and I'll be back when it's time to eat."

Jia Zhangshi replied irritably.

"Clear your head?"

"Fine, go ahead!"

Jia Dongxu breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as she didn't provoke Wan Ping'an, Jia Zhangshi could go anywhere she wanted; he didn't care.

The meal was ready.

Just as Jia Dongxu was about to go find Jia Zhangshi, she pushed the door and entered, casually placing a small bag in the corner without even looking at Jia Dongxu.

What was that?

Jia Dongxu was a bit suspicious; he walked over and opened it, his hand trembling—inside the bag was a dead rat.

He wasn't afraid of rats.

He was just very surprised: why did Jia Zhangshi kill a rat?

In the years when they were starving, they had no choice but to eat rat meat, but the rat meat they ate was from rats that had been beaten to death.

The rat in the bag had no injuries at all; it must have been poisoned by rat poison.

Poisoned rats absolutely cannot be eaten; it would kill people!

"Mom, why did you pick up a dead rat and bring it back?"

"I'll help you throw it away!"

Jia Dongxu happened to be going to the toilet and prepared to throw it in the toilet on his way.

"Don't touch it!"

"I have a use for it!"

Jia Zhangshi stopped him loudly.

"Mom, this is a rat poisoned by rat poison, it can't be eaten."

"Who said I wanted to eat rat meat?"

"Then why did you pick it up and bring it back?"

"I have my own use for it; aren't you going to put it down?"

Jia Zhangshi simply wouldn't allow him to throw it away.

Jia Dongxu was very helpless; he could only put the rat back in the corner, feeling disgusted. He washed his hands once, but still felt disgusted, so he washed them three times in a row.

"Mom, you picked up a dead rat and brought it back; what exactly do you want to do?"

Jia Dongxu was very curious.

"Mind your own business."

Jia Zhangshi was still angry at Jia Dongxu.

"Fine, I won't mind."

"Mom, even if you have a use for it, you should do it as soon as possible; otherwise, if it stinks and rots, it's easy to spread disease. You know how terrifying the plague is, right?"

Jia Dongxu shuddered at the thought of the plague.

If someone caught the plague, it would definitely alarm the relevant departments, the Sihe Academy would definitely be sealed off, and even the nearby courtyards would be affected.

If they found out it was Jia Zhangshi's doing, they would definitely beat the two of them, mother and son, half to death, and then jointly petition to have them driven out.

Thinking of the consequences.

Jia Dongxu shuddered.

He warned Jia Zhangshi once again to deal with it as soon as possible.

Night.

Most people in the courtyard had already entered dreamland.

The Jia family's door opened a crack silently, and a head poked out from inside.

It was Jia Zhangshi!

She looked left and right, and only when she was sure there was no one in the courtyard did she open the door crack wider, sneaking into the courtyard and acting by the moonlight.

There was only a crescent moon in the sky, and there weren't many stars; it was a cloudy night, and visibility in the courtyard was very limited.

Yet Jia Zhangshi didn't dare to use any lighting equipment.

Boom!

Less than three meters from her home, Jia Zhangshi fell heavily to the ground.

"Whose little brat is this?"

"Why are you throwing stones in the courtyard?"

Jia Zhangshi felt a stone; she had fallen because she stepped on a stone, the stone rolled, and she fell!

It hurt a lot, but she didn't dare to scream, she could only endure it!

A long while later.

Jia Zhangshi recovered, and it didn't hurt as much, so she crawled up and continued to advance toward the back courtyard.

Soon.

Jia Zhangshi arrived in front of Wan Ping'an's door.

She pushed the door gently.

"That little beast Wan Ping'an, why did he bolt the door while sleeping?"

Jia Zhangshi complained.

She took out a small knife, reached into the door crack, and worked hard; after more than ten minutes, Jia Zhangshi gave a gentle push.

The door was pushed open a small crack.

It opened!

"Did you think you could stop me by bolting the door?"

"I'm a skilled craftsperson!"

Jia Zhangshi was very proud; she put away the small knife, tilted her ear, and pressed it against the door to listen carefully. Only when she was sure there was no problem did she slowly push the door open.

"Beast, truly a beast!"

"So much cured meat, eating a catty a day, you wouldn't finish it in a year; why don't you send some to our family?"

The first thing Jia Zhangshi did upon entering was to look up at the ceiling.

She remembered that when she came to cause trouble before, there was a lot of cured meat hanging from the ceiling.

It was night now, the light was poor, and she couldn't see very clearly, but she could still tell that there was much more cured meat hanging from the ceiling than before.

"Wait a moment, after I finish my business, I'll take two pieces of cured meat on my way out."

Jia Zhangshi decided.

She quickly found her target.

On a table inside the door, there was a large hemispherical basket, lined with a lot of fluffy hay, and the owl was inside.

The owl woke up and stared at Jia Zhangshi.

Jia Zhangshi broke out in a cold sweat.

"Good, don't scream, you must not scream."

"I'm here to bring you something delicious. Look, here is a fat, big rat, it's very delicious, here, eat it quickly."