loyal dog becomes cat

Although Liu Xiaodong loves to ignore others and is arrogant, he obeys Ma Ke's words, and only he follows his lead. This time, he heard that his master gave him a death mission, no matter how reluctant he was, he dared not disobey his orders. After turning around twice, he went out to catch mice with a sad face.

Ma Ke sat at the table with his head propped up and continued to think hard, his dark eyeballs circled N circles around his sockets, and finally stopped in front of the bookshelf.

This young master Ma Ke has no other hobbies, but he likes to collect some miscellaneous books, many of which are orphans. Ma Ke went to the bookshelf and picked out a book and flipped through it. It's quite delicate, and some of them are erotic pictures.

It seems that H comics are very popular no matter what era, Ma Ke sighed, if he knew that he would time travel, he would not study psychology, but learn Chinese painting or something, and he can support his family just by painting erotic pictures.

Putting the miscellaneous books back, Ma Ke took out another policy theory. Chizhang Kingdom also had an imperial examination system. Master Ma had been a businessman all his life, and he still wanted his son to be an official, so he had always hired a tutor for Ma Ke. After restoring the status of a man, he can obtain a meritorious title.

Now that Ma Ke has become Ma Ke, he has no interest in politics at all, perhaps because he knew too much about negative official news in modern times, and he has always kept politics at a distance, so after graduating with a master's degree, he would rather start a business with difficulty than take the civil service exam. Going back to ancient times now, it is even more impossible to become an official. The officialdom in ancient times is probably darker than modern ones. Unspoken rules must be indispensable, so let's save it.

After making up his mind, Ma Ke spent half a day sorting all the books on the bookshelf into categories. Except for some useful reference books and rare books with collection value, he picked out all the others and found some books in the suitcase. The furoshiki was wrapped, and then a catalog was made, and I planned to ask someone to take it to the city another day, find a bookstore to sell it, and exchange it for cash to subsidize the family.

Before dinner, Huajian came back with a bamboo basket, put two servings of tofu in front of Ma Ke, and said, "Brother, this is what I bought from Deng Liuniang's tofu stall, one soft tofu and one old tofu, you How do you want to eat? I'll make it for you tonight."

Ma Ke picked up the plate and looked at it, only to see that the tofu was soft and rough, which was obviously brine. The tofu made by the soymilk machine is far worse than the tofu you order yourself.

Ma Ke was concerned, wiped his hands, and said, "Hua Jian, please invite someone to come tomorrow and take the books I packed to Huanzhou City, find a bookstore to sell them, and exchange them for cash." , buy a stone mill by the way."

"Ah?" Hua was stunned. Her young master used to be the most precious person with such books. Anyone who dared to move would lose her temper. Once she accidentally spilled tea and was punished to kneel for a whole day and night.

"I'm an adult now, and I have to support my family and work in the future, so I don't have time to read those idle books." Ma Ke said, "Besides, many of the books there are orphans, which are quite valuable, and we can buy more if they sell enough. something."

Huajian opened her mouth and was stunned for a long time before she said, "Yes."

For dinner, Huajian made a home-cooked stew with old tofu and soup with tender tofu. Although the taste of both kinds of tofu was very ordinary, the family enjoyed it and enjoyed it very much.

While drinking the soup, Mrs. Ma suddenly asked Ma Ke, "Ah Ke, Hua Jian said that you are going to sell all the books at home?"

"Not all of them are sold, but some of them are kept." Ma Ke said, "The ones to be sold are all miscellaneous books and some scientific research strategies."

"Oh..." Mrs. Ma thought for a while holding the spoon, and said, "Then are you planning to take the provincial examination?"

"Women are not allowed to take part in the provincial examination. My current status is inconvenient, and I will be old when I get older." Ma Ke was afraid that Madam Ma would not be able to accept it, or that he would give up on himself and break the pot, so he explained in detail, "I don't remember anything now. Besides, I don’t have any background background, even if I have passed the provincial and general examinations and won the fame, it is still difficult to become an official, so it’s better to face the reality, plant a good land, do business, and be like my father.”

Mrs. Ma remained silent, staring blankly at the soup bowl in front of her. Ma Ke thought she couldn't think about it, and persuaded: "But mother, don't be disappointed. Everyone has their own ambitions. If my son and grandson are interested in official careers in the future, I will definitely Well cultivated."

A smile appeared on the corner of Madam Ma's mouth, she nodded and said: "Ake, you are right, everyone has his own ambitions, although people say that 'everything is inferior, only studies are high', but my mother doesn't think so, as long as you live your life, you can be worthy of the world Conscience, it’s the same no matter what you do.”

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Ma, an old lady in feudal society, could have such high knowledge and open-mindedness. Ma Ke couldn't help but respect her, put down his chopsticks and said sincerely: "Mother, it's good if you can understand me, I will definitely not let you understand me." You are disappointed."

Mrs. Ma nodded slightly, stretched out her hand to caress Ma Ke's hair, and sighed in a low voice: "The Bodhisattva has manifested, my master and I have been chanting Buddha all our lives, and finally we have a good son back."

In ancient times, there was not much activity at night. After dinner, Ma Ke wandered around the yard, cleared up his food, and returned to his room after washing up.

In order to save lamp oil, he didn't turn on the lamp. He took off his beige skirt in the dark, got into bed, and carefully calculated with his hands on the pillow.

I'm not in good health, I can't go far now, and I'm in a hurry to spend money. Tomorrow, I have to ask Hua Jian to hire a reliable person to sell books in the city. It's best to buy a stone mill when it's sold out. If possible, I can buy it again. The donkey is ready, so I don’t need to push the mill. I guess this small body is not very useful now, but I don’t know how much a donkey costs.

There will be a market in two days, so I have to go to the market with Huajian to see if there is any good gypsum powder for sale. Deng Liuniang’s tofu is made in brine, and the yield is low. The soy milk is wasted, and the quality of the tofu is not good. If I use plaster, it will definitely sell better than hers.

It’s not enough to just sell tofu. The products need to be diversified. It’s better to sell dried tofu skin, but tofu skin is too difficult to make. Can be made into yuba.

Ma Ke was thinking about the drowsiness, and before going to sleep, he always felt that there was something missing. After thinking for a long time, he realized that Liu Xiaodong was not around, and the little guy would already be sleeping in his arms at this moment.

Maybe he went out to hunt mice, Marko thought, this is a good thing, a cat that has no knowledge and skills is not a good cat...

With a loving father's heart, Ma Ke fell into a deep sleep, and Liu Xiaodong, who was squatting in the corner of the firewood room, sneezed, his two black crystal eyes fixed on the mouse hole not far away, incomparably He squatted down resentfully, hoping to live up to Mako's high expectations tonight, so that he caught a mouse.

Thinking of the word "rat", Liu Xiaodong couldn't help but vomit again, heck, it's so disgusting...

It rained for several days, and the business of selling books never took place. Ma Ke had nothing to do, so he found a few pieces of wood and started to make tofu molds. He planed and peeled with a carving knife every day. I just do a few push-ups and pull-ups, and my life is peaceful.

The kitten Liu Xiaodong finally caught the first mouse in his life after three nights of busy work. It was quite fat and weighed half a catty. This morning, he endured the nausea and brought it to Ma Ke's feet, with a bitter face." "Meow meow", as if asking for credit.

Ma Ke didn't expect that it could catch such a big mouse with a small kitten without the help of a big cat. He was very pleased at the moment, patted its head and said, "Good boy."

Liu Xiaodong was very proud. He stuck out his pink and tender tongue and licked Ma Ke's hand, walked around the dead mouse three times, squatted beside it and meowed a few times, looking at Ma Ke's bed while he was screaming.

Ma Ke knew that it was thinking about his words, so he scratched its soft fur and said, "Okay, you can come back to sleep tonight."

With tears in his eyes, Liu Xiaodong lay on the ground and wagged his tail at Ma Ke, like a dog. Ma Ke thought it was funny, but also a little moved, as if the parents finally saw their child's future, paused, and said: "Okay!" Lah, the mouse is yours, go and eat it."

"!" Liu Xiaodong was stunned as if struck by lightning, and stared at Ma Ke stiffly. It took him a while to come back to his senses. He looked down at the mouse, and then up at the owner, with extremely desperate eyes.

"Eat." Ma Ke urged it with good intentions. Seeing that it didn't eat, he felt that the child was quite filial, and said with a smile, "Eat, cats only eat mice, so don't keep them for me."

Liu Xiaodong shook his beard, helplessly lowered his head and grabbed the mouse's tail, bit it with disgust, and vomited twice as soon as he swallowed it.

"What's the matter? Don't you like it?" Ma Ke looked at it puzzled, thinking that this cat is really strange, and it doesn't even like eating mice?

But after thinking about it, I’m right, cats now eat cat food, I’m afraid they can’t get used to raw meat for a long time, and it’s hard to let them eat mice, and besides, it sleeps with me every day, it’s really a mouthful Dead mouse, lick me again when you're done, it's really disgusting.

"It's fine if you don't eat it, just eat with me." Ma Ke held the tail and threw the dead mouse into the trash basket outside. Liu Xiaodong walked around Ma Ke's feet several times as if released, "Meow meow "Called, very happy.

Ma Ke washed his hands, and then gave Liu Xiaodong a good scrub with a wet towel. Although the kitten is afraid of water, he also knows that the owner will not let him go to bed until he washes himself, so he obediently supported the whole process.

After taking a bath, Ma Ke rubbed his teeth with a willow stick dipped in salt. Liu Xiaodong was salty and bitter. He vomited for a long time before he recovered, and squatted on the stool to lick all the semi-wet fur. , just waiting to share the bed with the master at night.

At dinner, Ma Ke put some noodles in Liu Xiaodong's food plate, unexpectedly Liu Xiaodong vomited after taking two bites, and couldn't eat any more.

"What's the matter with you?" Mako asked it while touching his head, "Didn't you have it? Why are you still vomiting?"

Liu Xiaodong gave him a weak look, lying on his stomach with his head resting on his front paws. Ma Ke thought it had a bad stomach, so he hugged it belly up on his knees and rubbed it lightly to digest.

Liu Xiaodong lay softly on his lap, whimpering and coquettish, and fell asleep after a while. Ma Ke reluctantly carried it back to the room and put it on the bed. Looking at its sleepy sleeping face, he expected it In the past two days, he probably didn't sleep well for catching mice. He thought to himself that this child is really obedient. Although he doesn't eat mice, he is still a good cat.

For the next few days, Liu Xiaodong vomited so much that he couldn't eat. After thinking about it for a long time, Ma Ke finally realized that it wasn't a bad stomach, but anorexia caused by eating rats.

I have never seen a cat that was so disgusted by mice that it became anorexic. Ma Ke was speechless, and never planned to let Liu Xiaodong catch mice again.

God created man for a reason, and cats are the same, maybe Liu Xiaodong has something better than cats in other aspects, but the time has not come, and it hasn't been shown, Ma Ke comforted himself like this.