Wild geese are the best at flying. They can fly hundreds of thousands of miles. Although they are large in size, they are very agile. As soon as the people in our boat came out of the portholes at night, they were alarmed. Four of them suddenly jumped into the air from the bushes on the deck.
, startled people
But they just circled low around our big ship and did not go far away. The man came back immediately and reported the situation to Tian Wang. Tian Wangdao said, "This kind of bird usually does not get close to people. If you are so nostalgic now, something must be wrong."
So, we took the snake pill and lit it outside. Several people boarded the deck with Tian Wang and searched the island boat carefully. Sure enough, we saw a small wild goose in a low bush.
It originally hid there and didn't want to move, but the bright light of the snake pill made it unable to hide any more. It struggled to take off, and after a few flutters, we all found that one of its wings was injured and a long feather was torn off.
Scratching with claws, only flesh-red wounds are exposed
The four geese in the sky seemed to feel the danger. They screamed loudly and dived several times, trying to get closer to rescue. Two geese as big as domestic geese almost jumped behind us. General Ji and General Meng immediately protected Tian Wang.
behind
But Tian Wang’s attention was all on the little wild goose. He slowly stretched out his hand to the little wild goose and said softly, “Little guy, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, come on, let me show you
one look"
The little wild goose tried its best to dodge backwards, shouting in horror. King Tian grabbed one of its good wings, and then said to General Ji, "Go and get our golden medicine."
General Ji took the order and went down. After a while, Hua, Xiaoyue, and Xu Jie got the news, and they all came to the deck. After all, wild geese can only be seen more from high in the sky. Watching wild geese at such a close distance is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Taking the opportunity, Tian Wang carefully cleaned the stray feathers around Xiaoyan's wound with his hands, applied medicine to it, waved to Xiaoyue and said:
"Come and bandage it"
The little geese seemed to have a good impression of Xiaoyue, and their wings no longer struggled in her hands. The several adult geese in the air also relaxed their hostility and quietly landed not far away from us. They did not scream and tilted their heads.
, watch Xiaoyue bandage it
Because the climate here is humid and hot, Xiaoyue did not wrap it in a thick cloth, but just wrapped it in a thin layer and tied it tightly with thread.
Finally, we brought a handful of the newly harvested tree rice and placed it in front of Xiaoyan.
The food habits of geese are very mixed. They can eat some non-toxic and non-special smelling weeds, wild grains, small fish and shrimps, but they seem to have never eaten this tree rice.
The little wild goose tilted his head and looked at it, pecked a few grains, and then ate it with relish. King Tian put a finger in front of his mouth, bowed, and said to all of us, "Shh, don't disturb it anymore, we won't disturb it anymore."
take a break"
The big ship was calm after the rain, splitting the water in the moist water and moving forward slowly. We only heard a non-hostile cry of geese in the cabin.
"King, I heard that the goose meat tastes good. Why don't I hunt one for you tomorrow?" General Ji said to King Tian. After rescuing the wounded goose, everyone was very excited.
"Well, wild goose meat is indeed delicious. I still remember that once when we were marching in the north of Qi, around the autumnal equinox, we encountered a group of wild geese flying south. At that time, we had eaten wild goose meat. The meat has a sweet and mild taste. It has a meridians
Entering the lungs, it is said that it can also strengthen muscles and bones and replenish yang energy. However," Tian Wang said again, "I don't know why, when I saw the clean eyes of that little goose today, I didn't have the slightest desire for food and drink."
A general who was so murderous could say such words. We couldn't help but be moved. Even General Ji felt a little embarrassed.
King Tian comforted him and said, "Jida, I know your good intentions, but all things have spirits. Those geese just now have believed in us, so we'd better not do anything to harm them."
When we woke up in the morning, the little geese's injuries were much better, and they were fluttering their wings eagerly. Two of the adult geese were guarding the little geese, and two flew high into the sky to lead us. They kept walking along the shore.
We flew eastward, leading us forward. Soon, after passing a shallow bay, we discovered a large number of wild geese.
They were playing in groups on a grassy beach. Jiang Wanqing stood on the deck, counted several times with her fingers, and said to the painting, "Sister, how many geese do you think there are in this group?"
"How much?" Hua asked
"Ninety-one"
"No, I've counted them too. It doesn't seem like there are so many." The picture looked at Jiang Wanqing with a smile. Recently, the picture seemed to like her more. Their personalities and tempers were very similar, and Mrs. Tian was also very affectionate.
, this also made Xiaoyue eat vinegar several times.
"Well, sister, how many are they?"
"It should be ninety-six." Just as we were talking, the five geese on our turtle boat suddenly took off and quickly fell into the group of geese on the grassy beach. No more, no less, it was exactly ninety-six.
King Tian also saw it and sighed, "It seems that the Spring Equinox is coming soon!" Then, he suddenly turned around and shouted, "Old Man Jiang, Old Man Jiang!"
When no one agreed, Jiang Wanqing replied, "Wang, my father is on General Su's ship."
"Oh, I remembered it. I just wanted to ask him what time it is now, and I don't know where they are now."
I know that King Tian thinks of General Su and the others again. These days, I know that King Tian often thinks of them, but he doesn’t want us to see it. Unexpectedly, this time he accidentally thinks of the vast sea. Really.
I wonder if we will ever see the situation of fighting side by side with General Su again, suddenly came to mind
There are also the sergeants on that boat, who are the sweethearts of King Tian. After coming out of Zhangdao, we have experienced many battles, big and small. We have not lost a single person. Along the way, everyone is as close as brothers and sisters. Jiang Wanqing also remembered
She lost her father, Hua took her into his arms, she closed her eyes and clasped her hands, praying silently in her heart
I broke the silence and said, "Wang, although I don't remember the details very well, it's not much different. It should be mid-February of the New Year."
"So, it's been more than half a year since our group left Zhangdao!" Tian Wang said, "Song Kui, do you know what kind of place this is?"
"Hui Wang, I really don't know" Song Kui said
"Why don't we call them Ninety-six Geese to commemorate the fact that we met these regular customers in the ocean?" Tian Wang said
The home of wild geese is in Siberia. Every autumn equinox, they will fly south in groups. One route is from the northeast of China through the Yellow River and the Yangtze River to the coast of Guangdong and Fujian. The furthest ones can fly to Nanyang Tianwang. They call them
It makes sense to be a regular customer
"Dad, why not call it Batangas, which also means ninety-six." After Hua finished speaking, Tian Wang immediately agreed. This name is indeed easier to remember than the "ninety-six geese" just mentioned.
The name Batangas is still in use today, but who would know that it was given by King Tian and his daughter?
The little wild goose seemed to be reluctant to leave us. Just before the flock of wild geese took off, it flew onto the boat once. This time it flew directly to Xiaoyue's side and lingered at her feet. Xiaoyue suddenly made a discovery. She rushed to me
screamed
We all leaned over, and she carefully peeled off the down feathers under the goose's belly, and tied a two-inch-long bamboo tube with a thumb-thickness between its legs with silk thread.