154 Golden Rat
Little Ah Yu did not call the adults at home. Instead, she grabbed Wang Wulang beside her.
“Fifth Brother, Fifth Brother, let’s go catch-”
The name of the Spirit Treasure Rat was a mouthful. Little Ah Yu opened and closed her mouth for a long time but could not say it out.
Liu Shi shouted from afar, “Ah Yu, you’re dirty. Go and change your clothes.”
Usually, when she went out, she would bring Little Ah Yu a change of clothes, afraid that she would accidentally dirty herself.
Little Ah Yu waved her hand and replied loudly, “I understand, Mother. I’ll change in a while!”
Wang Wulang was still holding the weeds in his hand. “What are we catching? The grass in the courtyard is not pulled out yet. When Grandma sees this later, she will definitely scold me again.”
Little Ah Yu said, “Grandma doesn’t know how to scold people!”
“She just doesn’t scold you.” Wang Wulang was speechless.
In the end, he could not dissuade Little Ah Yu and was pulled to catch something.
The two of them finally squatted beside a rat hole. Looking at the fist-sized rat hole, Wang Wulang wanted to roll his eyes.
“Ah Yu, although I know that in your heart, Fifth Brother is the most powerful person, I really can’t catch the rats that have already crawled into the rat hole,” Wang Wulang said earnestly.
Little Sister Ah Yu was on a whim and actually wanted to catch rats.
Such a dirty thing.
Little Ah Yu shook her head. “No.”
“No what?”
“Fifth Brother is not a very powerful person in my heart.” Little Ah Yu patted her small chest and said very sincerely, “But Mr. Chi is the most powerful!”
Mr. Chi could fly. He jumped up such a tall roof.
Wang Wulang: “…” You don’t actually have to explain.
Wang Sanlang passed by and saw the two of them squatting by the rat hole. He asked them what they were doing.
Wang Wulang told him.
“What’s wrong with you as an elder brother? If your sister wants it, find it for her!” Wang Sanlang rolled up his sleeves and put aside the work in his hand. He turned around and found a long withered branch.
He said to Little Ah Yu, “Your Fifth Brother can’t do it. Looks like your Third Brother has to make a move. Third Brother will catch this rat for you!”
Little Ah Yu smiled until her eyes curved. “Alright, alright. Thank you, Third Brother. Third Brother is the best!”
Wang Sanlang was blown away by his little sister’s sweet praise. He immediately thought that he could not lose face today. He had to find that rat.
Hence, he took the withered branch and dug around, but there was nothing.
Wang Wulang held his stomach and laughed. “Wang Sanlang, you’re not good either. Why are you still talking big? You’re simply making me laugh to death.”
Because the laughter was too exaggerated, it attracted a few more brothers. In the end, a group of people surrounded the rat hole.
They tried to pour water into it and used a flint to light the withered branches to smoke it out.
Wang Liulang, who was like a clown, was still lying by the entrance of the hole and shouting, wanting to scare the rat out.
Of course, no one could get the rat out.
On the other hand, Wang Chuanman saw the children fooling around here for a long time. When he looked, he realized that they were looking for rats.
Wang Chuanman smiled. “There are actually two ways for you to catch rats. The first is to put a piece of meat by the rat hole. It’s best if it’s cooked meat that smells good.”
They rejected all of this idea. There was no meat at home, and even if there was, they would not dare to use it to lure a rat.
“Fourth Uncle, what’s the other way?” Wang Wulang asked impatiently.
“The other method is also simple. If you’re willing to put in some effort, find a hoe, and slowly dig along this hole. The rats will be hidden inside.”
Wang Chuanman added with a smile, “In the past, our family really couldn’t find anything to eat. We would also go to the mountains to dig rat holes. Rat holes aren’t as deep as snake holes, and there aren’t many exits like rabbit holes, so you can just dig along the hole.”
There was no hoe in this residence. It was unknown if the original owner had already cleaned it up or if the people inside had never used it.
In the end, they went to the neighbor’s house to borrow two shovels. Wang Sanlang and Wang Silang were in charge of digging, and the other boys stood guard at the side. When the rat came out, they would immediately capture it.
Little Ah Yu also watched eagerly, waiting for that rat to come out.
Although this method was stupid, it was very effective. After digging for about half an hour, they heard a squeaking sound.
“It’s really here!”
Everyone became excited when they heard this sound. They dug even harder, not even caring that their hands were sore.
Finally, at the end of the path, they saw a golden shadow shifting in the hole.
When the thing inside saw that it had nowhere to hide, it quickly jumped out.
“Catch it, catch it!”
“Don’t let it escape again!”
“Quick, quick, quick, block the left side!”
The children of the Wang Family ran around. The rat was frightened by this scene. In the end, it simply ran in Little Ah Yu’s direction.
It fell into Little Ah Yu’s arms and even crawled into her clothes.
Little Ah Yu grabbed the tail of the rat.
“Be careful, rats will bite!” Everyone’s hearts were in their throats when they saw Little Ah Yu catch the rat.
Little Sister Ah Yu was too valiant. That was a rat. The pain of a rat bite was secondary. The main thing was that the wound would even fester.
[Kid, put it in your spatial pocket first and take it back out immediately.]
Little Ah Yu placed the Spirit Treasure Rat into the spatial pocket and instantly took it back out.
After entering the spatial pocket, the Spirit Treasure Rat had automatically acknowledged her as its master. Now, it lay obediently in Little Ah Yu’s arms, even acting a little fawningly.
With Meatball’s help, Little Ah Yu’s movements were very fast. The few people from the Old Wang family only felt that the Spirit Treasure Rat seemed to have flashed.
However, on a closer look, it was still sitting in Ah Yu’s arms. Perhaps the sun was too bright and they had been blinded for a moment.
“I caught it. Big Brothers, you’re so powerful!” Little Ah Yu hugged the Spirit Treasure Rat and praised her brothers without any restraint.
Everyone leaned closer to take a look and realized that this rat looked very different.
Its fur was golden, and even its claws and nails were golden.
Only the eyes were black and its tail was very short. Its fur was a little soft and did not look hard.
“Wow, this rat is golden!”
Wang Wulang suddenly had an idea. “Can we take its fur and melt it into gold?”
Little Ah Yu did not know what this rat was for, so she asked Meatball in her heart.
[This is a Spirit Treasure Rat. It knows how to search for treasures, but its ability to take care of itself is very weak. It can die easily.]
[With this Spirit Treasure Rat, it will be very convenient for you to search for treasures in the future.]
Little Ah Yu’s mouth fell open. “It can search for treasures? What kind of treasures?”
[That depends on what it can find. Look, it found your fruit just now.]
The children of the Wang Family did not know what effect that fruit had, but the Spirit Treasure Rat knew, so it came to steal it.
When the adults saw the children struggling, they smiled and shook their heads, thinking that they had just caught an ordinary rat.
It was only when Little Ah Yu brought the rat over to show them that the Wang family was shocked.
Why did this rat look so different?
Old Madam Wang said calmly, “Ah Yu, where did you find it?”