Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

After the two men knocked on the door for a while, the door was opened a crack from the inside.

A maid poked her head out from the crack in the door and saw Zhou Dachuan standing outside. She immediately smiled and said, "Manager Zhou, you're finally here. Our old man has asked several times and is eager for you to bring the veterinarian over!"

"Let's go! Hurry up and don't let Mr. Shen wait anxiously." Zhou Dachuan said anxiously.

"Manager Zhou, where is the veterinarian you brought?" asked the maid.

Zhou Dachuan immediately reached out and pushed Gu Chan forward, "It's him!"

"Ah? Isn't this a child? Manager Zhou, please don't joke with me! The old man has been very worried these days. The veterinarian who came yesterday was beaten up and thrown out of the door." The maid reminded in time.

Zhou Dachuan laughed dryly and didn't know what to say.

Gu Chan said calmly, "Don't worry, sister. I learned veterinary medicine from my master. I will come to take a look today. If I can't cure it, I can ask my master who is more skilled in medicine to come and help."

"Is that so? Well, then just handle it yourselves. Don't get beaten later and blame me for not reminding you." The maid said softly with a sweet smile.

Gu Chan immediately developed a slight liking for her.

At least this maid is not overbearing and not a bad person, otherwise she wouldn't smile so sweetly.

Zhou Dachuan kept urging, "Let's go! What are you waiting for?"

The maid nodded and opened the door.

Gu Chan and the other person stepped in and followed her into the mansion.

As they walked further in, Gu Chan felt that the Shen family on the border was indeed very heroic.

The whole house covers a large area, with many houses, rockery pavilions and towers. The most important thing is that as soon as you enter the gate, there is a beautiful peach blossom forest in front of you. The wide road in the forest leads directly to the deep mansion, and this mansion has another door.

In other words, the outer gate is only the entrance gate, and there is another inner gate to the house. As for the house, it is surrounded by a peach forest, a bamboo forest, a rockery, and a lake.

This… how can this be just a residence? If it’s not repaired, will it be like a paradise?

"Well! The 178.93 million taels of silver were not wasted. It is indeed beautifully built." After passing through the peach forest and taking a clear look at the surroundings, Gu Chan couldn't help but whisper in her heart.

The maid led the way in front without saying a word.

Zhou Dachuan muttered quietly, "This is also my second time coming into Shen's house. Although this is my second time coming in, every time I see the scenery in front of me, I still can't help but marvel at it!"

"Let's work hard to make money in the future! When we have enough money, we can also build a mansion like this to live in." Gu Chan began to daydream.

"Oh! Let's forget about it. Money is not that easy to make. What about our lives?" Zhou Dachuan sighed and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

Gu Chan laughed dryly twice, and finally calmed down and stopped dreaming.

Then the two of them followed the maid into the second door of the house without saying a word and walked towards the depths of the Shen Mansion.

About half an incense stick of time passed before the three of them arrived at a back garden on the west side of the Shen Mansion.

This back garden is much larger than the one in the county government office. It covers an area as large as half a football field. All the pavilions and towers in it are built on a small lake below.

The small lake is home to many lotus flowers and a dozen big, red carps.

Zhou Dachuan looked at the dozen red carps swimming around in the lake and whispered in Gu Chan's ear, "Did you see that? These dozen red carps are all rare species of black carps. Each one is worth at least several thousand taels of silver. These dozen red carps alone are worth tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"Can this ornamental carp also fight on the battlefield?" Gu Chan was curious.

It is said that the mysterious beasts of Tiancang Country, even if they are pigs, must be dragged to the battlefield to fight. Then, can a fish that cannot survive out of water fight on the battlefield?

Zhou Dachuan explained, "They are usually used for water fights. Although they are fat and swim slowly, they will be different if they are in the big rivers. After all, people have kept them for so long that they have become lazy! If they return to the wild, they will still have some skills."

"That's true." Gu Chan nodded in understanding.

While the two were talking, they followed the maid and walked to the outside of the tallest pavilion.

At this time, an old man with white hair, white beard, and a thin body, wearing a white robe, was standing in the middle of the pavilion, doing a horse stance and waving his hands slowly, as if he was practicing some kung fu.

Gu Chan glanced up and wondered, "Is he practicing Tai Chi? But why do I feel like he's playing Mahjong?"

Gu Chan was thinking this in her heart when the maid spoke up, "Master, Manager Zhou is here."

"Hmm!" The old man responded casually and continued playing mahjong.

Gu Chan and the other person followed the maid and stood outside the pavilion waiting. No one dared to disturb them.

The old man finished playing mahjong by himself, then he stopped and looked at Zhou Dachuan and asked, "Where is the veterinarian you hired for me?"

"Grandpa, this is her." Zhou Dachuan pushed Gu Chan forward again.

The old man was stunned when he saw Gu Chan, "Him?"

"Old man, don't underestimate him. I have seen his veterinary skills, which are indeed incomparable to those of ordinary veterinarians. You might as well trust me this time and let him take a look at your mysterious beast." Zhou Dachuan answered confidently.

The old man shook his head in disdain. "While I am still in a peaceful mood, you guys can go now! I will pretend that I have never been here."

After saying this, he turned around and was about to leave. He simply couldn't believe that such a delicate-looking child in front of him could cure the illness of his beloved mysterious beast.

Zhou Dachuan was stunned for a moment, stamping his feet in anxiety, but he didn't dare to step forward to dissuade them. He could only stand there with a stiff face, feeling extremely helpless.

At this time, Gu Chan finally spoke, "Grandpa, the moves I saw you perform just now are quite similar to a kind of boxing in my hometown."

The old man suddenly stopped, turned sideways and glanced back at Gu Chan, and asked with great interest, "How come people in your hometown also know how to rub their hands?"

"Uh... so this is called rubbing... palms... ah! I was wondering why it looked like rubbing mahjong." Gu Chan was stunned at first, and then she muttered the second half of the sentence in a low voice.

The old man didn't hear clearly what she said in the second half of the sentence. He just stared at her coldly and shouted, "Little devil, you want to get close to me, but you can't say anything else. You actually bring up this palm technique of mine. Do you know that this palm technique was created by me when I was eighty years old?"

"Oh! What a coincidence! The boxing style in my hometown that is quite similar to your palm-rubbing style was also created by a master when he was 100 years old. It was inspired by his own creation and is called Tai... Chi... Boxing..."

At the end of his speech, Gu Chan immediately took a horse stance, waved his hands, and performed the starting gesture of Tai Chi on the spot.