Chapter 84: Yuchi Shuo Delivers Goose Feathers A Thousand Miles Away
Originally, Gu Feixue just wanted to ask later, but who would have thought that the carrier pigeon actually cooed twice.
Gu Feixue was amazed and opened the letter written to her by Yuchi Shuo.
After reading it for a long time, she found that there was not much written in it. It simply told her that the other party had handed over the terraced field water wheels and the irrigation and water diversion methods to the emperor.
The emperor was delighted and organized a group of ministers to study these methods. Once the research results were available, these methods would be implemented in those places where they were needed.
Of course, methods to control the plague were also mentioned, which also gave the imperial physicians at the Imperial Medical Bureau a lot of research.
The whole letter was written in a businesslike tone, and Gu Feixue almost fell asleep after reading it.
It was not until she read the last paragraph that Gu Feixue finally became interested.
"...Did you receive those geese? Calculating the time, it should have been within the past two days of receiving the letter."
The brushstrokes paused here, and then became more graceful, and it was obvious that the writer was in a good mood.
"You once told me the story of the ugly duckling turning into a swan. After returning to the palace, I saw the white geese in the imperial kitchen were indeed as white as snow and graceful. I couldn't bear to eat them, so I sent them to Liangcheng. I hope you can learn from these white swans and become a lady in the future. It will be worth all my efforts."
After reading the letter, Gu Feixue was so angry that she threw it on the ground and stomped on it several times.
"Coo!" Seeing Gu Feixue making such a fuss, the carrier pigeon flapped its wings and cooed.
Gu Feixue looked at it with gnashing teeth in hatred:
"How ridiculous! I thought you were ignorant of the ancients, so I told you a modern story, and you dared to make fun of me with these white geese!"
What Yuchi Shuo meant was clearly that she didn't act like a girl, and he wanted her to learn the manners from these white geese!
Ah! This is intolerable!
Gu Feixue was getting angry when she heard footsteps at the door.
"Xue'er, what happened?"
Seeing Gu Feixue's furious look in the room, Wang hurried in.
But a pigeon flew into the house at some point. The pigeon flapped its wings and circled around Gu Feixue, but did not fly away, which surprised Wang Gu Lang who had entered the house.
"Where did this pigeon come from? How did it get into the house?"
Gu Feixue was in a rage and kicked the letter on the ground and said:
"Dad and Mom, you can see for yourselves."
Wang picked up the letter, wiped it clean, and took a look. She found that it was from Yuchi Shuo. She was surprised and asked, "Is this a letter from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Then Wang handed the letter to Gu Lang, who read it with a serious expression.
When the two of them saw that the letter mentioned that Gu Feixue's methods of dealing with the disaster were praised by the emperor, they looked proud.
But I was even more puzzled. The letter was full of praise for Xueer, so why was Xueer so angry?
So the two of them read the last part and couldn't help laughing.
Although as parents, they feel a little unhappy when they see others implying that their daughter's manners are not decent.
But when they thought about how Xue'er was indeed a bit unreasonable, she never reported to them when she went out, which often made them worry.
Wang tapped the tip of Gu Feixue's nose and said with a smile:
"You're angry with His Royal Highness, why are you taking it out on me? If you're not convinced, then from now on, learn how to behave like a woman from me, so that His Royal Highness will be impressed by you."
Gu Feixue rolled her eyes in her heart, this Yuchi Shuo!
She didn't even bother to pay attention to him, and even looked at him with admiration. She wished Yuchi Shuo was blind!
Seeing that Gu Feixue was still angry and unwilling to talk, Wang smiled and looked at the carrier pigeon and asked:
"Why hasn't this carrier pigeon returned to report?"
Gu Feixue grinned at the carrier pigeon and said, "Maybe it wants to give us a midnight snack."
Her tone made the very smart carrier pigeon perk up its head, but it still didn't fly away.
Gu Lang, who was standing by, seemed to understand what it meant and said hesitantly:
"Do you mean to reply?"
Gu Feixue looked reluctant. He wanted her to reply to such a letter. Did he want her to write a letter to curse Yuchi Shuo?
However, in the end, Gu Feixue could not persuade her parents, so she picked up the brush and wrote a reply with great bitterness and resentment.
Of course, this reply letter was not what she wanted to write, but what Gu Lang and Wang Shi suggested.
Otherwise, given her temper, the whole article would be full of curse words without any repetition.
In the end, Gu Feixue was so angry that she ignored her parents' objections and wrote the following words on the paper:
"Thank you for the white goose. It tastes really good. I plan to steam it today, braise it tomorrow, and make it into a beggar's goose the day after tomorrow!"
After writing, he rolled up the note randomly, stuffed it into the roll and put it in the pigeon's claws. Before Gu Lang and Wang could react, he released the pigeon.
After receiving Gu Feixue's reply, the carrier pigeon flapped its wings and flew out of the sight of several people without looking back.
Gu Lang said helplessly, "Why is Xue'er so willful? After all, he is the Crown Prince..."
Gu Feixue looked aggrieved when she heard this:
"He's the Crown Prince, and Xue'er is still my parents' biological daughter! Why don't I help Xue'er, but only those outsiders?"
After saying this, she pretended to be sad and went back to her room.
Gu Lang and Wang looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
Then, looking at the large box of white geese in the courtyard, Wang said deliberately:
"Since Xue'er said so, should we return these white geese sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Sure enough, within a few seconds, Gu Feixue hurried out of the house again and said:
"That won't do. How can we return it after it's been delivered?"
After saying that, he sent the white geese to the dairy farm along with the wooden boxes.
Although they were offended, these white geese happened to have other uses.
You should know that the best material for the inner core of down jackets is not duck down, but goose down.
The feathers of these birds, especially chicken feathers, are too hard and not easy to dry, so they can only be used to make feather dusters. They are not suitable for making clothes as they are not very warm.
Waterfowl, such as ducks and geese, have a layer of oil on their feathers, which makes them easy to dry after washing. They are also fluffy and very suitable for making down jacket linings.
But ducks are omnivorous animals after all, and their feathers have a slightly fishy smell. Even if they pick and wash them, they still cannot completely remove the smell of the duck feathers.
But geese are different. They are herbivores. Not only are their feathers white and clean, but the goose down inside is also fluffy and odorless, and their warmth-retaining effect is excellent.
Therefore, the best material for making down jackets is naturally goose down, and modern goose down jackets are also more expensive than duck down.
However, when I first wanted to make down jackets, I couldn't find a place to buy geese in Liangcheng. I was lucky to have adult ducks.
Now that Yuchi Shuo has been handed over to her, there is no reason for her to be offended and then give it back at a low price.
After counting, she found that there were twenty geese in the flock. In a few months, the older geese would give birth to goslings. She could then open a breeding farm. Wouldn't that be great?
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