Chapter 976: The Autumn of the Matriarchal Society (3. The Cave at the Top of the Mountain) (Page 1/1)

The Autumn of Matriarchal Society (Novella) Zhang Baotong 2018.10.10

There are two caves on the top of the mountain, one is large and a small hole is smaller. The big cave is a wind tunnel, and the wind can enter from one side and go out from the other side, so the cave is very cold in the summer and cold in the winter. Because the entrance to the cave behind is on the edge of the cliff, you can enter other animals and beasts. For safety, they blocked the hole with branches and rocks in the narrow part of the cave and divided it into two sides. It seems that wolves or black bears are already inhabited by the cave.

The small cave can only accommodate a dozen people, and it has been idle, and only men who come and need to be received can use it. The cave gate is equipped with a fence gate to prevent wild beasts, and it is made of thick branches tied with rattan sticks. When it gets dark, put the fence-like gate into the hole and tie it with rattan to sleep with peace of mind. When I got up at dawn, I untied the rattan and opened the door.

Mama took the strange man and the child into the cave. This is their home. Because the cave was large, the light in the cave was not good, and the smoke needed to be evacuated, so they placed their home in a large and flat area not far from the entrance of the cave.

As soon as you enter the house, the first thing you see is a fire. Fire is necessary for their homes to grill food and light their homes, as well as to repel summer mosquitoes and moisture in their burrows. Therefore, this fire can never be extinguished, and if it is extinguished, it must be borrowed from a distant neighbor.

In the light of the fire lay an old woman in her fifties. She is the mother of Wu Ma and the grandmother of the child, and she is also the head of the family or family, and people call her Mama. However, not long ago, she met a black bear by the river, and she stabbed her spear into the black bear's neck. However, the black bear's skin was too thick, and the spear was not sharp, so instead of stabbing the black bear, the black bear threw her far away and fell heavily to the ground. She immediately fainted. When her family carried her home, she slowly woke up, but she felt like her whole body was falling apart. After more than 20 days of treatment, the external injuries are almost healed, but the internal injuries are getting worse and worse, and now I feel pain even when I get up, so I have been lying at home.

They went into the house, took out a wooden shelf and some blades sharpened with stone chips, and set up a triangular wooden shelf on the flat ground outside the entrance to the cave, and hung the fox on the wooden shelf. Everyone gathered around the wooden frame and watched as Wu Ma and the man began to peel off their prey with their blades. The black mother and the wolf quickly peeled off the fox's skin with their hands and feet, and hung the animal skin high up in the cave to dry. Once air-dried, it can be used to make clothes or make beds.

Peel off the skin, cut off the flesh, and the fox was left with only a skeleton. They placed the skeleton on a large, flat stone in front of the door, and smashed it with a hard, sharp stone, and in a few moments the skeleton was smashed into a pile of tiny bones. Wu Ma called everyone to her side and began to distribute food to everyone.

She first left most of the meat and bones for tomorrow's food, and then cut and smashed the rest of the meat and bones and put them on large stones for everyone to distribute. She gave the wolf the most share, because the wolf was a man, and it required physical strength to go out hunting, and then it was distributed according to the position of each person in the family. In order of status in the family, she is the head of the family, followed by the big deer, the little deer, the pig and the mother. Because the mother was sick and could not work, she was ranked last and received the least amount of food.

Originally, the fox did not have much meat on its body, but more than half was left for tomorrow, so only a small handful of food was distributed to each person. However, everyone had been hungry all day, and it was very precious to be able to get this small handful of meat and bones. Because they haven't eaten meat for many days.

As soon as they had the meat and bones, they went into the cave with joy, sat down around the fire, and began to roast the meat while adding branches to the fire. The fire burned bigger and bigger, and the smoke shook the sky, so that I couldn't open my eyes. But everyone didn't care so much, their eyes were only staring at the fire and licking the fresh meat. Watching the fresh meat sizzle in the fire and exude an enticing aroma makes me feel that this is the best feeling in life. When the meat and bones were browned by the fire, they began to eat them with a good taste. Actually, the meat was still half-cooked, but they felt that the half-cooked meat tasted more fragrant and hunger-resistant.

Everyone ate quickly, but the food was very small, so it was finished in a short time. When the meat was finished, they gnawed on the bones repeatedly, and when the flesh on the bones was clean, they began to suck the oil and water from the bones. After sucking up the oil and water in the bones, he reluctantly dropped the bones in his hands, licked his hands with his tongue, and then rubbed his oily hands back and forth on his body.

The fire was burning, and the light was shining in the cave. It was pitch black outside the cave. At this time, I saw that the wolf was impatient to take the hand of the big deer and wanted to take her to sleep. Dalu looked at her mother, but her mother didn't nod at her, so she didn't dare to agree. In this family, the behavior of the family members depends on the face of the parents, because the parents have the right to punish them arbitrarily.

Of course, Wu's mother saw her daughter's thoughts, but she didn't want her daughter to be friendly with this strange young man. She got up from the fire, took a pine branch from the ground, lit it on the fire, and then held the torch to the place where everyone was sleeping, and let the wolf pick up a piece of animal skin that was laid on the hay. The hide, which was large enough to sleep two or three people, was sewn together from several hides.

When the wolf folded the hides and held them in her arms, Wu Ma took the torch and led the wolf out of the cave and came to the small hole next to it. The small hole is not very large, and it is clearly illuminated by the light of the torches. On the floor of the cave was a pile of soft hay, and some branches were piled up next to the hay. She lit the branches with torches, then took the hides from the wolves and spread them on the hay.

Soon, the branches burned, and the cave became bright, and the light of the fire flickered in the cave, which was very warm. After a long day of worrying, she wanted to relax and refresh her whole body and mind. So she went up to the wolf, put her arms around his neck, winked at him, and began to kiss him. The wolf was intoxicated by Wu Ma, so he hugged Wu Ma at once, and the two fell together on the soft and comfortable animal skin.

When dealing with a man who comes with prey, people will always entertain a man with the most hospitable courtesy, that is, let the daughter of the family come and sleep with him. Because it is rare to be able to eat the meat of animals, and hunting is very dangerous, they must be worthy of the man who brings them prey. Moreover, they also do this so that as soon as the man hits the prey, he will think of their home.

Of course, Wu Ma knew that what the wolf really wanted was her daughter, but she had long been obsessed with this man. This man not only rescued her from the jaws of the tiger, but also, brought delicious prey to their family. As a woman, she certainly admires men who love bravery, especially young and brave men. This man was brought back from outside, and she is the head of the family, and she has the right to think about herself first.

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