Chapter Eighteen: The Little Miser

  Watching Wang Long counting the money with his head down, I suddenly felt speechless. I thought to myself, it's just a few 100-yuan bills, do you have to count them three times? When this kid finally finished counting the money, he raised his head and said to me with a face full of affection: "Brother, actually I'm not greedy for this little money, I just want to help you out, afraid that you'll be embarrassed." After finishing speaking, he immediately put the money into his pocket with a happy face.

  Looking at his sly face, I really wanted to kick him with a Wang-style flying kick! In my heart, I cursed: "You son of a bitch, it seems your old man beat you too hard! This didn't make you stupid, but instead opened up your mind!" However, who made me have to ask for help from him? So in an instant, I put on a big smile, stretched out my thumb and gritted my teeth, saying: "Look at us brothers, we're really righteous!"

  The little guy finally felt satisfied, and then he leaned in close to my ear and quietly told me the hiding place of the remaining three people. After listening to him, I stared at him with a skeptical gaze. Not for anything else, because what he said was too absurd, if it were true as he said, those three little brats would really be hiding masters! The little guy saw that I doubted him and immediately became unhappy. He raised his neck and hummed: "Don't believe me? Anyway, I saw it with my own eyes." In an instant, a light bulb went off in my mind, and I grasped the point of doubt.

  I grabbed Wang Long's arm and sneered, "You little brat, you said you saw it with your own eyes? Then I'll ask you, where were the cats hiding in the yard's haystack? And how many were hiding in the house? Did you have X-ray vision?" I thought that after being caught lying, this kid would be flustered. But unexpectedly, not only was he not panicked, but he stared at me with a look of contempt for several seconds, as if looking at an idiot. This made my heart feel uncertain. For a moment, I even doubted whether I had gone crazy again?

  After a moment of silence, this kid actually imitated my manner. First, he sighed, then stretched out his right hand and patted my shoulder, saying: "Hey, do you think I'm willing to hide in the haystack every time? It's because every time I want to hide somewhere, it's been occupied by them. No way, I can only hide in the haystack, hey." After finishing speaking, he shook his head like an old man and walked away with his hands behind his back, swaying from side to side, towards the other captives.

  I'm speechless, I'm really speechless. How are kids raised these days? They're all so annoying! Wiping the stunned expression off my face, I headed towards those three earthen houses again. This time without any nonsense, I directly came to the second house. According to Wang Long's information, my sister Wang Feng was hiding in a broken cabinet inside this house.

  But last time I looked, the cabinet was empty. This time I opened the cabinet again and examined it carefully, damn it's still empty. I asked myself in front of the empty air in the cabinet: "Wang Can, are you really stupid?" Just as I was about to kick it to pieces, I suddenly thought of four words: "A good general never despises a trick!"

  As I thought of this, I suddenly came up with a plan. I knocked and pounded on the cabinet, and finally said to the empty cabinet: "Haha, so you're in here! Come out, don't hide!" As soon as I finished speaking, the wooden board at the bottom of the cabinet flipped over, and Wang Feng crawled out from inside like magic. Whoa, it turned out there was a hidden mechanism!

  When Wang Feng came out, he immediately said to me: "Brother, you're really amazing, how did you find me?" I pretended to be profound and smiled slightly: "Have you seen the magic of changing people in a magic show?" Without waiting for her reaction, I walked towards the third room. ?? Four small yin doors 18

  I came to the third room and pretended to look around. Since Wang Feng was by my side, I had to put on a show. After pretending to take a glance, I focused on the northwest corner of the beam according to the intelligence. The sun couldn't shine there, it was a bit dark. Normally you would glance over it, but this time I came prepared and took a closer look. At first, I didn't notice anything unusual, but as I looked more closely, I felt that there was indeed something in that corner!

  So I came under the house beam, and with a familiar trick, I shouted at the top: "Little boy, come down! You're climbing quite high!" This move really worked, and soon I saw a black shadow moving, and a little boy crawled out from under a piece of broken cloth. When I looked closely, that broken cloth was surprisingly close in color to the shadow, making it hard to spot from a distance. Watching the little boy climb down with agile movements, I was shocked in my heart: "The legendary ninja technique? Could you be the main character of that island country's anime, Naruto Uzumaki?"

  So, only one was left. I pretended to speak naturally and said: "The house and the yard have all been searched, it seems that only the ditch has not been looked at, let's go take a look." After finishing speaking, I didn't wait for the two of them to respond, I turned around and walked towards the river ditch. Wang Feng pulled my hand and jumped up and down, constantly praising me for being great.

  I had a triumphant smile on my face, but I was extremely frustrated in my heart. In my mind, I said: "Even if you kill me, I won't play hide-and-seek with you guys again. This is simply not fair and too humiliating!"

  I came to the edge of the ditch and pretended to turn around a few times. Then I continued to deceive, facing the ditch and saying: "Don't hide anymore, come out, I've found you." But after waiting for half a day, there was not a single movement.

  "Ah, I'm going! Good kid, your mental quality is quite strong! This trick didn't work! So, without saying another word, I went to the haystack and picked out a long and thick corn stalk. Holding it in my hand, I poked it into the mud. In my heart, I was angry and thought: You little devil, even if you're a yellow eel, you'll still have to turn over for me!"

  I kept poking around, and suddenly I felt a different sensation coming from the bottom. It was soft and still had some elasticity to it. I smiled to myself: "Hmph, little guy, not coming out, huh?" I didn't say anything, just continued poking at that spot back and forth.

  It lasted for only half a minute, and that kid couldn't take it anymore. He flipped over and jumped up from the pit, covering his butt with his hand, pointing at me and shouting: "You rascal!"

  I couldn't help but laugh and asked him: "How did I become a rascal?"

  "This little guy said: 'This hiding cat finds people just fine, who uses a stick to poke people?'"

  I chuckled and said: "At the beginning, no one said it was forbidden to poke people with sticks!"

  This kid made me so angry, you've been talking for half a day and still haven't gotten to the point. Later, everyone saw him covered in mud and burst out laughing. The kid wiped the mud off his face with his hand and said angrily: "Next time let's agree first, no playing around like this." After finishing speaking, he climbed up huffing and puffing.

  Just as this kid climbed up, I looked at his muddy body and suddenly thought of a movie I saw before, "First Blood"! There was a scene where Rambo was covered in mud hiding on the cliff, waiting for the enemy to pass by, then he suddenly slashed their necks!

  Thinking of this scene, I felt a chill down my spine and thought: "Damn it, looks like I'd better not mess with this kid in the future."

  Look at these several angry little rabbits around me, I smiled and said: "Alright, it's getting late. I'm also hungry, let's hurry back." But as soon as I finished speaking, these kids didn't cooperate anymore. They shouted loudly, wanting to play another round. I looked at this situation, oh no, what's going on? Are they rebelling? Revolting? How could you guys give me the opportunity to catch you again after I finally caught you? I smiled slightly, without making a sound! ?? Four Little Rascals 18

  They all say that girls are more sensible than boys from birth! With just one glance, Little Sister Wang Feng understood my intention. She hastily put her hands on her waist and said: "What's going on? Didn't you hear Brother say he's hungry? It's already this late, we should be eating dinner now! Hurry up, don't dawdle, after finishing dinner we'll continue the fight!" After saying that, she didn't bother with them anymore, pulled me and Wang Long and left.

  On the way back, Little Sister Wang Feng kept giving me and Wang Long a weird look. As the saying goes, "A thief's heart is not at peace", when we saw her expression, our hearts felt a bit uneasy, thinking to ourselves that it was probably this girl who had discovered something.

  No one dared to look at her, I and Wang Long pointed fingers at each other

  Surrounded by flowers and grass, the local customs and landscape, on one side they were chatting and laughing. They talked about everything, but didn't mention the matter of hiding the cat. As we approached the entrance to our home, this girl finally couldn't bear it anymore, she grabbed hold of us two and asked angrily: "Tell me, are you two playing tricks?"

  "What? How could I? Sister, you know me since I was a kid, I'm a straightforward person. Your brother is an honest and simple guy, how could I do that?" As he spoke, his voice cracked with tears, and to my surprise, this little brat actually looked wronged, pretending to wipe away tears.

  Wow, this kid is quite something! Not very old, but full of clever ideas! He's not only a cunning businessman, but also has the potential to be a movie star!

  I thought, why not, I'll join in too. So I quickly grabbed this little guy into my arms, rubbing his head, and gave Wang Feng a resentful look, saying: "Feng, what are you talking about? Your brother is such a sunny and excellent young man, can I be lazy with these kids? Look at you, you made Little Dragon cry, it's really... You know what they say, 'elbow out, fist in'? They're outsiders, we're family! Don't listen to their nonsense, they're just not convinced!" After finishing, I immediately comforted Wang Long with a brotherly demeanor.

  The two of us made a fuss, and my little sister was really confused. Seeing me like this, she felt that she was wrong too. Then I saw her awkward smile, and she quickly explained: "Brother, don't be angry, I didn't mean anything else, I just..."

  I waved my hand at her: "Feng, it's okay, I'm your brother, can I still pick on you? Isn't that right? It's nothing!" After finishing speaking, I stole a glance at Wang Long in my arms. This little guy was rubbing his eyes with one hand and staring at me with the other eye wide open, winking at me fiercely. My heart felt a thrill of delight, understanding what he meant - that I had acted well, and this little guy wasn't bad either!

  "Alright, let's just end this while we're ahead and not make a scene." I quickly yelled out loud: "I'm starving to death, brothers, bring it on!" As I spoke, Wang Long and I took off in a mad dash. Little sister was taken aback at first, but soon caught on to our antics. She stomped her foot and chased after us, laughing and shouting: "You two are such scoundrels, you're too evil! You actually teamed up to scam me!"

  After returning home, the adults had already cleaned up the old house. Although everything inside and outside was tidy, but I saw that their faces were not happy. In my heart, I thought: Don't ask, it must be that the legendary gold and silver treasures of the old master's family haven't been found!

  My stomach was too hungry, and the three of us exchanged a look, rushing into the kitchen to help serve dishes. Seeing that no one was paying attention to us, the three of us quickly picked up our favorite dishes and basically tasted every single one. As we were eating, I saw Wang Feng and Wang Long staring at me with their eyes wide open, twisting their necks. I thought to myself: What's wrong? Are they choking? Can't even eat in peace, what are they doing?! Without paying attention to them, I just grabbed a piece of braised pork belly and was about to put it in my mouth when a strong hand suddenly slapped onto my shoulder!

  I thought to myself who is this, and quickly turned around. Then I saw a pair of eyes with a hint of murderous intent, slightly angry, staring straight at me!

  Looking at my old man's eyes, I was so scared that I trembled. My old man looked at me and immediately sank his face, snatched the meat from my hand, threw it into his own mouth, and said angrily: "Wang Can, what good can I say about you? Your mother and I are starving at home, how come you don't understand?

  I was scared by my old man's sudden "tenderness", not for anything else, if the old man is happy, in public, he really gave me a few slaps, where can I put this old face of mine!

  I hastily piled up a face full of silly smiles, but before I could even open my mouth to speak, I felt a surge of murderous aura, which was rushing straight towards me! Unconsciously, my whole body trembled with fear, and I quickly turned around to seek help from Wang Feng and Wang Long. But when I looked again, damn it, there wasn't even half a shadow of a person there!

  I... damn it, at this critical moment, you can't rely on him! Isn't this just selling out your teammate? So I hurriedly put on a smile again, pretending to be wronged and said: "Dad, you don't know, your son has committed a crime today. Look at those little brats, they're too annoying. I'm not in a hurry to grab a few mouthfuls, recharge my energy, so we can continue fighting this afternoon?"

  As expected, my old man didn't buy my nonsense and slapped me twice on the butt. Then he hooked his arm around my shoulder and dragged me out while saying in a low voice: "Stop messing with me, you're being so unruly! This isn't at home, this is outside, you've already lost face for me!"