Chapter 37: Tribal Fair (2)
In the evening, it seems to be more lively.
Piles of bonfires burned in the clearing, around which people of various tribes danced primitive dances.
Lan Xue couldn't help but be temperamental, so she pulled Ye Xiao to join the dancing crowd.
Because he hadn't learned, Ye Xiao couldn't bear to look at it at first, but fortunately, Lan Xue was on the side to teach him patiently, and this kind of dance was not very difficult, and soon Ye Xiao danced well.
After dancing for a while, Ye Xiao felt a little bored, so he went back and pulled the big Liu over, and asked him to dance with Lan Xue, while he was alone and turned around.
Because there are many people from various tribes who are also walking around, there is no doubt that Ye Xiao is wandering around here alone, of course, because of his appearance, many people have noticed him, but they are just curious.
Ye Xiao looked around and had a general understanding of the information here.
Judging from the different costumes, up to now, there are twenty or thirty tribes who have come here to participate in the fair, of course, because of the dark sky, there may be some who have seen it, and the real number should be more than this.
Ye Xiao turned around, and came to a place close to the inside, there were suddenly fewer people here, and not far ahead, a gate made of wood appeared, and on both sides of the door was a row of wooden walls, extending into the distance, and the news was in the night.
There were four fires in front of the gate, and there were six men with spears in front of the gate, who were supposed to be warriors of the Salt Lake tribe according to their clothing style.
It seems that inside this gate is the real living area of the Salt Lake tribe.
It is no wonder that no matter how powerful their salt lake is, it is impossible for them to let people from other tribes go to their settlements.
In case of any riots, the first unlucky ones to be the ordinary people of the Salt Lake tribe are the unlucky.
"Brother Ye, I've been looking for you for a long time, why did you come here?"
Lan Xue didn't know when she came over, and when she saw him here in a daze, her face was a little complaining, as if she was blaming him for sneaking away.
"Oh, well, I'm just a little curious, so I'm looking around." Ye Xiao said with a smile.
"Gee, what's there to see here. Tomorrow is the most lively time, I want to see you enough tomorrow, so let's go dance with me now. After Lan Xue finished speaking, she couldn't help but pull Ye Xiao and walk towards the bonfire before.
Ye Xiao had a headache, although this dance was simple, but he really didn't want to dance, as a 21st century person's eyes, let him face a group of primitive humans covered in black hair, dancing with them, it was better to have a good time with the big Liu.
It's not discrimination, and it's inevitable to have some physical contact with other people when dancing, and those black hairs make him really feel a little diaphragm, and when he touches him, he gets goosebumps.
But Lan Xue is an exception, except for the slightly dark skin, the others are very similar to modern people, there is no black hair all over the body, there is no rough skin, and the facial features are delicate and delicate.
Originally, Ye Xiao thought that the humans here should be similar to the women except for the men, but since he had been to the Kunshan tribe, he found that the women in the tribe were the same as those men, which made him a little curious.
When he came here, he was even more surprised, although most of the people who came to the fair were men, there were also a few tribes with women, and these women seemed to be the leaders of the team.
These women are all the same as those men, and it seems that Lan Xue is more special, and of course they are special.
Those people were a little surprised to see them, but they didn't seem to have discovered some new continent, thinking that they should be from the central snowy region that Udan had mentioned.
It seems that these people more or less know some of the conditions in the central snowy region, so to speak, the people in this wild ice field are not what he thinks, the news is closed, and they have not walked out of the wild ice field.
But what Lan Xue's true identity is, Ye Xiao doesn't know, and Lan Xue herself doesn't know, she only knows that she has lived in the Kunshan tribe since she was a child.
Ye Xiao estimated that her father should be clear, but he didn't ask, and it was actually very rude to ask someone else's identity and origin for no reason.
Through the crowd, they came to the previous bonfire, and as soon as they danced, Lan Xue was very excited, and Ye Xiao had to accompany her.
In the crowd, there were two women from other tribes who seemed to notice Ye Xiao and began to move closer to Ye Xiao intentionally or unintentionally, perhaps because they fell in love with his appearance, one of the bold women twisted their waists directly in front of Ye Xiao, and frequently threw flattering glances at him.
This made Ye Xiao very embarrassed, and he had to cast a look at Lan Xue for help, but Lan Xue seemed to be jumping and didn't notice his eyes.
This scene attracted the attention of many people next to him, and some people threw gloating glances at Ye Xiao, but more of them were jealous, feeling these murderous eyes, Ye Xiao's scalp was a little numb.
He had to dodge to the side, but they didn't seem to want to let go of Ye Xiao, so they stuck to it in a few big steps, and a smell of unknown smell came from them.
So, Ye Xiao, who couldn't stand it, was very spineless and resorted to thirty-six strategies: go for the best plan. He couldn't care so much anymore, so he ran away.
If they let the big Liu see this scene, they will probably fall out of their eyes in surprise, but they didn't expect the famous "Sky Wolf Ye Xiao" to have such an embarrassing day, and was scared away by two female primitives.
Returning to their resting place, Ye Xiao also glanced behind a few times from time to time, and was relieved to see that no one was chasing him.
In the afternoon, Udan told them that in some tribes women were in charge, and that the men of the tribes had a lower status than women and were dominated by women.
Ye Xiao knew that this should be the so-called matrilineal clan, thinking that the two women just now should be in the matrilineal clan tribe, but like the Kunshan tribe, it is a patrilineal clan.
This is what makes Ye Xiao the most incomprehensible and curious, two different types of clan societies actually exist at the same time, which is somewhat inconsistent with his previous cognition.
I heard that in other places, there are also cannibal tribes, that is, cannibals.
Ye Xiao was still a little lucky, fortunately there were no cannibals in the place they crossed over, otherwise it would be really uncomfortable to be remembered by others as food.
Perhaps, this is what makes this world different, different from any of the ancient eras they know of Earth, which confirms their previous suspicions: this is a parallel universe.
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In the second half of the night, the noise here gradually subsided, and in the dead of night, except for the people on duty from various tribes, everyone else fell asleep.
The purpose of arranging for those who stayed behind was to prevent anyone from stealing, and in fact, there was no need to do so, because the Salt Lake tribe had arranged for many warriors to be on duty everywhere, in addition to many people patrolling in pairs.
The Salt Lake tribe has set a rule that after midnight, it is not allowed to move around freely, and this is also to ensure that tomorrow's fair can go smoothly.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, just after dawn, the long-awaited trade fair began.
In order to facilitate trade, the Salt Lake tribe has specially divided a trading area, and the tribes that need to trade only need to put their goods in the designated place.
Of course, this trade fair is not open for free, and the Salt Lake tribe will charge a certain commission, which is not very much.
The Salt Lake tribe also has its own trading area, and the goods involved in the trade are naturally very precious salt.
Because it is a necessity of life, many tribes have sent people to bring goods and exchange some salt with the salt lake tribes.
Ye Xiao asked the big Liu and Pan Zi to take the goods and followed him and the ghost doctor to the trading area.
The first place they went to was also from the Salt Lake tribe, and it took four golden feathers and a pair of mammoth tusks to exchange for a small jar of salt and weigh it, probably less than 100 grams.
This salt is not the imaginary white salt, but the yellowish table salt, which should be the natural precipitation of salt crystals, the taste is still a little bitter, containing a lot of impurities, and the blue snow brought them the same as before.
It seems that after going back, this salt needs to be purified again, otherwise the taste of the food will become very strange if you add this bitter table salt.
After exchanging the salt, I went to look at the items placed on the ground by other tribes, most of which were some animal teeth, fur and other things.
However, there are so many tribes here, they have only seen a small part, maybe they can gain something in other places, so they patiently walked around the trading area slowly.
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(I didn't recommend it this week π_π)