The Autumn of Matriarchal Society (Novella) Zhang Baotong 2018.10.10

The autumn wind is blowing day by day, and the temperature is getting cooler day by day. After a few days, the autumn mood slowly deepened. Although it was still a little hot at noon, it was already cool down in the morning and evening. Knowing that he was crying tiredly in the trees in the mountains all day long, the ground tiger also began to jump into the hole, trying to find a place to spend the winter. Every day, many flocks of geese in rows or forks are hurrying south as if it is too late to leave.

After a few days of picking, the grapes on the side of Linhai Mountain Cliff have been picked, and even if they are not lightened, they are already ripe. Every plant has its own ups and downs. Its rise and fall itself predicts the change of seasons. At this point, there are no grapes left to pick.

Originally, the wolf should have left Wu Ma's house in the morning, but they returned late last night, and dug two vines from the side of the cliff before they could plant them. So, in the morning, Wu Ma arranged for the wolf to take her two daughters to plant the vines in front of the cave door, and she herself took the pig out to catch the grasshopper. At this time of autumn, there are a lot of grasshoppers, and you can catch a lot of them a day, and roast them on the fire, which is better than wolf meat.

Wu's mother took her son Pig to the big meadow in the back mountain. The barren grass in autumn is a little withered and old, with a withered yellow color, swaying in the autumn wind in the sun. It was noon, the sun had risen, and the golden light was shining on the body, and there was a feeling of warmth. There was a low grove on the edge of the meadow, and every tree was crawling with knowledge. Knowing that they shouted in the bushes, as if this was their happiness, and they wanted to rejoice to their heart's content before the cold autumn came.

But he is very keen, and as soon as he hears movement, he will "swish" and fly away, so it is very difficult to catch. But Wu Ma is a master of catching it. She tied a small lump of wet mud to the tip of a man-tall branch, sprinkled the juice of a sticky wild fruit on the mud, and began to walk towards the tree. There were a lot of Zhizhi climbing on the tree, and she held the branch and slowly approached Zhizhi. When they got closer, they used the mud ball covered with slime to dip it on the wings of Zhizhi, and they stuck Zhizhi. Then she took Zhizhi from the mud, tore off Zhizhi's wings, and put them in a leather bag on her body.

After a while, she caught a lot of them, and then saw that her son pig was catching Zhizhi again, but he seemed a little clumsy, and before he could get close to the branch, he flew away with a "whoosh", and one flew away, alarming the Zhizhi next to him, and he swished away a large group at once.

Wu Ma looked at it and couldn't help but be a little angry, so she ran over angrily, grabbed the pole in the pig's hand, and went to catch one. All of a sudden, he caught the one who knew it. The pig seemed to understand his mother's demonstration, so he took the pole and went slowly close to one of the trees in the tree, but when he knew it and flew away, he caught it again, but because the pole shook in the air, he still scared him away.

Wu Ma was angry, snatched the pole from his hand, and asked him to go to the grass to catch grasshoppers. The pig knows that it is not good, but it is a good hand to catch grasshoppers. The grass is full of grasshoppers, jumping around, and it is very easy to catch. But there are many poisonous snakes in the grass. Therefore, the pig used the long pole in his hand to hit the grass beside him, and at the same time caught the grasshopper. The snake in the grass heard the noise and quickly fled. Grasshoppers hear the noise and run in all directions, so they are easy to spot. The pig caught the grasshopper, broke off its long legs, and put it in a leather bag on its body.

The sun went over overhead and was a little westerly. The skin bag of Wu Ma and the pig was already full of Zhili and grasshoppers, and they began to go home. When I got back to the house, I saw my mother sitting in front of the door and weaving a basket with rattan. The fawn was grinding a stone chip on a stone block in front of the door. The two vines had been planted in the ground next to the cave and watered.

But I didn't see the wolf, and Wu Ma thought that the wolf would not go out hunting at this time, and she didn't see the big deer. She went into the hole, and there was no one in the hole, and she went into the little hole again, and there was no one in the hole. When the fawn saw that his mother was looking for them, he said that the two of them had gone to the river to bathe. Mom said that the two of them frowned, but they were afraid that they were happy together.

As soon as Wu Ma heard this, her anger suddenly jumped to the top of her head. The wolf belonged to her, but she let her daughter steal it. She felt that her authority and interests had been seriously threatened and undermined. She knew that the wolf actually loved her daughter, and her daughter was also in love with the wolf, but she still didn't want to give her daughter to the wolf. Because life is difficult, food is always insufficient, and she doesn't want her daughter to get pregnant too soon. Once a daughter is pregnant, she can no longer go out to forage for food throughout the winter and spring, and she has to be raised by others. If the daughter has another child, she not only has to watch the child, but also raise the child, which is a big burden for their family.

Because wolves can't catch their prey every day, they can't stay in their homes all the time. And she has learned how to use contraception, and, at her age, it is not so easy to get pregnant, unlike young girls, who can easily conceive children. Although she also knew that her daughter had reached the age where she should be happy with a man all the time, she still didn't want her daughter to get pregnant and give birth to a child so early. So, she decided to teach her daughter a good lesson.

She had wanted to put Zhili and the grasshopper home, and let the two daughters dry the grasshopper, and he and the pig would go to the meadow to catch the grasshopper, but because of what had happened, how could she have the heart to go out again? She sat down on the stone in front of the cave in a huff, her eyes fixed on the road leading from the top of the mountain to the river. However, there was no movement on the road.

After waiting for a while, there was no sign of the deer and the wolf, so she planned to go to the river to find them. However, at this time, the wolf and the big deer held hands and walked affectionately from the path towards the top of the mountain. Originally, Wu's mother was holding back her anger, and when she saw that her daughter and the man were so close, she thought that they must have just done that kind of thing.

When the deer and the wolf had happily ascended to the top of the mountain, they saw their mother glaring at her with fierce eyes. Wu Ma's gaze not only made the deer's heart weak, but also made the wolf sweat. They looked timid, standing in front of Wu Ma, as if they were going to explain something to her. However, without waiting for them to speak, Wu Ma pounced at once, and hit the head and face of the big deer with both hands.