The Autumn of Matriarchal Society (Novella) Zhang Baotong 2018.10.10

The early autumn morning was still very early, and when the east began to show the whiteness of the fish's belly, the birds began to chirp in the trees in front of the cave entrance. Wu Ma is very familiar with the birds in the trees, and whenever she has to go out in the morning, she always wakes everyone up from their sleep when she hears the sound of birds.

Everyone sat up from the hides laid out on the hay and yawned. Wu Ma shouted loudly again, "Hurry up." ”

So the children got up, took their spears and baskets, and went out of the hole. By this time the wolf was waiting at the door of the cave with a spear in hand, a short arrow on his back, and a bag of animal skins.

When the children were all standing at the entrance of the cave, Wu Ma put the few grapes in her hand that she was reluctant to eat last night into the mouths of each of the three children, and asked, "Is it delicious?"

The children smiled and replied, "It's delicious." ”

Wu Ma waved her hand and said, "We're going to pick grapes now." ”

The child excitedly replied, "Okay." "Like a cheerful bird, it flew down the mountain.

When they went down to the bottom of the hill and came to the river, they began to wash their faces with the water. At this time, the river was still cold, but they were not afraid, took off the animal skins that covered their upper bodies and the branches that covered their lower bodies, and went down into the river with their hands raised, and walked towards the opposite bank. When they reached the other side, they hurriedly put the skins and branches on their bodies, and then went into the forest.

The forest was quiet and dark in the early morning, and a path overgrown with weeds led far into the forest. In fact, there are no roads at all, it is full of weeds and trees, but people are used to walking here and have taken it for granted that this place is a road. The grass was wet and cool, but it was very soft. They go fast, and there's a drive that drives them. Because there are large expanses of ripe and delicious grapes in the place where they are going, so they can eat as much as they want.

They walked for an unknown amount of time, and through the gaps in the forest they could see that the sun had risen high, but they still did not see the wolves begin to slow down. After a little further walking, there was no road in the woods, and the wolf led them towards the place where the sun rose.

It wasn't until it was almost noon that they came out of the forest and into a deep valley. The sun shines brightly on the valley floor, and the grass and trees around it are green and eye-catching. Some birds and animals can be seen leisurely moving in the meadows and forest edges. Only then did Wu Ma realize that the men had to run this far away while hunting.

They walked briskly between the creek and the side of the mountain on the grass that was half a man high. Since we hadn't eaten in the morning, we all felt a little exhausted after walking for most of the day. But seeing that the wolf and the black mother were still walking briskly with their heads buried, everyone gritted their teeth and followed without landing a single step. Jumping over a small stream as soon as I stepped on the rocks, I came to the edge of a cliff. The wolf pointed to the cliff and said, "Jump over this cliff and you're there." As he spoke, he grabbed a wild vine that fell from the cliff, pulled it hard, and then ran and leaped over the cliff five or six meters wide, stopping at the opposite cliff.

Wu Ma and the child looked down the cliff, only to see that there was an abyss under the cliff, and they couldn't see the bottom at all. Wu Ma couldn't help but feel her heart beating, but she had to jump over like a wolf, otherwise, why did she come here so far? So, she gritted her teeth, grabbed the long vine that the wolf threw over there, and tried hard, the vine was very strong and strong, but she was still a little worried and afraid. But what's the use of being afraid? You have to jump over to be afraid. If you don't jump over, you won't have grapes to eat. And they came this way to pick grapes. Thinking like this, she thought that the wolf could jump over, and she could jump too. So, she followed the example of a wolf, ran a run, and leaped over the cliff, and as soon as she landed, she was steadily pulled by the wolf.

However, the children did not dare to cry and cry, and Wu Ma became angry and scolded Dalu loudly, asking her to jump over first and make an example for her younger brothers and sisters. She knew that there would be many such dangers and trials in this life, and if she retreated this time, what would she do if she encountered something more dangerous and difficult than this in the future?

Pig Dao was like a man, and immediately jumped over with a long vine. Seeing that his younger brother had come over, and was scolded by his mother angrily, Dalu had no choice but to pull the long vine and rub it for a while before jumping over. Everyone jumped over, but Xiaolu just didn't want to jump, because she couldn't be separated from everyone, in this deep mountain wilderness, leaving everyone was equivalent to looking for death. So, she calmed down, jumped hard, and jumped over.

After passing the cliff, I walked along the rugged and steep cliff to a sunny stream at the bottom of the cliff, and I saw that between the dry leaves and vines, large bunches of grapes were hanging on the edge of the cliff. Everyone screamed excitedly, found the largest grapes and began to pick, picked a large bunch, and sat on the grass by the cliff, and ate freely. Everyone was hungry for a long time, and when they ate grapes that were a little sour and a little sweet, they felt very sweet.

After eating for a while, the wolf pointed to the sky at Wu Ma. As soon as Wu Ma saw that the sun was already a little westerly, she asked everyone to get up from the grass and pick grapes. Everyone started picking grapes. In a few moments, he filled the two baskets he had brought with him made of rattan. Everyone still wanted to take off the hides and use them to fill them up, but the wolf wouldn't let them pick them anymore. Because grapes can't be stored, if you pick too much, they will rot if you can't eat them, but here there are so many grapes, and if you pick too much, you will quickly get light. Everyone understood what the wolf meant, so they didn't continue to pick.

Everyone started walking back. What worries everyone is the cliff. However, this time, the wolf asked Wu Ma to jump over the cliff first, and then let the children pass. Because they had already had such an experience, the children were not as frightened as they were just now, and they all jumped over the cliff smoothly. At this time, the wolf tied the two baskets full of grapes to the long vine, and with a vigorous swing, the baskets were thrown over. As soon as Wu Ma picked it up here, she caught the basket. Finally, the wolf jumped on his own.

The basket was full of grapes, which was already heavy, but there was still a long way to go. So, they used a thick branch to carry the basket. The wolf and the black mother walked behind with the larger basket. The three children took turns carrying the smaller basket.

Before they could get out of the forest, it was dark, and only the moonlight shone through the dense forest on the ground. Everyone followed the wolf in the forest. The forest in the night is as blurry as a dream, silent, but it is also a tiger and wolf lurking, full of dangers. So, they go fast.

When a full moon emerged from the eastern mountains, they finally walked out of the forest. After crossing the river and returning to the shore, they saw that the old mother was sitting by the river with the sick body waiting for them.

At this point in the story, I couldn't help but sigh. I think that I often wake up one morning and inexplicably feel sad, but I don't know why, because there is no reason for pessimism. But the mood is depressed and sad, it feels like a physiological reason, and it seems like a temperamental reason, anyway, it can't be explained. Later, I realized that sadness was one of the most common emotions of our ancestors. They spend their days in worry and sorrow, because they often eat the last meal and do not know the next, and live today without knowing tomorrow. Worry and sorrow are the motivation for them to stay prepared. Without this dynamic, they probably would not have been able to carry humanity from time immemorial to the present day. I think my sorrow is inherited from them.

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