Why not hang yourself on the southeast tree

【Ga----】

[Hey, why is it a crow? I set this trap just to catch a few sparrows... This is difficult, this, can't be eaten?! ]

【Ga----】

[Don't shout. If you attract others, you won't be able to leave.]

Lao Li thought: They will beat you to death, it’s your fault that you are a crow.

Yes, I, Wang Defa, am a crow in my seventeenth rebirth.

A pure black crow with a body length of 60 cm and a wingspan of 100 cm.

Lao Li is a worker working on the construction site. He turned 62 last year. The superiors are strictly checking the age limit, and other foremen are afraid of taking responsibility and refuse to hire him.

I got into this construction site after going through several layers of connections.

After some bargaining, the foreman said that the wages were 20% less than others, but he would take it if I could do the job.

He gritted his teeth and accepted the offer, working for more than two months, with his wages to be paid at the end of the year.

The construction site only provided one meal at noon, and the work was not finished until after seven in the evening. Lao Li had little money in his pocket, and was reluctant to buy boxed lunches like other workers. He often had cold steamed buns with water, and was so hungry in the middle of the night that he thought of setting up a cage to satisfy his hunger.

As a result, when the cage was opened, it was me inside.

【Ga----】

I looked at him pitifully.

[Okay, go away. You are a good person, I will not commit any sin.]

Old Li waved his hand and turned his face away.

[Gu~~]

His stomach was rebelling again. Giving up such a big bird might make him feel guilty, but his hunger was unbearable...

I flapped my wings and tried to rise more than a meter into the air. Then the wing bones made a crackling sound and I fell down again, looking like a dog eating shit.

【Ga----】

Old Li was also stunned. It turned out to be a wounded crow. No wonder it was interested in the few grains of leftover food he scattered on the ground.

He squatted down, looking reluctant.

I found the right angle, leaped up, and consciously and proactively got into his arms.

When Lao Li suddenly touched the warm ball, he was already soft-hearted, and now he was even more reluctant to leave it alone.

That night, Lao Li wrapped me in old clothes and placed me in the washbasin under his bed.

There was just enough space for me to lie down with my feet up.

Before going to bed, he repeatedly whispered, "Don't make any noise. If you are discovered, the foreman will definitely not let you stay. He is young and superstitious..."

I looked at him with wide eyes and blinked.

I couldn't tell him, I knew -

It seems that my superpowers can be preserved forever. From the moment I crawled into his arms, countless scenes that Lao Li experienced in his daily life flashed before my eyes like a kaleidoscope.

He nodded and bowed, begging the foreman to take him in in a humble manner.

He worked hard to move bricks, transporting one truckload after another to the designated floor.

He tightened his belt and hesitated for a long time even before buying a few steamed buns.

He squatted in the corner, drank a sip of cold water, and took two bites of cold steamed buns, being ridiculed and mocked by his coworkers.

He called his son who was far away in Shanghai, but the call was hung up after just a few words, with a look of loss on his face.

When his fellow workers formed a team to go out at night to find women and have fun and invited him to join them, he looked embarrassed and uncomfortable.

All in all, Lao Li's image is already very clear——

This is an honest man. Even though he is skinny, he still thinks he is a strong old father.

Old Li woke up three times that night, and each time he carefully lifted a corner of his old clothes to see if the crow was still alive.

Once, I was discovered by a worker on the upper bunk.

[Old man Li, what are you doing? You're moving around so much. Are you going to let me sleep?! ]

Old Li was terribly frightened. The guy on the upper bunk was the foreman's brother-in-law. He was lazy and liked to have fun. He often came back drunk in the middle of the night. He was a rough guy on weekdays. He had seen him beat people up. His punches were real and his hands were dirty...

He didn't dare to provoke this troublemaker, so he had to lie down obediently and dared not move.

The other people in the room were also awakened from their sweet dreams by the shout. They were angry but dared not say anything. They covered their heads with quilts and continued to sleep.

I think my wing bone is broken, and I can't heal it on my own.

After a few days of peace and quiet, Lao Li discovered that the area where I was injured was swollen.

I saw him pull out a suitcase with a broken leg from under the bed, and find something wrapped in a plaid handkerchief from between a pile of washed and faded but neatly folded clothes.

It looks like the way the older generation hid money.

When I opened it, it was indeed.

The colorful banknotes puffed up into a bunch when the elastic band was pulled.

Old Li took out his savings without hesitation and took me to the pet hospital for treatment.

The road from the dormitory to the gate was more than two hundred meters long. He held me carefully in his arms all the way and walked out with a hunched back.

No one was found.

When I saw the crow in the veterinary hospital, I knew it was not a domestic pet. The doctor was also good-tempered and treated the injury in a neat and straightforward manner. I only cackled five, six, seven or eight times during the whole process...

Because no anesthesia was used, in order to save money.

After all, Lao Li had already placed the colorful stack of things on the doctor's desk in advance.

I lay on the operating table with my head tilted, tears in my eyes and a bitter heart.

Through contact, I had a picture in my mind of a doctor delivering a pet pig last night—

The great mother pig held her strength and gave birth to eleven piglets as big as mice in one breath.

Pile it on a plate and sprinkle some cumin, chili powder and chives on it, and it will be a tempting bowl of Northeastern specialty - piglet blanket.

[Uncle, the operation is quite simple, it doesn't cost so much money, you take it first, and then you can take this bill to the cashier, I can't accept money here.]

It was also Mr. Li’s first time to go to a pet hospital. He thought it was really not expensive, so he paid the money with a sense of relief.

Only I know that the hospital is better at swallowing gold than a gold-mining cave, but Lao Li was lucky to meet a good person.

The total cost of bird fracture repair and subsequent hospitalization care was 139 yuan, which was just enough to save Mr. Li a little over 8 yuan.

Who would believe it if I told them?!

Old Li bowed to the doctor with gratitude, kept me in the hospital, and hurried back to the construction site to work.

The doctor tapped my forehead and said nothing because the nurse was calling and another sick cat was brought in.

After get off work every day, Lao Li would take a detour to see me. He would change his clothes before coming, fearing that his muddy body would offend others.

The other people in the dormitory laughed at him, saying that there was no need to hide a twilight romance. Lao Li was sneaking around, was he stealing someone else's wife?!

The words were very unpleasant, completely ignoring Lao Li's clenched fists and flushed face.

But in the end, Lao Li did not refute. If he offended someone who disliked him and received a phone call to report him, he would not be able to stay and make money.

I was lying on the blanket in a daze when Lao Li poked his fingers through the crack in the cage and I saw those scenes.

The anger rushed to his head, and a loud [Gah——]

This scared several dozing patients nearby, and for a moment, the barking of dogs, the crowing of chickens, and the meowing of cats made a huge noise.

Lao Li quickly closed my wide-open mouth and the sound stopped abruptly.