The sunlight always comes late in the early morning of late winter. Before the whole world lights up, it seems as if there is light shining through the night sky through a veil. Everything is covered with a light and dim blue color, like a layer of mist that is almost invisible.
The first ones to be awakened are the birds. A hint of light wakes them from their sweet dreams, and they chirp clearly with dew on their lips.
Qi Guang listened to the melodious birdsong and knew that a new day had arrived.
It was the first time that he spent a whole night with his eyes open after traveling through time. Although he did not feel very tired due to his physical evolution, the lack of sleep did make him feel sluggish as if his body had not had a good rest.
There was a rustling noise coming from the corner. Qi Guang closed his eyes for a second and pretended to be asleep, with all his attention focused on that corner.
Heath woke up.
The boy yawned and stretched, and spread out his folded wings - the tips of the wings, which were half stretched out, hit the wall, and then shrank back in grievance.
Conditions are limited, and Heath is already satisfied to have a bed to sleep in at night.
He glanced at the location of the earthen kang and sniffed the scent of Qi Guang in the air.
The quilt was rolled up quietly and motionlessly, as if the person inside was sleeping soundly, but there was a faint, slightly choking, tense smell in the air, telling him that Qi Guang was not only not asleep, but was also very awake and alert to him.
Well... after all, he was a stranger who broke in suddenly, so it was understandable.
Heath grabbed the blanket on his body to comfort himself, then climbed up as quietly as possible, pretending not to notice that Qi Guang was pretending to be asleep.
Exposing the truth at this time would definitely make it more difficult for Qi Guang to trust him, because young people who are silly but capable are the most popular.
Heath made up his mind, and quickly wrapped himself in the thick fur coat that Qi Guangrang gave him and got up. While gasping from the cold, he tiptoed to light the fireplace.
His skill in making fire was still not very proficient.
Drilling wood to make fire is a unique technology in the Earth's environment. Like his hometown, Froda, where the sea and the sky occupy the entire place, fire is made using a seabed mineral called "boiling".
However, after two days of practice and watching Qi Guang make a fire, Heath was able to light the firewood within half an hour and let the flames warm the cold house little by little.
Moreover, the fireplace is connected to Qi Guang's earthen kang. If the fireplace is heated in advance, the earthen kang where Qi Guang is lying will also slowly warm up.
Let’s not talk about the time when Qi Guang pretended to be asleep. When Qi Guang is able to trust him and sleep peacefully, then the quilt will be warm when he wakes up.
Heath put enough firewood into the fireplace, boiled some hot water and put it aside, then he gently pushed the door open and slipped out through the crack.
hiss-
The cold wind outside made Heath shiver, and his breath turned into white mist and drifted away.
In the dark blue foggy forest, the wings that had been cramped up could finally stretch out to their full extent. From the root to the tip of the wings, they stretched and relaxed, flapping happily a few times.
The black periosteum is translucent, and you can see the spider-web-like blood vessels inside.
The wing bones are thin and light, making people wonder whether such thin bones can support the strong winds during flight. However, the wings have many joints and are flexible, allowing them to make complex movements freely like the fingers of human beings.
Because no feathers have grown, the wings only have a thin periosteum and a layer of fine hairs. When they are folded, they do not look very big. However, when they are fully stretched out, you will find that their wingspan is astonishingly large, which is completely different from what such a small wing can stretch out.
Heath flapped his wings, creating a wind that made the dry grass sway and lifted him a few centimeters off the ground.
In terms of flying, this height is negligible. It is already the limit for wings without feathers to reach this height. Instead, the wind he fanned made him sneeze because of the cold.
Without feathers to keep warm, the wings would feel cold when the wind blew.
Heath curled up his wings again and wrapped them in his thick fur coat.
Qi Guang was much taller than him, so the fur coat looked big on him, just enough to wrap up the wings dragging behind him tightly. However, there were two high bulges on his back, which made him look like a hunchback if you didn't look closely.
Stretching his wings, Heath carried a bucket to the river to fetch water, and along the way he picked a few plants that still stubbornly bloomed small flowers in the cold season.
He didn't recognize these plants, but his instinct as a beast told him that they were safe and harmless, not poisonous and did not emit any disturbing odor.
Very suitable for decorating the house.
Qi Guang often picked up some bottles and jars from the beach, which were probably the last relics left by humans on Earth.
Most of those things were made of strange materials with rough and translucent surfaces, and Heath liked that kind of light and hazy beauty.
However, apart from looking good, the bottles and jars are not large in volume and have no practical value. Except for some of them that were broken into pieces by Qi Guang and sharpened and tied to wooden sticks to be used as weapons, the rest were just placed in a row to satisfy Qi Guang's occasional nostalgia.
Heath added water to a whole row of bottles and jars and put the small flowers in them. The flowers and green leaves added a touch of fresh atmosphere to the gray house.
Feathered beasts all have good aesthetic and artistic talents, especially feathered males. Perhaps it is related to their habit of building nests during the courtship period. They like and are good at decorating their living places to make them beautiful and warm.
After finishing this, Heath started to clean the shelves again.
When building the house, Qi Guang made a three-layer shelf out of bamboo to hold the small tools he often used, and a basket for large tools on the side to form a tool corner.
The young boy is so busy that he never has to rest on the ground. He is just like the snail girl.
Qi Guang "woke up" when Heath was preparing breakfast.
He couldn't eat something that had passed through other people's hands, so he woke up in time to avoid Heath making breakfast and then not being able to eat it, thus wasting food.
"I'll make breakfast from now on." Qi Guang took the clay pot from Heath and began to cook corn porridge skillfully.
The winter diet is actually very monotonous, corn porridge, pickled vegetables, some dried meat, winter melon and cabbage, most of the time it is just to fill the stomach.
It's good enough to be able to eat enough. Compared with the precarious life in the last days, Qi Guang is very satisfied with his life now.
"Yeah." Heath nodded obediently, gave up control of the food, and stood aside, secretly watching Qi Guang make breakfast.
Seeing Qi Guang throwing two pieces of meat into the corn porridge, he couldn't help but smile and two shallow dimples appeared on his cheeks.
"Let me sweep the floor." Heath quickly found a new job for himself. He diligently put the bowl next to the light and picked up a broom made of corn ears to sweep the dust on the floor.
A house with adobe walls and a dirt floor easily accumulates dust. It requires frequent cleaning and compacting of the ground to make it look smooth and clean.
Qi Guang's eyes swept across the row of small flowers in the glass bottles by the window. He said nothing, but just put a piece of meat into Heath's bowl of corn porridge.
A relatively small piece.
The young man was more skilled at his work than he had imagined. Although he had the face of Young Master Zhang, he was surprisingly diligent and capable, and could be considered a labor force that could help.
Qi Guang doesn't mind giving better food to those who can work.
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However, safety still needs to be observed and one should not be fooled by appearances.
Thinking of this, Qi Guang turned over the porridge and hid the meat at the bottom.
His reaction was too intense when we first met. At that time, brutal threats of force might cause a backlash, so I should just show a friendly attitude to gain more trust.
Qi Guang adjusted his expression to be somewhat friendlier and asked Heath to come over for breakfast.
"There's still a little wool left. I'll teach you how to spin it after dinner," Qi Guang said. "Prepare your own clothes."
Heath couldn't possibly wear his clothes forever. Not to mention the big size difference, it wasn't a long-term solution for Heath to always keep his wings tucked into his clothes.
Moreover, Qi Guang only had a few pieces of clothes in total. After giving them to Heath, he didn't have any extra clothes to change. The wear and tear rate would be doubled if two people wore them. Qi Guang had originally planned to save these clothes for next year.
As soon as Qi Guang started speaking, Heath put down the bowl in his hand and listened with a nod.
"Then come with me to collect firewood in the afternoon." Qi Guang continued, making clear arrangements for Heath. "The live broadcast will be the day after tomorrow. I will tell everyone about your story then."
"Okay." Heath's expression was that of an obedient person, and he had no objection to Qi Guang's arrangement.
Very worthy of a pat on the head.
"Then let's eat." Qi Guang glanced at him, picked up the bowl and started eating breakfast.
Having an extra worker can save a lot of time and do more things in the same amount of time.
For example, when Heath was collecting firewood honestly, Qi Guang would be a little lazy and find a remote place to study his evolved abilities behind Heath's back to determine whether the pain he had endured for so long was worth it.
The effect of physical evolution is very easy to see. Both his strength and speed are greatly enhanced than before. Correspondingly, Qi Guang's attack ability has also been improved, and he has the so-called "attack instinct".
His body is smarter than he is. When it senses danger, he doesn't need to think, his body will smoothly complete the entire process of defense-dodge-counterattack.
—Qi Guang himself didn’t react, and the cat he was holding didn’t react either.
The cat originally wanted to pounce on the two-legged animal from behind and lick and caress it affectionately - it often did this and knew how to pounce on the two-legged animal without hurting the fragile two-legged animal, while also enjoying the rubbing and caressing.
The cat was caught off guard by the two-legged beast's counterattack. Its eyes widened and it let out a shocked "meow?"
Qi Guang also realized it was a cat, but did not rush to let go.
He looked at the cat for a while. Its yellow-green eyes were clean and innocent.
This shouldn't be a person...
Qi Guang scratched the cat's chin with his other hand. The cat squinted its eyes and rubbed his hand, purring comfortably.
It looks exactly like a cat.
Qi Guang seriously stroked the cat from the tip of its ears to the tip of its tail, and rubbed the cat until it rolled on the ground with its hairy belly exposed, feeling extremely comfortable.
Today the two-legged beast served the cat very well. The cat licked Qi Guang's face and covered it with saliva.
Qi Guang wiped his face, wavering between whether the cat was a real cat or not.
Since there are feathered beasts, there are also cat-type beasts. No matter how fluffy it looks, you have to know that Da Mao was once a chicken, and the cat looks smarter than Da Mao.
Qi Guang's emotions fluctuated greatly when he thought that the cat might perform a magic trick on him.
He couldn't help but retract his hand that was stroking the cat's fur and took a few steps back.
The cat tilted its head, not quite understanding what the two-legged creature wanted to do.
Why did he suddenly run away when he was enjoying the hair grooming
The cat meowed at Qi Guang a few times, urging him to come over quickly.
Qi Guang took a deep breath. He knew that he could get the correct answer from the system by spending some points now, but he had just experienced the shock of Damao's transformation into a human, and he felt that he might not be able to bear it if it happened again.
He leaned over and touched the cat's head, and the balance in his heart shifted a little towards the idea that "this is a real cat."
Even if it's fake, let him wait a few days.
"That..." Heath stood a few steps away holding firewood, watching eagerly.
"Hmm?" Qi Guang pushed the cat's face away. "What's the matter?"
"…" Heath stared at the cat who was trying to lick Qi Guang persistently and gritted his teeth, "It's okay."
Stay calm, don't rush up and give the cat a wing.
He is no longer the cute big fur that Qi Guang raised. After becoming a human, his status has plummeted and he will definitely be crushed by that cat.
Heath took a deep breath, piled the firewood in his arms on the ground, and whispered, "I'll pick up some more. The air is a little humid today, and it may rain tomorrow."
Animal species are all quite sensitive to weather changes. Even if they can't be as accurate as weather forecasts, they are definitely more useful than furry creatures that can only roll around and act coquettishly.
Heath glared at the cat secretly, and really wanted to rub against Qi Guang's arms like he did before, and have his feathers combed.
The cat also didn't like this bird-smelling guy. It breathed threateningly at Heath and slapped the ground with its tail twice.
This fluttering bird should be swallowed as a midnight snack!
It has grown so big in just a few days. It would be such a waste of food if we don’t eat it and save it for feeding!
The author has something to say: In two chapters, Yingying will probably be face to face with Gori.
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