Chapter 270: Encountering a Thief While Shopping

"Then you two, take care of all the work in the vegetable garden today. I'll go cook for you. It's better to go away so that no one can see you than to stand here and be invisible!" Lan Xin said self-deprecatingly, and then went to the kitchen to work.

Before Yuan Xiao could speak, Xiao Mei quietly approached Yuan Xiao and said, "Mother is like this, let's ignore her."

Lan Xin was so angry that her heart almost went crazy. Silly girl, you're too harsh!

"Xiao Jin and Xiao Huang, don't be idle, come and help catch insects. There are green worms on some leaves." Yuan Xiao ordered.

Xiao Jin heard the words and immediately joined the team of workers happily, catching insects in an orderly manner. Every time he saw an insect, he picked it up with his little claws and threw it to the two chickens in the yard to eat.

Xiao Huang was too big, and his claws were thick and strong, so he couldn't catch the bugs. Instead, he tore the leaves apart. Yuanxiao immediately gave him a few slaps on the head and told him to get out.

Xiao Huang didn't want to get out. Now was the time for him to show off! So he helped Xiao Mei pick up the small bucket, so Xiao Mei was only responsible for watering, and he was responsible for carrying the bucket, and became Xiao Mei's follower again.

Mom, look, my Xiao Huang is very capable, versatile, and can help everywhere. He is definitely not comparable to that disloyal Xiao Jin!

Xiao Jin thought to himself that Xiao Huang, this big fool, could only do a little bit of stupid work. He couldn't do anything that required a little skill.

Let's not talk about the long-term, just say that you can catch bugs now, Xiao Huang? The little master just told you to get out! You still have the nerve to stay here!

The two beasts' eyes met inadvertently, and sparks flew instantly. If Yuanxiao and Xiao Mei weren't there, the two beasts would have started fighting immediately.

Yuanxiao is not only professional in growing spiritual medicine, but also in growing vegetables, because vegetables are grown all year round in the yard of her hometown.

When it was almost noon, she had finished all the vegetable fields in the garden, one ridge after another, neat and tidy.

Yuanxiao even took out a jar of spiritual liquid and watered the entire vegetable garden. After these vegetables absorbed the spiritual energy and turned into spiritual vegetables, they might taste better.

At noon, Yuanxiao ate three bowls of rice and nearly two plates of vegetables. Because Yuanxiao knew very well that eating a lot when visiting someone else's house was the highest praise for the person who cooked, not to mention that Aunt Lan's cooking skills were really good and the food was delicious.

Yuanxiao's flattery was indeed right. Aunt Lan was naturally very happy to see Yuanxiao eat so much, and she didn't feel tired from cooking at all.

Xiaomei's appetite was too small, and she didn't even finish a bowl. Without asking Yuanxiao if he agreed, she poured the rice in the bowl into Yuanxiao's bowl.

Yuanxiao was full at this time, but she had no choice but to finish the rice that Xiaomei had poured over in one go under Xiaomei's eager eyes.

As a result, Xiaomei was happier than her mother who was cooking! Her mother was so shocked that she held her forehead.

"Mother, I want to go shopping later. I haven't been out for a long time. Just let Yuanxiao accompany me!" Xiaomei said to her mother.

"I didn't even say whether I would go or not, so you excluded me, right?" Lanxin said.

"Hehe, I'll go with you next time!" Xiaomei said cunningly.

"Then remember not to go too far, and be sure to come back before dark, don't make me look for him!" Lanxin reminded.

It's not appropriate to take Xiaohuang shopping. He is too big and too fierce, which can easily scare passers-by, so Yuanxiao put Xiaohuang into the Apocalypse space.

Since Xiao Huang got used to the environment of the Apocalypse Space, he was not very willing to enter the Spirit Beast Ring, so Yuanxiao recently opened up a small space at the entrance of the Apocalypse Space, which was specially used to place spirit beasts and spirit insects. When fighting, just like the Spirit Beast Ring, they can be summoned at any time!

So Yuanxiao took Xiaomei, and Xiaomei held Xiaojin, and walked out of the mountain gate together. As long as you go out of the old mountain gate of Yunhai Gate, there is a lively street outside.

There are people selling candy people, selling candied haws, selling pancakes... There are stalls on both sides of the street.

Yuanxiao bought two strings of candied haws, and the two of them ate while strolling.

Suddenly, a little beggar about 10 years old bumped into Xiaomei, but did not speak, and hurried away.

"Look, did you lose something?" Yuanxiao has already found the clue.

"Yes, I just felt that the purse on my waist was stolen by him." Xiaomei said.

"Let's go, let's follow him and see what's going on. If he is a habitual offender, he must be punished!" Yuanxiao said.

Yuanxiao spread his spiritual sense, locked onto the little beggar, and followed him from 50 feet away. The little beggar did not notice that they were following him, but his every move was under Yuanxiao's surveillance.

The little beggar walked into a remote alley after many twists and turns, took out the purse he had just got, and began to search.

There were only some girls' things in the purse, no copper coins, no silver, and no gold. The little beggar was very disappointed.

After a while, the little beggar did not throw away the purse, but put everything back in. Since there was no money in it, the purse was useless to him.

Yuanxiao's spiritual sense observed that the little beggar walked out of the alley again, so he pulled Xiaomei and waited outside the alley, and deliberately did not look at the direction where the little beggar came out, waiting to see what he wanted to do after he came out.

After the little beggar walked out of the alley, he looked up and saw the owner of the purse, Xiaomei, and Yuanxiao who was walking with her. Although the little beggar was surprised, he did not think much about it.

"Sister, I just picked up a purse. Can you see if it's yours?" the little beggar said.

"Oh, it's true, thank you!" Xiaomei and Yuanxiao turned around and took the purse. With a glance of their spiritual sense, they knew that everything inside was intact.

"Where does your little brother live? We are a little thirsty now. Can we go over and ask for a bowl of water?" Yuanxiao said with a smile.

So far, the little beggar has made two attempts today, but he has not received any money, and he is a little discouraged.

Besides, he just stole things from the two people in front of him, so he felt uneasy. He nodded and walked home immediately. He planned not to go out today.

Yuanxiao and Xiaomei walked behind, and saw that the little beggar was always drilling into the alleys, going deeper and deeper, and the surrounding environment became more and more dilapidated.

Obviously, both sides of the street are prosperous rich areas. And these alleys are deep, all are slums.

The little beggar finally stopped in front of two brick houses that were about to collapse, waited for Yuanxiao and Xiaomei, and then gently opened the door.

What caught my eye was a medicine pot, which was obviously still boiling Chinese medicine. Behind the medicine pot was a bed, and a middle-aged woman with disheveled hair was lying on it. She looked haggard and skinny, and it was obvious that she had been suffering from illness for a long time.

The woman saw two strangers following her youngest son in, and she immediately guessed what was going on. In the past, someone even chased and beat her here and gave her a lesson in front of her.

The woman wanted to prop herself up, but couldn't sit up. Xiaomei hurried over and helped her sit up.

"You don't need to tell me, I also know that my youngest son has caused trouble again! I scolded him, but I couldn't get out of bed to chase him and beat him, so I could only watch him step by step get to where he is today." The woman said.