Parrot Aoi and Raven Ado

Grandma Hayakawa put the prepared sand tub in the lower right corner of the attic, which is close to the bay window of the attic, a place where birds can see the surrounding scenery from a height even if they don’t fly.

Aoi likes this place very much, starting from the attic on the board, every 'bath' is carried out here.

Aoi's sand bath is in the shape of a bath, and it is very big, at least for the bird, it is definitely big enough.

It is filled with the most commonly used brand of fine sand, just like the water temperature, each bird has different requirements for the thickness of the 'bath' sand.

The sunflower parrot, who has been busy for more than half a month, feels that he really needs a comfortable 'bath', which will clean his feathers and make him feel better.

The sunflower parrot, whose mind is full of the joy of bathing, quickly jumped into the bathtub. Before it kicked up the sand, it felt like there was something beside it. When Kui turned her head, she saw a black guy .

"Wow~, why did you come in too?"

Hearing this, the black raven didn't speak, but just rubbed its head on Kwai's wings, expressing affectionately that it would also like to come together.

Seeing this, the sunflower parrot narrowed its eyes, and looked up and down the black raven suspiciously. It wasn't that it was suspicious, it was that this guy had a "record of criminal records" and it had to guard against it.

Under Aoi's scrutiny, Du blinked and looked innocent, and he flapped his wings and made a baby bird cry towards Aoi.

Aoi Wensheng really wants to cover her face with her wings, Du this guy really doesn't want it anymore... Bah, I can let go.

But Aoi doesn't want to have a sand bath party with Du at all, it tastes a bit heavy for it, and now it just wants to take a good bath.

The black-faced sunflower parrot chased the raven out of the sand tub, and there was no way not to do it. The sunflower parrot felt that his rare enjoyment was about to become something else.......

The black raven who was driven out of the sand tub was not angry, and tried to jump a few times outside the tub. Seeing that Aoi really ignored it, he flapped his wings and flew out from the bird path in the attic.

The twigs and twigs picked up in the morning were still piled up at the bottom of the big poplar tree, and Du wanted to use them up before the other birds found them.

Although the black raven, as the lord, confirmed that no bird dared to rob it in its territory, it was not certain that he would not dare to steal it. After all, this season is for the birds, stimulated by the restless hormones in their bodies Hot-headed male birds can do anything.

Seeing Du Fei go to the bird's nest to build the bird's nest through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Aoi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Great, in this quiet afternoon, the bird can enjoy the fun of 'bathing' alone quietly~~~

The bathing process of birds is not complicated, even some poor and fastidious sunflowers are no exception.

I saw it lying on its stomach in the sand bath, turning the side of the sand bath out of a sand pit with its paws like a hen turning over the sand, then sinking its body in, rolling in various positions in the sand pit, letting the feathers on its body Maximize contact with the sand in the sand tub.

Aoi does this because she wants to use the friction of the sand in the sand bath to rub off the dust and grease stuck to her feathers. Thousands of years of life experience tell them that this is very effective.

The great white parrot rubs left and right in the sand bath, and the black ravens are happily strengthening their nests outside the window. Although the two birds are one inside and the other outside, they appear extremely harmonious.

After the sand bath was over, Aoi jumped out of the tub, ready for the next step of the cleansing bath.

You should know that although the sand bath can clean the feathers, it is not very effective in dealing with parasites.

To deal with those annoying bugs, in addition to spraying insect repellant on feathers, it is to use incense to drive them away.

Although Aoi was sure that there would be no bugs on her body that the birds would hate, she was still willing to do things like incense herself.

The sunflower parrot uses an insect repelling electric incense burner for birds. It looks very retro on the outside, but it is actually used for electricity. Just pour the medicine liquid you bought into the incense burner, plug in the electricity and press the switch Wait for a while, and the smoke with a faint fragrance and insect repellent effect will slowly rise in the smoker.

Aoi spread her wings to cover the smoke, letting the insect-repelling smoke infiltrate every crevice of her body feathers.

Ten minutes later, the deworming time was over, and the sunflower parrot looked at the medicine liquid in the smoker, and there was still half of it left.

Well, I have to call Du in. That guy often flies in the wild, and he feels that he needs regular deworming more than himself.

After bathing and deworming, I feel like my shiny sunflower parrot and black raven fly out of the attic together.

With an extra half day of vacation, it plans to make good use of it and work with Du to strengthen their nests.

When the birds were standing on the tree and building their nests, Aoi suddenly found that Mrs. Chihiro had returned home.

The sunflower parrot subconsciously looked up at the sun in the sky. It felt like it was two or three o'clock in the afternoon. How could Mrs. Qianyu, who was at work, come home at this time?

Not only did she go home at this point, but Aoi just saw Mrs. Qianyu's complexion was not very good, and her walking was very slow. Madam, she must be feeling unwell, right?

Thinking so, the sunflower parrot dropped the branch in its mouth and flew into the house to the owner's room. Sure enough, he saw the hostess leaning on the bed with a thin quilt, sending and receiving messages on her mobile phone.

"Ma'am, are you okay?" The big white parrot greeted with concern.

Mrs. Qianyu who lowered her head heard the words and looked up, and said with a smile: "I'm fine, I just came back to take a rest, and I will worry you, Kui."

The comforted sunflower parrot flew around the hostess a few more times, feeling that although the hostess was a little pale, but in good spirits, he was relieved, flew out again, and continued to build a bird's nest with Du.

Ten minutes later, the sunflower parrot standing on the nest saw its owner trotting back from the outside in a hurry. In the twenty-something-degree weather, he was sweating all over, but he didn't bother to get a handkerchief from his pocket. Just wipe it off with a sleeve wipe.

"Wow~ Master...."

Before Aoi finished speaking, Mr. Cheng Yi, who was trotting, waved his hand at it, which meant that he was busy, and he would talk about something later.

The bewildered big white parrot just watched helplessly as its owner ran past under the tree.

The sunflower parrot standing on the tree tilted its head and meditated. It always felt that the current appearance of its master had something to do with the mistress, but before it could continue thinking, it saw a small car driving up from the mountain road. Sunflower had a very good view. He immediately recognized that it was the private car driven by Hayakawa's grandparents this morning.

After driving the car into the courtyard and parking it in the garage, the old Hayakawa couple came out with smiles on their faces.

Grandma Hayakawa waved to the birds on the tree and said, "Aoi, To, don't forget to come in for some snacks. Today we have your favorite slices of cantaloupe."

Huh?There are cantaloupe pieces to eat today?

Or the high-end goods that the old lady bought instead of ordinary cantaloupe from the back kitchen. Is this something good?

Anyway, there are delicious snacks to eat, and the sunflower parrot flaps its wings to express that it is also very happy~~

After the Hayakawa old couple entered the house, the sunflower parrot and black raven accelerated their actions to strengthen the nest.

The thought of the sweet and juicy melons waiting for them inside the house gave the birds a boost of energy.

Seeing that there are fewer and fewer branches on the ground, the position of the birds to strengthen the nest has reached the top level. They only need to tidy up the four sides of the nest, and they will complete the task of strengthening the nest this spring.

At this moment, Kui, who was at the top of the bird's nest, vaguely saw someone on the other side of the road riding a bicycle up the mountain.

When the car approached slowly, the sunflower parrot recognized that the guy who was riding up the mountain was his "bad friend" Tang Er.

Except for those cycling enthusiasts, there are really not many people who would choose to ride a bicycle to Simu Mountain, and Hayakawa Doji is one of them.

Simu Mountain is high and the road is far away. Even though the mountain road has been carefully considered and the slope of the mountain road has been reduced as far as possible by extending the route, the angle of the road surface in some places still exceeds [-] degrees.

Looking up from the foot of the mountain, the winding mountain road stretches all the way into the clouds, which seems to have no end, it is really easy for riders to feel intimidated.

But these are not a problem for Hayakawa Doji. In the words of the guy, insisting on riding to and from school every day will not affect his body coordination and control ability, the muscle strength of his back, waist and abdomen, and thighs. It is a good exercise to strengthen the cardiopulmonary function.

The sunflower parrot doesn't quite understand these technical terms, but looking at Tang Er's wheat-colored muscles, it can probably understand the meaning of what his friend said.

But at this time, shouldn't Tang Er go to participate in club activities? Why did he come back so early?

Watching the boy ride uphill all the way home without panting or sweating, before the sunflower parrot could speak, the hedgehog-headed boy pushing the bicycle into the house first said: "Sunflower, I brought you a The senbei, remember to come in and eat later."

Bring delicious food to Aoi again?Or senbei?

Wow, what day is it today?Good luck too.

Watching her friend enter the house with the senbei bag, Aoi turned around and tried hard to stuff the last few branches back into the bird's nest.

It and Du have already done most of the work of repairing and strengthening the bird's nest. As long as these few unsightly branches are dealt with, everything will be settled.

However, when it was working hard, it suddenly heard someone below say: "Aoi, you didn't go to work this afternoon?"

The sunflower parrot lowered its head again when he heard the words, and saw Miyuki standing on a poplar tree with a small schoolbag on her back and a little yellow hat, looking up at it.

"Huh? Miss Miyuki, are you home? Did Aoi miss the pick-up time?"

The sunflower parrot was very puzzled and turned around to find time to take a look. The humble little girl saw this and explained: "No, the teacher in the kindergarten is busy today and let us leave school a class earlier, so Michelle came back early today."

"Oh, that's it, little master, hurry up and enter the house, the old lady and Tang Er have brought back good things for everyone to eat today."

"Ah, really? Great, Miyuki also has good news to share with you today."

The little girl bounced into the room as she said, leaving the big white parrot scratching its chin with its paws in confusion.

"Wow, what happened today? Why did everyone go home early?"

On the long table in the living room of the Hayakawa family, the two birds and their families were actually sitting around here. After looking at each other, the expressions on each other's faces were somewhat 'unfathomable'.

Aoi was a little unaccustomed to this atmosphere, so that it held a piece of cantaloupe in its paws, but instead of stuffing it into its mouth, it looked left and right, and asked suspiciously: "Do you have anything to say? "

After being questioned by Aoi, everyone looked at each other and found that the person opposite seemed to have something to say.

Miss Miyuki was the first to lose her composure. The little girl took out a certificate from her schoolbag and said happily, "Miyuki's painting won an award in the kindergarten. Although it is only the second prize, I am very happy."

The adults looked at the certificate that Miyuki held up high, and saw that it really said Congratulations to Miyuki Hayakawa for winning the second prize in the XXX Kindergarten Painting Competition.

This is the first time the little girl has won an award in her life, and everyone applauded and encouraged her when they saw this, and Miyuki's teeth were all exposed when she smiled, not to mention how happy she was.

After the little girl, Hayakawa Douji, with a brisk personality, scratched his hedgehog head and said, "Uh, my county has been winning all the way, and I'm going to Kyoto to participate in the National Youth Kendo Competition soon. This is to allow family members Those of you who want to visit the venue, please tell me in advance so that I can get tickets for you.”

"Wow! Have you already reached the national competition? You did a great job. We will definitely visit your game."

"Tch, after practicing for so many years, it would be embarrassing if you can't win the national competition." Hayakawa Doji, who was a little embarrassed when he heard that his family members were going to go and didn't expect to be supported so much, said so bluntly.

The kind grandmother Hayakawa smiled and held a teacup in her hand and said: "It seems that today is really good news, and we have good news to tell everyone. Your father and I went to the mall today, just in time for the lucky draw in the mall. Fortunately, your father and I won the special prize, and the mall will entertain us to travel to Switzerland."

"Mom, you are really lucky. The lucky draw in that shopping mall is held once a month, but there is only one special prize every quarter. You were lucky enough to get it."

After Grandma Hayakawa finished speaking, everyone's eyes focused on Cheng Yi and his wife. They were very curious about what good news they could bring to everyone.

Cheng Yi and his wife looked at each other and held hands lovingly. Mrs. Qian Yu was a little shy, but Mr. Cheng Yi proudly announced to his family: "Qian Yu is pregnant, and we will be parents again."

"Really? This is the best news of the day, and I'm going to bake a plate of treats to celebrate."

Grandma Hayakawa, who was so happy, immediately got up and went to the big kitchen, while Tang Er winked at his elder brother across the table, and secretly gave him a thumbs up.

Although Grandpa Hayakawa didn't say anything, judging from his always serious face, which was rarely full of smiles at this time, he was also very happy.

The whole family was so happy. The sunflower parrot finally ate the melon on its paws successfully. At the same time, it raised its head very excitedly, shaking the feather crown on its head and screaming loudly.

Don't ask why it is so happy when it doesn't bring good news. For Aoi, the best news is that the family members are happy.

Along with Aoi was Tou, who couldn't even figure out what the humans around the long table said, but that didn't prevent him from singing along with Aoi.

To Du, Aoi is happy when she is happy, it is as simple as that.

The calls of sunflower parrots and ravens are not the kind of melodious sounds that can be appreciated and praised by humans, but the people of the Hayakawa family really listened with joy.

Because they feel that there is nothing happier than home and family.