Chapter Forty-Eight: Into the Village
The breeze caressed, and the remnant sun shone obliquely, stretching the figure of the group very long. Tian Xiang was carried by a young strong man, first felt uncomfortable being tied, struggled and screamed for a while, and then with the ups and downs of the march, he gradually entered the dream.
"This kid has a big heart enough to fall asleep!" said the frustrated old man, slapping him on the buttocks.
"To survive in the wasteland, I'm afraid it's not just a big heart, right?" The stout man was still not at ease with Tian Xiang, and he kept staring at him all the way, lest something unexpected happen.
"It's incomprehensible, how many strong people dare not step into this realm alone, a baby actually appeared here, could it be that it was captured by a fierce beast?" someone answered.
"I've always felt that this guy is not simple, and he keeps saying that he wants to go to Tianguo, does it have anything to do with my clan?" The dark-skinned man seemed to be talking to himself, and suddenly asked the old man in a loud voice: "Uncle Tie, what will the clan do with this doll?"
"If you can't say it, go back and leave it to the clan elders to discuss. The old man paused, and said to the stout man Nunu, "Your brother Ben already has a plan in his heart. ”
The stout man glanced at him, "Uncle Tie, this matter is decided by the clan elders, how can I be the master?"
The old man smiled, "Ben, if I don't know you, I've been living for decades in vain."
"Oh, come and listen, what do I have in mind?" the stout man grinned at the flesh on his face. A group of people immediately began to coax, urging the frustrated old man to solve the riddle.
The old man glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Five years of one tribute." The atmosphere froze suddenly, and no one spoke again, only the sound of hurried footsteps.
The stout man didn't deny it, he didn't admit it, and of course everyone knew in their hearts that he must have intended it that way. "Rengong" is a hidden pain in the hearts of everyone present, no one wants to mention it, but no one can avoid it.
When the last rays of the sun were annihilated, the vast grassland slowly dimmed. Unconsciously, it is close to the hill, and from a distance, the smoke curls up, the chickens and dogs bark, and dozens of low houses built of stone and mud are scattered at the foot of the hill. A village, it should be said that it is not a big but not too small village.
Tian Xiang had just woken up at the moment, and he was watching all this with small eyes. He hadn't heard the conversation with those people just now, and he didn't know what they were going to do to him. But after all, when I arrived at the territory of the Terrans, I was still very excited.
"Uncle Ben, they're back!"
A group of teenagers ran up to meet them and helped with their things. Some old people and women also stood at the entrance of the village and became excited, and the place was suddenly very lively.
"Uncle Ben, how did you tie up a baby?" asked several teenagers around Tian Xiang, who was being carried in his hands.
"The kid's family doesn't care about this idle matter, have you practiced today?" the stout man roared sternly.
"I've practiced, I've practiced seriously. A teenager hurriedly replied.
"Less, a lot of people don't practice. A younger child retorted childishly.
The young man glared at him just now, "You didn't practice!"
Before he could finish speaking, he was slapped on the head by a stout man, "Count you slippery!"
At this time, several old people and women had already greeted them, and they greeted them with cold and warm greetings, praising today's harvest, and finally fell on Tian Xiang.
"What's the matter with this doll?" an old woman touched Tian Xiang's head distressedly, "Why are you tying him up?"
Tian Xiang immediately replied: "They bully people!"
Before he finished speaking, he was slapped by a stout man and reprimanded: "Little cub, it's not your turn to speak!" Tian Xiang glared at him, and was about to open his mouth to scold, when he heard the stout man continue: "This little thing walks through the wasteland alone, and is afraid of demonizing the human form, so he is tied up to call the clan elders to decide." ”
Tian Xiang was both annoyed and helpless, and shouted at him: "You are the demonized human form!" caused the people around him to secretly snicker. There were even a few children who squeezed their eyebrows at each other, covered their mouths and snickered, and whispered, "Uncle Ben is a demonized humanoid." ”
"Go, go, go...... Fuck off!" The stout man kicked the boy in the ass and told them to leave. Everyone burst into laughter and walked towards the village while laughing......
In a dark and damp small black room, Tian Xiang was still tied up in a small corner by the five flowers. When he entered the village, he was thrown here, no one cared or asked, and at first he yelled and hoped that they would let him go. But no one paid attention to him for a long time, and there seemed to be a distance from those people in this little dark room, and his howl didn't seem to have any effect on those people at all. Later, he kept twisting his body, hoping to break free of the rope on his body, but after tinkering for a long time, it didn't work for a year. At this time, his hands and feet were tied numbly and painfully, and he was hungry and hungry, and the mosquito bite made him miserable, and he hated and cursed again and again.
At this time, the air was filled with the smell of barbecue, followed by the laughter of the crowd and the sound of dancing with the beat, Tian Xiang was so hungry that he struggled to sit up, moved to the door, and climbed on the crack of the door to look out. In the distance, in a clearing, a group of people gathered around a campfire to barbecue meat and dance. Tian Xiang smashed the saliva flowing from his mouth and scolded: "Damn, grandson eats and drinks, grandpa is hungry!"
In the darkness, Tian Xiang looked around. A few days earlier, he vaguely remembered that he had fused a stone, and since then he had been able to peek at things at night, but that seemed to be all there was to it. Tian Xiang shook his head helplessly and self-deprecatingly.
Suddenly, hearing movement outside the door, Tian Xiang hurriedly moved to the side. A series of sonorous footsteps sounded, getting closer and closer. "Brother Ben, why did you come here in person?" someone outside the door asked. Tian Xiang was shocked, and tied me up like this, and even sent someone to guard me.
"Well, the clan elders have arrived, and they brought him over. The voice of the stout man of the day sounded, and then the sound of the door locking was heard.
The door was pushed open, and three people entered, one of whom was holding a torch. Two of them Tian Xiang had seen during the day, one was extremely stout, and he was called "Brother Ben"; the other was the dark-skinned man, who was holding a torch at this time, and his black face was reflective; and the other Tian Xiang had never seen it, and he thought it was the one who was guarding the door just now.
The stout man reached forward and picked up Tian Xiang, who had his eyes slightly closed, and dragged him to the torch to look at it, "Boy, you're not dead, are you?"
Tian Xiang was angry, opened his eyes suddenly, and glared at him, "It's not dead yet!"
The three men who provoked laughed, and the stout man turned around and went out, saying as he walked: "It's good that you're not dead." Tian Xiang didn't bother to pay attention to him, let him carry it, and dangled in the air with his unflung shoulder.
The group walked through several stone houses and passed the open space with a campfire. Some people greeted each other while laughing, and some people held the beast meat and squeezed to the front, and the greedy Tian Xiang drooled. "Brother Ben, what are you going to do here?" someone asked.
"Send him to the ancestral altar, the clan elders are waiting. The stout man said as he walked. Hearing him say this, the crowd gathered around and followed. Some people say that some people laugh and rush to the market. Tian Xiang was annoyed but helpless, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he watched people play monkeys in the past, but this time he was the "monkey" who was played.