Chapter 21: Sleep, baby
The meeting of the ape-man tribe was officially convened.
The sky outside the house was completely dark, and the lights in the house were turned on, but no matter how bright the lights were, they could not dispel the gloom in the hearts of the old father and son of the big clan at this time.
They were blushing and red-faced to fight for their own interests, creating the most favorable conditions for Partridge to compete for the throne of the king.
After tonight, their power will be shaken, and they will never be able to return to what they used to be. So they didn't need to hide it, they tore through the hypocrisy, and counted the hard work of these years.
Partridge wants to become the king of the tribe directly.
Except for the elders of the two clans, more than a dozen other high-ranking tribesmen, including a few who had been very close, were unanimously opposed. There was no concession in the face of interests, the meeting reached an impasse, and in the end specific matters had to be voted on by a show of hands.
It was destined to be a long meeting.
It was dark for a long time.
Auntie hasn't come back yet. Kang Jia sat on the ground in the courtyard, he was used to the loneliness and loneliness in the night, but tonight he was somehow always a little restless.
He remembered his aunt.
Although I have never worried about my aunt's safety, I always wonder when my aunt will come back.
He didn't know that this was a concern.
The night breeze blows quietly, the sky and the earth ripple with a thick coolness, the lights outside are extinguished one by one, and the night is getting darker and darker.
Kang Jia got up and patted his buttocks, and suddenly heard footsteps outside the courtyard.
"Auntie. ”
He rushed out of the hospital door excitedly.
"Baby, why haven't you slept yet?" Ape Cong looked tired and looked into the courtyard through the starlight, "You don't have a lamp?"
Kang Jia scratched his head, "What is a palm lamp?"
Ape Cong rubbed his forehead, and only then did he respond to the monotony of Kang Jia's life. With a look of pity, she took Kang Jia's little hand and walked into the courtyard, turned around and bolted the door, led him into a bedroom, and lit an oil lamp with flint.
There was a bright light in the house.
The night was quickly dispelled, and the sight quickly returned to light, and Kang Jia was not excited.
"Baby, we have a result of our discussion!"
Ape Cong pulled Kang Jia in front of him, Kang Jia withdrew his gaze from the oil lamp, and looked at his aunt: "What is the result? What can I do to become the king of the ape clan?"
Ape Cong sighed: "Due to the elder clan and Partridge, we have to change some standards. ”
"Originally, the position of the king was a separate competition for everyone, but the elder of the big clan proposed to carry it out in a team mode. Because he said that the tribal king needs not only outstanding strength, but also the ability to lead the team. ”
Kang Jia was stunned.
Ape Cong said indignantly: "The big clan has a good calculation, their father and son have been in the tribe for a long time, and they have already bought a lot of people's hearts. Now the standard has been changed to compete for the king as a team, and with the influence of the clan elders and Partridge himself, they are enough to gather thousands of clansmen in a short period of time. And you, just joined the tribe today. ”
Hearing his aunt's annoyance, Kang Jia smiled heartily: "What are you afraid of! If Ah Partridge really has the ability, I am afraid that he would have been the king of the tribe long ago." ”
Ape Cong smiled bitterly: "But you alone, can you compare with the thousand people led by Partridge?"
Kang Jia shook his head, "I'm not alone, there are Jiajia, Aku, and Erwazi. ”
"Ugh. ”
Ape Cong rolled her eyes in shock, and she was anxious and pimpled, but Kang Jia was optimistic. I don't know if this optimism is contagious, but as the conversation progressed, Ape Cong found that his mood became relaxed, and the original anxiety dissipated a lot.
"Auntie, but we can't be careless. I'm not familiar with the tribe yet, can you tell me what to do to really take the win?"
Ape Cong narrowed his eyes.
She had a thought in her mind, but she remembered the horror of that place, but she didn't dare to say it. At the moment, I opened my mind and suddenly remembered something.
"Kang Jia, you successfully took out the ancestral hammer, but will you use it?"
Kang Jia was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Yes, I can swing it, dance around, and swing the ancestral hammer in the yard to make a sound, blowing wind and dust." ”
Ape Cong opened his mouth and smiled dumbly: "Auntie doesn't mean that, you can swing the ancestral hammer, but it doesn't mean that you can really use it." ”
Kang Jia looked dazed.
"What do you mean?"
Ape Cong asked: "If you smash it out, can you stop when you want to, and move when you want?"
Kang Jia scratched his head, "Won't it stop when you hit something?"
"It's not. ”
Ape Cong asked rhetorically: "If there is nothing in front of you, can you take back the hammer that you smashed with all your strength halfway? Can you concentrate all the strength of your body on the ancestral hammer? Can you swing the ancestral hammer to block the oncoming water? Also, can you smash hundreds of thousands of catties with one hammer far beyond your own strength? Can you ......?"
Kang Jia was a little confused.
When his aunt asked, he found that he couldn't do any of them, and he was suddenly a little silent.
"Baby, you are born with divine powers, and no one among your peers can match it. But you can't just do things with brute force, you have to learn to master it, use it, and let your divine power be exerted several times......"
Ape Cong spoke earnestly and patted Kang Jia's head.
"From now on, you'll have to learn how to use it. ”
Kang Jia grinned, "Brain!"
"You, you just don't have a brain!" Ape Cong laughed too, "but when you get to Auntie, Auntie who has no brains will let it grow." ”
"Auntie, will you make a hammer?"
Ape Cong nodded, and shook his head again: "Although my aunt is a descendant of the ape clan, she is a female streamer, and her strength is limited, and she is not good at hammer skills." ”
"Who's in the tribe to hammer?"
Ape Cong sighed: "Adult men will use hammers. Our ape-man tribe uses hammers as tools, because the famous skill of the mountain ape ancestor is the 'mountain ape eighteen hammers', this set of hammers is not hidden, and the whole tribe has been circulated. ”
"It's just that this set of hammer methods requires a lot of strength and understanding, and the clansmen have cultivated a lot, but none of them have practiced all. Even if Partridge claims to be the number one warrior of our ape-man tribe now, he has only practiced the seven-style hammer technique. ”
Kang Jia's eyes lit up.
"Eighteen Hammers of Mountain Ape, Auntie, how powerful is it?"
Ape Cong sighed: "It's beyond your imagination. After practicing the one-style hammer method, the strength skyrocketed by thirty percent, and the strength of a thousand catties could burst out of 1,300 catties. Like the blacksmith old, his arm strength is greater than that of Partridge, but he has only practiced the five-style hammer method, and he is not Partridge's opponent when he really fights. ”
"And the eighteen hammers of the mountain ape are all practiced, and the legend is that it can make people burst out with six times the strength beyond themselves. ”
Kang Jia's eyes widened, and his breathing became rapid.
"Auntie, I want to cultivate the Eighteen Hammers of Mountain Ape. ”
Ape Cong nodded.
"Okay, Aunt Ming will teach you, but Auntie can only use two hammers. ”
......
This night, the aunt and nephew chatted for a long time, not only mentioning the eighteen hammers of the mountain ape, but also making a lot of plans for the "competition for the king" that will start tomorrow.
Before I knew it, it was past midnight. Seeing that it was too late, Ape Cong got up and boiled hot water, let Kang Jia learn to wash, and then taught Kang Jia to undress and put on the bed to cover the quilt and sleep.
She found her own needle and thread, and sewed a small garment under the oil lamp.
"Auntie, aren't you sleeping?"
"Wait, my aunt said I'm going to sew you a real garment tonight. Tomorrow the king will compete, you can't wear a shabby. ”
"Auntie......"
"Sleep, baby. ”