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Chapter 48: Knowing When to Retreat

  That figure was just a simple white long shirt, but next to the red plum blossoms, it looked ethereal and otherworldly. With just one glance, Mo Qingchen realized that he must be the famous Flower Young Master who had recently been making a big name for himself at the Mo Manor.

  "Qian Shu's brother, why does our grandfather want us to go back and live with him again?" Tiger Head's voice came with some reluctance.

  "What's wrong, doesn't Hu Tou want to go? Or perhaps he doesn't like playing with Qian Shu?" came the low but gentle voice of a man.

  Hutou hesitated for a moment and said: "Hutou likes it, but if we go to Grandpa's house, then I won't be able to play with Qingchen together."

  Mo Qingchen on the side heard it, and was both amused and moved.

  At this moment, Hua Qian Shu turned his head and looked at Mo Qingchen and his servant.

  "Ah, Qingchen, you're better! I was just about to go look for you. Mother said not to disturb your rest." Hu Tou saw Mo Qingchen and the awkwardness from that day was forgotten, running over with a happy expression.

  Mo Qingchen chuckled and smiled at Hu Tou.

  "Qing Chen, Qing Chen, this is my senior brother Hua Qian Shu." Hu Tou pulled Mo Qing Chen's hand and pointed at Hua Qian Shu.

  Mo Qingchen was not a flower idiot, but in front of such a turbid world's excellent young master, he still couldn't help but blush and slightly bowed: "Qingchen has seen Senior Qianshu."

  "That girl, with a hint of curiosity in her eyes, slowly opened her mouth after half a moment and said: 'You're the little girl who was dueling with someone in the hall that day, spitting blood and fainting? Hehe, today you look quite different from back then.'"

  "Qian Shu brother is laughing, comparing fists, of course, we must go all out, and it's different from usual, it's natural." Mo Qingchen has calmed down, speaking in a clear voice.

  Hutou saw two people talking and pushed him aside, pulled Mo Qingchen and said: "Qingchen, why don't we go catch sparrows today?"

  "Huh, today?" Mo Qingchen was somewhat surprised.

  "Huhu nodded heavily and said, 'Yes, Qian Shu told Mother that Grandfather wants us to go back tomorrow, today is just right, otherwise we don't know when we would have to wait until.'"

  "Alright then, just the two of us?" Mo Qingchen could only nod in agreement.

  "Hu Tou raised his head and looked around, saying: 'Cheng Feng, go call Fourteen Sister over, as well as Twelve Brother and Thirteen Brother. If they're willing, have them come together.'"

  "Yes." The wind responded and retreated.

  Hutou's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands, saying: "Qianshu big brother, why don't you come with us to catch sparrows?"

  Mo Qingchen was delighted to see a cry-smile expression on Hua Qianshu's face.

  "Qian Shu big brother——" Hu Tou saw Hua Qian Shu and didn't speak, pulling on his white long shirt.

  "It's fine, but Hu Tou, you have to go to your grandfather's place a bit earlier tomorrow." Hua Qian Shu said.

  At the foot of the mountain behind Mo's mansion, there was a patch of grass where sparrows played in winter. Several people came together to that place, and Hu Tou looked at the numerous sparrows with an eager-to-pounce expression.

  Before long, Mo Ning Rou and Xiao Shi Er and Xiao Shi San also arrived.

  Everyone was present, and Hu Tou said: "Let's have a competition to see who can catch more sparrows."

  "Okay, okay." Several children echoed in agreement.

  In Mo Qingchen's heart, there was another dark line. Alas, his outward appearance and age were still there, so for the sake of fitting in, he could only go along with it.

  As several people with tiger heads moved, Mo Qingchen only discovered that they were catching sparrows without any technical content at all, just relying on a pair of hands, constantly flapping back and forth.

  It's really rare to catch one!

  Mo Qingchen resolutely gave up his useless efforts, beckoned Cloud Branch to come over, whispered a few words in her ear, and then she turned around and left.

  Mo Qingchen took advantage of the time when several children were playing with the sparrows to quietly slip away, looking for a place to sit amidst the snowy ground. She saw Hua Qianmu sitting in a chair, smiling slightly as he watched Tiger Head and his men.

  Mo Qingchu hesitated for a moment, still not wanting to sit on the cold ground with her butt. She thought to herself that from now on, she must put all kinds of chairs in her storage bag, so that whenever she wanted to sit, she could just take one out and sit down.

  Unexpectedly, before Mo Qingchen could speak, Hua Qianshu waved his sleeve and another chair appeared on the ground, with a thick cushion on it.

  "Little girl, sit here." A gentle voice came from the man.

  "Thank you, Brother Qianshu." Mo Qingchen sat down without any politeness.

  Mo Qingchen was leisurely watching the busy and sweaty Tiger Head and others, when suddenly Hua Qianshu asked: "What's wrong, doesn't Qingchen like catching sparrows?"

  Mo Qingchen raised his eyes to look at Hua Qianshu and said, "Qingchen is young and slow-handed. If he catches them like this, I'm afraid he won't catch one by nightfall."

  It turned out that after bustling around for half a day, Tiger Head and his men still hadn't caught even one.

  Although they are more agile than ordinary people, they don't know any magic, and it's not easy to catch flying sparrows with bare hands.

  "Seeing what can be done and retreating when it's difficult? " Hua Qian Shu's voice was low, as if muttering to himself, his face expressionless.

  Mo Qingchen glanced at Hua Qianshu with a hint of disdain, thinking to himself "You really are looking down on me", but he didn't bother to explain and continued to look at others with an air of superiority.

  After another quarter of an hour or so, Yunzhi finally rushed over in a hurry, still holding quite a few things in his hand.

  Hutou and a few others were also tired, so they ran to Mo Qingchen's place. Seeing what was in Yunzhi's hand, they curiously asked: "What is this?"

  Mo Qingchen smiled but didn't speak, took the thing from Yunzhi's hand and walked to an empty space. First, he set up a sieve, placed a green brick on top of it, put some millet under the sieve, tied a thin rope to the small wooden stick that held the sieve, then pulled the long thin rope to the chair.

  "What are you doing, Qingchen?" Hu Tou asked curiously, blinking his big eyes.

  Mo Qingchen stretched out his finger and whistled, saying: "You'll know later."

  Hua Qian Shu gazed at the sieve set up in the arena, then looked at Mo Qingchen and smiled silently.

  Several people held their breath and gazed at the empty space, and before long, several sparrows hopped and jumped under the sieve to forage for food.

  Hutou finally understood what was going on and excitedly exclaimed: "Aha!"

  But was quickly covered by Mo Ning Rou's hand.

  Mo Qingchen could feel the excitement of several children behind him, but he was not in a hurry, until more than a dozen sparrows ran under the sieve to grab food. Only then did he quickly and fiercely pull the fine rope, and with a loud bang, the sieve fell down. More than a dozen sparrows didn't run away at all, they were all under the bottom of the sieve chirping wildly.

  "Ah, ah, Qingchen, you're too amazing! Qianshu big brother, I wasn't wrong, was I? Qingchen is both clever and interesting!" Hu Tou said with a laugh, clapping his hands.

  Hua Qian Shu smiled and sized up Mo Qingchen, her eyes sparkling brightly.

  Mo Qingchen didn't notice these, and together with several dolls cheered and rushed towards the sieve in the empty field.

  At this moment, a woman in a pink dress appeared from afar, walking slowly towards them. The red dress against the snowy background made her look like an immortal goddess emerging from the waves.

  It's actually Thirteen Aunt Mo Wu!

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