Chapter 11 Heart-to-Heart Talk
Then, Ji Rong was chased by Ji Er and huddled inside the nest.
Ji Rong was terrified, so she simply closed her eyes and dared not sleep.
It wasn't until late at night that she realized Huang Pinjie's last few words clearly meant to teach her knowledge.
Although Huang Pinjie made her point clearly, Ji Rong was still worried. She feared that Huang Pinjie would change her mind the next day and eat her up like a monster.
Therefore, even with her eyes closed, she couldn't help but let her mind wander, and finally, exhausted, she fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, around 3:45 a.m., Huang Pinjie was already lying on the crooked tree that had been built by birds, basking in the sun.
She looked at Ji Rong walking towards her, her face pale and her expression dazed. Knowing that Ji Rong must have misunderstood, she stretched out her paw and made her sit down beneath her.
Ji Rong had just sat down, and before Huang Pinjie could even speak, her legs suddenly went weak, and she burst into tears, saying, "I told you, it's true! I don't taste good, don't eat me."
After saying all this, Ji Rong burst into tears, but the storm she had imagined did not come.
Huang Pinjie said in a gentle tone, "Little Ji Rong, you must have been terrified."
Ji Rong was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded.
"There are countless strange phenomena in the world, and little Ji Rong, you are one of them," Huang Pinjie said solemnly.
"We don't have much time to watch you grow up."
But before I die, especially you, little Ji Rong, you must learn the common sense of this place and not be bound by those unfounded memories in your mind.”
Seemingly sensing the turmoil in Ji Rong's mind, Huang Pinjie continued, "Little Ji Rong, if there's anything else you want to say, say it today, say it all."
After saying that, don't say it again, because starting tomorrow, Aunt Huang will be teaching you manners.
After Huang Pinjie finished speaking, she fell silent. The three birds and the fox, a total of eight eyes, were watching Ji Rong, waiting for her to speak. Ji Rong wanted to say something but didn't know how to start.
Finally, Ji Er broke the silence, saying, "Baby, you were born of me, and your father and I took turns caring for you as you hatched. I am your mother and he is your father, so you will always be my baby. If you don't want to say it, then don't."
After saying that, he snorted triumphantly and looked at Huang Pinjie, saying, "Am I right, Sister Jie?"
Huang Pinjie nodded proudly.
Ji Rong felt relieved by Ji Er's words and began to tell her story in a low voice: "I used to be a person named Li Xiaorong. The planet I lived on was called Earth, which belongs to the solar system. I started school at the age of 5 and graduated at the age of 22. After graduation, I went to work for a media company."
“We don’t have long lifespans. In our area, people are considered to be old if they live past seventy, and very few live past one hundred.”
"This is actually considered a long time. More than a hundred years ago, people there had shorter lifespans and lower productivity, and many people died in their forties."
"Where I live, there is no magic, but there are cell phones, cars, high-speed trains, and airplanes."
We can travel thousands of miles in a very short time, and we also have spacecraft that can go to the moon;
The moon is the same moon as the one you worship every night, Aunt Huang.
We have solar power, we have electricity, waaaah... I really want to go back.
As Ji Rong spoke, she burst into tears.
"I should have known better than to write that rubbish!"
I woke up as a chicken! I've become a chicken! Waaaaah...! I used to love eating chicken, I ordered braised chicken every day. I finally got a second chance at life, and now I have to be a chicken! Waaaaah...
Ji Rong cried as she spoke, and soon her voice became hoarse. Qing Shi, who was standing nearby, fed her some spiritual dew. She drank it and continued to cry and shout. No one knew what she was saying, so they just quietly stayed with her.
When she could cry no more, and the sun was about to set, Huang Pinjie asked, "Are you done?"
Ji Rong nodded weakly, then quickly shook her head.
Huang Pinjie sighed and patted Ji Rong's head, saying, "You were born with this knowledge, which is a good thing, and it's understandable that you're reluctant to part with it; but you can't tell anyone."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong nodded blankly.
Flying back to her nest, Ji Rong's mind was filled with Huang Pinjie's words. The more she thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed, and the angrier she became. She cried out in her heart, "Born with knowledge, is this my cheat code? This is just too out of character."
Overwhelmed with grief, Ji Rong began to sob again.
As time went by, Caiji's lost memories became increasingly faint. Although she seemed to remember many things, the details of those images became increasingly blurry.
The faces of her loved ones and friends, whom she thought she would always remember, had long since become blurred, and she could no longer even recall their names, Ji Rong; she also couldn't remember what she originally looked like, and all she could think of was her current colorful chicken face.
Seeing Ji Rong's withdrawn state, Ji Zhuang anxiously chirped beside her. In the end, Ji Rong cried herself to sleep in Ji Zhuang's neck.
The next day, before dawn, Ji Rong, covered in swelling, went to find Huang Pinjie. Huang Pinjie was still sleeping in and was quite surprised to hear that it was Ji Rong.
She welcomed Ji Rong into the room, and their eyes met.
Ji Rong said in a hoarse voice, "Aunt Huang, I can't remember. I've been a rooster for so long that I can't even remember what they look like."
"Yes," Huang Pinjie sighed, "Just treat it as a serendipitous encounter."
Ji Rong pouted and said, "But I'm not willing to accept this, and I'm also afraid of forgetting everything."
After saying that, she mustered up her courage and looked at Huang Pinjie, saying, "Aunt Huang, I don't want to forget. If I forget, I feel like I'll only ever be a colorful chicken in this life."
"You're right to think that way. Birds and beasts all have souls, and when those souls are worn away, their animalistic nature becomes stronger."
"Your span of time and space is so long, it must be quite remarkable, and yet you still remember so much."
From now on, you should study diligently with me. First, shed this mortal body, then think about anything else.
Ji Rong nodded emphatically after hearing this.
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