Chapter 13: The Head of the White Bird Family
Looking at the girl who was bouncing up and running in front of them from outside the door, all three of them stared at her with wide eyes.
This girl is only fifteen or sixteen years old, but she wears a very wide and gorgeous gorgeous kimono, with a very gorgeous phoenix golden hairpin on her head, like an ancient queen, but this dress is very incompatible with her age, giving people the feeling that a naughty child has stolen an adult's clothes to wear.
While all three were guessing who the girl was, the shopkeeper had returned to the door, and sat down on his knees without saying a word, like a servant waiting by his side.
The shopkeeper's performance seemed to tell them that the little girl in front of them was the so-called head of the house.
originally thought that the head of the family must be at least a person with a high rank in the family, but how can this fifty or sixty-year-old shopkeeper think that the seniority should be higher than this girl, how can she be the head of the family?
Looking at the expressions of the three of them, the girl didn't care, but after looking around at the three of them, she said with some disappointment, "Didn't you say that my aunt is back?
The shopkeeper said respectfully, "Sachiko-sama, some of them do have the 'Fire Sparrow Kuniko' of Lord Shiratori Ling. ”
Sachiko narrowed her eyes, swept her gaze over the three of them, and said with a feigned ferocity, "So, one of them was a thief who stole my aunt's knife, didn't he?"
Although she is very hard-working to show a fierce appearance, but she lacks the murderous spirit of an adult, she always feels that it is a joke, Bai Maxiao knocked on the low table, and learned from her fiercely said, "You are the thief, this is the real white bird feather!"
Sachiko looked at the person he was looking at, and suddenly lowered her head, almost touching Shiratori's face, "This is my aunt, but she should be fifty years old this year." ”
"You don't understand this, you don't understand this, the spirit cultivators have cultivated to the future, they can all rejuvenate and live forever, if you don't believe it, you can ask Uncle Kimura Masao of the Kimura family, they have known each other more than thirty years ago, and after so many years, she is still so young. ”
She was skeptical of Hakuma Shino's words, but since he could say the name Kimura Masao, it shouldn't be a bluff, but Sachiko still has a way to prove that she is Shiratori Ling, "What about 'Leaving Fire Sparrow Kunimitsu'?" ”
"What Kunimitsu?"
"Look, you're a liar. Sachiko stood up and said to the shopkeeper, "Ah Ping, throw this man into the crocodile pool." ”
The shopkeeper immediately stood up.
Bai Ma Xiao exclaimed, "The three of us came together, why did you only lose me?!"
This kind of selling teammates ushered in an elbow blow from Ji Keyan, and Sachiko smiled and leaned back and said, "Because these two sisters are better looking than you." ”
"Don't make a fuss. Bai Ma Xiao covered his chest, "I really don't know what Guoguang you are talking about, but the old man brought me here just now after seeing Xiao Ling's dagger, is this what you are talking about?"
Shiratori took out the dagger knowingly and put it in front of Sachiko.
Sachiko picked it up and looked at it for a while, and said thoughtfully, "This is indeed the 'Famous Sword White Bird', but I don't know if it's 'Away from the Fire Sparrow Kuniko'." ”
At this point, the shopkeeper interjected, "If I'm not mistaken, it's probably the Firesparrow." ”
"I've heard that if the 'Fire Sparrow Kuniko' is used by outsiders, it will eat back against the user, causing extensive burns. Sachiko looked at the three men, "But none of them looked like they were burned." This red-clothed sister, is this your knife?"
Shiratori Ling nodded.
"So, you're my aunt White Bird Ling?"
Bai Maxiao thought it was funny, "You don't even know what your aunt looks like, do you want to rely on a knife to recognize your relatives?"
Sachiko puffed out her cheeks and said, "My aunt disappeared more than thirty years ago, and I am only fifteen years old this year, how can I know each other." ”
"Then you should have a picture, right?"
"We Shiratori people never take pictures. Suddenly, Sachiko seemed to think of something, tilted her head and said, "But I seem to remember that my aunt has a picture." Ah Ping, do you remember?"
The shopkeeper said, "Ling-sama does have a photo that appeared on the forum of the Phoenix King Club of Phoenix University in the year she disappeared. ”
"Did there be a forum thirty-four years ago?" Bai Maxiao was very surprised, he remembered that he used the computer when he was in elementary school, it was seven or eight years ago, was it just because their family was too poor?
"It's true that the Internet wasn't widespread at that time, but it wasn't uncommon for China's Fuhai to be the world's leader in science and technology, and it was not uncommon for the University of Phoenix in Fuhai to be equipped with the Internet at that time." It was also because the Internet was not developed at that time, so not many people knew about that photo. ”
Sachiko couldn't wait to ask, "Where's that picture?"
"I'll get it. The shopkeeper turned and left.
Sachiko's attention suddenly fell on Shiratori Ling, looking up and down, and said to herself, "I heard that I have a missing aunt, but I didn't expect it...... Hey. ”
Bai Maxiao felt that she was smiling malicefully, "What, why do you feel like this aunt owes you money?"
Sachiko raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Not really, but she owes me a freedom." ”
Bai Maxiao only felt inexplicable when he heard this, "What do you mean?
Sachiko sat up suddenly, but the childish smile on her face was not hidden by her sitting posture in the slightest, although she tried her best to create a majestic appearance, but to no avail, "I am the head of the Shiratori family of the Iaikai, Sachiko Shiratori. ”
Sure enough, it is the same family as the Shiratori family of the Juaikai, and it seems that Shiratori Ling is not only Japanese, but also a member of the Juaikai. But what makes Bai Maxiao even more strange is why such a big family actually let an underage girl be the head of the house, is there no one in this family?
Without waiting for Bai Ma Xiao to ask, Ji Keyan first asked curiously, "Why are you the head of the family?" ”
Speaking of this, Sachiko's face showed helplessness, as well as the loneliness that she shouldn't have at her age, and the desire for freedom, "Shiratori family...... I'm the only one. ”
"Are you alone?" said the three of them in unison, and even Shiratori Ling said in surprise.
Sachiko explains, "The Shiratori family is a matrilineal family, predominantly female, and the heads of the family have been women for generations. You are also spirits, so you should be able to understand, because only female spirits can practice spirit silk arts. ”
This sounds ashamed, Bai Maxiao only knew about this when he met Ning Yuan at the airport today, their Ning family is also a family that respects women, and it is because of the spiritual silk technique that Ning Ning will be the youngest next year, but the generation is the eldest sister.
"No, I remember that your White Bird family is mainly based on spell seals, when did it become a spirit silk technique?" Ji Keyan interjected.
Shiratori Ling's spell seal technique, Bai Ma Xiao saw it several times, until she lost all five spell seals. But speaking of the spirit silk technique, in the bronze tomb, I heard her say that she would also use a ribbon to perform a move, maybe the spirit silk technique is also a kind of spirit art of the White Bird family.
"Actually, what we practice is not called the Spirit Silk Technique, but it is also performed with ribbons, which is called 'Tianluo Blade Dance'......"
"Did you use a dagger tied to a ribbon?" said Shiratori suddenly.
Sachiko blurted out, "Yes." But as there are fewer and fewer people in the Shiratori family, few people have seen this trick anymore, how do you know?"
"Because I can ...... too," Shiratori Ling whispered, her tone filled with irrepressible excitement, after all, she had finally found her, and the source of her spiritual magic.
Sachiko was also excited, but she made no secret of it, and said happily, "It seems that you are really my aunt!
Although the scene of the aunt and nephew recognizing each other was very moving, Hakuma Xiao always felt that there was still something to finish, so he hurriedly stopped Sachiko from being about to get out of control, "You go on, your Shiratori family is a matrilineal family, and then what?"
"And then? huh...... Because of this, in this patriarchal Japan, it is difficult for the women of our family to find men who are willing to accept the wealth, so the number of people has not been prosperous. Before I was born, there were only grandfathers, aunts and my fathers in our family, and my aunt was the first heir to the head of the family at that time, but my grandfather and aunt disappeared together thirty-four years ago, so the position of head of the family remained vacant until my father gave birth to me, and naturally it fell to me, the second in line of succession. Her tone was full of natural reluctance, and the burden of the family would be uncomfortable for any child.
Although the head of the family looks beautiful, the responsibility on his shoulders is too heavy, and he must have a different childhood from ordinary children, just like the emperors of ancient times, who look beautiful, but are locked in the palace and cannot go out - except for a few profligate emperors.
Ji Keyan's motherhood suddenly came into existence at this time, and he said very distressedly, "That's ...... Where's your father?"
He ...... Not long after I became the head of the house, he and my mother left me behind. In fact, this big family is only guarded by me and Ah Ping. ”
Seeing that Ji Keyan was about to cry, Bai Maxiao hurriedly comforted, "If you want to open up, don't you still have Aping? Who is that Aping? I guess it's your grandfather's younger brother?"
"He is the housekeeper who has served my grandfather since he was a child, although his name is Shiratori Ping, he is not a member of the Shiratori family, his surname was given by his grandfather. ”
Looking at it this way, it is true that there is only Sachiko Shiratori left in the whole family, I originally thought that Shiratori Ling's family would be a big Japanese family, and when the time came to marry her, I had to adapt to so many relatives, but I didn't expect that there were only two girls in the whole family, and it was really a withering family.
Hearing her family being so miserable, Shiratori Ling couldn't help but be moved, she gently held Sachiko's hand, and said softly, "It's okay, my aunt is back, and you won't be alone anymore." ”
Sachiko has grown so big that she hasn't felt the love of her relatives for a long time, and when she holds her hand, the smile on her face is immediately covered with tears of emotion, and now she just wants to throw herself into her aunt's arms and cry.
But the atmosphere of such a family reunion was interrupted by the return of Shiratori Ping.
Holding only an old photo in his hand, he walked to the low table, knelt down, and placed the photo in front of the three of them, "This is the last image of Lord Ling." ”
In the photo, there are seven people standing on the Gobi Desert, and one woman among the six men is standing on the mound. There was a woman sitting on the mound on the side, although she was out of the group, it was not difficult to see that the eight of them were a team.
And the woman sitting in isolation is the white bird Ling.
Bai Ma Xiao finally put his mind at ease now, and finally successfully found Bai Tori Ling's home, this photo is the best proof.
He excitedly pointed to the white bird feather on the mound, and was about to speak, but the white bird flat took a step ahead of him and pointed to the woman among the six men, and said:
"This is Lord Ling. ”