The Taste of Ghosts in the World

Since then, the thrush goblin named "Crow" has lived in Qi Zong's house. Since humans discovered her identity, she will never return to her original shape. Walk up and down the house.

Qi Zong also no longer prepares bird food, but prepares the meals that Lord Fairy likes before going out, and prepares dinner for two when he returns home at night, his life is busy and fulfilling.

On this day, Qi Zong brought the dishes to the table, sat down and was about to eat, but found that the most impatient crow was motionless, his eyes squinting at his hands.

Qi Zong stopped the movement of his hands, "Do you want to eat this?" He said and put the green vegetables he had picked up into his bowl.

Crow shook his head, pointed to the chopsticks in his hand, "I want it too."

"Do you want to use chopsticks?"

The crow seemed very unhappy about his surprised attitude, "What? Why can't you let me use something that you, a human being, can use?"

"Where is it, you think too much~" Qi Zong smiled and brought him a pair of chopsticks, "Please use it slowly."

Crow held the two sticks in his hands and stared at them for a while, then secretly glanced at Qi Zong from the corner of his eyes, and set up his posture according to his appearance, which looked good, but he didn't know what to do when he went to pick up vegetables, so he could only forcefully It forks, picks up a vegetable leaf, and carefully lifts it up and moves it into the bowl. As a result, just as it leaves the plate, the vegetable leaf slams onto the table.

The crow was stunned for a moment, and the heat spread from his scalp to his neck in an instant. This was simply the worst humiliation he had ever suffered in his life, so he threw his chopsticks angrily, "What kind of crap is this! You wouldn't take it on purpose! Give me what you dropped?"

His blushing face was noticed by Qi Zong, who just put his chopsticks aside with a smile, and comforted him: "You can only use your left hand now, of course it won't work well. You see, we all use our right hand. It can be clamped, and when your hands are ready, I will teach you."

"Who needs you to teach me! I'll do it when I'm ready!" Lord Yaoxian turned his head away in disdain.

"Then you can hold it with your hands now, anyway, it's always like this, why change it?"

After saying this, the crow was obviously a little uncomfortable, his eyes deliberately avoided Qi Zong's gaze, hesitatingly said: "You humans have a saying that... you are so vulgar..."

"Do as the Romans do." Qi Zong helped him out, "If you think your hands are not elegant enough, use a spoon first."

"Don't try to lie to me! Spoons are utensils for your human cubs, how can I use that kind of thing!"

"Who said that? Only human nobles can use spoons, so it just fits your status." Qi Zong said calmly.

"……real?"

"Of course, when did I lie to you?"

"Hmph! Cunning human being, don't let me find out that you deliberately deceived me." The crow muttered, picking up the spoon that Qi Zong handed over, and carefully stretched it out to the plate of fried cucumber slices in front of him. Qi Zong "kindly" beside him His gaze made him a little nervous, he hesitated to dig a spoonful, and then watched the thin slice of cucumber pushed aside by the spoon, but there was still nothing in the spoon.

"..."

The crow took a deep breath, the feeling of emptiness in his stomach became more obvious, he was starving.Seeing that Yaoxian seemed to be angry again, Qi Zong quickly picked up a piece of cucumber and stuffed it into his mouth.

The crow was stunned, and looked down at the food in its mouth. The anger that had already risen to the throat was instantly extinguished, and it quickly chewed and swallowed, and its mood immediately improved.

This human is not too useless, at least he can cook delicious food~

He simply threw the spoon, folded his hands to let Qi Zong feed, and only used his chin to point the dishes on the table to signal, "And that, and that, all on the table!"

Qi Zong willingly waited on Lord Yaoxian's stomach, "Okay, okay, eat this first."

"Have you ever seen a thrush eating meat?"

"Then change this?"

"It's almost there."

...

So Qi Zong added another task of "feeding Lord Yaoxian to eat" every day.

A few days later, after dinner, Qi Zong moved the tea table and chairs to the balcony, and took out a box of snacks.

Crow stood by and watched him busy back and forth, and asked suspiciously, "What are you going to do?"

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival……"

"I know about Mid-Autumn Festival." After all, the crow is an old fairy who has lived for thousands of years. "You want to eat moon cakes to see the moon, don't you?"

"You know that!"

After receiving the compliment, Crow seemed very happy, "Of course! This seat is well-informed."

"Then do you know why we look at the moon?"

"Well..." Crow pursed his lips and thought for a long time, Qi Zong smiled, pulled him over and sat down, and explained: "Because today's moon is the roundest, it means reunion with dogs, so Mid-Autumn Festival should be with the whole family." together."

The crow reacted quickly: "Then why don't you go celebrate the holiday with your family?"

"My parents are gone, and I never celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival in previous years."

"Why this year..."

Qi Zong chuckled, "Because you are here this year."

"..."

The crow didn't speak for a long time after that, and Qi Zong didn't say any more. The two of them looked up at the full moon in the night sky, and the surroundings were so quiet that even the chirping of crickets could be heard.

After a while, the crow suddenly asked, "What are you drinking?"

"Huh?" Qi Zong stopped holding the wine glass in the air, and shook the transparent liquid in the glass towards him, "This is wine, have you ever drank it?"

The crow snorted, "The wine in our demon world is the crown of the three worlds, how can humans compare?"

"Then try?"

Although it was a question, before the other party answered, Qi Zong had already poured a glass and handed it to him, "Have a drink."

Crow took the wine glass, looked down at the ripples on the surface of the glass, a cold fragrance came out vaguely, and finally couldn't help but raise his head and drink it.

After drinking a glass of wine, it seems like a burning fireball slides down the throat and into the stomach.

"It's so spicy!" Crow frowned. Most of the wines in the demon world tasted sweet and mild, far less intense and stimulating. Although a bit overbearing, he couldn't help but want to experience that feeling again.

"How about it?"

"Continued Cup!"

Qi Zong was stunned, seeing him frowning and not speaking just now, he thought he didn't like it, but he didn't expect that this goblin was also a drunkard.He laughed loudly, put one hand on the crow's shoulder, and helped him pour the wine with the other.

"Okay! Let's drink together today, neither drunk nor sleepy!"

"You don't sleep, I'm going to sleep." Crow couldn't help replying, glanced at his hand on his shoulder, seemed to want to say something, but didn't say anything, just took it from Qi Zong and handed it over. He drank it without hesitation.

After drinking for a while, the moon rose to the top of the head, and both of them were a little bit floating.

Ya's drinking speed slowed down, Qi Zong hugged him and insisted on toasting him, "Drink quickly! We will be best friends after drinking this cup!"

I don't know if the crow was drunk, but he didn't refute, instead he readily raised the wine glass and poured it into his mouth.

After drinking a cup, Qi Zong patted him on the back in satisfaction, "Not bad, not bad!" He lowered his head and found that the crow's injured right hand was just in his arms, so he took the opportunity to ask the question he had been curious about——

"Little crow, what did you do with your injuries?"

The goblin didn't answer.

Qi Zong asked: "Who did you fight with?"

Crow glanced at him from the corner of his eye, "This is a problem with the demon world, you are a human, what does it matter to you?"

"Why is it none of my business?" Qi Zong said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "You live here now, you are a member of my Qi family, whoever bullies you, of course I will support you!"

"I am a majestic demon fairy, but I still need human support? Isn't it a joke that this is going to spread to the demon world?"

"Come on, you majestic fairy is still injured like this?"

"..."

Crow stopped talking suddenly, and after a long silence, he snorted coldly and said, "The younger generation doesn't understand the rules, and lost its sense of propriety, it's just a lesson."

He lowered his head and gently shook the remaining wine in the glass, as if he could see himself 500 years ago through the mirror-like liquid.

At that time, the crow was still the leader of the demon world, and 500 years ago, it was the most peaceful and boring period in the demon world-the demons did not communicate much, and they devoted themselves to cultivation, the neighbors were harmonious, the atmosphere was harmonious, there were no fights, no disputes... In short, there was nothing to worry about. No, it made their leader a vagrant with nothing to do.

The old monster who has lived for thousands of years, he is already tired of the repeated practice, and even forgot how long he sat in the position of leader, or in other words, time has long since lost its meaning to him.

That day, when he patrolled his territory as usual, he noticed a trace of aura that did not belong to him. The smell was very faint, but it was enough to arouse his vigilance.

Who dares to break into the leader's territory without notification?

He walked along the scent, came to a bush, pushed aside the thorny branches and leaves, and saw an egg lying quietly on the messy thorns.

It was an oval-shaped egg, the size of a palm, with a snow-white body, and the eggshell was covered with dark gray lines. It looked very strange.The crow held the egg in his hand and studied it over and over again, but he still couldn't figure out what kind of offspring it was, but just one egg can emit such a demonic aura, it seems that its parents are at least transformed elves.

The crow asked around, no matter whether it was cuckoo, oriole, magpie or eagle, no one could tell the origin of this egg, so he had to take the egg back to the nest first, and at the same time ordered his subordinates to find out which family had lost the child.

Several days passed, but there was still no news. Crow looked at the unknown egg and worried, so let it go, and was afraid that the little life in the shell would die in the cradle before it was born, but if he wanted to take care of it, he would A male bird who doesn't know how to hatch an egg.

So the leader, who had been idle for too long, finally found something to do. Every day, everyone can see that fairy who has been moving around mysteriously like the wind, with an egg in his arms, running to the house of the married fairy to ask for advice and hatch the egg. The secret, this also became a topic of gossip in the demon world for a while.

Many demons are wondering if their leader finally found a partner, but unfortunately the other party disappeared after laying eggs. As for why the legendary leader's wife abandoned her husband and son, some demons think that she eloped with someone else. But most of the goblins still think that no one will be willing to abandon their handsome leader. The other party must have died in an accident, so the leader will take care of the crystallization of their love alone.

Crow certainly doesn't know about these gossips, and he doesn't care why every time he meets a demon, the other party always smiles at him understandingly. Anyway, every day, curious or concerned demon people will come to visit him and "his child". He also sent some soft hay necessary for hatching eggs, and enough food for him to eat for several days. Some female elves even offered to help him take care of the children, but Crow didn't like others to disturb his life, so they all refused.

As for the hatching tips provided by the bird mothers, there were all kinds of tips, and the crow quickly gave up, and he decided to use the method he thought of at the beginning-holding the egg to sleep.

This is not an easy task. Before going to bed every day, he has to hold the egg against his stomach and hold it in his arms. It is the warmest place, but he should not use too much force. This makes the crow, who usually does not sleep well, very headache , I would wake up every once in a while to see if the egg in my arms was still intact before I dared to close my eyes again.

After three months like this, the egg has grown a lot, and it weighs more in the hand, but there is still no sign of the eggshell being born.

When the mother birds came to visit, they were always amazed at how the eggs hadn’t broken their shells. Ordinary eggs should have hatched long ago. Their words also made the crows nervous. After the mother birds left, they looked at the eggs in a daze. I wondered if it was the result of my own laziness.

Just as he was getting more and more frustrated, the egg actually moved.