The young scholar was hungry.
The steamed buns I had prepared were eaten by a little thief.
The little thief was caught and not only did he feel embarrassed, but he also rolled his eyes at him.
It's really arrogant.
The young scholar shook his head.
Have a meal first.
He was hungry.
After dinner, he went to his brother and sister-in-law to talk about the thief.
To avoid them from worrying about this matter.
...
The young scholar saw his brother and sister-in-law sitting in the yard.
"Brother, sister-in-law."
...
"younger brother?"
The woodcutter and the woman were both surprised.
As the exam approaches, my brother hasn't come out in the evening for a long time.
How today...
...
"Have I bothered you?"
Young scholar smiles.
...
The woman was suddenly a little embarrassed.
"What to bother?"
"No."
She hurriedly changed the subject, "How come you have time to come to the yard?"
"Has something happened?"
A little worried appeared on the woman's face.
...
The young scholar's eyebrows raised slightly.
What happened to you...
He nodded.
"I really encountered one thing."
...
"What?"
The woman was surprised.
She just asked casually.
.....
The woodcutter immediately stood up from the small stool.
"What's up?"
He looks like he wants to stand out for his younger brother at any time.
...
The young scholar smiled.
"I saw a thief who stole the steamed buns."
...
The completely unexpected words made the woodcutter and the woman stunned for a while before they reacted.
...
"What?!"
The woman exclaimed, "You, have you seen that little thief?"
Really?
She squatted for a few days, but the woodcutter came back with the dog and found no trace of the thief...
The young scholar actually said he saw it!?
.....
"What's going on?"
The woodcutter frowned.
"Has he gone to your house?"
"What did he do?"
"Are you injured?"
...
"No."
The young scholar shook his head.
"don’t worry."
The young scholar bent his mouth and said, "I'm fine."
"I came here to tell you about this."
"Sit down."
The young scholar brought a small stool from the side.
"This matter is a bit long..."
...
Why?
The woodcutter and the woman looked at each other.
Then, as my younger brother said, he sat down on the small stool.
Even after sitting down, their bodies leaned forward slightly.
He looked at the young scholar with a puzzled and curious look on his face.
...
The young scholar thought for a moment.
Then he opened his mouth and said slowly.
But at the beginning, a bomb was dropped.
“It’s not human.”
...
ah?
The woodcutter and the woman were stunned.
What, what?
He isn't a human?
Does that little thief do something...excessive?!
The woodcutter is about to get up again.
...
"Don't get me wrong."
The changes in the expressions of the woodcutter and the woman made the young scholars easily understand what they were thinking.
“I mean literally.”
The young scholar explained.
...
Literal meaning?
The woodcutter was stunned for a while before slowly sitting back to his seat.
Is it...what he understands what he means?
...
The woman was a little surprised.
Is what my brother said true?
No, not human?
Isn’t the little thief who steals steamed buns a human?
How could it be... not a human...
...
"right."
The young scholar stressed again.
"It means literally."
“It’s not human.”
"I don't know what it is..."
Speaking of this, the young scholar was still a little upset.
The dark little thief was right in front of him at that time. Because of the dim light, he couldn't see the other person's appearance clearly.
...
"you do not know?"
The woman was surprised again.
What exactly is that?
My brother doesn't know?
...
The woodcutter was also a little surprised.
My younger brother read a lot of books.
Know more than them.
This seemed to be the first time he heard his younger brother say he didn't know...
...
"Um."
The young scholar smiled bitterly.
"It's about this size..."
The young scholar reached out to gesture.
"I'm so dark all over."
"In addition, the light in the room was very dark at that time. I just finished reading a book and didn't have time to light the oil lamp..."
“It just came out.”
"I'm worried that if I make big moves, I'll scare it away..."
Too cautious caused him to "stay away from moving forward".
As a result, the little thief ran away, and his oil lamp was not lit.
...
"…I thought it was a mouse at first sight."
"I knew it wasn't the second time."
The young scholar shook his head.
"It doesn't have a long tail like a mouse."
"I want to see what it looks like,"
"But I can't see clearly..."
The young scholar smiled bitterly.
I probably read too many books.
His eyes are not very good.
If it were the brother, he would have been able to see the dark little thief clearly in such an environment.
...
The woodcutter and the woman were a little stunned.
“…I always thought…”
The woman was a little moved and a little surprised, "The little thief who has been stealing steamed buns these days..."
"It's not a human."
"No wonder..."
The woman suddenly realized.
"No wonder your brother and I can't find it."
"The dog didn't notice it either."
"No."
The woman shook her head.
"Even if the dog finds it, he won't bark."
The woman reached out and rubbed the head of the big dog close to her.
"It's like if we didn't see it eating steamed buns with our own eyes..."
I'm afraid I wouldn't know that the little thief who stole the steamed buns was under their noses.
...
Alas, speaking of this...
The woman looked at the young scholar, "Did you see it stealing steamed buns?"
Otherwise, why would it be the little thief who stole the steamed buns?
...
The young scholar nodded.
"I caught someone right."
Thinking of the scene at that time, a smile couldn't help but pass through the young scholar's eyes.
The small body was almost blocked by the big white buns.
So when I saw such a big steamed bun disappearing quickly in the other person's mouth, the impact was still a bit strong.
He was really a little stunned at that time.
I even had a moment of worrying that the other party's mouth would not break because it was opened too wide, right?
...
"I feel..."
The young scholar thoughtful
I didn't notice it at that time, but now I recall it...
"It saw me and saw it...it seemed to be stunned for a moment?"
"For so many days, it has been coming and going freely, and no one has discovered it."
"I was also surprised to see it?"
...
The woman couldn't help but smile.
"How can you be so smart..."
It's just an instinctive reaction from animals when they see humans.
...
"I feel it's smart."
The young scholar bent his mouth.
"Otherwise, how would you know how to steal steamed buns?"
"I'll catch our family..."
...
The woman smiled again.
"Maybe because there is only one family nearby?"
I know that the little thief who stole steamed buns these days was not a human, but a small animal...
Chapter completed!