Chapter 223

There is only one male bird among their flock of Demon Bird.

This male bird is the one that hatched from the egg they asked the Elf to find.

It lived up to everyone's expectations, growing to be the biggest and most beautiful.

Xie Juanhan's family kept only this one without neutering it; all the other male birds had been neutered.

Now, a male Demon Bird guards a large berry field, looking rather comical, just like the scarecrows in the berry field.

Sensing Xie Juanhan and his group's arrival, the male bird that had been pressed down to incubate its eggs cried out at the top of its lungs.

"Shut up." Xie Juanhan grabbed the male bird by the neck and examined it closely. "Oh, it got a beating; it's missing several tufts of feathers."

Telingewei: "It probably doesn't want to stay here and quietly incubate its eggs."

Xie Juanhan: "I reckon so. Come, let me see this year's Demon Bird."

Including last year's Demon Bird, their family now has a total of ninety-seven Demon Bird: one male Demon Bird, forty male Demon Bird, and the rest are female Demon Bird.

Such a male bird naturally cannot mate with so many female Demon Bird.

However, Xie Juanhan's family has no plans to expand their breeding operations.

Raising Tuonai'er Demon Bird is too costly. It's fine for personal consumption, but it's not profitable to sell them.

Therefore, they left the male and female birds to reproduce naturally.

The Tuonai'er Demon Bird isn't the kind of bird that pairs up with others; with this male bird around, it's enough to be paired with most of the demon Demon Bird in the Demon Bird.

Through natural selection, they are able to leave behind relatively superior offspring.

Xie Juanhan and his team carefully searched through the berry bushes and soon found the bird eggs hidden under the leaves.

The newly laid Demon Bird are a bit pink, but they're quite large.

Xie Juanhan picked up the Demon Bird one by one and put them in the basket, saying, "Looks like this year will be a bumper harvest!"

The fluffy creatures scurried around, finding the Demon Bird under the leaves. "Awooo!"

Xie Juanhan and his group searched the berry field and found a total of thirty-three Demon Bird, which was a relatively small number.

However, the mother bird has already started laying eggs, and the number will gradually increase.

Xie Juanhan and the others were dividing bird eggs in the berry field. The fertilized eggs were put in the left basket, and the unfertilized eggs were put in the right basket.

The furry creatures' eyes followed the movements of their hands, almost falling into the basket themselves.

After they finished dividing the bird eggs, Habei let out a high-pitched cry, like Nibote's big cat meow. "Awoo?"

Xie Juanhan: "Yes, unfertilized bird eggs can be eaten today. Would you like some rice with rice?"

Habei instantly forgot about clipping his clothes and yelled along with the other furry creatures, "Awooo!"

Xie Juanhan laughed, "Shall I make you a special omelet rice today?"

The furry creatures had never tried omelet rice before, and upon hearing this, they were full of curiosity. "Chirp?"

Xie Juanhan: "You'll know what's going on once the food is ready."

Xie Juanhan had originally planned to make omelet rice for the furry creatures again that evening.

The furry creatures couldn't wait any longer, so they licked him, rubbed against him, and bothered him with their tails.

After successfully covering himself in fur, Xie Juanhan gave in and surrendered, saying, "Okay, okay, we'll eat it for lunch."

At noon, the furry creatures stood guard at the kitchen door, their eyes shining as they acted as supervisors.

Xie Juanhan glanced at them. "Judging a dragon by the standards of a furry person."

The furry creatures didn't understand.

The furry creatures ignored them.

The furry creatures stared wide-eyed at Xie Juanhan's every move.

Xie Juanhan first made the fried rice filling for the furry creatures.

Their furry family members are all carnivores and don't like vegetables, so he made meat fried rice with a salty and sour stamen-like substance similar to capercaillie to cut through the richness.

When the fragrant fried rice was ready, the furry little creatures were already drooling.

Xie Juanhan shouted, "Bring your plates here!"

Without a word, the furry creatures ran straight for the golden plate, excitedly running back to shove it into Telingewei's hands.

Telingewei washed their plates clean.

Xie Juanhan first put the fried rice into the mold, then inverted the mold onto their plates, letting the fried rice sit inside.

The furry creatures tilted their heads, curiously looking at the fried rice that didn't contain any bird eggs.

Xie Juanhan smiled slightly, handed the bird eggs to Telingewei, added a little salt, milk and starch water, mixed them, poured them into a pan, and skillfully fried them into omelets with solidified bottoms and runny tops.

Once the omelets were cooked, he used a spatula to pile them onto the served rice.

With eggs and rice, the furry creatures were content and let out joyful cries.

"Don't rush," Xie Juanhan said, pushing Nibote's chest aside. "Watch my next performance."

Nibote obediently placed his paws on the ground and looked at Xie Juanhan with shining eyes.

Xie Juanhan snapped his fingers and extended his hand toward Telingewei.

Telingewei placed a clean knife in Xie Juanhan's hand.

Xie Juanhan took a knife and made a cut on the omelet. The omelet was cut open, revealing the semi-solid scrambled eggs inside. The entire egg crepe covered the fried rice like a thick towel cake.

The furry creatures cheered, "Aww!"

Xie Juanhan smiled broadly, "Alright, you can eat now."

The furry creatures. "Aww!"

==========Author's Note:=========

See you tomorrow!

Chapter 223 [VIP]

After breakfast, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei went to the outer sea to see the Demonic Oyster, Demonic Sea Urchin, and One-Bone Fish they were raising.

As they were leaving, Harper and the others quickly ran out, grabbed Xie Juanhan's trouser leg, and tried to follow. "Chirp!"

"It's windy today, the seawater is probably a bit cold." Xie Juanhan bent down and patted Harper's back. "Could you guys help collect the Tuonai'er Demon Bird's eggs? Otherwise, if the cold snap comes this afternoon, the Demon Bird will freeze."

Harper and the others tilted their heads and accepted the task. "Chirp."

Xie Juanhan: "Then it's up to you. Bring back some prawns when we get back; we'll have stir-fried prawns for dinner tonight."

Harper and the others. "Aww!"

The family split into two groups: Xie Juanhan and Telingewei went to the outer sea, while the furry creatures went to the berry field to collect Demon Bird.

Harper and the others, carrying baskets lined with small blankets, trotted off to the field on their short legs.

Nibote, carrying its special large basket, followed behind its Companion Beast with a "clattering" sound.

They also called out to Moli, who was walking steadily behind them.

As Moli moved his paws, he looked around, taking in all the berries in the berry patch and spotting the Goblin that had quietly emerged.

The Goblin, seeing it was them, happily ran out, squeaking!

Haxi: "Chirp!"

The two groups met and communicated for a while with chirping, squeaking, and howling before the Goblin realized that they wanted to collect the Demon Bird.

"Squeak, squeak." The Goblin scurried about in the berry patch, gesturing for the furry creatures to follow them.

The Goblin live almost entirely in the berry fields, and they are the ones who know the berry fields best.

Even Moli was slightly inferior to them.

"Squeak!" The Goblin ran with their short legs and soon led the furry creatures to find one Demon Bird after another.

If the furry creatures didn't have time to pick up the Demon Bird, the Goblin would puff out their bellies, lift the Demon Bird, and laboriously carry them to the furry creatures' baskets, chirping, "Squeak!"

Just a few days later, their flock of Tuonai'er Demon Bird laid quite a few more eggs.

The Goblin also found the hidden Demon Bird.

The furry creatures ran back and forth in the fields, filling basket after basket with the Demon Bird.

After running for most of the day, they were completely exhausted and collapsed.

When Xie Juanhan and Telingewei returned in the evening, they were all lying on the small mats in the corridor.

They even carried the little cushions out of the study themselves.

Upon seeing the two dragons return, they didn't stand up to greet them, but simply wagged their tails and said, "Awooo."

Xie Juanhan looked at them. "Are you so tired today?"

The furry creatures. "Aww."

Xie Juanhan: "Thank you for your hard work. I'll make you something delicious later."

Xie Juanhan and his group not only brought back arm-length deep-sea shrimp today, but also millstone-sized crabs.

Xie Juanhan originally wanted to order stir-fried shrimp and steamed crab, but seeing how the furry kids were doing, he simply changed the menu on the spot. The stir-fried shrimp was kept, and the crab was changed to crab roe buns, which were easier to eat.

It was autumn, and they had stocked up on a lot of mature, delicious game meat, and the aspic was also ready-made.

That evening, the furry creatures enjoyed a delicious meal and were fully recharged.

They followed Xie Juanhan closely, asking him how long it would take to incubate the eggs.

Xie Juanhan: "You want to hatch eggs?"

The furry creatures chirped in confusion, "Chirp, chirp chirp."

They want new chicks, but they don't want to stay in the room incubating the eggs all the time. It would be fine if the two dragons could take turns incubating them with them.

Xie Juanhan: "We don't want to hatch eggs either. Our focus right now is on the magic circle. We'll try to get it operational before the Lunar New Year so we can go home for the holiday."

The furry creatures couldn't understand again, and tilted their heads, trying hard to figure it out.

Xie Juanhan watched as Nibote's ears swayed back and forth, and couldn't resist reaching out to pinch them, holding its round, furry ears. "You'll find out tomorrow."

Early the next morning, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei specially selected a batch of fertilized Demon Bird from the Demon Bird stored in their backyard.

They planned to try hatching fifty of the first batch of Demon Bird, and then hatch the rest if successful.

They carried baskets on their backs, a bunch of rune templates, and several extra thick blankets as they headed towards the hot springs.

The furry creatures followed behind them, their eyes full of curiosity.

Upon arriving at the hot spring, Xie Juanhan put down his basket. "We won't incubate the eggs ourselves this year; let nature do it for us."

The furry creatures, seemingly understanding, let out a soft "Aww?"