Chapter 2 Shepherding
Hearing the sound outside, a woman in the grotto, who was also wearing a long purple dress, looked back, looking forward to the brilliance, the beauty of her appearance was better than the previous one, her long black hair was splashed like ink, her skin was like snow, and her face was delicate.
"The little shepherd is here, has another day passed?" The woman looked up at the glowing stone above the grotto, gently stroked the cold stone wall with her slender hand, and said softly: "Sister has no request, go ahead......"
The shepherd bowed and took his leave, and then turned to the next grotto......
In this way, the nine women imprisoned here are all extremely beautiful and all dressed in the same purple dress, and the shepherds have to count and greet them one by one every day.
For him, it's just something he has to do every day. These good-looking sisters are the same as the cattle and sheep in the pen, the difference is only that some can talk, some can't, that's all.
Slowly exit the cave, walk through the flower house, and return to the terrace outside.
'Coo......' There was a sound in the shepherd's belly, and he was very hungry at this time, but there was nothing to feed him, so he could only endure it. If you want to be full, you can only become a shepherd one day.
Tightly knitted with a straw belt, the futon was spread out to the ground in the corner of the terrace, and then lay down on one side of the futon, and pulled over the other side of the futon to cover his body. He thought to himself that he wouldn't be hungry when he fell asleep, but he couldn't sleep yet, and he couldn't rest until the moon came out.
You don't have to look up at the starry sky, silently waiting for the moon to appear.
Although adults rarely come here, and no one watches him do things, the shepherd does not dare to be lazy and dare not disobey the will of the adults!
Not only him, but also the shepherd boys who call him around on weekdays when they are sleeping in the house, and command and scold him at will, dare not disobey the adults!
The moon slowly climbed up the hillside, and the bright moonlight fell on the grass, and the shepherd took out his flute, played a song gently, and lay down to sleep.
The flute was given by the adult, and the adult taught the shepherd two tunes, and in order to learn these two tunes, the shepherd also received two whips firmly, and the skin was opened, and it took a long time to heal, but it left two scars on his back.
A song is used to drive away the big cats, and as long as the shepherd plays the flute, the big cats can be frightened and dare not approach his flock. The other song is played by the moon at night, but he doesn't know the specific effect.
Soon, the shepherd who closed his eyes and slept fell asleep.
Bathed in the moonlight, the grass on the grass is growing.
The animals in the pen lay on the ground, their coats shiny and shining.
In the valley, the tigers and lions on the grass looked up at the sky, their eyes were snow-white, absorbing the brilliance of the moon, and their bodies were radiating halos.
The women in the cave all closed their eyes tightly, their bodies were lying tense on the rock, and a dot appeared in the center of their eyebrows, bright red and bright, flickering brightly and darkly.
The shepherd boys in the house and the shepherds under the terrace were swept away with layers of brilliance, from head to toe, head to toe, and so on......
It was dawn and the sky was blue, and the shepherds packed up their bedding and trotted to the house where the shepherd boys lived.
In the house, at the table, the shepherd boys were holding rice balls and eating fragrant food.
The shepherd entered the house lightly, for fear that if the action was big, he would be beaten by the shepherd boys. After a long time, I have been ridiculed more times, and I have learned to observe words and feelings, and I have learned how to keep myself from attracting attention.
Silently walked to the corner, in addition to him, there was also a shepherd boy because the firewood was not enough, which made the big cowherd angry, and after being taught by the big cowherd, he stayed in the corner quietly, waiting.
He didn't have his share of the meal, but the work was his business.
After the shepherd waits for the shepherd boys to eat, he is responsible for cleaning up and then following the big cowherd's instructions for what he is to do today.
After a short time, the shepherd boys had eaten well and went out of the house, and the shepherd quickly cleaned up the table and hurried out of the house.
Outside the house, the big cowherd was assigning the range of activities of each person today, and the assigned shepherd boys were going to their respective enclosures.
"Second shepherd, send the three sheep that I chose from you the day before yesterday to the cat's hole. The big cowherd commanded the remaining shepherds and deer herds, "The flock goes to the left, and the deer herd goes to the right." ”
Assigned to each of them to go to their respective circle gates.
The big cowherd rode a big black bull and shouted: "Move faster, if you are hungry, be careful of your little life!"
A group of shepherd boys, urged by the big cowherds, to disperse their herds to all corners of the valley.
"Little shepherd, you help the second shepherd watch the sheep. The big cowherd came to the little one with the second herd and asked him to help watch the flock.
The shepherd answered in succession, brought the two flocks together, and watched as the big cowherd and the second herd drove the three sheep to the cat's hole......
In the valley, the weather changes the same every day, with clear skies in the morning, scorching sun at noon, snowflakes in the afternoon, rainy afternoons, and sparse moons in the evening. But no matter what kind of changes, these shepherd boys don't feel hot or cold, they don't know what the reason is, and they don't need to know!
Cat caves are burrows dug by adults under the grass to allow those tigers and lions to rest. Big cats usually nest in the cat hole, only when the snow stops and the rain falls, and they do not return to the cat hole until dawn.
In order to prevent the big cats from hurting the herd after they come out, they will send some old and weak cows, sheep, deer, and horses to the big cats to eat, so that the big cats will not hunt other cows, sheep, deer, and horses after they get out of the cat hole.
But these big cats are ferocious carnivores, so where can they not attack the herd?
For this reason, the shepherd boy was equipped with a flute, and also taught the shepherd boy two pieces of music, as soon as the big cat heard the flute, he would immediately run away and dare not come closer.
As for sending some old and weak animals to feed the big cats, this is also the arrangement of adults, otherwise where do these herding teenagers have the guts?
You need to know, in the eyes of adults, they are really not as expensive as those livestock, and they are really not afraid that they will be killed by adults and given to the big cats to eat?
Standing at the entrance of the cat's hole, there was a fishy smell. The entrance of the cat cave is not large, and under a steep slope is a pitch-black hole, but there are more than ten big cats lurking inside.
The cowherd trapped all three sheep on all four limbs, kicked them down the slope in turn, and rolled into the dark hole.
An ear-shattering roar, accompanied by a bleating hiss, came from the cat's hole, and the fishy smell intensified.
The neighing faded and subsided, and the cowherd beckoned the second shepherd to go back, such things happened every day, without a trace of feeling, as long as he was not thrown into the cat hole.
Along the way, both were silent......