Chapter 373: Ancient Journey (10)
The open space in front of the Tao tribe was a mess, and the blood that had not been cleaned up on it could be seen how fierce the battle was, and a few men who were not seriously injured were silently carrying the corpses of several wolves and human corpses into the tribe.
There was a lot of grief in the tribe, and although the corpses of a few wolves could have given the tribe more food this winter, the loss of those people made everyone sad. July also knew that it was not the right time for her to come, but she really needed the clay pot, and if she returned empty-handed, wouldn't it be a trip for nothing.
Before July and Yu entered the tribe, they were surrounded by some people from the Tao tribe who were still in a nervous state with weapons.
July is a little nervous, there are so many people, she and Yu must not be able to beat them, what if they rob their own things and kill the two of them, then what can I do.
Although July was beating a drum in his heart, he still opened his mouth and shouted, "We are from the Fire Tribe, and we are here to exchange pottery, please let us meet your Great Witch." ”
As she spoke, she took the basket off her shoulder and put it in front of her, so that the other party could see the food inside.
"The season of exchange is over, why are you still here to exchange now?" asked a woman of status who seemed to be quite a standing.
"Because our tribe has added a new population, the clay pots are a little insufficient, and the Great Witch asked me to come and exchange a few more with you to take them back. "You don't even have to type a draft when you lie in July, you just open your mouth.
After July finished speaking, the other party didn't react, and Yu had already opened his mouth in surprise and looked at July with an incredible look.
July looked at his appearance and was afraid that he would make trouble. So he whispered and reassured, "I am a messenger sent by the Fire God, so what's wrong with being from your tribe?"
After thinking about it, it does make sense. So nod.
July said in a low voice, "Since I belong to your tribe, so your tribe is also counted as an extra population, and now I really don't have enough clay pots, am I right?"
Yu was caught up in July's crooked reasoning.,Thinking like this.,July really didn't lie.,So it's like a confirmation.。 Nodding vigorously, he said, "Yes." ”
The people of the Tao tribe who surrounded July saw that July was indeed here to exchange, so they put away their vigilance, and the woman who asked July hurriedly ran to the cave. Go and call the Great Witch to come out and make a decision.
Pottery is a valuable item, and the Tao tribe basically does not take hunting for a living, and most of their tribe's rations are obtained by exchanging pottery with other tribes, and this exchange is a thing. Only the Great Witch can be the Lord.
Not for a moment. The woman who had just entered pulled out an old woman with white hair who had lost her teeth from the cave. In this era, people's life expectancy is very short, don't look at this old lady's old teeth have fallen out, but she may only be in her forties. She wears a crown of colorful feathers on her head, a red totem painted on her face, and a tall cane with a goat skeleton on it.
"Are you here to exchange pottery?" the Great Witch looked at Qiyue and Yuu, who were not the Fire Clan people who usually came to exchange, and asked Qiyue in a hoarse voice.
"Yes. July replied. Then he poured the meat and fish from the two baskets on the ground on the snow, and said to the Great Witch, "I want to exchange these for two clay pots." ”
The Tao tribe eats fish and meat. It's just that the fish are not easy to catch, so they eat very little. It's true that there aren't many of these things, and it's not enough to exchange two clay pots, but there are so many fish in them, and this exchange is very fair.
"Yes," the Great Witch nodded, "but it's just an ordinary clay pot, not a colored one. ”
July didn't want anything colorful, she just used it to cook, so she happily agreed.
July thought about it for a while, and then told Dawu about the problem of fish bones, in case someone from the Tao tribe ate the fish and died, and then hated himself, it would be really a big annoyance.
Who knew that after listening to July's words, the Great Witch said that the Tao tribe knew, and July didn't expect the Fire tribe and the Tao tribe to be so close, but the information was so closed, and what one tribe knew and the other tribe didn't know. However, the Great Witch still thanked July for the reminder, and for July's kindness, the Great Witch gently touched July's forehead with her dry fingers, which represented a blessing.
Carefully wrapped the clay pot in hay, I wanted to leave, but seeing that it was really dark, and I didn't know if there were any wolves nearby, so July cheekily hoped that the Great Witch would let her and Yu stay here for one night, and leave tomorrow, and they would solve the food themselves.
There were dead people in the tribe, and people should not have been left to spend the night in the tribe at this time. However, the Tao tribe often exchanged with other tribes, and over time, they also developed some kind personalities. Listening to July's request, the Great Witch thought for a moment, July and Yu might indeed meet the departing wolf if they left, so he nodded and agreed, but asked July not to move around the tribe at will.
The Tao tribe has four caves and there are probably more than two hundred people. The cave where July lived was the one on the lowest floor. In the middle of the night, July was already asleep, when suddenly a noisy sound came from outside the cave.
July has hardly slept peacefully since she came to this world, so as soon as the sound outside sounded, July suddenly woke up.
After a while, someone came in from outside the cave, and the fire was shining, and July saw that it was a woman with whom she had just talked, whose name was Yin, and asked "What happened? Are the wolves coming again?"
Yin's expression was a little flustered, he flipped through the corner of the wall for a while, respectfully took out something, and said to Qiyue, "Jing has a difficult birth, Wu asked me to come back and get the Mother Earth of the gods, I hope Jing can give birth to a child smoothly." Kyo is Yin's older sister, so Yin's voice trembled with anxiety.
Mother Earth is really just a stone, but it is a very important thing for every tribe. In the spring, the tribe would bury the Mother Earth near the tribe to pray for abundant food throughout the year, and in the winter, it would be dug up and placed in a cave to bless the tribe to survive the winter.
The people of the tribe believe that the mother earth is pregnant with all things, and if a woman has a difficult birth, she will invite the mother earth out and pray for a witch to bless the woman to give birth to a child.
July wanted to go and see, but she knew that the people of the Tao tribe would never let her go at this time, so she could only hold back her temperament and lie down again.
I didn't sleep much that night, and when it was just a little light, there was a crying sound outside, and when I sent it back with Mother Earth, I told July that Kyo had not given birth to a child and was dead. (To be continued.) )