Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 527 - 492: Discovered Guoguo’s Abilities (1)
The Prince Luling also mentioned that he should stay at home and not go up the mountain anymore. Mu Yuanxiu’s place is already small, and if he squeezes in to stay, does that make sense?
After being told by his parents, Li Xing’an had no choice but to stay at home.
Li Yuzhu chose some herbs from the storage room and decocted medicine for Li Xing’an.
After he took the medicine, he stopped complaining about his headache and fell back asleep.
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As the New Year drew closer, the incense business of Eldest Young Master Chai and his wife relied on these few days at the end of the year.
After attending the Li Family Sisters’ wedding banquet, they stayed at the old residence for a few days. After visiting Chai Eying that day, they returned to the county town with their son.
Leaving with them were Li Lixing, Qin Hu, and several other government officials.
They also needed to go home for the New Year.
With fewer people at home, it became much quieter.
Li Lixing left, Chai Tianlang left, and Li Xing’an was still sick.
Guoguo had also been mysterious these past few days, never knowing where she was.
Without anyone to play with, Li Jing suddenly found the days boring. He took a small shovel and dug around aimlessly in the courtyard.
There were small holes everywhere he dug.
Li Yuzhu finished taking care of Li Xing’an’s matters, came to see Chai Eying, and saw Li Jing bored and playing in circles on the ground.
Following him was Xiao Hua, left behind by Li Lixing.
Li Yuzhu smiled and asked him, "Jingjing, where’s Guoguo? Why aren’t you playing with Guoguo?"
"Guoguo isn’t playing with me; I don’t know where she’s gone." Li Jing sighed.
Li Yuzhu looked towards Chai Eying’s room, "She’s not in the room?"
"No."
"Maybe she’s at Grandma’s. Come on, let’s go find her." Li Yuzhu took Li Jing’s hand and went to Princess Consort Luling’s room.
But they didn’t find Guoguo there either.
Princess Consort Luling became anxious, "Ah? I just sent her to E Ying, how is she gone again? Could she have gone out to play again? A leopard injured someone yesterday and she still went outside; the whereabouts of the leopard are unknown, why would she run out again?"
Princess Consort Luling anxiously wanted to search for Guoguo.
Li Yuzhu said, "Mother, let me go find her, I’ll take Xiao Hua with me as the dog’s nose is sharp."
But Princess Consort Luling wasn’t reassured and insisted on going to find her together.
Li Yuzhu said, "Then let’s split up to find her, I’ll check the back door, and Mother can look around the other rooms."
"Alright, let’s do that."
Mother and daughter separated to take action.
Princess Consort Luling went to the front courtyard where there were many rooms, and she searched one by one.
Li Yuzhu took Li Jing and led Xiao Hua to the back door.
When they were still some distance from the back door, Xiao Hua suddenly became restless, barking continuously at a certain spot.
Li Jing patted its head, "Xiao Hua, don’t bark, it’s noisy."
Li Yuzhu patted Xiao Hua’s head, "Xiao Hua, go, rush over and take a look."
She seemed to hear some strange sound.
Li Yuzhu loosened the leash on Xiao Hua.
Xiao Hua sprinted forward.
But shortly after, it ran back.
It seemed to have seen something frightening, Xiao Hua was extremely panicked and hid behind Li Yuzhu’s skirt.
"What’s wrong?" Li Jing went to pet Xiao Hua’s head.
"Whimper, whimper." Xiao Hua didn’t bark, hiding behind Li Yuzhu, its body trembling nonstop.
Li Yuzhu held Li Jing back, "Jingjing, you stay here with Xiao Hua, Aunt will go to the front to take a look, don’t follow for now."
"Okay." Li Jing nodded obediently.
Li Yuzhu went around a single Osmanthus tree, walked gingerly forward, and saw a leopard lying in a pile of firewood ahead.
The leopard was squinting its eyes, lazily napping.
The back door was open, and there was a noise outside.
Li Yuzhu tip-toed to look over there, and Guoguo was carrying a wild chicken as she walked in.
"Big kitty, here you go." Guoguo held the wild chicken in front of the leopard, she patted the leopard’s head, "Hunt caught by Uncle Yuanxiu, I secretly brought it."
The leopard opened its eyes, affectionately curled its head against Guoguo’s body, and then began to eat the wild chicken.
Li Yuzhu realized that no wonder Xiao Hua didn’t dare to come; there was a leopard hidden here.
Yesterday, she heard that Guoguo could command a leopard to attack people; she initially didn’t believe it, but now she believed it—the leopard listened to Guoguo.
However, how did Guoguo come to know this leopard?
Li Yuzhu was about to call out to Guoguo.
Then she heard Guoguo say to the leopard, "You hide well, I have to go back now."
She gently petted the leopard’s head, then came to the back door, pushed an old fish basket to the door and overturned it, climbed onto the basket to close the door, patted her little hands, and left there.
Li Yuzhu widened her eyes in surprise, this little girl! Is she one and a half years old or eleven and a half?
Also know if you’re not tall enough, use a basket to make up for it!
Guoguo was walking and saw Li Yuzhu standing behind a tree.
She blinked, "Aunt... Little Aunt?"
Li Yuzhu glanced at the leopard ahead and picked up Guoguo.
"Guoguo, why does that leopard listen to you?"
Guoguo tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Big Cat is a good cat."
This was truly a one and a half-year-old child.
"That’s a leopard, not a cat. Cats catch mice, but a leopard can bite people when it’s fierce." Li Yuzhu carried Guoguo back.
She was pondering whether to tell the others about this.
Everyone was looking for this leopard, but it turned out that Guoguo had hidden it here.
"Its name is Big Cat, it’s Guoguo’s friend, Little Aunt." Guoguo held Li Yuzhu’s neck, "It only bites bad people, not good people."
Li Yuzhu squinted at her, "It can tell the difference between good and bad people?"
This child’s speech had suddenly become so fluent?
This moment didn’t seem like the tone of a one and a half-year-old child.
Li Yuzhu couldn’t understand her little niece.
Guoguo looked at Li Yuzhu, "But Guoguo can tell the difference between good and bad people. Guoguo tells it to bite bad people, and it bites bad people."
Li Yuzhu’s curiosity grew, "Guoguo, when did you meet Big Cat?"
Guoguo glanced at Li Yuzhu, then turned her head to look at the sky, "A long, long time ago, Little Aunt."
"A long, long time ago? How long is that?" Li Yuzhu pinched her chin.
Guoguo lowered her head, "Little Aunt, Big Cat is a good cat, Guoguo likes it."
Li Yuzhu kissed her little face, "I know, since it doesn’t bite recklessly, Little Aunt likes it too."
"Hmm." Guoguo grinned.
Li Yuzhu carried Guoguo over to Li Jing and Xiao Hua.
Li Jing saw Guoguo and happily ran over, "Guoguo, you’re running off again and not playing with me."
"Play with you." Guoguo smiled and patted Li Jing’s head.
Li Yuzhu put Guoguo down on the ground, "Go play with Grandma."
"Oh, going to play, oh."
The two children held hands and joyfully ran off with the little dog Xiao Hua.
Li Yuzhu first found Princess Consort Luling and told her that Guoguo had been found, she was just playing next to the kitchen.
Now she’s gone to the North Courtyard Main House with Li Jing and Xiao Hua to play.
The kitchen is quite far from the back door, she didn’t mention Guoguo was at the back door.
Princess Consort Luling rubbed her forehead, "I must really manage her well, if she keeps running off like this and someone takes her away, what if she encounters danger?"
She went to find the two children.
Li Yuzhu glanced at the back door, then headed to the South Courtyard to find Li Xingmao.
Li Xingmao was chatting outside with Mu Yuanxiu about hunting.
The two had just walked around the woods near the house, they caught some game but lost a wild chicken.
Mu Yuanxiu said, perhaps they placed it wrong, he couldn’t remember.
Li Xingmao said he wanted to go look for it again.
Li Yuzhu walked over, glanced at Chai Eying inside the house, and pulled them aside to whisper, "I know where your missing wild chicken went."
Mu Yuanxiu looked at her, "Yuzhu, you didn’t go out, how do you know?"
Li Xingmao also looked at her curiously.
Li Yuzhu said mysteriously, "You’ll never guess who took the chicken."
"Who?" the two asked together.
"It was Guoguo." Li Yuzhu said with a smile.
Mu Yuanxiu raised an eyebrow, "Guoguo?"
Li Xingmao was also surprised, "She ran outside again? How did she steal a chicken? What did she steal a chicken for?"
Li Yuzhu spread her hands, "Come with me."
The two exchanged a glance and followed Li Yuzhu to the back door.
They stood at some distance from the leopard, quietly observing the leopard eating the wild chicken.
"Look, is that the wild chicken you caught?" Li Yuzhu pointed to a pile of chicken feathers by the leopard’s mouth, "I found Guoguo here, just in time to see her carrying a chicken walking in from outside the back door. The little girl isn’t afraid of the leopard at all and even talks to the leopard, which actually understands her commands, it’s really strange."
The three observed the leopard for a while before quietly leaving.
Once they were far enough from the leopard, Li Xingmao laughed in disbelief, "Everyone’s out looking for the leopard, and she actually hid it here."
Mu Yuanxiu said, "Perhaps Guoguo speaks animal language, so she can command the leopard."
Li Xingmao was greatly surprised, "Guoguo can actually speak animal language?"
Li Yuzhu laughed, "Big brother, this is a good thing, with this skill, no animal can bully her."
