“But our fishballs are running out. When I sent someone out to buy them today, I didn’t expect to not be able to find that stall. The person whom I sent out to buy said that that stall has not been around for a few days. Something must have happened. I’m afraid that it will never appear again…”
“What should we do?” Madam Rufei looked worried. “Your cousin Qin’er loves this stall of the people in the mountains…”
Nangong Yupiao did not like Ye Lulu’s fishballs. Madam Rufei was still nagging, which made Nangong Yupiao hate them even more. When she heard this, she said:
“Second Aunt, you and Cousin both have precious bodies. You should take note of what you eat. It’s better to pay attention to Cousin’s identity. It’s better to not each so much of these snacks prepared by lowly commoners…”
Lowly commoners.
Madam Rufei frowned. There was a hint of unhappiness in her watery eyes. She was disgusted by Nangong Yupiao’s attitude and her straightforward words.
However, she was considered her child and had indeed been spoiled since she was young. Even her daughter, Qin’er, often had a temper. Madam Rufei did not agree with Nangong Yupiao’s words about the people in the mountains, but she did not blame her. She brought Nangong Yupiao into the second room.
Outside, Yuan City was the most bustling. People were crowding on the main street. The citizens in Yuan City loved to go out and shop.
In broad daylight, a child was led away by his mother and accidentally stepped on something. There were too many people walking on the main street and it was crowded. Many commoners would easily drop things onto the ground and these would be stepped on by others. Therefore, at around noon, the streets would be sticky.
The child lowered his head in a daze and saw something. He suddenly cried—
The shrill cry attracted his mother’s attention, and the surrounding commoners turned their heads.
It turned out that under the child’s feet was a dark stain. It looked like congealed blood, but the most terrifying thing was that there happened to be an eyeball in the thing, completely flattened. It was black and white, and it lay there. It met the child’s eyes.
That was why the child was instantly frightened to the point of crying. He cried non-stop. The mother of the child quickly squatted down and hugged him to comfort him. When she saw the eyeball, she was shocked and immediately knew why the child was crying.
“Hu Zi, stop crying. Stop crying…”
“Damn it, who threw this here?! There’s an eyeball on the ground! Isn’t this frightening the children?!”
Children were the most easily frightened. Furthermore, in ancient times, children were weak. Once they were frightened, it was very easy for them to have all kinds of problems.
This mother was scared to death. She quickly hugged the child and coaxed him.
Another person went forward to take a look and was also intimidated. He said, “Perhaps it was someone who sold meat or livestock. They walked past and this fell to the ground. Oh, it’s a waste. This is such a big piece of meat.”
“What is this…”
“It looks like… a dog? A pig?”
“These eyes… look like pigs, right?”
“It looks like a pig. My family sells meat. This looks like a pig… Maybe it’s from some family who buys a pig back every day. A piece of pork and an eyeball dropped halfway…”
“There seem to be four hooves. They look like newborn piglets…”
“Ah, this…”
