6. Forgiveness rituals
"Lone Crane! Why are you here? What about the others? I lowered my voice and exclaimed.
"Shhhh Still hunched on his back, the lone crane staggered as if he was chasing us for food, and walked out of the wanderer's camp.
It was only when he walked to a place where the camp could not be seen that Duhe washed off the gum and mud used for camouflage on his face, took off his tattered clothes, and regained his image as a radiant jingle warrior.
Everyone has been waiting for her with anger, but Duhe is as his name suggests, always looking slow and indifferent. It wasn't until she had finished washing up that I asked her, "Why are you in the camp for wanderers?" ”
"Needless to say, of course, to wait for you, oh, and at the same time, to protect yourself." She stood with her arms crossed, stretched out a finger and shook it as she spoke, "I don't want to waste my strength on meaningless things and expose my strength." ”
After hearing her words, she was so angry that she pounced on her and was about to hit her: "You still have the face to wait for us?!" Do you know how worried you are if you don't return? ”
Qinglu pulled the mist, and her tone was a little eager: "Duhe, you speak well." Everyone is really worried about your safety, especially the leader of the stars, who has not eaten and slept well for several days in order to find you. ”
"I'm sure you're worried about us." Duhe said nonchalantly.
"Okay, don't talk about it. I ask you, why did you escape from Jingle Bell? I stared into Duhe's eyes.
Duhe was obviously stunned for a moment, and the other three were also stunned. The word "escape" is not a joke. The tribes of the New World are different from the tribes of the primitive society, especially the pure female tribes, because they do not have the ability to reproduce new tribe members, so they can only continue the tribe by accepting new members. To form a tribe of unrelated women and become members of the same clan identity, it takes a contract and an oath. Anyone who defects after joining is guilty of violating the covenant and oath and is punishable by death.
"Lord Xingchen! I ask for your forgiveness! "The crane knelt at my feet, his hands up, to ask for my forgiveness. Now in this situation, I have to forgive her to learn about the other two. And, I always feel like it's not that simple.
I palmed her hands down, took her hands, and exclaimed, "In the name of jingle bells, in the hidden of rivers, in the spirits of birds and beasts, and in the light of the stars." Arise, Duhe, and I forgive you. Duhe slowly stood up, his hands still stretched upward, and knelt down in four directions, southeast, northwest, and north. Then the "forgiveness" ceremony is over.
After the ceremony, Duhe was obviously shocked by my words, and without that arrogance, he just sat quietly and waited for me to ask questions.
"What about Yebi and Fuso?"
"They still wanted to go north, but I was scared, so I stayed, saying that when they came back, we would go back to Jingle Bell together. My water quality is too poor, and without their help, I really can't cross the Yangtze River. Believe me! ”
"Okay, the stars have forgiven you, you can tell everything you know." Drawing Bridge impatiently interrupted Duhe.
Both Duhe and Fuso were born in the south, but Yebi escaped from the north with Yezhu all the way. Yebi was still too young when she escaped from the north, and she only remembered that she was caught and imprisoned by a male tribe for a while, but she didn't remember what happened and how Yezhu rescued her later. Yebi also asked Yezhu, but it was a sad thing for Yezhu, and Yezhu didn't tell her.
Yebi usually has the boss with her little friends, and Duhe and Fusang stick to her every day. From time to time, under the influence of vanity, she made up the experience of escaping by herself, which won their respect even more. But one day, someone suddenly brought up the common sense problem of snow in the northern winter, and Yebi insisted that there was no, saying that how could the rain turn into flowers and fall. The big sisters from the north laughed, but Yebi did regard this as a shame.
Since then, Yebi has wanted to go to the north to see the snow with her own eyes, and often plans with Duhe and Fuso. They intentionally or unintentionally inquired about the route from the team members who came from the north, and when they returned, they secretly drew it. This is the tattered map that Qinglu got that has been changed many times, and when the map is drawn, the determined route is copied to the new map, and the old map is not preserved, so it is stolen by Qinglu.
When everything was ready, they waited quietly for the right moment. On the night of the leopard attack, when they received my order to disperse and break out, they were overjoyed, and finally ran out of Jingle Bell together, and walked all the way north.
"Then why did you separate again?"
"Yebi, they're crazy!"