The geese's owner quickly divided the flock into groups and taught the guests hands-on how to drive them out. As for how well they managed once they were outside, that was beyond his control.
With the geese divided up, everyone headed out and started herding them.
Although the owner had explained everything very carefully, putting it into practice was extremely difficult. Seeing that these were strangers who didn't look particularly intimidating, the geese refused to obey.
The guests were all sweating with anxiety, running circles around their flocks with poles in hand. Yet for all their running around, the geese only got farther and farther from Small Creek.
Meanwhile, with Old Familiar Dog helping his group, Sheng Nian simply strolled along with Little Yellow Dog in his arms. Yan Feizhuo only needed to use his pole to give the stragglers an occasional nudge.
Big Yellow Dog followed calmly alongside the flock. Whenever the lead goose showed signs of taking a wrong turn, she barked to scare it back on course. If she encountered a troublemaker, she ran over and pinned it with a paw, using her teeth on any that refused to submit.
Seeing that Big Yellow Dog knew her limits and mostly used her teeth to threaten them, Sheng Nian followed behind without worry, petting the puppy.
With a dog who knew how to herd geese, their flock headed obediently toward Small Creek in neat formation. Sheng Nian and Yan Feizhuo walked behind them, chatting and petting the dog, a picture of harmony and affection.
[Ah~ it's Country Love~]
[Sheng Nian: look, these are the geese I've secured for you!]
[Our Young Master really is clever, buying off Big Yellow Dog first. Now he's got it easy.]
[Some people were saying the Young Master just wanted to slack off~