Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 153 Fat Rat

However, to his utter surprise, what the person on the other end said was completely unexpected.

Upon hearing the price, Imperial Censor Li couldn't help but gasp inwardly. Although ten taels of silver wasn't an astronomical sum for someone of his status and position.

But spending so much money on a basket of vegetables is really expensive.

For a moment, he was caught in a dilemma. The sharp words he had prepared were now stuck in his throat, and he didn't know whether he should say them or not.

Just then, a clever little maid appeared out of nowhere and, without saying a word, stuffed a small, exquisite vegetable basket into Imperial Censor Li's hands.

Imperial Censor Li subconsciously took the basket and looked at it in his hand.

In the end, he put aside his dissatisfaction, after all, his grandmother was eagerly waiting for him to bring back some vegetables.

Thinking of this, he sighed helplessly, picked up his small vegetable basket, and walked towards the vegetable garden.

As he entered the vegetable garden, Imperial Censor Li looked around and was dazzled by the wide variety of vegetables on display.

But these people have also bought groceries!

At this moment, all the vegetables seemed unfamiliar to him. He looked left and right, and for a moment he didn't know how to pick them.

In the end, Qiaoyun couldn't bear to watch any longer and went over to help him pick some green vegetables, beans, loofah, tomatoes...

In the end, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Qiaoyun picked two large bitter melons from a shelf and put them in her basket.

These days, she has been tasting these dishes almost every day, and they taste so delicious that she wants to swallow her tongue.

So much so that even the rats in the yard seem to have been attracted here these past few days, and their numbers have increased significantly.

Even the turnips and roots she casually broke off became a delicacy that several mice fought over.

You can imagine how delicious this dish is!

Such delicious food, a whole basket full of it, and you only charged a mere ten taels of silver? That's way too cheap for them!

Look at that man's initial expression of reluctance. But according to Qiaoyun's own thoughts, she had to take twenty taels of silver from him!

Fortunately, Su Yue was unaware of Qiao Yun's plans, otherwise she would definitely admire Qiao Yun greatly!

Just then, Imperial Censor Li slowly took out ten taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to Qiaoyun.

He then bowed respectfully to Su Yue, hurriedly picked up the basket full of vegetables, and rushed home.

Before she knew it, it was noon. Qiaoyun happily went into the kitchen to start making lunch for Su Yue.

In no time, the sweet and sour scrambled eggs with tomatoes, the fragrant stir-fried bok choy, the glistening braised eggplant, and the milky white tofu soup were served.

Every dish looked so tempting that it made one's appetite surge.

Finally, the two of them ate until their bellies were round, as if they had a small ball inside them.

While gently rubbing her swollen belly, Qiaoyun couldn't help but continue to complain about Imperial Censor Li: "Oh dear, look at him!"

At first, everything seemed fine; it was as if he would agree to anything we asked for.

As soon as he mentioned that the basket of vegetables cost ten taels of silver, his face changed faster than flipping through a book!

Hmph, I think he just wants to come here and take advantage of us for free!

Bah! And he's supposed to be a high-ranking official!

Just from the arrogant tone he used when he first spoke, we absolutely cannot give him anything for nothing!

Hearing Qiaoyun's vivid and interesting rant, Su Yue couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha... Qiaoyun, you're so funny!"

After laughing enough, Su Yue, supporting her round belly, slowly went upstairs to take a nap.

However, after she finally climbed the stairs to her room, she suddenly changed her mind.

Instead, he slowly walked to the other side, then crossed his legs, sat down steadily, and began his practice.

In the past few days, no matter how hard Su Yue tried to cultivate, she felt that she could not make any further progress.

As time passed day by day, and her cultivation stagnated, Su Yue couldn't help but feel anxious and frustrated.

However, she also knew very well that cultivation was something that couldn't be rushed; one had to maintain a calm and peaceful mind in order to make a breakthrough.

So despite her great anxiety, she suppressed her inner turmoil and persevered in meditating and cultivating herself.

Su Yue sighed helplessly, slowly closed her eyes, and concentrated her energy to spread her powerful spiritual energy outwards from the Star-Picking Tower like ripples.

At this moment, she was able to clearly perceive every rustle of wind and movement within a radius of two hundred meters.

Of course, she had no intention of prying into other people's privacy; she simply wanted to explore the vicinity of the Star-Picking Tower.

So she carefully controlled her mental energy, letting it flow slowly like a gentle breeze.

Before long, her attention was drawn to a small courtyard that no one had moved into yet.

Several plump rats were gathered in a corner of the yard, launching a fierce "attack" on a vegetable root.

The mice were all eating with great relish, their mouths chewing rapidly and making soft sounds.

Su Yue took a closer look and couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

Just by looking at the robust physique of these mice, one can guess that they must steal all sorts of food on a regular basis.

Then, driven by curiosity, she quietly extended her mental energy into the mouse hole to find out what was going on.

It was only when she investigated that she was truly astonished.

Good heavens! This tiny mouse hole actually contained nearly ten kilograms of various grains!

There are many kinds, including rice, wheat, and so on.

Su Yue wondered to herself, "Where did these guys get so much grain from?"

Could they have all been stolen from the courtyard?

Thinking of this, she recalled the vegetable roots that Qiaoyun had just broken off to use when she cooked lunch, but they ended up in the mouths of these rats in the blink of an eye.

It seems these rats are quite bold!

Su Yue used her mental power to restrain the mice that were happily eating.

He quickly went to a corner of the courtyard, squatted down, and picked up the largest one.

The large rat, without its tail, was about the size of an adult's palm. Su Yue picked it up, and it seemed somewhat unwilling to give up.

It made "squeak, squeak" sounds and struggled with its four paws.

Su Yue took out a piece of pork jerky from her spatial storage and waved it in front of the rat.