Becoming wealthy by raising furry animals

Chapter 2 Treat the disease and save the cat
The landlord was in poor health and went back first, so Ban You and the woman headed to that house.

After chatting with the woman, she learned that her name was Liu Simei, and the neighbors called her Wang Liushi. She had a six-and-a-half-year-old boy who was currently attending a private school in the city's East Market. The injured raccoon belonged to the boy's classmate.

The family's surname was Zheng, and they owned a butcher shop in the East Market. The neighbors all called them Zheng Laocai. Because their business was booming, they had a close relationship with the county magistrate. This was the main reason the Wang family had to pay their request for one tael of silver.

While the two were chatting, they arrived at the Zheng family's home.

The first thing he saw was a sturdy iron gate. Looking at the perimeter of the outer wall, Ban You felt that this family was quite wealthy. Wang Liu knocked on the door, and after a while, there was a noise from inside.

"Come, come, who is it?"

The person who opened the door was a woman in her thirties, with a gold hairpin in her hair and a green silk dress with lotus leaf pattern inlaid with silver threads, which made her look plump. There was a faint smile on her square face, but the shrewd calculation in her eyes made Ban You know that this person would not be easy to talk to.

Sure enough, before they could speak, the woman started questioning them.

"Who was it I thought? It turns out it's your family. How come you've collected enough silver?"

Wang Liushi stood at the doorway, smiling apologetically, her tone also hinting at flattery: "We are just getting the money together. We came here today mainly for the raccoon."

"Lucky?"

"Yes, Sister Zheng, this is the doctor I hired. She can cure Li Nu's illness. Why don't you let her take a look? After all, Li Nu is your beloved. If something really happened to her, how can you replace her with just one or two taels of silver? Don't you think this makes sense?"

Ban You looked straight at the woman, who looked him up and down with disdain and contempt in her eyes.

"Her? I've consulted several doctors but none of them could cure my fortune. Just her? Are you kidding me?"

"This..." Wang Liu didn't know what to say for a moment. She clasped her hands together and rubbed them back and forth, frowning, with a hint of panic in her eyes.

Seeing this, Ban You stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Madam, how about this? If I can't see the result, in addition to the one ounce of silver that Sister Liu gave you, I'll also give you one ounce of silver to make up for your loss. What do you think?"

"Tsk, do I need that one tael of silver from you?" Madam Zheng straightened her dress and glanced at Ban You and the others. "Our lucky charm is a rare and valuable variety that I bought from Shangjing for two taels of silver. Asking you for one tael of silver is already a concession from us. Now that you haven't gathered enough money and you're still coming to my door to annoy me, do you really think I'm easy to talk to?"

Madam Zheng picked up the broom at the door and was about to chase the two away. Seeing this, Ban You hurriedly said, "Madam, madam, please think carefully. Since Zhaocai has been to several doctors and none of them have been able to cure him, why not let me give it a try? If I can cure Zhaocai, wouldn't that also be saving his life?"

Mrs. Zheng slowed down the pace of expelling people.

Seeing this, Ban You immediately advised, "You've already seen so many doctors, so one more won't make a difference. If I can't cure you, you can do whatever you want. What do you think?"

Madam Zheng put down the broom, looked at Ban You, who had a look of "Do you trust me?" on his face, and stepped aside: "Alright then, I'll trust you this time. Come in with me."

Ban You entered the house and found it very hot and stuffy with the windows closed. The kitten named Zhaocai was lying on the soft white cushion, its snow-white fur emitting a golden glow under the sunlight.

Mrs. Zheng walked to Zhaocai and comforted him softly, then called Ban You over.

Ban You stopped thinking about it and walked over to take a closer look. Zhao Cai's breathing was weak, his stomach was rising and falling slowly, and his nose, which should have been moist, was dry. The cat looked very listless. He opened his eyes and glanced at Ban You, meowing, but didn't dodge.

Ban You tried to touch Zhaocai's head, and seeing that it was not afraid, he continued to check.

"How's his bowel movement lately?"

"Zhaocai hasn't had a bowel movement since he was brought home yesterday. He hasn't eaten or drunk much, and has been lying on the bed like this." Mrs. Zheng said with a choked voice, "He was fine before yesterday, just a naughty boy. Now he looks like this, I really..." Ban You touched Zhaocai's belly, put his ear to Zhaocai's heart and listened, then took Zhaocai's pulse, then stood up and looked at Mrs. Zheng and told her conclusion.

"The tip of its nose is dry, but its pulse is normal. So, it seems the recent heatwave and low humidity have caused its body temperature to rise, leading to mental depression." Ban You touched Zhaocai. "Don't close all the windows in the house. Summer is hot enough, and keeping it that way can make people sick, let alone cats."

"It probably doesn't like to drink water normally. You can make some chicken soup and mix it with chicken mince to feed it. Also, remove the flannel pad and replace it with a bamboo mat or something to cool it down. It should be fine in about three to five days."

"Really? That's great! I'll get it done right now."

Mrs. Zheng was also very quick. She quickly opened all the windows and found bamboo mats. After all the busy work, Zhaocai ate some minced meat soup and felt much better.

"Ah, it really works. Zhaocai seems to be feeling much better now." Seeing this, Mrs. Zheng thanked Ban You repeatedly, "This is all thanks to you. Otherwise, who knows how much suffering Zhaocai would have to endure."

"Mrs. Zheng, you're welcome. This is what I should do."

"Divine Doctor, what do you want? Tell me!"

Ban You glanced at Wang Liushi standing nearby and said softly, "To be honest, I'm temporarily staying in Sister Wang's old house. They knew the child had gotten into trouble, so they planned to sell the house. But you also know that finding a suitable house is not easy, so can you please not ask them to compensate you?"

"Okay, okay, that's easy to say. As long as we can attract wealth, money is nothing." Madam Zheng's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile, and she looked completely different from when she first met her. "Since the miracle doctor has said so, then the matter is over. You don't have to give us the money."

"Hey, thank you, sister Zheng, and thank you, sister Ban You." When Wang Liu heard the news, the heavy stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.

"Mrs. Zheng, please don't call me a miracle doctor. I only know a little bit about medicine. If you don't know what to call me, just call me Ban You."

"Then don't call me Madam Zheng anymore. It sounds weird. My real name is Li Yiyi. Just call me Sister Li."

Ban You held Li Yiyi's hand and called out with a smile, "Sister Li."

"Eh!"

Wang Liu left early due to something, leaving Li Yiyi and Ban You to talk for a long time. At Li Yiyi's warm invitation, Ban You even had a meal at Zheng's house before leaving.

That night, when Ban You was feeding Lai Cai, the system's voice suddenly rang in his mind.

"Congratulations, host, for completing Mission 2: Rescuing the injured raccoon slave. Reward: Animal Mind Reading. Would you like to activate this reward now?"

"need."

As soon as Ban You finished speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his brain. Then the originally quiet environment around him suddenly became noisy, and the sounds of various animals flooded into his mind. Ban You suddenly had a splitting headache and fell to the ground.

The system sensed this situation and was shocked, and quickly adjusted the method of using mind reading.

After a while, Ban You finally came out of the feeling that his brain was about to explode.

"System, I now believe you are a new system."

"Hey, host, I'm not very experienced. I only saw this function during training, but I've never activated it, so I forgot how to activate it. But I promise that unless you actively touch these little animals, you won't be able to hear their inner voices."

　Warm reminder: All pet treatment methods in this article are based on the author's data search and cannot be guaranteed to be accurate. Please do not substitute them into real life.
　　
　
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