In the first year of the Republic of China, a farmer named Wang Wangcai lived in Beiwang Village, Yutian County, Hebei Province.

Just this year, Wang Wangcai's wife, who had just been married for a year, encountered difficulty in giving birth to a child.

Several midwives came, but nothing could be done.

Seeing that the lives of adults and children were in danger, suddenly, a big mouse about one foot long jumped out from under the earthen bed.

Seeing that there were many people in the house, the big mouse panicked and rushed into the face of the pregnant woman. The pregnant woman trembled with fear and exerted herself, and she actually gave birth to the baby.

The child is born thin and small, with a lot of fine hair on his body, like a big mouse.

The child was safe, but Wang Wangcai's wife died a few days later due to excessive blood loss.

Shortly after Wang Wangcai's wife died, rumors spread in the village that Wang Wangcai's son was reincarnated as a rat spirit.

What's even worse is that the son is not Wang Wangcai's son at all, but is the result of his wife's affair with a rat spirit.

The child had no milk, so Wang Wangcai gave the child to his mother to help feed him.

The old lady nicknamed the child "Rat Baby".

The old lady pooped and peed to raise the rat baby until he was five years old, but a serious illness claimed the old man's life again.

At this time, Wang Wangcai had remarried a new wife, and the new wife gave birth to her two younger sons.

By the time the poor mouse baby returned to his father, he had become a "little bastard" whose father did not care for his mother.

Because the mouse baby was so thin and small, and because of the rumors surrounding his birth, the children in the village did not play with him and always bullied him.

Gradually, the mouse baby became taciturn, often not saying a word for several days.

The rat baby likes to hide and play alone in no-one's place.

When the mouse boy was seven years old, there was a famine and the grain harvest in the fields failed, so every household had to tighten their belts to get by.

For some time, Wang Wangcai found that the food at home seemed to have been stolen by someone, and there were always some scattered wheat grains around the wheat vat.

On this day, Wang Wangcai followed the wheat grains scattered on the ground to the ruined temple at the end of the village.

Wang Wangcai lay on the broken window and took a look, but he didn't get angry to death.

It turned out that the mouse boy was taking out wheat grains from his pocket and feeding seven or eight big mice.

Wang Wangcai picked up a brick from the corner and threw it at the rats.

The mice suddenly ran around in fear.

Wang Wangcai rushed into the ruined temple and opened his mouth to the frightened rat baby.

Wang Wangcai scolded: "You little evil! My family is almost out of food, and you steal food to feed the rats. I think you might be reincarnated as a rat spirit. Get out of here, don't let me see you again." Beat him.

After finishing the scolding, Wang Wangcai turned around and walked away angrily.

Unexpectedly, the rat baby didn't come home for two days in a row.

Wang Wangcai had to go to the homes of relatives and friends to search, but no one had seen the mouse baby.

Since then, the mouse baby has disappeared.

2 In the blink of an eye, it was the twenty-second year of the Republic of China.

This year, a thief appeared in Jinan Mansion.

This snitch is so powerful that he can steal from jewelry stores, jewelry stores, government officials, and wealthy households. Moreover, the police department can't find any clues when solving the case.

The police chief was very angry about this and ordered a notice to be posted offering a heavy reward to anyone who could provide clues about the snitch.

All the police in the city were mobilized, vowing to find the snitch even if he was hiding in a mouse hole.

On this day, a skinny old man in his sixties came to the police station. The skinny old man claimed to be an artist who traveled around the world performing monkey tricks.

The thin old man told the police that fifteen years ago when he was performing in a village, he once rescued a little boy who fainted from hunger on the roadside.

This little boy claimed that his parents had died, and he was later taken in as an apprentice by the thin old man.

What the thin old man didn't expect was that the little boy actually had a special skill. He could communicate with mice. The mice were as well-behaved as kittens or puppies in front of the little boy.

The thin old man had an idea and decided to let the little boy train the mouse.

It is common to see people playing monkey tricks, but probably not many people have seen people playing mouse tricks.

The little boy did not disappoint the thin old man. The mice he trained were capable of stepping on wooden balls, jumping through fire hoops, and drilling into bottles.

In those years, the little boy relied on his unique skill of playing mice, but it often made the thin old man make money.

When the little boy was fifteen years old, the thin old man discovered that the boy started not to learn well. He smoked, drank, played cards, and even learned to visit brothels at a young age.

But all these expenses require money!

The thin old man quietly observed the boy for a few days, and he couldn't help being surprised. It turned out that the boy was secretly training mice to steal money.

The thin old man said: "A busker earns his living by his craftsmanship. Stealing money is a job for low-income people. I was so angry that I beat him up. I didn't expect him to leave without saying goodbye that night, and I haven't heard from him since." The policeman was very surprised after hearing this and asked hurriedly.

"You mean, the snitch is probably your apprentice back then?" The thin old man said, "The places where the snitch entered are all heavily guarded places. I think the only people who can steal gold and jewelry without leaving a trace are rats.

. That child has no real name, but his nickname is Shuwa." As the thin old man said, the thief who caused a fuss in Jinan Mansion was the poor child who ran away from home!

At this time, the mouse baby was lying on the bed of Chun Xing, the kiln sister of Yichun Yuan, flirting and joking with Chun Xing.

Besides, Chun Xing, because she is thin and has a sharp mouth and a rat-cheeked appearance, few customers like her.

Because there were no guests, Chun Xing was often beaten and scolded by the madam of Yichun Court.

In Yichun Yuan, Chun Xing got up the earliest, worked the most, and had the worst food. The sisters in Yichun Yuan often used Chun Xing as their servant to order the girls around.

On this day, Chun Xing was given a hot bath by a red-brand kiln sister. The red-brand kiln sister showed her power and scolded Chun Xing and slapped her hard.

Coincidentally, all this was seen by the cat thief Shuwa who came to Yichun Court to have fun.