Chapter 722: Night Banquet
The return of the hunting party immediately kept the men and women of the entire tribe busy. Slaughtering, disemboweling, skinning...... For a time, the air was filled with the smell of fishy and blood.
The women set up a cauldron to make a fire, and the men threw the cut pieces of meat directly into the pot to cook, and some roasted them directly on the fire. The children, armed with knives, worked together to open the beast's mouth and pull out the beast's sharpest teeth.
The Fu people brought large bags of salt from the cave, smeared most of the remaining fresh meat with salt, put it to sleep on the spot, and then transported it to the cave to store it and dry it. There are also people who sprinkle powdery stuff on top of the skins and dry them, and it is estimated that they can be processed to make the clothes they wear.
In a few moments, the air smelled of meat and fishy smells, and the people of the tribe seemed to smell the best smell in the world, and the children jumped up and down happily. Yue Qianchou sat alone on the grassy slope on the side, smiling at these people who were easily satisfied.
Night falls, the moon rises, and the stars are dotted. A bonfire burned at the foot of the mountain, and the smell of fish in the air had long since dissipated.
The tribe, which numbered only a few hundred people, seemed to have poured out at this time, and all gathered at the foot of the mountain, dancing around the fire and dancing in a rough way. At this time, Yue Qianchou realized that the people who were qualified to live in the cave were women and children, and many women had big bellies. Six older women, dressed in the most colourful fur of wild beasts, perched with the brightest feathers on their heads, surrounded by people on the flattest grass and covered with soft animal skins, showed their noble status.
Just as the six old women were seated, the animal skin drums that had been placed aside sounded "dong dong", cheerful, enthusiastic and full of leaks.
Garland, the most beautiful and sensual woman in the tribe, jumped first into the middle of the fire, her seductive hips twisted like water snakes, and in an instant ignited a night of revelry. Men, women, children, and children began to sing and dance indulgently, and wild songs resounded in the night sky, and unrestrained dances were unrestrained.
A feast of the tribe began, and the flesh of the Rusty Man was taken from the pot and the fire, and the most delicious parts were cut off and brought to the six old women. Then there was a feast for everyone, and the fragrant liquid in the urn was also drunk by everyone......
A simple and happy life! Yue Qianchou, who was excluded from everyone, sat alone on the grassy slope outside the fence, smiling and watching all this. Someone noticed him alone, Garland brought a piece of meat with a wooden wrench, and a cup hollowed out of solid wood with a fragrant liquid in it.
"I'm hungry! Garland put something in front of him, and Yue Qianyu looked at the wild, sexy and kind woman, said "thank you", picked up the cup, sniffed, it was really fragrant, and tried to take a sip, but it turned out to be sour and sour, a little difficult to swallow. I grabbed the piece of meat again and took a bite, and it was a little old, except for the smell of the meat, it was salty. I really don't know how these people can eat so well.
This was a bit of a cry and laugh for him, who was used to eating good food, but in order to show respect for the kind hostess, he forced himself to eat the rest of the food one bite at a time. Garland, who had been staring at him intently, smiled, "I'll get you some more." ”
Yue Qianchou hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I'm already full, I really can't eat anymore." Garland frowned and said, "It's no wonder you're so thin when you eat so much."
"Uh......" Yue Qian smiled awkwardly. Garland sat down beside him and asked curiously, "You really don't remember your origin at all?" Yue Qianchou smiled and shook his head, indicating that he really didn't remember, and then pointed to the six old women in the group.
"Yes. Garland nodded. Yue Qianchou was curious: "Why are the clan elders all women?"
And what about your patriarchs? Aren't there any patriarchs?"
Garland patted his chest and said, "I am the patriarch! Women are the most noble, and the clan elders are naturally women." The women who can become the elders of the clan are all people who have made great contributions to the clan, and they are the women who have the most children in our clan. ”
"Uh......" Yue Qian was stunned. After some more conversations between the two, he finally figured out the situation of this ethnic group, feeling that this ethnic group is a small matriarchal social group, and the status of women in the ethnic group is extremely high. In particular, the women who gave birth to the most children were respected by the entire ethnic group, just like the six old women, who were revered as clan elders by the clansmen.
Garland can be the patriarch because she is the most beautiful and sexy woman in the tribe, and she can attract the most men. This seemingly absurd thing has its own explanation: the woman who attracts the most men to have sex with is the one who is most likely to produce more generations. Such women have a position second only to the elders in the clan, and have the right to choose the strongest men to have sex with. The next generation will become the strongest men, or the most beautiful women.
Then the prettiest women can attract more men to make peace with them, and the strongest men can protect the group and hunt more prey to feed the group. And by this logic, the contribution of a beautiful woman is indeed great, and she bears the burden of strengthening the ethnic group, and is really qualified to be the patriarch. In short, in order to reproduce the next generation, this group is very respectful of what happens between men and women, and it can be done anytime and anywhere, and no one will look down on or feel ashamed, but those men and women who don't do it will be despised by everyone.
When there is once again a woman in the group who is recognized as being more beautiful or sexier than Garland, Garland's position as patriarch will be relinquished. There is no doubt about it, as ridiculous as it may be, because the more beautiful woman is more attractive to stronger men to have sex with.
Yue Qianchou is really speechless, the relationship between this ethnic group is a bit messy, it's ugly, and even the ethics have been messed up. The children born are raised by the whole group, and in fact, it is impossible to tell who the father of the child is. Any man in the group can have sex with her at any time if the woman wishes, but if the woman refuses, the man is not qualified to force a woman, because the woman has a high status in the community.
After knowing this, Yue Qianchou just shook his head and smiled bitterly. While the two of them were sitting here talking, there were already quite a few emotional men and women rolling in the grass and rolling into a heap...... Yue Qianchou is really a little difficult to accept, so I have to recite it silently, just get used to it.
"Garland, what do you mean by the fence meeting during the day?" asked Yue Qianchou.
Garland looked at him with curiosity, as if to say, you don't even know this, you really have amnesia. "The most honorable place in the entire continent is the Immortal City, where many powerful immortals live. There are many great lords below the fairy city, and below the great lord are the lords. Each lord's domain has many clans, and our clan belongs to the territory of the city lord of Loess City, and the city lord is also the lord. Every three years, the entire continent will hold a siege tournament, and the first division will be held in the lord's city, and the top 100 strongest warriors who have won the stake will be eligible to go to the high lord's city to participate in the finals again. The 100 warriors who won the final will have the opportunity to go to the fairy city.
Yue Qianchou frowned and groaned, "Isn't it good for you to participate in such a competition?"
"Of course there are benefits!" Garland explained, "If the clan's warriors can win the preliminary round and finish in the top 100, the clan will get a prize." If you win, you can get more prizes. With the bonus, we can buy enough salt.
"Buy salt?" Yue Qian said in amazement.
"The sea is forbidden to copper, we can't get close, naturally we can't get salt. Salt is very expensive, and we have to sell it in the city with the money we earn from the harvest of a year's hunting, and the money we earn is not enough to buy salt for a month. So only the warriors of the tribe go to the fence and win, and when they have enough prize money, they can buy enough salt to keep their people going. Garland said.
"I see. Yue Ganhan nodded slightly, and suddenly asked, "Will the victorious warriors come back?"
"The champion who wins the preliminary round will be eligible to live in the city, and can continue to earn money to buy salt for his people. The Warriors who won the finals will go to Fairy City to enjoy their happiness and will not come back. Garland's expression was a little complicated when he said this.
"Oh!" Yue Qianchou looked a little abrupt, this is in the dangerous East Pole Holy Land that is spreading in the cultivation realm, Yiran has formed its own unique social system.
The so-called immortals in the immortal city are probably the immortals who were sealed here in the immortal realm back then! Aren't there still people from the bin realm? Where have they all gone? Are they all dead? Such a powerful person should not be easy to die!
Yue Qianchou patted his head and said, "How can I vaguely feel that in addition to the immortals in Immortal City, there are some more powerful people, but I can't remember." ”
"You're talking about the people who live in the underworld, right?" Garland reminded.
"The underworld? As if yes, I can't remember. Yue Qian sneered. Garland immediately explained: "Legend has it that there is an underground world under the continent, where a group of people live as powerful as the immortals, but they don't like to see the sun, so they rarely show up on the continent. You're talking about them, right?"
Yue Qianchou nodded slightly, it seems that the so-called people in the underground world are the people who have been sealed here...