There had been no one living there for nearly a month. The courtyard was covered with dead branches, and the tables, chairs and benches were covered with a thin layer of dust.

Mrs. Miao specially boiled a pot of hot water and scrubbed it inside and out. Dabao and Erbao were not idle either, cleaning the yard with a broom, gathering dry branches together and taking them to the stove to put firewood.

Originally, Qin Xiaoxiao took out a rag and prepared to wipe the dust off the door panel, but her grandmother and two cousins ​​unanimously "disliked" her and sent her to a corner to feed the two geese that were guarding the door.

It was not convenient to take the two geese back home a year ago, so Lin Qiuniang entrusted them to her close neighbor.

The neighbor was very reliable. He came over every morning and evening to feed and water the geese, which made them grow stronger and flap their wings and run faster.

At this time, two big geese stretched their necks and followed Qin Xiaoxiao's butt, happily pecking at the cabbage leaves in her hand.

"Quack-quack--" One of the big geese was impatient and couldn't grab the other one. It squawked and pecked Qin Xiaoxiao's belly, as if urging her to feed her faster, and it would be best to get more.

vegetable leaves.

Qin Xiaoxiao was pecked, and she couldn't help but clasp her arms and hide away: "Oh, there are many more, please don't peck me~"

The goose didn't understand her words and pecked her belly twice more.

Fortunately, she wore thick clothes, otherwise the goose would have left peck marks on her tender belly even if it didn't use any force.

"Give it to you, give it all to you!" Qin Xiaoxiao was so frightened that she threw all the vegetable leaves out. Just as she turned around and walked into the vegetable garden to pick some more vegetable leaves to feed them, she heard a sound coming from the door of the courtyard.

cat meow.

She looked over subconsciously, and the next moment she shouted in surprise: "Shameless!"

"Meow~" Lai Pi heard her call and ran over. After running for only two steps, he suddenly turned back, as if he was holding something in his mouth.

Qin Xiaoxiao was extremely puzzled. Just as she was about to step forward to see what was going on, she ran towards her quickly with something in her mouth.

The little girl looked carefully and exclaimed: "Rat, what a big rat! Shameless, you are so powerful!"

Mrs. Miao was cleaning the table in the main room. When she heard the word "rat", she was so surprised that she grabbed the rag and ran into the yard. She shouted with an extremely nervous expression: "Rat, where is the mouse?"

Dabao Erbao didn't notice Mr. Miao's exaggerated reaction, pointed at the deadbeat and said in unison: "Over there!"

Mrs. Miao looked along and saw the scene of a big rat being put at the feet of her little granddaughter. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She quickly stepped forward and pulled the person away: "Don't touch it, don't touch it. This thing is very poisonous."

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Thinking of what the old man said in private the night before, she stared at the big rat that had been bitten to death with even more horror, as if looking at a savage beast, wanting to kick it to the horizon.

"Grandma, don't be afraid. Big rats are dead and won't bite!" Qin Xiaoxiao thought that Mrs. Miao was worried that she would be bitten by rats, so she consoled her sensibly: "Before, the scoundrel caught many dead rats in his mouth.

Come to bed, I’m fine!”

Mrs. Miao looked bitter, touched her little granddaughter's head and warned: "Dead rats are also poisonous. You must not touch them. If you accidentally touch them, you must tell grandma."

Qin Xiaoxiao saw that she was so scared and quickly responded: "I know, grandma!"

Mrs. Miao felt more relieved and warned Dabao and Dabao with a serious face: "The same goes for you, if you see a mouse, don't hit it, otherwise it will be bad if it bites you!"

Who knows if all the rats in this city are infected with the disease?
Chapter completed!