Chapter 9: The Little One

Animals that can read people and objects are actually very common. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

But it's not common for Jingri Lonely Ming to specifically mention this.

Although it may be a three-person tiger, there are still some expectations.

However, Jing Ri was not in a hurry, and walked to the innermost almost step by step, still implementing his unchanging leisurely principle for thousands of years, saying that businessmen have less time and a lot of time, in short, be patient.

Fortunately, Shi Yanwen is also a patient person, not to mention that there is nothing to rush, but the speed of Jingri Guming is too slow.

Slowly found an empty wooden stake to bolt the camel, slowly sighed the scorching sun and yellow sand, and slowly introduced some new and strange gadgets - such as jade carved with rare beasts, mellow and attractive wine, handmade clay ceramics, and weapons that are said to have been used by Shi Yanwen, a Confucian in the Central Plains, and so on.

Finally, I sat down slowly in a small tent full of wood carvings.

The posture can barely be considered chic.

But the location is not very suitable.

There are stalls on the left and right, and there is nothing behind them, and a good silk trench coat is very eye-catching in a group of linen grocery stalls with their backs against the low wall! Not a businessman, and different from a customer who is in a hurry to purchase, but like two tired tourists, what is there to see in this barren place where merchants are shopping?

Shi Yanwen was still in a trance when he sat down, there were people in front of him, and the beach owner on the side only showed a pair of eyes looking at them in surprise, and his dark brown eyes were full of astonishment.

But Shi Yanwen's mind was full of the so-called "weapons used by Shi Yanwen" - from folding fans to sledgehammers, and business was quite good, Shi Yanwen only felt embarrassed and couldn't cry or laugh, but he didn't notice the strange sight on the side.

But luckily it's a weapon, if it's something else, like shoes or clothes......

Shi Yanwen couldn't help but shudder, that picture was really terrifying to him.

Jing Ri Guming raised the brim of his hat slightly, and smiled with his eyebrows. The small trader he has seen a few times, taking advantage of the convenience of his own from the Central Plains, often get some "Central Plains specialties" to deceive everyone, when he first saw the stall "calligraphy and painting from the owner of Zhengqi Villa" and still have a side-eye, although at a glance he can see the picture of the vanity, the roughness of the brush is not as good as the wine flag and drum he painted at the age of seven.

But when I think about it, the serious owner should feel different.

"Alas......"

It's a dull breath, but it does seem complicated.

"Why is Yanyun sighing?" Jing Ri Gu Ming pretended to be puzzled, "But is there any inconsiderate hospitality below?" ”

Shi Yanwen sighed again, he now finally understood what Jingri Guming meant by what he said that day, "Mr. is insightful, he sees thousands of miles, and he naturally thinks about everything and everything." ”

Look at what is said, there is not a single word that is bad, and it really sounds like a boast.

Jingri Guming was extremely modest about this, "Eh, I'm just doing my best." ”

"That gentleman really worked hard."

"Where, it's just that the sun is like a sea of fire and clouds, the cold and weak in the lower body are still bearable, and the hot clouds are recovering from a serious illness, if you feel hot and depressed, say it bluntly, don't hold it in your heart!"

"......" Shi Yanwen turned his head sideways, his gaze fell on the rising arc of Jingri Guming's mouth impartially, and he was silent for a long time, then suddenly took out something from his arms and handed it to him, "Or?" ”

"......" There was a faint fragrance of osmanthus on the tip of his nose, and Jing Ri Guming looked at the thing in his hand and was speechless for a while, "...... How many did you bring? ”

"There are only five." Shi Yanwen was quite reluctant to take out another one, and opened Jingri Guming's hand cautiously, "Sir, use it slowly, be careful not to choke." ”

Jingri Guming took the pastry and silently suppressed the strange emotions in his heart: "...... Thank you. ”

In fact, there is no shortage of food in Moshi, for example, there is a small food stall in the corner of their right front that sells all kinds of dried fruits and bread, but it is far inferior to the pastries in their hands, no matter how you look at it.

Jing Ri Lonely decided to ignore it, at least not for now.

Shi Yanwen breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to take out another piece of pastry to eat by himself, but saw a black shadow rushing out of the sand with lightning speed, attacking the two of them.

The vendor on the side shivered inexplicably, looked around strangely, and continued to fiddle with his wood carving.

When the wind and sand dissipated, the small black shadow had disappeared, and there was nothing in the hand of Jingri Guming on the side, so he sighed regrettably, looked at Shi Yanwen and said, "...... It's a shame I haven't eaten yet. ”

Shi Yanwen reluctantly handed him another piece, "What was that just now?" ”

Jingri Guming frowned and thought for a while, "It seems to be ...... Mouse. ”

"Mouse?" He thought it was a bat, "so fast." ”

"It's still very agile."

"What a special rat ......"

"It's really rare," Jing Ri Guming ate, "If I don't let go just now, the little guy will probably bite my finger." ”

"It's not a small bold," it seems, his eyesight has indeed deteriorated a lot, "does the gentleman see what it looks like?" ”

"It's very cute, its back is brown and yellow, its belly is snow-white, its body is small, its tail is very long, and its eyes are ...... It's kind of like a girl. ”

Shi Yanwen smiled, "If the girl hears it, I'm afraid it will be troublesome again." ”

"Heh," Jingri Guming closed his eyes and said helplessly: "Even if you don't hear it, I'm afraid I can't tell you how to embarrass Liuli now." ”

While talking, he saw a lame businessman running over in a hurry, as if looking for something around, and when he saw Shi Yanwen and the two, he stopped and looked for it in the distance.

There are also a number of small cages tied with hemp rope on their backs, which are full of birds, young rabbits and other small animals.

Shi Yanwen suddenly had a flash of inspiration, raised his eyebrows and looked at Jingri Guming, the person obviously thought of going with him, he had to sigh, "It seems that we have no chance to meet this time." ”

It is recorded in the book that the meridian rat is born in the sea of sand, hides under the grass, walks at night, likes to be clean and lazy, and rarely hibernates.

But everything is born different.

The meridian rat that is active during the day is the same as the one that Jingri Guming inquired about before, it was originally raised by a widower, and it was forced to sell it because of its livelihood, it was smart and alert, and it was loved because of its ability to distinguish people and paths, and it was even rumored that it could shuttle through the depths of the ghost desert, but it ate too much. The owner changed a few, raised it for a few days to find a rarity, and it was usually useless, and he didn't want to waste food so he was resold again.

I can't afford to eat, so what do I do with a pet?

As for why no one has slaughtered him yet, I guess I think the price of selling it is much more than a few bones.

Why did you suddenly run out now?

"I'm hungry." Jing Ri said alone.

Shi Yanwen was stunned, and was about to take out the remaining pastries, but Jingri Guming pressed his shoulder, and pointed to the sand pile more than ten steps away with the other hand, "Tuojun Tianyun, we also met a 'waiting for the rabbit'." ”

Shi Yanwen followed his fingers and looked over, in the small sandbag arched, a pair of bean eyes were staring at Shi Yanwen intently, looked at it for a while, fanned his ears again, and slowly moved to Jingri Guming.

Stare still.

Shi Yanwen was feeling strange, the little guy jumped up suddenly, his little paws grabbed his fingers, his tail was dexterously wrapped around his fingers five or six times, and his sharp teeth flashed white light in the sun.

“……”

"It's amazing that a rat can jump so high."

"The teeth are pretty sharp, too."

"The eyes do look like a girl."

"Aren't you afraid that the girl will be angry?"

"I'm afraid, but sir," Shi Yanwen looked at the pain of its bared teeth, and the little guy's tail was straightened, and he really couldn't hold back, "its ears are about to break." ”

"Oh," Jingri Guming changed his hand and tail, and hung it, squinting his eyes and saying a threatening tone, "Ungrateful little thing, want to bite me?" ”

The little one seemed to be frightened, and suddenly stopped moving, his paws were shrunk, his beard hung down, his eyes were closed, and his mouth was wide open.

"......" Shi Yanwen was stunned for a moment, smiled dumbly, and touched Jingri Guming with his elbow, "This little guy is quite spiritual." ”

Jingri Guming glanced at him with a smile, Shi Yanwen's body moved forward slightly, his fingers kept poking the little mouse's fat belly, and his eyes shone like jewels, "Yanyun." ”

"Huh?" Shi Yanwen turned his head.

"Bring out another piece of pastry."

"Ah, I know." Shi Yanwen pinched a piece of the pastry and gave him a small piece, and kept a small piece for himself, "The little guy is a bit like the big man before, although he is a little fat, his movements are like lightning." ”

Jingri Guming shook his fingers and chuckled: "It's just not very good at pretending to be dead." "Huh."

But the little guy is quite firm, and the things in Shi Yanwen's hands are all around the side of his nose a few times, and at most he can only see it shaking its beard, looking like it can't move. Jing Ri Guming chuckled, put the thing directly in his mouth, and then withdrew his hand and stopped moving.

I thought that the food that came to my mouth should be enough to impress it, but it still didn't move, and the small piece of pastry was firmly embedded in it like two fangs, not advancing or retreating.

Shi Yanwen sighed at its persistence while poking its snow-white belly with pastries, "I really don't want to eat it, aren't you hungry...... Yes! ”

…… Looks like he's still hungry.

But it is also clear that it is really a very dangerous thing to relax your vigilance, before Shi Yanwen finished speaking, the little guy quickly bit the pastry in his hand, his face was swollen and swallowed very hard, and he continued to pretend to be dead at the end.

"Poof......

It's really undisguised, Shi Yanwen rubbed the small tooth marks on his fingers, looked at Jingri Guming with an innocent face, looked at the playful sigh on that face, and then looked at the other side and smiled, I don't know when a few familiar businessmen came over there.

There was more than one person laughing.

And some people are born to be noticeable.

Shi Yanwen is always polite in the face of strangers, and her soft smile will converge by three points, maintaining an approachable but not too close distance. The people around him seemed to have a good impression of him, and they smiled in return, and only the merchants waved at them before leaving.

"Squeak Squeak Squeak!!"

The grief and indignation of his voice can be described as piercing, as if the tail has been bitten off by a cat.

But there were no cats here, and no one bit its tail, just some people biting its food.

"......" Shi Yanwen turned around, but was speechless by the scene in front of him.

The little guy is also angry and rushes to the crown as rations, being carried upside down by his tail, his two little paws keep waving forward, trying his best to rescue the pastry that gradually disappeared in the hands of Jingri Guming, but the claws are too short and the strength is limited, and in the end he can only squeak and complain with his bean eyes.

At the same time, I also had to endure someone dangling in front of my eyes with a pastry the size of a last fingernail, this little thing was really very spiritual, Shi Yanwen secretly admired, and looked like she was about to cry with grievance.

It's unbearable to watch.

Jing Ri Guming couldn't bear it, so he still gave it his fingernails, and then stretched out his hand to Shi Yanwen, obviously asking him to contribute the last piece of dry food.

"......" Shi Yanwen gave him half of it, took the other half for herself, and said something in her mouth: "Little fat man, don't bite me this time, you see I gave you the last dry food." ”

Then he heard a muffled chuckle from the side.

"Don't worry," Jingri Guming changed his hand and carried the back of the little guy's head, in the same posture as carrying a cat, the little guy was quite adapted to this posture, and his tail quickly rolled up half of the pastry in his hand, and quickly gnawed it down little by little.

Jingri Guming looked at him, smiled slyly, and said casually: "If you have a little savings over the next few years, you will never let Yanyun go hungry until your family wealth is lost." ”

But when will the net worth of the former king of Beijing come to an end?

This can be discussed in advance.

The so-called eating people has a soft mouth, Shi Yanwen's ears were embarrassed, and he didn't have time to think deeply about the meaning of these words, so he reflexively said that he misunderstood, and said that Mr. said that there was no other meaning in laughing, and finally smiled so-so, and easily took it in a few words, so he buried his head in teasing the little guy to eat.

It can be seen that Shi Yanwen is not the only one who has relaxed his vigilance, Jingri Guming said smoothly, but the content of the joke made him feel inappropriate, smiled slightly, looked at the tail of the meridian rat wagging and suddenly said: "Call it a little fat man, how about it?" ”

Shi Yanwen touched its belly and nodded: "This name is a little too casual, but it is quite suitable for it." As he spoke, he fed it again.

"I've eaten nearly four pieces of osmanthus cake and I'm still not satisfied, and my appetite is really big."

"Well...... Why don't you change your name to Big Stomach? ”

"Huh."

Jing Ri Guming looked at Shi Yanwen, and brought the little guy closer to Shi Yanwen's direction, still talking and laughing freely, but when Shi Yanwen's hand approached, he suddenly moved away, and then took it closer after being secretly glanced at.

So.

Circulate.

Reciprocate.

Completely ignoring a certain one with red eyes.

Chirping! Creak!

"It's hungry."

"I see."

“…… Sir, it's going to bite. ”

"Then bite it."

"......" because it wasn't Mr. who bitten.

"It's impossible for Yan Yun to make the same mistake again, right?"

"Sir."

"Not to mention you're so smart."

"Mr. ......"

"Hungry?"

“…… Kindness. ”

"Sweet or spicy?"

“…… Don't be too sweet. ”

"Dried fruits and pastries?"

"I like them all."

……

They sat on the ancient road of the ruins of the Gobi Desert for several hours, their umbrellas stretched high, cloudless, and flying sand and gravel. Sitting on the ground and watching people come and go, eating unknown dried fruits that they bought, never seeing lame merchants again, occasionally gossiping about some inappropriate things, teasing uninvited little pets, just like two ordinary people.

Idle.

Laid back.

Let go of the regrets of life and forget the tactfulness of your heart.

That was the first time Shi Yanwen realized the value of retirement.

It is also the first time to relax after Jingri Lonely Ming went incognito.