Moonlight flowed like water over the countryside.
Xue Yuantong raised her head and looked into the distance. The lights along the River Dam glittered like stars, scattered and flickering, with vendors and tourists mingling together.
Yet where she stood was quiet and secluded.
Carrying a lantern, Xue Yuantong continued playing the night watchman. Her voice rang out crisply: "In this bright and peaceful world, all is well."
Xue Chuchu quietly reminded her, "Aren't we here to catch Bamboo Rats?"
Xue Yuantong shot her a sidelong glance, criticizing her inwardly. Young people these days really had no patience. She wasn't done yet!
Then Xue Yuantong recited, "Only wicked rats plague this world. Today, you shall act on behalf of heaven!"
"Go, Jiang Ning!" She waved her little hand.
Jiang Ning said, "Can't be bothered."
With no other choice, Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu joined forces to search for wild Bamboo Rats.
Finding Bamboo Rats was a technical task. On such vast land, trying to find a Bamboo Rat hiding in a burrow was harder than climbing to heaven.
Playing the part of an old hunter, Xue Yuantong spoke confidently. "Bamboo Rats like eating reed roots, cogongrass roots, and bamboo. Look over there. See that little bamboo grove?"
It was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the moonlight was especially bright. In the dim fields, they could vaguely make out the bamboo grove in the distance.
"Let's go, onward to our destination!" Xue Yuantong led the group over to the bamboo grove.
There was a dried-up small ditch nearby, thick with bamboo and weeds. Xue Yuantong leaped right in. Fortunately, she did not fall, or Xue Chuchu might have had trouble finding her.
Xue Yuantong waded through the grass for a while, shaking her head again and again. "Dead