"ah?"
A look of surprise instantly appeared on the tense little face.
Wei Jiayan opened his mouth wide for a long time before closing it again. He pointed at the head that popped out of the basket and exclaimed, "Aunt, it...it can talk!"
Before Wei Yunlan could answer, the little gray head leaned upwards a little more.
He jumped up on his feet and stood on the edge of the basket. His green bean-like eyes rolled around, with a bit of pride and a bit of contempt in his eyes, as if to say, "What's the big deal about being able to talk?"
Such a vivid appearance caused everyone in the room to marvel at it.
"Was this parrot also brought back from the northwest?" Gao asked.
Wei Yunlan nodded and said "yes".
"There are more than 20 countries of varying sizes in the northwest. When we went there, the queen of the largest country was celebrating her birthday. This parrot was originally a birthday gift from an envoy from another country to the queen."
"Then why did you bring it back?" Cheng Yue'e asked curiously.
"The parrot escaped on its own, and when we found it, it had already followed us back to our residence." Wei Yunlan briefly described the situation at that time.
Sui He added, "Later, when the Queen of Qi Meng held a birthday party, Yan Zhao sent a pair of white tigers instead. The white tigers went crazy at the party and almost hurt someone, but the young lady subdued them herself."
"White Tiger hurt people?" The Wei family members exclaimed in unison.
Several pairs of eyes fell on Wei Yunlan at the same time, looking her up and down carefully to see if she was injured anywhere.
White tiger... no matter its size, it is the king of beasts and the most ferocious beast in the jungle!
"It's okay." Wei Yunlan spread his arms generously, indicating that he was fine. "The white tigers were domesticated and raised by humans. If someone hadn't lured them with medicine, they would never break free from the chains and rush towards the crowd. Queen Qi Meng gave them to me. When there's a chance, I'll take you to Yandu Gorge to see them."
There are now many items piled up in the space, and the things she has on hand are also very complicated.
There was really no time to raise two more white tigers, so the pair of white tigers were temporarily left at the entrance of Yandu Gorge when she left. There was no danger as long as they did not go deep into the mountains. Now that the weather was getting warmer, many wild animals in the mountains were out and about, and they could be self-sufficient if they moved around the entrance of the gorge. The people stationed at the entrance of the gorge by Tianshu Pavilion would also help keep an eye on them.
While everyone was talking, Xiao Jiayan had already reached out to touch the parrot's feathers.
The parrot dodged.
Just as Xiao Jiayan showed a look of disappointment, he saw it flap its wings and fly directly into his hand.
The corners of his mouth, which had just drooped, were instantly raised again.
Xiao Jiayan immediately held his hand more steadily, fearing that he would accidentally drop the little guy in his hand.
"I like this gift very much, thank you auntie!"
"Aunt, does it have a name?"
Wei Yunlan curled her lips and replied softly, "You can give it a name."
Xiao Jiayan immediately fell into deep thought, holding the bird in his hand, looking left and right, and finally staring at the gray head and the two bright yellow hairs on the head, and asked tentatively: "Little Gray? Little Yellow?"
The room fell silent for a moment.
Everyone's eyes fell on Wei Jiayan and the little parrot, and then turned to Heiyun who was lying beside the chair.
The Wei family's naming habit is really passed down from generation to generation, and it always cannot escape the category of color.
"Little Gray? Little Yellow?" The little parrot stood on Wei Jiayan's hand, tilted its head, and repeated the two names.
"Yeah, which one do you like better?" Wei Jiayan stared at the little parrot with anticipation.
The pair of small green eyes on the parrot's head rolled around again, and then it turned its head away with a "snap", looking very unhappy.
Wei Jiayan: “…”
This parrot doesn't seem to like any name.
Wei Mingxuan gave him some advice, "You have also been enlightened by the teacher and learned some poetry and prose. Why don't you think of a more artistic and nice name. Maybe this little thing likes a more elegant name!"
The little parrot, which had just turned its head away, turned its head back again, perhaps because it heard some word.
A pair of small eyes stared at Wei Jiayan intently, as if waiting for him to give her a "nice" name.
Wei Jiayan felt a lot of pressure and thought seriously for a long time.
"This parrot has only these two tufts of yellow hair among its gray feathers. It's like a single firefly in the dark night. Now that spring has arrived... why not call it the Spring Firefly?"
After saying that, he looked at everyone in the room with some trepidation.
It sounds a bit far-fetched, but Wei Yunlan didn't want to discourage his nephew's enthusiasm. Since the parrot was given to him, there would be no problem as long as he and the parrot both liked the name.
Wei Yunlan guessed that this parrot, which had only learned a small part of the Rakshasa language, probably didn't understand what firefly meant. Its judgment of whether a name was good or bad should be based on the reactions of other people.
At this time, after a brief moment of stunned silence, the people in the room gave encouragement.
The parrot opened its mouth with satisfaction and repeated what Wei Jiayan said, "Spring Firefly, Spring Firefly!"
Wei Yunlan silently withdrew his gaze.
I hope this is a female bird, so that the name "Spring Firefly" would be appropriate.
…
After some intimacy.
Wei Jiayan took the parrot to the yard, and Cheng Yue'e also took Jiarong back to the house for a rest.
Wei Yunlan asked Gao, "Oh, by the way, mother, I saw father on the road when I was returning to the city just now. From the direction he was heading, was he going to the Western Suburbs Camp?"
Previously, Wei Yunlan only thought that his father was assigned by the City Affairs Office to work in the Western Suburbs Camp.
Now it's getting dark and my father hasn't come back yet. Combined with what happened to Miss Lu just now, I can't help but have more guesses in my mind.
Gao looked outside and said, "Mingxuan, go out and guard. Don't let anyone get close."
"I can't hear it either?" Wei Mingxuan was surprised, but did not ask any further questions. Instead, he stood guard at the door himself, using the excuse of accompanying Jiayan to tease the parrot in the yard.
Only Gao and Wei Yunlan were left in the room.
Gao then whispered, "Your father discovered that the new garrison commander Lu in the Northern Army colluded with the Liang family and stole the Northern Border Defense Map hidden in the City Affairs Office."
Wei Yunlan's eyes widened in surprise.
This is something that has never been exposed in the previous life.
The Liang family lived peacefully in Beiguan until several years later, and Guard Lu was a person no one had ever heard of in the capital, so it seemed that nothing happened to him.
However, at this time in the previous life, the Beiguan Border Defense Map might have fallen into their hands... After all, General Shi was in trouble at that time, and Beiguan was in chaos. The actions of these people with ulterior motives may not be noticed by others.
In this life, General Shi was safe and sound, the North Gate was still stable, and it was not as easy for these people to steal the border defense map as in the previous life.
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