Behind the group of cats, in the open space not far away.
Originally there were only five little mice huddled in a ball, shivering.
Now, the place is densely packed with rodents with pointed heads, round ears, and gray skin and long tails.
Every two formed a pair, with their tails tied and their heads pointing in the same direction, neatly placed on the ground, like radishes sold by a vegetable stall owner in the morning market. But they were different from the five previous ones that were still trembling.
Different, each of these new mice had their eyes tightly closed and remained motionless.
If their nostrils were not twitching slightly and the beards at the corners of their mouths were shaking from time to time, proving that they were still alive, then this scene would be very similar to the horrific events that happened in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
"The quality of this batch of goods is a bit poor." Dr. Xiao Da held his notebook and squatted in front of the pile of mice. From time to time, he flicked the feathers of the quill in his hand to look at the teeth and tails of the mice, and then wrote in his notebook
Write and draw in a black notebook.
"That's enough...the mice in the school are almost extinct by them. I think it's very difficult to get enough of these things." The black cat walked around the pile of mice, pacing unhurriedly and nonchalantly.
Said: "In fact, even if there are extra cages in the store, my cat colony cannot provide more mice... Unless you are willing to replace them with squirrels or hamsters, there are still a lot of those little things."
Squirrels or hamsters will definitely not work, and Xiao Xiao knows this very well.
The store that the Forgiveness Hunting Team plans to open on the pedestrian street is not a pet store. According to Zheng Qing’s opinions at the previous plenary meeting of the Knights, the store they open should belong to the tertiary industry. This point has been revealed from their many times.
This can be seen in the store name that was finalized after the club's plenary meeting.
The full name of the new store they plan to open is 'Ding-Ding-Finance-and-Kill-Kill-Bug-Co., Ltd', or 'D&K' for short, which means 'Ding Ding Finance and Pesticide Co., Ltd.'——Ding
"Ding" is similar to the sound made when jade coins fall into a bag, so the use of this onomatopoeia to name the game was unanimously approved by all members of Yuzui; and the concept of "killing insects" comes from a series of tasks recently arranged by the school.
Due to the early return of silence this year, the entire ecological chain on Phuket Island has undergone certain changes. The most direct impact is that more and more "troublesome creatures" appear on campus - including swarms of
Corpse-eating beetles, as well as rats, eight-eyed spiders, five-legged monsters, red chain snakes, etc. that live on corpse-eating beetles.
As the core of the magical world, First University will naturally not allow these dirty little bugs to wreak havoc in its own backyard. Therefore, the school has issued a series of tasks, requiring all colleges and research institutes to clean up these 'bugs' as soon as possible
.
Of course, it is impossible for professors to catch mice, and there is no such way to relieve one's dignity; and in addition to their respective tasks, school administrators have more and more important things to do. The heads of several colleges
After a brief discussion during the private meeting, these little troubles were left to the energetic young wizards in the school.
It is also known as ‘practical training’.
Zheng Qing deeply doubted whether catching mice or corpse-eating beetles could serve as exercise. However, given that this task related to 10% of their tutor evaluation at the end of the semester, few people dared to do it here.
Be careless about things.
Just because you can't handle errands doesn't mean you can't be lazy.
It is the same even in the magical world - rules are dead, but people are alive - rich students pay others to help catch bugs, mice, red chain snakes, spiders and other small animals; students who have no money but study well
, and will also obtain enough prey in exchange for tutoring homework, copying notes, etc.
Only those students who do not study well, have poor family backgrounds, and have average popularity have to work hard every week in dark corners such as bushes and ditches to catch those seemingly endless bugs.
The wizards of the Knights of Forgiveness naturally do not belong to the last category of students - although they do not have much capital, and not everyone has good academic performance, they cannot bear to have a cheating captain.
Ever since Zheng Qing gathered a group of cat boys, the task assigned by Lao Yao to catch a hundred mice every week has become like a game to him. He only needs to pick a leisurely day, change his appearance after dinner, and go to the woods.
Say hello, and the group of big and small hairballs will obediently serve fat mice one by one.
In the first few days, Zheng Qing was still very picky.
He doesn't want mice with bald fur, little mice that are less than one month old, pregnant female mice, or mice with mutilated limbs and bitten tails - he only wants mice with shiny fur and strong bodies.
If you hand this kind of rat in hand, you will naturally gain more respect than other people's rats.
Soon, other members of the Knights of Forgiveness learned about Zheng Qing's trick - including Xiao Xiao, Zhang Jixin and other members of the Knights' Jiuyou Academy, they all asked their captains to treat everyone equally and help them catch mice.
Zheng Qing naturally patted his chest and agreed.
For him, this is not a difficult task, it is just a matter of giving more instructions to the cat boys.
As the saying goes, food and clothing make you think first. To sublimate this sentence, it can be understood according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory that after physiological and safety needs are met, people will pursue social, respect and self-needs.
In other words, since catching mice is not a difficult task for Zheng Qing, can they make full use of this 'excess production capacity' to create higher benefits? Whether it is exchanging excess mice for money, or deepening their
The relationship with other students in the class is much more cost-effective than releasing unwanted rats into the wild.
The first person to put forward relevant ideas was not Zheng Qing, Xiao Xiao, or Elder Zhang who came from a noble family, but the little wizard Lin Guo who had eaten hundreds of meals in Beta Town since he was a child.
"Aren't we going to open a store in Beta Town? Don't we have ready-made flagship products?!" During a plenary meeting to discuss the name of the new store, the little wizard suddenly turned aside and changed the topic of the meeting to future prospects.
What kind of business to do after the store opens is a headache for everyone. Admittedly, Zheng Qing’s initial idea was just to find a more spacious and comfortable gathering place for the Knights of Forgiveness outside the school, just like the Alpha Academy.
It's the same as those societies. As for what kind of business he will do after opening the store, according to his idea, he will do whatever he can. Anyway, it is a part-time job, and not having to worry is the first priority among all requirements.
"We can't occupy such a good place, but only sell some old books, notes, and inefficient magic potions... Of course, I'm not saying that Captain, your talismans are bad, but no matter how good your talisman is, it can't be compared to Green Grocery Store
Can we wholesale a large amount of money here? Can we sell illegal talismans secretly like Wandering Bar?"
"Comparative advantage, comparative advantage... Without comparison, there is no advantage."
"Since it's easy for you, Captain, to catch mice, that's naturally our biggest advantage!"