Little Apple and Li Yang came by bus early the next morning, but the father and daughter went to the zoo first, and arrived at Xiang Kun's house at 11 o'clock.

Xiang Kun, who was wearing an apron and preparing lunch, welcomed the two into the house and said with a smile: "You guys are shopping fast too!"

The bus they took arrived at the city station at 9 o'clock, and then took a taxi to the zoo, deducting the time on the road, the time to buy a ticket to enter the door, and the time to take a taxi to his house after coming out.

Li Yang, who is still dark-skinned and has a flat head, looks like an old farmer, and said with a smile: "We mainly went to visit a few bird areas, but many birds don't usually call much, so there is nothing to see." ”

Xiang Kun also understands that "Little Apple" visiting the zoo is naturally not to "see" the animals, but to listen to the sounds, if there is no chirp, it really doesn't mean anything.

Today, Xiao Apple is not wearing sunglasses, Xiang Kun can see her eyes that look no different at first glance, and can even be said to be very good-looking, and he also sighs a little in his heart, he knows that Xiao Apple is seventeen years old this year, and normally he should be in the first or second year of high school, which is the age when he secretly plays with his mobile phone in class, secretly plays with the computer after school, goes shopping with friends, eats snacks with friends, and goes home to watch variety shows and chase idols.

Xiang Kun had talked to Professor Li Yang before, he originally asked Little Apple to go to a school for the blind, there was a good school for the blind in their city, but after graduating from junior high school, Little Apple didn't want to go to the blind school anymore, but wanted to learn the knowledge she was interested in independently and systematically.

So Li Yang asked an aunt to take care of her daily life at home, as for the problem of learning, in addition to Li Yang's guidance, with the help of the auxiliary voice function of various electronic devices, she can already find the information she needs through the Internet very proficiently.

As soon as he entered the house and said hello to Xiang Kun, Little Apple raised his chin slightly, and then walked towards the location of the canary "Golden Shining".

Xiang Kun's living room was empty, and the dining table was not on her way, so Little Apple walked all the way to the table with a birdcage in the corner.

"Xiang Kun, you have arranged it in this house...... It's quite suitable for the blind. Li Yang said jokingly.

Xiang Kun naturally knew that he meant that there was almost no furniture at home, no obstacles, and it looked smooth, and said with a smile: "I actually didn't move here for long, you guys play in the living room first, and I'll continue to cook." ”

Little Apple stretched out his hand and touched it lightly outside the birdcage, and Li Yang, who walked to the side, was a little strange, and asked the question that almost everyone who came to Xiang Kun's house to see the birdcage would ask: "Why is the door of this birdcage not closed?"

But this time, it was Apple's answer: "'Golden Flash' is loyal to Uncle Xiang, even if you open the doors and windows in the house, it won't run away." ”

Li Yang couldn't help laughing: "You're still loyal, did you 'read' it from its cry?"

Little Apple giggled, "If you can make such delicious bird food, it will be loyal to you." ”

As he spoke, the canary in the cage chirped twice, then jumped out of the cage two or three times, and stood at the table tilting his head to "look" at the little apple.

Li Yang described the canary's posture in a low voice beside him, he knew that with his daughter's hearing, the canary must have known it as soon as it came out of the birdcage, and he could accurately judge the position of the canary. But hearing couldn't tell her what the canary was now, what kind of movement it was.

Little Apple did not speak, but stood still, listening intently.

After a while, she slowly reached over to where "Golden Flash" was.

Miraculously, "Golden Flash" not only did not run away, but leaned up a little, tilted her neck, let her hand gently caress her feathers, and her eyes narrowed, looking very relaxed.

If Tang Baona and Yang Zhen'er were here, seeing this scene, they would probably be so jealous that they would hang up the "Golden Flash" and ask loudly, why did Mi ignore them and refuse to even go out of the cage? ?

Xiang Kun still made four dishes and one soup at noon, because he had never eaten with the Li family's father and daughter, and asked them about their tastes on WeChat, Li Yang just said that it should not be too spicy, and the rest was casual, without too much effort, so he could only make a rough judgment based on the taste of the area where they had lived for a long time.

"Uncle Xiang, do you have any other pets?" asked Xiang Kun, who came out of the dish with the little apple before eating.

"It's a rabbit, a Belgian rabbit, but you'd better not look at it, because I'm bred to eat it. Xiang Kun said, and said to Li Yang: "I plan to cooperate with my friends to open a restaurant, specializing in rabbit meat, and I have been studying various rabbit meat methods recently." Come on, Professor Li, you can have a taste. ”

Although Xiang Kun had just opened the door and window to pass through the wind earlier and cleaned the rabbit cage, the smell was indeed a little, and people with a more sensitive sense of smell could smell it, which was normal.

"Oh. "Little Apple doesn't have any particular aversion or rejection to eating rabbit meat.

Not surprisingly, the father and daughter were full of praise for Xiang Kun's craftsmanship. Although there is no way to adjust it to their tastes, he has made several dishes many times, so naturally there is a basic level.

"It's the first time I've eaten rabbit meat, and I didn't expect it to taste so good. Li Yang nodded and praised the little apple while serving vegetables: "This skill, opening a restaurant is indeed enough, at least after I eat, I will definitely be a repeat customer." ”

While eating and chatting, Xiang Kun told Little Apple about some interesting things when raising "Golden Shining", and how he judged "Golden Shining" according to its voice, posture, movements, etc., and talked about some "Golden Shining" habits and bad problems.

Then he talked about the chirping of other birds and the living habits of birds from "Golden Twinkle", which is also the knowledge that Little Apple has been learning since graduating from junior high school.

Then, along with this topic, from the impact of changes in the number of intestinal microbes in some birds on their diet, to the topics that Li Yang is currently participating in, and to the life application examples of some microbial research, etc.

This meal made both father and daughter eat very refreshingly, and they chatted very happily, but they felt that eating with Xiang Kun was really happy, Xiang Kun not only cooked deliciously, but also chatted with him very comfortably, I felt that I could always be stimulated to talk about sex, and as long as I felt a little tired, or I didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, Xiang Kun could just take over the conversation, or lead to the next topic.

Xiang Kun also felt that the chat was very happy - except for fighting against two "lively" stones in his stomach.

After eating, Little Apple wanted to take "Golden Flash" to go outside, so Xiang Kun took the father and daughter to the place not far from the community where people often walked.

Seeing Little Apple sitting on a stone chair on the edge of the artificial lake with a birdcage, Xiang Kun and Li Yang stood not far away chatting.

It wasn't until today that Xiang Kun didn't know that Little Apple's real name was Li Jun, a name that sounded quite masculine at first glance.

Apple's mother died in an accident not long after she was born. Little Apple is not an acquired blindness, but a congenital blindness, and is completely blind.

But as for the cause of blindness, Li Yang took his daughter to see many experts, but they could not give a very definite statement. With the current level of science and technology, there is basically no possibility of regaining sight and cure.

If you are blind after you become blind, such as if your cornea is damaged after you are an adult, and then you have your vision restored through a cornea transplant or other means, there is nothing wrong with that.

However, if it is congenital blindness, especially total blindness, and it needs to be treated after adulthood, it is not only to "repair" the eyeball, fundus retina, visual pathways, these "photosensitive elements", "transmission elements", but also to involve the visual area of the cerebral cortex, the large number of complex, interconnected neurons, which is not yet fully mastered by human beings.

When we "see" something, we don't just "see" it with our eyes, it is our brain that ultimately forms a cognitive picture in our minds of the light and shadow of the outside world.

In infancy, the corresponding optic nerve needs to be continuously stimulated by external information to establish visual experience and three-dimensional cognitive ability.

Otherwise, even if the "image sensor" and "transmission element" are restored when you become an adult, you will still not be able to see normally without the corresponding and complete "processor" and "processing software".

For example, you can't visually distinguish between distance and proximity, you can't establish a three-dimensional cognition of two-dimensional images, you can distinguish colors and shapes, but you can't make a correct cognition of a slightly more complex combination, such as a human face, which will feel like a combination of a bunch of weird elements.

Even when I was blind, I had already been trained by hearing or other means, and I had a certain normal person's ability to act and judge, and suddenly regained my vision, but instead destroyed the originally established cognitive system, became confused, and my brain fell into chaos.

After listening to Li Yang's words, Xiang Kun looked at the demure girl sitting on the stone chair in the distance with a smile on her face, and suddenly felt a little panicked in her heart.

A child who loves nature and birds, but is destined to never be able to see the beings she likes with her own eyes in her life, makes people feel a little desperate to think about it.

Li Yang sighed and said: "Maybe in the future, when science and technology develop to a certain extent, we will have enough understanding of the human brain, and with higher technology and more advanced equipment, we will be able to really cure the eyes of the little apple." As for now, what I can do is to do my best to make her happy and healthy. ”

Originally, Li Yang's father and daughter were ready to leave around three o'clock in the afternoon, but Xiang Kun called them back to their homes and stayed for a while.

He took out one of the twelve Minions he had carved yesterday and gave it to the apple, but because the wood carvings were originally only used as "experimental tools", they stopped when it came to the feeling of making connections, and did not continue to polish them, so the details were still a little rough.

He directly polished it in front of the Li family's father and daughter, changing the fine sandpaper.

Apple is very excited to find out what the gift to Kun is, although she can't see, she has loved to "watch" cartoons since she was a child, because cartoons often have a lot of funny and funny sound effects, and she can laugh happily just listening to those sounds.

And when "Despicable Me" came out before, she was particularly interested in the voice of the Minions, and her WeChat prompt sound was the demonic laughter of the Minions.

When Xiang Kun was sitting in the room polishing the Minions, Li Yang looked at the Alsace wood carvings and eight-armed and eight-eyed wood carvings placed next to the computer desk, and he was also a little admired in his heart: Xiang Kun is really versatile.

After carefully polishing for more than an hour, she handed the finished product to the little apple, watching her carefully coil the boxwood minion with her hand, perceiving the shape and touch, and squinting her eyes with joy, Xiang Kun also felt happy, and there was a comfortable feeling that the corners of her mouth couldn't help but hook.

Looking at his daughter's appearance, Li Yang patted Xiang Kun's shoulder and said softly, "Thank you." ”

Xiang Kun shook his head with a smile and said, "When you are free in the future, you are welcome to bring a small apple to be a guest, say in advance, I will buy vegetables and prepare ingredients, and come over next time, I will ensure that the dishes are better than today!"

"Haha, today's meal is already great! When are you free, come and play with us!" Li Yang said with a smile.

To be honest, he was still a little worried before coming over today, after all, strictly speaking, acquaintance with Xiang Kun just gave him a ride, and later although there were a few chats on WeChat, there was no deep talk, let alone deep friendship, and they didn't know each other very well.

But her daughter was sure that Xiang Kun was her good friend, and if she wanted to see the canary "Golden Shining", he could only bring her daughter over.

However, after a few hours of contact today, Xiang Kun's impression on Li Yang can be said to be very good - his biggest wish and motivation in this life is to make his daughter happy, and today can be said to be the happiest day for his daughter in the past few months.

After sending Li Yang's father and daughter away, Xiang Kun returned home, took out a piece of boxwood from the cabinet, cut it out of the right size, and began to make up the twelve boxwood minions.

In fact, eleven is fine, after all, he wants to test the effect of the "emotional injection" item, eleven and twelve, in fact, are about the same, it shouldn't just reach the threshold.

But the number of eleven inexplicably makes him feel as if he is missing something, it may be because he originally wanted to carve the zodiac, or it is possible that he originally carved twelve has been defaulted to a whole, so after thinking about it, it is better to make up for another one to make up for the number of twelve.

As for giving one of the Minions to the little Apple Li Jun, Xiang Kun's purpose is to try to use the "happy" emotions on this wood carving to try to influence her, and try to make her have a happy dream occasionally.

At around eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, Xiang Kun casually sensed the little yellow man, trying to activate the function of emotional influence and guide the surrounding targets to dream.

Then he was stunned, and he gained some perception that he had never felt before......

Xiang Kun couldn't even figure out if he was watching a dream, because he couldn't see anything, but it wasn't the darkness with his eyes closed, but an emptiness and nothingness that he couldn't describe.

Then he felt the emotion that did not belong to him, the joy of being happy, laughing, laughing from ear to ear.

The sound of two people's conversation came from his ears, from vague to gradually clear, and he could tell that it was the voices of two men, who were talking about cross talk.

He even knew which cross talk this was, he had heard it before, and he also knew that it was Miao Fu and Wang Sheng who said cross talk.

Then in the sound of cross talk, he heard some crisp birds singing, these sounds are melodious and tactful, very beautiful, but it does not affect him to listen to cross talk at all, just like a soft BGM, which is very suitable and pleasant to listen to.

Xiang Kun clearly sensed the giggling sound of the "emotional person", and then he immediately realized that this was indeed a dream, a dream of Little Apple.

It's just that there is no picture in her dream.

That feeling of nothingness, that feeling of "not seeing", to be honest, made Xiang Kun a little shocked, even much more shocking than the dream of seeing the oil pot before.

But as soon as he thought of this, Xiang Kun suddenly found that the nothingness in front of him did not seem to be completely nothingness.

Inexplicably, he seemed to have "seen" something.

And those voices, whether it was the sound of cross talk, or the singing of the birds, seemed to be a little different from what he used to hear?