Chapter 216: Chapter 216: Return Journey
After they moved houses, Old Yuan and his sons drank even more lively.
The dishes on the table had long gone cold, and Mrs. Zeng could only take the daughters-in-law to reheat each dish one by one.
As for being annoyed?
Impossible!
It’s the middle of winter, and there’s nothing much to do. For the men to have a happy time this rare occasion, the women definitely wouldn’t ruin the mood.
As a result, Old Yuan and his sons drank all the way from lunchtime to dinner.
Well, every one of them got wasted, so dinner naturally wasn’t necessary.
In the afternoon, Jiaojiao had a good nap, and upon waking, she ran to check on the Golden Eagle in the storage room.
The Golden Eagle was no longer on the perch, but had flown up to the roof beam.
Seeing Jiaojiao arrive, the big fellow only then flew down from the beam to get close to Jiaojiao for a while.
"Da Jin, the sky is getting dark. Are you going home?"
Jiaojiao opened the storage room door, talking to herself, since Da Jin probably didn’t understand her language. But she felt that adding gestures and motions should still help a bit.
As Jiaojiao opened the storage room door, the Golden Eagle tilted its head and watched for a while. Then it flew down from the perch to the ground, wandering out of the storage room behind Jiaojiao.
Coming out of the cramped storage room, the Golden Eagle immediately spread its wings and flapped them in the courtyard. It didn’t take long before it soared into the sky.
"Jiaojiao, has Da Jin left?"
Shortly after the Golden Eagle flew away, Yuan Shoucheng returned with a group of kids from outside.
Playing outside, they naturally saw the scene when the Golden Eagle took off into the sky.
"Yeah, it’s getting dark, Da Jin is going home."
Jiaojiao nodded.
Yuan Shoucheng’s eyes darted around and he said, "Wasn’t Da Jin injured?"
"Its injury should not be serious!"
Jiaojiao recalled the scratches on Da Jin’s body; indeed, they were not severe.
After all, the Golden Eagle is the supreme ruler of the skies. Even though it was attacked by a few hawks and came off worse, if the Golden Eagle could become weak so easily, why would its species be deemed the air master?
"Will it bring us gifts?"
This is what Yuan Shoucheng and the few boys were most concerned about.
Raise a Golden Eagle?
They don’t have such leisure interests.
Of course, if the Golden Eagle could, like You Cang, occasionally bring some game to their door, they would be willing to sacrifice a bit of their own, maybe contribute a sparrow.
"I don’t know!"
Jiaojiao also didn’t know if Da Jin would come to repay them.
After all, Da Jin is wild, whereas You Cang was trained by humans.
"I think Da Jin is not a forgetful and ungrateful eagle!"
"I think so too!"
"Da Jin will definitely come to give us gifts!"
Remembering the sparrow they offered before, Yuan Shoucheng and the few boys did not want their investment to go to waste.
...
The next day, Da Jin did not appear.
The third day, Da Jin still did not show up.
After two consecutive days of not seeing Da Jin, Yuan Shoucheng and the boys were about to despair, feeling like they wasted their roasted sparrow.
And Jiaojiao was also a bit divided.
She originally thought she could make Da Jin her exclusive pet, but now it seemed she might’ve overthought it.
Well, just count it as having done a good deed for the day!
Jiaojiao finally decided not to think about it anymore.
If it’s meant to be, it will be; if it’s not, don’t force it.
As dusk approached, Mrs. Zeng came out of the house and called Jiaojiao and the others to come home for dinner.
Just then, a small black silhouette appeared in the northern horizon. As the little shadow drew closer to Beishan Village, it gradually grew bigger.
"Da Jin, it must be Da Jin!"
Being carried by Mrs. Zeng, Jiaojiao took one last look at the sky, spotting the increasingly nearer, bigger black silhouette.