pjbooks Chapter 40 Owl
Chapter 40 Owl
When Guan Xiaolin reached out her hand, Crow turned to the side, preventing her from touching him.
Guan Xiaolin's smile froze instantly, and she said angrily, "Fine, you listen to whatever Tang Huaiyi says. I feed you every day, but you don't listen to a word I say."
"Even though I did touch you three times today, it wouldn't be a big deal if I touched you one more time, would it?"
As he spoke, he reached out his hand again.
The crows then hid again, some even trying to spread their wings.
Guan Xiaolin sighed helplessly, "Alright, alright, I won't touch it anymore, okay? Your wing injury hasn't healed yet, so don't fly yet."
"I'll wait until my injury heals before I can fly again, otherwise I don't know when I'll be able to fly again."
As they were talking, Mother smiled and pushed open the door, saying, "You're home, why aren't you coming inside? What am I talking to you about, you crow?"
"Mom, look, it still won't let me touch it a fourth time."
Guan Xiaolin said to her mother in a slightly coquettish tone.
Upon hearing this, the mother immediately laughed: "This bird is really intelligent. It will definitely touch you three times, except for you, who is not allowed to touch it even once."
"If it weren't so intelligent, I wouldn't allow you to keep it; who keeps crows in front of their house? It's a bad omen."
"What bad omen?" Guan Xiaolin's father said with a smile from inside the house. "In the past, crows were considered auspicious omens and birds of filial piety, but later they became a bad omen."
"I think this crow is incredibly intelligent; it's a bird that money can't buy. How could it be a bad omen?"
Guan Xiaolin said happily, "Dad, I love hearing you say that."
"This crow is really nice..."
"It's fine, but it's not yours; it belongs to your classmate," Guan Xiaolin's father said abruptly. "Is this the crow your classmate, who's struggling financially, keeps?"
"No, this crow fell from the sky and ended up in Tang Huaiyi's hands. It wasn't convenient to keep it at the school, so I brought it back." Guan Xiaolin said, clicking her tongue in amazement. "It's strange, though. This crow listens to Tang Huaiyi but not to me. I don't know why."
As she spoke, she teased the crow again, then hummed a cheerful tune as she went to her room.
Guan Xiaolin's father seemed to be deep in thought.
Is it possible that this is a bird that has been raised from a young age, which is why it is so obedient and intelligent?
Generally speaking, wild birds wouldn't behave like this, right?
We really need to keep an eye on things for Linlin in this regard, so she doesn't get fooled by a bird.
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"Puff puff puff!"
In the darkness of night, a bird landed in Tang Huaiyi's hand.
After evening self-study, Li Xiujuan returned to the girls' dormitory first, while Tang Huaiyi stood on campus alone, waiting for another crow.
Finally, a bird flew by and landed.
It wasn't the crow Tang Huaiyi was waiting for, but an owl.
Tang Huaiyi was taken aback, then reached out and touched the owl.
"Gurgle...gurgle..."
The owl made a soft hooting sound.
Tang Huaiyi wasn't in a hurry and gently helped it preen its feathers.
Let's be friends first, and we can ask for help later.
The world of birds is still very simple. Once Tang Huaiyi got along well with them, they were willing to help him without asking for anything in return, just like they would treat their fellow birds.
But what's the use of an owl? Does it help me catch mice?
Let's talk about it later.
Tang Huaiyi thought for a while and stayed with the owl that had suddenly appeared. When he heard that the dormitory was about to turn off the lights and shut off the power, he returned to the boys' dormitory.
The next day, after morning reading and a morning of classes, the students began to go home one after another.
Tang Huaiyi and Li Xiujuan were also walking home from the county.
Song Siyuan called out to them, "Tang Huaiyi, Li Xiujuan, why don't you come with my family's car?"
"My parents will be waiting for me to go home together after they finish selling vegetables today, since it's on the way to Tangmaji Village."
Before Tang Huaiyi could speak, Li Xiujuan said, "I won't go, my sister is here."
Tang Huaiyi followed her gaze and saw Li Xiufang, the eldest daughter of the Li family, walking briskly towards them. Soon she arrived at the door of Class 1, Grade 12, in front of Tang Huaiyi and Li Xiujuan.
"Tang Huaiyi, let's go back together!"
Her forehead was steaming and covered in sweat, clearly indicating that she had been rushing all the way without stopping.
His bulging chest rose and fell, his shirt was slightly damp with sweat, and his eyes were bright and full of energy.
"Sister, what brings you here?" Li Xiujuan asked in a low voice.
"I'm worried about your safety traveling alone," Li Xiufang said.
In this situation, Tang Huaiyi certainly couldn't ride in Song Siyuan's vegetable cart himself. Besides, it wasn't appropriate to trouble them in the first place—after all, it wouldn't be good to make their livestock suffer, and their livestock were very precious these days.
After telling Song Siyuan to go ahead on his own, Tang Huaiyi walked towards the school gate with the Li Xiufang and Li Xiujuan sisters.
Before he had taken two steps, Teacher Chen's wife, Tang Huaiyi's teacher's wife, waved and called to him from the doorway of the teachers' family quarters: "Tang Huaiyi! Go and get the bedding from your dormitory. I'll air it out for you. You're always studying and don't have time for that!"
Tang Huaiyi was moved and quickly declined.
"No need, Master's wife, I can take care of myself..."
"I know you can do it yourself, it's just that you're busy. Hurry up and go, don't waste time."
Unable to resist his teacher's wife's urging, Tang Huaiyi carried his bedding out of the boys' dormitory and bowed deeply to her, saying, "Teacher's wife, thank you!"
"You're too kind."
The teacher's wife smiled and said something, gesturing for Tang Huaiyi to hurry home.
He glanced again at Tang Huaiyi walking towards Li Xiujuan, then hugged the quilt and watched with great interest and a smile.
Li Xiujuan blushed instantly, lowered her head and followed behind Tang Huaiyi, her face turning red to the roots of her ears.
If she didn't have those thoughts, she wouldn't be so shy; but since she did have those thoughts, she couldn't help but be more sensitive.
"Going home? Tang Huaiyi."
At the school gate, Guan Xiaolin rode by on a women's bicycle, called out to Tang Huaiyi, and waited for him to reply, "Okay, going home," before hurrying off.
Song Siyuan was sitting on the vegetable cart when he saw Tang Huaiyi, Li Xiufang, and Li Xiujuan come out. He pointed them out to his parents and said something.
Song Siyuan's father then slowly drove the carriage over.
"Students, get on the bus together!"
"No, no, the three of us can walk back..."
"Don't mention it, it's on my way! Come on, get in!" Song Siyuan's mother jumped off the carriage, grabbed Li Xiujuan's old handbag, and beckoned the three of them to get into the carriage.
There were six people in the carriage; it wasn't too crowded, but it was still quite full.
Even after being pulled onto the carriage, Tang Huaiyi couldn't help but say, "Auntie, there are too many people. Don't tire the horse out. We're used to walking back and forth, so we're not tired at all."
"Don't worry, don't worry, my Ma Qian is used to being alive. There are only a few people, it's nothing."
No sooner had Song Siyuan's mother finished speaking than a loud whimpering sound came from inside the school.
Tang Huaiyi, Song Siyuan, Li Xiujuan and others all looked in the direction of the sound.
A short, stocky man with a cold expression, wearing half-finger leather gloves, rode a motorcycle through the students leaving school. He twisted the handlebars in front of them, and the motorcycle roared away, puffing smoke.
The horses pulling the cart were startled and became slightly agitated. Song Siyuan's father quickly reached out and pressed them down to steady them.
Song Siyuan stared at the scene in disbelief and blurted out.
"Holy shit!"
"Teacher Tian?"