The Birds Keep Ringing Chapter 27
byChapter 27 Where do eggs come from? I am your father, not your mother, remember…
Of course, things did not develop as written in the book, and nothing happened.
The next day, Yun Zhen woke up in his parents’ bed, with one leg hanging on the edge of the bed and his whole body sleeping in a “big” shape, as if he had practiced a set of unique magical skills in his dream.
As for what happened last night, his memory was broken in that gap.
He only remembered that the second senior brother was very obsessed with verifying the knowledge in the book, and a schoolboy who had just learned to read had to get someone to recite the entire text.
During this process, Yunzhen twice tried to end the exercise by begging for mercy, but most of the time, a comfortable feeling that he had never experienced before took over, so his refusal sounded more like an encouragement to refuse in return.
After all, who can reason with a piece of wood that has become fine?Moreover, this piece of wood not only became a spirit, but also opened its orifices, which is very fatal.
In short, physical exhaustion is a fact.The quilt was very warm, and Yun Zhen turned over comfortably. He felt that the greatest happiness in life was the morning when he didn’t have to practice.
Just when he was about to go back to sleep and make up for the moves he didn’t perform well last night in his dream, he suddenly felt something in his arms.
Hard, round, and a little bit harsh.
Yun Zhen reached in and took out an egg in a daze.
A very small egg.
“…”
First of all, he is a male. There is no doubt about this. His second senior brother just verified it with his own hands and repeatedly last night.
Secondly, even if he had an experience of not being a human being and turned into a pearl bird, it was still a male bird.
So the question is, whose egg belongs to it?
An unconventional thought emerged in Yunzhen’s mind: Could it be because of last night’s uncontrollable love? He and his second senior brother, a half-demon and a birdman, not only broke reproductive isolation, but also challenged gender barriers and produced the crystallization of love.
If this is the case, then the child’s hatching speed is too fast, or the half-demon’s genes are just so overbearing.
Before he could figure it out, the egg moved.
“Click”.
The cracks on the eggshell became larger, and there seemed to be something sharp poking out from inside.The eggshell peels off bit by bit, revealing the pink stuff inside.
Yun Zhen was scared to death.
It’s over, he must have been dishonest in his sleep and crushed the egg.If there was a little life inside, and it was crushed to death before it was born, then he would be too wicked, and this would be considered manslaughter.
He didn’t even bother to put on his shoes, and rushed out with the egg in his hands, shouting as he ran: “Master! Master! The person is dead! No, the egg is dead!”
The master was sitting in the yard drinking tea, holding a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake in his hand. Yun Zhen’s voice made his hand shake, and the sweet-scented osmanthus cake fell into the teacup.
“Why are you panicking? It’s so sudden!” The master looked at the cup of tea distressedly.
Yunzhen rushed to the master and held the egg in his hands: “Master, I seem to have crushed it to death. What’s going on? How could I lay an egg? Am I going to die?”
The master glanced at the egg, calmly took the sweet-scented osmanthus cake out of the tea, and said with a smile, “Do you think you laid it?”
“Otherwise!” Yun Zhen was about to collapse. “It’s in my arms. Did it fall from the sky?”
“It’s not wrong.” Master stroked his beard, “Although you didn’t lay this egg, it did fall out of your body.”
Yun Zhen was even more confused: “What do you mean it came out of me? Is there any hidden part of my body that I haven’t discovered yet?”
“Zhen’er, didn’t my master tell you?” The master pointed to his chest, “There is an injured little sparrow living in your body. My master temporarily placed its soul in your body and used your spiritual energy to help it recover.”
“Then why did it turn into an egg?” Yun Zhen was puzzled.
“This spirit sparrow was originally a spiritual beast. Unfortunately, it was tortured so much by the grandsons of the Lu family that its body was destroyed. I estimate that it will stay in your body for another three months to slowly condense its form.”
The master paused, looked Yunzhen up and down, and showed a meaningful smile.
That smile contained the transparency of seeing through the world of mortals and a trace of old and disrespectful vulgarity: “Who knows what you did to ripen it.”
Being exposed, Yun Zhen’s face instantly turned red.
Please, didn’t he and the second senior brother just kiss and touch each other for a while. Although the process was a bit intense and the temperature was a bit high, it was only a local increase in temperature. How could this thing be hatched?
Could it be that this spiritual beast can still sense the pink bubbles in the outside world and feel that the environment is suitable for emerging from its shell?
What an improper spiritual beast this is!
As soon as he finished speaking, the eggshell shattered completely.
A hairless, wrinkled little thing rolled out.It shook its big head with difficulty, stood up reluctantly, flapped its two fleshy wings twice, and then opened its big mouth that occupied half of its head towards Yunzhen.
“Chirp!”
Yunzhen looked at the piece of meat in disbelief: “How did you hatch such a bald chicken? Is this thing a spiritual beast?”
Everyone gathered around.
Wen Wan looked disgusted: “So ugly.”
Mrs. Yun looked at the shockingly ugly little bird and smiled from ear to ear. This was probably a second-generation kiss: “Oh, really, this little guy seems to like you very much. He keeps looking at you. Does he think of you as his mother?”
“Mother!” Yun Zhen was filled with grief and anger, “I am a man, and I am a human being. I refuse to recognize this parent-child relationship!”
He turned around and glared at his master: “What’s going on? What do you think of me? Why don’t you let senior brother do things like hatching eggs? He’s so hairy!”
The fox in the den turned over and continued to sleep, pretending not to hear.But the tip of the tail trembled slightly, obviously suppressing a smile.
The master said confidently: “Since it has come out, it is fate. Just keep it. When it is raised, it will help you and it will be much more powerful than ordinary spiritual beasts.”
The little featherless bird seemed to understand everyone’s discussion about its whereabouts. In order to prevent it from being abandoned, it immediately flapped its two fleshy wings, tightly hugged Yunzhen’s fingers, and used its bare head to touch Yunzhen’s palm.
“Chirp! Chirp!”
“Is it hungry?” Yun Zhen poked its belly with a finger in disgust. It was soft, warm, and felt surprisingly good to the touch.
“Probably.” The master said, “This thing is a bird spirit. It is not picky about food. It can be fed with whatever it wants, including insects.”
“Doesn’t it drink milk?” Yunzhen asked subconsciously.
“Do you have one?” Master asked.
Yunzhen looked down at his chest. Apart from two useless decorations, there was indeed nothing there. It was even flatter than the bird.
Finally, Mrs. Yun found a handful of millet, soaked it until soft and handed it over.
The bird spirit has a big appetite. It opens and closes its mouth, and the millet disappears at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It didn’t sleep even after it was full, and screamed at the top of its voice.
“Master,” Yunzhen covered his ears, “When will this thing be able to cultivate into an adult? Can it be transformed into a human form quickly? At least don’t scream like this.”
The master showed a regretful expression, spread his hands and said: “Its cultivation has been completely lost. It needs to be trained from scratch. It will take at least two to three hundred years.”
“Two or three hundred years?” Yunzhen was desperate, “Then the grass on my grave has changed several times. If it hasn’t transformed by then, will it still have to scream on my grave?”
“That’s not the case.” Master said, “If you don’t like it being noisy, you can put it back into your body and continue to raise it like before. I will teach you the methods and you can practice with it. This way it will recover quickly and your cultivation will also improve.”
“I don’t want it!” Yunzhen flatly refused, “And it’s a living thing now, how do you put it in? Do you swallow it?”
The master shrugged: “You don’t want to? Then there’s nothing we can do about it, since it treats you as a relative.”
Yunzhen looked at the ugly little thing in his hand and felt that the future was gloomy.
He originally thought he was going to be a hero and fight with his sword to the end of the world, but now he has an extra oil bottle, and he will have to raise it for hundreds of years.
“Chirp chirp chirp!”
Yunzhen threatened it: “It’s so noisy, I’ll stew you if I scream again.”
“Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp!” The bird chirped louder, a little provocatively.
“It’s so noisy!” Yun Zhen yelled in collapse, turning to look at Jiang Zhi who had been silent, “Second senior brother, you scare it!”
“Is it noisy?” Jiang Zhi asked.
“Nonsense!” Yunzhen covered his ears, “I’m going to have tinnitus!”
“Oh.” Jiang Zhi said, “I’m used to it.”
Yunzhen was stunned: “Why are you used to it?”
“You’re noisy too.” Jiang Zhi didn’t mean to be joking at all, but it made people even more heartbroken.
“…” Yunzhen glared at him and was so angry that he wanted to bite, “I’m not as noisy as it is, my words have meaning, it’s just making noise!”
“Yes.” Jiang Zhi said honestly, “It’s even noisier.”
Everyone burst into laughter, and even Dahuang, who was lying aggrievedly at the door after going out for a night out to play and found that his den had been occupied by a fox, barked twice in agreement.
Yun Zhen was so angry that he wanted to throw the bird out together with Jiang Zhi, but looking at the bird’s small eyes, he felt inexplicably like when he turned into a bird.
He remembered those days.He also screamed like this at that time. Because he was too small, he wanted to attract other people’s attention. He was pitiful and helpless, and felt that the whole world was trying to harm him.
Did Jiang Zhi look at him like this at that time?
I think he is noisy and annoying, but I still feed him, make him a nest, and listen to his endless nonsense.
Yun Zhen accepted his fate. This was probably his retribution. Who knew that he had been quarreling in Jiang Zhi’s ears, and now it was this bird’s turn to quarrel with him.
“Okay, okay.” Yunzhen held it up, “You can follow me from now on, but as you promised, you are not allowed to peck me. Also, I am your father, not your mother, remember?”
Yunzhen thought for a long time and decided to name it “Xiaoxiang”.
Because it keeps ringing, from morning till night, it keeps ringing, its life is endless, and it keeps chirping.
Yun Zhen’s father thought Xiao Xiang was too noisy, so he drove everyone to an inn in the city.
It is euphemistically called: young people need independent space, but it is actually disgusting.
Xiaoxiang grew up at an astonishing speed, and his fur gradually grew out, becoming round and as fat as the one Yunzhen had become.
Its biggest hobby is to follow Yunzhen.
Wherever Yunzhen goes, it flies, like a follower with wings.When Yunzhen was eating, he would stand on the edge of the table and watch, eagerly waiting for Yunzhen to feed him.When Yunzhen sleeps, he squats beside the pillow and rubs his furry head against Yunzhen’s face from time to time.
Moreover, it was extremely noisy and barked all the time. From the time it opened its eyes in the morning to the time it closed its eyes at night, Yun Zhen wanted to sew its mouth shut.
Only now did he realize how much patience it took to endure such a bird.
He was the kind of person who was completely impatient. He wanted to catch the bird and beat it up every time, but when Xiao Xiang’s innocent eyes looked over, he couldn’t do it.
“Alas, this is what a father’s love is like.” Yunzhen sighed.
So Yunzhen compromised and went to his master to teach him the spell.
The master said, “Are you sure? Once this spell is used, you will turn back into a bird.”
“Just change!” Yunzhen gritted his teeth, “As long as I can shut it up, I can turn back into an egg!”
As long as he turns into a bird, the world will be quiet.Anyway, it can’t disturb me. We are all birds, so no one is afraid of anyone.
The most terrible thing is that this bird is still familiar with life and is extremely aggressive.
Except for Yunzhen, it would peck anyone who touched it.Even if Yun Zhen wanted to touch it, he got pecked, and he flailed his hands in pain.
But one thing is, it is really smart and you can learn anything by teaching it.
For example, if Yunzhen makes it quiet, it can really shut up. Although it can only last for three seconds, this is already a huge improvement.
If Yun Zhen lets him find someone, he can really fly and bring him over.One time, Yun Zhen wanted to eat candied haws on a stick but was too lazy to move, so he asked him to go find Jiang Zhi.
It flew out and didn’t come back for a long time.
Yun Zhen thought it was lost and hurried out to look for it.
They were found under a tree in the west of the city.
Xiaoxiang was standing on Jiang Zhi’s head, pecking at his hair desperately, and trying to pick up leaves and twigs in his mouth, apparently intending to build a bird’s nest on Jiang Zhi’s head illegally.
Jiang Zhi stood there expressionlessly, letting it toss around, as if he had fallen into trance.If it weren’t for the fact that he was breathing, Yun Zhen would have thought it was a statue.
There is a knife on the head of the word “nin”, and this knife has now turned into a bird.
“Come down!” Yunzhen shouted.
Xiaoxiang immediately flew back to Yunzhen’s hand and shouted twice triumphantly, as if asking for credit.
Yunzhen looked at Jiang Zhi’s messy hair, which even had a few branches stuck in it. His cold image collapsed instantly, and he felt a strange sense of joy.
He suppressed his laughter and walked over to help Jiang Zhi trim his hair: “Why don’t you resist? You can flick it away with just one finger.”
“You raised it.” Jiang Zhi said.
“So?”
“You can’t hit it.” Jiang Zhi looked into Yunzhen’s eyes, “You will be unhappy.”
Yunzhen’s hand movements paused. Why does this person always like to say such things seriously?
“Second Senior Brother, you are so kind to me.” Yun Zhen helped him straighten his hair and plucked off the last dead leaf. “As a reward, give me a kiss.”
Jiang Zhi lowered his head and touched his face lightly.
Just when their lips were about to touch—
“Tweet, Tweet, Tweet, Tweet!!!”
Xiaoxiang’s fur suddenly exploded, like an angry fur ball, and squeezed between them desperately, beating its wings wildly.
Yunzhen was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: “Isn’t it jealous?”
Jiang Zhi looked at it coldly, seemingly ready to cook the bird.
Yunzhen grabbed Xiaoxiang and held it up to his eyes: “What are you doing? I am making out with my second senior brother. What does it have to do with you?”
“Chirp chirp chirp!”
The bird’s eyes were wide and it looked really angry.
Yun Zhen was angry and funny: “I am not yours alone, I belong to the second senior brother. You have to position yourself correctly. You are just a pet. If you dare to ruin my good deeds again, I will give you to the senior brother to play with!”
“Chirp!” The bird chirped louder, obviously not agreeing with this statement and not wanting to be played by the senior brother.
Jiang Zhi looked at the person and the bird, one big and one small, even the hairy appearance was exactly the same. The corners of his mouth curved slightly and he suddenly said, “It looks a lot like you.”
“How does it look like?” Yun Zhen was unconvinced, “I’m much prettier than it. I have a nose and eyes, and it’s just a ball!”
“They’re all clingy.”
“…” Yun Zhen wanted to refute, but found that it seemed to be the case.When he pestered Jiang Zhi in the past, he probably had the same behavior, noisy and noisy. As long as Jiang Zhi ignored him, he would try his best to cause trouble.
Yunzhen stuffed the bird into his arms and muttered guiltily: “Xiaoxiang is still young, he will be sensible when he grows up.”
Jiang Zhi said nothing, but his eyes clearly said: You are eighteen years old, and you are not very sensible.
“Let’s go.” Jiang Zhi held his hand.
“Where to go?”
“Buy a cage.” Jiang Zhi said calmly, “Lock it up at night.”
Yunzhen: “…”
It seems that the second senior brother’s patience has its limits, especially when it comes to whether he can practice at night.
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The author has something to say: Xiaoxiang: Mom and Dad, I’m born!
Birds are not really born, I’m just kidding, they can’t bear [glasses]