There is still about a month before the time for the Nie family to worship their ancestors. Many offshoot children who are close to the Nie family rushed to K city one after another.
During the period of recuperation, the relationship between Yu Jiatang and Nie Liao became more and more intimate, the value of petting gradually increased, and they got along much more freely than before.
Yu Jiatang has confirmed from the king that Nie Liao is indeed related to Sheng Zheng from the previous world, but whether it is the same person or not, the king's superiors did not give an exact statement. It's just a matter of confidentiality, the level of the king and Yu Jiatang is too low, and they don't have the authority to know.
Before the earthquake, when Yu Jiatang and Nie Liao got along, they were a little afraid of him, always felt that he was dangerous, and wanted to be on guard whenever he approached.
Nie Liao had no memory of Sheng Zheng. At that time, he said that he was not very close to him, and he said that he was indifferent, but he didn't look like him. It was almost like keeping him as a dispensable pet.
After the earthquake, Nie Liao's attitude towards him changed a lot, and he became much more conniving. He was still uncomfortable with some things, but most things would be done according to Yu Jiatang's wishes.
This also made Yu Jiatang more and more majestic as a cat owner (?). Before, he would honestly call Nie Liao the shit-shoveling officer. After his status rose, he would call him "shit-shoveling" every day.
Nie Liao condoned the big cat's behavior of kicking its nose and face. After all, in his opinion, the "shit shoveler" is not much more advanced than the "shit shoveler". There is no less doing what should be done, and no less suffering from the paws that should be suffered.
One week before the ancestor worship day, Yu Jiatang successfully restored the flying cat's heroic posture on the top of the rockery and corridor in the Nie Zhai garden.
Xu Shi was ordered by Nie Liao not to run and jump too much during the injury period. After recovering from the injury, Yu Jiatang didn't even bother Nie Liao much, and ran around in the garden every day.
Yu Jiatang herself doesn't like to move, but after passing through the cat owner's body, she will be more or less affected by the nature of the body.
For example, if you are so cute and stupid, you can’t live in peace by jumping up and down except for eating and resting. And if Nie Liao is not around, he will grind his claws and teeth with the things in the room until he finishes having fun. After that, the house was demolished into a mess.
"Where is Da Mao? Did he run to the roof of the corridor to bask in the sun again?" Nie Lin grabbed Second Aunt Nie Xuan's hand and looked around.
"In front of the third young master is the fifth master's yard, you can't go there." Uncle Yang quickly pulled him back.
Just as Nie Xuan was about to speak, she suddenly saw a young man in a white suit coming out of the vertical flower door.
Nie's house is an ancient-style house handed down from the ancestors, with a regular layout and distinct areas. The courtyard where Nie Liao lives is a forbidden area of the house, and it is impossible for idlers to enter.
"Eldest young master." Uncle Yang bowed to salute.
Nie Lin moved closer to Nie Xuan and whispered, "Hello, big brother."
Nie Xiao glanced at him, with a half-smile: "The last time I saw you, you were not as tall as my knees, but this time this guy jumped up. Aren't you usually the most afraid of Uncle Wu? Why did you take the initiative to go to this place today?" ran away?"
The children of the Nie family will move out of Nie's residence when they reach the age of eighteen, so Nie Xiao and Nie Lin haven't seen each other for several years.
After talking to Nie Lin, it was as if I just saw Nie Xuan next to me, "Who am I? Isn't this our second aunt, who also came back to worship the ancestors? Why didn't you inform the next family? Okay Let me catch the wind for you."
It was Nie Xiao's grandfather who adopted Nie Xuan back then, and she and Nie Xiao's father were considered unrelated siblings.
When he was a child, Nie Xiao liked to pester this second aunt who was only a few years older than him, and they had to eat and live together. After Nie Xuan moved out of Nie's house a few years earlier than him, very few news came back home.
After seeing Nie Xiao again, Nie Xuan found that he seemed to be a different person, and he hated her when they met. As a result, Nie Xuan's hair was covered with black lines when he opened his mouth, and he wanted to hide away.
"I told your father about my coming back. Didn't he tell you? Worshiping ancestors is mainly a matter of our generation. I will definitely come back. You juniors can just go through the motions." Nie Xuan said laughingly.
When Nie Xiao heard this, his expression was not very good, but for some reason, he just refused to leave. The more Nie Lin and Nie Xuan hated him, the more he followed.
"Aren't you looking for that lynx, I saw it just now."
Upon hearing this, Nie Lin quickly asked, "Have you seen Da Mao? Why didn't you tell me earlier, brother, tell me where it is?"
"It seems that I ran near the yard of my second uncle and third uncle just now, and was being surrounded by people. I don't know if I caught it now."
"A lynx is not a good animal to keep. I have never heard that Uncle Wu likes to keep cats and dogs. Why did he suddenly raise a lynx?"
Nie Lin didn't pay attention to the question he asked later, and was completely focused on the word "surrounded".
He was in a hurry, "Da Mao is so good, what are the second and third uncles doing with it?"
"I don't know. Someone must have been injured. The second uncle looks very angry."
"It's impossible!" Before Nie Lin could refute, Nie Xuan denied it.
"Da Mao has not been in Nie's house for a day or two. He has never attacked anyone. Unless that person deliberately provokes or annoys it, otherwise Da Mao will never take the initiative to attack!"
Nie Xiao knew that Nie Xuan didn't like him very much, but he didn't expect that because a pet picked him up, he would be so vicious as before.
Is this lynx really so important
"That's not necessarily true. The lynx is not an ordinary cat. It often kills people. There are so many people in Nie's house recently. If the lynx is really raised by Uncle Fifth, shouldn't it be kept under good control and not let it run around? In case of hurting someone, everyone thought it was Fifth Uncle's intention, who would have a problem with it."
Nie Xiao's words are actually very reasonable, but the premise is that the lynx is just an ordinary lynx.
"You don't know how smart Da Mao is! Fifth Uncle likes it very much!" Nie Lin had an expression of "I can't explain it to you", and rushed to the yard of Second Uncle Nie and Third Uncle Nie together with Nie Xuan.
Nie Xiao just passed by the yard of the two uncles and saw the afterimage of a big cat flying up a tree, but he didn't see the specific situation clearly. At that time, he had something to come to Nie Liao's place, so he left without paying attention.
Now I am really curious about how smart that lynx is.
"Where's the cat? Haven't caught it yet?"
After Nie Liao took over the Nie family, Second Uncle Nie and Third Uncle Nie became collateral. When returning to Nie's house, except for one or two cronies, the rest were not allowed.
"Second Master, that lynx is too fast, we can't catch it. Even bullets can be avoided, and the anesthesia gun can't catch up with it. It's really not something manpower can catch."
Sitting next to Second Uncle Nie was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy. The Nie family's phoenix-eyed and handsome appearance turned gloomy on him, especially his eyes, which were like poisonous snakes. Feeling unhappy.
Nie Ying's arm was wrapped with a thick gauze, and blood was still oozing from it, obviously the injury was not long ago.
"You mean, my arm was bitten by that beast for nothing?" Nie Ying was so angry that he kicked the bald man who came to reciprocate back a few steps.
The bald man didn't dare to show pain after being kicked, so he immediately bowed and stood still. Only the cold sweat on his face could tell that Nie Ying's slap just now caused him a lot of pain.
Second Uncle Nie always felt sorry for his son Nie Ying, so he quickly comforted him, and then said to his subordinates: "You have always done things properly, why can't you even catch a beast? I don't listen to so many excuses, I just want you to kill him That cat. I'll bear the consequences."
Third Uncle Nie who was sitting next to him also said, "It's just a pet. No matter how well it is kept, it is still an animal. If you hurt Ah Ying, you should kill it. Old Fifth is not such a person who can't tell the difference."
In fact, Third Uncle Nie didn't care that Nie Ying was injured, he was just an illegitimate child with no name or distinction, even the name was chosen at will. Don't even think about making a name for yourself in the Nie family in this life.
Third Uncle Nie is worried that when the ancestor worship is approaching, many people from other side branches are also in Nie's residence. The people involved in this matter know that Nie Ying's injury was not ordered by the fifth child, and in the eyes of others, they may be upgraded to the fifth child Dissatisfied with these brothers, he planned to take care of them.
Next, it is likely to affect their status in the Nie family and their interests at hand.
"Do you bear the consequences? Can the second brother afford the consequences?" It was Nie Xuan who came who spoke.
Nie Ying knew Nie Xuan, but he had not met her many times. He only knew that she was adopted by Uncle Nie. Uncle Nie was seriously ill and ignored him. If it weren't for Nie Xiao, the elder brother of the younger generation, who would still remember which onion Nie Xuan was.
The rankings of the men and women of the Nie family are not in the same place, and when the juniors call someone, they always call according to the specific ranking.
Nie Ying didn't even bother to call her aunt, he was a decent descendant of the Nie family, so what was Nie Xuan
"It turned out that Ah Xuan came. You may not know the situation. That beast bit Ah Ying's arm badly. It was killed for the good of our brothers and sisters. Otherwise, outsiders would think that our brothers are not as good as the fifth child." It’s just a beast, so if it gets out, it’s just a joke!” Second Uncle Nie had heard that Nie Xuan was capable outside, and with Nie Xiao behind her, Second Uncle Nie was happy to show her some face.
Nie Lin was standing next to Nie Xuan, who was completely ignored by him. Also, it was a question of whether a child who lost his father could grow up smoothly.
"Second brother, don't blame me for speaking impolitely. That lynx fifth brother is really a sweetheart. The earthquake saved the fifth brother's life a while ago. He usually eats less than two bites per meal. The fifth brother is nervous to find someone. Give it a physical examination, and now you have people rounding it up, if you let Fifth Brother know, do you really think it can be kind? You should have experienced the fifth brother's temper."
As soon as these words came out, not only Second Uncle Nie, but also Third Uncle Nie's face changed.
They really didn't expect that a person like Nie Liao would have something he likes. A lynx would be held in his hands as a treasure.
This is ridiculous. At the same time, they felt that this was indeed something that Nie Liao could do.
Just as the two of them retreated, someone suddenly trotted over to report—
"Second Master and Third Master, that lynx has been caught!"
When Nie Lin heard this, he burst into tears, crying and yelling: "I want to tell Uncle Wu! Let Uncle Wu beat you, you will be miserable! You will be miserable!"
Nie Lin's reverence for Uncle Wu came from the fact that his palms were beaten with thin sticks every now and then. At a young age, he thought that this kind of corporal punishment was the most terrifying and inhuman punishment in the world.
But the other people present were not so naive.