"Just call me."

"Or your sister-in-law."

One more person and one more effort.

One person can't catch it...

Can two people and three people still make it run away?

...

"good."

The young scholar nodded.

"It was so unexpected..."

How did he want to call someone else?

but……

It's too late, right?

Didn’t he run away as soon as he called out?

...

"It's an accident."

The woodcutter nodded.

"It's not afraid of you at all."

The woodcutter is a little funny.

So far, this little thief...

The woodcutter looked at the strangely shaped animals in the painting.

The eyebrows were still a little tight.

It seems that it's just coming to steal steamed buns.

No other harm was shown.

...

Not afraid of him?

The young scholar smiled bitterly.

Not?

Not just not afraid of him?

That guy was almost stepping on his head.

...

"…What the hell is this guy?"

The woodcutter couldn't help but murmur.

This painting really made him feel a little more awkward when he saw it once.

How could it look like this?

...

"Taotie."

The young scholar spoke.

...

ah?

The woodcutter looked at the young scholar.

What?

...

"I checked the classics."

The young scholar said, "Its appearance is the same as the appearance of the Taotie depicted in the classics..."

“It’s very similar.”

...

Why……

The woodcutter opened his mouth wide,

Taotie?

Even compared to his younger brother, he is a rough man.

Almost never read much.

but……

He still knew Taotie.

Taotie...

Such a famous legendary creature.

...

But……

The woodcutter stuttered a little, "What, why?"

"Tao, isn't Taotie the legendary one?"

It's fake.

It's like a dragon or a phoenix.

How can there be dragons and phoenixes in the world?

How can there be gluttons in the world?

...

"yes."

The young scholar nodded.

"It's legendary."

"So far, there is no record of anyone actually seeing Taotie."

certainly.

It cannot be said that there is no record at all.

However, those recorded reading books are regarded as unofficial history magazines by the world.

No one takes it seriously.

...

"That……"

The woodcutter was confused.

Didn’t my brother say he saw Taotie?

...

"I didn't say I saw Taotie."

The young scholar shook his head.

"I mean the little thief I saw who stole steamed buns looked very much like the Taotie in the classics."

“But I don’t know if it is?”

"Maybe it just looks like alike."

...

Oh, oh.

The woodcutter nodded.

That's right.

His surprise faded a lot.

"It's just like a look."

The woodcutter shook his head.

"It can't be a Taotie."

...

"Why?"

The young scholar was curious about the reason why the woodcutter was so sure.

...

"Taotie."

The woodcutter opened his eyes wide.

The famous monster in the legend.

"How could you come to our house to steal steamed buns every day?!"

How could a big monster do this...

How to say it?

It doesn't fit the identity of a big monster at all.

Even if the big monster should do not cause a big thing to collapse and tsunami...

It would never be like eating steamed buns...

Things that thieves usually dislike.

...

After a brief moment of stammering, the young scholar nodded.

"Too."

The woodcutter made sense.

What a gluttonous word...

Where do you need to come to someone else's house to steal steamed buns?

Even if you come to someone else's house to steal food...

It should be to eat delicacies.

certainly.

If this were the case, he wouldn't have seen that black little thief.

after all……

There are no delicacies in their homes.

...

"Really?"

The woodcutter nodded.

"It should just look like alike."

"but……"

An idea popped up in the woodcutter's mind.

He looked at the young scholar, "Does it appear every time you eat steamed buns?"

....

The young scholar was slightly stunned.

Then he shook his head and corrected the woodcutter's statement, "It's my sister-in-law who makes steamed buns will appear every time she makes steamed buns."

It’s not that he will appear after eating the steamed bun.

It was not for him.

But for steamed buns.

...

"oh oh."

The woodcutter did not understand the difference between the two of them at first.

I only realized it later.

but……

"You're the only one who sees it."

The woodcutter's mind was spinning very quickly.

"Your sister-in-law and I have been guarding it several times before but we haven't seen it."

...

"Because you're too far apart."

The young scholar smiled, "It's too small again."

...

The woodcutter was stunned.

oh.

This reason is also possible.

...

“It doesn’t matter.”

The woodcutter doesn't want to worry about this issue.

bother.

"I'll let your sister-in-law make steamed buns for you tomorrow."

"Your sister-in-law and I will hide aside."

...

Why?

The young scholar was a little confused.

What is this for?

Then he suddenly realized, "You want to catch it?"

...

"Um."

The woodcutter nodded.

He just wanted to catch it.

"It's not a Taotie."

"But it's also a rare beast, right?"

"Some high-ranking officials like this kind of different things."

"Catch it and sell it to the nobles."

"It should be able to exchange a lot of money."

The woodcutter's eyes became brighter and brighter.

This is really a surprise.

...

The young scholar was a little hesitant.

"It just stole a few of our steamed buns."

I'm going to catch it... Is it still going to sell it?

...

"My brother is kind."

The woodcutter looked at the young scholar and smiled, "But you are too worried."

"Those dignitaries will treat it very well if they buy it."

“Give it whatever it wants to eat.”

"It can eat much better than steamed buns every day."

“Isn’t it very good?”

...

The young scholar was convinced.

He thought it was wrong.

He heard that he was going to sell it...

I just think it's not a good thing.

It will cause it to be abused.

Actually, it is not at all.

Poor families sell their children and daughters... they go to other people's houses to be slaves.

Just beat or scold.

Naturally, everything is not good.

But it's different.

It was sold to the noble family...it was a blessing.

...

"Really?"

Seeing that his younger brother was convinced by him, the woodcutter smiled.

"I'll talk about this to your sister-in-law now."

"You concentrate on reading."

"Tomorrow we will catch the little thief who stole the steamed buns."

...

"good."

The young scholar nodded.

...

The next day, my sister-in-law brought a full bowl of steamed buns.

The chubby steamed buns were steaming with heat.

Very tempting.

...

The young scholar still put the steamed buns on his desk.

He turned his head.

The brother and sister-in-law hid in the cabinet next to them.

The cabinet door is slightly opened.

...

The young scholar looked at the book in his hand.

It seems to be dedicated.

In fact, the young scholar's attention was a little distracted.

From time to time, he would glance at the direction of the steamed buns.

Want to see if that familiar figure appears?

...

After a few times, the young scholars were a little upset.
Chapter completed!