My wife is a squeamish bag

Chapter 266 Poor Xiaohua's Family
"Erlang, tell me, what does it eat?"

An Beibei frowned and looked at the wilting little red bird in front of her, and asked in distress.

But don't just eat bugs!

Qi Jingyu thought for a while, and brought back a small handful of wheat. The little guy's sharp beak lightly poked the delicious food in front of him, but he couldn't stop eating for a long time.

Seeing that it refused to eat, An Beibei put a handful of wheat in the palm of her hand and handed it to it.

"Beware of the beak pecking your hands."

Qi Jingyu hurriedly pulled her back.

An Beibei looked back at him and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's still so small."

After finishing speaking, he handed the wheat in his hand to it again, "Eat it, little guy."

The little red bird looked at it with round eyes, touched her palm hesitantly, then carefully picked up a grain of wheat and ate it.

Then, the small eyeballs suddenly widened, and quickly pecked at An Beibei's palm.

"Sigh~"

An Beibei let out a low cry.

"What's the matter? Did you get pecked?"

Qi Jingyu hurriedly pulled her hand back, An Beibei smiled and shook her head, "No, it's itching."

"Don't feed it with your hands, let it eat what is on the table by itself, and you will be hungry if you don't eat."

Qi Jingyu gave the little red bird a cold look. The little guy seemed to feel threatened, and immediately shrank himself into a ball, looking at An Beibei pitifully.

"Don't, it's still a wounded person."

Unable to bear it, An Beibei handed over her palm again.

The little red bird stopped eating after a few pecks, and lay down on the table a little limply.

Because one side of the wing was tied with small pieces of wood, it could not keep its balance, so An Beibei asked Qi Jingyu to weave a small bamboo nest for it, spread soft hay on it, and put a layer of rags on top to make it comfortable lying in the nest.

Qi Jingyu was very upset when he saw the little red bird, but when he thought that if they had children in the future, Beibei would be so caring, and his heart overflowed with satisfaction and sweetness.

After setting up the little red bird, An Beibei remembered that his current priority was to extract potassium sulfate.

However, without experimental equipment, how to do it?
"what happened?"

Seeing her sour face, Qi Jingyu asked with concern.

"No utensils available."

"What kind of utensils do you want, you tell me, and I will prepare them."

An Beibei opened her mouth, it was useless to say it, she had better think about what could be replaced, it was all her fault for not thinking carefully before.

"Hmm... I don't know if there are any extra usable pots and pans at home, or clay pots. If not, let's see if we can use stones instead. By the way, we have to find a hidden place to do these, maybe There is a certain danger."

As soon as Qi Jingyu heard that there was danger, Qi Jingyu frowned, and just about to stop him, he heard An Beibei swear: "But don't worry, I am good at this, and I can control it very well. At most, it may start a small fire and so on, as long as they are separated by stones or the like, it will be fine.”

Qi Jingyu pondered for a moment, "You stay at home obediently, and I will prepare the utensils you need."

"Yeah, thank you Erlang."

An Beibei hugged his neck and tiptoed to press a sweet kiss on his cheek.

Qi Jingyu's eyes darkened, and he immediately supported her small head unceremoniously, and kissed her hard.

While Qi Jingyu was preparing equipment, An Beibei was not idle, and made detailed records of the composition ratios in the two ores, saltpeter and sulfur, and then calculated the differences based on various situations that may occur in chemical reactions. The ratio of the oxidizing agent, if you look carefully, there is still a reducing agent.

But this is not difficult, ready-made charcoal will do.

It's just that there are too many impurities in the charcoal at home, so she plans to find some more suitable wood.

Everything is ready, it is almost dusk.

An Beibei stretched, opened the door and walked out.

"Second aunt, look, I found something to eat for the little red bird."

Jiaxuan and Mingyou were standing around the little red bird's nest, holding a limp fleshy worm in their hands.

An Beibei couldn't bear to look directly at her. Although she was not so afraid of snakes and insects anymore, she still felt conflicted in her heart, and hurriedly said, "It eats wheat, but not insects..."

Before the words finished, the little red bird purred, took the worm into its mouth and swallowed it.

"Look, Second Aunt, it likes to eat bugs."

Jiaxuan said happily from the side, and then took Mingyou's hand: "Brother, let's catch worms for the little red bird to eat!"

An Beibei stroked her forehead.

Jiaxuan, a little guy who likes the new and dislikes the old, has forgotten the little flower that he once loved so much after having the little red bird.

Poor Xiaohua's family, now they have become the rations of the little red bird.

Mingyou didn't move, looking at An Beibei, An Beibei waved his hand, "Go, go, from now on, the little red bird's food will belong to you two."

"Second Aunt, don't worry, Jiaxuan and I promise to feed him until he's plump."

"Brother, it's red and fat."

An Beibei couldn't help laughing, leaned over and touched Jiaxuan's little head, "Well, Jiaxuan is right, why don't we give it a name, look, its feathers are as red as fire, so it's called fire Are you okay?"

"Huo'er sounds good." Mingyou affirmed with a stern face.

"It sounds good."

Jiaxuan slapped her hands and cheered, "Huo'er, be good, brother and sister will catch bugs for you!"

As soon as the two little guys went out holding hands, they ran into Qi Jingyu who had just returned from outside.

"Second Uncle, let's go catch bugs for Huo'er to eat."

Jiaxuan said happily.

"fire?"

"It's the name I gave the little red bird."

An Beibei came out and replied with a smile, "Have you found anything?"

"Well, it's all ready, I'll take you to see it tomorrow."

Early the next morning, An Beibei was taken to a small mountain depression by Qi Jingyu.

Next to the small col, there is a pile of gravel beaches. Not far away, there is a small pool, and a small stream runs across it.

An Beibei was very satisfied with the place Qi Jingyu found.

"This place is not bad. The col can shelter from the wind and rain, and can also block part of the smoke. The stones around it can prevent the fire from spreading, and it's easy to get water. How did you find it?"

"Look carefully, do you think it looks familiar?"

An Beibei looked up at the high mountains on both sides, "Hey, it seems to be similar to the area around the saltpeter mine we found before."

"Smart, here is only four or five miles away from the ore cave, and you can see it when you turn over the mountain."

An Beibei's eyes lit up, "That's just right, it will be much easier for us to get saltpeter."

Soon, An Beibei started to get busy with the broken pots and bowls that Qi Jingyu had collected from somewhere.

After working for a while, she felt like crying.

With clumsy hands and weak strength, and primitive and backward equipment, many things cannot be operated at all.

In the end, the whole operation process became An Beibei talking and Qi Jingyu doing it.

Not to mention, Qi Jingyu's hands-on ability is really super strong, throwing An Beibei is not only a few streets, it is simply a few highways!

"boom!"

"It's done!"

An Beibei looked at the small stone pit that was blasted, and said excitedly.

(End of this chapter)