Guo Dongyue was called by Zhang Zian. Zhang Zian asked the last renovation worker to send him a message, telling him that the red-headed lovebirds had finished their training and they could be taken away.
Guo Dongyue couldn't believe it. The rich lady who asked him to build a glass greenhouse hired an expert to train the red-headed lovebirds for a long time. However, Zhang Zian only used ten days to train the red-headed lovebirds successfully? If it were someone else, Guo Dongyue wouldn't believe it. However, after witnessing the magical speaking ability of the African grey parrot, he had to believe it.
"Have Little Purple and Yellow Pea Cake learned to talk?" Guo Dongyue asked Zhang Zian.
Zhang Zian gestured to the shop, "Let's talk in the shop."
He led Guo Dongyue to the living room on the second floor. Guo Dongyue saw Little Purple and Yellow Pea Cake standing in front of the grey parrots, as if they were waiting for him.
"Close the door behind you!"
A hoarse, vague, but understandable voice came from Little Purple's beak.
Guo Dongyue was stunned.
"What... what did it say?" He pointed at Little Purple. His fingers, which were usually as steady as a mountain, were trembling.
"It said 'close the door behind you.'" Zhang Zian closed the door of the living room.
Was it a coincidence? It must be a coincidence! Guo Dongyue had never been so overwhelmed. He stared at Little Purple, and then turned around to look at the door behind him, trying to figure out what was going on with his strong logical thinking ability.
Yellow Pea Cake tilted its head to him and said, "Hello, Oriole!"
Oriole? Guo Dongyue was stunned. "Did it think I was a bird?"
Richard jumped over, raised one of its wings and patted Yellow Pea Cake's head, "It's welcome!"
"Debauchery?" Yellow Pea Cake stepped back in fear, and changed its pronunciation, which was still inaccurate. Little Purple dashed out and stood in front of Yellow Pea Cake, as if it was trying to protect its girlfriend.
"Welcome!" Richard said angrily.
"Welcome!" Yellow Pea Cake finally got the pronunciation right.
Guo Dongyue rubbed his eyes. He couldn't believe what he had just seen.
"This..." He pointed at Richard and the two red-headed lovebirds. He didn't know what to ask, although he had a lot of questions to ask.
Zhang Zian said reservedly, "Actually, Richard and I trained the red-headed lovebirds together."
There were two main reasons for the rapid training progress. One was that Richard's previous owner had spent 30 years summarizing and sorting out a set of systematic bird language training methods, and the target of this set of methods was Richard. Richard had personally experienced the effectiveness of this set of methods, and had improved and refined it according to its own feelings. The other reason was that Richard, as a parrot, had learned the language of two of its own kind first, so that they could understand its meaning, which made the teaching process twice the result with half the effort.
Even so, the training process was still very hard. Ever since Richard recovered from his illness, he had devoted himself to this work. It was hard to tell whether he was enjoying it or reminiscing about the past …
According to Richard, sixty to seventy percent of the language used by the red-headed lovebirds expressed their love for each other. Excluding some meaningless mood particles, only twenty to thirty percent or even less of the content was really helpful for training the red-headed lovebirds to speak.
Zhang Zian was glad that he didn't understand. She was clearly abusing him!
"Please sit down," Little Purple said again.
In the natural world, most male creatures rely on their charm to win the favor of the opposite sex. The ways to show off their charm were nothing more than bright feathers, loud voices, or even naked muscles and violence. Therefore, most male creatures in the natural world had more obvious features in appearance and voice than females. It was the same in human society. Males needed to show off things that other males didn't have to attract the opposite sex.
As a male red-headed lovebird, Little Purple usually needed to express its affection by crowing. Therefore, it was more talented in language than Yellow Pea Cake, and it learned to speak faster and more accurately.
Seeing that Guo Dongyue didn't respond, Little Purple repeated, "Please sit down."
Zhang Zian pushed it, and Guo Dongyue woke up from his dream and sat down on the sofa.
"Please have some tea," Yellow Pea Cake said again.
Zhang Zian waved his hand, "Skip this step, he will leave in a moment."
Guo Dongyue stared at Zhang Zian speechlessly, thinking that this person was so lazy …
Richard mimicked the sounds of the red-headed lovebirds and said a few words. Little Purple seemed to understand and said, "Wait a minute, the master will be here soon."
Zhang Zian said, "Raise your arm and stand up."
Guo Dongyue did as he was told. Richard landed on his arm first, and then the two red-headed lovebirds landed on it. One big and two small lovebirds stood side by side, like sparrows on a wire.
"Let's go to the kitchen."
Zhang Zian waved his hand to ask him to follow him.
After entering the kitchen, Zhang Zian lit the gas stove and placed the kettle with a pot of cold water on the stove.
Little Purple stared at the orange flame and said, "The fire is still on! The fire is still on! "
Yellow Pea Cake seemed to have been reminded, and then said, "Be careful! Be careful! "
Last time Zhang Zian went to Guo Dongyue's home, he knew that Aunt Bai, who was responsible for taking care of Guo Dongyue's mother, was not very responsible. She often went out with the stove on and threw out the garbage. Guo Dongyue's mother didn't know that she was sick, and she had to do everything by herself. Guo Dongyue was worried that she would suddenly stop when she was cooking or boiling water, which could be dangerous. Therefore, Zhang Zian asked Richard to teach the two red-headed lovebirds to warn Guo Dongyue as long as there was a flame in the stove.
Guo Dongyue stared at the two red-headed lovebirds on his arm. These two lovebirds would not only be his mother's playmates, but also help her in her life. They would help her avoid injuries and remind her what she needed to do.
"What do you think? Are you satisfied? "Zhang Zian asked.
"Yes, I am very satisfied! Thank you! " Guo Dongyue thanked him sincerely, "I didn't expect you to be so considerate for my mother."
"Fortunately, I didn't fail you." Zhang Zian smiled, "I am ashamed that I only did some small things. You should really thank Richard."
Richard fluttered its wings and flew back to Zhang Zian's shoulder from Guo Dongyue's arm. "Quack! Don't you want to thank me? "
"Thank you, Richard," Guo Dongyue said awkwardly. He was not used to talking to a parrot.
Zhang Zian brought him a birdcage, which was the one he used to bring them here. It was wrapped tightly with cotton cloth. Zhang Zian opened the cage door, and the two red-headed lovebirds flew into the cage one after the other. They went to the water basin and the food trough in the cage to drink water and eat. After eating all the food in the food trough, they landed on the wooden bars in the cage and chattered to each other.
Little Purple's throat moved and suddenly spat out a grayish white ball. It held it in its mouth and brought it to Yellow Pea Cake's mouth, feeding it mouth-to-mouth. Yellow Pea Cake happily opened its mouth and ate it, looking very intimate.
Zhang Zian said, "This is the habit of male lovebirds. When there is not enough food, they would rather starve themselves and spit out the food they ate and feed it to the female lovebirds. That gray ball is it. Although it looks like they are showing off, in fact, it is not! It is a habit, a habit! "
Guo Dongyue was speechless, "Who are you explaining to?"
"Why did you only prepare so little food for them?" He looked at the empty food trough and asked confusedly. The two lovebirds had only eaten a few mouthfuls, which made him feel bad.
Zhang Zian explained, "Because you have to take the bus, and the bus is bumpy. You better not feed them too much. When you get home, don't feed them today. Let them adapt to the environment, and feed them tomorrow."
"Oh, I see," Guo Dongyue said.
Zhang Zian reminded him seriously, "It is not easy to raise red-headed lovebirds. You have to pay more attention … But since your mother has raised red-headed lovebirds for a long time, she should be very experienced in taking care of them. Maybe you can remind her of some of her memories."
"It's getting late, I have to go." Guo Dongyue closed the cage door and said goodbye. "Thank you again!"
Zhang Zian walked him downstairs, watched him leave, and then went back to the shop.
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