with Tony we reached the south side of the village who with a trembling voice questioned me "Hey Neo, is this place still safe? Right" asks a very scared Tony just sigh and we keep walking this friend has not changed
the river on this side is shallow, there is a small beach excellent place to fish
Tony's mouth was open by the amount of Bamboo there is "hey Neo there are all kinds of sizes, hey how the hell did you find such a friendly place"
I comb my hair and say with an actor's voice "nothing to be surprised about, it's just luck, my little Padawan" I started to work cutting the bamboo stalks and I am stacking them
"Hey Neo, why would you occupy so much Bamboo? You are not thinking of making a house, are you"
I laughed while I kept cutting I explain to Tony "of course not, these sticks are for doing other things such as fences, beds, doors or ceilings, even fishing rods
"How do you think you can fish with that eh? Neo look at me, I don't have three years to be able to believe you a friend"
(sigh) I breathe and explain "well if I catch something, you have to invite me to your house to eat what do you say friend"
Tony knew very well my intentions for such a request and because of that his mother is forbidden to take anyone to his house
when proposing such a bet but that little Tony did not care about me and he told me "well if you can fish I'll tell my mother to cook"
take our bet I grab two rods of 5ft (1.50 m) as thick as 2 fingers together one end I made them a point, I'm going to the river
On the shore, I grabbed some shrimp. These are very essential to my plan. I cut the shrimp into pieces and in that way, the fish began to arrive one by one until they were reunited and in less than 20 min.
I had 5 peses caught all through the head, I give the fish to Tony and I tell him "you can take it home"
Tony can't believe it, grabbing the fish and saying "Neo you're amazing"
let poor Tony praise me for another 5 min, no one hurts to receive praise
I kept fixing and cutting the bamboo
the bamboo rolls started to accumulate but I kept taking out, when I had seven bamboo rolls I moved them to another place further away
with six of the perfectly hidden rolls I load the first roll to carry it home on my back
on my way back to town I meet several people from the village with wooden boats of different sizes, ribbons and various ropes
thank heaven, move the bamboo rolls, it is very obvious where these people go they think that everything is luck and that they too can do the same
my journey was uneventful and before reaching the village I meet again poor Tony
this time he had red cheeks with fingers painted on them until his lips were swollen this time his mother exceeded
Tony tells me "Neo, my mother says go home or she will come for you"
poor friend, his mother slapped him like, a fifteen-year-old ass, (sigh) but that happens to you for leaving me alone again
I say to Tony "tell your mother that I have to make several trips to let me finish"
But this time Tony didn't even move from the place and he says "I'll wait for you to help you, if I return home, my mother will hit me again and this time she will be stronger" he is right, her mother will hit him
Upon entering the village, Tony's mother, Mrs. Patricia, looked at us from the door of her house in the distance, but she only made us some signs making poor Tony tremble "stop being a chicken Tony, by God it's your mother not a front line warrior "
"HE-HE-HE" Tony teases me and says "you are stupid you say it because your mother is nice to you she does not hit you or humiliate you every time you make a mistake"
"What do you say to me chicken, every time you do something wrong and they hit you, it's called discipline" I explain to the poor jelly boy
on our second trip poor Tony's legs were shaking like a newborn calf, so I tell Tony "wait here I'll bring the two bamboo rolls"
you will think that everything in the village is normal right
But you are wrong, if only Tony was the one carrying the bamboo rolls, they would have taken them all from the moment he arrived in the village.
with the stupidest excuse of all "the village needs them" look, I'll explain
bamboo is very useful for many things that is why everyone loves it and it attracts the attention of several people within the village
including the most vile and despicable person in the whole village
the boss
According to our representative, but if you give him a kilo of meat, you can raise the price 10 or 20 more coins as they do or raise the land tax to pay it in the city, only that the previous year he suffered an assault on the way to the city
You might think that the old man has bad luck, but every year his sons have a new sword or new clothes and every year it is the same over and over again.
That's why we found several people on the road with wooden boats and ropes, they were ready to take Tony's things, but when they saw that there was someone else, they decided to go ahead and look for theirs.
Tony comes back several meters when he gets close to the last two bamboo rolls I was ready to lift them but Tony yells at me "NEO; NEO RUN A DEER, A DEER"
for a moment I remain static, Tony's face says it all, I think he would cry if that deer flees from our claws
I tried to place it where Tony points to me
until I see the deer eat our bamboo shoots with extreme care, I took out the bow and arrow, this time I was just praying that the arrow had enough tension to hit and kill the deer
I signal Tony to be quiet, I approach very carefully "shh" silence .... I bend over as much as possible and reach him from behind
I put the arrow and I draw the bow as much as I can
🏹 * SHISSS * 💥
the shot was right behind his ear the poor deer had no time to react being an instant death
Tony's jumps and screams said it all this boy changes his mood from 0 to 100 in seconds but it was these same screams that called the opportunists
"hey, hey they hunted my deer, this was my deer" comes in front of us a young man about 18 years old shouting the most stupid thing he had heard so far, because the boy came empty-handed
that's right, he had nothing in his hands not even a stone or a stick I imagine he would think to hunt with promises or lies
But things did not end there, another couple of boys came behind him "hey bastard, that's our deer because the hell you hunt him who gave you permission on my land" when the three got together they had more confidence
Tony got very nervous, it turns out that the three of them believe they are owners of the village and the truth is I don't blame them, their parents are the same but it hurts
"Well, if you say it's yours, where's your property brand?" the three of them were stunned and began to babble incoherently.
so I help them "well where is your bow and arrow to hunt or are you thinking of telling him a joke to see if he dies laughing but in your case it will be a shame" I remain with my arms crossed to see what excuse they put
When things could not escalate to the worse the old man more meddlesome and more fit of the whole village arrived
"What's going on here?" asks the old gossip
standing with my arms crossed I tell the four clowns "Nothing of your concern so get out" I think the old gossip hurt because he wrinkled his face
"This is how you talk to your elders, what kind of witch do I educate you?" I just shook my head that was the end "Not that brat, the old witch in your cave did not teach you to answer correctly" well one more nail for her coffin
When I did not answer, the three young men became brave "Mr. Vector, that bastard took our deer from us when we were about to hunt him" I laughed and told the four "so they were thinking of hunting with his smile"
The old man returned to see the three and found nothing to say that the young men had hunted him, worse still, not even the old man had to hunt to tell me that he was the one
the four were silent
I return to see Tony "we will carry the deer on a stretcher made of bamboo give me the strings of your shirt" when seeing that they are ignored one of the three young men tells me "I will fight with you under the combat code"
I was left with my mouth open "so as not to make a mistake you can repeat that"
he yells at me angrily pulling a dagger from his belt "I Gray challenge you under the combat code for stealing my prey" he throws it to the ground
if this were not enough Vector the old gossip tells us "as a member of the table of the 9 in the village Gravius I will be the judge of this fight" when they finished making their drama the four mocked
the truth did not shorten the reason for the mockery, until the old man told me "now if you son of a bitch what are you going to do gray I want you to teach this bastard a lesson
the guy named gray takes off his shirt and throws it at his friends, I really swear he didn't mean to laugh seriously I swear, until he poses showing his muscles and yelling "GREEEEY"
I wanted to yell at him "pass him a sandwich" or take out a couple of coins and give him some bread
"What are you laughing bastard come on now no one will save you" I return to see Tony I say "pay attention if you see something suspicious you tell me, it is very likely that those bastards are just looking for more problems"
I just get up and take off my shirt ready to fight
It was like watching a 176lb (80kg) light heavy professional boxer VS a 111lb (51.35kg) flyweight boxer.
when they saw the muscles in my arms the young man yelled to his friends "help" but I don't even give him time to run and lower him to the floor, just punching him in the face
🤜 * PASH * 💥
I fell to the ground, I go back to see his friends who want to intervene and they throw themselves at me, like a child's fight, with their fists in front lowering their head with the first one I let him pass and I kick him in the ass, like a goalkeeper doing a clearance with the ball
the second did not arrive, he returned screaming, but when the old vector drew the dagger from him I became serious and on my guard,
he cut me on the waist one going and one back to finish with a rapier
I ended up putting, the arm to stop the dagger, buried it in the shoulder, it hurt like hell
but I pay the price I blew two teeth in one blow in his face and with another blow I completely broke his nose
I let go of another two blows and he started screaming "no, no longer, hit me" the old man says even shouting louder "I give up I give up please" I kicked him two more as a tip, for crying, when he was on the floor
I go back to Tony to heal my shoulder at the end follow us with the deer, making the bed, to take him
the two boys helped the old man and the flock up and left for the village
Tony was quiet on the way until I told him "what's up, you're scared"
Tony just shakes his head "it's not scary friend those bastards will go to the boss and tell him a lie so that they punish you and if you don't obey they will ask for your expulsion"
I pat him on the shoulder "calm friend my mother and my brother-in-law, also your father is on the advice that you are afraid" Tony laughed at how stupid he had been
Before entering the village there was a great commotion like a street market I told Tony to wait and hide to see what he was passing
at the entrance of the village there were several women and men arguing in favor of one of them, who was old Vector without teeth and with blood on his clothes "that's why I ask you to throw out that son of a bitch who hit us from the back and steal our things "
a woman says "if vector is right we have to kick him out of the village, we will never be sure if he stays"
the woman next to her tells them "if vector is right we don't want any son of a bitch"
the last woman says "as vector's mother and friend, I don't want that bastard to go unpunished"
the village chief tells them "silence please silence, one of those affected is my flock, we will wait for him to arrive and we will punish him and then throw him out" all applauded the chief
with a smile, vector thanked them for their support "thank you, let's just wait for that son of a bitch ... to show up and we'll punish him"
I go ahead and tell them "don't wait for me anymore, here I am" when they saw me they all stayed down but the group of scandalous old women and I told Vector "she's my mother the bitch you used to say"
I greet my sisters "I am the bastard you are talking about" I return to see my mother "he is your friend by the way he was the one who attacked me from behind"
I show Grey's dagger "if I remember correctly, I can ask for a fight to the death with the bastards that stain my name"
"I Neo and under the combat code I challenge a battle to the death with those who have stained my name in ten days from today, I will see you at this same point for our fight"
without saying anything else I left the place leaving behind the crying of several women
a Tony with tears in his eyes tells me "Neo (snef, snif) you'll be fine Neo"
"I'll be fine friend stop crying" I pat him on the shoulder and we continue with our journey