No matter how fast Qin Qingman reacted, it couldn't be faster than the goose's beak. In the blink of an eye, the goose's beak pecked the back of her hand.
"Ouch!" She quickly withdrew her hand because of the pain.
Chuchu also ran over because of Qin Qingman's scream. The child looked unhappy, and his mind had already imagined a bruise or a wound. "Sister." Before he saw Qin Qingman's hand, a layer of mist had already appeared in the child's eyes.
"I'm fine, don't cry."
Of course, the back of Qin Qingman's hand was pecked by the goose, but it was just painful and she was not injured, not even a bruise.
Her scream just now was more frightening than painful.
Chu Chu, who was extremely worried, grabbed Qin Qingman's hand and turned it over and over to check. She was relieved when she found that there were indeed no bruises or bleeding, only faint marks left by a goose's beak.
The trace is not deep and will disappear without a trace in less than half an hour.
Only then did a smile appear on the child's face.
"Sister, the geese know you are a good person and that you will not kill them for meat, so they don't really peck you." Although Chu Chu is still young, she has her own way of understanding.
“Yes, they remember the life-saving grace.”
Qin Qingman reached out and pinched Chuchu's not-so-full cheeks, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the tears still remaining in the child's eyes.
The two geese in Auntie Ayun's home are both adult geese. If such adult geese want the other party to recognize them as their master, extraordinary means must be used. Before Qin Qingman traveled through time, she liked to read miscellaneous books and knew some of the processes of training hawks. Originally, she planned to train geese in the same way as training hawks, but she didn't expect that these two geese were so smart.
Not only do you remember the life-saving grace, but you also know not to hurt yourself.
"Sister, can I touch them?" Chu Chu saw that the two geese did not look at Qin Qingman with hostility. He had never had any playmates and wanted to get close to the geese, so after saying this, he looked at the two geese with longing.
"Not for now, wait a little longer."
Qin Qingman disagrees with Chuchu getting close to E now.
Because she couldn't be sure whether the two geese really recognized their owner. If not, they might hurt people.
Chuchu understood what Qin Qingman meant.
With reluctance, he finally squatted in the same place as before, just looking at the big goose with a pair of very bright eyes.
"Chu Chu, please add some hot water to the basin for me." Qin Qingman sent the child away.
"Okay, sister." Chu Chu listened to Qin Qingman's words very much. Without thinking too much, she immediately stood up and walked towards the stove. Because the fire was burning brightly, the spout of the kettle on the stove was steaming all the time.
While Chuchu was pouring hot water with an iron spoon, Qin Qingman took a deep breath and reached out to the goose again.
This time she did not flinch, not even when the goose eyes stared fiercely at her hand.
“Gah—”
The warning cry of a goose was heard, and the two geese paced restlessly on the spot.
"Be good, don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. I'll just wipe your bodies. You must pay attention to hygiene when entering our Qin's house. You can't enter if you are not hygienic." In order to gain the trust of the goose, Qin Qingman actually picked up the rag strips from the basin.
"quack--"
The geese didn't understand what Qin Qingman said. Facing the hand that was extended to them again, their black eyes stared at the restless hand while looking into Qin Qingman's eyes. Their eyes were fierce but with a hint of confusion and fear.
"Be good, don't be afraid, I really won't hurt you."
Qin Qingman smiled and tried her best to show her kindness to the two geese. She believed that the geese's spiritual abilities could sense that she had not hurt their hearts. However, if she wanted the two geese to truly accept her, she would definitely have to be pecked.
Sure enough, her guess was not wrong.
The two geese, already in panic, kept pecking at Qin Qingman's approaching hand.
But the force was decreasing with each peck, and finally the goose's beak that pecked Qin Qingman's hand was as light as a black feather.
At this point, Qin Qingman knew the time was ripe.
Finally she picked up a goose. Although the goose struggled and cried, it didn't really peck her in the end. This gave her the opportunity to clean the goose's entire body.
The two geese were washed separately, and it took several changes of water before they were completely clean.
As Qin Qingman washed them over and over, the two geese, unaware of the danger, finally chose to endure it silently, giving the greedy Chu Chu the opportunity to secretly touch the two geese's backs.
Goose feathers are waterproof by nature. Even when scrubbed with water, the feathers of the two geese did not get wet. On the contrary, because of the scrubbing, the feathers on the two geese became more shiny and smooth. It can be seen that the food at Auntie Ayun's house is quite good.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to exchange Qin Qingman's two feet of cloth coupons.
"Sister, why aren't they eating?" Chuchu squatted not far from the geese and turned to ask Qin Qingman who was cleaning the basins.
Qin Qingman used a broom soaked in wood ash to scrub the basin that she had just cleaned for the geese over and over again.
Hearing Chuchu's question, he replied, "They just came into our house and were frightened by Auntie Ayun before, so they definitely have no appetite. Don't worry about it. Sprinkle some corn on them later. They will eat it if they are hungry."
"Um."
After hearing Qin Qingman's words, Chu Chu felt relieved, and her eyes looked at the two geese even brighter.
He wanted to play with the two geese.
Looking at Chuchu like this, Qin Qingman sighed in her heart.
The original owner was timid and shy, and was too embarrassed to ask for the materials he had lent out, so he could only find ways to earn work points himself or go into the mountains to pick them. Once he was busy, he was like a spinning top and had no time to take care of the young ChuChu.
Chuchu was young and could not do any work. In addition, she did not have enough nutrition and was small in stature. She usually did not dare to play with the other children in the village. She always stayed alone at home. Children without playmates were very eager for playmates.
At this time, the two geese are the best friends in the children's eyes.
"ah!"
Just as Qin Qingman was thinking about letting Chuchu go out and play with the children in the village after the snow melted in spring, Chuchu's surprised and short cry suddenly rang out.
"What's wrong?" Qin Qingman didn't see E Zhuo Chuchu, nor did she see any accidents, so she didn't approach the child at the first time.
The main reason was that she didn't sense any danger from the child's cry.
"Sister!" Facing Qin Qingman's question, Chuchu pointed at the goose's butt and said, "Sister, the goose has pooped!"
Hearing that the goose had pooped, Qin Qingman sighed helplessly.
Raising small animals is so helpless when the mountains in Northeast China are blocked by heavy snow. It is freezing cold outside and we cannot keep them, so we can only keep geese indoors. Geese are not humans, so they will poop whenever they want.
Standing up, Qin Qingman used a shovel to scoop up some wood ash to cover the goose's feces. This was to prevent the odor from spreading and to disinfect it.
The wood ash just shoveled out from the stove is still warm and can quickly kill the bacteria in the feces.
"Sister, I'll do this from now on."
Chuchu is very smart. After watching Qin Qingman do it once, she knows what to do next time.
"Okay." Seeing that Chuchu was very enthusiastic, Qin Qingman did not discourage the child's enthusiasm. She handed the shovel to the child with a smile. Although the child was still young, he could do what he could.
This way children feel more secure.
"In a few days we'll put up a half-man-high fence in the house, and then the geese will be able to move freely." Qin Qingman didn't plan to tie the goose's feet all the time, as it would be detrimental to the goose's wildness for too long. What she wanted was a fierce goose that could guard the house.
"Sister, can I help you?"
Chuchu ran to Qin Qingman and looked up at her, her big eyes full of desire.
"Yes, our Chuchu is so capable, of course she can help her sister with work." Qin Qingman rubbed the child's soft yellow hair, then glanced at the sky outside the window. It was getting dark, and it was time to make dinner.
When conditions did not allow, Qin Qingman did not mind living in the same room with E.
With the corn and radishes provided by Auntie Ayun, the geese's food problem was temporarily solved, and the two geese settled down in the Qin family with peace of mind. Because of Qin Qingman's life-saving grace and the brother and sister's feeding, the two geese recognized their master in less than a week.
The two fierce geese only recognized Qin Qingman and Chuchu, and would not recognize their former owner even if Auntie Ayun came to visit.
With a good helper to guard the house, the brother and sister can finally sleep soundly.
Time passed slowly for more than half a month.
In the past half month, no unlucky people came to cause trouble, and Qin Qingman and Chuchu were in a good mood. The two new geese brought them a lot of laughter and joy at home.
But as the supply of carrots, potatoes and sweet potatoes in the cellar gradually dwindled, Qin Qingman knew she had to start over.
So she turned her gaze to the mountains surrounding Shantun.
In the first few days before the winter solstice, the weather was very good, the sun was shining brightly, and there was no wind at all. The old hunter said that the weather would be excellent in the next few days. The brigade secretary Zheng Anguo, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately summoned everyone in the village and announced that they could go into the mountains.
This is a large-scale expedition into the mountains. Strong men go up the mountain for their last hunt before the New Year, and nimble women also follow them up the mountain because this is the safest time.
The mountains are covered with snow in winter, and there is nothing to pick at this time.
The women followed the people up the mountain not to pick fruits, nor could they help the hunters. The only thing they could do was to dig holes in the trees.
The mountains in the northeast are very large and are a paradise for all kinds of animals.
Many animals store food for the winter. If the food in the storehouse is not enough to survive until spring, they will go up the mountain to dig tree holes. At this time, the tree holes may contain hazelnuts, pine nuts, pecans...
These nuts are nutritious and high in oil, helping humans and squirrels survive harsh winters.
Qin Qingman chose to go up the mountain.
Her family has added two geese with big appetites. If she doesn't replenish their food, they will have to use her and Chuchu's food.
This is absolutely not allowed.
Winters in Northeast China are long, so if you don’t stock up on food, you’ll be in trouble if you encounter an unexpected event.
After settling Chuchu down, Qin Qingman carried the cloth bag and followed the people from the village up the mountain. There were quite a lot of people going up the mountain this time. She saw Auntie Ayun in the crowd. Because of the goose incident, the two of them were familiar with each other.
Slowly walked together.
Just as Qin Qingman followed the villagers up the mountain, Wei Ling, who was in the foreign military camp a few kilometers away, received a letter from home in the capital.
After reading the contents of the letter, Wei Ling became extremely upset.
As a soul that traveled to a strange afterlife, he didn't want to get married at all. He didn't think that girls of this era could have a spiritual connection with him.
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