Chapter X: Deliberations
As soon as Mo Fan returned to the tribe, he saw a group of eight or nine-year-old children tempering their physique in the open space of the tribe, and many clansmen were standing around to observe.
Some children lifted seven or eight hundred pounds of boulders high to boil their strength, some children held big swords and broadswords, wielding them with great momentum, and some children bent bows and arrows and practiced archery.
Next to them, several burly and sturdy old men of the hunting party were guiding and taking care of them.
At this time, the clansmen in the clearing saw Mo Fan and said one after another: "Afan, you're back!
"Well, uncle. Mo Fan responded with a smile. He placed the horned sheep on a flat boulder in front of him, and ignored it, because in a moment, naturally someone would deal with it.
"Afan, this kid is really bold, when he was ten years old, he dared to go outside the tribe alone to collect medicine, and he could bring back a prey every few days.
Moreover, since he was a child, he has been learning to identify medicinal materials and mix medicinal materials with the elders of the Mo Yuan clan. According to several old people who had concocted the medicine powder, he was now able to identify the medicinal materials known to the tribesmen, and he could also skillfully concoct the medicine powder, which was not worse than the experienced old men of the tribe, and at his age, there were few people in the tribe who could do it like him. ”
"Yes, this kid is amazing! When he was young, he was brilliant, gifted in cultivation, and extremely diligent in exercising his body every day, and he will definitely be a good man in the mountains like the patriarch in the future. Several adult clansmen looked at Mo Fan's figure, whispered, and praised.
In the open space in the middle of the tribe, a group of children of three or four years old chased and played among the boulders. They also noticed Mo Fan, and when one of the children saw him, he immediately ran to him excitedly, shouting:
"Brother, you're back, did you bring us the fruit?"
Mo Fan looked at Mo Ping who ran over, with a smile on his face, touched his little head, and said:
"I know you little ones like to eat, and I've picked a lot of them for you, and I'll put them in a leather bag for you later. ”
Mo Ping is Mo Fan's younger brother, and when Mo Fan was seven or eight years old, Qu Rou gave birth to Mo Ping again. For his younger brother, Mo Fan always has endless love and care in his heart.
Then, Mo Fan raised his head and shouted loudly at the blackbird flying in the sky:
"Blackie, come down. ”
In the sky above the tribe, the blackbird was coiling, it heard Mo Fan's voice below, flapped its wings slightly, and at the same time released its claws, throwing down the animal skin bag it was holding, and its figure slid down from the sky and landed in the clearing.
When Mo Fan saw the animal skin bag falling, he immediately reached out and caught it. He untied the animal skin bag and took out the red wild fruit from it, and suddenly a rich fruity fragrance wafted through the air, which was very tempting.
"Xiao Hei, when will you take me to fly in the sky. When Mo Ping saw the big black bird fall to the ground, a pair of big black eyes suddenly lit up, rushed up to hug its wings, and asked expectantly.
But the blackbird stood proudly and ignored him.
"Okay, Ah Ping, don't toss Xiao Hei, you are still too young, when you grow up, it will take you fly. Mo Fan looked at his younger brother Mo Ping's cute appearance, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but float a little curvature, a smile appeared on his face, he handed a few berries to Mo Ping, and distributed the fruits to the other children in the clearing.
"Thank you, Brother Mo Fan. The children's eyes were bright, and they thanked Mo Fan in tender voices.
"Brother, is it really?When I grow up, will Xiao Hei take me fly?" Hearing Mo Fan's words, Mo Ping let go of the black bird, he ate the berries, and asked vaguely.
"Well, Brother promised you, when you grow up, Xiao Hei will definitely take you to the sky. Mo Fan smiled and said.
"Afan, come here, the patriarch has something to do with you. At this moment, an adult clansman came over and said to Mo Fan.
"Uncle, is there something wrong?" Mo Fan asked suspiciously.
"I don't know, but a lot of people were called to the clan hall just now, so there should be something important to discuss!. The clansman didn't know why, so he urged: "Afan, hurry up, the clan elders have arrived." ”
"Well, uncle, I know, go right away. Mo Fan replied. He knew that the tribesmen usually discussed things in the open space of the tribe, unless there was something important or an important guest, they would be in the tribe's meeting hall.
After saying that, he said a few words to the children beside him, and then walked towards the stone house where the tribesmen were deliberating.
When Mo Fan left the clearing, the blackbird also spread its wings and soared into the sky, flying to the mountains, and it was about to return to its nest.
"Wow!"
The child next to him was blown by the strong wind of the blackbird's wings, and suddenly let out a burst of exclamation, and his little eyes showed a glint of envy.
At the same time, Mo Fan had already walked into a spacious stone house. This stone house covers an area of hundreds of square meters, can accommodate more than 100 people, the walls are made of gray-brown boulders, the ground is also paved with smooth stone slabs, and there are more than a dozen chairs neatly placed in the middle, on which the tribal elders, chiefs, and hunting leaders sit.
On the wide ground of the stone house, many warriors of the hunting party stood like iron towers, and dozens of teenagers of thirteen or fourteen years old also stood there, but these teenagers all stood behind their elders.
When Mo Fan stepped into the stone house, they all looked at him, and even a few children had smiles on their faces, and they greeted him with frowns.
At this time, the patriarch Mo Long also saw Mo Fan, he got up from his chair and shouted, "Afan, don't come over quickly." ”
Hearing this, Mo Fan hurriedly stepped forward and walked behind Abba Moron.
At this time, the clan elder Mo Yuan also saw Mo Fan, with a kind smile on his face, he nodded slightly, and then his eyes swept over the people in the stone house, and when he saw that the clansmen who should have arrived had arrived, he said: "I called everyone over today, mainly because there are two things.
First, many children in the tribe have cultivated to the realm of body forging perfection this year, and they are close to breaking through to the blood condensation realm in one step, and according to the tribe's traditional hunting tradition, these children who have completed the body forging realm have to go hunting in the mountains and forests with the hunting team, so let them go to the mountains and forests to hone with the tribe's hunting team in the near future;
Second, it is very likely that there will be caravans from outside villages and towns this year, although the tribesmen usually have accumulated a lot of things, but our tribe still has to be prepared, the hunting team is best to enter the mountains and forests to hunt again in the next few days, hoping to obtain enough prey, and then be able to exchange more blades and weapons to hunt fierce beasts and improve the lives of the tribesmen. ”
"Wouldn't it be a bit too hasty to organize the children to hunt in the mountains and forests now?" asked an adult member of a hunting party, frowning.
"There are indeed a lot of children who have cultivated to the perfection of the body forging this year, and they should also be allowed to go to the mountains and forests to experience it, otherwise they will never grow up, let alone understand the responsibility on their shoulders, this is what our group of old guys have discussed and thought about for a long time before deciding. A gray-haired elder sitting in a chair glanced at the clansman and said earnestly.
"Yes, Uncle. When the clansman heard the old man's words, his expression immediately became solemn, and he hurriedly said yes.
"The traveling merchant is coming, then our tribe must prepare well and change more things then, but how could the Mo Yuan clan elder know that the traveling merchant is coming?"
Hearing the words of the elder of the Mo Yuan clan, the adult clansmen in the stone house immediately exchanged their heads and talked about it, and at the same time, they also had many thoughts and doubts.