The hunting team carried the giant horn forward and captured a big guy. Everyone was in a good mood, and they were even discussing how much the horns, skins and bones of the giant horn could be made of.
Jiang Xuan was also in a happy mood, because he truly felt that his current strength was a guarantee of survival.
"Chief, there is a bird in front of you. It can't fly. It's so big!"
At this moment, a soldier who was exploring the way in front ran back in a hurry, his face full of excitement.
"Can't fly? Take me to see it."
Jiang Xuan quickly ran forward following the soldier.
In the primitive jungle, there are various birds, some can fly and some cannot fly.
Flying birds are more difficult to catch, but flightless birds, such as the plump one-horned bird, are a good hunting target for the people of the Vine tribe.
They have already killed a giant horned beast, and everyone will be even happier if they have another big flightless bird.
Jiang Xuan moved quickly through the various complex terrains of the jungle. From time to time, his feet stepped on some huge moss-covered vines and fallen dead trees, but he didn't make much sound.
The same is true for the soldiers of the hunting team. Except for those who carry the prey, everyone looks very light when moving forward.
This is the instinct of a hunter, because too much movement will scare away the prey.
Not long after, they came to the foot of a high mountain and saw a strange-looking big bird.
This big bird is about half a person tall and very plump. Jiang Xuan estimated based on his rich hunting experience that the weight of this bird is at least 70 to 80 kilograms, which is more than twice as big as the unicorn bird.
"It's strange, why have I never seen such a flightless bird?"
Jiang Xuan stared at the big bird standing under the tree and felt something was wrong with it.
Because it is too fat, or too fat, and has big eyes, but its eyes are not as sharp as those fierce birds. Instead, it looks a bit cute and its movements are very slow.
The Vine Tribe warriors who explored the path judged it to be a ferocious bird based on its eagle-like beak and thick and sharp claws, and did not dare to do it themselves.
Jiang Xuan also relied on his own strength. After he felt something was wrong with the big bird, he approached with a bone spear.
When Jiang Xuan approached, the big bird spread its wings and screamed threateningly at Jiang Xuan.
"Baby bird?"
Jiang Xuan was shocked to find that the wings of this big bird were actually fluffy, not the thick and strong feathers of adult birds at all.
Not only that, its cry is not shrill at all and is rather childish.
"What kind of bird is this? Why are the young birds bigger than other adult birds?"
Jiang Xuan felt incredible. If this bird was an adult, how big would it be?
The first thing Jiang Xuan thought of was the old witch's giant black eagle.
The giant eagle has a wingspan of more than twenty meters and is terrifyingly large. It feeds on all kinds of ferocious beasts and even ferocious beasts.
Secondly, there are the black-toothed birds of the Black-tooth Tribe, with a wingspan of more than ten meters. Although not as huge as the giant eagle, they have excellent endurance, can fly long distances, and have strong attack power.
Could this chubby young bird also be a giant bird?
Jiang Xuan's heart suddenly moved because he longed to be like the old witch and the traveling team of the Black Tooth Tribe, possessing a large bird that could take him around the world.
Although the Vine Tribe now has giant dragonflies, giant dragonflies have a short lifespan after all, and it is difficult to cultivate feelings, let alone communicate with them.
However, large giant birds generally have a long lifespan, and their IQs are relatively high. After being raised for a long time, they can understand some simple words and instructions.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan stared at the huge baby bird with bright eyes, scaring the baby bird so much that it backed away.
"Er...Er..."
The young bird still maintains its wings spread, which makes it appear larger.
When animals confront each other, they will use various methods to make themselves look bigger and more powerful, hoping to scare off their opponents.
However, after Jiang Xuan discovered that it was a baby bird, he knew that it did not have much offensive power, so he ignored its behavior and rushed towards the baby bird.
Seeing that the threat was ineffective, the young bird was so frightened that it turned around and ran away. However, because it was too fat and had no running experience, it could not run fast at all.
After a while, Jiang Xuan caught up with the baby bird, pushed it to the ground, and tied its two claws so that it could no longer escape.
"Er...Er..."
The baby bird screamed loudly, but it was of no use. Its mother bird was obviously not in this area.
Jiang Xuan finally felt relieved. He was really afraid that the cry of this young bird would attract a bird as big as a giant eagle, and they would all have to flee.
"Bring a teng net over here!" Jiang Xuan shouted to the hunting team soldiers who had already arrived.
One of the soldiers who was responsible for carrying the Teng Net immediately untied a Teng Net from his back, and together with Jiang Xuan, caught the young bird in the net.
Jiang Xuan tried it and found that the baby bird was too big to lift, so he found a pole, hung the net on the pole, and let two soldiers carry it.
Uncaria came to Jiang Xuan, looked at the young bird that was still calling and said: "Chief, are you going to take it back and tame it?"
Jiang Xuan replied: "Yes, this is a baby bird. Take it back and try to see if it can be raised."
"Baby bird?"
Uncaria thought he had heard wrongly. He stared at the large bird in the vine net for a while and said in disbelief: "Such a big baby bird is really rare."
"It's not uncommon and I don't want to raise it yet."
Jiang Xuan was already imagining what this baby bird would look like when it grew up.
Currently, the baby bird's plumage is gray and white, which is similar to most baby birds.
When they grow up, they will have more colorful feathers, completely different from when they were young.
One day later, they returned to the Vine Tribe.
The huge giant horned beast aroused cheers from the Vine tribe members and was quickly dealt with.
The baby bird was sent to the yard where Jiang Xuan lived. Jiang Xuan tied it in the yard with a strong bark rope.
Along the way, the baby bird didn't eat anything. After being tied up, it tried to struggle for a while, but couldn't break free, so it squatted on the spot, closed its eyes, and screamed from time to time.
Jiang Xuan went to the breeding area and asked Dajiao for some bugs, then brought them back to the yard and tried to feed the baby bird.
However, when the young birds saw the bugs, they turned away and refused to eat them at all.
Jiang Xuan changed a few more kinds of big insects, and even brought some fish and shrimps.
However, the young bird only looked at it a few times and still refused to eat.
Jiang Xuan frowned. If the baby bird doesn't eat, it will starve to death in a few days.
"What exactly is this baby bird going to eat?"
Jiang Xuan thought carefully and guessed what kind of food the mother bird would feed to this young bird.
"Do you want to eat animal meat?"
Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up. Small birds may eat bugs, but large ferocious birds like giant eagles obviously won't prey on small bugs!
They apparently hunt for larger prey, even to feed their young.
At this time, the giant horned beast had been decomposed, and two warriors brought the giant horn, as well as the giant horned beast's heart and part of the meat.
"Why don't you try the meat of the giant horn."
Jiang Xuan cut the giant horned meat into smaller strips and placed them in front of the young bird.
This time, the baby bird stared at the meat, obviously interested.
But after Jiang Xuan waited for a long time, it still didn't take the initiative to peck at it.
"You should eat it. I'll teach you to peck and eat it like this."
Jiang Xuan held his hand in the shape of a bird's beak, and then pecked the strips of meat.
The young bird lowered its head and pecked one tentatively, but it failed to hold it firmly and fell to the ground again.
Jiang Xuan looked anxious. He directly picked up the strip of meat and hung it above the baby bird, shaking it constantly.
This time, the baby bird finally opened its mouth, took the meat strip in one mouthful, and then swallowed it in a few times.
Jiang Xuan let out a long breath and said, "Finally, I have something to eat."
In his previous life, Jiang Xuan also dug out some bird nests and caught some baby birds, dreaming of raising the baby birds.
But I was young and impatient at that time, so the baby birds couldn’t eat bugs on their own, so they all starved to death.
Later, he had some psychological shadow about raising birds, and he was afraid that he would die if he raised them again.
If the baby bird didn't eat just now, he planned to open the bird's beak and forcefully stuff it into its mouth.
After eating some meat sticks, the baby bird was obviously in a better state of mind, and started to call out "Er...Er..." again, and kept pecking at the rope tied to its talons, trying to break it.
Jiang Xuan said to himself: "It won't work if you tie it up like this. You can't let it live in the house at night, right? Otherwise, you should build a shed and lock it up."
Jiang Xuan did what he said, and immediately called a few soldiers to chop some thick bamboo nearby, and then began to build a covered shed in the yard.
Everyone has experience in building bamboo sheds, not to mention the soldiers' amazing strength. When the sky was dark, a brand new bamboo shed was built.
Jiang Xuan laid some hay in the bamboo shed, then untied the rope from the baby bird's legs, shut it into the Hsinchu shed, and fed it some meat sticks.
The baby bird ran around in the bamboo shed, but couldn't find a chance to escape. After nightfall, it lay down on the haystack and gradually became quiet.
"Finally clean."
Jiang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. The young bird had been calling for a whole day, making him dizzy.
He cooked something to eat, washed up, threw some stinkweed into the fire to repel mosquitoes, then lay down on the bamboo bed and fell into a deep sleep.
That night, he had a sweet dream, dreaming that he was flying in the sky riding a giant bird.
"Er...Er..."
The next day, just after dawn, Jiang Xuan was awakened by the soul-stirring cry of a young bird.
Jiang Xuan stood up, sat on the bamboo bed, and said helplessly: "Why do you like to bark so much?"
But the baby bird that I caught has to continue to raise with tears in my eyes.
He went to the bamboo shed and took a look, guessing that the baby bird was hungry, so he cut some meat strips for it to eat.
Sure enough, after the young bird devoured it, it finally stopped calling.
Jiang Xuan looked at the missing piece of animal meat and muttered: "It's so delicious. Fortunately, there is plenty of food now, otherwise it would be cooked if I kept it."
After the sun rose, many warriors knew that Jiang Xuan had caught a large baby bird from the mountain and brought it back to raise, and they all came to see it.
Chi Shao also came over, because her bamboo house was not far from Jiang Xuan's place, and she heard the chirping of birds.
Jiang Xuan asked: "Sister, can you tell what kind of bird it is?"
Chi Shao stared at the baby bird for a long time, shook his head and said: "I have never seen such a baby bird. If it is an adult bird, maybe I can recognize it."
Jiang Xuan nodded and didn't pay too much attention. He would naturally know it after he was raised.
Chi Shao looked at it for a while and then said, "Have you given it a name?"
"name?"
Jiang Xuan scratched his head. He knew that Dajiao had given many names to the animals he raised, such as Xiao Fei, Da Hei and so on.
Tribal people are also used to giving names to domesticated animals. For example, the deer tribe used to raise a lot of big-antlered deer, and each one had a name.
This is also a bit of fun in a hard life.
Jiang Xuan stared at the baby bird for a long time, thought for a moment, and said, "It's round and round, and it's edible, so let's call it glutinous rice balls."
"What are glutinous rice balls?"
Chi Shao was a little puzzled. She had never heard of this word.
Jiang Xuandao: "It's a kind of food that the old man told me in my dream. It's round like a ball. It can be cooked and eaten. It's sweet."
Chi Shao nodded and said, "Sweet food is delicious, so let's call it glutinous rice balls."
Chi Shao didn't know that glutinous rice balls had a special meaning for Jiang Xuan, embodying a longing for his past life.
This kind of longing actually gradually faded as he lived in this world. He was afraid that one day he would completely forget that world.
In this way, the name of this young bird was determined.
Soon, the entire tribe knew that the leader had adopted a very large baby bird. Many warriors were very envious of this and fantasized about catching such a baby bird.
Time passes day by day, autumn comes quietly, and the hot summer becomes a thing of the past.
This young bird named "Tangyuan" was also carefully raised by Jiang Xuan. It grew up day by day and ate more and more.
At the beginning, it was a little afraid of Jiang Xuan, but as it was fed for a long time, it gradually became not afraid of Jiang Xuan, and even showed closeness to Jiang Xuan.
Slowly, Jiang Xuan tried to stop locking it up and let it roam in the yard.
After a while, Tangyuan lost its down, gradually grew hard purple and blue feathers, and became more affectionate to Jiang Xuan.
Jiang Xuan was sure that it would not escape, so he opened the door of the yard so that it could walk in the bamboo forest and look for some food.
Until one day, Tangyuan, which had grown hard feathers all over its body, brought back a snake from the bamboo forest and held it in front of Jiang Xuan like a treasure.
Jiang Xuan, who was working in the yard, was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise: "Tangyuan, you can actually catch snakes!"
Tang Yuan raised her head proudly, looking like she was about to praise me.
"Tangyuan, you are so awesome!" Jiang Xuan praised it without hesitation.
As expected, Tangyuan opened its wings happily, flapped a few times, and stirred up a burst of dust.
Jiang Xuan pointed to the snake on the ground and said to Tangyuan: "This is the first food you have caught. Eat it yourself."
Tangyuan seemed to understand Jiang Xuan's words. It pressed the snake's body with its thick claws, then tore the snake into pieces with its sharp beak and ate it bit by bit.
From then on, Tangyuan seemed to fall in love with eating snakes. When he went out for a walk, he would come back with a snake in his mouth to eat from time to time.
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