I have a wildlife zoo

Chapter 321 Opening of the Tropical Rainforest Aviary

"I'm back! Yingying~"

After Liu Xueqing got home from work, she didn't see her little daughter Yingying in the living room as usual.

Yingying wasn't playing with toys on the floor, nor watching cartoons!

Yingying's grandfather sat on the sofa, watching a war drama with focused attention. If Yingying wanted to watch cartoons, he would go back to his own room and lie in bed, listening to the radio.

Seeing Yingying's grandfather engrossed in watching TV, Liu Xueqing asked with some puzzlement to the grandmother who was busy in the kitchen, "Huh, where is Yingying?"

The grandmother said, "She's back, in her room."

Huh, that's really strange, what is she doing if she isn't playing.

Liu Xueqing went to the room to look for Yingying and found her sitting on the bed with a sad face.

She became somewhat anxious, instantly thinking of various distressing incidents reported in the news, wondering if Yingying had been mistreated at kindergarten.

Yingying's father looked completely relaxed. Seeing her come in, he smiled and said, "It seems like she had some unpleasantness with the other kids at kindergarten today!"

"What happened?" Liu Xueqing asked softly, crouching down.

Yingying replied sullenly, "Today we played house, and I wanted to be the mother, but Yuyu also wanted to be the mother. So, I went first as the daughter, but when I was done being the daughter, Yuyu still wanted to be the mother."

Liu Xueqing let out a sigh of relief; she thought it was something serious.

But that's how little kids are! Even a small matter could make them sad.

When she first took her to kindergarten, Yingying lay on the ground, throwing a tantrum and not wanting to go, crying nonstop. Yingying's father stood beside her heartlessly laughing, even taking pictures to commemorate the moment. After lying there for a while, Yingying felt the ground was cold and got up on her own.

After staying in kindergarten for a while and starting to like it, she didn't want to go home. When saying goodbye to her friends, she would pout and cry, reluctant to leave. It was only when the grandmother said they had bought a watermelon at home and she could have delicious watermelon that they managed to coax her back.

Liu Xueqing pretended to have a sudden realization and said, "Oh! You had agreed to take turns being the mother, but Yuyu was being stubborn, right?"

"Mhm!"

Yingying nodded repeatedly, looking very aggrieved.

"That behavior is indeed not good. What we agree on, we must keep our word, right? Next time you go to kindergarten, tell Yuyu that if she doesn't keep the promise, you won't play with her again!"

Yingying felt that her mother understood her, and her mood improved slightly!

Liu Xueqing then used the distraction technique and said, "By the way, we are off tomorrow. How about we go to the zoo? The zoo has opened a new aviary with lots of pretty birds!"

Sure enough, Yingying took the bait, showing an intrigued expression and asked in a milky voice, "Pretty birds?"

Liu Xueqing said animatedly, "When we went to the zoo before, didn't we see peafowl and macaws? Aren't their feathers colorful and pretty? All the birds in the aviary are beautiful!"

The tropical rainforest aviary is now the exhibition area that has taken the longest to construct at Linhai Zoo!

Without the help of the system, the construction might have taken over a year and cost a lot of money. It wouldn't have been possible to build it without a couple of hundred million, but now it's finally open for business.

Learning from the past lesson when Yingying kept talking about red pandas for a whole week, clinging to her every day wanting to see the "panda," which frustrated her tremendously.

This time, although she had received the news in advance through the official account and had planned to take Yingying there, she hadn't told her.

The timing was perfect when she revealed the plan!

Yingying, who had been extremely sad just moments ago, suddenly forgot the unpleasantness with the other kids at kindergarten, and became happily exuberant, saying, "See the birds! See the birds!"

She spread her arms, imitating a little bird, and ran around the room.

Liu Xueqing smiled helplessly and exchanged a knowing glance with Yingying's father.

Liu Xueqing thought: Little kids are really not easy to please!

Yingying's father thought: Little kids are too easy to please!

Because Linhai Zoo now had a new Animal Restaurant and Lion Restaurant, not only were the prices affordable, but the food tasted quite good too, so Liu Xueqing no longer needed to prepare a packed lunch in advance.

Asking Yingying's grandfather, he expressed that he could not walk well and did not want to go.

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The next day, Yingying's father started the car, carrying the family of three to the zoo.

The weather today was also nice; the autumn sun was very comfortable, and a gentle, refreshing breeze blew by, making one's mood pleasant.

Yingying was wearing a pink T-shirt today, her little face beaming with a smile, hopping around and looking very adorable.

Hopping happily ahead, Liu Xueqing and Yingying's father slowly strolled behind.

"Look!"

At the ticket check, Yingying opened her annual pass, raised it high in her small hand, and seriously showed it to the ticket collector.

The ticket collector smiled and said, "Go in, little friend!"

Following behind, Liu Xueqing couldn't help but pat Yingying's head, chuckling, "Oh my, Yingying, you're never this enthusiastic about going to kindergarten. You really like the zoo, don't you?"

Yingying nodded, "Mhm!"

After all, who wouldn't like such a beautiful and pleasant environment?

In the years before Yingying was born, Liu Xueqing struggled for a living and often worked late into the night. Back then, she had the spirit to endure it, but now her body began to show signs of fatigue, occasionally suffering from insomnia and losing more hair than before.

Now, taking a trip to the zoo, seeing the adorable animals, not only relaxed her mood but also made her sleep better when she went back.

So when chatting with colleagues, she would share her experiences of visiting the zoo, suggesting that they come for a stroll to relax when they had free time. She inadvertently became an advocate for Linhai Zoo, making her colleagues joke about whether she had received advertising fees.

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After entering and walking for a while, they reached a plaza.

Adjacent to the plaza was a wide expanse of lawn, where the green grass swayed with the wind, and lush banyan trees stood like huge umbrellas, with Oriental magpies chirping on the branches, vibrant with life.

The children laughed and chased each other energetically as they ran across it!

Several peafowl strolled leisurely on the lawn, some of them fanning their tails to display their beauty.

Visitors looking at this harmonious and beautiful scene all had light smiles on their faces.

"Huh?"

Yingying's father, looking at the peafowl on the lawn, suddenly voiced his confusion, "Aren't there fewer peafowl?"

There were supposed to be about ten peafowl on the lawn, but now only four remained.

Even if some were hiding out of sight or had flown elsewhere, how could so many disappear all at once?

Liu Xueqing speculated, "Maybe they were moved to the tropical rainforest aviary?"

Indeed, five peafowl had been moved to the tropical rainforest aviary.

For peafowl, the densely wooded environment of the aviary was not very suitable; they preferred open spaces like the lawn where trees were sparse, but being in the aviary improved the display.

The other birds, being new, had a process of adapting to the environment. They might want to hide and not be seen by people, so older staff members were needed to welcome visitors.