A lucky cat fell from the sky.

Chapter 58 Jerry the Medicine-Seeking Mouse

After spending over 500 yuan on a hot pot meal in a small place like Xiyuan Hot Pot, I finally managed to get a useful rat-catching method out of the second brother's mouth.

This method sounded quite feasible, so Wu Cheng decided to give it a try.

After dropping off the second brother and his girlfriend back at their dorm, Wu Cheng took a taxi back to the old house and began placing urea bags in various corners of the house, starting in the evening and continuing until late at night.

After blocking almost all the rat tunnels with urea bags, Wu Cheng felt it was time to stop.

Then, a little sweet fermented rice was sprinkled onto the octagonal table in the center of the hall.

This sweet fermented rice wine is very fragrant and sweet. You don't feel anything when you eat it, but the aftereffects are strong enough to make even a strong man drunk.

After setting everything up, Wu Cheng went straight to sleep.

According to the second brother, rats are actually very intelligent. In legends, there are five immortals: Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui. The Hui family refers to rats.

Some mice are particularly clever; they are quite intelligent and enjoy playing tricks on humans.

For this kind of rat, you actually have to use reverse psychology.

The main elements of this provocation tactic are only two: one is to place urea bags along the rats' paths. These obvious objects are placed in their routes so that the rats know they are being used as traps.

After they can easily avoid these traps, they feel that their intelligence has been underestimated, so they steal something to express their anger and to prove their intelligence.

This is where the sweet fermented rice comes in.

Similarly, these highly intelligent mice also see the sweet fermented rice as a trap. So even though they know it's a trap, they will still steal and eat the sweet fermented rice. Once they eat it, the alcohol kicks in and the mice get drunk.

It has to be said that the second son really understands the psychology of rats.

Wu Cheng admired this.

However, he was also a little uneasy. Would these rats really fall for the trick?

The next morning, Wu Cheng got up and went into the hall. He saw a large rat lying on the table, fast asleep and snoring. It seemed to have had a good time drinking.

Looking at the rat again, its two ears were golden and its head was white. Wasn't this the medicine-hunting rat?

Wu Cheng was overjoyed and immediately asked Jin Wanliang what to do next.

Jin Wanliang yawned: "Since you've been working so hard, I'll give you a new item. Look at the shop interface, there are pet collars for sale. Buy one and put it on this mouse, then name it, and it will be your pet."

"It's that simple?"

Wu Cheng was extremely excited and quickly checked the store interface. He actually found the pet collar, but the price of the pet collar shocked him.

A collar costs 100 gold coins?

This is way too expensive!

"Young man, you need to have a big picture perspective, meow. For 100 gold coins, you can get treasures far exceeding 100 gold coins. Not to mention anything else, this medicine-hunting rat itself is priceless."

That makes sense. Wu Cheng gritted his teeth and bought a pet collar, which he then put on the golden-eared mouse that was still snoring.

The ring automatically adjusts its size, and when it's placed on the mouse's head, it fits perfectly, neither too loose nor too tight.

"Now you need to name it, otherwise this loop won't be fully effective."

"Do you think it's better to name him Shuke, Beta, or Jerry?"

"A name is just a label; you can choose whatever you want," Jin Wanliang said, indicating he didn't care.

Let's call him Jerry then.

Wu Cheng made the decision on the spot.

With a thought, a golden light flashed on the little mouse's collar, revealing two Chinese characters: Jerry.

Wu Cheng was speechless. It was clearly a foreign name, but they insisted on writing it in Chinese characters, making it look awkward and out of place.

Jerry woke up at this moment. Although he was still unsteady on his feet, his mind was clearer. He felt the restraint on his neck and scratched at it with his short paws, trying to get it off. He looked a little ridiculous.

"Don't bother, you'll be my pet from now on," Wu Cheng said. "Your name is Jerry, and you'll come with me to help me find medicinal herbs."

“I won’t treat you unfairly either. Everyone has intelligence. I don’t want to use Pavlov’s methods on you. If you do well, you’ll naturally reap the rewards. If you don’t do well, I won’t have to discipline you.”

As Wu Cheng spoke, he took Jerry into the cat house.

Jin Wanliang stared at Jerry with shining eyes: "This rat is quite fat, and it smells like medicine. This cat has not eaten a rat in a long time..."

The moment Jerry saw Jin Wanliang, he was like a mouse seeing a cat—no, a real mouse seeing a cat. He sobered up instantly and trembled as he fled to a corner.

However, everything in the cat house was controlled by Jin Wanliang. Jin Wanliang didn't move, and wherever Jerry hid, things there would automatically lift up and expose Jerry.

Jerry ran for a while, but when he realized he couldn't escape, he stopped running, put his front paws together, and kept bowing and begging for mercy.

Jin Wanliang was finally satisfied: "You think you can escape my claws? You're really overestimating yourself, little mouse. You'll have your benefits if you follow me."

"Besides, now that you're wearing this pet collar and have entered the cat house, there's no way you can escape. You'd better obediently work for this great cat. If this great cat gets better, you'll also benefit."

"Squeak." Jerry quickly responded, indicating that it understood and was willing to carry out the command.

“Alright, now you can find the precious medicine in this old house,” Jin Wanliang said. “You don’t need to go out to look for it; just tell Wu Cheng where to look.”

Jerry nodded quickly. At that moment, the pet collar emitted a flashing red light, and Wu Cheng received a message in his mind, and then saw some images in front of him.

However, the image is presented from Jerry's perspective, and all the plants are either roots or table legs, chair legs, and the like.

Wu Cheng struggled to understand, but he finally figured it out: the precious medicine should be in the courtyard of the house.

The third courtyard of this house has two patios, one on the left and one on the right, with running water in between. Water represents wealth, so having running water in this house is actually quite significant, signifying a continuous flow of wealth.

There are some aquatic plants at the bottom of the water. These aquatic plants are all green, but there is a red one among them. This red aquatic plant is very beautiful and sways gently in the water.

So this thing is in the water. No wonder Jerry the medicine-hunting rat couldn't collect it even though he found it, which is why he kept lingering in this old house.

Upon seeing the red aquatic plants, Jin Wanliang exclaimed in admiration, "This is it! This must be red water lily. After eating it, one's swimming ability will greatly improve, and one can go to any river or sea, meow."

Jerry, standing nearby, chirped in agreement.

Wu Cheng, however, was thinking that he was unlikely to go to the vast ocean, so the red duckweed was of no use to him: "Master Meow, how many gold coins do you think this red duckweed is worth in exchange for?"