Tension was in the air. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is the spiritual tug of war between the two, but also Lao Mu's own ideological struggle, she believes that Mu Xiaohua has the ability to change the tribe, Mu Xiaohua represents not only herself but also the future of the tribe, but the current situation is ......

Is she sacrificing the future of her tribe or giving up her daughter?

"Don't you want a reason?"

In the end, Lao Mu made a choice, she wanted to give each other one last chance, although she didn't know if it was right or wrong, "Follow me." ”

Lao Mu slowly stood up and walked towards the innermost cave on the right, Mu Xiaohua twisted her eyebrows and pursed her lips and hesitated to keep up.

"Mother!" Someone in the crowd called anxiously.

Lao Mu paused, and resolutely walked forward, Mu Xiaohua glanced back at the man, only to see that the expression on the person's face was quite complicated, resistance, secret hatred, nervousness, worry, panic and even despair, Mu Xiaohua's brows tightened, and his eyes swept over the other people in the cave, and his expression was equally complicated and difficult to understand.

It seems that the matter is really serious, and Mu Xiaohua's heart is a little more raised.

Follow Lao Mu into the small cave, the smell of blood in the air became strong, Mu Xiaohua pursed her lips vigorously, the small cave is very simple, a stone bed covered with hay and animal skins on the right side of the wall, and a wooden frame at the head of the bed with leaf clothes and animal skins.

At this moment lay a young woman on the bed, her face was pale, her eyes were closed, and there were obvious tear stains on her pale face, and even when she was asleep, there were tears in the corners of her eyes.

Next to the woman, a newborn baby was wrapped in a piece of animal skin, and because it was wrapped and some distance, Mu Xiaohua couldn't see the baby's appearance clearly.

Lao Mu walked to the side of the bed and glanced at the baby, sighed tremblingly, turned his head sadly and said slowly: "The child was born before term, and the only thing that Ah Qiao ate was different from the past was cassava, and after eating it at noon, he gave birth to the child early with abdominal pain in the afternoon." ”

"Whew!" Mu Xiaohua exhaled heavily, a little speechless and a little helpless.

Lao Mu glanced at Mu Xiaohua, and reached out to slowly uncover the animal skin wrapped in the baby: "Take a look." ”

Mu Xiaohua looked at the baby, and saw that the baby was very thin, with a cracked upper lip, and his body and hands and feet were curled up abnormally, and his breathing was very weak.

Mu Xiaohua felt very heartbroken, once in the orphanage, she saw many babies sent like this, most of them did not survive, the sad heartstrings were touched, and Mu Xiaohua could only sigh leisurely.

I only heard Lao Mu continue: "Everyone thinks that this is caused by eating cassava, you must know that Mao Cai was poisoned and his face was swollen after eating a bite, and Ah Qiao gave birth to a ...... One, a monster, this is a sign that the tribe has a demon and must burn the demon to the sky, this demon, it's not you, or Ah Qiao, who is possessed by the demon. ”

"Enough!" Mu Xiaohua couldn't listen anymore, "First of all, cassava doesn't have such a big function, the cassava cooked at noon today doesn't have any toxic side effects, and besides, this kid is not a monster at all?" He's a human being, just like us, but he's just a deformity, and the reason for this isn't a demon? ”

Lao Mu's gloomy eyes flashed slightly, she didn't want to believe this, if there was another reason for this result, she could also convince herself not to deal with anyone.

Seeing Lao Mu's entanglement and pain, Mu Xiaohua sighed, she found that Lao Mu was still a sensible and not ignorant person, and said in a soft voice: "I want to ask you a few questions." ”

Lao Mu looked at Mu Xiaohua.

Mu Xiaohua asked, "Ah Qiao's body is fine, right?" ”

Lao Mu twisted her eyebrows and pursed her lips, she didn't know why Mu Xiaohua asked this question, she thought for a while and said truthfully: "No." ”

"Hmm." Mu Xiaohua nodded, "Uncle Feng, there's nothing wrong with their bodies, right?" ”

Lao Mu had deeper doubts in his heart, shook his head and said, "No, what do you want to say?" ”

Mu Xiaohua shook her head: "Don't worry, I have one last question." ”

"You ask." Lao Mu said solemnly.

Mu Xiaohua didn't want to be so verbose, but some things had to be determined clearly and then step by step, Mu Xiaohua exhaled softly and said, "Since they are all right, have you ever thought about why Ah Qiao's children can't be saved?" ”

Lao Mu tightened his eyebrows and looked at Mu Xiaohua inquiringly, this question has been bothering her and bothering their family, how could she not have thought about it?

Mu Xiaohua continued: "Actually, I asked you these three questions to tell you that three generations of close relatives who are related by blood cannot be together. People will have hidden family genetic diseases, this hidden disease will be passed down from generation to generation, under normal circumstances, there will be no outbreak and no effect on people, but if it is inbred together, these diseases will be revealed in the next generation. The closer the blood relationship, the greater the disease. I think this is the main reason why Ah Qiao's child can't be saved. ”

Lao Mu fell into deep thought after hearing this, and Mu Xiaohua continued: "You can go and inquire about whether there are more problems in other tribes when raising the next generation with close relatives. ”

The situation of inbreeding is not only in the Chashan tribe, but also in many other tribes. Especially those who do not intermarry with other tribes, and the people of the entire tribe who have been passed down from generation to generation have a certain degree of kinship, taking the Chashan tribe as an example, basically one-third of the people are now closely related.

The combination of inbreeding has exposed a variety of health problems, and Mu Xiaohua thinks this should be the main reason for the declining population of the Chashan tribe.

"The child is innocent, but looks different, he is not a monster, but a child of God." Mu Xiaohua looked at the little baby and said calmly and firmly, what Lao Mu needs is not only to convince himself of a reason, but also to give an explanation to the rest of the tribe!

Lao Mu glanced at Mu Xiaohua deeply, looked at the baby and continued to ponder, Mu Xiaohua stopped talking, and quietly waited for Lao Mu's decision.

After another long time, Lao Mu finally spoke, "Let's get out!" ”

Mu Xiaohua glanced at her, the clinging old rules collided with the new concept, she was very happy that she could choose to believe her, Mu Xiaohua looked at Ah Qiao, who had woken up faintly on the bed, bowed, and turned to leave.

Mu Xiaohua walked out of the cave, and the people in the cave immediately looked at her, Ah Mei broke free from her mother's shackles and rushed to her, grabbed her hand and asked with concern: "Sister Xiaohua, are you okay?" After speaking, he looked carefully into the small cave and called in a low voice: "Grandma? ”

Lao Mu slowly walked out of the cave, and the others gathered around, and Lao Mu slowly swept over the crowd: "Call everyone to the altar." ”