Chapter 21: Seeing Old Doctor Chen Again (Please collect and follow up)

That night, Lu Qing slept particularly soundly, without even dreaming.

Xiao Yan also didn’t wake up in the middle of the night as usual, crying for him to comfort her.

The two siblings both had a good night’s sleep.

In fact, Lu Qing slept so deeply that it was Xiao Yan who woke him up in the morning.

Sleepily, he helped Xiao Yan put on her outer clothes, brushed her teeth and washed her face, and casually tied her hair into two small buns. Only then did Lu Qing begin to wash up himself.

Brushing his teeth listlessly with a willow twig brush, Lu Qing’s gaze was unfocused, randomly falling on the house.

After brushing for a while, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and his eyes gradually focused.

He walked forward and looked at the two empty bamboo rings on the bamboo pole, his eyes gradually widening.

Good heavens, which unscrupulous fellow stole his two large pieces of fish meat?

Someone from the village?
This thought first occurred to Lu Qing.

But he quickly dismissed it.

Although the people in the village were not wealthy now, no one was so poor that they had to steal two pieces of fish meat.

Yesterday, when he wanted to treat everyone to fish, they all refused.

And if they really wanted to steal, wouldn’t it be better to take everything? Why only steal two pieces?

More importantly, he found that there were still some fish meat residues on the two bamboo rings.

It was obvious that the two pieces of fish meat had been forcibly torn off.

What kind of thief would make such a big commotion when stealing things, as if they were not afraid of waking people up?

Unfortunately, he had slept too soundly last night and didn’t notice the commotion outside the house.

Lu Qing carefully searched the vicinity and finally found several mud prints shaped like plum blossoms on the wall.

Each print also had several small holes.

He also found some similar prints on the ground.

He quietly looked at these mud prints.

Soon, he saw a faint white light emerge from them.

White light?
Lu Qing was slightly surprised.

He quickly looked at the two lines of text that appeared.

[Muddy Paw Prints: Judging by their shape, they seem to be the paw prints of some mysterious small beast.]

[Looking at the small holes in the paw prints, this is a fellow with sharp claws.]

Looking at the description of the two lines of text, a scene instantly appeared in Lu Qing’s mind.

A mysterious and agile unknown small beast pushed off with its feet, used the wall for leverage, pounced on the fish meat on the bamboo pole, and forcibly tore it off.

What could it be, a cat?
By the way, are there cats in this world?
A question arose in Lu Qing’s mind.

In any case, he had never seen anyone in the village raising a cat.

However, since it was confirmed that it wasn’t a person who stole the things, then it was fine.

Lu Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

If it was a villager who stole things, it would not be good news for him.

Fortunately, it was just a wild animal. Judging by its paw prints, its size was not large.

The village he was in was not far from the mountains behind it. It was very normal for wild animals to occasionally run down.

However, it seemed that he had to be more careful about closing the doors and windows when he slept in the future.

Otherwise, if some wild animal sneaked in in the middle of the night and hurt Xiao Yan, it would be bad.

After figuring out what was going on, Lu Qing didn’t care much anymore.

The key was that he couldn’t compete with a wild animal. He could only put things away after dark in the future.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing suddenly remembered something, his eyes widened, and he quickly ran to the kitchen.

After a while, he walked out with a look of relief.

Fortunately, last night he had kept the Red Moon Carp in a wooden basin and put it in the kitchen.

To prevent the fish from jumping out, he had also covered the wooden basin tightly with a wooden board and a stone.

Otherwise, it would be hard to guarantee that it wouldn’t be snatched away by that wild beast.

After this interlude, Lu Qing was completely awake.

He didn’t tell Xiao Yan about this matter. He just went to make breakfast. After the two siblings ate, he carried the Red Moon Carp in a wooden bucket and walked towards the small hill where Old Doctor Chen lived.

This time, when he went to Old Doctor Chen’s place, Lu Qing deliberately delayed for a while before going.

Because he was afraid that if he went too early and ran into the old doctor practicing boxing again, he would not be able to resist using his special ability to simulate the other’s cultivation method.

The old doctor was so good to him and his sister, he couldn’t do such ungrateful things.

So he simply eliminated this possibility and also avoided testing his own moral bottom line.

Lu Qing’s strategy was very effective.

When he and Xiao Yan arrived at the small courtyard halfway up the mountain, they happened to see Old Doctor Chen slowly finishing his movements, obviously having just finished practicing his boxing.

“Grandpa Chen, we’ve come to see you!”

Xiao Yan was very happy to see the old doctor and ran forward.

“Oh, Xiao Yan is here!”

Seeing Xiao Yan run over, Old Doctor Chen picked her up, his old face smiling like a chrysanthemum.

“Good morning, Grandpa Chen.” Lu Qing also stepped forward to greet him.

“You’re here. Why are you later than last time?” Old Doctor Chen asked.

“Because brother overslept!” Xiao Yan giggled. “He was woken up by me this morning!”

Lu Qing’s face turned a little red, “I went to the river to fish for a whole morning yesterday and was a little tired, so I slept a little more soundly.”

“It’s good to sleep more,” Old Doctor Chen nodded. “You are at the age of growing, so adequate rest is necessary.”

The old doctor looked at Lu Qing and Xiao Yan’s complexions, which were much better than a few days ago.

Knowing that they had been doing well these past few days, he was also quite satisfied.

“Grandpa Chen, yesterday my brother and I went fishing, and my brother caught a very, very big fish!”

At this time, Xiao Yan began to show off to the old doctor.

“Oh, how big was it?” Old Doctor Chen smiled.

“Very, very big, as big as me!” The little girl gestured vigorously.

“That big?” Old Doctor Chen was a little surprised now.

He had thought that the big fish Xiao Yan was talking about was at most two or three catties. If it was really as she said, it would be far more than that.

“Mhm, mhm, not only is that big fish delicious, but it also has very beautiful stones on its body. My brother made it into a pendant and gave it to me. Grandpa Chen, look, this is it. Isn’t it beautiful?”

Xiao Yan pulled out the fish stone pendant from her neck and showed it to Old Doctor Chen.

“This is… a Green Armored Fish Stone?”

The old doctor was even more surprised when he saw the appearance of the pendant on Xiao Yan’s neck.

Hearing his words, Lu Qing’s heart moved.

He also pretended to be surprised, “Grandpa Chen, do you know what this stone is?”

“What, you don’t know?”

“I don’t know,” Lu Qing shook his head. “I found this stone in its throat when I was killing that big fish. I thought it was beautiful, so I made it into a pendant for Xiao Yan to wear.”

“Then your luck is not bad. This fish stone is also a rare thing, and you actually came across it.”

Old Doctor Chen picked up the pendant and examined it.

“The big fish you caught should be a Green Armored Fish, and it’s an old fish that has grown for quite a long time.”

“Otherwise, it wouldn’t be able to produce a fish stone of such good quality.”

“Once this Green Armored Fish Stone is jade-like, it will have a rather magical function. It can calm the mind and spirit. At the same time, it is also a rare medicinal material. Its powder taken with water can calm a child’s fright.”

“By the way, where did you catch this Green Armored Fish?”

(End of this chapter)