Mu Qing opened the curtain and drilled out, standing and looking around. I saw that the place I had just came out was in the outskirts of the tribe's residence, a little far from the house of the leader she had stayed yesterday. Maybe young and strong people live in the periphery, and the leader and some old and weak people live in it, so if there is an enemy or a beast coming at night, it will also be a protection for the people inside.
Mu Qing saw a woman in front bending down on a pile of fire and cooking something, white smoke was coming out of the clay pot, and there were a few children running around, wondering whether to be cheeky She used to ask her for something to eat. The woman looked up and saw her, and waved at her.
Mu Qing hurried over. The woman had handed her a bowl of things that looked like wild vegetables and porridge. Mu Qing was a little bit colder, and took a sip, just like those barbecues she had eaten a few days ago. But she was content. After eating wild fruits and coarse meat for several days, this bowl of vegetable porridge was quite delicious for her taste buds. She drank the soup almost greedily, and licked the last yellow thing that looked like corn at the bottom of the stoneware bowl.
She was still very hungry, but she was embarrassed to show it again. She smiled and nodded at the woman, and was about to put down the bowl. The woman was laughing, took the bowl in her hands, and used a slightly yellow bamboo tube He took another bowl from the clay pot and handed it to her, pointing to a few dark things lying on a large leaf on the ground.
Mu Qing picked it up and noticed that there was nothing like chopsticks on it, only a few branches of varying thickness. She took one of them and poked one of them, piercing the scorched black skin on the outside, and I was surprised to find that it looked like potatoes or sweet potatoes. When she peeled it, put it in her mouth and bite, she denied her idea. These things should be similar to those of the potato roots, but the entrance is a lot rougher, chewing until the mouth full of meridians, and a touch of bitterness.
Mu Qing ate two pieces of potato roots, swallowed the meridians, and drank the vegetable porridge in the bowl. Then she felt full. The stomach was warm and comfortable. Even though the woman didn't understand her, she thanked her.
The woman laughed again, pointed her finger to the shed where she first came out, and spoke in a word. Mu Qing glanced back and there was nothing unusual. When she turned around, she suddenly understood something. Could it be that Li Mang had told this woman before leaving, so she was able to fill up at this time? Or, if she didn't want to be kind, he might have told the woman to look after herself.
She nodded towards the kind woman and said she knew.
Although Li Mang brought her back publicly this morning, Mu Qing was still a little worried that she would meet the leader. The last person she wanted to see was him. She just came out just because she was too hungry, and now she has solved her physical needs. She doesn't want to wander around this place where it is unclear whether she is hostile or kind.
She touched the face of the little girl who was squatting in front of herself and looked at her with curiosity, smiled slightly at her, and then returned to the original shed.
The little girl was thin, naked and naked, but her eyes were black and white, as clear and pure as the eyes of children she had seen in the outside world.
Mu Qing was in the shack, until the sun was a little westward.
In this day, she first thought about lying on that animal skin for a long time, and finally had to admit that so far, everything is still a mess, and she couldn't figure out what to do next. Then she thought of her ex-boyfriend who had just split the leg knowing that she had been hacked by Thunder, would she feel a little sad for her? Then she suddenly thought of an important problem and sat up suddenly from the ground.
Not surprisingly, she should now be a prey owned by Mang Mang. Then, even after the sun goes down today, does she have to have sex with him?
The night before, he molested her and gave up. So far, she wonders why he stopped halfway. Is it because he thought that the best prey should be dedicated to the leader first, so he did not forcibly have a relationship with her? Or maybe ... she even maliciously guessed that it was because she was stuck in the jungle for a few days and did n't take a shower. The smell there was not good, which made him give up?
She felt a nasty pleasure for this idea, and couldn't help but grin.
The animal skin on the curtain was opened by a small hand. The little girl just came in.
She seemed a little afraid of her, but her eyes were full of curiosity.
Only then did Mu Qing find that one of her feet was a little stingy, and she walked up and down unevenly.
Her heart filled with pity, she jumped from the ground, walked towards the little girl, and then lifted up high.
She had poor arm strength and had less than three standard push-ups. But the girl was so light that she barely lifted her head overhead.
The little girl never seemed to play this game with adults. At first, she looked a little scared, and giggled, and she was very happy.
Mu Qing put her on the animal skin. Seeing her eyes full of anticipation, she thought about it, and went to the outside fence to draw a thin rope. There are a lot of hangs on it. It seems that the women here are woven from rubbed soft bark or grass and vines in their free time.
Mu Qing knotted the rope, and then taught the little girl to play the game of turning the rope. Mu Qing taught her patiently and repeated it over and over again. After being demonstrated by her many times, the little girl finally learned the dozens of tricks Mu Qing could play herself from beginning to end. She seemed very happy, giggling constantly while turning with Mu Qing.
Mu Qing used to think he was a very impatient person. But now she found she was actually very patient. At least now, she was sitting face to face with the little girl on the ground, playing with the rope for at least an hour.
The woman came over halfway, called the sound of Youyou, and opened the animal skin curtain for a while, and her face seemed to be intriguing.
Youyou should be the name of that little girl.
When the sun's shadow shot into the shed to the west, Mu Qing suddenly heard a deep horn sound outside.
She and Youyou stopped moving at the same time. The girl suddenly got up from the ground, muttered something into Mu Qing, and then pulled her out with excitement.
When Mu Qing went out, she was surprised to find that on a large vacant lot in the middle of the settlement, I do n't know when it was a large group of men and women. It looked like they were coming out of the nest, and there were more and more people. The leader stood high on a large stump in the middle of the clearing.
Mu Qing froze a bit.
She saw that her telescope was now hanging around the leader's neck.
She was pulled by Youyou, and moved closer to the crowd, only to see two people standing on each side of the leader's left and right hands. One was Li Mang, and the other was a man who looked quite strong and very young.
Li Mang's face was mostly covered by hair. Mu Qing could only judge whether he was not old from his figure and tight skin. But this man is different. There are few beards on his face, so that one can see his age and the ambition of his face.
By far, the most advanced tools Mu Qing can see here are stone tools or bone tools. She guessed that the beard on his face was slowly shaved off with a stone knife?
If he wanted to show his face someday, she might remind him to replace the stone knife with the scissors on the Swiss army knife he had seized.
Her eyes met with a glance in the crowd.
Mu Qing slipped his gaze and looked at the crowd around him.
The crowd seemed to have gathered almost. Mu Qing probably estimated that there are less than two hundred men in total. Men are slightly more than women. People like the leader do not see much.
The leader stood high on the stake and danced towards the crowd. The huge ground was silent immediately, and everyone's eyes were turned there. He started speaking, and when he was finished, there was a loud cheer from the crowd. Then, Mu Qing saw some people carrying some prey in the middle of the field. Some were fresh and still dripping blood, and some were peeled off. They were stacked next to the awn and the young man, and soon piled Into two piles. When Mu Qing saw the pile around Li Mang, most of them were returned with her a few days ago, including the head of the giant monster bird and the head of the snake. She estimates that the strange bird's body and other skinned prey should have been cut and sliced into meat strips.
Youyou was always on the sidelines as a commentator, but Mu Qing hummed a few times, but she still couldn't understand. Until he saw the crowd moving slowly, each person took a small stone, and then placed a piece in front of the Li Mang or the young man's feet.
Soon, a small stone mountain was stacked in front of the two of them, and the pile seemed to be taller.
Li Mang's face could not see any mood or anger, but the young man's expression gradually changed.
When the last woman, who was feeding Mu Qing today, Youyou's mother, put the stone in her hand in front of Li Mang, Youyou beside Mu Qing suddenly giggled. All of them turned their heads and looked at her almost at the same time.
Mu Qing only looked at the leader and was a little nervous.
Soon she thought she should really escape. The leader only glanced at her and then withdrew his gaze, not very interested.
She thought that Li Mang should use her telescope to persuade the leader to return her prey to him.
It was her own thing that changed her from one man to another.
She suddenly felt ridiculous.
The crowd soon stopped looking at her. Everyone's attention was attracted by the two piles of stones in the middle.
Someone stepped forward and divided the two piles of stones into ten pieces each. In the end, the number of piles in front of Li Mang was two more and four pieces left before the young man.
Regardless of what they choose between the two men, it's clear that Li Mang has won.
Soon, Mu Qing finally understood what they were doing.
The leader let Li Mang also stood on the big wooden, plucked a coat of hair from the feathers on his head, stuck out his tongue, licked it, and nodded to his forehead.
Then, there was a cheer from the crowd below, as if welcoming the triumphant warriors.
Mu Qing guessed that the people in this settlement should choose a successor in advance according to a traditional method when the former leader was old and weak. But this successor did not assume the role of leader now, but after the death of the former leader. This can be seen from the fact that the leader only pulled out one feather puppet instead of putting the entire feather crown on the mandrel's head.
When Li Mang went out to hunt and met her a few days ago, the young man should be doing the same thing as him. Just like Mu Qing's well-known athlete competition, seeing who can get more prey in the prescribed time, plus the usual prestige, finally all the people choose the most suitable next leader in their minds.
Youyou seemed very happy. She broke Mu Qing's hand and limped to the middle, with a humming tone in his mouth.
Li Mang heard it, separated the crowd and walked towards Youyou, then held her up with one hand and raised her head, just like Mu Qing did today.
Youyou laughed.
Mu Qing's and Li Mang's eyes met again.
This time, she saw a hint of happy light in his eyes.
He should be very happy about his victory today.
Mu Qing pursed her lips and turned towards the shack.
When night fell, Mu Qing hid behind the animal skin curtain and watched a bunch of bonfires burning outside. There were various kinds of meat burning on the side, and there were a lot of loud laughter around him. Looks like celebrating the birth of the next leader. There were a lot of young men around the little fat girl, and the little fat girl looked very lively.
Mu Qing couldn't be happy. She felt hungry again. The two bowls of vegetable porridge and a few root pieces eaten in the morning have already been digested by her strong stomach fluid.
She stopped watching and turned back to lie on the hide. Lying down is the most energy-saving way.
While she was swallowing, the curtain was opened and a small figure came in.
It's Youyou.
She handed her a leaf packet containing a piece of roasted meat with extra temperature and a few wild fruits.
Mu Qing picked it up, was about to hug Youyou, and she stretched out a hand to her.
Borrowing the light from the outside, Mu Qing saw that it was a small piece of brown-black, and didn't know what it was.
She looked at the reason with some hesitation, but she gave out a silver bell-like laughter and sent the thing to her mouth.
Mu Qing was a little reluctant to try, but under the little girl's glittering eyes, she stuck out her tongue and licked it.
She tasted a strange, sweet taste. In addition to the sweet and sour taste of wild fruits these days, this is the only pleasant taste tasted by the taste buds of her tongue.
It should be part of a honeycomb with honey.
Mu Qing didn't know why it was closed here and could not find a trace of modern civilization. She has read travel notes that even the most indigenous tribes remaining in the primitive jungles of Africa have been eroded by modern civilization, such as watches and the like. But here, she didn't even taste salty. In such a place where even the most basic salty taste can not be tasted, how precious such a sweetness is, she is naturally clear.
She licked it slightly, nodded her head with a smile, and made a delicious look, then closed her hands and pushed them back to her mouth.
Youyou hesitated, and then he put out his tongue and licked it a few times, and a low humming sound came out of his throat, which was a satisfying sound.
Youyou licked the honeycomb with no sweetness, she left happily.
Mu Qing ate the roast and found it was tenderer than before. In a few days, she was used to mechanically chewing this dull flesh in her mouth and swallowing her esophagus. After eating wild fruits, Mu Qing sat on the skin of the animal, Hearing the movement outside. Then she felt a bit numb after sitting on the floor for a long time, so she lay down.
She has never dared to fall asleep. She was waiting for the mang to come back and guessing what would happen next.