Chapter 15: The Ritual of Dividing the Food
This time when they entered the village, the women were still enthusiastic about the dragon spirit, but they were no longer fanatically entangled, nor did they mention the matter of giving birth to children, and they all greeted him politely.
"The Great Wizard's words are really useful." The dragon spirit was overjoyed, he felt that he had never been so relaxed, and finally let go of his psychological burden and walked in the middle of the crowd generously.
Not only has the woman's attitude changed, but the men's attitude towards him has also taken a 180-degree turn. Not only are they no longer hostile to the dragon spirits, but their attitude towards the dragon spirits is more enthusiastic than that of women.
There was joy in every man, and a smile appeared on his face when he saw him. It was a joy from the heart, and no one who saw their smile would doubt its authenticity.
"Hey, Ryuko, good morning."
"Venerable Dragon-Given One, please come to my house as a guest."
"Ryuko, you can hunt with us."
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"Ah, good...... Oh, thanks...... Hmm, I'll think about it...... Well, got it......"
The dragon spirit was overwhelmed to respond to the kindness of others, and secretly slandered: "These guys, all of them are animals who think with their lower bodies. ”
As he walked up the main passage and greeted people, he gradually realized that something was wrong, all the adult men were overly enthusiastic about him, but he could see a trace of contempt in this enthusiasm.
"Am I too suspicious?" The dragon spirit fox observed suspiciously, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the atmosphere was weird.
"Could it be that you haven't recovered from the poison?" He stopped, looked at the fingerprints on his hand, and shook his head vigorously, as if there were some sequelae.
When he looked up and looked closely, he found that the women were also looking at him with regretful and pitiful eyes, and even the children sighed and shook their heads at him.
"It's understandable to regret, but what the hell is pity for me?" The dragon spirit became more and more puzzled, turned his head to look at Cang Jizi behind him, and also looked at himself with a meaningful smile.
He was made anxious, and his anger also came up, and he scolded in his heart: "His 'mother' is all evil, isn't it?" ”
In a fit of anger, he no longer paid attention to this group of inexplicable guys, and went directly to the council hall to find the elder steward to do his own business.
Walking briskly to the middle of the village, the council hall was located on the largest platform in the village, the size of half a football field.
The platform was too big to be supported by the trunks of the trees, so the villagers put dozens of pillars below to support it. It is said that it was extremely difficult to cut and transport these large timbers, and it took the ancestors of the Ryuzawa tribe several years to complete the work.
The large platform is a place for villagers to meet, discuss and worship, and at this time the crowd on the platform is crowded, bustling, and noisy as if it is a festival.
The crowd formed a big circle and watched something, and from time to time someone was seen happily leaving the crowd with a piece of meat in his hand.
The dragon spirit walked over, stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck behind the crowd to watch, only to see more than a dozen large prey placed in the circle, including buffalo, wild boar, sambar deer, python, etc., a lot of piles.
A small group of men and women were cutting their prey with stone knives, and the ground was covered with blood and fishy smell, and a few old men were distributing meat to the people around them. The person who got the meat bowed happily and turned around, and the people behind were not in a hurry, they all looked at and talked with a smile.
"It turned out that I was distributing the prey brought back by the hunting team." The dragon spirit was interesting to watch, so he crowded into the crowd to join in the fun.
In fact, the Ryuzawa tribe is a fishing and hunting people, and there is no shortage of food in the bushes where they live, and the surrounding products are abundant, and they can fill their stomachs without farming by gathering and fishing and hunting.
However, other meats other than fish are not readily available. Eating a snake or something once in a while can only be regarded as a snack, and it is dangerous and difficult to go out to hunt a small game on your own, so you have to rely on a large number of hunters to hunt collectively.
On weekdays, each family has to feed themselves, but the prey brought back by the hunting team will be divided equally among the whole village according to the head. Although the quality and quantity of food distributed to men and women are different, it is very fair.
The natives are very simple, trust each other, there are no cheaters, and the people in charge of distribution are all respected old people, even if there is some deviation, no one has an opinion.
Each food ceremony is a festival for the villagers, not just for a piece of meat, but also for an opportunity to get together and find some entertainment for their poor life.
Although the dragon spirit has experienced many times of food, it is sent to him by someone else every time, and it is the first time to experience it in person.
"Luckily, I finally caught up with a meal. Hey, hey, hey. Cang Jizi rubbed her hands and smiled obscenely.
The dragon spirit crossed his arms and said: "I don't see you less every time I eat, what luck is good." ”
At the mention of this, Cang Ji was angry, pointed to the few old men who were eating in the field, and scolded in a low voice: "These old bastards bullied me, they used to give me the best meat, and now they have people send me the most inferior and stinky meat." ”
"Later, I had to come and pick it up myself, but they didn't inform me, I stayed in the cave in the back mountain all day to paint, where did I know the news, so I didn't get a single fresh good meat."
"Hmph." He crossed his hands on his hips and said fiercely with fierce eyes: "This time I must get the good meat I deserve!" ”
"Oh, really?" The dragon spirit was embarrassed to talk about this topic again.
Like Cangjizi, he didn't contribute much to the tribe, but he was not disliked like Cangjizi, and he was still able to get the best meat. Thinking that he had eaten white food for such a long time, the dragon spirit's face couldn't help but feel a slight fever.
After watching for a while, suddenly an old man who shared food saw the dragon spirit, immediately walked over, smiled kindly, and said to the dragon spirit: "Honorable dragon son, why did you come to get the meat yourself, I will ask the family to send it to the house for you." ”
This old man is the patriarch of the Gou family, who is the most respected to the dragon spirit mentioned earlier, and the father of the female Xin's cannon friend Gou Xian Si - Gou Gong.
There are dozens of people in the Gou family, more than a dozen young and strong men, and they are a very powerful family in the village, and Gou Gong is also one of the elders of the Longze Department.
"Thank you Elder Gou for your concern, I won't trouble you this time, I'll take it myself." The dragon spirit said with a smile, bending down and giving a salute.
Although he didn't have much contact with the Gou family, he also knew that their family was his supporter, so he was very polite to Gougong.
Seeing that Longzi was so respectful to himself, Gou Gong couldn't close his mouth happily, and when he saw that everyone around him was paying attention, he felt that he was very face-saving, and couldn't help laughing twice.
He turned back to a buffalo, cut off a piece of good meat from the cow's buttocks, and stabbed between the legs of the cow, holding the meat to the dragon spirit and saying, "Dragon, this is your meat." ”
Long Jing saw that although he had cut the best meat for himself, the amount was not much more, and it was obvious that he was doing his best to benefit him without violating the rules.
"Thank you, Elder." The dragon spirit was not pretentious, and reached out to take the beef.
"You can take this back and eat it too." The hooker placed a long, stick-like organ in his hand.
"What's that?" The dragon spirit didn't see it at once.
"Bull's whip." Gougong mysteriously leaned in his ear and said, "Don't be discouraged, your problem will definitely be made up." ”
The dragon spirit said strangely, "What's wrong with me?" ”
"Hehe, everyone is a man, I can understand if you're embarrassed." Gogong winked at him and turned to leave.
"Wait!" The dragon spirit grabbed his arm, tilted his neck and crooked his mouth and asked, "You must make it clear to me, what is wrong with me?" ”
"You really don't know what's wrong with you?" Gou Gong looked at the dragon spirit seriously, sighed and said: "Everyone is passing on it, the great wizard said that when the dragon god created you, he didn't give you fertility, and he couldn't harden it, so ......"
"I'll wipe it!" The dragon spirit was furious, and finally understood why the people in the village had such an attitude.