pillow mountain river

"Are you really a monster?" Er Dong asked.

Chi Jin answered angrily, "Didn't you see it all? Also, I'm a demon, not a monster." Seeing Er Dong's thoughtful expression, he said, "Is it hard for you to accept it?"

Er Dong shook his head, rather than seeing a monster, he was more curious about why he didn't disagree with the word monster, and even had a vague sense of familiarity.

"What kind of monster are you?" Yesterday he was so flustered that he didn't see Chi Jin's hand clearly, he only remembered that there were red feathers.

Chi Jin raised her chin and said, "Guess?"

Er Dong touched his chin, and after careful consideration, he came up with the answer.

Chi Jin couldn't hide the proud look on his face, "I figured it out? Say it."

Under Chi Jin's anticipation, Er Dong said affirmatively, "Pheasant!"

Or just go chicken.

The brilliance between Chijin's eyebrows dimmed, and he suppressed his anger and said, "You are the chicken! Talk nonsense, and I will really make a crow pull out your hair."

Er Dong heard a black bird hovering above his head suddenly, the bird's beak opened and closed, making a shrill and hoarse sound.

"Continue to guess," Chi Jin said blankly with her arms wrapped around her chest.

Er Dong thought about it, and said nervously, "Could it be a parrot?"

He had never seen a parrot before, but he read in the book that this kind of bird has colorful hair, not like the colorful stones embroidered on the clothes of Chijin.

Chi Jin's face darkened even more.The crow hovering above his head suddenly swooped down and pulled away a lock of Er Dong's hair.

Er Dong yelled, although only a few hairs were broken, it still hurts.

The crow triumphantly flew back to Chi Jin's shoulder, but was slapped away by Chi Jin.Chi Jin said angrily, "I asked you to scare him, but I didn't ask you to really pluck his hair."

The feathers on the crow's body trembled, it flew to Er Dong's head, hoarsely called twice, and two black feathers fell in front of Er Dong's eyes.

"It will pay you," Chi Jin picked up the feather and stuffed it into Er Dong's arms.

Er Dong sat on the fence, holding a crow feather in his hand, and the feather scraped against the leaves of the fruit trees.

"Just say you're an idiot, and if you give it a hundred chances, you won't be able to guess it," Chi Jin, unlike Er Dong, had to climb up the tree first, and then move to the fence. Leaped up the wall.

Chi Jin cleared her throat and said, "Listen well, my real body is Phoenix."

Phoenix, the king of birds.The head is like the sky, the eyes are like the sun, the back is like the moon, the wings are like the wind, the feet are like the earth, and the tail is like the weft.

After Chi Jin finished speaking, she squinted at Er Dong.

Er Dong understood, put down his feathers, and clapped his hands vigorously.

Chi Jin raised her chin and snorted, as if reluctantly spared Er Dong from identifying herself as a pheasant parrot.He didn't know that Er Dong had a serious face at this time, but what he was thinking about was the illustration about phoenix in Natural History.

Er Dong thought to himself, a phoenix is ​​no different from a pheasant.

The two picked the fruit and ate it separately.Er Dong chewed the dates and asked absently, "Are there many demons in the world?"

"Of course, there are so many birds and beasts, and they become demons when they sprout spiritual wisdom. Human monks call us demon cultivators, but I don't want to practice. There are so many delicious and fun things to do. It's so boring to practice all day long."

"Will that fruit turn into a demon?" Er Dong threw another date into his mouth.

"Grasses and trees that have opened up their spiritual wisdom are called spiritual cultivation. Among the monks, the proportion of spiritual cultivation is the lowest. But it is not impossible. My father and king know each other, and there are more than one," Chi Jin said, raising his head again. jaw.

Er Dong clapped his hands and played with Chi Jin for two days, he already knew that whenever Chi Jin raised his chin, he just clapped his hands.

"Have you seen the servants in the yard?"

"who?"

Chi Jin said, "Those three kids are identical, with black hair and cold faces."

When he said this, Er Dong understood.This morning, he saw a man tending the lotus in the pond. After a while, he saw this man weeding and watering the flowers in the corridor. Er Dong went to the main hall, and the man brought himself a cup of tea.

Er Dong felt strange in the morning, but he didn't think much about it. Now it seems that there are three people, but they just look the same.

"They are made of lotus root, and they smell like lotus root powder, but they are not spiritual cultivation, they can only be regarded as puppets."

lotus root starch?

Er Dong remembered that he had eaten snacks made of lotus root flour in Mao Village.The lotus root starch is crystal clear, and dried osmanthus is sprinkled on it, which is very fragrant.

Seeing that Er Dong was absent-minded, Chi Jin angrily threw a date on his shoulder.

Er Dong regained his composure, and hurriedly said, "Go on."

Chi Jin turned her head and ignored him, "I'm going back, I won't play with you."

"Then where do you live?" Er Dong chased after him.

Chi Jin turned his back to Er Dong, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't stop. He walked very fast, and after a while, he was some distance away from the yard.Er Dong had to run fast to avoid being left behind, "Where do you live?"

"I live here."

Er Dong looked around and found it incredible that there were tall and lush trees all around, only that open space was covered with fallen leaves.The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled down from the top of the head, casting countless golden beams of light.

"There are no houses here, and no beds."

Chi Jin whistled, and the whistle sounded far away, echoing in the mountains and forests.

"I don't like sleeping in bed."

The whistle alarmed the birds returning to their nests, and the birds chirped one after another.Er Dong was listening to the chirping of birds when he suddenly saw a piece of dark sky in the distance. He didn't know until the huge monster approached that it turned out to be a flock of thousands of birds.

Each bird flew from afar with a leaf in its mouth, and countless leaves fell from the bird's beak, and the ground suddenly became a soft blanket made of green leaves.

Er Dong wanted to roll on it.

With a wave of Chijin's sleeves, it turned into a crimson phoenix, and a crisp phoenix cry was like a majestic order to make all the birds back to the branches.The phoenix stretched out its elegant body, and its slender feathers danced in the air, glowing with colorful luster.

The phoenix was lying on the ground full of sycamore leaves, with a pair of bright and huge phoenix eyes and Er Dong's eyes were facing each other.

"Chijin, is that you?"

Er Dong seemed to hear the huge auspicious beast let out a "hum" in its throat.He stared intently at this beautiful bird, even though it was bigger than ten of himself.

"……so beautiful."

Er Dong was subdued by such a beautiful creature, he didn't feel any fear at all, he stretched out his hand, wanting to touch Phoenix's drooping head.

Phoenix raised his head, and lightly pecked Er Dong's hand with his beak.

Er Dong still wanted to reach out, but the phoenix in front of him changed into a human again.Although Chi Jin has gorgeous features and a pair of phoenix eyes full of pride, Er Dong feels that this face, which is already one in a thousand, is far less eye-catching than the phoenix just now.

"I remember someone said I was a pheasant," Chi Jin snorted, "Mouse spirit, do you dare to say it again?"

"You are prettier than a pheasant!" Er Dong said quickly.

Chi Jin frowned, "Who wants to compare beauty with a pheasant? You idiot, can't you change your rhetoric?"

"But, you are prettier than a pheasant."

"Pheasant! Pheasant! Do you only know chicken?" Chi Jin said angrily.

Half an hour later, the sky was getting dark.

The bonfire was burning vigorously, and a well-cooked pheasant was strung on a bamboo skewer. The chicken was burnt golden, and the surface was oily. A drop of oil dripped from the tip of the scorched chicken wing, and the fire was sparked by the oil.

Er Dong went back to the yard to make the sauce, and brought it wrapped in lotus leaves.The two dipped in the sauce and ate a whole pheasant.

A pair of wings and two chicken legs were given to Chi Jin. Chi Jin stuffed the tip of the chicken wings into his mouth, but after a while, only the bones spit out.His hands were full of oil, "The taste of this chicken is just average, too bad."

"Yes," Er Dong replied to him.

Chi Jin said, "I have never eaten chicken made in this way, and I only ate a little, not because of how good the chicken tastes."

There was a pile of chicken bones in front of him, compared to only a few in front of Er Dong.

"Well," Er Dong tore off a piece of chicken, which was covered with sauce. He held it in his hand, but he didn't want to eat it, so he put it back on the lotus leaf. Well, I'm full too."

Er Dong packed the remaining chicken in his purse.Chi Jin took it over and said, "This chicken has managed to grow so big, but you don't want to eat it. Isn't that a disappointment to its hard work?"

"I can't eat anymore," Er Dong said sullenly.

Chi Jin said, "I'll try to help you solve it."

Er Dong laughed and nodded.

Chi Jin turned her head and wiped her mouth with her hand, but she didn't quite bring the oily shine from the corner of her mouth to her cheeks.He thought to himself that the mouse spirit's smile is not so ugly.

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