Chapter 373

"It's not a big bird; I heard my dad say this is called a Gyrfalcon."

"It is a big bird!"

"It's not a big bird, it's a Gyrfalcon!"

The children started arguing.

Many of them hadn't even seen an eagle before.

"Stop arguing, listen to me!"

"Bird is a general term for a category; sparrows are birds, magpies are birds, eagles are birds, and Gyrfalcons are also birds."

"Birds include Gyrfalcons; the Gyrfalcon is a classification within birds."

Wan Ping'an explained to the children.

He was so annoyed by the noise that his head was spinning!

"Brother, can I touch her?"

Niuniu from the Sun family ran to the front, looking at Wan Ping'an with eager eyes.

"Fine, but don't touch it hard!"

Wan Ping'an let the Gyrfalcon land on his left forearm and ordered it not to hurt anyone.

Otherwise.

It wouldn't let anyone other than Wan Ping'an touch it.

Niuniu stretched out her hand cautiously; when she was about to touch the Gyrfalcon, she shrank back, then stretched it out again, and only touched it on the third try.

"I touched it, I touched it!"

Niuniu jumped for joy.

What she was excited about wasn't how it felt to touch it, but that she had touched it!

The children were all overjoyed and were all clamoring to touch the Gyrfalcon.

Wan Ping'an made them line up, and everyone touched it once; the children finally let him go, but they still followed him all the way to the backyard.

Wan Ping'an was just about to open the door.

Yi Zhonghai came over.

"Wan Ping'an, is the Gyrfalcon something you're raising?"

Yi Zhonghai questioned.

"I'm raising it, so what?"

Wan Ping'an frowned slightly.

Was this old guy Yi Zhonghai looking for a beating again?

"I'm asking you, does the Gyrfalcon need to eat meat?"

"Are you using meat to feed it?"

Yi Zhonghai smiled triumphantly.

"Nonsense, if I don't feed it meat, should I feed it stones?"

Wan Ping'an roughly understood that Yi Zhonghai was here to disgust him.

"Wan Ping'an, this is where you are in the wrong."

"Look at everyone here; many people have trouble even getting enough to eat, yet you are so extravagant as to raise a Gyrfalcon, and you feed it fresh meat every day!"

"Your lifestyle is too corrupt!"

Yi Zhonghai lectured Wan Ping'an.

"The First Elder is right."

"Wan Ping'an, you are too selfish."

"You shouldn't be raising a Gyrfalcon; you should be using the meat you feed the Gyrfalcon to help poor families, like our family, which is very poor!"

Jia Zhangshi hated Wan Ping'an.

She stood up to accuse him.

"As the First Elder of the Sihe Academy, I cannot watch you be corrupted."

"I order you to kill the Gyrfalcon and distribute the Gyrfalcon's meat—the meat you use to feed the Gyrfalcon—to the poor families in need."

Yi Zhonghai had thought for two or three days and finally thought of a way to deal with Wan Ping'an.

He couldn't drive Wan Ping'an out, but he could disgust him!

"You want to kill the Gyrfalcon?"

"Is this your decision?"

Wan Ping'an smiled.

His Gyrfalcon wasn't a wild bird anymore; it was a bird with a file record and an official status!

"You—what do you mean?"

Yi Zhonghai had a bad premonition.

"Seeing Shazhu, come and tell him, what is the status of my Gyrfalcon?"

Wan Ping'an smiled.

He pulled Seeing Shazhu out of the crowd of onlookers.

He made him go against Yi Zhonghai.

"First Elder, this afternoon, Director Wang from the Nongke Academy came to find Wan Ping'an and reached an agreement with him to use the Gyrfalcon to drive away sparrows."

"The Gyrfalcon is registered at the Nongke Academy and has an official status!"

Seeing Shazhu was a bit reluctant.

What?

Yi Zhonghai was stunned.

He had thought the Gyrfalcon was just something Wan Ping'an was raising for fun.

He didn't expect him to be cooperating with the Nongke Academy to use the Gyrfalcon to protect the rice fields and drive away sparrows and other birds that came to steal food; how could he kill it now?

If he dared to kill it, he might face imprisonment!

"First Elder, come on, the Gyrfalcon is right here; do you still dare to kill it?"

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's face change.

Wan Ping'an was very satisfied.

Hmph!

Yi Zhonghai's face burned, and he turned and fled.

He had embarrassed himself again!

He never expected that even when Wan Ping'an raised a bird, it would be different from others.

Others raised birds to play with.

Wan Ping'an raised a bird to protect farmland, and it was even officially registered!

The Deaf Old Lady was also watching the fun, and she shook her head and sighed!

Jia Zhangshi fled home in a sorry state.

"Dongxu, did you see the Gyrfalcon that Wan Ping'an brought back?"

Jia Zhangshi suddenly asked.

"I saw it, it's very spirited, it truly deserves to be the God of Ten Thousand Eagles!"

Jia Dongxu nodded.

"Wait, Mom, what do you mean by asking that?"

"You aren't asking me to go steal the Gyrfalcon—no, take it, are you?"

"Mom, do you want me dead?"

"The Gyrfalcon is very powerful; even if it's a fledgling, it's not that easy to catch, not to mention it has an official registration—it would be a huge disaster!"

Jia Dongxu broke out in a cold sweat.

He made up his mind that this time, no matter what, he wouldn't listen to Jia Zhangshi.

He absolutely wouldn't go!

He would rather be beaten by Jia Zhangshi!