"Use these three sheets of paper once a day, and she should more or less recover. Don't go stealing anyone else's little sows again."
The two little foxes nodded like garlic being pounded.
Li Ping'an added, "But you still have to come back with me and apologize to the little sows' owner. Remember to pay him back in the future."
A Bai nodded again.
Then Li Ping'an left the cave with A Bai and went to Ge Dali's home.
A Bai solemnly apologized to Ge Dali and promised to pay him back in the future.
Ge Dali had thought an evil ghost was causing trouble, but it turned out to be two little foxes.
Now that the matter was settled, he no longer thought much of it.
With his wealth, a few little sows were nothing.
The matter came to a satisfactory conclusion.
Li Ping'an went to the Myriad Affairs Pavilion, returned the jade token, and exchanged it for fifteen spirit stones.
He carefully tucked them into his pocket, brimming with a sense of accomplishment.
To thank Li Ping'an, A Bai offered to treat him to a feast in the cave.
Thinking that he had yet to eat dinner, Li Ping'an agreed at once.
The night was dark, without a single light in sight, giving everything an oppressive feel.
The wind whispered forlornly, and faint silver light slanted across rows of cold gravestones.
A man, an ox, and a little white fox walked beneath the desolate moonlight.
A breeze swept past, and a shrill cry rang out from the treetops.
Suddenly, Li Ping'an stopped.
He pulled the little fox into a nearby thicket.
In perfect coordination, Old Ox did a backflip and landed silently behind the thicket.
Old Ox lay on the ground, two legs curled up tightly, not