On October 18, after days of cold weather, it finally snowed.
Jiang Xuan stood at the door, watching the snowflakes falling, but his heart no longer felt the same tension as last year.
Because the Vine Tribe has plenty of food this year, there is no need to worry about winter famine.
Tang Yuan lay in the bamboo shed, curled up into a big purple ball, opened his eyes, saw Jiang Xuan, stretched his neck, yawned, hid his head in the feathers and went to sleep.
Birds of prey also need to hunt in winter, otherwise they will starve to death because they do not hibernate.
For example, Lao Wu's black giant eagle will go out and fly around almost every noon, when the temperature is the highest, to prey on animals that are also not hibernating.
Tangyuan is different. It is too young and has not learned to fly. If it runs with its claws, it will be difficult for it to catch prey in such a cold winter.
So it can only lie in its nest and sleep, and when the black giant eagle comes back from hunting, it can have a meal without feeling embarrassed at all.
Yes, glutinous rice balls have learned how to "eat".
After overcoming its initial fear, it seemed to regard the giant black eagle as its "uncle" and often went there to eat.
The strange thing is that the black giant eagle doesn't mind it and has never chased it away. It seems that it really treats it as a junior.
"Bah!"
A sharp cry suddenly came from above the Vine Tribe.
Then, the huge black eagle grabbed a prey and landed on the ground.
Tang Yuan, who was sleeping in the bamboo shed, instantly pulled his head out of his feathers, and the whole bird became energetic.
It immediately stood up, flapped its wings, skillfully pushed open the wood supporting the door, grabbed the crossbar on the door, and opened the courtyard door.
Then, Tang Yuan quickly ran towards the black giant eagle, leaving only a line of deep bird claw marks on the snow on the ground.
"Going to eat meat again?"
Jiang Xuan looked helplessly at the glutinous rice balls going away, feeling that this guy was so shameless.
However, he then thought that glutinous rice balls may not understand what "face" is at all, and it just fills his stomach.
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Tangyuan waddled out of the bamboo forest, and then went straight to the place where the black giant eagle lived.
Perhaps with the arrival of winter, the black giant eagle built a large nest using trees, branches, reeds and other materials next to the bamboo house, and slept in the giant eagle's nest at night.
Wild eagles usually build their nests on mountain peaks or cliffs, but this giant black eagle has been accustomed to building its nest on the ground because it has lived with people since it was a child.
What the giant black eagle captured today was a wild boar. It placed the wild boar next to the eagle's nest and kept pecking at it.
Right here, the glutinous rice balls are coming.
"Er, er, er..."
Tangyuan ran to the huge eagle's nest and called twice. The black giant eagle looked at it and then continued to eat meat.
Seeing that the black giant eagle didn't respond, Tangyuan flapped its wings and climbed up from the edge of the eagle's nest. Then it came close to the wild boar and took a tentative peck.
The giant eagle still didn't object, and immediately started pecking the glutinous rice balls happily, eating the meat very quickly.
When the giant eagle and glutinous rice balls were full, only the remains of an adult wild boar weighing more than 1,000 kilograms were left.
"Crack!"
The giant eagle picked up the wild boar's bones and threw them outside the eagle's nest. There were many skeletons like this accumulated next to the eagle's nest.
After eating, Tangyuan was ready to leave. It still wanted to jump down from the edge of the eagle's nest, leaning on the trees extending out, like jumping off steps.
However, when it stood on the edge of the eagle's nest, the black giant eagle suddenly pushed it with its head and pushed it directly outside the eagle's nest.
"Hey..."
Tangyuan was startled, but the bird's instinct made it flap its wings quickly, and it actually flew a short distance before landing on the ground.
Tangyuan turned around and looked at the black giant eagle at a loss, not understanding why it was pushed down.
The giant black eagle stood up from the eagle's nest, then suddenly flapped its wings and swooped towards Tangyuan.
Tangyuan was frightened and turned around to run away.
Then, after running a few steps, it was caught up by the giant black eagle, and a terrifying and huge talon grabbed the glutinous rice ball entirely.
"Huhuhu..."
The giant black eagle actually flew into the sky with the glutinous rice balls.
"Er...Er..."
The panicked glutinous rice balls screamed loudly, the sound was very miserable.
"Tangyuan, what happened?"
When Jiang Xuan heard the cry of glutinous rice balls, he immediately rushed out of the bamboo house, and then saw the black giant eagle flying into the sky grabbing the glutinous rice balls.
Jiang Xuan's heart tightened, and he hurried towards the old witch.
"Old witch, old witch..."
When Jiang Xuan ran to the bamboo house where the old witch lived, he found the old witch standing at the door, watching the dumplings being grabbed by the black giant eagle and spiraling up in circles.
"Old witch, why did the giant eagle take away the glutinous rice balls?"
Jiang Xuan ran to the old witch and asked anxiously.
The old witch smiled and said: "Don't worry, the giant eagle will not hurt Tangyuan. Its claws are not strong. Otherwise, do you think Tangyuan can still scream so loudly?"
After the old witch's reminder, the anxious Jiang Xuan immediately reacted.
The claws of the black giant eagle can instantly pierce even large beasts, let alone small glutinous rice balls.
"Then why did the giant eagle catch the dumplings in the sky?" Jiang Xuan asked doubtfully.
The old witch smiled and said: "The glutinous rice ball's feathers are full and its wings are powerful, but because it has been living on the ground, there is no mother bird to teach it to fly, so it can only walk on the ground."
"Now, the giant eagle has brought it into the sky so that it can learn to fly as soon as possible."
"So that's it."
After listening to the old witch's explanation, Jiang Xuan suddenly realized.
Then, the two of them looked up at the sky to see how the giant eagle taught Tang Yuan to fly.
Not only them, but other people in the Teng tribe were also attracted by the screams of glutinous rice balls. After understanding the situation, they all looked up at the sky.
In the sky, the giant eagle spiraled up into the sky with the glutinous rice balls. After flying to a certain height, the giant eagle suddenly released its talons, and the glutinous rice balls fell down screaming in the wind and snow.
"Flap, slap, fan..."
Instinct drove Tangyuan to open its wings and flap desperately to stop the falling trend.
It swayed in the air as if it was drunk, but its falling speed slowed down significantly.
"Bah!"
The black giant eagle slightly folded its wings and flew around the glutinous rice balls without leaving too far.
Not long after, the swaying glutinous rice balls finally landed on the ground, but instead of landing on the open space of the Vine Tribe, they landed on the top of a big tree in the nearby forest.
Just when Tangyuan breathed a sigh of relief, the giant eagle swooped past, and its terrifying talons accurately caught it, and brought it up into the sky.
"Er...Er..."
Tangyuan continued to scream, but it was of no use to the giant eagle. It was still carried high into the sky and continued to be thrown down by the giant eagle.
This time, Tang Yuan had a little more experience. As soon as he was thrown, he spread his wings and flew with all his strength, instead of falling like before.
On the ground, Jiang Xuan watched the glutinous rice balls being thrown over and over again by the giant eagle, and sighed: "Learning to fly is not easy."
But the old witch shook his head and said: "Your bird is pretty good. There is a giant eagle to help it. If it were in the wild, those chicks would have to train their wings to be strong enough on the edge of the cliff and learn to fly."
"If they happen to fall from the nest when the mother bird is out foraging and cannot fly back to the nest on their own, they will be eaten by predatory beasts."
After listening to the old witch's words, Jiang Xuan suddenly remembered that the dumpling was found at the foot of a steep mountain. Could it be that it was the unlucky guy who fell from the nest?
The more Jiang Xuan thought about it, the more likely it became, but this matter could not be verified.
Tang Yuan was also lucky to be found by Jiang Xuan first, otherwise, he would probably have been eaten by a predatory beast.
In the sky, after being thrown several times in a row, Tangyuan has mastered some flying skills, but it is still unable to fly independently.
To be continued...