Chapter 5: Return from the Hunt
Su Yang hurriedly packed his things and went to the cave where Matsu was, because Matsu was his own grandmother, so he had no burden in his heart to please the old man.
However, this was the first time he had entered the Matsu cave in addition to eating. It can be seen how unappreciated his only grandson is.
"Matsu, I'm here with Dundun." The eldest girl took Su Yang into the cave with her. Don't look at this girl is easy to coax, but she is not a stupid person, she has already learned how to please her ancestors.
"My grandson has seen Matsu!" Su Yang looked at the old man again and found that he was still suppressed in terms of momentum.
The old man didn't speak, just nodded slightly, and signaled that Su Yang could start.
Su Yang didn't say anything, his hand moved, and he quickly estimated that he had a wreath of flowers, then wrapped rattans around it, and finally selected grass flowers to decorate, and it was completed in a few moments.
The eldest girl took the wreath and handed it to the old man, and then the old man put it on his head, but the wreath was too showy, and the old man's momentum was rushing, which seemed extremely discordant, but the old man smiled and showed a silent smile.
The old man was really happy, and stood up from the animal skin cushion, about 1.7 meters tall, not strong, but like a blood-stained spear, it was easy to hurt people if he was not careful.
"Dundun, do you want to change your name to Su Yang?" Matsu asked suddenly.
Su Yang was stunned for a moment, as smart as him, he immediately reacted, it should be Ma's mother who reported to the old man this morning, but he didn't expect Matsu to take his matter very seriously.
"Yes, I'm going to call Su Yang."
The old man nodded, but said, "When you become a warrior, you can change your name." After this sacrifice, Matsu will train you herself. ”
What the? Su Yang thought that he had misheard, Matsu actually offered to train him, could it be that the old man finally found out that he was a peerless genius? Want to train him to become the next generation leader?
Well, Su Yang also knew that he was thinking too much, about the change in the old man's attitude, it should be Mamu's contribution, although Mamu was married, but she was a very capable woman in the tribe, and as Mamu said, the tribe needs warriors in the future.
Su Yang left happily and continued to complete the bamboo products, he didn't like to give up halfway.
The old man looked at Su Yang's back, and only turned around for a long time, no one knew what the old man was thinking, but the old man's life was dedicated to the clan.
Near noon, the adult women came back, and the harvest was not small, but the tools used by each person to hold food were very simple, wrapped in leaves, tied with rattan, or carried in animal skins, and some were held directly in his arms, which was really inconvenient, which also made Su Yang want to use bamboo to process production tools even more.
When the food was distributed at noon, Matsu did not show anything unusual, and the wreath was placed on the stone platform and was not worn. Su Yang didn't speak, silently eating the things he was assigned, and today he got a sweet fruit and a little jerky, which may be the old man's attitude.
Lunch was eaten in Matsu's cave before leaving, perhaps because there was no hurry. After the meal, those over the age of ten had to go to work until about five o'clock in the afternoon.
However, everyone didn't leave immediately after lunch today, only to see Matsu take a bone, and Su Yang could tell that it was an animal's thigh bone, also called a stick bone. The old man put the bone in the fire and kept burning until it was broken.
"Harvest!" Matsu raised his hands above his head, and his mouth emitted some syllables that Su Yang didn't understand, but from his memory he understood that this was a kind of "divination". Matsu was divining the harvest of the warriors who went out, and apparently got good news, but is this reliable?
The women shouted the harvest together, the pronunciation is not the modern harvest, it is Su Yang's own understanding, and maybe there are also meanings such as victory and harvest in it.
Su Yangzhi also thought about teaching everyone to write, but thinking of the pain of learning English at the beginning, and comparing the thinking and understanding of the tribesmen, this is still pulling down. Even if there are a few smart ones, maybe the disciples of the church will starve to death by then.
In the afternoon, Su Yang promised Ming'er to continue to weave garlands for the women, and then he seized the time to model repeatedly, and finally compiled a fist-sized back basket, don't underestimate this thing, because even in the twenty-first century, it has not been eliminated, and the appearance of the back basket can free the hands, relying on the shoulders and waist to exert force, which can greatly improve efficiency.
In the tribe, not only women need to carry baskets, but also men.
Su Yang was very excited, but if he wanted to compile a finished product, he would not be able to do it without a week, of course, practice makes perfect, and the faster he went, the faster he went.
"Uluru~~~ Ah, expose yo ......!"
Suddenly, there were howls in the distance, Su Yang's first reaction was that there was danger, and he was about to turn around and run, saving his life. But when he saw that the other children were in the opposite direction of what he thought, they all ran outside excitedly, and not only the children, but also the adults of the tribe came out.
"It's the warriors who have returned!" Su Yang reacted instantly, this was the shout to greet the soldiers. Thinking of noon, he said that Matsu's divination was unreliable, but he didn't expect to be slapped in the face so soon.
I can't care so much, he put the model of the back basket, and also ran with everyone, in modern times he was from the Animal Husbandry Bureau, that is, he could eat meat at every meal, although it was less than two days of rebirth, but he was already hungry and thirsty, and the soldiers returned from hunting to mean that they could see the oil meat.
When Su Yang saw more than a dozen warriors, he thought of Sparta again, if there were three hundred such warriors, I am afraid that he would be able to sweep in all directions, at this moment the fire of war had been ignited in his heart, but it would be extinguished immediately, so let's eat meat first.
Most of the people in the tribe came to greet them, excitedly stepping forward to take over the harvest of the warriors, there were several huge beasts, a great harvest!
But Su Yang found that there seemed to be one less of these strong men covered in blood, and he had the impression that sixteen people had gone out, and now only fifteen had returned, of course, it was possible that he remembered it wrong.
His father, Yong, returned. This is a man as strong as Mamu, with skin like rocks, a mantle, strands of hair that have been coagulated by blood, and the smell of a beast, but his eyes are peaceful. In Su Yang's memory, his father was an honest man, listening to his mother outside and his wife at home, a good man.
"Dundun, my good dundun!" Yong Fei ran over quickly, picked up Su Yang, held it high, and looked up at forty-five degrees.
This situation made Su Yang so embarrassed, is God trying to make up for his regret of being an orphan?
Soon, Matsu and the other five elders came, and Su Yang was naturally let go by Yong, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he was held in his arms by Mamu, who rushed to hear the news, and finally sat on Rong's shoulder to watch the excitement.
Hundreds of people from the rock tribe all came, even the babies were hugged, and in the open space outside the cave, the clansmen were already setting up bonfires in an orderly manner, but Su Yang knew very well that if he wanted to eat meat, he would have to wait an hour later, so he was not in a hurry now.
"Roar, roar, roar!"
"Ula Ula!"
The clansmen cheered to their heart's content, and put the prey in the middle together, there were three wild beasts the size of wild horses, and I don't know what breed it was, but it had hooves, which should eat grass, and there were more than a dozen small animals the size of pheasants and rabbits, and five animals the size of small pigs, adding up to more than 1,000 catties of meat, which could really be said to be a bumper harvest.
It's just a pity that all these prey are dead, so Su Yang's breeding plan has been ruined temporarily. He thought that the sacrifice would start next, but who knew that his father and another warrior stepped forward and began to take out things from the animal skin in his arms, Su Yang saw it clearly at a glance because of his high position, and was immediately shocked, could these be used as gifts for witches?