As Yao Yishui led her into the hotel, he said that even if there was a flood and the villa was flooded, it would not reach the second floor. If you hang the birdcage on the second floor balcony, it is so high, there is no problem. Chang Hao thought about it carefully and realized that it was true. The budgerigar, which he had kept as a pet and now served as a benefactor, should not have any safety issues.
But she was still worried and said to Yao Yishui, I used to leave the door of the birdcage open to let the parrots come in and out freely. It was good. Since what happened, the parrot cannot be allowed to come and go freely. 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 darkened. Then, after that incident, someone once hit our parrot that was resting on the balcony with a slingshot. Fortunately, it missed. It cleverly avoided it, and then flew back to the balcony and hung it against the wall. If the birdcage is hanging, the slingshot gun cannot hit it. Since the person shooting the slingshot gun is downstairs, the birdcage hanging on the balcony cannot be seen from downstairs.
That's why you keep your parrot in a cage, and you're worried that it will occasionally fly out and rest outside on the balcony and be mishandled, right? Yao Yishui said. Chang Hao nodded and guessed that the person who shot the parrot with a slingshot gun might have been instigated by her. Last time Liu Xiangshui used sulfuric acid to disfigure my face while you were on a business trip. Although the attempt failed, in fact it was her instigation. She So cruel!
Don't make blind guesses. There is no evidence and no right to speak. Yao Yishui actually had the same idea as Chang Hao in his heart, but verbally objected to what she said.
During the flood, Mrs. Liu returned to her natal Liujiazhuang, which was located on high ground. Her eldest brother's son, her nephew Liu Sanpo, was practicing shooting birds with a slingshot gun. When she saw Mrs. Liu, she ran over from the house and called her sister-in-law. He was also carrying a soft cloth bag in his hand. Mrs. Liu hummed. Liu Sanpo opened the bag and saw that there were several sparrows, gray finches and chaffinches inside. Some were not completely dead, or had injured wings, backs or necks, but they could barely beat. But it can't fly.
Mrs. Liu said, your marksmanship is quite accurate. You have shot so many birds. The last time we asked you to come to our place, you didn't even hit a single budgerigar on the balcony of the villa. How did it happen?
Liu Sanpo said, I felt panic that time. The more someone specified what to hit, the less accurate the hit was. No one specified, but I was able to hit.
At this point, he shook the mouth of the bag and continued, "You see, these birds were all shot without anyone's guidance." The pebbles fired by my slingshot gun missed the parrot last time. How could I be convinced? I hid it downstairs for a long time, but it never came out again, so there was nothing I could do. I was also afraid that my master would find out, so I would have to leave early if there was any movement. However, aunt, you believe me, sooner or later I will use this slingshot gun to send it back to my hometown, which can be regarded as revenge for Uncle Mo.
What Liu Sanpo didn't expect was that when Mrs. Liu returned to her natal Liujiazhuang for the second time, he looked eager to try with a slingshot gun, and confidently greeted Mrs. Liu and said, "Auntie, I have developed my mental quality now, even if someone I am not in a hurry if you decide what to shoot with the slingshot gun. When you return to Yaozhuang, I will go with you. As soon as the budgerigar shows its face, I will be responsible for shooting it to death with the slingshot gun.
Mrs. Liu touched his head and said, "Third Wife, you don't need to flick it to death. The flood destroyed the villa where Chang Hao's wife used to live. The budgie in the cage didn't have a baby." When he came out, he was naturally drowned.
Chang Hao, did that bitch drown? Liu Sanpo stared at her and asked.
That calamity was so fatal that your uncle took her to a hotel to rest before the flood. Can she die? Liu's words were filled with jealousy.
Chang Hao, who was staying at a hotel in Parrot Ridge, felt uneasy because the heavy rain had not stopped all night. He was still thinking about the parrot in a cage in Yaozhuang Villa. When he woke up the next morning, he urged Yao Yishui to go back to Yaozhuang. It was broken. Their villa was washed away by the flood. When they rowed a raft to see, the parrot and the birdcage were gone.
Chang Hao searched anxiously to no avail. The villager holding the raft looked up and saw a black spot rising and falling in the distance. He pushed the raft over and saw clearly that it was a birdcage. Picking it up from the murky water, there was a dead bird in the cage, which was the budgerigar.
Chang Hao felt sad and wanted to cry. She looked at her husband who was accompanying her and complained, "It's my fault that you were so hasty during the transfer yesterday that you didn't even bring out the parrot."
Yao Yishui said at the beginning, a bird died, what a big deal? Chang Hao glared at him dissatisfiedly, 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 this matter. Why do you keep it in your heart? Someone made a mistake in this matter and their life was involved in it, but you are still worried about it. The villager pushed the raft to the shore, and Chang Hao also stepped ashore. She was still dissatisfied and said, "Yishui, if I am disfigured, it will be more uncomfortable to live than to die. Under other ordinary circumstances, the key to a woman is one Open your face.
No more, no more. Yao Yishui reached out and patted her shoulder gently, as a gesture of care.
Okay, I won’t say any more. Chang Hao carried the birdcage and looked at the dead budgerigar again and again, giving people a feeling of reluctance.
Yao Yishui thanked the villagers holding the raft, and after giving him a small amount of money, he turned around and said, "Good morning, why are you still bothering about this matter?" Take out the dead bird in the cage and don't want it anymore. I'll go to the bird market with you when I have time in a few days. Can't you choose a pet bird and keep it in the cage?
Let’s not talk about that first. This budgie cannot be thrown away casually. Chang Hao carried the bird cage, took another look at the body of the budgerigar, and then said that he would nail a wooden box to serve as a coffin, put it in, close the lid, and bury it on a high mountain.
Oh my god, a bird is dead and you are acting so seriously. When I saw you holding it in your hand without shaking it off, I thought you were going to treat it like chicken or quail or something, cut it into pieces and simmer it in soup. Yao Yishui laughed while talking.
You are talking nonsense. Chang Hao glared at him and scolded him angrily.
All right! Just do it your way. Yao Yishui expressed his attitude. He Changhao came to a village that was not flooded, and asked someone to help him build a wooden box to bury the body of the budgerigar, and then dug a pit for burial.
Chang Hao also arranged for a villager to buy a hanging whip and crackle it next to the bird grave. After that, she bowed three times to the bird grave quietly, and Yao Yishui also accompanied her in this action.
When going down the mountain, Yao Yishui asked, Chang Hao, why are you so serious about a dead bird?
People must repay their kindness. This budgerigar saved my life. How can I not repay my kindness? I also need to find a mage to perform a ritual for it to liberate its souls.
That's not necessary, right?
It's necessary, husband. Since you bury its body with me, it would be even more perfect to perform a ritual ceremony.
Just do it your way.
Yao Yishui felt that it didn't matter whether he did this or not.
After the water receded, the outline of the collapsed villa was revealed, like a piece of debris. Like other villagers, he was not busy restoring agricultural production and rebuilding their homes after the disaster. Since he was a coal mine owner and had money, he simply bought a second-hand commercial house in Parrot Ridge Town, buying only some daily necessities and living in it directly with Chang Hao.
Chang Hao suddenly said that this day is the "first seven days" (i.e. the first seven days) of the death of the budgerigar. Let's find a mage to perform salvation for it! Yao Yishui had no choice but to agree, and went with her to the nearby Guanyin Temple, where the palace stood, and found the old Zen master wearing cassocks to explain the reason.
The old Zen master said that to save small animals, you only need to recite the six-character Great Ming Mantra of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva to save them. There is no need to perform rituals with flags, cymbals, and blowing, which seems wasteful. Of course, if you are willing to pay, you can still do it.
