Chapter 455 They actually caught a bird!

When Zhou Chengxing learned that Ning Bao had come to the military camp secretly, he was very pleased.

However, he didn't dare to delay and immediately wrote a letter to Su Jingshu. Because the snow was too heavy and the snow on the road was very thick, it seemed a bit unrealistic to send someone back to Mocheng to deliver the letter.

Bai Ming had a sudden inspiration. He remembered that Ning Bao had a great affinity for animals, and with Ling Ling being so intelligent, he simply told Ning Bao about the legendary story of messages delivered by carrier pigeon.

"Birds can indeed be trained to deliver messages."

And it's much faster than a person.

Ning Bao was very interested, and she immediately patted her chest to assure them.

"Don't worry, Senior Brother, Ningbao will definitely find a bird that flies high and fast to help me deliver the message home."

Zhou Chengxing found it somewhat unbelievable that Ning Bao and his sister were going to train birds to deliver messages, but he did not object.

Ningbao has always been a child who acts on her impulses. Seeing that her father was alright, she felt relieved and ran to the wounded soldiers' camp to drag Bai Ming, who had just finished his work, out.

Looking at the vast expanse of white snow, Bai Ming regretted blurting out the story about carrier pigeons to Ning Bao.

“Ningbao, it’s so cold here and there’s snow everywhere. It doesn’t look like there are any birds.”

And I remember that birds usually migrate south for the winter.

In this northern region... people freeze to death, let alone birds!

The most common and ordinary bird for delivering messages is the pigeon, but there are no pigeons available on this snowy day.

"How about we skip it this year and wait until the weather gets warmer and the birds come back before we try to catch them again? Or we can go to a place in the south where the birds are singing and the flowers are blooming, and catch more birds."

Ning Bao shook her head with great confidence.

"Senior Brother, we young people should be energetic. If we want to do something, we should strike while the iron is hot and get on it. We shouldn't lose our passion once the initial enthusiasm fades."

Moreover, we need birds that can deliver messages from the north; catching birds from the south will definitely not work. We can only catch birds that can overwinter here.

Bai Ming raised an eyebrow.

"As far as I know, the only bird that can overwinter in the north that flies so well, so fast, and so high is probably the gyrfalcon, which is known as the god of all eagles."

These gyrfalcons are extremely fierce and aggressive, and they like to live on cliffs. But here it's all white everywhere—where are we supposed to catch them?

Ningbao patted her small crossbody bag.

"Senior Brother, have you forgotten that we have flying talismans? Hai Dongqing can fly, and Ning Bao can fly too. It's so cold for Qingqing to spend the winter outside!"

So pitiful!

"Let's go! Let's bring Qingqing back to warm herself by the fire!"

Warming yourself by the fire?

Let an eagle warm itself by the fire!

Bai Ming glanced at Ning Bao helplessly. "Fine, then let's make you happy by the fire!"

Everyone thought Ningbao's bird-catching plan would fail, but to everyone's surprise, Ningbao caught ten gyrfalcons in just three days.

Bai Ming looked at Ning Bao, who was still eager to try.

"That's ten already, isn't that enough? If we keep catching them, they'll go extinct!"

Ning Bao looked at the group of gyrfalcons in front of him and started counting them on his fingers.

"One for Father, one for Mocheng, one for Father, Mother, and Grandparents in Chuyun Village, one for each of my brothers, one for Brother Muyang, one for Ningbao herself, one for Master, one for my eldest brother, one for my second brother, one for my third brother..."

That's already ten. Senior brothers four through eighty-one don't have any yet, and there are many other brothers who don't have any either.

Sigh! Looks like I'll need to find some other birds in the future; these gyrfalcons are too few and too easy to catch.

Ningbao looked a little embarrassed as she counted on her little hands.