The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s

The next day.

Xiu Xi left the house early again, and when he returned at noon, he had two more bamboo rats in his hands. Bamboo rats are unlike common rats; they are fat and their meat is delicious, with the larger ones weighing several pounds.

Yesterday, Xiu Xi brought back pheasants and many people from the team saw it. Today, he brought back two bamboo rats, which drew even more attention.

Some, envious, stopped him to ask, "Xiu Xi, did you really just find these bamboo rats on the back mountain?"

Yesterday Xiu Xi had come back with two pheasants, and the day before with a roe deer. Everyone was curious about how he had gotten them, so some went to ask Liu Mei. Liu Mei, in a good mood after eating the pheasant, said that Xiu Xi had found them in the mountains.

Naturally, others didn’t believe this. Where could one just ’find’ so many pheasants and wild chickens these days?

Liu Mei herself didn’t believe it either, but she didn’t care how the meat came to be—as long as there was something to eat. She made up an excuse, saying that Xiu Xi had found them in the mountains.

Now, seeing Xiu Xi with bamboo rats, they naturally wanted to ask. If they really were just found, they too wanted to try their luck, even though there had been an incident in that area only a few days before.