White Feather Wangsugi

The north wind howled outside the window, and the dead branches and leaves were swept up by the strong wind, knocking on the simple and old wooden windows, making a bang.In the past, Zheng Chao was afraid that he would be woken up by the noise, but this night, he had a good and warm sleep for the first time in a long time.

Sleeping soundly until dawn, Zheng Chao dimly opened his sleepy eyes. He vaguely remembered a strange dream last night. He dreamed that the egret had become so big that it could hold him firmly under the wings. Here, that warmth, even if it was just a dream, made him extremely nostalgic.

Zheng Chao sat up slowly, rubbed his eyes, and looked at the still-awakened egret on the haystack beside the bed. The always elegant and lonely egret fell asleep like a naive, defenseless fledgling. It's cute!

Zheng Chao got up cautiously, and walked out of the house, walking lightly, for fear of waking the egret.He briefly washed with cold water, then packed up his fishing gear and prepared to go fishing by the lake.

As soon as he walked to the door, a snow-white figure suddenly flew onto Zheng Chao's shoulder, wasn't it the egret who was still asleep just now.Zheng Chao pampered the egret's long feathers and said with a smile, "Xiaobai, I'll catch small fish for you to eat!"

Hearing the words, Bailu couldn't help being stunned for a moment, as if he had returned to more than ten years ago.The little Zheng Chao stood on the big rock, fished for a long time in the big water tank with difficulty, and then excitedly took the small fish he caught and offered it to him as if offering a treasure...

Zheng Chao was walking with his fishing gear, and the cold wind penetrated into the thin skirt of his clothes, making him shiver incessantly.The egret stared at him for a moment, then spread its wings and wrapped them around Zheng Chao's neck, shielding him from the icy cold wind.

Zheng Chao was surprised and delighted by this extremely humane behavior of the egret. He stroked the soft wings of the egret and smiled knowingly: "Xiaobai, you are so kind."

When he arrived at Liyang Lake, Zheng Chao put the fishing gear on the fishing boat and rowed the boat slowly to the center of the lake.The egret stood quietly at the bow of the boat, and did not fly to fish, but just accompanied Zheng Chao silently.

Zheng Chao cast his fishing net vigorously, and the warm yellow sun shone on Zheng Chao's clothes through the mesh, as if giving this thin young man a little bit of strength to challenge his destiny.

For some reason, the fish catch in the past few days has always been richer than usual. This trip out of the lake for fishing, Zheng Chao brought back most of the fish and shrimps.After selecting the fish, send them to Wangshanju and feed the egrets. The remaining fish and shrimps can be sold at the fish market for a lot of money.

Zheng Chao happily went back and forth, carrying the fish and shrimp on the boat back home in a fish basket.He picked a few small fish and fed them to the egret with his own hands as he did when he was a child.

Seeing the egret obediently eating the small fish, Zheng Chao carried a basket of fresh fish prepared for Mr. Bai on his back, carefully folded the mink fur on the bedside and hugged it in his arms, ready to give it back to Mr. Bai. son.

Bailu didn't go out with Zheng Chao, but flew to the top of the wall, silently watching Zheng Chao's thin figure drifting away.Egret's eyes were heavy, as if he was thinking about something...

Following yesterday's road, he successfully arrived at Wangshanju in the south of the city. Zheng Chao nervously knocked on the bronze door knocker with bird patterns in anticipation.After a while, the door creaked open, but the one who opened the door today was not Bai Lu, but Gu Yu.

"Second Master, you are here." Gu Yu respectfully invited Zheng Chao into the gate, and led him to Bai Yichen's room.After entering the room, Zheng Chao lowered his head slightly nervously, and occasionally raised his head to peek at Bai Yichen, seeing him smiling gently at him, he lowered his head again blushing.

In the end, it was Bai Yichen who took the initiative to joke, "Am I so scary? You don't even want to look at me, Erlang?" Zheng Chao's face turned red, and he quickly waved his hands and said, "No, Mr. Bai is so good. , it's not scary at all!"

Bai Yichen raised his sleeve to cover up the smile on his mouth, and couldn't help saying happily, "Why are you nervous, I'm just kidding you." Zheng Chao scratched the back of his head foolishly, holding the sable fur in his hand, he stepped forward and handed it back to him. To Bai Yichen: "Master Bai, thank you for your clothes."

Bai Yichen sighed helplessly, took the sable fur and let Gu Yu put it aside.At this moment, Bai Lu trotted in from outside the house, holding a new set of cotton clothes in her arms.

"Young master! I bought the cotton coat!" Bai Lu excitedly handed the coat to Bai Yichen, and then Bai Yichen personally delivered the coat to Zheng Chao: "It's just a set of cheap cotton coats. .”

This padded coat is no different from the winter clothes worn by ordinary fishermen, it is simple and practical, and it will not get in the way if Zheng Chao wears it to go fishing, which shows Bai Yichen's good intentions.

Zheng Chao took the cotton-padded coat in disbelief, and held it in his arms with great care. Seeing Bai Yichen's gentle smile like the warm sun in March, his eyes turned red...