Cute Beast Food Garden

That night, Si Dongmo carefully hid the bird on his bed, but slept very peacefully.At night, he went out again and went to the door of his younger brother's room to observe for a while, but the room was surprisingly quiet, and nothing unusual happened.

He couldn't go to the room to check, so he put the matter aside for the time being, and only waited to see the situation the next morning.

The next day, the bird woke up early.It got out of the cotton cloth, combed its feathers with its small pointed beak for a while, and then walked slowly on the man's bed with its calves.

It was midsummer at this time, and people slept with very little clothes at night, and the men were only wearing white vests and thin sheets.His strong muscular lines are looming from the thin cover, and he looks smooth, well-proportioned and fit.

Birds hopped around in the quilt.It saw the man's exposed arm, which still had the traditional "ink" written on it, and there were also many strange patterns painted on other parts of the back.It took a closer look, and even poked it a few times with the tips of its wings to confirm that this was not an ordinary decorative sticker, but more like some kind of pattern growing on it.

"Hmm?"

The bird's footsteps were light, but the man woke up without a deep sleep.He rubbed his eyes, and when he turned his face sideways, he saw the bird's big pure eyes staring at him with vigour, and he couldn't help grinning.

"Little thing, did you wake up so early?"

"Cuckoo!" The bird flapped its little wings twice as a greeting.

The man turned lazily on the bed.He stretched out his hand to gently pinch the little bird's wings, and turned the little bird around to look at the little tail behind it.

The tail of the fiery red bird is also fiery red, but it does not have long feathers like ordinary birds.Xiaohongtuanzi's tail is very short and thin, only about an inch or two. A small bundle hangs behind her back, and she wags when she walks.Looking at the small bundle of tail feathers, Si Dongmo felt playful, and stretched out his fingers to flick it.

"Gujigu!" The bird screamed, flicked its tail feathers, and slapped Si Dongmo's hand.It was very dissatisfied that its tail was being molested, and its small body was also full of anger.

"Okay, I won't tease you."

After the man got dressed, he went out and put the bird on his head as usual.He carried the basket to the vegetable garden to harvest, and suddenly had a whim, and said to Qi Yan who was standing above his head: "You are a bird like a chicken, can you help me go to the chicken coop to see if there are any eggs?" ?”

"Guck."

The bird slid off his head and ran toward the chicken coop full of chicks.

As the saying goes, "the early bird gets the worm", the hen in the chicken coop is already leading the chicks to start activities, and the big chicken is followed by a series of little chickens that look like balls of hair, while looking for the chickens on the ground The grains and bugs made noises like gurgling and chirping.

Qi Yan slipped into the chicken coop carefully.But I didn't expect that his appearance was too conspicuous. I wanted to go in and take a look around unconsciously, but he had just stepped into the gate of the chicken coop, and he was eating big chicken and little chicken happily inside. They immediately raised their heads and looked towards him in unison.

The red bird walked in patter, but, under the intense gaze of the big and small chickens, Qi Yan's scalp was numb after all, and he stopped abruptly.

He remembered that not only chickens were raised in the countryside, but also poultry such as ducks and geese. It stands to reason that all kinds of chickens, ducks and geese usually live together in peace. Why do these chickens stare at him when they see him? move?

Those pairs of small eyes made the bird's fluff stand on end, and finally made a "grumble", the little fat bird turned around and ran away with its head in its arms, and fled in a desperate manner.

Alas - it's really thrilling, never enter the chicken coop again!After all, there is still a gap between birds and birds.

Xiaoniao stretched her slender legs, feeling extremely embarrassed, and ran desperately towards the direction of the man.

Suddenly, a figure in gray cloth appeared in front of him.

"Googoo..." He raised his face, only to find that there was a young man with a strange face standing on the path in the vegetable garden that was empty just now.Qi Yan was very sure that when he walked here before, there was absolutely no one on the path, and he didn't know when this young man appeared here.After a closer look, oh, it turned out to be the weird "dumb" boy Lehong brought back yesterday.

He felt weird in his heart, and planned to go around the strange boy on the left.However, while he was trying to run with his short legs, the young man also moved slowly and stopped in front of him.

"Guji?" Why are you stopping me?Qi Yan looked up again inexplicably, but saw the boy squatting down. His face was very close to him, and a pair of gray eyes were looking straight at him.

Then, the corners of his mouth were raised mechanically, and a forced smile appeared on his pale and colorless cheeks.There was no smile or emotion, just a puppet in human skin, smiling stiffly at the bird.

Qi Yan unexpectedly saw the boy's lifeless "smiling face" at such a close distance, and was so frightened that his breath froze.It's as if suddenly seeing a large human face in front of the lens of a horror movie, and that human face is still smiling at me meaninglessly, even in broad daylight, the face of that stiff fake smile The face also looked very creepy.

"Guguji..." Bird's legs gave way and he almost fell to the ground, but as soon as his mind cleared up, he fled back desperately.Unexpectedly, while Qi Yan was running, his feet were suspended in the air - the smiling young man behind him reached out and quickly grabbed his back, and lifted himself up high.

"Gurgling!"

The little red bird screamed loudly, kicking and struggling desperately with its thin short legs.Holding it by the back, the boy raised the bird to his eyes, his gray eyes rolled slowly and looked at it.

Then he opened his mouth.

The mouth is hollow, without teeth, and without tongue, there is only endless deep darkness.

……

"... Le Hong! If you don't tell the truth about this child's background, I will have to send him away!"

"Si Dongmo, leave me alone!"

There was a sound of kicking and kicking, as if a heavy object had been hit during the fight, and it was flipped to the ground with a crackling sound.Shouts, crashes, cries.It's a mess.

Qi Yan woke up from a dizziness, and found that he was still in the shape of a bird, and his small body was half lying in a hot water basin with a shallow water level. The fluff on his body was half wet and half dry. towel.

What's going on here?He turned over with difficulty in the water, and suddenly felt that his body was sticky, as if he had been stained with some kind of weird mucus.He stretched his stiff legs, then crawled out of the basin and staggered outside.

As soon as he came out of the house, he was immediately stunned: Si Dongmo and Le Hong fought together fist and foot, and beside them, their mothers covered their faces and wept blankly, while the fake smile that Le Hong brought earlier The weird boy was nowhere to be found.

No matter in terms of physique, strength or fighting skills, Le Hong is no match for his brother at all.However, relying on the fact that the man didn't dare to use his strength to really hit him, he started to make a fuss, ahhh, he bit Si Dongmo's arm hard and wouldn't let go.

"Ah woo! Woo woo, I'll bite you to death, woo woo..."

Enduring the pain, Si Dongmo pushed his biting brother to the foot of the courtyard wall.He held his brother's head with his strong arms, and the two sides were in a stalemate, neither of them could move.

"Le Hong, have you had enough trouble!"

"Hmph..." Le Hong took a deep breath, squinted his eyes, and just saw the little red bird waddling out of the house, he snorted, "Come on, your stinky chicken has woken up, It's obviously you who is unreasonable!"

Hearing what he said, the man also turned his head to look over, he temporarily let go of Le Hong's head, and walked towards Qi Yan.

"Qi Yan, you're awake, do you feel better?"

Qi Yan only remembered that he lost consciousness after being lifted up and stuffed into his mouth by the boy who looked like a smirking puppet. He didn't quite understand what happened afterwards.Just as he was about to ask, he suddenly heard a "wow", Le Hong, who had been let go by Si Dongmo, took the opportunity to escape, running wildly all the way out of the small courtyard.

"Hong'er, Hong'er, where are you going?" His mother chased after him for a few steps panting, but the boy didn't even look back, and quickly ran away, disappearing without a trace.

"He must have gone out to look for that boy." Si Dongmo caught the little bird from the ground, and stared at Le Hong's leaving back with a gloomy expression, "I think he's bewitched, and I don't know what to think about it." What, you brought that kind of dangerous stranger into the house! Fortunately, I took a look here when I was picking vegetables, otherwise I didn't even know when the little spirit beast disappeared."

Seeing the little bird looking at him in bewilderment, he sighed and explained: "That strange boy ran into the vegetable garden at some point, caught you and stuffed it into his mouth, almost devouring it raw. Alas , that child is too abnormal, he can't speak a word, he even stole two eggs from the hen coop, and ate them raw without even cracking the shells, I don't know how he grew up."

Raw birds and eggs?This is indeed not something ordinary humans can do.Qi Yan suddenly thought of the news about the "wolf boy" that he had seen before. That is the case of wild children who grew up among wolves. They can't speak and like to eat raw meat.

However, this young man is well-dressed, not like a "savage". Since entering the house, he has followed Le Hong obediently, and did not show indulgent wildness at the beginning.He only secretly wreaks havoc when he's alone, nearly eats a bird, and wakes up with weird slime that might be his saliva.What was even more weird was the stiff smirk on his face, which made the bird's hairs stand on end in broad daylight, and I don't know what happened.

Mrs. Le was packing up the things that were knocked down on the ground when they were fighting, and said to Si Dongmo: "By the way, Hong'er came back from hunting with Lao Kang yesterday, and Lao Kang may not know about this boy." "Dongmo, why don't you go to Lao Kang's house later and listen to what he has to say."

"Hey, I see."

Si Dongmo hurried out, and before leaving, he asked his mother to take good care of Qi Yan: "The little bird was almost eaten by that boy just now, please help me look after it."

After finishing tidying up in the yard, Mrs. Le went into the house to fill a small bowl of rice wine, and took a steamed bun and put it in front of Xiaoniao.Seeing the bird squatting in front of the steamed bun, its small beak obediently pecking at the white skin, Mrs. Le sighed leisurely, and said to herself: "That child Hong'er... alas, what is going on now? Is good……"

After more than an hour, Si Dongmo came back into the room with a gloomy expression.

"What, where's Hong'er?"

"He ran to Lao Kang's house early in the morning to hide, and kept arguing with me, but refused to go home. I was afraid that the trouble would embarrass Lao Kang and the others, so I didn't force him to come back, and let him follow Lao Kang Went into the mountains." Si Dongmo comforted his mother, "Don't worry, there are many people going with them this time, and Lao Kang promised to take good care of him. Being with a group of them, Hong'er's life would be safer."

After hearing this, Madam Le asked in confusion, "Dong Mo, what do you mean by 'safer'?"

Si Dongmo didn't answer immediately, he led his mother into the house, closed the door, and then said in a low voice: "The boy that Le Hong brought back last night is probably not human."

"not human?"

Mrs. Le looked confused, and Qi Yan who was listening was also a little stunned.He confirmed that Si Dongmo's words were not cursing, but stating a fact, and suddenly he had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Si Dongmo said: "Old Kang told me that when they went hunting in the mountains yesterday, Le Hong had sharp eyes and saw a white figure that flashed past, like a ginseng doll. He was eager to hunt for treasures, so he followed after him on the spur of the moment In the past, I didn't expect that the one who ran over was not a mountain ginseng spirit, but a wolf..."

Qi Yan suddenly widened his eyes.

The exact same routine—exactly the same as the time when I and Si Dongmo were ambushed by wolves when they entered the mountain!The one who was fooled by the "ginseng doll" last time was A Cai, but this time it was Si Dongmo's younger brother, Le Hong!

Si Dongmo glanced at Qi Yan, and continued: "Le Hong was tricked by wolves, and Lao Kang and the others took great pains to rescue him. It was finally safe and sound. But Hong Er himself was scared He was very serious, and he kept saying "Shan ginseng, I want ginseng", but he didn't respond to what others said to him.

On the morning of their return trip, when Lao Kang woke up, he found that Le Hong was holding a basket full of wild ginseng, looking at them with a silly smile, and standing next to him was a strange boy he had never seen before.Lao Kang wondered about the origin of the ginseng and the boy, but Hong'er told them that the boy was a ginseng visitor in the mountains, that is, a person who specialized in digging ginseng, and they met by chance at night. "

"Lao Kang and the others believed it?" Mrs. Le's eyes widened in surprise, "So you just watched Hong'er bring that 'Chan Ke' back home?"

"Lao Kang said that they were also very suspicious at first, but seeing that Hong'er finally stopped chanting 'the mountain ginseng wants the mountain ginseng' and seemed to have returned to normal, they also temporarily relaxed their vigilance. After returning to the village, Hong Er took that 'Chan Ke' back home without saying anything, even if Lao Kang and the others thought it was strange, they couldn't forcefully drive the boy away without evidence."

"So..." Mrs. Le said weakly, Qi Yan felt that she was about to faint, "Who is that boy?"

Si Dongmo walked into Le Hong's bedroom, and took out the basket containing wild ginseng that he had hidden like a treasure.

"I'd like to see what good things that 'Chan Ke' gave him."

"Hong'er showed me last night, there are five white and fat big ginseng inside." Mrs. Le supported the table and whispered.

Si Dongmo lifted the lid of the basket and looked inside.His face suddenly sank.

"What is it?" Madam Le stepped forward to look in panic, and before Si Dongmo could close the lid in time, she saw the scene inside completely——

Hearing a scream of "ah", Mrs. Le covered her eyes and took a few steps back, staggering and almost falling to the ground.Fortunately, Si Dongmo helped her in time, the basket tilted, and Qi Yan also saw the things inside.

It's not wild ginseng, it's... a basket full of bones and ashes.The dense white bones were piled up on the floor of the basket, which looked very strange against the dim light in the room.

"What is this, what is this!" Mrs. Le was incoherent in fright, covering her cheeks and mouth, spinning around the room in panic.Not to mention her, even Qi Yan who caught a glimpse of the things inside was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground.

"Mother, don't be afraid, don't panic, calm down!"

Si Dongmo held his mother's arm and patted her on the back lightly, "Mother, these are just livestock bones, don't be afraid..."

Mrs. Le couldn't help sobbing: "Well, what should I do? That boy is not a Canke, so what could it be, could it be... a mountain ghost?" Her round eyes were full of fear.

"It's probably not a mountain ghost, but a prank played by a fierce beast in the mountain. Don't panic, come, drink some water..."

Mrs. Le gently wiped away her tears, her face was full of fear and worry: "What should I do? Being entangled in this kind of thing, what should Hong'er do..."

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In the bedroom at night.

Si Dongmo nimbly dragged out a box from under the bed board, and took out various items from it: bow, crossbow, quiver, feather arrow, small fire blunderbuss, and a sharp blade.He placed them on the table one by one, and then carefully wiped the dust on them, checking and selecting each item carefully.

Behind him, a little bird clumsily climbed up his clothes and hugged his neck tightly with its small wings.Not long after, only three soft "duk tuk" sounds were heard, and Si Dongmo felt a slight impact on the back of his head, and then, the sound of footsteps landing on the ground behind him.

When he turned around, he found that the little bird had disappeared, replaced by a handsome young man in a simple green shirt.

"You turned into a human again? Is your body still able to bear it?"

"Well, I'm fine. Something happened to your family, and it's unethical for me to stand by." Qi Yan straightened his clothes and looked at the pile of cold weapons that Si Dongmo was playing with in his hands. ..."

Si Dongmo was silent for a moment, then continued with his hands. "I promised my mother that I would bring Le Hong home intact. When I went to see Lao Kang this morning, I had already made an appointment to meet him in the mountains in two days."

Qi Yan looked at him worriedly, "Do you know who you are going to deal with?"

Si Dongmo nodded, "Nine out of ten is the painted wolf from last time."

Qi Yan said: "Why do you see it? Do you think that the visiting boy brought back by Le Hong is a painted wolf in disguise?"

Si Dongmo explained: "It's just a guess. Last time, the painted wolf set up a trap to lure us into an ambush, but we narrowly escaped. This time Lao Kang and the others didn't leave the mountain immediately after meeting the wolf in the mountain. After resting in the woods for one night before leaving, this night gave Painted Wolf an opportunity. It pretended to be a boy digging ginseng and brought a basket of wild ginseng to approach Le Hong. At that time, Le Hong still fell for Painted Wolf. Before the ecstasy was unraveled, he brought the painted wolf back to our home in a daze."

Painted Wolf went home with his younger brother, and lived with them "in peace" for the whole night. This is the real "leading the wolf into the house", Qi Yanguang felt shuddering just thinking about it.

He recalled: "Le Hong did look quite abnormal that night. However, since the painted wolf came back with him, it didn't kill Le Hong when he was alone with him, but chose to stay still. I think this is the best way. unusual."

Si Dongmo said in a muffled voice, "I can't figure it out either. The painted wolf keeps his face in our house, and that's the weirdest thing."

Qi Yan pondered, "It probably wants to lurk for a long time. You said, after it came back to this house, it found that the two of us had escaped from its hands before, would it want to take revenge along the way? But we don't care about it. Its vigilance is very strong, so it can't find any loopholes, so it didn't attack Le Hong immediately, but just looked for a perfect opportunity to catch us all.

Only when it was in the vegetable garden this morning, it probably couldn't hold back its hunger, ran over and grabbed me and threw it in its mouth, and ate a few raw eggs, which revealed its stuffing. "

After such an analysis, Qi Yan felt that his guess was quite reasonable, and he was even more terrified because of this thought.He recalled the boy's stiff face with a smile on his face, which was obviously not the expression that a normal person should have. In addition, it hadn't opened its mouth to speak, and its walking posture was also a little limping.

Qi Yan sighed, in fact, this painted wolf's disguise was full of flaws, and strange things were everywhere, but they lost their determination to investigate to the end, let it take advantage of the loopholes, and almost killed a person.

Le Hong has an elder brother who escaped from Painted Wolf, which is really a blessing in misfortune.

Qi Yan watched as the man took out a thin blade, carefully sharpened the arrows one by one, and tried to flick the arrow strings of the bow and crossbow a few times. After confirming that the weapons were all intact, he put them in one by one. quiver.Then he picked up the sharp blade and wiped it slowly with a cotton cloth.

Qi Yan noticed the familiar weapon in his hand and said, "You seem to have been carrying this blade all the time. Whether you were drifting on the river or when you encountered wolves last time, you have always carried it."

"Well, this is me...probably the only memorial left to me by my relatives."

"Dear one? Do you mean Mrs. Le? Or..."

"No, they are my blood relatives." Si Dongmo tilted his head slightly, as if lost in memory, "When I was seven years old, the Le family was a well-known big family in this town. One day it was raining heavily, and the Le family The servants of the family opened the gate of the yard, and found me lying in front of the door in black clothes, soaked in the rain. He picked me up and took me into Lejia, where the wife and the old lady asked the servants to boil ointment I took it, and it saved me."

Si Dongmo slowly rubbed the back of the knife with his fingertips, and slowly narrated in a deep voice: "After I woke up, they asked me where I came from and what my name was, but I couldn't remember anything. I think I may have been abandoned by my relatives. They put me at the gate of Lejia’s compound, probably hoping that someone could save my life. And the things they left me...except for the clothes on my body, All that's left is this blade wrapped in the jacket jacket."

"This is the only clue I have to find my family." He looked at Qi Yan with bright eyes, a little sad, but also a glimmer of hope, "This blade is destined to be extraordinary. It is forged by exquisite workmanship. Such a steel blade, it almost cuts iron like mud. I have used it for nearly 12 years, and it is as cold as it was 12 years ago, with no flaws or gaps."

"This is really amazing." Qi Yan opened his mouth wide in surprise, "For a blade of such high quality, its production or its predecessor must have an unusual identity. You may be able to find out the identity of the owner of the blade from this aspect .”

"Yeah, I think so too." Si Dongmo's slender fingers deftly turned the blade, dancing a sharp shadow between his fingers. "I've been doing people-searching for more than ten years. However, the most urgent thing—" He suddenly reversed his hand and nailed the blade deeply into the crack of the table, causing a tremor and a wave.

"I must find my brother and kill the wolf."

Qi Yan quietly looked at his profile.For a moment, he was deeply shocked. This "dominant village man", no matter his background, character, or strength, showed that he was by no means an ordinary person.

Si Dongmo turned his face away.Seeing Qi Yan staring at him blankly, the man smiled softly, "This time I went to the mountain not only to pick pine nuts. As you can see, this trip may be very dangerous. You can stay at home and wait for me to come back."

"I'll go with you." Qi Yan said calmly. Seeing that Si Dongmo was about to speak, he added, "I'm not some weak beast that needs to be kept at home. Last time you met Huapi Wolf, I also helped you escape."

"Sure, you can go too." Si Dongmo put away his weapons and put them at the door of the room, "But you have to promise me and follow me well."

"Don't worry, I'm not your younger brother. I don't have the guts to act alone. I have to pick a lot of pine nuts to bring to Boss Lan, so I won't run around." Qi Yan made a playful face at him.After cleaning up, they occupied half of the bed and went to bed early.