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Chapter 303 Black Whirlwind's Helplessness

Whenever we successfully accomplish something significant for our master, he will reward us. This reward is usually three days of rest or an increase in our merit money.

But neither of these things is what I want most right now. What I want most is to go home and see my parents.

Because my master always assigns me very important tasks, I never have time to go home and visit my parents.

He didn't even go home to spend the most important Chinese festival, the Spring Festival, with his parents. Whenever Black Whirlwind thought of this, his heart tightened, and two lines of tears slowly rolled down his cheeks.

Black Whirlwind was originally a man who rarely shed tears, but whenever he thought of his parents at home, he couldn't help but silently shed tears.

Although Black Whirlwind's parents had more than one son, Black Whirlwind, they also had two daughters and an eldest son. However, due to various reasons, none of them were able to fulfill their filial duties to their parents.

Therefore, the heavy responsibility of supporting the two elderly people fell entirely on Black Whirlwind's shoulders.

Emperor Xia was the benefactor of their family, and Black Whirlwind had sworn an oath before him when she was very young: to follow Emperor Xia to the death!

The reason Black Whirlwind became Emperor Xia's most trusted person was because he had a fire in his eyes. He was willing to do the dirty and tiring work that others were unwilling to do.

For example, when Emperor Xia had to go out to take care of some important matters, he would entrust his beloved cat to the care of his trusted subordinates.

This black cat had a very strange temper, just like its owner. It would often scratch other people's arms with its little paws.

Therefore, everyone who worked for Emperor Xia had tiny scratches on their arms. These were from Emperor Xia's beloved cat scratching their arms with its little paws when it was angry.

They had long harbored resentment towards the black cat named Heiniu and were eager to take advantage of Emperor Xia's absence to properly discipline it.

But they didn't have the courage to do it! That's because the first thing their owner did when he came home was to hold Blackie in his arms and check her over from head to toe.

Or you can hold it in your arms to see if it has become lighter. If the black girl has any wounds, it means it has become lighter.

As Xia Emperor's confidants, we were bound to be reprimanded by him. Therefore, gradually, not as many people wanted to become Xia Emperor's confidants as before.

After all, no one wants to be scolded by their owner because of a cat.

So this difficult and arduous task naturally fell to me. In order to serve this little darling well, I racked my brains to come up with all sorts of ways.

How could he keep this little rascal well-behaved and quiet? He remembered the dog owners back in his hometown who would immediately pick up a small stick and hit their dogs hard when they misbehaved.

But then he saw how he usually wouldn't even hit Blackie, and knew this method wouldn't work. That's why Black Whirlwind racked his brains to think about this problem.

It was because he discovered that to become his master's confidant, he not only had to work tirelessly for his master, but also had to keep the black cat by his master's side completely under his thumb.

Perhaps it was fate! Once, when I was out doing something my owner had asked me to do, I passed by a patch of grass and saw a tabby cat rolling around inside, completely absorbed in its playful antics.

When I saw this scene, I immediately came up with a plan and uprooted the few weeds under the tabby cat.

Because at that moment, a thought instantly popped into my head: how could I get this herb that cats could love to my little darling?

Then, will our little ancestor stop throwing tantrums like he does now? And will he and his brothers stop suffering from their master's inexplicable wrath like before?

Thinking of this, Black Whirlwind couldn't help but burst into laughter, but then a question instantly popped into his mind.

If the herb in his hand could truly make the grumpy black girl quiet and obedient, then how could he keep the herb near her for a long time?

As Blackie's owner, the presence of an unidentified object near her would certainly attract his attention.

That's why I racked my brains trying to figure out how to put this grass that can calm kittens down next to Blackie.

Then I suddenly remembered a few days ago when a young girl was sitting on the corridor sewing a pillow. I realized that this method was quite feasible!

So he gave all the wild grasses he had picked by the roadside to the maid who was embroidering pillows—Xiangling.

I asked her to embroider a pillow for me exactly like the one that Blackie often slept on. But this little girl is very stubborn!

No matter how much I begged her, she always refused, saying it wasn't her responsibility.

So I had no choice but to take out some spare money and say to her, "If you help me with this, then I will give you all the spare money I have."

I thought she wouldn't refuse my unreasonable request with such a small amount of spare money, after all, her master, Emperor Xia, paid her a large sum of money every month.

This monthly allowance is enough for Xiangling to support her family of seven, so Black Whirlwind has no hope for this matter.

He was about to turn and leave when Xiangling called out to him loudly! Hearing Xiangling's call, Heixuan immediately stopped.

Not only that, but he also smiled slightly, as if to say, "I knew you would agree to this."

Because no one in this world would complain about having too much money and refuse a great opportunity to make money. And what he asked Xiangling to do was not difficult for her to do.

All she had to do was stuff a little bit of grass that Black Whirlwind had picked from the roadside into the pillow while she was sewing it for Blackie. That was all!

This was an extremely easy task for Xiangling. How could Xiangling, who loved money more than anything, possibly give up such easily obtained wealth?

Without saying a word, he took the grass and some loose silver from Black Whirlwind's hand and gave him a slight smile.

Brother Feng, if you have any more good things like this next time, please remember to tell me! I'd be happy to help you!

Upon hearing Xiangling's words, Black Whirlwind couldn't help but smirk. He turned around and saw Blackie lying lazily on the floor, basking in the sun.

Seeing this, Black Whirlwind thought to himself, "This is truly a stroke of luck! It's a perfect opportunity to test whether this handful of wild grass in my hand will have any effect on Blackie."

So Black Whirlwind took the wild grass he had picked from outside and approached Blackie step by step.

But to his surprise, just as he was about to get close to Blackie, Blackie immediately pounced on Black Whirlwind.