Ma Wei was busy until late at night before he stopped what he was doing.
According to the information Maomao brought back, the major churches in the city have opened up their share of holy water, from a small supply at the beginning to an unlimited supply.
This means his plan succeeded.
With so much holy water, he no longer has to worry about the safety of believers. After the rats are eliminated in the city, people's lives can get back on track.
The crisis is temporarily over.
Yunia, who had eaten nothing except breakfast, was already hungry, but she insisted on staying with her father. After Ma Wei finished his work, she ran to the kitchen: "Dad, come here quickly, let's
It’s finally time to have dinner!”
Mrs. Cecil said she was just preparing some simple dinner, but in order to welcome Junia's arrival, she made a sumptuous dinner.
Peas and ham soup, roasted potatoes, fried bacon, and eggs scrambled in butter.
Each carefully prepared dish is served on a porcelain plate, waiting for the diners.
Yunia couldn't wait to grab a baked potato with the skin, opened her mouth and took a big bite, and then.
Quietly let it go.
"What's wrong?"
Ma Wei put the buttered bread into his mouth and asked: "Isn't it to your taste?"
Yunia nodded, then quickly shook her head, twisted her little hands together, and said tangledly: "I want to eat the beef from last night."
The cold potatoes tasted like chewing gum, not to mention tasteless, and they didn't taste good. Mavey thought for a while, raised his hand to take the potatoes from Yunia's plate, and put his bacon and scrambled eggs in front of her.
"Dad, don't you want to eat?"
"I don't like bacon and eggs."
After hearing this, Yunia happily picked up the spoon, scooped up a spoonful of yellow scrambled eggs and put it into her mouth. Her legs were dangling under the table, spoonful after spoonful.
"You must drink pea soup. It is rich in vitamins and is good for your health." Ma Wei warned.
"What are vitamins, Dad."
"Well"
Facing Yunia's question, Ma Wei didn't know how to explain it for a while. He wanted to use the concepts of modern medicine to explain, but he was afraid that Yunia wouldn't understand.
"Peas prevent scurvy," he said.
"scurvy?"
"Yes, this is a very terrible disease. It can cause tooth loss, depression, and red and black spots on the skin." Ma Wei bared his teeth: "If you don't eat more vegetables, beautiful Yunia will
It’s going to look ugly.”
"ah!"
Yunia was startled, quickly abandoned the bacon, and launched an attack on the pea soup. She drank it while sticking out her tongue. Obviously, it didn't taste very good.
"Hiccup daddy, Yunia has finished drinking!"
Perhaps because she drank too fast and air entered her stomach, Yunia burped, put down the soup plate without a drop left, and asked nervously: "Is Yunia going to lose her teeth now?"
"
"No more." Ma Wei said with a smile: "But just drinking it once is not enough. Vegetables must be eaten regularly, otherwise all the teeth will fall out. Alas, if that happens, poor Yunia will lose her meat."
I can’t even eat anymore.”
"You must eat it! Yunia will definitely eat vegetables often!"
Ma Wei nodded with satisfaction: "I'll take you to buy some sets of clothes tomorrow. Although Mrs. Cecil brought a lot of old clothes, they are all out of date."
"Okay, okay!"
at this time
Fat Orange Xiaohei jumped in from the window and said with a tired look: "It's done, all the dead rats have been thrown over the Central Avenue. When the patrol police find them, they will be cremated."
"Thank you for your hard work, do you want some bread?" Ma Wei handed over the half-eaten butter bread.
Fat Orange didn't even look at the bread. He just sat down next to Yunia. After thinking briefly, he stopped talking.
"I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
"bad news."
"Let's tell you the good news first, lest you faint from anger." Fat Orange licked his mouth: "The good news is that the church already has a large number of cat believers, and you can command them to do anything."
This is indeed good news, and it is great news.
Cats move quickly, react quickly, and come and go without a trace. They are definitely the most agile eyes in the streets.
With the cat army, Ma Wei can do many things that he couldn't do before.
"Where's the bad news?"
"The bad news is, well, you have to provide them with warm shelter and delicious food."
Snap.
The bread fell on the table.
Ma Wei looked at Fat Orange with dumbfounded eyes, almost gasping for breath.
"Why, do you just want to take advantage without making any contribution?"
Fat Orange glared at him displeasedly: "Cats, like people, also need food and shelter from the wind and rain. Winter is coming, and if we ignore them, the number of homeless cats will definitely decrease sharply!
"
"No, no, no, I'm not a scumbag who puts up his pants and doesn't recognize the cat."
Ma Wei shook his head repeatedly: "But have you ever thought that these are not just one or two, but more than a thousand! Even the cattery can't afford to keep them!!!"
"1535." Fat Orange gave the accurate number: "On the way back, I did a simple calculation. Based on the average cat eating 200 grams of meat per day, you have to prepare 677 pounds of food per day."
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"In normal times, I can still organize them to eat rats, but you know, the number of surviving rats in the city currently will not exceed 50, well, maybe less."
The warm words shattered the last trace of luck in Ma Wei's heart.
"Fuck me!"
Ma Wei's eyes were desperate and he looked at the ceiling helplessly, his lips trembling.
He often goes to the market and is well aware of the prices in the Kingdom of Windsor. A pound of beef costs 5 copper pennies and a pound of fish costs 3 copper pennies. The prices are not cheap.
If someone were to ask him, since beef costs 5 pence, why not eat pork, then Ma Wei would definitely spit in his face, and then tell him seriously that in this era, a pound of pork costs 7 pence, which is more expensive than beef!
Even the cheapest fish available every day costs 2,031 pence for 677 pounds!
every day!
Calculated, Mawei would have to pay 8.5 gold pounds just to provide food for the cats every day!
255 gold pounds a month, a year.
Ma Wei didn't dare to think about it anymore. His head was already big.
The buttered bread, which was originally delicious, has lost its flavor at this moment.
despair.
Apart from these two words, Ma Wei really couldn't find any other words to describe his current mood.
"Meow"
Xiao Hei came to Ma Wei, raised his paw and put it on the back of his hand, comforting him: "Master, you have to look on the bright side! Being served by more than a thousand cats, who in the world can be treated like this?"
Right, meow?”
"I really thank you." Ma Wei said, almost crying but without tears.
"It doesn't matter Master, this is what Xiao Hei should do, meow!"
