Chapter 102: Young Bird Dumplings

The hunting team carried the giant horned beast forward and captured a big one. Everyone was in a good mood and even discussed how many good things could be made from the horn, hide and bones of the giant horned beast.

Jiang Xuan was also in a very happy mood because he truly felt his current powerful strength, which was the guarantee of his survival.

"Chief, there's a bird ahead. It can't fly. It's so big!"

Just then, a soldier who was exploring the way ahead ran back in a hurry, his face full of excitement.

"Can't fly? Take me to see it."

Jiang Xuan followed the soldier and ran quickly forward.

In the primitive jungle, there are all kinds of birds, some can fly and some cannot.

Flying birds are more difficult to catch, but flightless birds, such as the fat unicorn, are a good hunting target for the people of the Vine Tribe.

They had already hunted a giant horned beast, and everyone would be even happier if they had another big flightless bird.

Jiang Xuan advanced quickly through the complex terrain of the jungle. His feet occasionally stepped on some huge mossy vines and fallen dead trees, but did not make much sound.

The same was true for the warriors of the hunting team. Except for those who were carrying the prey, everyone looked very light as they moved forward.

This is the instinct of a hunter, because too much noise will scare the prey away.

Soon, they came to the foot of a high mountain and saw a strange-looking big bird.

This big bird is about half a person's height and is very fat. Based on his rich hunting experience, Jiang Xuan estimated that this bird weighs at least 70 or 80 kilograms, more than twice as big as a unicorn.

"It's strange, why have I never seen this kind of flightless bird?"

Jiang Xuan stared at the big bird standing under the tree and felt that something was wrong with it.

Because it is so fat, or too plump, and has big eyes, but the look in its eyes is not as sharp as those of ferocious birds. Instead, it looks a little silly and cute, and its movements are very slow.

The warriors of the Teng tribe who were exploring the way judged that it was a ferocious bird based on its eagle-like beak and thick and sharp claws, so they did not dare to take action themselves.

Jiang Xuan also relied on his strong strength. When he felt that something was wrong with the big bird, he approached with a bone spear in hand.

When Jiang Xuan approached, the big bird spread its wings and chirped threateningly at Jiang Xuan.

"Baby bird?"

Jiang Xuan was surprised to find that the wings of this big bird were actually furry, and were not at all like the thick and strong feathers of an adult bird.

Not only that, its call is not sharp at all, but rather immature.

"What kind of bird is this? Why are the young birds bigger than the other adults?"

Jiang Xuan found it incredible. If this bird grew up, 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 20 meters and is terrifyingly large. It feeds on all kinds of ferocious beasts and even wild animals.

Secondly, there are the black-toothed birds of the Black Tooth Tribe, with a wingspan of more than ten meters. Although they are not as large as giant eagles, they have excellent endurance, can fly long distances, and have strong attack power.

Could this chubby baby bird also be a giant bird?

Jiang Xuan's heart was suddenly moved, because he longed to have a large flying bird like the old witch and the traveling team of the Black Tooth Tribe 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 with them, let alone communicate with them.

However, large giant birds generally have a long lifespan and a relatively high IQ. After being raised for a long time, they can understand some simple words and commands.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan stared at the huge young bird with shining eyes, scaring the young bird so much that it stepped back repeatedly.

"Eer...Eer..."

The young bird still keeps its wings open, which makes it look larger.

When animals confront each other, they will use various methods to make themselves look taller and more powerful in the hope of scaring off their opponents.

However, after Jiang Xuan discovered that it was a young bird, he knew that it did not have much attack power, so he simply ignored its behavior and rushed towards the young bird.

Seeing that the threat was ineffective, the young bird was frightened and turned around to run, but 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 young bird, pinned it to the ground, and tied its two claws so that it could no longer escape.

"Eer...Eer..."

The young bird cried loudly, but it was of no use as its mother was obviously not in the area.

Jiang Xuan was finally relieved. He was really afraid that the cry of the young bird would attract a bird as big as a giant eagle, and then they would all have to flee.

"Bring a rattan net over here!" Jiang Xuan shouted to the hunting team soldiers who had already arrived here.

One of the soldiers who was responsible for carrying the vine net immediately took off a vine 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 vine net on the pole, and had two soldiers carry it.

Uncaria came to Jiang Xuan, looked at the chirping young bird and said, "Chief, are you going to take it back to tame it?"

Jiang Xuan replied: "Yes, this is a baby bird. Take it home and see if you can raise it."

"Baby bird?"

Gou Teng thought he had heard it wrong. He stared at the large bird in the vine net for a while and said in disbelief, "Such a large young bird is really rare."

"If it's not rare, I wouldn't want to keep it."

Jiang Xuan was already imagining what this young bird would look like when it grew up.

Currently, the young bird's feathers are gray and white, which is about the same color as most young birds.

When they grow up, they will have feathers with brighter colors, which is completely different from when they were young.

A day later, they returned to the Teng tribe.

The huge giant horned beast caused cheers from the members of the Vine Tribe and was quickly dealt with.

The young bird was sent to the yard where Jiang Xuan lived, and Jiang Xuan tied it to the yard with a strong bark rope.

Along the way, the young bird did not eat anything. After being tied up, it tried to struggle for a while, but couldn't get free, so it squatted there, closed its eyes, and called out from time to time.

Jiang Xuan went to the breeding area, asked Dajiao for some insects, then brought them back to the yard and tried to feed the young bird.

However, when the young bird saw the insects, it turned its head away and did not eat them at all.

Jiang Xuan changed for a few kinds of large insects and even brought some fish and shrimp.

However, the young bird just looked at it a few times and still didn't eat it.

Jiang Xuan frowned. If the young bird didn't eat, it would starve to death in a few days.

"What kind of food does this baby bird need to eat?"

Jiang Xuan thought carefully and guessed what kind of food the mother of this young bird would feed it.

"Do you want to eat animal meat?"

Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up. Small birds might eat insects, but large and ferocious birds like giant eagles obviously would not prey on tiny insects!

They will apparently catch some larger prey, even if it is to feed their young.

Just at this time, the giant horned beast had been decomposed, and two warriors brought over the giant horn, the beast's heart, and some meat.

"Why not try the meat of the giant horned beast?"

Jiang Xuan cut the meat of the giant horned beast into smaller strips and placed them in front of the young bird.

This time, the young bird stared at the meat and was obviously interested.

But Jiang Xuan waited for a long time, but it still didn't take the initiative to peck at the food.

"You go ahead and eat it. I'll teach you. Eat it like this, by pecking at it."

Jiang Xuan clenched his hands into the shape of a bird's beak and pecked at the strips of meat.

The young bird lowered its head and pecked at one tentatively, but lost its grip and it dropped to the ground.

Jiang Xuan was so anxious that he picked up the strip of meat and hung it above the young bird, shaking it continuously.

This time, the young bird finally opened its mouth, grabbed the piece of meat, and swallowed it in a few gulps.

Jiang Xuan let out a long sigh and said, "Finally, I'm eating."

In his previous life, Jiang Xuan had also dug out some bird nests and caught some baby birds, fantasizing about raising them.

But they were young and impatient at that time, and the young birds didn’t know how to eat the insects by themselves, so they all starved to death.

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Later, he developed some psychological trauma about raising birds, fearing that they would die again.

If the young bird hadn't eaten, he would have pried open its beak and forced the food into its mouth.

After eating some meat strips, the young bird was obviously in better spirits. It started calling "Eey...Eey..." again and kept pecking at the rope tied to its claws, trying to break it.

Jiang Xuan said to himself, "It won't work to tie it up like this. We can't let it live in the house at night, right? Otherwise, we should build a shed and lock it up."

Jiang Xuan did what he said and immediately called a few soldiers to cut some thick bamboos nearby, and then started building a roofed shed in the yard.

Everyone had experience in building bamboo sheds, and the soldiers were incredibly strong. By dark, a brand new bamboo shed was built.

Jiang Xuan spread some hay in the bamboo shed, then untied the rope on the young bird's legs, locked it in the new bamboo shed, and fed it some strips of meat.

The young bird ran around in the bamboo shed but found no chance to escape. After nightfall, it lay down on the haystack and gradually calmed down.

“It’s finally quiet.”

Jiang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. The young bird had been chirping all day, making him dizzy.

He cooked something to eat, washed up, threw some stinking grass into the fire to repel mosquitoes, then lay down on the bamboo bed and fell into a deep sleep.

That night, he had a beautiful dream. He dreamed that he was riding a giant bird and flying in the sky.

"Eer...Eer..."

The next day, just after dawn, Jiang Xuan was awakened by the soul-stirring cry of a young bird.

Jiang Xuan stood up and sat on the bamboo bed, saying helplessly: "Why do you like to scream so much?"

But I have to continue raising the baby bird I caught, even with tears in my eyes.

He went to the bamboo shed to take a look and guessed that the young bird was hungry, so he cut some more strips of meat for it to eat.

Sure enough, after the young bird wolfed down the food, it finally stopped crying.

Jiang Xuan looked at the beast meat that was missing a large piece and muttered, "It's such a glutton. Fortunately, there is enough food now, otherwise it would have been put into the pot while it was still being raised."

After the sun rose, many soldiers knew that Jiang Xuan had caught a large young bird from the mountain and brought it back to raise, so they all ran over to see.

Chishao also came over, because her bamboo house was not far from Jiang Xuan, and she could hear the birds singing.

Jiang Xuan asked: "Sister, can you tell what kind of bird it is?"

Chishao stared at the young bird for a long time, shook his head, and said, "I haven't seen a young bird like this either. If it were an adult bird, maybe I could recognize it."

Jiang Xuan nodded, but didn't take it too seriously. He thought he would understand when the child grows up.

Chishao looked at it for a while and then asked, "Did you give it a name?"

"name?"

Jiang Xuan scratched his head. He knew that Da Jiao had given many names to the animals he raised, such as Xiaofei, Dahei and so on.

The tribesmen were also accustomed to giving names to the domesticated animals. For example, the deer tribe used to raise a lot of big-horned deer, and each of them had a name.

This is also a bit of fun in the hard life.

Jiang Xuan stared at the young bird for a long time, thought for a moment, and said, "It's round and edible, so why not call it glutinous rice balls?"

"What are glutinous rice balls?"

Chishao was a little confused, as she had never heard of this word before.

Jiang Xuan said: "It is a kind of food that the old man told me about in the dream. It is round like a ball and can be boiled and eaten. It is sweet."

Chishao nodded and said, "Sweet food is delicious, so let's call it glutinous rice balls."

Chishao didn't know that glutinous rice balls had a special meaning to Jiang Xuan, and they represented his longing for his past life.

In fact, this longing gradually faded as he lived in this world for a long time. He was afraid that one day he would completely forget that world.

In this way, the name of the young bird was determined.

Soon, the whole tribe knew that the leader had raised a very large baby bird. Many warriors were very envious of this and fantasized about catching such a baby bird.

Time passed day by day, autumn came quietly, and the hot summer became a thing of the past.

This young bird named "Tangyuan" is growing up day by day under Jiang Xuan's careful care, and is eating more and more.

At the beginning, it was a little afraid of Jiang Xuan, but as it was fed for a longer time, it slowly began to be less afraid of Jiang Xuan, and even showed signs of being close to Jiang Xuan.

Gradually, Jiang Xuan tried not to lock it up anymore and let it wander around in the yard.

After a while, Tangyuan shed its down and gradually grew hard purple and blue feathers, and became more affectionate towards Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuan was sure that it would not run away, so he opened the door to the yard and allowed it to stroll in the bamboo forest and look for some food.

Until one day, Tangyuan, who had grown hard feathers all over his body, brought back a snake from the bamboo forest and presented it to Jiang Xuan like a treasure.

Jiang Xuan, who was working in the yard, was stunned for a moment, then said in surprise: "Tangyuan, you can actually catch snakes!"

Tangyuan raised his head proudly, with an expression as if he was about to praise me.

"Tangyuan, you are so awesome!" Jiang Xuan praised it without hesitation.

As expected, Tangyuan spread its wings happily, flapped a few times, and raised a cloud of dust.

Jiang Xuan pointed at the snake on the ground and said to Tang Yuan, "This is the first food you caught. Eat it yourself."

Tangyuan seemed to understand Jiang Xuan's words. It held down 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. Whenever he went out for a walk, he would bring back a snake to eat from time to time.

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