The Dog King of Siheyuan Tears and Rebirth

After hearing Liu Wei's reminder, several people hesitated. After all, they had refused Banggeng's request to borrow food. Now if they asked him to teach them skills, the other party might not be willing to do so.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhao Fei said leisurely, "I think the Rat King should be grateful to us. If we had lent him food, would he have been able to practice his skill of catching rats?"

"Ah!" several people said in unison.

"Isn't it? It was because we pushed him that he became so outstanding. I think he should thank us. This is a fact." Zhao Fei said.

"Haha, this... seems to make sense. Yes, he should thank us." Feng Dayong said, "When he sprayed shit into my bed, I didn't bother him! Now that I go to him, he should give me some face."

"That's true. But from my observation, the Rat King is a bit introverted and he cares a bit about his reputation. We should flatter him and praise him more when we go there later. Especially we can't call him by the nickname Rat King. We should call him a hero, a rat catching hero. Also, we should bring some gifts." Liu Wei said, and looked at Feng Dayong.

"Why are you looking at me? Let me tell you, that chili oil is my last can, and I'm relying on it for seasoning! Otherwise, I won't be able to eat those wild vegetables." Feng Dayong said vigilantly.

"This..." Liu Wei looked at Chen Baoguo, the meaning was very clear, you come to convince your younger brother.

"Hey! Dayong, it's time for you to contribute to the collective. If we don't find a solution, you won't even have wild vegetable dumplings to eat." Chen Baoguo looked at Feng Dayong seriously and said.

"I've already contributed a bottle, what else do you want?" Feng Dayong retorted.

"Dayong, don't you even listen to your brother?" Chen Baoguo said seriously.

"Well... okay!" Feng Dayong said helplessly.

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After a while, Banggeng arrived at the door of the broken kiln. Banggeng had set a trap in the yard. A wooden stick supported a broken winnowing basket with some wheat and corn scattered underneath. A few hungry sparrows were walking slowly towards the winnowing basket from the edge.

This method was used by Jia Dongxu when he was eliminating the four pests. At that time, although Bang Geng was small, he still learned most of it.

Soon, several sparrows walked in, and when Banggan pulled the rope, all the sparrows were covered inside.

Just as Banggeng ran over to catch sparrows, six educated youth came down.

"Jia Geng, what are you doing?" Zhao Fei walked over first and asked Bang Geng curiously.

But Bang Geng ignored it. He just caught a sparrow, killed it and put it aside, then caught the second one.

"Sparrows?" Zhao Fei asked in surprise, "Jia Geng, you are amazing! You can even catch sparrows. You are amazing, really amazing."

"What? Sparrows?" Feng Dayong ran over and asked, "What about that? Where? Where are the sparrows?"

"There! Jia Geng is really amazing. He can even catch sparrows to eat." Zhao Fei continued to flatter him.

"Wow, it's really a sparrow. I also had this cooked and eaten when I was a child. It was very fragrant. Jia Geng, you are really amazing, so amazing." Feng Dayong exclaimed.

This time he was sincere and not just flattering. When he saw those sparrows, his saliva was flowing.

But Banggeng still didn't say anything and just did his own thing silently. After a while, Banggeng killed all the sparrows.

Then he took the sparrow and stood up and walked straight to his own kitchen. He was still hungry! His chipmunk should be almost ready by now.

"Jia Geng, wait a minute. I know you're still angry because we didn't lend you grain last time. I apologize to you on behalf of everyone. But you also know that we don't have much grain left. The little bit of food we have left has to be kept and eaten with wild vegetables. Look, haven't we come here to apologize to you today? This is the only bottle of chili oil we have left, and we brought it to you." Liu Wei chased after him and handed the chili oil to Bang Geng.

Looking at the red chili peppers in oil, Banggeng couldn't move forward. It tasted really good. It should taste good when eaten with chipmunk. Just thinking about it, his mouth was watering.

Seeing Bang Geng stopped, Liu Wei was delighted. He stuffed the chili oil into Bang Geng's hand and said, "Take it! We sincerely apologize to you. Please forgive us!"

"Okay!" Bangteng said, "Anything else?"

"Well, haha, yes." Liu Wei said with a smile, "We can't make it anymore! Seeing that you, the rat-catching hero, are living so well now, we came here to learn from you. Do you want to teach us?"

"You guys want to eat rats too?" Bang Geng asked in surprise. He knew that the whole village called him the Rat King behind his back. Everyone disliked him.

"Ah! Well, no, no, no, we don't eat mice. We heard that you can dig food from mouse holes, so we came to learn from you. Don't worry, we will leave the mice to you. We only want the food, you see..." Liu Wei said embarrassedly.

After hearing what Liu Wei said, Bang Geng finally understood why. They were attracted by the rat food, but it was very rare. He didn't care, so he said, "That's no problem. I can still teach you. But rat meat is really delicious. Are you sure you don't want to eat it?"

"No, no, that's for heroes. We don't have the courage to do it, except for you. We really admire you." Liu Wei said.

"If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. It's up to you. I have to go out in the afternoon. If you want to learn, come with me. I want to eat now." Banggeng said indifferently.

"Thank you, thank you, you are really a hero to us educated youth." Liu Wei said, "Then we will wait for you. When you finish eating, we will go together."

"No!" Feng Dayong shouted, "Jia Geng, how do you usually eat sparrows? Do you roast them?"

"I can be a beggar," said Banggeng.

"Beggar's Sparrow?" Feng Dayong asked, "Is it cooked the same way as Beggar's Chicken?"

"That's about right!" said Bang Geng.