books44 Chapter 280 Sparrow Tree
Chapter 280 Sparrow Tree
In the dead of winter, I finally managed to go out for a hunt. But who would have thought I'd lose my very first attempt, all because of two pheasants!
I should have practiced nocking the arrow at home before coming.
Oh dear! To be honest, she's never really liked using a bow and arrow. It's perfectly normal for her to be a bit rusty after not using one for a month or two!
Her older sister is such a shrew! She exposes her for even the smallest things. She's so innocent, she'd even want to steal Bao Zheng's job!
The more Lin Lanshan thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt, and half of her good mood for going out was ruined.
She pouted, and as she thought to herself, she began to sulk, muttering to herself:
"It's all those two cunning pheasant spirits' fault, ruining my luck! Don't let me catch them again, or I'll turn them into braised chicken feet! Roasted chicken wings! Fried chicken legs! And hand-shredded chicken breast!"
"..." Lin Chunyi couldn't help but sigh, having such good hearing was also a kind of trouble. She could hear her sister's long string of complaints clearly in her ears.
She's really stubborn despite her lack of talent. Even a salted fish that's been dried for three years isn't as stubborn as her sister.
Oh, and by the way, she's got a sweet tooth! Even when she's angry, she doesn't forget to rattle off the menu!
She pulled the cart back up, sighed, and advised:
"Alright, stop chattering away. You've wasted so much time droning on that you should have caught up with other prey by now. You have all day to play around with, and you can make a ruckus on this whole mountain. You think you can't find something else?"
Lin Lanshan followed behind, kicking up a pile of snow with every step, as if the snow owed her ten or twenty thousand yuan and hadn't paid it back.
The innocent snowflakes lying peacefully on the ground were forced to take flight, swirling left and right, all because of her.
It was obvious that although he had taken the words to heart, he was still a little unhappy about not being able to catch any pheasants.
She swatted away most of the snow on the ground, her shoes nearly worn out, then took out the candied hawthorn and bit off a whole one. The moment the hawthorn split in two under her teeth, the sourness made her face contort, and she started spinning and dancing on the spot.
Having experienced the exhilarating sensation of suddenly soaring straight up from the ground, her stubbornness vanished, and her anger was completely soothed away!
"Sis, why are you still walking this way? The pheasant was making such a loud noise just now. Any wild animals with ears around here should have run away by now."
"Of course we're going to get your arrows back! We bought them for dozens of copper coins each, what kind of family are we, just going to lose them like that?"
"Hehe, I forgot~"
Lin Chunyi looked around the grove of trees with withered branches and fallen leaves, and easily found where the arrow had fallen.
It lay there all alone, less than half a meter or a meter away from the large patch of marks where the pheasant had been.
That's way off-target... With this kind of skill, how can she blame the chicken essence for her bad luck?
Forget it, if I keep nagging her, she'll be spitting oil all day!
Lin Lanshan probably knew she had lost face, so she grinned foolishly and rushed over to pick up the arrows. Then she swept the snow around her feet and acted as if nothing had happened.
"Let's go, sis, there's not even a feather here. Let's hurry up and see if there's anything good ahead!"
"Hmm~ Let's go." Lin Chunyi suppressed her laughter and didn't expose her anymore, simply responding with a faint sound.
The two sisters walked carefully through the path between the trees, stepping cautiously on the ground where the snow had melted.
We didn't see any signs of life along the way.
Only the trees, with their silvery-white branches stretching out, stood resiliently in the cold wind, displaying their tenacious vitality.
This also created the tranquil ink painting of nature that the two sisters saw before them.
And when talking about winter ink paintings, how can we forget one thing that often appears in such ink paintings...
As Lin Chunyi walked ahead, she suddenly stood on tiptoe, pointed to a high place, and whispered to her younger sister, "Lanshan, look! It's a sparrow tree!"
This is something I haven't seen in a long time.
As we all know, winter is the season when everything withers, but in the northern winter, a very peculiar "tree" often grows.
It has a remarkably strong vitality, but it also has a small drawback: it's too sensitive. The slightest sound of wind or rustling will cause it to wither quickly, only to regrow on another tree!
It's the sparrow tree, famous for its branches teeming with sparrows! (Just kidding!)
Lin Lanshan looked up and saw a tall, withered tree in the distance, covered with countless round little sparrows.
It looks like it's covered with grayish-brown fruits, very cute and eye-catching.
She was excited at first, then let out an evil laugh: "Hehe~ I've wanted to do this for a long time, let me be the bad guy!"
"Hey! Don't..." When Lin Chunyi realized what she was about to do, she tried to raise her hand and open her mouth to stop her, but it was too late.
She picked up a small rock, less than the size of an egg, from the ground, swung it around a few times with all her might, and then threw it up.
“Sparrow…actually, it holds a grudge quite a bit,” Lin Chunyi said slowly.
The stone flew in an arc and landed beneath the sparrow tree. Then came a flurry of panicked chirping, like telegrams being sent, and the sparrows in the tree scattered in different directions, startled.
The scene was like the fruit on the tree suddenly bursting open, all of it ripe...
Lin Chunyi watched as a perfectly good landscape ink painting suddenly turned into a chaotic mess of "demons dancing" as if the wrong ink had been splashed on it.
"Oh, holding a grudge? No way. I just thought they were cute and wanted to scare them, I didn't shoot them. Besides, I controlled the direction, I aimed at the tree!" Lin Lanshan grinned, showing her white teeth.
"This is the first time I've used the word 'shameless' to describe you. People were just sunbathing peacefully in the tree, why did you scare them?"
"This is fun! Oh dear, they're so far away, what if they really come after me for revenge?"
Lin Chunyi shrugged, then began to talk nonsense in a serious tone:
"Of course they will! Sparrows are very clever! Once they realize what's happening and have planned it out, they'll form swarms of sparrows and take turns flying over your head to poop. You're probably in for a world of trouble!"
"Oh, it can't be that bad, can it? Let's hurry up and run." Lin Lanshan was startled and grabbed her hand, running in the opposite direction.
He gets into trouble and then runs away, just like a spoiled brat...
Lin Chunyi was pulled along and started jogging, laughing at her as they ran.
As she got further and further away from the "withered" sparrow tree, she looked back and saw that another withered tree not far away was indeed covered with "sparrow fruits"!
From a distance, those sparrows look round and plump, and dark black; no wonder they're always called "fat sparrows"!