Chapter 177: The Boy and the Shadow Crow
Since Jiang Yifan invited the 'Scholar Parrot' to the Crow Team as a teacher, after nearly a week of study, some of the shadow crows who originally had a certain foundation in Mandarin are now able to have simple conversations.
This evening, instead of returning to the warehouse to continue their classes as usual, the Shadow Crows started a new stage of learning.
The content to be learned at this stage is mainly 'practice', and if according to the scholar Parrot, the full name of the course should be - "The First Tentative Exploration of the Shadow Raven Race in Search of Long-term Meal Tickets and Hotels"
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Hongquan City Children's Palace.
As an excellent student, Shadow Crow's 'good stomach' has found a suitable target at this time.
It was a little boy who ran out of the school bell after the school bell rang, looking about eight or nine years old, probably in the second or third grade of primary school.
"Boss, a fried chestnut."
The violent running made the boy hand out the five-dollar bill, and he couldn't stop his little face from flushing with a gasping sound.
"Okay! For the sake of you running so fast, I'll decorate you more! ”
The uncle who sold fried chestnuts boldly picked up the spatula, filled a full plate of fried chestnuts and handed it to the boy.
"Thank you."
The boy politely took it, and then cautiously looked back at the door of the Children's Palace, before taking off his school bag, unzipping one of the compartments, and pouring half of the chestnut into it.
"Why do you want to dump chestnuts in your school bag? Are you afraid of eating slowly and coldly? ”
This strange behavior couldn't help but cause the uncle to ask suspiciously.
The boy didn't speak, just shook his head, and walked away quickly.
'fluttering-'
The shadow crow looked at the fried chestnut in his hand, and after smashing the bird's beak a few times, he spread his wings and followed.
"Huh?"
The little boy who heard a strange movement behind him subconsciously turned his head and saw a big black bird flying towards him.
This frightened him immediately 'wow', looked panicked and retreated again and again, accidentally tripped on his left foot and fell to the ground with his right foot.
Although his body staggered and fell, his hand holding the fried chestnuts was quite steady, and only a few of them were spilled to the ground.
Smelling the sweet aroma of the fried chestnuts on the ground, Shadow Crow's 'Good Stomach' couldn't help but jump closer, sticking out his head to pick it up and eat it.
But when I think of the teaching of the teacher 'Scholar Parrot' - a gentleman does not leave anything behind, and does not spit out grape skins when he eats grapes.
Thereupon...
It withdrew its open beak, looked politely at the boy and asked, "Hello, friend, could you please share a little bit of your food with me?" ”
"You... Can you speak? ”
The boy pointed at the shadow crow in surprise, forgetting the pain in his buttocks.
“Ofcause!”
The Shadow Raven held its head up proudly.
"Can you speak English!?"
The boy was stunned.
After staying for a while, he stood up and patted the dust on his buttocks, and reached out to gather the fried chestnuts that fell on the ground: "That... Then I'll give you all these to eat..."
"Thank you."
The crow bowed its head in thanks, then inserted the tip of its beak into the crack of the chestnut, and then opened its beak into two with the force of its open beak, pecking little by little.
"You didn't eat it like that, you should peel it whole with your hands before eating."
The boy demonstratively peeled off a fried chestnut and shook the orange chestnut meat in front of the shadow crow before putting it in his mouth and chewing it while muttering, "It's delicious to go down like this..."
'Fluttering-'
The shadow crow spread its wings and shook it, revealing a caring look of concern for the mentally retarded.
It's like saying, "Why don't you think I don't peel it by hand?"
"Ah, I'm sorry to forget you don't have hands."
The boy hurriedly covered his mouth and apologized for his gaffe, "Then I'll help you peel it..."
Just after the boy helped the shadow crow peel two or three fried chestnuts, he heard a few children's voices from the corner of the sidewalk:
"Xiao Ming, that guy runs so fast, like a mouse, he can't catch it!"
"It's a pity, I saw it in class today, and he had five dollars in his pocket!"
"I really want to eat fried chestnuts..."
The boy who was feeding the shadow crows, but his face changed after hearing these voices, and his little hand subconsciously clenched the paper bag of fried chestnuts, stood up and ran.
Obviously, the Xiao Ming mentioned by those children's voices is him.
"Look! It's Xiao Ming! ”
"Let's chase after it!"
"Xiao Ming, don't run!"
A few boys who were obviously taller than Xiao Ming quickly chased after them with their eyes shining.
It didn't take long for them to take advantage of their long legs and catch up with Xiao Ming, who was relatively thin.
"What are you running? Is there something good that you don't want to share with us? ”
Among them, the tallest little fat man, hooked Xiao Ming's neck with one arm, and directly snatched the bag of fried chestnuts in his hand with the other hand.
The two boys who chased after Xiaopang hurriedly surrounded and opened the paper bag, but after seeing the few fried chestnuts left inside, they immediately complained unhappily:
"Xiao Ming, are you a pig? A bag of fried chestnuts to eat so fast? ”
"Do you have any pocket money? Go buy us some more. ”
Xiao Ming, who couldn't break free because he was strangled by his neck, lowered his eyes timidly and replied: "I have no money, I have spent all my money to buy fried chestnuts..."
"Hey, poor ghost, get out!"
Chubby pursed his lips, and after letting go of the arm that was holding his neck, he waved impatiently away.
Turning around, as the backbone of this small group of three, he smiled and began to carry out the fair distribution of the 'spoils':
"One for you, one for me; One for him, one for me; You are one, I am one; One for him, one for me..."
After Chubby took four chestnuts and the other two got two each, the paper bag was already empty.
"Oh, yes..."
The three of them weighed the fried chestnuts in their hands and said with some pity.
At this moment, after eating the remaining fried chestnuts on the ground, the shadow crows, which were still unfinished, just flapped their wings and flew down to the head of the wall where several people were standing.
After hearing the words of the three people, he pointed at Xiao Ming, who was tiptoeing and retreating, with his wings, and shouted loudly: "There is still in the bag!" ”
This shout directly frightened Xiao Ming's body, and after subconsciously swallowing saliva, he spread his feet and ran.
Although the three of them were surprised that a black feather crow could speak, they didn't have time to think about it when they looked at Xiao Ming who had escaped, but glanced at each other tacitly and chased after each other quickly.
Soon, Xiao Ming, who had just run a short distance, was grabbed by them and began to shout violently: "Let go of me!" I want to go home! If you do this again, I'll tell the teacher! ”
However, he was weak, and he was robbed of his schoolbag without a few struggles, and was pushed to the ground by Xiaopang.