Chapter 244 Hiring Goose
"Dayan Town is named after the wild geese. Let's go and take a look... Let's go and take a look..."
Jing Wei realized something and felt that this simple sentence was like a heavy hammer hitting his heart, causing him to feel some inexplicable emotions.
Dayan Town is very inconspicuous in the entire Qinghe County. When the carriage entered the town, looking around, the entire town was probably less than one-third of Dongping County.
The group arrived at the only open inn in the town. The owner, who was dozing with his feet up outside, rubbed his eyes hard when he saw so many people. He wondered if he was dreaming in broad daylight. How could so many well-dressed people come to this shabby place?
After he came to his senses, he quickly stood up and greeted the guest. "Are you staying here or just stopping by? Don't underestimate my small inn, but it has everything you need. There's even a stable in the backyard."
Because Jing Wei was with them, all the matters of interacting with people were left to Amu.
The shopkeeper was not modest. The inn was really not big, so Amu directly booked the entire inn. After the group had a brief rest, Cui Qingyi asked the shopkeeper where they could catch wild geese in the town.
The guests who came today were generous and unpretentious, and they were easy to serve. The shopkeeper, having made some money, was also happy to chat with the guests. "Haha, you're right about that. People outside think our Dayan Town is full of geese, but that's not the case. Especially in this season, they can only be seen in a few specific wild ponds.
If you want to go and have a look, I can find someone to take you there."
Cui Qingyi nodded happily, "Please help me find someone who can help me catch two live geese. I will pay him for his hard work."
When men and women in the north get married, an eagle is included in the betrothal gifts. But this is not the north, and Cui Qingyi has nowhere to find an eagle. But since she has agreed to the matter with Jing Wei, she can't just muddle through.
According to the customs of Qinghe County, presenting a pair of wild geese when proposing marriage is also a good choice.
This is also the reason why Cui Qingyi wanted to come to Dayan Town.
When the shopkeeper heard that they were going to catch live wild geese, he understood what was going on. He glanced at Jing Wei who was smiling but saying nothing, wondering why this tall and strong man was so relaxed and at ease when he was going to propose marriage and instead asked a young lady to come forward.
But it would be a bastard not to make money, and catching wild geese is a very simple task for the people in Dayan Town.
"Okay, take a break. I'll find someone for you."
At first, Amu thought that the village chief just wanted to come to the town to take a look. But after Taozhi introduced some of the customs of marriage in Qinghe Town, the corners of his mouth turned up even higher than his master's.
Taozhi looked at him and said with amusement, "How come you look happier than your master?"
Amu waved his hand with an unfathomable look on his face, "Sister Taozhi, you don't understand this." As for what he didn't understand, he couldn't say.
The shopkeeper brought a man and a woman, both about seventeen or eighteen years old, and introduced them to Cui Qingyi: "Sir, these are my children. Don't underestimate them because they are young, but they are good at catching wild geese. Let them take you there."
The main purpose of the people from Jingwei was to watch the fun, especially since Amu had just introduced the custom of betrothal in the south to everyone. At this moment, these men were even more excited than Jingwei.
As the group went out happily, the shopkeeper's head was full of questions. It was the first time in his life that he had met such a strange group of people.
The wild pond the shopkeeper mentioned was a few miles away from the town. Before Cui Qingyi got close to it, she heard the calls of wild geese, "quack quack...", making it difficult to tell whether they were geese or ducks.
But the scenery here is superb. The sky is high and the clouds are light. The geese slowly rise into the sky in a line, which is exactly in line with the poem, "The setting sun and the lone wild goose fly together."
In this situation, although it was midsummer, Cui Qingyi suddenly felt a sense of desolation and vastness.
Cui Qingyi was so immersed in the beautiful scenery that she couldn't help herself. A big black dog rushed out from the side and instantly destroyed this desolate picture. Wangcai, who had recovered from his injuries, was so excited when he saw the wild geese everywhere in the pond.
Suddenly the pond was filled with the panicked and distorted cawing of geese.
Cui Qingyi was stunned. They left Wangcai and Snowball in the inn room because they were afraid that Wangcai would cause trouble while coming to catch wild geese. But now Wangcai had followed them quietly for some reason. What about Snowball?
With these two guys around, can they catch the geese in the sky and on the ground?
Cui Qingyi looked up to find Snowball. Jing Wei pointed at a black dot in the sky and shook his head helplessly.
Although Wangcai was making trouble, the party was still lively with him around. It was a rare moment for everyone to laugh out loud. Cui Qingyi did not summon Wangcai, and let a group of people go down to the pond to catch dogs.
After everyone had had enough fun, the girl leading the way asked Cui Qingyi, "Guest, do you want to catch an adult goose or a smaller one?"
Unexpectedly, she still had a choice. Cui Qingyi was thinking that it would be good enough if she could catch it. But she didn't see that Wangcai struggled for a long time and didn't even touch a goose feather. She looked at Jing Wei.
After all, it was something for him, and Jing Wei didn't say anything like "it's all up to you." He thought about it and said, "I'll take the half-sized one."
He would take the goose home and raise it himself for a while, hoping that by the day of their wedding he would be able to raise a goose with the most beautiful feathers.
In the following time, Jing Wei brought his guards and a group of big men standing by to cheer for the village chief.
Amu was even more enthusiastic: "Village Master, the one on the left has nicer fur."
Someone was unwilling to be outdone: "Village Master, the one in front is very easy to raise."
Village Lord, Village Lord........
Cui Qingyi was in a panic. It was the first time that she was made dizzy by a group of grown men. Taozhi wanted to slap each of these noisy guys. How could she possibly catch them with such a noise?
The girl stopped pulling the net and looked at Cui Qingyi helplessly: "Guest, if you keep arguing, the geese in the pond will have to move away."
Cui Qingyi smiled awkwardly and took back what she had said about the geese being too noisy.
He turned towards where Jing Wei and the others were standing, and made a zippering motion with his fingers. Although it was the first time Jing Wei saw it, he understood it immediately.
He lowered his voice and said, "Be quiet, or you will go down and catch wild geese for me, your master?"
Without anyone to interfere, Cui Qingyi quickly caught several medium-sized geese with the help of the girl. Jing Wei personally picked out two that caught his eye and put them in a cage prepared in advance.
The young man and woman who led the way received the reward and went back to tell their friends what happened that day. "This is the first time I've seen girls go down to the pond to catch wild geese. Men were standing by and watching. Did you see it?"
The boy didn't understand what was going on. After all, in Qinghe City, especially in a small place like Dayan Town, it was very rare for a woman to marry into another's family.
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