Chapter 6: New Students
At the center of the Wolf clan camp is a large open square, where the tribe meets and where the warriors train on weekdays.
The ground is extraordinarily flat, and after thousands of years, countless people have stepped on it, and there is absolutely no grass, smooth and flat.
The square was large enough to accommodate four or five thousand people from the entire tribe gathered here at the same time.
Yes, the Wolf tribe had a large population, four or five thousand people.
They are the most populous of the tribes near the grasslands and forests.
This advantageous situation has been like this since the generation of Red's grandfather.
Red's grandfather used to be the patriarch of the Wolf clan, and Rhett's father was also the previous patriarch of the Wolf clan.
Although the clan chief is not hereditary, the strongest warrior who contributes the most to the clan is selected from the entire clan.
However, the genetics of the Rhett family are very strong, although each generation of them is a single lineage, but this single man must be the most powerful one of the same race and generation, and he has not changed for decades.
Under the leadership of three generations of Rhett's patriarchs, the Wolf clan has won dozens of tribal wars in a row, and several nearby tribes have been defeated by their men.
And each victory would bring a dozen or twenty foreign-age women to the Wolf tribe, who would be divided among the single warriors in the tribe, and then give birth to more children and add more warriors to the tribe.
In this barbaric era, women have no sense of tribal belonging, they are only a kind of property of the tribe, and they must have the consciousness of dedicating themselves to the tribe at any time.
Only men, especially strong warriors, are the masters of the tribe and the most precious and inviolable treasure.
The elders summoned all the people who were not in the camp, young and old, to attend the funeral of Red's mother.
Because Red's mother was the wife of the previous patriarch, she was entitled to this honor, not to mention that she died so heroically.
Protecting the current patriarch is a remarkable feat.
The rewards and punishments of the Wolf tribe are still very clear, which is also an important reason why the Wolf tribe remains strong.
It is important to be clear about rewards and punishments and to be fair and equitable.
In the center of the square was a half-man-high platform, covered with all the flowers that could be found in the shortest possible time.
Red's mother lay among the flowers, with a fine panther leopard skin laid under her, which was left by Red's father as a trophy of the battle against the Panser clan.
The old women of several clans had already wiped their mother's body clean with clean water, and the muddy stains from the heavy rain and the blood from the wounds had been wiped clean.
They even painted their mother's red lips with special paints to bring her to life.
Red knelt in front of the table and looked at his mother's face intently, and he tried hard to remember his mother's face and dare not forget it.
He took his mother's right hand and stroked his cheek with it, feeling his mother's care one last time.
Red's tears can't stop flowing, it's himself who has burdened his mother.
My father has been missing for ten years, and now even my mother is gone, leaving only Mary and her soon-to-be-born child.
Thinking of Mary, Red was also a little uneasy, in this primitive and backward era, a woman giving birth to a child is a high-risk thing, and the probability of mother and child being safe is only half.
Therefore, the stronger the strength and the higher the status, the man will marry several wives, and the reason is here.
But their Rhett family has always been monogamous and monogamous, which has become a tradition.
The elders were presiding over the funeral, and they began by recounting the events, proclaiming the great deeds of Red's mother and calling on the tribesmen to learn from her.
At the same time, they also made a vow that when the next bright year came, they would definitely bring war to the Panther tribe to punish them.
Then the witch doctor's apprentice led all the people of the tribe to dance around the body of Red's mother, in a peculiar pose.
Hold your hands high, waving back and forth, alternating between your left and right feet, and circle around the central platform as you jump.
This is to show respect for the deceased, and it is also to hope that the soul of the deceased will return to the arms of the forest god as soon as possible.
The god of the forest, the most revered of the many gods worshiped by the Wolf tribe, the witch doctor declared himself to be a believer and spokesman of the god of the forest.
Their abilities and inheritance came from the gift of the god of the forest, so this time Mary was able to find the altar of the god of the forest and get a gift from the god, which was really a miracle.
Because of this, the witch doctor, who easily refused to deliver the women of the tribe, took the initiative to bring Mary back, believing that it was God's arrangement to convey some will to her through Mary.
Finally, the funeral ceremony came to an end, and the final step was to carry Red's mother to the tribal cemetery for burial, and the grave pit had been dug.
Just as the strongest group of warriors of the tribe lifted the entire platform covered with flowers and walked towards the cemetery to the west of the tribe, Red reluctantly carried a corner of the platform and slowly walked towards the cemetery.
Suddenly, large dark clouds gathered from all directions, covering the sky of the entire tribe, and the sky suddenly darkened.
Then there was lightning and thunder, and the wind was fierce, but strangely enough, not a drop of rain fell.
Everyone felt that the atmosphere was eerie, and they had never encountered such sudden weather.
The elders were well-informed, and they did not panic, but beckoned the men to hurry up and carry the mother's body to the cemetery and bury it.
Just as the people began to hug each other and walk towards the cemetery, suddenly from the witch doctor's room came the sound of a very loud baby crying, which was full of breath and resounded throughout the camp of the Wolf tribe.
"Born, haha, Mary was born, my child was finally born. Red was so excited that if he hadn't been carrying his mother's body, he would have turned around and rushed over.
The elders were also shocked, there had never been a newborn baby who could cry so much, and it was such a coincidence that this side was just about to be buried, and that new life was born.
Even more miraculous things were yet to come, the sound of the baby's cry had not yet fallen, the lightning and thunder in the sky suddenly disappeared, and the wind stopped instantly, as if someone had taken it away.
The clouds quickly dissipated, the sun smiled again, and some people were surprised to find that there was no rain just now, but a rainbow appeared in the sky, looking like it was on the roof of the witch doctor's house.
"Miracles!" the elders bowed to the rainbow again, excited.
All the tribe also knelt down with the elders, worshipping and worshipping, even Red also knelt on the ground, kowtowing more than once, he felt that this must be his mother's apparition, bless the birth of his grandson.
It took a long time for the elders to stand up and urge the men to carry the wooden platform to the cemetery again.