Chapter 18: Visiting Relatives (Part I)

Many years later, I can still remember that night.

In the bright light of the fire, my grandfather sat on the steps of the altar with his body bent, looking at the fire, teaching me how to use elemental vision, and teaching me about shamanic skills.

I realized that this is not called learning, not exercise, and not training.

All these actions are called spiritual practice.

Practice, in shamanic mantras, is two words.

Cultivation is to change, including learning, including training, with the aim of changing one's body and mind.

Walking is the meaning of execution, walking, and persistence.

Cultivation is to go all the way in a certain profession, a certain method or a habit.

Shamans, warriors, archers, druids, any profession.

Well, these are all things that grandpa said, and I don't really understand it......

Leo praised his grandfather rarely: "I originally thought that this old man was a hillbilly, I had never seen the world, I didn't expect to be able to say such Zen words, well, I underestimated him......"

Although I don't understand what he said about "Zen Tao rhyme", anyway, it is estimated that it is similar to "practice", in short, he is praising grandpa.

I ignored him and continued to listen to my grandfather.

Grandpa said, "Cultivation is like guarding this fire, you have to add firewood on time, but you can't add too much, too much, it will burn into the house next to it." Imagine that there is a fire in your heart that requires you to keep adding firewood......"

I followed his words and imagined as if I saw a small flame appear in my chest.

One by one, the firewood, which was smaller than a finger, was thrown into it continuously and slowly.

Grandpa said in a low voice: "If the firewood is gone, the flame will be extinguished......

I saw the firewood, which was smaller than a finger, suddenly disappear, and the flames began to shrink and were close to extinguishing.

I was a little anxious, thinking about finding Chai He.

Chai He appeared out of thin air and continued to throw into the flames, and the flames rose again.

Grandpa seemed to be able to see it and said, "If you throw too much firewood, the flames will ......."

The firewood suddenly increased, and the flames suddenly exploded, burning my shoulders and chin.

I exclaimed, "Oops! ”

Grandpa pressed my shoulder and said, "Don't worry......"

The sudden increase in firewood disappeared suddenly, and the flames stopped growing.

I still feel some hot pain in my shoulders and jaw.

Then, suddenly, I felt a chilling sensation coming from the right corner, like the cold air outside, suddenly leaking through the new animal skin......

I was startled, my eyes widened, and I looked at my grandfather.

Grandpa smiled and said, "Very good, you can wake up so quickly, which means that you are not frightened by your imagination, which shows that your heart is in good harmony with the way of the shaman, and it also shows that your heart is very pure......"

I was a little puzzled and said, "What happened?" ”

Grandpa said, "It's just a little trick, and when you become a full-fledged shaman, I'll teach you." ”

I breathed a sigh of relief, but I was still a little worried.

Because I know that it is not how pure my heart is, but the existence of Leo.

To be exact, that chilly feeling.

It seems to represent Leo's energy, and it is really a little evil......

However, Grandpa didn't seem to have any sense at all.

He could clearly feel the changes in me, but he couldn't notice Leo, which was indeed a very, um, very troublesome thing.

But it's also safe.

After breakfast the next day, the whole village began to prepare for the arrival of spring.

One of the most important things is to visit relatives.

It is also the fight that Leo is most looking forward to.

Visiting relatives is a festival for all women who marry to other villages to come back to visit their families, not a certain day, but a period after the recovery festival, during this time, the married women have to go back to their hometowns.

There are three villages near our village, one is the village of Duodi, where my grandfather and his family lived, and the other two villages are called Bezu and Wana.

Most of the women in our village of Ville were married from these three villages, a small number of them were in their own village, and a small number were from villages further afield.

When women go back to their hometowns, they don't go alone, some of them are newly married, and even their husbands have to follow, and those who have been married for a little longer can go back with their children.

When my mother returned to Duodi, she took me and my sister and, of course, my brother.

However, before going back, my grandfather's youngest daughter, my father's sister, my aunt, and Aunt Rena, who married into Beizu Village, came back to visit her relatives first, so my mother postponed her own visit.

My grandfather had only two children, my father and my aunt, so he wanted me to take over the duties of shaman—something I had only recently understood, and Leo had told me.

My aunt and his son, who was about the same age as me, was just a few months younger than my cousin Patu.

At the same time, the women who married into Beizu Village, that is, the aunts and aunts in the village, have almost returned.

And with them, of course, were their children.

These cousins from neighboring villages are the objects of our fight.

It is said that it is a fight, but in fact, it is also a top frame and wrestling, and it is all a competition, competing with each other.

Adults don't really care about this kind of contest, they neither support nor stop it.

In my brother's words, "Adults are like this when they are young!" ”

Of course, those apprentice warrior brothers over the age of eight will not participate in the competition of us children.

Their opponents were also trainee fighters brought back by the women who came to visit their relatives.

The children who had returned from visiting family and we immediately ran to the edge of the training ground to start our game.

The training ground is for the apprentice warrior brothers.

Our children in the village of Ville, led by me and Kate.

The child from the village of Bezu is not my cousin Patu.

Their leader was the cousin of one of our six-year-old friends, who was a little taller than Kate.

He's been eyeing Kate, who is a little taller than me.

And my cousin, Kate, also had her eyes on me.

Kate whispered: "We, in the village of Vale, must not lose on our own turf!" ”

The friends all shouted: "Can't lose!" them! ”

The people of Bezu Village also said: "them! ”

On the training ground on that side, the trainee soldiers shouted: "Ha! ”

They shouted so loudly that we all startled.

The one-armed uncle Yanggovo, together with several uncles of the hunting team, sat on the stone pier in the distance with a wine jug and watched the excitement.

I actually wanted to see the Trainee Fighters play, and the other friends also meant that.

Leo actually thought the same way.

Kate and the leader of the village of Bezu said, "Let's hurry up and finish the competition, and then go to see them, it won't take long!" ”

Leo said, "It's not small, these two little boys...... Hurry up and overturn the two of them! ”

I said, "I'll fight the first one!" ”

Kay nodded.

Cousin Patu also came up and said, "I'm going to challenge you, cousin Bihon!" ”

I said, "Wrestling or topracking?" ”

Patu thought for a moment and said, "Wrestling! ”

I said, "Come on! ”

His eyes turned to the training ground.

The first one over there is about to begin.

My cousin was about the same size as me, and a little thicker than me, the leader of the village of Bezu smiled.

Kate whispered, "Be careful, you're the shaman's heir......"

I said, "I know." ”

Leo shouted, "It's time to show the results of your training!" ”

Actually, after these months of fighter training, I didn't feel much stronger, except for running a little faster, push-ups and sit-ups or something......

In fact, Kate led her friends to run around the village and outside the village every day, and also learned to carry stones from the trainee soldiers, which is estimated to be not far behind.

I'm just, because of Leo's presence, I want to stay away from them......

I didn't want to play these games with them anymore after that top frame loss to Kate, but right now, I can't avoid it.

As a child of the village, and as a future shamanic heir, I can't back down.

That's what Kate and I have said before.

As a child of the Doon family, I can't hold back.

This is what my brother said.

In the future, my brother and I will tell my brother the same thing.

In the past, I wouldn't have thought about it so much, and when I came to the opponent, I would overthrow him, regardless of whether he was my own cousin or someone else's cousin!

But now, I'm thinking about what I don't have.

And no one knew what was going on in my heart.

I can't let them know either.

Then, you can only bite the bullet.

Brother Patu bent slightly, opened his arms, and I bent my knees and waist to lower my body.

The cousin shouted: "Roar! "Rushed at me.

I greeted him.

Our arms are together.

Then, my cousin grabbed my arm and pushed it to the side, and at the same time, his foot reached for my feet.

He wanted to trip me.

My hands also started to push to the other side.

Then, my body was easily thrown out......