Chapter 261: Burial of Birds
Yao Yishui took her into the hotel and said, even if there is a flood and the villa is flooded, it is impossible to flood the second floor, you hang the birdcage on the balcony on the second floor, it is so high, there is no problem. I often think about it carefully, yes, the budgie that used to be a pet and is now serving as a benefactor should not have safety problems.
But she was still not at ease, and said to Yao Yishui, I used to leave the door of the birdcage open and let the parrots enter and exit freely, which was good. Since that incident, the parrot has not been allowed to come and go freely, and I have to keep it in a cage for safety.
What happened? Yao Yishui looked at her and asked.
I was almost disfigured by your brother-in-law. Chang Hao's face sank. Afterwards, since that incident, I don't know who used a slingshot gun to hit our parrot resting on the balcony, fortunately, it didn't hit, it cleverly avoided it, and then flew back to the birdcage hanging against the wall in the balcony, and the slingshot gun couldn't hit it, because the person who shot the slingshot gun was downstairs, and the birdcage hanging on the balcony couldn't be seen downstairs.
That's why you keep the parrot in a cage, worried that it will occasionally fly out and rest outside the balcony and be hacked, isn't it? Yao Yishui said. Chang Hao nodded, and guessed that the person who used the slingshot gun to beat the parrot may have been instructed by her again, last time Liu Xiangshui took advantage of your business trip to disfigure my face with sulfuric acid, although it was attempted, in fact, it was instructed by her, she was so ruthless!
You don't guess, there is no evidence, there is no right to speak. Yao Yishui actually had the same idea as Chang Hao in his heart, but verbally objected to her saying this.
During the flood, the Liu family returned to their mother's home, Liujiazhuang, on high ground. The eldest brother's son, her nephew Liu Sanpo is practicing bird hunting with a slingshot gun, and when he saw Liu, he ran over from the house and called his sister-in-law, he was still carrying a soft cloth bag in his hand, Liu's hum, Liu Sanpo opened the mouth of the cloth bag to her to see, there were a few sparrows, gray-haired finches and chaffinchs or something, some were not completely dead, or injured their wings or their backs or necks, they could barely beat, but they couldn't fly.
Liu said, your marksmanship is quite accurate, you have shot so many birds, the last time you asked you to come to us, you didn't hit a single budgie on the balcony of the villa, how did you do it?
Liu Sanpo said, I panicked that time, the more someone specified what to hit, the more inaccurate it was, no one designated, but I was able to hit.
At this point, he shook the mouth of the sack and said, "You see these birds were all hit without anyone pointing me to shoot them." The last time my slingshot gun ejected a stone that didn't hit the parrot, how could I be convinced? I hid downstairs for a long time, and it never flew out again, and I couldn't help it. I'm afraid that the master will find out, and as soon as there is a movement, I have to flash away in advance. However, aunt, believe me, sooner or later I will use this slingshot gun to send it back to my hometown, and it can be regarded as revenge for Uncle Mo.
What Liu Sanpo didn't expect was that when Liu returned to his mother's house Liujiazhuang for the second time, he was eager to try it with a slingshot gun, and confidently greeted Liu and said, Auntie, I have now practiced my psychological quality, even if someone specifies me to use a slingshot gun to hit something, I don't panic, when do you go back to Yaozhuang, I will go with you, as long as the budgie shows its face, I am responsible for using the slingshot gun to shoot it to death.
Liu touched his head and said, Third Mother, you don't need to play it to death, that flood washed away the villa where Chang Hao's son lived permanently, and the budgie that was locked in the cage was naturally drowned because it was not brought out.
Chang Hao, did the B son drown? Liu Sanpo stared at her and asked.
That scourge was so fatal that she was taken to a hotel by your uncle to rest before the flood, did she die? Liu's words were filled with a sense of vinegar.
Chang Hao, who stayed in a hotel in Parrot Ridge, was uneasy, because the heavy rain did not stop all night, and he was still thinking about the parrot in the cage in Yaozhuang's villa, and got up early the next morning to urge Yao Yishui to go back to Yaozhuang together.
Chang Hao anxiously searched to no avail, and the villagers holding the raft looked up and saw a black dot in the distance, so they propped the raft over, and only then did they see clearly that it was a birdcage. Scoop it up from the murky water, and in the cage is a dead bird, none other than the budgie parrot.
Chang Hao's heart was sour, and she wanted to cry, she looked at her husband who was accompanying her and complained, Blame you for being so anxious when you transferred yesterday, so that the parrots were not brought out.
Yao Yishui turned his head and said, a bird died, what a big deal? Chang Hao glared at him dissatisfied, alas, it is still my savior! That time, if it hadn't saved me, I would have been disfigured by someone throwing sulfuric acid.
Yao Yishui said, you should forget about this matter, why do you keep it in your heart? People are wrong because of this matter, and they put their lives into it, and you are still haunted by it. The villager propped the raft to the shore, and Chang Hao also went ashore, but she still said dissatisfiedly, Yi Shui, if I am disfigured, it will be worse to live than to die, and the key to a woman in other ordinary situations is to rely on a face.
Don't say it, don't say it. Yao Yishui reached out and patted her shoulder, which was considered care.
Okay, I'll not talk about it. Chang Hao carried the birdcage and looked at the dead budgie again and again, giving people a feeling of reluctance.
Yao Yishui thanked the villagers who supported the raft, and after giving him a small amount of money, he turned around and said Chang Hao, why are you still entangled in this matter? Don't pour out the dead bird in the cage, I'll go to the bird market with you again in a few days, and you can choose another pet bird to keep in the cage?
Let's not talk about that for now. This budgie can't be dumped casually either. Chang Hao carried the birdcage, took another look at the body of the budgie and said, to nail a wooden box, like a coffin, put it in and cover it, and bury it on a high mountain.
Oh my God, a bird is dead, and you're still doing such a good job. When I saw that you didn't shake it in your hand, I thought you were going to use it as a chicken or quail or something, cut it into pieces, and simmer it in soup. Yao Yishui laughed as he spoke.
You talk nonsense. Chang Hao glared at him and scolded him in disgust.
All right! and as yours comes. Yao Yi's water meter is overstated. He Chang Hao went to an unflooded village and asked someone to help make a wooden box to bury the body of the budgie and bury it.
Chang Hao also arranged for a villager to buy a whip and blew it up next to the bird's grave, and then she bowed three times to the bird's grave solemnly, and Yao Yishui also accompanied her to do this.
When going down the mountain, Yao Yishui asked, Chang Hao, why are you so serious about a dead bird?
People want to repay their kindness, this budgie saved my life, can I not repay the favor? I'm going to find a mage to perform a ritual on it and overtake its undead.
Then you don't have to, right?
It's necessary, husband, since you've buried its body with me, it's even more perfect to do another ritual.
Just follow yours.
Whether this matter is done or not, Yao Yishui feels that it doesn't matter.
After the water receded, the outline of the collapsed villa was revealed, like a piece of wreckage. He was not as busy as other villagers were with resuming agricultural production and rebuilding their homes after the disaster. Because he is a coal mine owner and has money, he simply bought a second-hand commercial house in Parrot Ridge Town, and only bought some daily necessities and lived directly in it.
Chang Hao suddenly said that this day is the "first seven" (i.e., the first seven days) of the budgie death, let's go to the mage to make it superordinate! Yao Yishui had no choice but to agree, and came with her to the nearby Guanyin Temple, where the temple stood tall, and found the old Zen master in a robe to explain the reason.
The old Zen master said that to do exceedance for small animals, you only need to recite the six-character mantra of Guanyin Bodhisattva to exceed, and you don't need to do things with praying flags and cymbals, which seems wasteful, of course, you can still do it if you are willing to pay money.