Chapter VII: Confession
Chapter 7 [Confession]
"Duck?" Li Qingshan thought for a moment, and quickly reacted to what Chen Ruolan was referring to, "How can Miss Chen know about this kind of trivial matter, and she smiled and smiled." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
During the conversation just now, Niu Laosan briefly introduced himself, and of course he also reported his young lady's home, so Li Qingshan knew Chen Ruolan's surname.
As he spoke, Li Qingshan hurriedly floated to Chen Ruolan's side, looking at Niu Laosan, who was still muttering to himself behind him, trying to learn and memorize, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
The sleeves have finally been saved, and I can only wear this slightly more decent shirt.
A faint fragrance like an orchid and musk deer had unconsciously entered his nose, Li Qingshan said in his heart, "Good fragrance", and Chen Ruolan's voice was already ringing in his ears.
The voice was gentle and soft like a trickling stream, and like the wind blowing willows, which made people feel so refreshed that even if they didn't see the person who spoke, they only needed to listen to the last sentence to let people know that this must be a charming woman. But although it is a pretty woman's voice, it sounds like it has a calm and elegant taste, which makes people wonder how the two slightly conflicting temperaments of pretty and elegant are unified into the same person.
The elegant woman smiled slightly at Li Qingshan, "Li Gongzi's domestication of wild ducks, Ruolan has heard about it when she first arrived here, and there must be not a few people in this area who are talking about it." Although I don't believe all kinds of strange things outside, I can't help but be curious. Since I met Mr. Li by chance today, I couldn't help but ask him for a while, and asked Mr. Li not to be surprised. If you can tell each other and solve the doubts in Ruolan's heart, Ruolan will be happy, but for Li Gongzi, it can also calm all kinds of remarks outside. ”
She speaks slowly, and there is a comfortable texture in her voice, which makes people comfortable to listen to, and invisibly increases the persuasiveness. Li Qingshan couldn't help but look at the two sisters in front of him again, although their eyebrows and eyes were similar, they gave people a really different feeling. Sister he has already understood, rude, willful, impulsive, but my sister is polite, calm and decent, although the words are calm, but under careful listening, it is for the other party to think everywhere, people have a feeling that they can't refuse, Li Qingshan almost said all the things about the wild duck.
Fortunately, he also has some determination, and this matter has been decided a long time ago, so he responded without thinking about it: "Miss Chen, in fact, I am just idle, people, I always have to find something to do, I am a little angry, I don't want to do something too simple and too difficult, so I want to challenge myself, so I got a few cormorants......"
"Cormorant?"
"That's what they call the water duck," Li Qingshan explained, and said with a smile: "...... No special purpose, just to keep the ...... playing"
It's okay not to mention it, as soon as I heard the three words "raise and play", Tang'er, who had been unhappy next to him for a long time, didn't fight anymore, and asked loudly with a straight face: "Raised and played?" ”
Li Qingshan saw that her face was a little wrong, but she didn't think too much, she just nodded vigorously and emphasized again: "It's for fun, what's the ...... What's wrong? ”
Tang'er put her hands on Xiaoman's waist, posed as if she wanted to settle accounts with you, and began to interrogate loudly: "Stinky boy, let me ask you, did you buy these water ducks with the money I lent you?" ”
Li Qingshan nodded again, and did not forget to thank him very politely.
"Don't rush to thank me just yet! I ask you, why do you buy them? ”
Looking at the girl in front of him who was extremely charming but couldn't make people laugh, Li Qingshan finally smelled a hint of danger at this time, and his tone suddenly became a little weak: "Play...... Play! ”
"Play?" Tang'er was already extremely angry at this time, but her tone calmed down, but she was a little scary, "Just abuse them all day long, and take pleasure in it?" ”
"What?" Li Qingshan's mouth opened wide, and he almost didn't jump up, "Abuse...... Treat? ”
In fact, Li Qingshan had long been mentally prepared for the domestication of cormorants, which must have seemed strange in ancient times, but because of various objective conditions, mainly the problem of location, it was decided that this was something that could not be carried out in secret. Once implemented, there will definitely be strange gossip around, and although he has seen cormorant fishing, he also knows that this is an achievable goal, but to really train them, to be honest, he is not too sure, at least he dare not say that it can be 100% successful, after all, he only understands the principle, but he has not experienced the actual process.
In his original era, industrial civilization has reached a certain level, cormorant fishing, the great innovation of human beings using animals to serve themselves after more than a thousand years of glory, has also been a little out of place, because people have already mastered more advanced and scientific fishing skills, this creative and fun of the ancient fishing method has gradually faded out of people's field of vision, reduced to a traditional skill, some places even become a tourist project, of course, to the big is folk customs, It is an indisputable fact that intangible cultural heritage or something like that, but it is not as useful as it once was.
In that era, the real cormorant family had already been brutally run over by the giant wheel of time, and there was not much left. Because he was very interested in ancient Chinese biology and culture, he had been paying attention to all kinds of information in this area, so he was fortunate to visit an old pelican craftsman somewhere. In those short and hurried days, I had a superficial understanding of this ancient and peculiar craft. Who would have thought that fate had played a bit of a joke, and when he finally accepted the strange fact that he had returned to antiquity, he decided to re-excavate this ancient craft - or not to call it excavation, because at this time it seems that not many people knew about it, called it an invention or more in line with the present situation.
He regarded this matter more as a time-consuming experiment, although he knew that it might not be successful, but at least in his heart, this was a thing worth trying and extremely meaningful, if it was done well, not to mention that it was so great and noble to benefit one party, at least he could live in peace, and by the way, he would repay Daddy Yang who saved him, and the villagers who took good care of him, it should be a good fate.
Since it is a matter that is not very graspable, there is no need to release it too early, this is not his style. Besides, if he really wants to amplify his words, saying that he can train water birds to help people catch fish, although he will definitely attract some eyeballs at the beginning, if he fails in the end in the huge expectations of the villagers, that kind of blow will be even greater, and even lead to some relatively certain plans that he wants to implement in the future, and he will not get help from the outside world in the process of implementation, which is a situation he does not want to see.
Therefore, although he knew that the villagers were talking about his strange behavior, he still didn't explain half a sentence, just let it go, even Daddy Yang, who was the closest to him in this time and space, he was tight-lipped, just saying that he was bored and played, and passed the time. He knew that Father Yang was good to him, and he couldn't say why, but that kind of goodness, he could feel personally, but about cormorants, he still didn't reveal half a sentence. Fortunately, Daddy Yang only asked twice before and after, and after getting the same answer, he didn't ask again.
But even if he was prepared for the gossip around him, when Tang'er said things like "abuse" and "take pleasure in it", Li Qingshan was still a little messy.
It should be said that it is very messy.
"It's all like this out there? It's really a three-person tiger, people are terrifying, dare to love in the eyes of others, I'm a pervert now! Miss Tang'er, believe me, I really didn't abuse them, to be honest, it's too late for me to love them......"
Li Qingshan felt that he still had to explain some things clearly, raise some water birds, and train them in strange ways, at best, he would be a weirdo, but if he took pleasure in abusing them, his nature would change, and he would not be a weirdo but a psychopath. With his character, although he doesn't care much about other people's opinions, but in this ancient era, it is better not to be too out of line, some of the thoughts of the ancients seem very strange in later generations, and they are simply incomprehensible. For example, there was a big official in the Tang Dynasty named Zhang Heng, a high-ranking official of the fourth grade, who was equivalent to the deputy ministerial level in later generations, and was about to be promoted to the third grade, that is, the ministerial level. Of course, this is aimed at officialdom, but if you are a plain-headed person, it is best not to do anything too out of line, so as not to suffer an unjustified disaster.
"Three people become tigers? Listen to your tone, everyone still wronged you? You say, "You put straw around the necks of those wild ducks, but is that so?" ”
Li Qingshan's cheeks twitched slightly, and after thinking about it, this was the truth, so he had to nod.
"After tying the straw and letting them eat the fish, they can't swallow it, and they swallow it halfway, so they have to spit it out again, and if they can't spit it out, you use brute force to squeeze it out, but is there such a thing?"
Li Qingshan's cheeks twitched even more, which was basically ...... It is also a fact. He looked helpless, nodded again, and weakly defended himself: "But I didn't use brute force to squeeze them, I ...... them It has always been very gentle. ”。
Tang'er glanced at him angrily, and then stated his guilt: "When they vomit, you will be happy, and you will be happy to see it happen next to you." You don't work in the fields every day, you can't get by, you only rely on Daddy Yang's support, but you don't think about anything in return, but you borrow money to buy live fish to tease them, and you are so psychologically twisted that you have to do it every day, rain or shine - I didn't talk nonsense about all of the above, did I? ”
Cormorants are born with the ability to fish, but to use their natural instinct to help humans catch fish for my own use, I need to make their behavior conform to people's expectations, and in biological terms, it is necessary to form a conditioned reflex. The conditioned reflex should be consolidated regularly, and this kind of thing must not be left behind for a day, otherwise the previous achievements will be wasted, and it is necessary to not fall rain or shine for a day.
"Hey, surnamed Li, what about this girl asking you, don't pretend to be deaf to me, but is there such a thing?"
This girl is really aggressive, Li Qingshan sighed, and could only nod again: "What you said is the truth, but my psychology is not distorted, you are wronging me, seriously wronged." ”
"Well, now that you have pleaded guilty, the facts of the case are clear. Although your behavior is outrageous, it is unheard of, unprecedented, this girl was going to drag you to see the official, but the government is afraid that it will not accept it, and even if it does, I don't know what crime will condemn you," Tang'er put her hands on Xiaoman's waist, and a little smugness appeared on her face, "However, don't be too happy, this girl can cure you!" ”
"......, what's the rule?" Li Qingshan asked incomparably weakly.
The girl spread her hands: "In a word, pay back the money!" ”