Go and capture those thirty-six fierce villains.

"I beat up all the stray cats and dogs on Anhe Street. I'm their boss now! If anyone bullies you, Qin Ning, I'll make them go to that person's latrine."

Qin Li straightened her chest, her tone carrying a hint of pride.

She had wanted to unify the cat and dog community on Anhe Street for a long time, but being by Qin Ning's side every day, she hadn't had the time to do it.

Of course, besides that, she also secretly decided to do something for the family to give Qin Ning a "surprise!"

Reaching out to wipe away the filth from the other person's body, a hint of suspicion flashed in Qin Ning's eyes.

His intuition told him that things might be more complicated than that.

"That's all you did?"

The little black cat's head wobbled and flew up, but the two little ears that she instinctively glanced back proved that she was feeling guilty at that moment.

Qin Ning grabbed the back of the neck and lifted the other person up: "If you don't tell the truth, you have to learn the Three Character Classic thirty times before you can go to sleep tonight."

"Qin Ning, I can talk now!"

"You still need to learn to read, just in case you can't speak anymore one day."

"...Qin Ning!"

Qin Li struggled frantically with her two little paws, but Qin Ning remained calm, picked her up and walked to the newly built counter, taking out snacks such as roasted lamb leg, braised pork knuckle, and dried chicken from the food box.

They were placed one by one in a place where the little black cat could smell the aroma but couldn't eat it.

He didn't eat either, just sat quietly, swallowing his saliva along with Qin Li.

a long time.

The little guy gave in, his head drooping helplessly as he said, "Alright, besides what I just said, I also went hunting."

"hunting?"

Qin Ning raised an eyebrow, took a soft handkerchief to wipe Qin Li's drool, placed her on her lap, and asked in surprise, "Did you go fishing in the Xiao'an River?"

The little black cat shook its head and pointed its paw towards the door: "Qin Ning, you said yesterday that you wanted to make money. I know you don't have much of that kind of paper and metal that you can exchange for food, so I went out to look for some tonight."

As Qin Ning listened to the story, her eyes gradually widened.

Qin Li: "In the fourth house on the right side of Anhe Street, I saw a lot of paper and metal, so I planned to go hunting for some tonight and bring it back as a surprise for you."

"What you did was stealing... That's wrong, you can't do that, understand?"

Qin Li nodded blankly, then asked, "What does 'steal' mean?"

"Taking something without asking is stealing."

"But when you took the old man's things during the blessing ceremony, you didn't tell him."

"...That's because he was already dead, so that thing was useless to him. Besides, he was a bad guy; strictly speaking, I was looting a corpse..."

As Qin Ning spoke, she wiped non-existent beads of sweat from her forehead.

He seemed to suddenly understand the difficulties of children's education.

Some things can only be understood intuitively and cannot be explained in words. It seems that it is indeed difficult to fully explain them to a child who is like a blank sheet of paper.

"Alright, then I won't go hunting."

Qin Li wagged her tail, her tone somewhat disappointed.

She had originally planned to act tonight and surprise Qin Ning when he woke up tomorrow.

"Hmm, the lamb chops are getting cold, let's go eat... Wait, where did you get that perfume smell on you?" Qin Ning said, then suddenly remembered something and gently pressed down on Qin Li's head.

The fourth house on Anhe Street is a money exchange. The manager and servants there are all men, so they shouldn't have any feminine smells.

The little black cat swallowed.

"Before hunting, you need to locate the prey. I searched all the shops on Anhe Street. When I went to the eighth house on the left, I heard the same scream as in the Drunken Flower Pavilion. I was going to go and check it out, but when I landed, I accidentally knocked over the bottles and jars on the table... The sound inside stopped instantly, and I ran away."

The eighth room on the left, I remember it was a rice shop, run by a young couple.

Looking at the little black cat's bewildered eyes, Qin Ning silently apologized, wondering if she had frightened it.

"Okay, it's fine now. Go eat, otherwise the food will get cold and too greasy."

After he finished speaking, Qin Li didn't move, but remained squatting on his knees.

"Qin Ning, that sound is terrifying. Are the people inside in danger?"

"Won't."

Are you sure?

"Sure."

"Then why were there screams?"

"You'll understand when you grow up... when you learn the Three Character Classic, the Hundred Family Surnames, and the Thousand Character Classic."

"Then I'll never understand."

"...You're quite self-aware."

The two of them bickered and finished off all the snacks on the table.

Practice, go to bed, fall asleep.

......

Early the next morning.

After Qin Ning finished his shift at the Sichen Guard's garrison, he headed straight for the Tiger Roar Martial Arts School in the north of the city.

It has to be said that being the leader of such a leisurely government office must feel really great; you can choose not to go to work whenever you want.

Nobody cared at all.

Wearing a straw hat, he walked into the front yard of the martial arts school and found that there were already diligent students there, swinging their fists powerfully and hitting the dummy in front of them hard.

Because his attire remained unchanged, the person who had approached him the day before recognized him at first glance.

However, his attitude was completely different from the day before.

"Senior brother, you've arrived so early. The headmaster hasn't gotten up yet, and Senior Brother Zhang and the others haven't arrived at the martial arts school either."

Those who can pay 150 taels of silver to learn martial arts are not people that the disciples of the martial arts school in the front yard can afford to offend.

The man was now eager to salvage his image, fearing that Qin Ning would hold a grudge against his less-than-friendly attitude the day before.

"It's alright. Has the herbal medicine been brewed in the kitchen?"

"what?"

The man paused for a moment before realizing what was happening: "When we came this morning, we saw Brother Monkey carrying charcoal towards the kitchen. Judging by the time, it should be ready by now."

"Alright, then you guys practice hard, I'll go check on you."

Qin Ning casually patted the other person on the shoulder and walked straight towards the training ground at the back.

As for that trivial matter of the other party's attitude the other day, it wasn't enough for him to take it to heart.

Inside the kitchen.

The temperature was noticeably higher than outside. The young man I saw the other day, nicknamed "Little Monkey," was squatting by the stove, snoring rhythmically. He must have gotten up too early and was catching up on sleep.

"This senior brother?"

Qin Ning walked in and called out softly. Seeing that the other person was fast asleep, she thought for a moment and decided not to disturb their peaceful sleep.

He walked to the cupboard, took a rough earthenware bowl, and ladled out a bowl of body-strengthening soup from the largest urn.

Upon consuming the herbal medicine, the supernatural power [Greed] is simultaneously activated.

One bowl, two bowls, three bowls... forty-six bowls.

The medicine in the jar was almost gone. Qin Ning put down the rough pottery bowl and let out a long burp.

"Sleeping soundly..."

Seeing that the young man in front of the stove was still unconscious, Qin Ning stepped forward and gently patted him on the shoulder.

"Hey senior brother, wake up, it's time to add the medicinal soup to the jar."

"Ah... um... what...?"

The young man opened his eyes in a daze, staring straight at Qin Ning, clearly not fully awake yet.

"I've finished the body-strengthening soup in this jar. Senior Brother Zhang said the other day that there was no limit, so please, Senior Brother Little Monkey, add some more."

"Did you finish it all?"

The young man scratched his face blankly, then peered into the jar and found that there was indeed only a little bit of soup base and some medicinal residue left.

Then he sat back down on the bench, muttering, "I'm still not fully awake. How could anyone possibly finish a whole jar of body-strengthening soup by themselves?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the young man started snoring rhythmically again.

Qin Ning: "..."