When it comes to eating, it has always been a big deal for Zhang Guanghua.

He dared to play a guessing game with Wang Mingyuan, so he immediately put his clothes on the table and carefully pulled them away.

Wang Mingyuan saw that the clothes were wrapped in six milky yellow blunt round bird eggs, which had no spots and were much larger than the eggs.

But Wang Mingyuan can be sure that this is by no means a goose egg, duck egg or anything like that.

He couldn't help asking, "What kind of egg is this?" ”

"Dragon Bird Eggs!" Zhang Guanghua said proudly.

Dragonbird eggs?

Wang Mingyuan was stunned for a while, there is such a thing as a dragon bird?

"What does a dragon bird look like?" Wang Mingyuan frowned.

There are thousands of species in the world, and the names are even more strange, just a big water ant, can have several names, and many other things are the same, and it is normal for different places to differ.

"It's the kind of bird that has a long, long tail that opens like a fan, and it's very, very beautiful, and my dad called them dragon birds." Zhang Guanghua gestured: "It's rare to see it." ”

He also dipped water in the basin on the table and paddled the bird's tail.

Wang Mingyuan thought about it for a while, and probably guessed from Zhang Guanghua's comparison that the so-called dragon bird should be a peacock.

Hongzhou, which has always been known as the hometown of peacocks, is a place where peacocks haunt.

"Quick...... Take me to see it! ”

Wang Mingyuan suddenly became pleasantly surprised.

The reason why this is so is because Hongzhou is inhabited by the native peacock, is the green peacock, in later generations, the country only has Yun Province, the number is less than 500, is the national first-class protection of rare birds.

The common sight in the park is the blue peacock, which was introduced from abroad in 1990.

The blue peacock can't compare to the green peafowl at all.

The green peacock is rare, and ordinary people rarely see it, and Wang Mingyuan can only see its graceful posture through mobile phones and TVs, but the real living creatures have never been seen.

The blue peacock is more popular, to put it bluntly, it is an ornamental object in the park, and there are many farmers to raise.

A blue peacock egg, because it is rich in selenium, sells for as much as sixty or seventy yuan a piece.

You must know that a peacock egg contains 700 times more selenium than an egg.

Selenium has more than 10 effects on the human body, such as improving human immunity, anti-oxidation, delaying aging, protecting and repairing cells, etc., which has become the reason for its high price.

There is also meat, high protein and low fat, in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the price of a pound reaches nearly two hundred yuan, and a six or seven months old peacock can grow to six or seven pounds, raise a few more months, the largest can even reach 12 pounds.

Whether it is eggs or meat, they are high-end ingredients with a lot of price, and they are very economical.

Wang Mingyuan had already considered peacock breeding when he was thinking about what the sinkhole was used for, and he had read a lot of information in this area and understood it somewhat.

However, what disappointed him was that it had been two months since he came to Zhangjiaao, not to mention breeding peacocks, and he hadn't even seen a peacock feather.

Compared with the blue peacock, a nest of eggs can lay twenty or thirty different, extremely rare green peacocks, a nest of eggs is often less than ten, and the reproductive ability is far inferior to the blue peacock.

In addition, the green peacock is used to running with both feet, not good at flying high and far, and it is easier to catch than ordinary birds.

Hearing that Wang Mingyuan wanted to go to see it, Zhang Guanghua hesitated.

"What's wrong?" Wang Mingyuan asked.

"That dragon bird is too fierce!"

Zhang Guanghua said, rolling up his sleeves.

Only then did Wang Mingyuan see that there were a few claw marks on his arms that broke the skin, and there were several bruises.

"When I was digging these eggs, I was caught by the big bird, and I was pecked several times, and I was chased for a long distance, and it was not easy to get rid of them." Zhang Guanghua said with more than one season.

Wang Mingyuan laughed when he heard this: "You deserve it, if you dig other people's eggs, of course you will be pecked." ”

The peacock is in estrus or during the egg-laying period, which is quite powerful, and the average child is really not enough to see in front of it.

Don't talk about geese, let alone children, even adults can chase the existence of the house, a good hand at taking care of the home, and even the big rooster at home, there are many people who dare to be tough with people.

In rural areas, it is common to see chickens and geese running around.

Not to mention the green peafowl, which is much bigger than a chicken and full of wildness.

This is a large bird with a strong sense of territory, and even the upper tail feathers can reach more than two meters, especially the male, and dare to attack if it is slightly unhappy, but don't be fooled by its beautiful appearance, even the slightest wrong approach may cause it to attack.

In Thailand, there are examples of peacocks killing their owners.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here, I see it, it won't dare to peck you again!" Wang Mingyuan encouraged.

The opportunity to see the green peafowl up close is really rare.

"It's okay if you want me to take you, but you have to bring the gun, if it really dares to come again, it will be shot and eat meat." Zhang Guanghua's eyes were full of wildness at this time.

"What guns!"

Wang Mingyuan played Zhang Guanghua with a brain crash: "There are too few dragon birds, and there are too many kills, and they will be gone in the future." ”

"It's just a bird, it's so fierce, it's better to kill it and eat meat."

"You're wrong. You can still see it now, if you are really killed, you won't be able to see it if you want to see it in the future, and your future children and grandchildren won't be able to see it, so what should you do? Don't you think it's beautiful? ”

Wang Mingyuan said with a smile: "We, not only can't we kill, but we also have to protect it well." After a pause, he continued: "When I see peacock eggs in the future, I will find a way to bring them back, and the eldest brother will reward you." A peacock egg, a dollar! ”

"Really ......"

Wang Mingyuan spoke directly with the facts, took out six yuan and handed it to Zhang Guanghua: "I bought these six eggs!" ”

He plans to incubate these eggs, keep them in the sinkhole, and if there are enough of them, bring some of them back to 2023 and hand them over to professional conservation agencies, which can be regarded as making some contributions to wildlife conservation.

Well...... Now there are still ten years before the introduction of blue peacocks, and the prices of meat and eggs are very good, it is necessary to bring some back from 2023 to raise, and the large open space in the apiary can also raise some of it, so do it!

Zhang Guanghua, who got the money, was happy now, and immediately led Wang Mingyuan out.

This time, the peacock haunted in another puddle.

Seven or eight children were grazing cattle in the puddle, and Zhang Guanghua gave the cattle to others to watch before running back.

As soon as he reached the ground, he immediately asked the child who was fishing in the ditch, "What about the dragon birds?" ”

"I saw them go into the woods inside!" The boy said, gesturing to the woods in the puddle

Zhang Guanghua immediately stepped forward to open the way, and Wang Mingyuan followed closely behind.

“auwo……”

The two of them were still some distance away from the forest, when they heard the strange call of a peacock coming from the forest.

Afraid of alarming the peacock, Wang Mingyuan stopped Zhang Guanghua and slowed down.

Following the sound, Wang Mingyuan soon saw green peacocks, large and small, scratching everywhere in the forest and rummaging for food, a total of fifteen or sixteen.

Compared with the common blue peacocks in the zoo, the green peacocks made Wang Mingyuan feel even more amazing.

Unlike the fan-shaped crown feathers of the blue peacock, the crown feathers of the green peafowl are in a bunch.

Most of the peacock's face is white, while the green peacock's face is half orange.

The biggest difference between the two is that the blue peacock's neck is blue, like silk, while the green peacock is a piece of scaly feathers, probably called the dragon bird, because of this scaly feather, it looks domineering and not soft.

Wang Mingyuan regretted very much that he couldn't record the variety of green peacocks that he had seen up close.

However, thinking of the six peacock eggs in his hand, Wang Mingyuan was also full of expectations for the scene of a group of green peacocks in the sinkhole in the future.

After appreciating it, Wang Mingyuan led Zhang Guanghua, called a few other children, caught up with the buffalo, and returned to Zhangjiaao.

On the way back, Wang Mingyuan unexpectedly saw Chen Changhua from a distance, and from time to time he took something out of his bag and threw it into the puddles of grass along the riverbank.

It seemed that he heard the bells around the necks of a few buffaloes, and he looked back in the direction of Wang Mingyuan and the others vigilantly, and then ran away in a panic.

Wang Mingyuan was slightly stunned and walked towards the place where Chen Changhua was just now.

Once there, he looked carefully at the weeds around him and didn't think anything was wrong.

However, Chen Changhua was clearly throwing something just now.

This made Wang Mingyuan a little uneasy, he patiently continued to search on the grass, and after a while, he finally found something unusual......