A Happy Farmhouse: After becoming the group's favorite, the whole family rises

"besides--"

Tian Xiaoman glanced at the fat mouse with a hint of disdain, "Don't you think that if you guys keep running around in my house, it will lower the overall image of my house? This is the house where we girls live. If you mice keep showing up in the house, it really won't look good."

The fat mouse wanted to make a few more arguments, but he couldn't find any useful words to refute, so he could only hang his head and lie on the ground.

"Alas! Humans, you can't understand the suffering of us rats. Take me for example. I haven't had any food for two days. I've become so skinny from hunger."

Tian Xiaoman took a look at the fat mouse. That's it? He's even thinner? How fat must he have been before he lost weight!

The rat hole in the house was obviously not very big, so how did this fat rat get in? And how could it move freely in it?

——Well, I’m very confused.

Tian Xiaoman cleared his throat again, "Ahem, haven't eaten for two days? Are you hungry?"

The fat mouse nodded quickly, looking at Tian Xiaoman with eyes full of anticipation.

"Well, since we can communicate without any obstacles in our race, I will treat you to a meal."

Hearing what Tian Xiaoman said, the fat rat, who had just been lying limply on the ground with his limbs weak, immediately stood up and looked at Tian Xiaoman eagerly.

"Great! I'll tell you, you are such a good girl! You are the kindest person in Tianjia Village. What do you want to treat me to? Meat? Or food?"

Tian Xiaoman didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Eat meat? She had been here for several days and hadn't even had a bite of meat. You want to eat? Go to the back row!

"There's no meat, but do you want to eat sweet potatoes? I can get you a sweet potato."

The fat mouse's eyes lit up. Sweet potatoes are great and very sweet.

"Okay, I want sweet potatoes. Your sweet potatoes are very sweet, sweeter than those of other families in the village. I stole one from your kitchen last year, but your mother watched me too closely and I never got it again. I'm so greedy for it. If you treat me to sweet potatoes, I'll treat you to good things later."

Tian Xiaoman quickly refused, "Then there's no need!"

She was not worthy of enjoying the good things of the mouse. Tian Xiaoman rolled her eyes and came up with a plan.

"But, there is something I need to trouble you with--"

What animals are most numerous in this mountain village?

Of course it's mice. Almost every household has them. Not only that, but there are also a lot of them in the fields and forests outside.

If we don't make use of such a connection, ah - no, it's a rat connection, wouldn't it be a waste?

The fat mouse patted his fat chest covered with gray mouse hair and assured, "As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it for you. I am the king of Tianjia Village, and I have many subordinates. What's the saying you humans have? Once a word is promised, many horses can't pull it back."

Tian Xiaoman burst out laughing. The fat mouse's language was really amusing.

"I didn't expect you to be so cultured and able to use idioms. However, it seems that you only know a little bit of them. As the saying goes, a gentleman's word is as good as a promise."

"That's right! Back then, I also worked in the school kitchen. It's not difficult for me to say a few idioms."

Tian Xiaoman stopped talking about this topic and got down to business. "My father and I are going to the county town today. I want you to find out for me which medicine shop in the county town has the best reputation. We have some medicinal herbs that we want to sell. It would be best if it was a medicine shop that is honest and trustworthy and can afford to buy a ginseng."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it. I'll make sure I get everything you need. It's just that time is a bit tight. So, I'll go tell my little brothers and ask them to go get the information first."

"Of course that's good. Wait for me. I'll go to the kitchen and get the sweet potatoes. We'll trade at an equal price. But there's one thing. You can't eat in my room, or my second sister and I will have to clean up. If you eat too long, it will attract bugs and ants. I'll get the sweet potatoes and we'll meet outside the toilet behind the house."

The fat mouse said happily, "No problem, see you in the toilet."

Tian Xiaoman: Why does it sound weird?

One man and one mouse, each busy with their own things.

One ran back to the rat hole, and the other hurried out to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Wang and Tian Xiaochun were busy.

This morning, Wang got up early to make some dough to steam some rough flour buns.

However, compared to usual, the rough flour steamed buns made by Wang today have many more varieties.

When kneading the dough, Wang blanched the wild vegetables she had dug earlier in hot water, chopped them up, mixed them with the flour, and sprinkled some salt before kneading the dough into round buns.

The steamed buns made in this way have both vegetable and salty taste when you take a bite, and are very delicious.

Sometimes you don’t need to prepare any special dishes, just some thin millet porridge is a good meal.

Just as Wang covered the pot, she saw Tian Xiaoman enter the kitchen. She immediately spoke with a smile.

"What? Are you hungry, Lao Si? Wait a little longer, in a quarter of an hour or so, the steamed buns will be ready. If you are hungry, ask your second sister to make you an egg with boiling water, which will also help you replenish your body."

Although Wang lived frugally, she was always generous to her children.

Especially Tian Xiaoman, whose head was broken and hasn't healed yet. Yesterday, she fell into a ditch on the mountainside, which made her feel sad for a long time.

Although an egg can be sold for two cents, compared with my daughter, those two cents are not that important.

"Mom, I'm not hungry yet, I just came to take a look. Didn't Dad and Third Brother dig out half a bag of sweet potatoes? Mom, I want to see if there are any bruises. Give me one."

Wang smiled, suspecting that her little girl was just being greedy.

"What? Fourth brother is craving for sweet potatoes? Okay, they're in the bottom compartment of the cabinet at the back. Just open the cabinet and you can get them. Those bags are full of sweet potatoes. When you open the bags, the ones at the top are bruised. If you want to eat them, ask your second sister to throw them directly into the stove and roast them. The sweet potatoes roasted that way are very sweet!"

Tian Xiaoman could only hold back her tears and bear the blame for being greedy, "Mom! No, no, I can just eat it raw."

Wang suddenly realized, "Eat it raw? That's fine, it's sweeter when eaten raw! Oh, this child really knows how to eat."

Tian Xiaoman was afraid that if she said too much, her mother would find out something was going on, so she didn't dare stay in the kitchen for long. She took out two bruised sweet potatoes from the bag and ran directly to the back of the house.

Wang spat, then lowered her head and continued to work, "This child is so impetuous, I wonder who he inherited his temperament from?"

Tian Xiaochun chuckled, "Mom, in my opinion, our little sister is the most like you. She looks quiet, but actually she has a lot going on in her mind!"

"You girl, you're teasing your mother. You deserve to be beaten!"

For a while, the mother and daughter in the kitchen were talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

When Tian Xiaoman arrived at the back of the house, the fat rat was already waiting there.

When the fat mouse saw the sweet potato in Tian Xiaoman's hand, his small eyes lit up.

"Human, you are really my savior! If I don't eat, I will become the first rat king to starve to death in the history of Tianjia Village."