"Mom, can we not raise them?" Mo Xuan looked at Shen Yao with hopeful eyes.
Shen Yao: ...
"Don't be so petty. You wanted to eat Huohuo's egg back then, otherwise she wouldn't have chased you for two li."
When Mo Xuan was still young, one day when she was not home, Mo Xuan was hungry, so he transformed into his original form to find food. He happened to see a nest of eggs and crawled over to swallow one.
Later, the peacock mother who had returned saw it, stepped on Mo Xuan, and forced Mo Xuan to spit out the egg.
Fortunately, the egg didn't break, otherwise Mo Xuan would have been more than just chased for two li.
That was a peacock that had cultivated sentience, and its bloodline was relatively close to returning to its ancestor.
"Tch."
Mo Xuan let out a cold sneer. Knowing that he couldn't change Shen Yao's mind, he walked away by himself. He really hated peacocks!
However, Xiao Jun wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity. "Haha, it's too funny. I didn't expect you to be chased and pecked by a peacock for two li!"
"You're too useless, you can't even outrun a peacock, and you have such a big body!"
"I've heard of being chased by chickens and herded by geese, but this is the first time I've heard of being chased by a peacock!"
Xiao Jun was finally able to hold his head high, and he had finally evened the score.
"What do you know, kid? That thing can fly!" Mo Xuan said.
Otherwise, how could he have lost to it!
Shen Yao stopped watching the two of them bicker and walked to another incubator specially set aside by Boss Chen for raising young peacocks.
Originally, after the young peacocks hatched, they could wander around on their own once their feathers dried. However, Boss Chen was worried that peacocks might also carry different viruses, so he kept them isolated in the incubator.
"It's these three young peacocks. They are Indian peafowl that can be raised domestically. If you want to raise them, you might need to go through some procedures," Boss Chen said.
Although Indian peafowl can be raised domestically, procedures are still required. (White peacocks and Indian peafowl can be raised at home as long as the procedures are complete, but green peafowl cannot. Do you hear me? They can sew!)
"That's not a problem. My farm also needs to go through procedures, so we can just do them together," Shen Huaijin said.
He dared to say that their family was the most suitable one to raise peacocks in the entire Puhe County, without exception!
Hearing Shen Huaijin say this, Boss Chen was relieved. "That's good. I was really worried that I might have done more harm than good."
"Then we've decided on my batch of chicks and peacocks. When can you deliver them?" Shen Huaijin asked.
During the days he stayed at home, watching his family members busy themselves while he was idle, it was an understatement to say he was anxious.
Finally, his younger sister was willing to wash his marrow. He had to quickly get the farm in the back mountain up and running.
"They just hatched not long ago. I'll deliver them to you in another week. The survival rate will be higher then," Boss Chen wasn't the type to engage in unscrupulous business.
Even though Shen Huaijin was in a hurry, he decided to let the chicks adapt to the environment first.
"Okay, a week is just right. We're reinforcing the back mountain now," Shen Huaijin said.
Shen Huaijin ordered 8,000 chicks. The boss not only gave them the three young peacocks but also heard that they had a pond at their farm and sent them several ducklings.
Ducklings were considerably more expensive than chicks, so both parties had a very pleasant cooperation.
When they left, everyone except Mo Xuan had smiles on their faces, because after Xiao Jun slipped for the third time, Shen Yao had Mo Xuan carry Xiao Jun down the mountain again.
Mo Xuan saw Xiao Jun's smug smile and knew that he was faking it, but there was nothing he could do about it. His mother wouldn't listen to his explanation.
Xiao Jun's curiosity was satisfied, and he chattered non-stop on the way back.
Everyone understood that although Xiao Jun had his own perception for these five years, his personality was still about the same as a 12 or 13-year-old, a complete child.
When they returned to the Shen family, it was already time for dinner. When Shen Yao and the others returned, the Shen family was all eating.
"Come and eat with us quickly," Mom Shen quickly beckoned Xiao Jun and Luo Yunping to sit down and eat.
During Xiao Jun's recovery here, he had already become quite familiar with the Shen family. They also knew that the Shen family's meals were much tastier than those at the farm!
The Shen family: Of course! The farm's food was watered with diluted spiritual spring water, but their rice and vegetables were grown in the spatial dimension!
After dinner, Shen Yao took out the three young peacocks and asked Dad Shen to help create a peacock shed in a corner of the farm.
Dad Shen was even more surprised when he heard that Shen Yao had brought back peacocks. He readily agreed that the peacock shed would be his responsibility.
Shen Yao didn't bring these peacocks back to the Shen family to raise. She found a large wire mesh and enclosed a corner, then released the peacocks.
As soon as they arrived in the unfamiliar place, the young peacocks huddled in the corner, chirping incessantly.
Shen Yao looked around and, seeing that no one was looking at her, quietly poured spiritual spring water into their drinking trough.
This small trough was made by Shen's second brother when he was raising livestock. Because it was too small, it had been idle. Shen Yao's mother found it and placed it there.
Then, after sprinkling some rice grains and vegetable leaves inside, the young peacocks temporarily settled here.
Perhaps it was the allure of the spiritual spring water and the spatial dimension vegetables and rice grains, but the little peacocks, who had been huddled in the corner, were already eagerly pecking at the rice.
Indeed, creatures like animals that have not yet developed intelligence are naturally compatible with spiritual energy.
Shen Yao and the others were making quite a commotion, and many guests were paying attention. When they learned that they had brought back young peacocks, they excitedly gathered around.
They had seen many peacocks in the zoo, but this was the first time they had seen someone raising them, and young peacocks at that. They were naturally curious.
Young peacocks were gray and fluffy, but they were also very cute, especially when they were burying their heads and eating voraciously.
Many parents with children did not forget to lecture their children.
A parent: "Look, the little peacocks know to eat well, so they can grow tall."
Child: "But I don't want to grow tall, I want to grow handsome!"
...
Parent: "Then tell me, are peacocks beautiful?"
Child: "Beautiful."
Parent: "Exactly! Why are peacocks so beautiful? It's because they eat obediently, so they grow up to be so beautiful. If you want to grow up to be handsome, you also have to eat obediently, understand?"
Child: "I understand, I will definitely eat well from now on!"