Chapter 7: The Town of Oral (Part II)
The young woman poked her head out of the window of the caravan and looked out with a flushed face, and at this time she didn't look at all like the cunning and teasing the adult boy before, she first played with the huge earrings on her ears with her hand, and then retracted her head after thinking about it.
After a while, the curtain of the caravan moved, and the woman jumped out of the car.
If you look closely, you will find that this woman is actually not very young, there are two shallow crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, and her skin is not very good because of the wind and sun.
But her eyes were very moving, or should I say seductive, when she looked at the boy in front of her with a slightly sarcastic look, the boy's breathing couldn't help but become rapid, his hands and feet seemed a little helpless, as if he didn't know where to put his body, and then he looked at the woman in front of him with expectant eyes.
"Can you kiss me?" The boy asked cautiously, he knew that the woman had a bad temper and might ignore him because she was angry.
"Then you give me the money." The woman held out her hand.
The boy hesitated, he was not reluctant but afraid that the woman would cheat him, but in the end, the boy who could not get rid of the jerky longing for the opposite sex still handed over the money.
"Where did you get a silver coin, did you steal it?" The woman asked with a straight face, "Little brat, if you dare to steal, I won't spare you." ”
"I didn't steal it, I earned it," said the boy proudly, and he took a step forward, leaning forward cautiously, and seeing that the woman did not move, he carefully put his lips lightly on the woman's cheek and pecked them like a woodpecker, and then immediately retracted as if he was afraid of being beaten.
The woman grabbed the boy by the chest and pulled him back, then kissed him on the lips coated with wildflower juice.
"I promised to kiss you, not for you to kiss me," the woman said before letting go of the boy, "Now you hurry home, don't you know that there is another army in the town, maybe there will be a war, you may be captured." ”
"And what about you Shaskina?" The boy asked, a little worried.
"We may have to get out of here," said the woman, a little reluctantly, "although we may make more money by following the army, it is better to stay away from the war." ”
"Shaskina, can you stay? I mean, you can stay in my house," said the boy, anxiously, "I can feed you, trust me, and I'll marry you when I'm old enough to make money outside of town." ”
"Marry me, marry a bohemian woman?" The woman named Shaskina laughed, her eyes full of ridicule "Little brat, don't say you can be my son, even if you are older, it is impossible," saying that her laughter turned into a wry smile, she reached out and patted the boy's cheek gently, "Hurry home, don't let your family worry too much, do you know how happy you are, you can sit in the house and have your own home, but unlike us, we never know where tomorrow will be." ”
The boy looked at the woman with some understanding, the ignorance and restlessness of this age made him have an indescribable curiosity about women, and the casualness of the bohemian woman made him full of longing and fantasy for the sweet contact between men and women, maybe many years later, when he recalled this experience, he would feel that he was really stupid, how could he be so fascinated by a bohemian woman so much older than himself, but now he is extremely serious.
Because of this, the boy didn't want to leave so quickly, so he deliberately told in a funny tone about the silver coin he had just earned.
"You said that the soldier, he was stupid, and he made me earn a silver coin."
The boy laughed, but when he saw that Shaskina wasn't smiling, he slowly put away his smile.
"You're lucky," Shaskina shook her head, "it's strange that you teased the soldier like that, and he didn't beat you, and if I were him, I'd tie you to the back of your horse and run around town, and when you get back to the well, you won't have a good piece of meat on you." ”
"Yes, the soldier said that before," the boy nodded, "but I'm still smart, aren't I, and I told him and ran away." ”
Looking at the smug look on the boy's face, Shaskina couldn't help but shake her head slightly, she looked at the silver coin in her hand that glittered slightly, and seemed to hesitate, but finally put it in the pocket of her clothes.
"Listen, hurry home now, I'll go to the town again, if you meet those soldiers again, you must stay away from them, maybe now they will regret it and are looking for you everywhere."
After scaring the boy for a while, Shaskina pulled a large shawl from the caravan and wrapped it around her body and walked in the direction of the town.
"Shaskina, I'll go with you."
The boy was glad that he could walk with Shaskina again, though they would have to be separated when they entered the town, but that was already pleasing to him.
"Don't follow me," said Shaskina sternly, "you're going to get me in trouble, I'm going to get down to business." ”
The boy stopped a little helplessly, but after a while he quickly chased after him.
"Shaskina, I'll show you the way, now the town is full of soldiers, I'm afraid they will bully you."
"They don't dare," Shaskina said proudly, "if they dare to take advantage of me, I will teach them a good lesson, Bohemian women are not easy to bully, you must know a girl I used to know, although she is about the same age as you, but the throwing knife is very powerful, no matter how far away she can hit, she is the best-looking girl in our tribe, because she is beautiful, she always carries a few knives on her body, and no Gaje can bully her." ”
"yes, where is this girl now?" The boy asked wistfully, and his curiosity about the opposite sex of the same age even made him forget that he was still begging the woman in front of him to make out with him.
Shaskina pursed her lips, she wasn't jealous, of course, but it still made her feel uncomfortable.
So she deliberately looked at the boy in front of her.
"She went with the man, and she married a Gaj."
"Wait, you mean that Bohemian girl is married to one," the boy pointed to his chest, "Can't you Bohemian women marry us?" ”
"Oh, that Gaje isn't a little kid like you," Shaskina deliberately glared at the boy with contempt, "He's a nobleman of yours, or a nobleman like that, I don't know, after all, I haven't heard about them for a long time." ”
After a few more urgings, and finally sending the boy away, Shaskina strode briskly into the town along the low eaves of the roadside.
Her mood was a little low, she looked back at the woods, the tribe was now stationed in the woods because it was driven out by the army, and everyone in the tribe had not had a good time for more than a year, because too many things had happened, and the whole tribe was not as prosperous as before.
Some young and strong men were debating whether to leave, and some women were talking behind their backs about how long the tribe would last, but people had not yet made up their minds.
Shaskina didn't want the tribe to split, she wanted to wait for someone to come back, she believed that as long as that person came back, everything would be fine, and then the tribe would flourish again, and then maybe she would be able to marry that person.
Only now, she had to go into the town to buy medicine, although she hated that hated that hateful old Gurga from the bottom of her heart, but if his health continued to deteriorate like this, maybe those young people would leave the tribe with their families because they couldn't wait for him to die, but because they couldn't break the rules of the tribe and put forward another leader.
"This is Nashan's tribe, even if it is a separation, we have to wait for Nashan to come back."
Shaskina had this idea in mind, she would rather find a way to get old Gurga better as soon as possible and regain control of the whole tribe than wait for that person to return to see a tribe that was completely hopeless.
Thinking so, Shaskina walked into the town, careful along the way, because of the experience she had cultivated over the years of wandering in various places.
She knew that the people of Gaje hated bohemians, especially single women who were actually a bit dangerous if they came to the town, and she had always reminded her not to go out alone when she greeted Sophia, especially since Sophia was so beautiful.
"I don't know how Sophia is, the Gaja named Alexander is okay with her."
Shaskina missed Sophia a little, although she knew when she was in Palermo that Alexandria should be different from when they first met, but her worry about Sophia did not diminish in the slightest.
If Nashan knew that his daughter was married to a Gajai, would he be mad?
Shaskina walked out of an alley, she looked in both directions, and when she saw that people seemed to be busy with their own business and didn't pay attention to her, she hurried through the main road in the middle of the town.
She knew that the pharmacy, like many shops in Oral, was located in the south of the town, and that there were some handicraft workshops in the north of the town, which was why there was a certain opposition in the town of Olala.
The workshop owners thought that their hard work and sweat had been squeezed out by the profiteers.
Shaskina was running about to cross the road when she heard the sound of horses' hooves.
The cavalry that came like a whirlwind was running so fast that it was a little late when he saw Shaskina.
The horse, which had been pulled up by the reins with such force, kicked its upturned front hooves not far in front of Shaskina, and hot air from the horse's nose flew around with the horse's saliva, some of which even splashed on Shaskina's hair.
"Oh, you damn woman, are you blind?"
The knight on the horse cursed loudly, and his already irritable face was even more fierce at this time.
Shaskina looked up angrily and wanted to say something, but immediately lowered her head when she saw the outfits of the men.
These were soldiers, and their bodies exuded a fierce and bloodthirsty smell, and the armor and sabers they wore looked so hideous, as if these cold and terrifying things were part of the soldiers' bodies, which made them look even more terrifying.
Shaskina kept her head down and hurried a few steps, she didn't want to cause trouble in the town, and she didn't want to provoke these soldiers who looked like a bunch of riffraff.
But even though she had been careful, something that had worried Shaskina had happened.
"Behold, a Bohemian woman," said one of the horsemen in a sudden loud voice, "I did not expect to see them here, they are like a swarm of flies flying about." ”
"I heard that the outpost drove away a group of bohemians, but I didn't think they had left yet," the knight who was frightened by the first mount looked at Shahskina a few times, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, "I didn't think this Bohemian woman was quite beautiful, I said you," the knight pointed to Shaskina, "Are you with the group of bohemians who are playing tricks?" ”
Shaskina bit her lip secretly in annoyance, but in the end she nodded as restrained as she could, with a fake smile on her face: "Yes, sir, we are playing tricks." ”
"Then you go with me for a drink, and I'll reward you," the leading soldier waved his hand, "you know that you just frightened my horse." ”
"Master, I can't do this, our leader doesn't allow us to associate with the Gajers."
Shaskina said as she quickly looked around, she didn't know if the soldiers would catch up with her in anger, but she was ready to let them know that she wasn't easy to bully if they did anything to her.
"Oh, so did he allow us to go and smash his camp to shreds?" The soldier looked down angrily at Shaskina, he was angry because this bohemian woman didn't know how to dare to contradict him, looking at the woman standing in front of the horse, he stretched out his hand and was ready to grab her and drag her directly onto the horse, and then find a place to teach this woman a good lesson.
The cavalryman's body leaned down, and just as he bent down, he suddenly saw a sly light flashing in the eyes of the woman in front of him.
Years of experience on the battlefield made this ruffian immediately realize that something was wrong, and although he didn't know anything, his hands were still beaten.
But it was obviously too late, and when he threatened Shaskina, she had already secretly taken out a small bag from the crease of her belt, and when the ruffian bent down to catch her, Shaskina did not hesitate to smash the bag in the ruffian's face.
A cloud of gray powder exploded between the ruffian and his mount's head and face!
The spicy breath instantly poured into his mouth and nose, and the stinging pain in his eyes after being covered by the powder that came to his face in an instant caused the soldier to let out a terrible scream.
And his mount was also neighed by the sudden attack, because his eyes were violently stimulated, and the war horse that stood up its front hooves threw off its master on its back at once, and then neighed all the way and galloped forward desperately!
The companion next to the soldier could not have imagined that this change would suddenly occur just when they thought they could tease the bohemian woman in front of them to their heart's content.
Immediately, some people hurriedly jumped off their horses to help their companions who had fallen to the ground, and others were about to chase after the horses that were almost gone.
When they finally helped their companion up, who was scolding and rubbing his eyes, they realized that the bohemian woman had already run away.
"I'm going to kill this woman!" The soldier shouted, trying to wipe out the pepper that had been thrown into his eyes, but the pain in his heart came from touching his eyes, and when he raised his head half-squinted and shouted at his companions, they found that his eyes were red and swollen like two bulging nuts.
"Go catch that bohemian woman! I'm going to strip her naked and hang herself on this street! The man yelled at his companion, "Where is she, I'm going to hang her now!" ”
"She seems to have fled across the street." A soldier said.
"That's still waiting for something, go get her, go quickly!"
The soldiers immediately shouted and got on their horses, and they helped their red-eyed companions onto one of the horses, and a crowd roared down the street.
On the side of the road, a group of people from the town of Oral looked at this scene indifferently, no one talked about it, and no one thought it was anything unusual.
Shaskina ran as she could, she could have run into a nearby alley, but she quickly realized that it was supposed to be secluded, and it would be too difficult for her to escape the men, who were all on horses.
So Shaskina ran towards a street that looked bustling with people, and she kept walking through the crowd, where there were many people, hoping that she would get rid of the pursuers behind her.
But those people clearly didn't want to let her go, they shouted along the way, and some simply drew their weapons and threatened the people in the street.
The streets were in chaos in an instant, and people ran in panic, and Shaskina's overly gaudy clothes became the obvious target.
"Catch that Bosnian woman!"
The incessant shouts of the soldiers behind them echoed through the streets, and their voices were getting closer.
Shaskina ran forward desperately, and suddenly, as it went dark in front of her, her body hit something!
At the same time, a familiar neighing of horses sounded before her eyes.
Shaskina looked up and saw a group of knights who were also wearing armor, and they also had that chilling coldness on them.
Shaskina let out a desperate cry, and she was about to fall as she swayed, when she heard a voice that seemed familiar.
"I didn't expect us to meet here, Shaskina."
Shaskina looked up in astonishment, and then saw a young man surrounded by a group of horsemen, smiling at her.