Chapter 523 - Chapter 523: Chapter 515: Doting on Wife with Power (2/2)

Qin Niu gave them a couple of reminders and then left the post station.

The once-bustling streets were now only sparsely populated with a handful of pedestrians. It seemed everyone was tired from their activities; many had already gone home to sleep.

Street vendors were packing up their wares, preparing to head home.

Many of the shops on both sides of the street had already closed for the night.

As he passed the street where the rat-seller was located, Qin Niu unexpectedly spotted two familiar figures. A burly man was carrying two heavy iron cages, and his wife was following him, carrying other items.

The business of the disabled couple selling rock rats didn’t seem very good; they hadn’t sold many.

By the looks of it, they were packing up to go home.

Witnessing the couple’s hard efforts in the depths of the night, Qin Niu felt a stirring in his heart.

“How many rock rats do you have in total?”

He approached and stopped them.

The husband set down his load and communicated with his wife through gestures.

“There should be 1064!”

She didn’t know why Qin Niu was asking this.

“Alright, I’ll buy all the rock rats from you. A hundred taels of silver, do you sell or not?”

Qin Niu asked for their opinion.

“Mhm, mhm, mhm!”

The couple were so thrilled to have such a big customer that they nodded vigorously, agreeing to the deal.

“Give me those two big iron cages as well, and here are the hundred taels of silver.”

Qin Niu handed them a silver note worth a hundred taels.

The large iron cages seemed quite sizable but probably weren’t expensive to buy; they likely cost no more than five maces of silver. With some bargaining, he might even get them for three and a half to four maces of silver.

The tall husband took the silver note, his excitement coloring his cheeks a shade of red.

After verifying the note was authentic, he handed it to his wife.

She was taken aback, refused it with a shake of her hands, but her husband insisted until she finally took it. Holding the silver note felt as heavy as a thousand pounds in her trembling hands, and the way she looked at her husband was deeper and more affectionate than ever before.

Heartfelt communication is most important between people.

The husband treated her so well that she would probably be willing to entrust her life to him.

Qin Niu smiled. As his strength and status continued to rise, his basic needs were well taken care of, and he had attained a certain level of authority over life and death. He preferred to witness human kindness and sincerity and disliked deceit and evil.

He took the thousand-plus rock rats and placed them directly inside the carriage.

He wasn’t worried about them being stolen.

Those staying in the post station were powerhouses, none of whom would stoop to stealing someone else’s rats.

Qin Niu bought these rock rats partly out of a desire to help the disabled couple and partly to help his wife’s cat evolve special abilities. After all, he had already purchased the expensive cat food, so he couldn’t just give up halfway.

He could only continue investing, doing everything he could to help it become stronger.

This was also why one must be extremely cautious when choosing beast pets or insect pets.

If one chose a pet with poor potential, they would have to invest far more than others, and they might even end up raising an ‘irremediable failure,’ with all the time, effort, money, and resources going to waste in the end.

In this highly competitive world, with the same amount of resources, others’ pets might grow stronger while the weaker ones are left behind.

Ultimately, the weak may become weaker, missing out on many significant opportunities, while the victor continues to climb higher and grow stronger.

Wang Wanyan had something of a young lady’s temperament, being somewhat capricious, simple-minded and kind-hearted, and was not particularly utilitarian in her actions.

While this was a commendable character trait, it lacked competitiveness.

Luckily, she married Qin Niu, and the two complemented each other well

Qin Niu was ruthless in his actions, meticulous in thought, and deep in strategy, never showing any undue mercy common to women. This was one of the key reasons for his rapid rise.

Even without discovering that Ancient Banyan Tree, he could still rise quickly, though perhaps not achieving quite the extraordinary level of success he now enjoyed.