Chapter 43: Matrilineal Clans

Along the walls of the stone chamber, we found more torches, all of which were metal shelves inserted into the walls at intervals, as expected.

The shelves are all golden, which looks similar to the lock in the dungeon, but it looks older, indicating that the people who used to be active here have something to do with the dungeon at the bottom of the waterfall.

Jiang Rou used the torch in her hand to ignite the others one by one, and a rectangular stone room with a strong artistic atmosphere was gradually revealed in front of our eyes.

The walls are full of wall carvings, including the roof is not a little free, the wall carvings around the stone room are divided into three layers, the characters in these wall carvings are all long arms and long legs, not as abstract as the outside, and are painted with paint, mainly goose yellow, embellished with red, black, green, white, it looks more real, and of course it is more difficult to see.

We only took a cursory look at it, and it probably depicted some chaotic scenes, and various interactive behaviors almost connected the wall carvings in the whole room into a painting, which was dazzling.

There was only one place that caught our attention, where there was a pot-shaped pool carved into it, and many pregnant women with big bellies were submerged in the water, some had already gone down, some were standing by the pool, and some were about to go down, and their expressions were all happy.

The fat brother pointed to the pool and said, "Look, isn't this the pool in the yard?" It was originally intended for pregnant women to bathe. ”

Jiang Rou shook her head and said, "I'm afraid it's not as simple as taking a bath." ”

I hurriedly asked, "What else can you see?" ”

Jiang Rou said: "It may be used to give birth, these pregnant women will go down to the pool and give birth to the water until the day they are about to give birth. ”

"Didn't that drown the baby? What kind of bad taste is this? The fat brother asked with wide eyes.

Jiang Rou glared at the fat brother and said, "What do you know?" This is more advanced technology, right? Nowadays, many high-end maternity hospitals will provide pools and warm water for pregnant women who are about to give birth, and with the help of husbands and doctors, the baby will be born into the water. ”

We really don't know about this, but we are all people who have never experienced marriage and childbirth, and it is normal not to know, even the fat brother who moves the fastest, the child has not yet taken shape.

The fat brother scratched the back of his head and said to Jiang Li with a smile: "See? This is the gap, they are all raised by the same parents, how can people know everything, not as naΓ―ve as you. ”

"Am I innocent? What's the point of knowing these bad things? If you look at these paintings, they really fit your heart, and you will leave yourself here for a while, enjoy it. Jiang Li pointed at the paintings on the wall, and refuted the fat brother angrily.

We all laughed out loud for our group, and at the same time, Jiang Li himself laughed, and the originally reddened little face, coupled with the fire reflected in his eyes, was even more cute.

Looking at the center of the stone chamber, there are four rows of half-person-high stone platforms neatly placed, the platforms still seem to be made of concrete, and the shape of the lower part seems to be a rectangular sarcophagus, but they are all solid, not coffins.

Around these rectangular stone platforms, they are carved with patterns, similar to those on the surrounding walls, and they are also colored. Only the top surface of the stone platform is very smooth, but it is not flat, and there are some strange structures, each of which is different, and it is impossible to see what it is used for.

I asked the others, "What are these tables for?" Can you see it? ”

Everyone shook their heads, only Su Rina understood, she jumped directly on a stone platform, and then lay on it with her back to the sky, with the help of the structure on the stone platform, her legs were spread apart, and her legs were supported and raised high, and she kept that posture and asked us: "Do you understand?" ”

This reminds me that when I was under Cao Cao's tomb, the fat brother fiddled with the posture of dancing clay figures. All of a sudden, everyone understood that these stone platforms were originally stone beds, and with the help of stone beds, it was easier for people to pose for men and women to have sex. When you use it, you can take different poses with different strange structures.

Now Su Rina, who is lying on it, has a charming shape and a variety of charms, and I can't help but feel a little heartbeat when I see it, and I am ready to move. I hurriedly went up and helped Su Rina up, and jokingly said to her, "Hurry up, what kind of system will you become?" ”

In the stone chamber, on one of the walls facing the entrance, two upright human figures, one of which is a deer-headed man and the other a wolf-headed man, stand facing each other, looking at each other. Because there are no carved clothes, it can be seen that the deer-headed man is a man and the wolf-headed man is a woman.

These two figures, larger than the other carvings, stood at the height of a full wall, and the depiction of the male body was also very exaggerated, as if an arm was sticking out between the legs, pointing at the deer-headed man.

Underneath the two slender human figures are a number of colorful figures, smiling or dancing, with some colorful ornaments hanging on their bodies, but not enough to cover their bodies, looking up at the two large figures above.

Yan Qiu immediately understood the mural and preached to us: "This is probably the god they worship, a man and a woman are in charge of childbirth, and the following villains should represent the ancestors of the ethnic group, all of whom are children of the gods." It has a similar meaning to the legend of Nuwa in our country. ”

Hearing this, I laughed secretly, in comparison, I'm afraid that this one is more reliable, at least it is bred by men and women, and it is much more credible to say it. In our legend, it is said that people are made by Nuwa with mud, and with the development of science and technology, it becomes more and more untenable, otherwise we would not believe lightly that Nuwa fed medicine and monkeys gave birth to people.

The fat brother asked Yan Qiu: "Can you see that this male god is forced?" ”

Yan Qiu looked at the wall carving, then at the fat brother, and asked curiously, "Where did you start?" Why is it forced. ”

Jiang Li also continued: "Yes, it is you men who want to be forced, how can we women force it?" ”

The fat brother smiled and said, "Didn't we just see that the wolf bit the deer?" Here the wolf is probably an important natural enemy of the deer, the male god of the deer's head and the goddess of the wolf's head, does it indicate that the male god is under the persecution of the goddess? ”

I think the fat brother's question is a bit of a bull's horn, and said to the fat brother: "You think too much, people are just a representative, the deer god and the wolf god, since they are both gods, then there is no zΓ i who is afraid of whom, they are all good friends." ”

Yan Qiu seemed to be touched by the fat brother's words, patted me on the shoulder, stopped me from continuing, and frowned carefully before saying, "The fat brother has a point, but it is not to show compulsion. ”

The fat brother asked happily, "What is that to show?" ”

Yan Qiu continued: "In this painting, the wolf head is used to represent women, and the deer head is used to represent men, in order to tell the residents here that the male god is not as powerful as the goddess, which also reflects that the man here must be at the mercy of the woman. This place must have once been a matriarchal clan society with a feministically dominant human group. The painting was also painted by the painter Tong GuΓ² to consolidate the dominance of women in society, including reproduction. ”

I didn't expect a simple wall carving, under the whimsy of the fat brother, to really find its profound meaning, it seems that this crooked talent is sometimes useful.

Jiang Rou patted the fat brother's back and praised again: "Sure enough, I'm right, you're smart here." ”

The fat brother smirked and said to Jiang Rou: "That's it, you fat brother and I have also seen the world, and when I go out, I will take you to the club to eat abalone, a whole fish feast, that's quite ......."

Speaking of which, I knew that the fat brother was about to show off the best restaurant he had ever eaten in his life, so I hurriedly interrupted the fat brother and asked, "Smart man, where do you say we are going next?" ”

The fat brother scratched his head, pretended to think for a moment, and said very seriously: "Since there is no road in the house, we have to go back the same way and continue to walk inside on the way up the mountain." Then he immediately smiled and said, "I'm starting to like it a little bit." ”

Everyone almost glanced at the fat brother at the same time, only Jiang Li said softly to the fat brother: "Phew, the fool also knows that there is no way to turn back." ”

was so angry that the fat brother went to chase Jiang Li.

We also walked out of this stone chamber with the two of them.

When we came back to the edge of the pool, it was already dark outside, and the walls were sheltered from the wind, so we decided to spend the night in this patio.

The fat brother went to Su Rina's backpack to rummage, but did not find any food residues, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "I am not fully prepared, I haven't even prepared dinner, it seems that I will drink fruit belly tonight." But when he walked to the edge of the pool with the lunch box, the fat brother stopped again and turned to the canal that stored water in the pool.

I guess he must have remembered that this pool was used by the ancients to give birth to children, and the water here is so clear that it may be difficult for him to swallow.

As a beggar, I don't seem to be so afraid of hunger anymore, and I don't think I have anything to worry about if I don't eat for a week.

However, Jiang Li still walked to his sister's side, gently pushed Jiang Rou with his hand and said, "Hey, get something to eat." ”