Chapter 27: Burning Leeches
The women bathed and changed their clothes, picked up all the dirty clothes, and took them to the sink to wash them.
Liu picked up two slightly thicker wooden sticks and hit her clothes hard, wiping the sweat from her forehead from time to time.
Seeing that she was struggling, Qin Xiangnuan hurried over, snatched the stick from her hand, and pushed her to sit on the stone next to her. She raised her round chin and said, "Mom, please sit down well. If I've done anything wrong, just give me some pointers!"
"How can this be possible?"
Liu wanted to argue with her, but she was no match for Qin Xiangnuan's current strength. She could only frown tightly, her tone full of helplessness and self-blame, "It's all my fault, parents. A woman's hands are the most precious, and Nuannuan's hands are the most beautiful and tender. In the past, all the rich girls in the capital envied you."
"The Seventh Prince even praised your piano playing..."
Liu hesitated to speak, fearing that it would touch upon Qin Xiangnuan's sorrow.
But Qin Xiangnuan didn't have the time to listen to that. Her attention was focused on the pile of clothes. The original owner's hands had been well maintained. After all, they were favored by her dream lover. As far as she could remember, she would apply the finest floral oil to them every day. Not to mention heavy objects, she never even touched raw or cold things.
She is truly a delicate young lady who has never had to do any housework.
"Mom, we've fallen to this point. How can we still live like before?"
Qin Xiangnuan saw things more clearly than Liu, "These hands are for eating, not for looking at."
"If you marry someone in the future, he can't marry someone with rough hands. Your father will be heartbroken... How can he let his beloved daughter marry someone else and suffer?" Thinking of this, Liu became more and more sad. She secretly took out a handkerchief from her bosom and wiped her tears.
Qin Xiangnuan was amused by her, stopped what she was doing, and coaxed her comfortingly, "Don't worry, mother, Nuannuan doesn't want to get married."
"I'm going to stay with you all my life. Wouldn't it be nice to be supported by my parents and be a carefree child?"
Looking at her, Liu always felt that she was heartbroken, so she pretended to laugh to comfort herself and did not mention it again.
In the distance, the men of the general's mansion came out of the cave and stood in the pool to wash. When they encountered water, they seemed to be having fun. Led by Qin Feng and Qin Xiangsong, they started a water fight, splashing water farther and farther.
"Be careful, there might be piranhas in the water that will bite off your big toes!"
Qin Xiangnuan frowned and shouted in fear.
Qin Feng didn't take it seriously. He rubbed his shoulders with his hands, raised his arms in a simple manner, and showed off his muscular body. "What are you afraid of? If there really were piranhas, I could catch them and roast them for my cousin! They would definitely taste delicious..."
"Ouch... Ouch! What! It hurts."
Qin Feng, who was showing off in the previous second, bent down and covered his calf in the next second, and screamed with a slightly painful expression.
The change before and after was so great that everyone thought he was just joking and didn't take it seriously.
Qin Yi was still joking with disdain, "You're pretending to be sick, it's really getting faker and faker. At least wait a little longer."
"Cousin Feng, didn't you say you were going to catch it for me to eat? Why are you crying out in pain first?"
Qin Xiangnuan wrung out the clothes in her hands, shaking off the water droplets on them, staring at Qin Feng. "Don't say it, you're pretending to be in pain quite well. Stop it, it's time to go back! If we don't hurry, I'm afraid there will be more beasts coming at night, and I won't be able to defeat them."
"I'm not kidding!"
Seeing that no one believed him, Qin Feng reached into the pool, as if trying to pull the thing out. However, the harder he tried, the more pain he felt. "No, this thing seems to be drilling into my leg, I can't pull it out!"
Oh no! Is this true? Did we really encounter piranhas?
Qin Xiangnuan found that he didn't seem to be lying, so she quickly threw away the things in her hand and ran over.
Qin Yi had already noticed something was wrong and dragged Qin Feng to the shore. Two long, soft, black worms were lying on his calves. Qin Feng stared at them with his Adam's apple rolling, feeling a little scared.
"Don't move, I'll pull it off for you!"
Qin Yi tried to pull it, but the thing was very slippery, and when it encountered danger, it became more active in drilling into Qin Feng's skin.
"No, no, no, Dad! I can't bear it anymore, wait a minute..."
Qin Feng quickly held Qin Yi's hand and took a breath.
Qin Xiangnuan heard his screams, like a pig being slaughtered, and squeezed in. She took a look and turned her head to look at the pool in a daze. There were leeches here? She had never thought of this before, but fortunately, no one encountered this creature when the women were bathing.
After thinking about it, it seems that when Qin Feng and Qin Xiangsong were playing in the water, they startled the thing lying in the crevice of the rock.
"Second Uncle! Don't move, let me do it!"
Qin Xiangnuan bent down and squatted. Qin Feng felt a little shy and quickly covered his body with his hands. "Cousin, do you understand this too?"
"What else? Are we supposed to just listen to you howling here? And then call over those wild wolves that escaped yesterday?"
Qin Xiangnuan rolled her eyes secretly, but didn't forget to say a few insults to him.
He was splashing around in the water so happily just now, but now he feels shy.
"Who has the tinder?" Qin Xiangnuan spread out her hands, and someone quickly handed her one. "Cousin, where's your dagger?"
Qin Feng's eyes fell on the clothes beside the stone, and he stammered, "Cousin, you're not thinking of cutting off my flesh, are you? Please be gentle, I'm a little afraid of the pain."
“…”
Qin Xiangnuan stared at him helplessly, used a fire starter to burn the dagger until it turned red, and then brought the flame close to the leech.
Qin Feng closed his eyes tightly, looking terrified.
"These things are called leeches. They love to suck blood. If they bite you, you can't shake them off. Don't try to catch them with your hands, as they'll burrow deeper and deeper. The best thing to do is roast them over fire. They'll feel the pain, shrink, and naturally fall to the ground."
Qin Xiangnuan said this while handling the leeches skillfully.
With a hook of the dagger's blade, several fat leeches fell to the ground with a clatter.
"Okay!" Qin Xiangnuan was a little worried that someone else around might have encountered it and not noticed it, so she reminded everyone to check. "If you see it, don't pull it out, just use fire! If you can't handle it yourself, call me."
Qin Feng felt no pain. He blinked his eyes, stared at the disgusting wriggling bugs on the ground, and stuck out his tongue. Then he thought of something and leaned close to Qin Xiangnuan's ear to ask, "Cousin, do you think this thing can be roasted and eaten?"
When Qin Xiangnuan heard his question, she suddenly felt unwell.
She suppressed the nausea in her stomach and took a deep breath, saying, "Cousin, not everything can be eaten!"
They are not following Bell to take risks!
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