The Autumn of Matriarchal Society (Novella) Zhang Baotong 2018.10.10

The rain finally stopped, the sky was fresh and clear, and the sun cast a dazzling golden light over the entire mountain and forest sea, dispelling the haze that had been left in people's hearts these days, and illuminating it transparently. It seems that people's lives have been suppressed for several days, and today they are finally seeing the light of day again.

Wu Ma took the children to the fir forest again and collected a lot of fir fungi. In the afternoon, the leopard came to their house with a large rock sheep. This makes everyone who has not eaten meat in many days feel very happy. They can eat meat again.

The leopard is a very capable hunter and will have a good harvest every time he goes out. Therefore, Wu Ma likes him very much, and he also likes Wu Ma. In the past, leopards would come to Wuma every time they hit their prey, but because they had been sick a few days ago, they didn't come here again for nearly 20 days. For a man, if he doesn't go to a woman's house for many days, it means that he is either sick or dead. However, the leopard was almost dead, he had a terrible illness, a stuffy pain in his chest, difficulty breathing, blood in his sputum, a fever all over, weakness, dizziness, and he did not even have the strength to stand up. So, he lay in the cave for almost twenty days in a row. Later, after drinking the decoction of bitter leaf flowers cooked by the wolf for him, he quickly recovered.

Wu Ma really thought that the leopard was dead, but she didn't expect him to come with a fat rock sheep on his back. She was so overjoyed that she was busy slaughtering the sheep so that she could serve him delicious lamb. But Leopard Gu is not in a hurry to slaughter sheep and eat meat, but wants to make love with Wu Ma at the moment. He hadn't been near a woman for many days, and the passion in his body and the yearning in his heart had long been uncontrollable. So, he dragged Wu Ma to the small hole. It was the place where they spent many good times together, and it was also a place he often longed for and was obsessed with.

Wu Ma knew what the leopard meant, so she handed the blade of the prey to the big deer, and asked the eldest daughter to take her younger siblings to slaughter the sheep, and she took the leopard into the small hole. By the time the two of them came out of the hole, the fawn, the fawn, and the pig had finished slaughtering the sheep and were smashing the hard bones with stones.

After the sheep were slaughtered, Wu Ma divided the meat among everyone, and everyone happily sat down by the fire and began to roast and eat the meat with branches. However, at this time, the wolf also came, and he brought a small sika deer to everyone. Two men came to their house at the same time, which was a double blessing for their family.

However, it is very rare for two men to appear in the same house at the same time. The two of them looked at each other, somewhat awkwardly. However, the wolf handed the prey to Wu Ma, and immediately grabbed the hand of the big deer.

This time, Wu Ma didn't stop it again, because she knew that the wolf actually loved the big deer, and the leopard was in front of her, so she couldn't make the leopard feel displeased, let alone offend the wolf again. Without them, their lives would be very difficult. For their family, the more men they have, the more prosperous their family is, but she doesn't want her daughter to become pregnant too early. Pregnancy was a disaster for their family. Because winter is coming, their lives will face even greater tests.

Because she was beaten by her mother last time, the big deer still remembers it vividly, so when the wolf took her hand, she hurriedly looked at her mother, and her mother nodded to her very happily, so she followed the wolf into the small hole next to her.

With the help of the leopard, Wu Ma quickly slaughtered the little sika deer. So they waited for the wolf and the deer to come out of the little hole, and began to roast and eat around the fire. However, this time, Wu Ma only gave the wolf a little more, and the others only got a small amount of meat because they had just eaten meat.

After eating, because there was nothing else to do, everyone sat on the grass in front of the cave and watched the sun set on the western mountain. Until it got dark, the black mother and the leopard stayed in the big hole and slept with their families, and the wolf took the big deer to sleep in the small cave next to it.

Maybe it was because she ate too much meat and slept too much, but Wu Ma didn't feel sleepy at all. And the leopard may have rested for so many days due to illness, and his body has recovered, so the two are indispensable to toss together. Because they sleep on a large animal skin with their families, their tossing can easily affect the sleep of those around them. However, they only care about themselves and don't think much about others. So, while they were tossing, Wu Ma saw that the pig was not sleeping honestly, but leaning his head against a stone and looking at them with straight eyes. She was a little annoyed, so she scolded her son loudly, "Look at what you see, close your eyes and go to sleep." ”

Startled by his mother's reprimand, the pig hurriedly lowered his head from the stone and turned his body over, not daring to look at his mother again. Although the pig turned around, Wu Ma still felt that he was watching them in the dark. This reminded her of the night when the pig slept with her arm around the fawn, and she felt that the pig had really grown up and understood the relationship between men and women. He had to be allowed to leave the house, or he would easily have something annoying and sad with his sister.

Thinking so, she said to the leopard beside her, "The pig has grown up, and it is time to leave this house." ”

The leopard was already a little sleepy, so he answered, and said, "Yes, he should leave the house." That's how I left home in the first place. ”

However, she was still a little uneasy about letting her son leave the house immediately, so she said to the leopard, "Why don't you take him out a few times and let him get acquainted with it first." ”

The leopard said like a dream, "Okay. ”

Early the next morning, Wu Ma asked the pig to go out hunting with the leopard. Before going out, the mother handed her son a spear, carried a short arrow and a leather bag on his body, and put a piece of roasted meat in his animal skin bag, and said to him in a serious voice, "Son, you have grown up and are a man, and you must go out to live alone, so you must learn how to be a wise and brave hunter." ”

The son felt that he was about to become a hunter, and seemed very excited, so he nodded and said, "Yes, I am a man now, and I will be a smart and brave hunter." ”

Wu's mother nodded with satisfaction, but she also knew that her son was not very sensible at all, and he didn't know the hardships and bitterness of living alone.

At this time, the wolf and the deer came out of the small hole, and he was also going out to hunt. The black mother said to the leopard and the wolf, "The pig is not very sensible, so you should teach him how to hunt and live." ”

The leopard nodded and said, "We don't need to teach him, life will teach him everything." ”

"Yes," echoed the wolf, "if he doesn't study hard, he won't be able to live." ”

But the pig said, "Mom, I'll learn everything, just wait and see." So saying, he hurriedly followed the leopard and the wolf down the mountain.

Looking at their backs, Dalu asked his mother, "Is my brother leaving us?"

Wu Ma nodded infinitely sadly.

But the fawn said, "He's still a child." ”