Strive for Science

He turned around and was about to leave, but after taking two steps, he suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he didn't know that this kind of colorful stone was made of glass, so he thought it was a five-color god stone, so he asked his mother to buy several for him.

Later, when I moved to the countryside to live with my grandma, I was in a hurry, and those stones were not collected in time. Since then, he has never played with these things again.

Thinking of this, he turned back and picked up the solitary stone, stuffing it into his coat pocket.

Not to mention, a ball not much bigger than a bird's egg is quite heavy.

When he arrived at Uncle Zhang's house, Shen Chang'an distributed the barbecue to Zhang Gu and the otaku ghost. He saw Uncle Zhang and Master Yan Yin discussing some mysterious life philosophies.

The phone rang, and it was the custom boss of the handmade shop that Shen Changan was looking for.

"It's ready so quickly, doesn't it mean that it will be picked up at noon tomorrow?"

"Can you come and get it now?" Seeing that it was still early, Shen Changan wanted to get the gift he specially customized for Dao Nian as soon as possible.

"I'll be over in half an hour, please." Shen Changan hung up the phone, got up and was about to go out the door.

"Chang'an, where are you going?" Zhang Gu was grabbing grilled chicken wings with the nerd ghost, when he saw that Shen Chang'an had just entered the door and was about to leave, "It's so late."

"I ordered a gift for a friend. I couldn't get it until tomorrow, but the shop owner made it today. I want to send it to him earlier." Shen Changan said as he walked out. After walking out a few steps, thinking that Dao Nian might like this gift, his legs moved faster.

"Hey..." Zhang Gu chased to the door, looked at the back of Shen Changan leaving in a hurry: "Isn't it too late to take presents and give them to others this late at night?"

"What's the time, give a gift to the person you care about, and the moment you get it, you want to send it to him even in the middle of the night." The nerd ghost gnawed on the roasted crispy bone, "You practitioners don't understand our ordinary human emotions."

"You're a dead otaku, do you understand?" Zhang Gu returned to the sofa and continued to compete with the otaku ghost for barbecue, "If you really understand, you won't be single until you die. If you want to get rid of being single, you probably have to wait until the next life gone."

"I remember someone asked me to take him to play games just now?" The otaku ghost thought secretly, "I'm sorry, the person whose mother and child are single to death, is the most stingy..."

Zhang Gu: "..."

Remembering that he was scolded as a box spirit in a certain game, he decided to confess.

Shen Changan rushed all the way to the door of the store, and several nearby stores were closed, only this store was still lit with dim lights.

"Boss, I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Shen Changan knocked on the door and walked in.The shop owner is an old man in his 70s and [-]s. The shop less than ten square meters looks a bit crowded. The shop owner is sitting under the handmade lamp and is gently wiping the newly carved objects with a cloth.

Seeing Shen Changan coming in, he put down the things in his hands, got up and took out a palm-sized box from the cabinet: "This is what you ordered."

Originally, it took a long time to get a finished tree sculpture like this.But Shen Changan was lucky, when he came to choose gifts, he happened to see a small root carving that was about to be completed but no one bought it, so he bought it immediately with a month's salary.

"There are not many people who like this kind of thing now. Is this young man a gift for the elders in the family?" The shop owner put the box in Shen Changan's palm with trembling hands. The night in November was very cold, and there was no air conditioner in the shop. Shen Changan was careless. When I touched the owner's hand, it was cold.

He was a little embarrassed that he had made the shopkeeper wait for so long in such a cold day. He remembered that there was a nearby fast food restaurant that was not closed, so he put the box back into the uncle's hand: "Wait for me for 2 minutes, I'll be right back .”

After running to a fast food restaurant to buy a cup of hot milk, Shen Changan panted and put the milk in the owner's hand: "You take this hand warmer, and I'll pay you the balance."

The shopkeeper held the milk and smiled: "You came just in time tonight, my shop will be closed tomorrow."

Taking out his mobile phone, Shen Changan, who was about to scan the QR code on the wall to pay the bill, was stunned when he heard this. When he came over last night, the old man said that he didn't want to lose his skills and wanted to find an apprentice. Why did you suddenly decide to close the door again?

"I have been a root carving all my life, and I came back to Wuming City in recent years, just to find a suitable apprentice." The owner's eyes swept over the various root carvings in the room, and his eyes were full of reluctance, "It's just life. There must always be something unsatisfactory, that’s all.”

Shen Changan felt that the atmosphere was a little sad, he paid the final payment, and picked up the box containing the root carving: "This is not for the elders, I want to give it to a friend, because...it is very beautiful, and I am also very beautiful." like."

"There are not many young people who like these traditional crafts now." The owner smiled, probably because he sat in the house making tree carvings all the year round, his face looked a little pale under the light, "I was already asleep, but when I thought of There is still an order that has not been handed over to you, the customer, and I always feel uneasy, but fortunately you came here tonight, otherwise it will not be handed over to you tomorrow."

Shen Chang'an felt that these words were a bit strange, even if the shop was to be closed tomorrow, wouldn't he be in a hurry for this night?

"Then...thank you, you always take care of your health." Shen Changan put the gift box into his large coat pocket, turned around and went out, seeing the shopkeeper smiling at him with the cup of hot milk, he couldn't help but soften his heart and say more He said: "Drink milk while it is hot, and you will sleep better at night."

"Understood, young man." The shopkeeper smiled more kindly, "Young man, you are such a good-hearted person, you are a lucky person."

Shen Chang'an thought, he has no father or mother, so if he can eat enough for one person, the whole family will not be hungry, so what kind of blessing is he.But thinking about the happy life after meeting Dao recently, he felt that he was still somewhat blessed.

He walked through the cold intersection, and when he turned his head again, the lights of the root carving shop that looked narrow and dilapidated had gone out.A gust of wind blew, and he was so cold that he couldn't help shivering a few times, he quickly stuffed himself into the car, started the car and drove to Dao Nian's home.

He drove into the community and parked the car. As soon as Shen Changan stopped the car, he saw several people coming out of Dao Nian's house dejectedly. It was because the business was criticized by Dao Nian for not being good enough, otherwise why would he be so sad.

He stepped aside, ready to let them go first.Unexpectedly, a thin man walking in the front stopped, turned to look at him, and nodded politely to him: "Mr. Shen is good."

"Hello." Shen Changan was a little puzzled, how did these people know him?However, the condition of these people seemed to be too bad, so he didn't want to ask more questions, so he had to watch them leave.

"Mr. Shen?" Seeing Chang An standing on the steps, Shen Tu smiled, "Why are you here?"

"Is Dao Nian asleep yet?" Shen Changan said embarrassedly to them, he specially prepared a customized gift for Dao Nian, and put his hand in the pocket of his coat guiltily, "I have something to ask him."

"Sir, you haven't slept yet." Hearing that Shen Changan came to find Dao Nian, Shen Tu's smile became brighter, and he opened the door, "Come in quickly, it's cold outside."

After Shen Changan entered the room, he found that something was wrong with the parrot on the bird stand. The whole bird was sick, as if it had been greatly stimulated.

"What's wrong with this parrot?" Shen Changan took some food and put it in front of the parrot, but it didn't move.

"Maybe it's because I didn't see you today, so I'm not happy." Liu Mao walked in front of Shen Chang'an, looked at Fei Ying who had no energy, "Really, little parrot."

Feiying shook the feathers on her body and waved her wings: "Yes, yes..."

Shen Changan lightly tapped the feathers on its forehead, and said to Liu Mao: "I'll go up to find Daonian first, and you can coax this bird first."

"Okay." Liu Mao said with a smile, "You didn't come over for dinner today, and my husband even missed half a bowl of rice."

"Then how can I do it?" Shen Changan hurried upstairs after hearing this.

As soon as Shen Chang'an left, Fei Ying lay back on her stomach again.As a demon cultivator of the Bird Clan, the phoenix vein disappeared, and even the elders in the clan could not trace it. This was a huge blow to the Bird Clan and even the entire Monster Clan.

How can she be happy at the moment.

I don't know who stole the phoenix egg. Originally, the egg's life signs were already very weak, and it barely survived every day by relying on the spiritual power of the elders. Now it's living outside, isn't it completely...

Fei Ying didn't dare to think about it, but she also knew that this was not a good omen.

"Dao Nian." Shen Changan walked into Dao Nian's room, saw that he was still reading, closed the door and said, "It's so late, why are you still reading?"

"It's so late, why are you still here?" Daonian glanced at him lightly.

"Hey." Shen Changan smiled triumphantly, walked to Dao Nian, and whispered like a thief: "I ordered a small gift for you, because this is a bit expensive, so I only ordered it for you alone. "This kind of discrimination should not be heard by others.

He fumbled in his coat pocket, took out the gift box, and accidentally dropped the multicolored stone that he put in his pocket just now, but neither of the two parties concerned cared about the multicolored stone.

"This...you specially prepared it for me?" Dao Nian stared at the box in Shen Changan's hand for a few seconds, then reached out and took it over.

The box was opened, and there was a root carving inside.This root carving is not complicated. There are two little rabbits pounding medicine on the crooked moon, and on the tip of the moon, there is a half-bloomed Lingxiao flower.

"Look at these two little rabbits, one is sitting still, the other is making medicine with a smile, do they look like the two of us?" Shen Chang'an said, "When I saw this root carving yesterday, I wanted to buy it, but the owner There is still a little bit of work to be completed. I could get it tomorrow, but the shopkeeper called me just now and said it was ready, so I couldn't wait to get it back."

Dao Nian looked at the two little rabbits, the rabbits were carved so small, he really couldn't see how they resembled them.

But since Chang'an said it looks like, then it must be like.

"Right, isn't it very similar?" Seeing Dao Nian staring at the two little rabbits, Shen Changan said happily, "I've thought about it for a long time, but I don't know what to give you. I just think this is good. And pretty."

And he can still afford it.

"Well, like." Dao Nian placed the root carving on the head of the bed, took out his phone and took a picture, and then opened Moments.

Year: Gift【Picture】

Only then did Shen Changan remember the colorful stones that had fallen on the carpet, and he picked them up and put them next to the vase on the cabinet: "He is a pie from the sky, but I am a colorful stone from the sky."

He took two steps back and looked at it carefully: "However, this multicolored stone that looks like a bird's egg is quite suitable to be placed next to the vase."

Only then did Dao Nian notice the stone beside the vase, his eyelids trembled slightly, and his eyes lingered on Shen Chang'an for a long time: "This is, you picked it up?"

"En." Shen Changan nodded, "I was hit on the head by this thing when I just arrived at the gate of the community today. Fortunately, I was lucky and didn't get opened."

Seeing that Dao Nian didn't seem to be interested in this kind of small stone worth a few dollars, he put the stone back into his coat pocket: "I thought it was a bird's egg at first."

"For example, a five-colored divine stone descends from the sky, and after meeting the Son of Destiny, a phoenix or dragon emerges from the shell, and from then on, it reaches the pinnacle of life..."

Just as he was talking, Shen Changan suddenly stopped, and tremblingly took out the stone from his pocket.

"This... this... cracked."

So it wasn't the stone that opened his head, but his head smashed the stone?

Shen Changan couldn't help but touch the place where he was smashed again, there was a small bag that was not obvious, it hurt to the touch, and it was not hard.

So there is still a problem with the quality of this handmade multicolored stone?

"Squeak..." A pink bird with almost no fluff on its body, about the size of a thumb, crawled out of the stone with difficulty.

Shen Changan held the stone and the bird's hands were shaking. He looked blankly at the bird who opened its mouth to eat, and then looked up at the expressionless Dao Nian: "Dao, Dao Nian, a bird jumped out of the stone. ?!"

The author has something to say: Chang'an: Hey~ An ugly, small and weak bird, this is kicked out of the nest by the mother bird, right?