Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Distressed Liu Xiu
On April 2, 136 New Calendar, the team that went to the Taeyong Elf Settlement met a Taeyong Goblin team from another Taeyong Goblin Settlement. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The Taeyong fairies in the two teams are similar, except that the embroidered patterns on their clothes are different. The Taeyong goblin's clothes on Mel's side are embroidered with a golden unknown bird, and the Taeyong goblin's clothes on the opposite side are embroidered with red unknown flowers. After the two teams of Taeyong goblins met, the first thing they did was not to greet each other, but to directly exchange what they had seen and heard from each other.
The Taerong goblins on Meier's side are more interesting because they bring foreigners, which makes the Taeyong goblins on the other side very envious. After learning that Maier and the others would go to the settlement of the "Golden Bird" fairies, the "Red Flower" goblins said that they would also go with them.
Taeyong Fairy lives a very free life, basically doing whatever he wants. For example, this team of "red flower" goblins traveled in a group, and there was no fixed destination at all. They mainly went to find the scattered Taeyong goblins, went there to listen to their observations, and brought them some supplies from the settlement by the way.
When they encountered the "Golden Bird" goblin team, the supplies they carried were almost finished, so they would not hesitate to follow the "Golden Bird" goblins.
On the way, the "Red Flower" goblins have been pestering Maier and the others to ask questions. The settlement of the "Red Flower" goblins is relatively far away from the foreign world, so they know very little about the outside world. It didn't take long for the team to encounter another team of Taeyong elves with green melons embroidered on their clothes, and their settlement was far away from the foreign world, and they hadn't even heard much about the foreigners.
According to the "Green Melon" elves, they have been out for more than four years, during which time they have been to the "Golden Bird" elf settlement and the "Red Flower" elf settlement, but they have not been to the territory of the foreigners. After exchanging experiences with the "Golden Bird" goblins and the "Red Flower" goblins, they also joined the "Golden Bird" goblins.
The team's replenishment is carried out by the scattered Tayrong elves. On their way, the Tayyong elves didn't use anything like a map, but they were able to find the scattered Tayyong elves accurately. The scattered Taeyong elves will prepare food for the Taeyong elves who come to replenish them, and they will have a clean water source in their habitat. All the supplies are free, and in the process of supplying, the Taeyong elves have been exchanging information with each other.
The scattered Taeyong elves are mainly fed by hunting and gathering. Mel was fortunate enough to witness a hunt by the Tayon elves, and he was deeply moved. Taeyong elves are no different from ordinary hunters when it comes to catching their prey, but when it comes to disposing of their prey, they perform a very solemn ritual.
Before killing their prey, Taeyong elves gather around their prey and hum a relaxing tune. In the process, the prey will relax little by little. When the prey is completely relaxed, the Taeyong elves will make a simple prayer and bless the prey before killing the prey.
After killing their prey, the Taeyong elves release all the blood of their prey, leaving them to flow on the land. When the prey's blood is dry, they will say another simple prayer before handling the prey.
What Taeyong elves do is not something ritualistic, every movement they make is from the heart. Their singing did not give them the joy of successful hunting, but revealed deep helplessness. They don't want to hunt animals if they can, but if they don't, they don't have enough food, so they have to hunt.
Maier suddenly remembered that Kiki cherishes food very much and never wastes food, especially meat. He had always thought that Kiki was just a frugal character, and now he learned that Kiki did not waste food not because she was thrifty, but because she knew that food carried the lives of other creatures.
For picking, Taeyong goblins also have certain rituals. They also hum tunes before picking, but the sound of the tune is different from when they are hunting. Taeyong Fairy thinks that as long as he picks the fruit, other animals that live on this fruit will not be able to eat the fruit, so he is deeply apologetic in the song. Prayers and blessings are done after the harvest is made, and the Tayyong fairy hopes that the fruit will grow as soon as possible so that other animals that live on the fruit will not have food to eat.
Taeyong goblins hunt and harvest in a quantitative manner, but this ration is all based on feeling, sometimes more, sometimes less. When there is a lot of food, it will be stored for the Taeyong elves who come to replenish it, and when it is small, it will be just enough. After asking the Golden Bird goblins, he learned that the clothes worn by the goblins were actually sent by the goblins of the settlement.
On April 16th, the party arrived at a scattered elf settlement. As soon as everyone entered the residence, they saw a male Irayokai greeting everyone with a grin.
This male Irayu is a vegetarian and has a lot in common with Nami monks. He said that the land originally belonged to him because he had cultivated a large area of land here. But a few years ago, a Taejung elf migrated here, and he let them live here.
Three years ago, two wingless Tairong goblins fell into a deep sleep and turned into seeds in a nearby lake of clear water. Two years later, the number of local Tairong goblins has skyrocketed from less than 300 to more than 1,000 now. Ira Yokai didn't know what was going on, but he didn't dig into it and gave the stored food to the Taeyong goblins to eat.
The Taeyong goblins don't want to accept the kindness of the Irayoukai in vain, so they take turns taking care of the Ira's fields. Over the course of the year, the relationship between the two sides has gotten better and better, and Ira Yokai is preparing to cultivate more fields this year, so that Taeyong Fairy can get rid of the primitive life of hunting and gathering.
Yan Tsuru and Nami Monk didn't know the Ira, but they chatted with him as if they were old friends. Ira's yokai asked them about the outside world, and they gave him a brief explanation of what they knew. After listening to their words, Ira's youkai sighed.
"Foreigners are always at war. The same race fights with the same race, and the same race fights with foreign races, and the fight will never be finished. ”
Irayokai, like Taeyong Fairy, has no concept of civil war. Before the Ira people appeared in their world, the Iraa Yokai also did not have the concept of "war". Although for a long time, the Ira people were regarded as the main source of food by the carnivorous Iraa Yokai, the Iraa Yokai's concept of predation is very similar to that of the Taeyong Fairies, they do not overkill the Ira, they never eat as much as they kill, and they do not take pleasure in abusing the Ira people in the process of hunting.
Later, the Ira people had Iraa shrine maidens and began to fight back against the Ira Youkai, and a real war broke out between the two sides. The war was eventually mediated by the god of enlightenment, but the grudge between the two sides had already accumulated. However, the grudge on the side of the Ira Youkai is mainly on the carnivorous Ira Youkai and the Ira Youkai who lost their companions in the war, so the Ira Youkai have different attitudes towards the Ira people.
Yanhe's biological mother, as well as the three Iraa yokai who raised her, all lost important people because of that war. They have a very bad impression of the Ira, so Yanhe's impression of the Iramen is also very bad. Nami Lay's mother was also a vegetarian Iraa Yokai, and she gave birth to Nami Monk and raised her alone. Mother and daughter lived together for nearly 200 years before Nami left her mother and began to live alone.
Since Nami Jushi's mother did not lose her companions in the war and did not treat the Ira people as food, she did not dislike the Ira. Under her influence, Nami did not dislike the Ira people as much as Yan He. Later, Nami monks began to come into contact with the books of the Ira people, and gradually discovered the charm of Ira's culture, so they learned from the Ira people to name themselves, and also learned from the appearance of the Ira hermit to use "layman" as his nickname.
This male Iraa Yokai has a similar experience to Nami Layman. In the process of chatting with Nami Layman, he found out that Nami Layman's mother was an acquaintance of his mother, and the two chatted more happily after that.
The four foreigners who were listening to the Ira Yokai chat were at a loss, because the three of them didn't mention anyone once during the chat, just saying "you", "I", "him (she)", or "that person", "this person", "that", "that", "this" and so on, but they could understand who the other person was talking about.
The party rested for two days at the place of residence, and then continued towards the settlement of the "Golden Bird" goblin. They had already made their way to the hinterland of the Taeyong elf-controlled area, and they were traveling along the safest route, so they had not been attacked since.
On April 22, Liu Xiu found Maier while the team was resting and said to him with a serious face.
"Your Majesty - no, now I should call you Maier - yes! Mayer! ”
He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, placing his hands on Myer's shoulders.
"We're good brothers, aren't we?"
"Of course." Maier nodded affirmatively.
"Hmmm! Good brothers! ”
Liu Xiu nodded his head twice vigorously, and then suddenly lowered his voice and said to Maier.
"I heard Herin say that you, as a married man, can not touch a woman for a few months, how did you do it?"
Herreen knew about this because she often visited Mel's wives. After the Meier family lived in the Bluestone Palace, Herin often took the children to the Bluestone Palace to play. Once, Yishan mentioned the incident of Maier's expedition, and was proud that Maier had never touched Ista and Lulu from beginning to end, and Herring told Liu Xiu about it when she returned home.
After crossing over to the New World, his body changed back to what it was when he was about twenty years old, and he hasn't grown old in years. Young and strong men are also more energetic in some ways. Even when he was farming in the fields, Liu Xiu had to go home every once in a while to make out with Herin.
But now that Liu Xiu has been out for two months, at first he was too concerned about the knowledge in the mind of the Taeyong goblin, and he didn't realize that he and Maier were the only men in the team. When he found out about this, he immediately became uneasy.
Because the Taerong goblins often talk to Liu Xiu, their relationship with him is getting better and better. When some Tairong goblins are resting, they will take the initiative to drill into Liu Xiu's arms like a coquettish child. Don't look at the small size of the Taeyong fairy, the place where it should be is not bad at all. Liu Xiu's wife is from Ilibi, only a head shorter than the Tairong goblin, he and Herin have been married for a few years, and they have long been used to women of this size. So every time at this time, Liu Xiu's heart would start a tragic battle between heaven and man.
Although Liu Xiu has not made a mistake so far, by now, he can't help it. Then he remembered what Herreen had told him about Mary, and hurried to Maier for help. After learning about Liu Xiu's intentions, Maier replied with an embarrassed face.
"Uh...... In fact...... In fact, there is really no skill to speak of this kind of thing, and it can only be done with perseverance...... If you really can't do it, you just swear a poisonous oath, right? That way you won't dare to make mistakes. ”
"Swear a poisonous oath? Are you kidding me!? Liu Xiu spread his hands with exaggerated movements, "If you swear poison in your world, you will really die!" ”
"Well, I mean, you don't dare after you swear a poisonous oath......"
"What if I forgot? What if I lose my mind? ”
After asking two questions in a row, Liu Xiu grabbed her hair with her fingers and squatted down in annoyance.
"Oh my God...... Why didn't I think of this question in the first place? Am I stupid? Am I stupid? I'm sure I'm stupid! I'm ...... I...... Why don't there be 'photos' in this world! I don't have a 'photo', I can bring a portrait! Now I don't even have the materials to cast a spell! If I think about other girls 'casting spells', won't I be 'mentally cheating'! ”
Liu Xiu uttered several strange words in one breath, and Maier couldn't understand what he was saying. But he could see that Liu Xiu was really struggling with this issue.
In fact, he is also desperately forbearing, but his patience experience is relatively rich, so he can still endure it now, at least he doesn't have to use the method of "casting spells" to solve the problem like Liu Xiu.
"While I can remember...... Gotta hurry up and 'cast spells'......"
Speaking of this, Liu Xiu stood up suddenly, dropped the sentence "I want to be quiet for ten minutes", and then disappeared from Meier's sight.