Chapter 3: Escape from the Cave
There is no spring and autumn in the cave, and there is no sun and moon in the cave.
Caves give shelter, but they also blind people. Tao Miao found that except for the hunting team, which would go out regularly, the rest of the tribe would not leave the cave. On days when the hunting team does not return, people search the corners of the caves, and if they are lucky, they can find a nest of gophers or rabbits, and if they are unlucky, they can only rely on moss and fungi to satisfy their hunger. Without salt, the meat will rot if it is not eaten as soon as possible, and people have long been accustomed to the days of starvation and fullness, and from time to time people will die of hunger or starvation, and everyone will just watch the dead flow with the water in silence.
For such a thing, everyone has a strange expression, not because they have no feelings, but because the environment they are in does not allow it, so for all this, they seem to have been used to it for a long time
And the Tao Yi family is like a hidden existence in a cave, and people turn a blind eye to them. Even the "mother-in-law" who delivered meat on the first day only secretly looked at her when she wasn't paying attention, and once she looked back, the other party would immediately shift her gaze.
Tao Miao knew in her heart that the people here were not very welcoming to them, and more than welcome, they should be on guard.
Over the course of many days, she had learned to speak a few words of the language, and she was able to figure out what was going on. This was something she had only figured out after working hard all this time. The language of primitive people is not systematic, there is no fixed pronunciation, and some even make it up on the spot, and they can only understand it by relying on body language cooperation.
The man was cursed by the great witch of the tribe, and when he was born, a small earthquake occurred in the cave, and a large hole appeared in the originally flat ground for no reason, and the location of the big hole happened to be the home of the great witch, and the family fell neatly into the cave and never came back. The Great Witch was waiting with the leader to pray for the tribe's newborn baby, but he heard that he had lost all his family when the baby was born. The grief-stricken witch was angry with the baby and cursed him for bringing calamity to the tribe.
In this primitive era, curses have the power to make people fearful, and everyone is very important to this so-called curse, which is different from Tao Yiyi, and these curses are just to be listened to as curses, and they will not be taken seriously at all, but the people here are different, and they have believed in such an existence for generations.
The words of the great witch are more authoritative than the chief, and people dare not approach the man, for fear that calamity will befall them. The man's mother also believed in the Great Witch, so she did not dare to defend him, and when he was old enough to hunt on his own, she kicked him out of the house. The man also seems to think that he is an ominous person, and he leaves the house without complaint, does not take the initiative to talk to others, does not join the hunting team, and is left to fend for himself. Until he retrieves a woman, which is the original body.
The original body is not from the cave tribe, she is met by a man while hunting. The original body was unconscious in the place where he was hunting and ambushing, and at first the man was a little frightened to see this strange woman who did not belong to the tribe, but when he saw that the original body seemed to be the same person as them, he finally made up his mind to bring her back.
She was about the same age as Shuitan, and she was a neighbor, and Shuitan liked her very much, so the two became friends. Waterhole is the only person in the tribe who has spoken to the original body.
And with the increasingly intimate relationship between Tao Miao and Shuitang these days, they are constantly chatting, from Shuitan's words, she learned about the man's life experience, which made her feel a little surprised but it is also reasonable, although the man does not seem to be so talkative, the communication between them is almost zero these days, and even the people here never talk to men, even when they receive meat, they are silent.
Tao Yi chewed on this information, only to feel that the future was difficult. She expected the man's situation to be bad, but she didn't expect it to be so bad. The person who was prophesied by the great witch was lucky, even if she was lucky if she was not killed by the people in the tribe, she could still grow so big, and at the same time she felt very sorry for the man, and it must be very lonely to grow up alone without anyone to rely on.
It's been more than a year since she crossed into this cave, and the words she said to the man can be counted on both hands. The siu mai has already begun to learn to walk, and his black grape-like eyes are full of curiosity. She doesn't want her baby to live in such an oppressive environment, yes, even in a primitive society, early education can't be left behind!
She felt more and more anxious as she had such advanced thoughts, but she didn't mention it to anyone, including men.
Because he is a member of this primitive society, even she feels sorry for the very bad situation of men.
Tao Miao didn't say it, even if she did, she was afraid that the man would prevent her from leaving because she didn't understand, and she had such a rough outline in her heart, so she hid this secret tightly in her heart.
This is a secret that no one can tell, and the days pass day by day in the boring cave life.
The trigger that prompted Momomisty to leave the cave was the woman that Shusheng brought back with him. A month after Shuitan's death, Shusheng's house was inhabited by a woman with a good figure, and Tao Miao knew that she was the daughter of a totem girl, named Yun. The meat bun was taken home by Shusheng and handed over to Yun to take care of. Keyun is not a good mother, and she often makes her cry when she feeds the soup to the meat buns. The meat bun cried loudly and endlessly, Yun was impatient with her noise, and he was about to fall to the ground when he lifted it, in the tribe, it was very common for a child to die young, even if the meat bun died, Shusheng would not blame her. Tao Miao saw that she had a fight with Yunda, which not only offended the totem girl, but also made Shusheng very embarrassed.
But even so, Tao Yi still feels that her behavior is right, because no matter who she is, she has the sovereignty of her own life, and although the meat bun is still small, it doesn't mean that she doesn't have it.
It's just that it's very difficult to let Shusheng be caught in the middle, which makes her feel a little sorry.
The meat bun is very dependent on Tao Yiyi, and if she can't see her for a moment, she will cry, and as soon as she is hugged, she will obediently eat and sleep, and Tao Yi is reluctant to let the baby suffer. She discussed with Shusheng to give the meat bun to herself. Shusheng was a little embarrassed, but Yun couldn't wait for the meat bun to be carried away by the peach, and the wind blew on the pillow for a few nights, and Shusheng reluctantly agreed. However, the life of the peach girl who married the beam was even more difficult, and once the peach girl went out to get the fire and came back to find that all the animal skins in the house had been scratched, the clay pots and bowls were broken, and the siu mai and the meat buns were shrunk in the corner and cried.
Peach's ethereal heart suddenly emptied, and she looked at the messy home, and gave birth to a stronger than ever thought that she would definitely leave the cave. The totem girl is a strong woman, even if the peach girl endured her again and again, but still can't stop her heart to find fault, because of the previous events, it has made it very difficult for Shusheng to be caught in the middle, if you let yourself and the totem girl's daughter continue to be neighbors, I am afraid there will be greater friction.
Tao Miao sat on the ground with her two children in her arms, quiet, without any fluctuations in her heart, waiting for the man to come back. In the process of waiting quietly, Tao Yi comforted the two children sitting on the ground, the two children on the ground because of her existence, they were also very well-behaved and did not make noise, remembering the life before the crossing, and reminded herself in her heart over and over again that she had a bold decision in her heart at this time.
When the man returned, he saw a mess and touched his peachy head. Suddenly her eyes heated, and she took a deep breath and told the man that she wanted to get out of here.
When Tao Yi told the man about his decision, he had no bottom in his heart, because for his own idea, it seemed very bold and almost impossible to realize in this cave tribe. No one would want to leave the cave, because this is where they have lived for generations, and they are full of fear of the outside world, afraid of going out and dying outside.
So after finishing speaking, Tao Yi stared at the man in front of her a little nervously, seeing that the man didn't respond to her for a long time, just stared at herself silently, she suddenly felt flustered and helpless.
The man was silent for a long time, and then made a gesture, and Tao Miao knew that he agreed.
At this moment, Tao Miao smiled sincerely, no one knew why she would be so happy, about the decision she made, it did seem bold and unrealistic, but Tao Miao didn't think so.
It was easy for men to leave the cave, but the tribe did not allow women to enter and exit, and there were night watchmen patrolling. In the middle of the night, she had to crawl out of the crevice in the deep cave with her two babies, which was discovered by the man, and no one except them knew about this secret passage.
In fact, her heart is beating wildly now, she is afraid that the babies will not be well-behaved, in case the crying attracts the night watchman, or is found by the night watchman halfway through, what kind of punishment awaits them, this is unknown, but even so she has to fight.
Because she has been educated in modern society since she was a child, Tao Miao's desire for freedom exceeds her fear of cave primitives, and she is calm
Instead of continuing to survive in the cave, it is better to risk being captured by the cave tribe and fight hard.
The babies are very well-behaved, and even the crying meat buns are quiet. As soon as she came out of the cave, she was led by the man to run desperately, through the dark and dense jungle, the grass absorbed the sound of their running, and the light of the cave bonfire became farther and farther away until it disappeared into the distance.
In the endless mountains, the man took the peach and the two children, running quickly on the land full of leaves, this is the most relaxed mood since the peach misty crossed here, even the two children around her seemed to be infected with her thoughts, seemed excited, so the two ran for a long, long time, and finally ran out of the range of activities of the cave tribe and came to an open flat land.
The shadows of the trees obscured the moonlight, and the chirping of insects tirelessly reminded the existence of life in this world.
It's great that I'm still alive. Peach fell to the ground panting.