My Courtyard Refuge

Rat Panic

Going to Langfang to buy a house was faster than expected. After completing the formalities, Xu Dong and the three began to return to Beijing.

On the way, Xu Dong took the opportunity to ask: “Sister, do you have enough money? If not, I can support one or two million.”

After all, we still have to live in the future, Xu Dong hopes that the elder sister’s family will have more money, and it’s okay for the adults to suffer a little, and not to wrong the children.

“No need.” Xu Ting waved her hand, “The sale of the house is more than 6 million yuan, plus deposits, we have enough money.”

Even the one million that Xu’s mother gave, Xu Ting was going to return it intact. Anyway, both of them have jobs, and the family will definitely not be hungry.

I’m really short of money, so I’ll just talk to my mother when the time comes.

“Okay then!” Xu Dong didn’t force it, “You can tell me anytime you need it, your brother really doesn’t need this little money.”

Before dealing with expired food, in addition to exchanging more than 2,000 catties of dried seafood, Xu Dong also returned more than 10 million yuan in funds, so he is really not short of money.

“Knowing that you are a big local tyrant, don’t worry, we will not be polite to you when you are really short of money.”

Ma Jie took out a cigarette and passed one to his brother-in-law: “Xu Dong, I really want to thank you this time.”

The cigarette was given to him by his mother-in-law in the morning, saying it was convenient for socializing.

Xu Dong opened the car window a crack, then took out the lighter, first lit cigarettes for his brother-in-law, and then his own.

“Brother-in-law, what about the work of the two of you? Can you be transferred here?”

“I should be fine here.” Ma Jie blew out a smoke ring, and continuedroad:

“Many major projects have been launched around Yanjing in the past year. The company has already dispatched several batches of employees to support them. I will go back and make an application report. It is estimated that it will be completed soon.”

“Sister, where’s your side?” Xu Dong flicked the ash into the ashtray.

“Go back and have a look first. I think it should be fine. If it’s not, let your brother-in-law take care of me.”

If Langfang is not a bit far away and it is inconvenient to commute to and from get off work, in fact, it is not bad to go to Changming Company to work, at least it is my own family, so there is no need to be wronged.

Xu Dong joked: “Then brother-in-law is under a lot of pressure, aren’t you afraid to scare brother-in-law away?”

“If you run away, then run away. When the time comes, I will take Lingling and Xiaoxu directly to live in your courtyard, and I will return to my mother’s house.”

“Haha, just kidding!” Xu Dong said awkwardly.

Not to mention, if this kind of situation really happened, he would be really hard to drive people away. After all, orphans and widows can only recognize by pinching their noses.

After a while, seeing the two finished smoking, Xu Ting took out the rice ball prepared by her mother and asked:

“Third brother, are you hungry? Would you like a rice ball?”

Xu Dong looked at the navigation map, and then said, “Sister, don’t eat the cold rice balls, I’ll take you to a big meal. If there is meat, I’ll treat you at noon.”

“Is there still a place where you can eat meat?” Xu Ting asked in surprise.

“Of course there is, as long as you look hard, you can always find it.” Xu Dong made a fool of himself.

Xu Ting immediately put away the rice balls and said with a smile, “Okay, your brother-in-law and I will enjoy your honor today and see what the big meal you are talking about looks like.”

“Don’t worry, you will never be disappointed.”

…

Twenty minutes later, the three of them came to a shop selling roast mice, which was also a shop he frequented.

Xu Ting’s eyes widened, and she said in a daze, “Third son, the meat you’re talking about isn’t rat meat, is it?”

“That’s right, sister, haven’t you eaten?”

“No, how could I eat this kind of thing.” Xu Ting looked disgusted.

Xu Dong smiled.

In the previous life, the elder sister specially invited him to eat roast mice. At that time, she was not as hypocritical as she is now, and she ate more deliciously than him. It seems that she was too oily.

“Brother-in-law, what about you?”

Ma Jie is from Dianzhou. He has never eaten anything, so of course he will not refuse: “Give me two whole, and taste first.”

It was only a little past eleven o’clock, and there were not many customers in the store. Xu Dong shouted directly to the boss:

“Boss Qian, serve us five roasted mice first.”

===Section 92===

Boss Qian looked to be in his early forties, and he was very fat. He knew that he was eating rat meat.

“Sorry, Captain Xu, the mice are almost sold out, and now there are only the last three left.” Boss Qian came over and apologized.

“Why are there so few today?” Xu Dong wondered.

Boss Qian smiled wryly, “Rats are out of stock right now, and in a while, my shop will probably be closed.”

“Where did the mice go?” Xu Ting asked curiously.

“It’s all been eaten up.” Boss Qian sighed, “There are probably thousands of stores like mine in Yanjing, and no amount of mice will be enough to eat them!”

“Is rat meat so popular?” Xu Ting asked unexpectedly.

Boss Qian nodded: “There is a shortage of meat in the market now. Rat meat is meat anyway, and the price is cheap. Of course it is popular, otherwise there would be so many shops.”

“Three is three!”

Xu Dong sighed, this day finally came.

“Just the price?”

“The price has increased?” Xu Dong asked.

Boss Qian said helplessly, “There’s no way, the suppliers are the ones who took the lead in raising prices.”

“What’s the price now?”

Boss Qian pointed to the price list on the wall and said, “Now we sell it by tael, one tael is 300 yuan.”

“Isn’t it just a new year? Why did it go up so much?” Xu Dong frowned.

“After all, rare things are valuable!”

“Okay, hurry up and bake.” Xu Dong waved his hand lightly.

“Okay, wait a moment, you three.”

“Wait a minute.” Xu Ting stopped Boss Qian who was about to leave, “Boss Qian, can you warm up the rice balls for us?”

“Of course no problem.” Boss Qian took the rice ball and left.

Ten minutes later, the roast mouse and rice balls were delivered. The aroma of the meat mixed with the aroma of the rice made people move their index fingers.

Xu Dong picked up a roast mouse and handed it to the elder sister: “Don’t you really want it? One is just right for the three of us.”

“Forget it, I’ll eat my rice ball!”

Xu Ting waved her hand quickly, looking at the intact head and tail of the mouse, she really couldn’t speak.

“Brother-in-law, one is enough for me, and I will give you the remaining two.”

Xu Dong took the roast mouse, took a big bite, and directly bit off the mouse’s head. Rich people are so generous, they never eat the head when eating roast mice.

Seeing the rat’s head spat out from her brother’s mouth, Xu Ting really had enough, she took the rice ball and simply changed the table.

After a meal, Xu Dong was refreshed, and so was Ma Jie.The meaning is still unfinished, and I can’t stop thinking about the delicious food just now.

When it was time to check out, Ma Jie rushed to pay.

“Captain Xu, is the taste okay?”

“It’s still as good as before, Boss Qian, you really don’t plan to open this store?” Xu Dong said regretfully.

“I can’t help it. How can I open a shop if I can’t find a mouse?” Boss Qian looked lonely.

Xu Dong thought for a while and said, “I have a method here that can ensure that you will never be short of rat meat.”

“Captain Xu, you better stop joking. I’ve searched all the suppliers, and I really can’t find any source.”

“I said, Boss Qian, I didn’t ask you to find a source of supply. What I meant was to ask you to breed rats directly. Raising rats is much easier than catching rats.” Xu Dong answered directly.

“What, breeding mice?”

“Yes, I heard that there is a special rat farm in Lingnan, which can raise hundreds of thousands of rats every year!”

Boss Qian shook his head: “There is not enough food for people now, how can there be food for mice?”

“Didn’t you say you must use food?”

Actually, Xu Dong didn’t know much. What he knew was something that he also talked about when he was chatting with the owner of the roast rat shop.

“What else can we feed without food?” Boss Qian looked blank.

“Straw, rice bran, processed manure, I don’t know the details. If you are really interested, you can ask someone who is engaged in professional breeding.” Xu Dong suggested.

Boss Qian felt as if he had opened the door to a new world, and the bright Qianjing seemed to be right in front of him.

“Captain Xu, thank you very much, I will seriously consider your suggestion.”

“It’s okay, your grilled mice are delicious, it’s a pity to close the door.” Xu Dong smiled.

“It is also an honor for our family to have you as a loyal fan.”

In the end, Boss Qian insisted on refunding the meal fee, and at the same time promised that if the rat farm was completed, Xu Dong would be free of charge when he came to eat in the future.