Chapter Five Hundred and Forty Seven - Emperor Penguin
Drift bottles have another name: wishing bottles.
Human beings will stuff notes with important messages or heartfelt blessings into bottles, seal them, and throw them into the sea. After wandering in the sea for several years, they will wait to be returned to human hands.
When you pick up a drift bottle, the most exciting moment is when you open it, because you don't know what information you will see.
But the drift bottles drift by themselves in the direction of the current. Some sink to the bottom of the sea, some are swallowed by whales, some are entangled in seaweed, and some are washed up on the beach by big waves and are exposed to the sun all year round. You have to be very lucky to reach the hands of humans.
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Xu Qiaoqiao shook the drift bottle on her arm towards Jun Qi, her eyes shining brightly: "This drift bottle belongs to the very lucky category."
After listening to Xu Qiaoqiao's science talk, Jun Qi stared at the drift bottle on her arm and nodded in understanding: "That's it."
Sure enough, human beings are really idle.
However, it is a good channel for information transmission, especially in ancient times when information was underdeveloped. Jun Qi and Xu Qiaoqiao traveled through so many worlds, going to both modern times and ancient times.
"Yes, yes." Xu Qiaoqiao nodded happily. This was the first time she picked up a drift bottle on the sea. She was really looking forward to finding out what was written inside.
Xu Qiaoqiao looked at the drift bottle. The mouth of the bottle was sealed tightly and she didn't know how to open it. She looked at the white paper rolled up inside the bottle and was a little curious about the contents inside.
"Quack quack?"
Jun Qi looked at Xu Qiaoqiao's movements and tilted his head. Qiaoqiao had been looking at the bottle. Could it be that he wanted to open the bottle. Isn't this a simple matter?
As for the glass bottle, it will be fine if it breaks.
is that really so difficult?
And they are like this, even if they open the bottle, there is no way to close it back.
After much deliberation, breaking it into pieces is the safest method.
Ever since, Jun Qi told Xu Qiaoqiao this idea.
"..." Xu Qiaoqiao was stunned. She looked at the drift bottle and then at Jun Qi. Their eyes met in the air. Is this serious?
Jun Qi noticed Xu Qiaoqiao's confusion and nodded heavily: "You can take out the paper by breaking it into pieces."
Moreover, after taking it out, is it possible to put it back again?
Well...
Xu Qiaoqiao scratched her head. This method was indeed the fastest effective, but she still wanted to give it a try. She didn't want to break the bottle and wanted to keep it.
"Quack." I don't want to break this bottle.
You can tell it without having to say it, Jun Qi thought to himself, but it doesn't matter. The bottles on the left and right were picked up by Qiao Qiao herself. She can do whatever she wants, but Jun Qi still feels that she needs to open this bottle.
Bottles can only cause damage.
"Quack." That's fine.
Then Jun Qi asked Xu Qiaoqiao if they wanted to go hunting again. After all, they hadn't eaten for several days, and now their stomachs were in urgent need of filling and their bodies' energy was in urgent need of replenishment.
Xu Qiaoqiao looked at the drift bottle and shook her head at Jun Qi. She could delay it a little longer.
Okay, then you just stay here, okay?
Jun Qi touched Xu Qiaoqiao's head, bent down slightly, and looked at her levelly. When the time comes, I will catch the fish and bring it up to you.
Xu Qiaoqiao nodded and shouted happily to Jun Qi, "Okay." She also took the initiative to rub her face against his black feathers, which was very affectionate. If it weren't for the drift bottle under her arm, she would definitely have hugged him.
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After getting Qiao Qiao's reaction, Jun Qi leaned over, rubbed his cheek against Xu Qiao Qiao's forehead, and patted her head gently, as if he were a child.
With a plop.
Jun Qi let go of Xu Qiaoqiao, turned around and jumped into the water.
Seeing this, Xu Qiaoqiao looked back, looked at the bottle, and thought about how to open it.
There seems to be some kind of glue used on the mouth of the bottle. It's dark, which makes it harder to open.
She laid the bottle horizontally on the ice, stepped on the bottle with one foot, and used the other foot to grind the bottle cap. The bottle was arched and should not be easily crushed by herself.
Xu Qiaoqiao thought so, so she used more and more force, but what she didn't expect was that there was indeed nothing wrong with the bottle, but the foot was also exerting force on the mouth of the bottle.
Relatively slender.
After a few seconds, there was a click.
The bottleneck was directly crushed.
The bottle flipped over because Qiao Qiao didn't use the right force.
Caught off guard, Xu Qiaoqiao failed to step firmly and fell directly to the side.
"Gah!"
She yelled, and the earth spun for a while, and her plump body fell heavily on the ice. Stars appeared in her eyes, and the scene in front of her immediately became hazy. Because of Xu Qiaoqiao's action, the bottle made a "dong" sound and moved forward.
Roll over.
Xu Qiaoqiao: "..."
No...
Woohoo~ I agreed to open the bottle properly, but in the end I ended up using Junjun’s method.
Thinking this, Xu Qiaoqiao slowly got up from the ground, and immediately wanted to look for the bottle. The movement just made was a bit loud, and the bottle would definitely not stay where it was.
She thought so, looked around, and finally found it on an ice layer. The main reason was that even though the surrounding scenery was very ordinary, it was the only one that was shining brightly. To be precise, it was because of the reflection.
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"Gah."
Xu Qiaoqiao walked over and picked up the bottle. The mouth of the bottle looked broken. Needless to say, it was someone's masterpiece. The contents had not fallen out yet. Xu Qiaoqiao tried shaking the bottle and discovered something not good.
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——With her current "hands", she can't take out the paper inside.
Because it was rolled up, the paper stretched out against the body of the bottle. The mouth of the bottle was too narrow. If she had fingers, she could probably hold it, but...
Xu Qiaoqiao looked down at her round little wings. Not to mention her fingers, she didn't even have good hands. She only had a pair of small wings, which were best used for fanning.
She was silent for a few seconds and took a deep breath. It seemed that this bottle was really going to be sacrificed.
After all, this broken state cannot be thrown back into the sea.
Thinking about it this way, Xu Qiaoqiao felt a little guilty. After all, you were picked up by a fake penguin and were not a real human being.
Tsk tsk.
Xu Qiaoqiao walked slightly further to the shore, then picked up the drift bottle with her two little wings, then raised it high and threw it to the ground.
A crisp breaking sound sounded.
The beautiful bottle was torn into pieces, and the ground was covered with shards of glass. Xu Qiaoqiao slowly squatted down, instead of walking forward, he leaned over with his head, picked up the piece of paper, and staggered toward the back.
As for the glass slag, just clean it up when the time comes.
After all, the way emperor penguins come ashore is to slide on the ice with their bellies. Who knows whether they will get these glass fragments wrapped in them.
"Gah." What exactly is it? I'm a little curious.
Xu Qiaoqiao walked to the side and slowly spread the paper.
This is a simple drawing, like a colorful simple drawing drawn by a child. In the painting, there is a little girl with two pigtails. The little girl is smiling happily, her face is red, and her hands are
He was holding a balloon on his head and swinging happily.
There are a few white clouds in the sky, a few birds are flying there, the sun also shows his little face, and there are some beautiful flowers growing on the grass on the ground.
The whole painting feels very lively and energetic. Xu Qiaoqiao blinked her eyes and felt much better after seeing such a painting. But is this a painting?
No text?
Xu Qiaoqiao thought this way and slowly turned the painting over. There were words in Chinese, his mother tongue.
Xu Qiaoqiao suddenly felt a lot more friendly, and then she lowered her head slightly and read the words above carefully.
——My little baby Xixi, I hope you can swing healthily and live happily in your next life.
"..." No, Xu Qiaoqiao's happy mood disappeared instantly. She touched her little head and looked at the words on the paper. She felt a little heavy. She touched the words on it and found that the ink had already dried.
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The edges of the paper are also slightly yellowed. This painting must have been treasured by the owner for a long time.
"Gah..."
Xu Qiaoqiao made a meaningless syllable. Things like death are always very heavy. Although she has experienced it many times and can look at it normally, the premise of these things is that she will have another world.
, I will meet Junjun again in the next world.
Because of this incident, Xu Qiaoqiao is still very confident about death.
But ordinary people are different. These people in the small world will not have an afterlife.
Xu Qiaoqiao couldn't explain clearly, she felt slightly melancholy. She didn't know the owner of the painting, nor the owner of the drift bottle, but for such a young life, she couldn't be too happy.
This kid named Xi Xi must be a very lively kid to be able to draw such colorful paintings.
Although I have never met you, this little kid named Xixi, I hope you have thrived in another world.
Because, sister, I have already picked up your drift bottle. Although I don’t know whether your mother or father put the bottle in it, but if it was picked up, it means that the wish will come true.
The wind at the seaside is very gentle, blowing gently by my ears, carrying the breath of the sea. There are several calls of seabirds in the distant sky. There are white clouds in the sky. The sun is still bright and warm. I am always alive.
It is good.
Xu Qiaoqiao calmed down, turned the painting over again, and began to appreciate the painting.
At this moment, a black and white figure shot over from the shore not far away. Xu Qiaoqiao listened to the noise over there and immediately turned his head, and saw Junjun rising gracefully from the ice. He
There was a fish flapping vigorously next to his feet.
"Quack!" Junjun!
Xu Qiaoqiao was afraid that Jun Qi would not be able to find her, so she quickly called him to indicate that she was here.
"Gah?"
Jun Qi also shouted, turned around, and when he saw Xu Qiaoqiao's figure, he quickly bent down, hoisted the fish up, and ran towards Xu Qiaoqiao in a hurry.
When he ran over, he also noticed the glass shards not far away and the piece of paper in front of Qiao Qiao.
Jun Qi blinked his eyes a few times and made up his mind. It seemed that he finally adopted his own method of taking out the paper inside.
"Quack." Junjun!
Xu Qiaoqiao called out to Jun Qi again. When she saw the fat fish in his mouth, she laughed happily and waved her little wings towards him, gesturing for him to come to her.
Just when Xu Qiaoqiao was about to tell Jun Qi about this painting, Jun Qi patted Xu Qiaoqiao on the head, and then pointed to the fish in his mouth. The meaning was very clear: do the food first, no matter what you have to do
, finish eating this fish first.
Well, Xu Qiaoqiao is very good at this time. Although the painting is very important, the growling of the stomach is more important.
After Jun Qi watched Xu Qiaoqiao obediently finish the fish, he followed her line of sight and looked at the painting with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
"Quack?" Is this what's in the drift bottle?
Xu Qiaoqiao nodded. She walked to the shore, squatted down, sucked on her little wings, washed away the grease on them, and then slowly walked to Jun Qi.
"Quack——" Yes, look, there are words on the back.
Xu Qiaoqiao turned the painting over and let Jun Qi see the words written on the back of the painting. There were some water stains on the ice, and some parts of the back of the painting were wet.
When Jun Qi saw the words on the back, he blinked and turned to look at Xu Qiaoqiao. Without saying anything, he turned around and hugged her.
He understood the words above and what they meant.
After a few seconds, Xu Qiaoqiao reacted and hugged Jun Qi back.
"Quack?" Are you uncomfortable?
His Qiao Qiao is full of emotions and will definitely not be happy seeing these things related to death, especially when such a young child leaves this world.
Xu Qiaoqiao narrowed her eyes slightly and rubbed her face against Jun Qi's shoulder several times: "To be honest, it was quite uncomfortable when I first saw it. It felt a little heavy."
--I know.
Jun Qi patted Qiao Qiao on the back of his head, looked at the white paper from the corner of his eye, and asked another question.
——Have you thought of them?
It goes without saying who they are.
Xu Qiaoqiao was stunned for a few seconds, and then nodded slightly, her eyes becoming a little moist. She knew that she was older now, and was already a nine-year-old emperor penguin. She might not be able to tell whether she will be next year, this year, or after.
I will leave this world in two years.
As you get older, you will always think of things from the past.
At this time before, Junjun had no memory, and no one told Qiaoqiao these things, so he could only think about them silently.
In fact, she is doing well. Nature is so cruel, but every pup she raises is very healthy, has grown up smoothly, and has a very lively personality. She is very satisfied.