phoenix tweet

In the early morning, the breeze cleared away the morning mist, and a few goose-yellow flowers bloomed in the flowerbed, and the delicate petals hung shyly on the branches with a few drops of dew.Yao Bai wakes up early in the past few days, lying lazily on the roof basking in the sun.Hearing the sound of cocks crowing and dogs barking in the distant cottage, he turned over, thinking that his five senses had recovered, and that the unusually long three months would finally pass.

There were hurried and brisk footsteps on the path, Yao Bai glanced along, and said to Wen Bufan who was mending the window paper on the porch: "Here comes the child again." His voice was like a bird coming out of the mountain in the early morning, "Uncle Uncle! I'm coming."

This kid is the one who grabbed Wen Bufan to touch Yaobai on the road last time, since he got Wen Bufan's invitation that time, he will come here every once in a while.He is sensible and well-behaved, with a sweet mouth, different from those children on the ridge who are jumping up and down and making people panic.Most of the time when Yaobai was in a bad mood, he would sit aside and look at him with his chin resting on his arm. Sometimes he would ask Wen Bufan if he really wanted to touch him, "His tail is so beautiful, can I pet it? Just touch it." Make sure you don't disturb the little bird to sleep."

If Yaobai didn't refuse clearly, Wen Bufan would nod his head in agreement, "Just a moment."

"Okay!" After he said it, he really just stretched out a little finger to touch it lightly, and when he was done, he was very happy and shouted at Wen Bufan: "I'm done touching it!"

Later, Yaobai began to lose hair, and there was not a single tail feather left that was always praised by children.The first time the child saw him being naked, he was stunned. The child didn't know how to hide his emotions, and his wide eyes were full of unbelievable shock.Even the place to sit is farther away than usual.Yaobai stuffed his head back under his wings, feeling a little sad.After a while, he heard the sound of a stool moving.The child lay down in front of him and said softly, "Does it hurt, little bird?"

Yaobai froze for a moment, endured the soreness and opened his eyes under his wings.He saw the child's little head resting on the table, looking at him motionless.For Yaobai, "pity" is far more overwhelming than "dislike".

"It doesn't hurt." Yao Bai replied softly.Of course it was just a low hum in the child's ears, and now he felt even more distressed, and carefully patted Yao Bai's body with both hands. When he was crying and sad, his mother patted his back to comfort him like this.

Later, his feathers grew slowly, and his body jumped several times.The child was very happy to see him again, jumping around him left and right.

Yaobai looked at the children rushing into the yard, and suddenly felt that the past few months have not been so bad.

"Big bird, big bird!" The child yelled from the window, "I'll come to play with you!"

Yaobai sighed secretly, the child used to call him Xiaoniao, but now times have changed, and it is very appropriate to call him Big Bird.It's not that he is pretending to be pretentious with the honor of Phoenix, it's just that this very unrecognizable name is really unpleasant, and it's good to call it "Beautiful Big Bird".

He landed on the wooden steps and opened his mouth to yell a few times.When the child turned around and saw him, he ran over and squatted in front of him, and greeted him very politely: "Big bird, good morning."

The children did not bid farewell to home until the smoke rose from the houses in the distance. Before leaving, they reluctantly pulled Wen Bufan, saying that they would not be able to come often in the future.

"Daddy is going on a long trip, and mother wants to take me to live in a rented house." The child said, "My grandfather's house is far away, and I have to take a carriage to get there."

Yao Bai couldn't understand how far a mortal is, nor could he understand the difference of "not being able to come often".The same goes for children, who seem to find it easy to say goodbye.So he didn't act too sad.Wen Bufan sent him to the gate of the courtyard, he waved his little hand as usual, and then walked home along the path.

Yaobai stood on the roof and watched for a long time, seeing people coming and going on the small road, he suddenly said: "I want to go to the market."

Wen Bufan was not at all surprised by his request, nodded and said, "Go tomorrow."

Yao Bai didn't say anything more, and lay down lazily to bask in the sun again.Looking out of the courtyard with half-closed eyes, he suddenly remembered that his third brother Huang Li said that mortals are immortal creatures, but their life and death are fleeting, and after reincarnation, the past will be forgotten.They have undisguised greed and lust, what they ask for, they suffer.

There are all kinds of people in the world, Yao Bai looks into the distance, what a lively word.The mountains, trees, flowing water, and the sea of ​​flowers and plants are better than the deserted sycamore forest in the Nine Heavens.

Because he was thinking about going to the street, Yao Bai still woke up early the next day.His current body shape is really not like an ordinary bird, and he went to a place with many people, so he could only commit himself to lying in the back basket in order to avoid side effects.Fortunately, there are gaps all around the bamboo weaving basket, so you won't be able to lie down and see nothing.

Yao Bai lay quietly on his stomach at first, but when there were more and more people on the road, he stretched his head to look out.After a while, they arrived at the bottom of a high stone wall.This is something Yao Bai is familiar with, and the most lively and prosperous place for people in the human world is this kind of place surrounded by high walls.This market was busier and noisier than what Yao Bai had seen before, a group of people came out of the city in a long queue.Wen Bufan followed the crowd and stood aside, making way for these people.

Yao Bai felt strange, and muttered, "Why are they all men?"

Wen Bufan carried him into the city, but the situation inside was completely opposite to the city gate.There are very few pedestrians on the wide street, and occasionally some people seem to be in a hurry.Wen Bufan was stunned at the door of the restaurant called "Mi Shi Ji".Yao Bai looked through the gap, and saw that the door of Dashuang's store was only half open, half-covered, as if he had no intention of opening the door to welcome customers.

Wen Bufan stepped forward, opened half of the door, knocked on the door panel and shouted inside: "Boss, buy a roasted rabbit."

There were faint footsteps inside, but no one came out for a long time.Wen Bufan had no choice but to go in and called out again.There were people talking inside first, and then there was a figure coming out of the courtyard, but it was not the shop assistant he was familiar with.

The person who came was wearing a well-made long gown, like a shopkeeper or something.When the man approached, he paused first, then said "Hey", and said in surprise, "It turned out to be you."

Yao Bai looked up, and then he saw the appearance of the man clearly, it was the very good-looking man he met in the field that day.It's just that he was dressed in a neat bunt before, and he looked like a very serious farmer.Now that her hair is in a high bun and she is wearing brocade clothes, she doesn't dare to recognize her.

Wen Bufan didn't recognize him, and stood there with a puzzled expression.

"You don't remember me." The young man recalled happily for him: "The last time I went to inspect the village, I met you and your bird mowing grass in the depression. I asked you what kind of bird it was, and you He refused to tell me, and insisted that the bird was too expensive and I couldn’t afford it. I don’t remember.”

Wen Bufan nodded: "I remember." He looked at the empty store, even the stools were neatly placed on the table, "I'm here to buy something."

"Oh," the young man sighed, and said in a seemingly peaceful tone, "It's not for sale, this store will be closed today."

Yao Bai's first reaction was that he could no longer eat roasted rabbit meat that suits his appetite.He lightly pecked Wen Bufan's back, motioning for him to ask why.

"Why do you want to close it?" Wen Bufan asked.

"When you came here, you should have encountered the government leading people out of the city." He walked around behind the counter, bent down and pulled out a jug of wine from the container, and took out two white porcelain cups, "Drink something?"

Before Wen Bufan could reply, he conveniently added two glasses of wine, took one of them and drank it all in one gulp, and then said: "For some reason, a war is about to happen suddenly. Many of my family's Chang Ding have been conscripted, and there are not enough people to store them." No one is guarding the house. We have to close everything that can be closed." He pointed to the door, "Look, there are not many shops left on this street that are still open. Fortunately, I am the only child in my family, otherwise I would have to let They pull away."

Yao Bai suddenly remembered that the child said that his father was going on a long journey, and nine out of ten he was dragged to the battlefield.

The young man didn't seem to be able to drink, his face turned red after drinking a glass, "You look like you came from a wealthy family, go home quickly, life is going to be hard outside. Where is your family from?"

Wen Bufan paused, and said, "South."

"The south?" The young man squinted his eyes and turned drunk. "The south is even worse. I heard that there has been a plague for several months, and many people have died."