The Autumn of Matriarchal Society (Novella) Zhang Baotong 2018.10.10

When Wu Ma vaguely felt a breeze quietly coming, she subconsciously turned around and saw a spotted tiger standing only twenty paces away from her. The tiger let out a long, earth-shaking roar at her, and then shook its body majestically, and walked towards her with its teeth and claws, and walked unhurriedly. It can be seen that it, like her, has not eaten for a long time.

Wu Ma was so frightened that her soul was about to disappear, so she hurriedly dropped the thing she was holding in her arms, picked up a thick and stiff branch from it, held it in her hand, faced the tiger head-on, and thought about how to get out. She knew that she could not run away at any time, and that as soon as she turned around and turned her back towards the tiger, the tiger would pounce on her and bite her by the throat, and she would surely die.

The tiger didn't want to let her go, bared its teeth and let out a low, angry growl, and approached her step by step. He stopped only a dozen paces away from her, and then, with his mouth wide open, roared roughly, ready to lunge at her and tear her to pieces.

It was the first time she had faced a beast of this size so closely. I remember when she was fifteen or sixteen years old, she followed her mother and aunt on a hunting trip when she saw a lion cub eating a freshly hunted antelope. Four or five of them shouted with spears and drove the little lion away, and then dragged the antelope back. However, after a while, a huge male lion rushed towards them. They were so frightened that they threw away the antelope and ran up a hill. Fortunately, when the male lion saw that they had left the antelope behind, he did not continue to chase them, but shared the delicious taste of the antelope with the lion cub. But now she was empty-handed, and she had nothing to give the tiger to eat.

She was terrified, but she was very calm, thinking that if the tiger pounced on her with its bloody mouth wide open, she would stick this branch into its throat. She screamed loudly, on the one hand, to embolden herself, and on the other hand, to scare the tiger away. However, the tiger was not frightened away by her, but stood opposite her and roared angrily. Because she hadn't eaten all day, and had run this long way, she was stopped here like this by a big tiger, she felt weak and a little dizzy, but she knew she couldn't fall. She leaned against a large tree and screamed hysterically at the tiger.

She confronted the tiger for a while, and just as she felt a little overwhelmed, she heard a man suddenly flash from the grass by the puddle and run towards her. She thought it was a dream at first, but she immediately saw that it was indeed a man. He had long hair, a spear in his hand, and a short arrow and some prey on his back, just like the leopard she had been thinking about day and night. So, she shouted in surprise, "Leopard, my beloved leopard." ”

When the man suddenly rushed in front of her, she realized that it was a young man she didn't even know. The young man ran over and blocked her at once. However, she wanted to join him in dealing with this fierce behemoth. She stood with him, one with a spear and the other with a stick, and waited for the tiger. But the tiger did not flinch, and still roared angrily, making a fierce gesture that was about to pounce. Because of the man standing by her side, Wu Ma felt much calmer. But she knew that the two of them were no match for the big tiger, and as long as the tiger pounced on them, the spears and branches in their hands would not be of much use at all. The tiger's sharp teeth and claws can kill them in an instant. Her mother and mother were slammed to the ground by a black bear, and more than 20 days have passed, and the injuries have not yet healed. Therefore, she thought that she should find a way to lure the tiger away. So, she shouted to the strange man, "Throw that prey on your body to the tiger." ”

The man listened to Wu Ma's words, immediately woke up, took off the roe deer from his body, and threw it vigorously towards the tiger. The tiger was startled at first, and found that this was the food he wanted to eat, so he suddenly took the prey in his mouth, and then walked unhurriedly towards the forest on that side.

Seeing the tiger leave with its prey in its mouth, Wu Ma hurriedly picked up the leaves that had been thrown on the ground and wrapped them in animal skins. Follow the man all the way back with a brisk pace. She looked behind her as she walked, afraid that the spotted tiger would chase after her. However, the strange young man kept gesturing to her, telling her not to be afraid. It wasn't until she came out of the forest and into an open area by the creek that she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After crossing the river, Wu Ma led the young stranger to the top of the mountain. The mountain they climbed was not very high, about two or three hundred meters, but it was very vast. Although it is a rocky mountain, many places are overgrown with wild grass and trees. When they climbed the steep slope, they came to the grassy slope where Wu Ma sat in the afternoon. At this time, looking towards the west mountain, I saw that the sun had already sunk into the mountain, and there were patches of mist everywhere from the river to the forest, and as the mist rose, the twilight began to be blank, and the day was coming to an end.

Looking up, on the top of the mountain, which is still about 100 meters high from the grassy slope, there are two stone caves open to this side. That's Wu Ma's home. The cave was a wolf's den, and there lived a group of five or six big and small wolves, but Wu Ma's grandmother drove the wolves away with some men and women with torches, spears and sticks, and lived there to this day. The hole next to it is smaller and is dedicated to receiving guests.

In front of the door of the cave, three people were sitting with their necks stretched and looking this way. It was her three children, waiting for her to bring them something to eat. Seeing that Wu Ma had returned with a man, the three children greeted them with cheers. Dressed in dresses woven of leaves, they ran to their mothers with their shirts naked, their long hair draped, and their arms outstretched. The girl who was as tall as Wu Ma was called Lu, and the younger girl was also called Lu. Because deer is their favorite food and animal, they call the girl they like deer. In order to distinguish the two of them, we might as well call the big girl the big deer and the little girl the little deer.

Dalu is twenty years old, with a mother's body and beauty, but younger than his mother, and his dark and strong body exudes vitality and seductiveness. So, as soon as she ran, the man smelled the scent, and his eyes were fixed on her face and body. Xiaolu is only seventeen years old, her body has matured, and her body shape is as graceful as her sister, but her ** and buttocks are not as solid and full as her sister, her tone of voice is still a little childish, and her figure is slightly shorter than her sister, but she has a charming beauty.

The sisters were followed by a boy named Pig. Pigs are also their favorite food and animals, but they are more brutal, so it makes sense to call them boys. The boy named Pig may be fifteen or sixteen years old. But his body shape is a little different from his sister's, showing the characteristics of a man. It's just that it's still a little immature, not as strong and toned as a strange man.

Wu Ma handed the wood pulp leaves wrapped in animal skins to the fawn. And the big deer had already come to the strange man. We didn't know what the man's name was, so we called him a wolf for convenience, because the wolf was not only fierce, but also intelligent. It was also fitting that the hunter should use this name, because the young man himself had the talent and wildness of a wolf.

The big deer smiled slightly at the wolf, it was a way for a woman to accept a man's gift, or a ritual. The man stared at the girl with his bewitching eyes and leaned closer to her. The girl could also see that the man was only in his early twenties, and could smell the youthful scent very clearly. The smell can easily confuse people's minds, so when the deer gets close to the wolf, there is a kind of intoxicating stun.

The wolf held the face of the big deer in his hand, which was very pure and seductive, and made him feel a little breathless. He breathed a sigh of relief, kissed her on the cheek, took off the fox tied to him, handed it to Da Lu, and then put his arm around Da Lu's waist and followed Wu Ma towards the top of the mountain.