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This pumpkin was exceptionally large and tastes similar to the original pumpkin, but even sweeter. Even grandpa, who has never been a vegetarian, and Hei Dan, who hates red, are quite fond of it.

Grandpa likes to eat cooked pumpkin, while Hei Dan prefers pumpkin porridge. He can eat from a spoon now. Since he still only has two teeth, Ji Huan dare not give him hard things. He only gives him soft porridge. He puts a little paste into his mouth with a spoon, and Hei Dan eats happily with his small mouth.

Seeing that Hei Dan was very satisfied with his food, Uncle Ji Huan took the opportunity to talk about the content of the literacy class again, pointing to the pumpkin porridge in Hei Dan’s small bowl, and then pointing to Da Bai:

“Hei Dan, that’s a pig. Its name is Da Bai. Da Bai is very delicious and capable. The pumpkin in the pumpkin porridge we have now is grown from Da Bai.”

Naturally, Hei Dan can’t fully understand the meaning of this passage, but it doesn’t stop him from listening hard. He still nods, probably because he has learned from adults. He nods at everything his uncle says to him, even though he cannot understand, he appears to have fully understood.

After the uncle and nephew finished speaking, they looked at Da Bai in the pigsty together.

As a pig that had survived alone in a mountain earthquake, successfully entered the city to find its owner, and then came to the demon world with him, Da Bai is now very strong. As a little pig, he received preliminary training in demon resistance at his home on the mountain and had diarrhoea for a long time but he survived along with his companions, and then he met even more terrifying demons on the road to the demon world, and cleaned his bowels all the way until he dropped the first solid poop in his new nest, which marked the courage of Da Bai, finally changing from liquid to solid!

Just as Ji Huan and the others were watching Da Bai eat, a flock of white birds suddenly flew in the sky. They were white and not very big, looking round as they rolled in the grey white sky.

The bleak sky suddenly became much more vivid with the addition of these birds.

There was a sudden burst of joy in Ji Huan’s heart.

Just as Ji Huan was about to watch them go away, the group of birds circled in the air for a while before suddenly flying towards Ji Huan’s yard.

To be precise, they flew straight towards the feeding trough of Da Bai and the chickens in the yard.

Their movements were very fierce, and they had an advantage in numbers, as they immediately squeezed Da Bai and the chickens raised at home in one swoop!

Wait a minute——

These birds are actually robbers!

No wonder Da Bai and the chickens of our family don’t grow any fat. They must encounter these kinds of robbers who fall from the sky when he’s not at home?

After all, he is a pragmatic person with only a few romantic cells in his heart. Ji Huan immediately prepared to get a broom to drive away the birds. However, by the time he found the broom and rushed back to the yard, the situation in the yard had been reversed.

The five chickens of Ji Huan’s family have already fought with the flock of birds! Although they are few in number, they are big. They held down the little white birds with claws like iron hooks, and peck them with their sharp beaks that they generally use to grab food from the soil;

Looking at Da Bai’s side again: Faced with the predatory behaviour of the little white birds, Da Bai only silently accelerated his eating speed, but the group of little white birds went too far. After realising that Da Bai had a gentle temperament and did not chase them away, they actually wanted to push Da Bai away!

At the same moment, Da Bai suddenly raised his head, and his big mouth fiercely bit twice in the air with lightning speed. Accompanied by two screams, Da Bai immediately had two little white birds in his mouth.

All the bandits flew away with a whoosh!

Holding a broom in his hand, Ji Huan stood in the middle of the yard with a dumbfounded expression.

It turns out that when he and grandpa took the Hei Dan to hunt outside, Da Bai and little chickens at home had already learned the hunting skills by themselves?

Ji Huan picked up the little rooster that was flaunting its power in the yard, and touched its body through the thick hard feathers, only to find that it was thin, but the whole chicken was heavy, with real chicken muscles.

There are also a few little white birds in the yard that have been pecked by the little chickens so much that they can’t fly away. When he picked them up, Ji Huan realised that these small birds, which looked beautiful from a distance, turned out to have a mouthful of sharp teeth, and there were also sharp claws hidden at the end of their wings, completely different from the birds in the previous world.

Thinking that Da Bai had nothing to do with eating this kind of bird, Ji Huan’s family ate these birds for dinner, not to mention, although the meat was a little less, it was still quite delicious, especially the soup made with bird bones, Hei Dan loved it.

Tonight, Ji Huan received another video call invitation from Ah Jin. Although Ah Jin looked the same as usual, Ji Huan felt that he was not in a good mood now.

After realising this, Ji Huan wanted to talk about something as light as possible. It’s a pity that he is really not good at finding topics, and in the end he simply talked about what happened at home, such as Da Bai planting a pumpkin.

This incident excited Ji Huan’s family for a long time, but when it came to Ah Jin, he seemed unable to feel the excitement.

Well… pumpkins growing from seeds in poop… or something… It really doesn’t look like something that Ah Jin would be interested in.

Realising that his mood seemed to be disturbing the other party, Ah Jin simply changed the subject.

“What did you have for dinner?” This is a standard phrase that never fails to open the conversation.

“It’s pumpkin porridge and bird soup. In order to tidy up the vegetable patch in the yard this afternoon, I didn’t go hunting as usual. Who knew…”

Ji Huan dryly told Ah Jin about the robbery and anti-robbery incidents he witnessed in the yard in the afternoon. When he mentioned the heroic performance of Da Bai and the five chickens at home against the robbery, he said with emotion:

“If I hadn’t happened to be at home this time, I wouldn’t have known that my home might have been burglarized. After all, I knew they couldn’t talk. When I wasn’t around, they didn’t know how many times they were bullied. It’s amazing to see their resistance today, they are very skilled.”

“Oh? Although Yefar is a bit messy, the street where you live now is very safe.” It can be said that it is the safest part of the entire Yefar neighbourhood, after all… When saying this, Ah Jin’s smile on the corner of his mouth remained as reserved as ever until he heard Ji Huan’s next sentence.

“But, no matter how safe a place is, how do we guard against these little birds? When I first saw them, I never thought they would be robbers. After all, they look very harmless…” Ji Huan continued, looking back from time to time, Hei Dan was crawling around on the bed, he didn’t notice that the smile on Ah Jin’s face suddenly disappeared on the screen.

He put his left hand into a fist in front of his mouth, and Ah Jin’s long eyelashes hung down, and he seemed to be thinking of something.

When Ji Huan’s eyes moved from Hei Dan back to the phone screen again, Ah Jin’s expression had returned to normal. Looking at Ji Huan with a smile, he suddenly said:

“You’re right. Most people wouldn’t think that these birds would be thieves, even the small details weren’t missed, you did a good job.”

He just caught a few birds, as for rising to the height of “even the small details weren’t missed”? Ji Huan was taken aback by his praise, but he was sensitively aware that Ah Jin’s mood seemed to improve all of a sudden.

Instead of the habitual smile he always pasted in his face, but the smile on Ah Jin’s face now seems to come from the bottom of his heart.

Uh… did I just say something?

“Bird soup is good. This season, the bird-shaped monsters have accumulated fat for the winter. It’s the time when they get fat. I will also look here for a few days. If I see a good one, I will send you some.”

After making a decision on his own with great pleasure. Ah Jin chatted with him for a while, and even asked some grammar questions. Seeing that Ji Huan had accurately answered them, he smiled and hung up the phone

Well……

So what was the purpose of Ah Jin’s call today?

Looking at the phone that had already been hung up, Ji Huan put it on the cabinet, away from the big bed in confusion.

Actually, Ah Jin called today because he was really in a bad mood.

In order to find clues related to the sword of Kolmath, he is now in the distant Utah district, the central area of Winter City.

This place was recommended by Nibru. With a long history and a passion for art collection, the Utah region has a considerable number of antique shops, the history library with the largest collection of books in the world, two famous auctions, and a small yet popular collection exchange.

In addition, the most fundamental reason is that there are people here who may know important clues related to the sword of Kolmath.

That person is the art collector and historian–Gramp. One of the hobbies of this demon who claims to be an art collector is to collect antiquities, especially the antiquities from the era of the Saroye Devil King. However, he has no fixed residence and is generally not found by people.

“However, he often participates in winter auctions in Winter City. This year’s auction list includes items that he will definitely be interested in. I think he will definitely come.” Because Nibru provided such a clue, Ah Jin immediately decided to come here.

However, just an hour ago, three days before the start of the auction, the auctioneer broke the news:

A considerable portion of the auction items have been stolen!

The piece that Gramp must be interested in was also stolen!

The room where the auction items were placed was completely secret, without any trace of opening, but a considerable part of the collectibles disappeared, even the surveillance cameras were missing!

“In this case, it is very likely that he will not come. Now… it is a bit difficult.” Nibru was a little embarrassed.

This unexpected incident made Ah Jin feel a bit unhappy.

After calling the auctioneer, he suddenly saw the name of a contact on the phone, Ji Huan.

Then he made an inexplicable phone call, who knows, after the call, a thought suddenly came to his mind.

“I remember… there is a pair of birds in this auction, right?” Calling Nibru over from the next door, he asked suddenly.

“Yes, there is a pair of birds.” After memorising all the items for this auction, Nibru immediately read out the information about the pair of birds.

“Is this pair of birds… on the stolen list?” Ah Jin asked again.

“No, the stolen items are all antiques. This pair of birds is the only living thing in this auction. They are bulky and didn’t get stolen.”

“Okay, listen, this time I want this pair of birds at all costs.” Ah Jin said slowly, with his dark eyes fixed on the grey demon in front of him.

“Okay.” The gray demon didn’t have any doubts about his employer’s order, but just re-studied the background information of the pair of birds, possible competitors, and the approximate amount of money they needed to prepare to buy them.

Three days later, they successfully bought the pair of birds.

Due to the theft of many precious auction items, the gold content of this auction dropped instantly, and many people cancelled their trips, including Gramp, whom Ah Jin wanted to meet, but Ah Jin stayed and paid a high price and the only pair of living creatures in this auction was sold——

Golden Bird.

After the auction ended, when a reporter interviewed Mr. Firzaha about the reason why he had bought this pair of birds, he only smiled and said:

“I want to go back and cook soup. My family recently likes to drink soup made from bird bones.”

What a local tyrant! Making soup with birds worth millions of golden bars.

Strange to say, although this pair of birds is also considered precious, it is unlikely to fetch such a high price. However, the fact is that several people bid, and in the end, this pair of birds became the most expensive item at the auction this time.

Could it be that the “family members” of rich demons have started to cook soup with birds recently? The more expensive the bird, the better the soup tastes?

The result of Mr. Firzaha’s words is that the price of birds in the market has skyrocketed recently.

The phrase ‘family members’ instantly became the most concerning issue for the public regarding the mysterious identity of Mr. Firzaha’s family, until another version of the news about Mr. Firzaha broke out:

Mr. Firzaha, he really killed that pair of birds and drank soup that day. However, while killing the birds, he unexpectedly discovered all the stolen antiques!

The thief in the secret room was actually two birds! No wonder people can’t find the culprit!

However, the ownership of these antiques has become a problem. According to the principle, Mr. Firzaha, who captured those two birds, has now become the owner of these antiques. However, the total price of these antiques alone exceeds 500 million gold bars, which…

This situation is really full of dramatic twists and turns!

Now, those who accused Mr. Firzaha’s family of being prodigal at the beginning closed their mouths.

This is not prodigal, this is called making money!

No matter how good it is to save money, it cannot compare to legitimate and open source~

Allowing news about himself to spread in the newspapers, Mr. Firzaha, who had black hair, returned all the antiques found in the bird’s belly to the auctioneer. Mr. Gramp, who had originally cancelled his trip, immediately rebooked and went to participate in this temporary auction. After buying his favourite antique, he also took the initiative to visit Mr. Firzaha, who had been making a lot of noise in the newspaper recently.

“Excuse me, did your family… really kill those two birds to make soup?” After talking about the sword of Kolmath, he smiled and asked about some gossip that almost everyone wants to know now.

Turning his dark eyes, the black-haired man looked at the middle-aged man opposite him: “Of course, it’s true.”

One was braised in soy sauce, the other was stewed in soup. After receiving two big birds from Ah Jin for no reason, Ji Huan’s family ate them for three days and finally finished the two fat birds.

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