Because the child said the wrong tribe, Lie's tone of voice was not very good and a bit fierce. The child in rags was obviously frightened by Lie's tone. His eyes were red and tears were rolling in his eyes, but again Don't dare to cry out loud.
Lin Xiao rubbed Lie's little head with his hand and said to Lie, "Okay, don't scare him."
Lin Xiao turned to look at the dirty child. He lowered his eyebrows and took a brief look at the child. The lower body was wearing an animal skin that was almost like a rag. The skin on his body was rough and yellow, and his face was sallow and thin. It was obvious that the child's Life is not going well.
Lin Xiao thought for a while, then smiled, tried to be as gentle as possible, and said, "Are you a wanderer around here?"
"Yes." Cato nodded shyly and said cautiously, obviously still a little scared.
In his impression, the tribesmen are very fierce. If the ronin offends them, the tribesmen will kill the ronin mercilessly. But he... just said something wrong. The tribesmen who are younger than him seem to be very cruel. hate him.
Lin Xiao shook his body in fear when he saw the child in front of him, and said warmly: "Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you. Did you come out with your family?"
Lin Xiao's appearance was that of a non-aggressive one, and he looked relatively gentle. When Cato heard Lin Xiao's words, the tight muscles in his back relaxed slightly.
Cato: "A few of my companions and I went out to look for something to eat. My father, uncle, and the others could find too little food. I and we were all very hungry, so we wanted to look for something to eat."
"You ran out secretly without telling your family." Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, "Where are the others?"
Cato lowered his head and whispered: "I don't know, I ran away from them."
"Gu Gu."
Hearing his stomach growling, Cato lowered his head in embarrassment. His sallow face and skinny appearance really looked a bit pitiful. He had just been chased by a spotted hyena. He was originally a frightened bird. He did not dare to express his anger when he stood in front of two totem warriors. .
The tribesmen hate them most, the wanderers who live outside the tribe's territory.
Seeing his submissive look, Lin Xiao lowered his eyes slightly and asked, "Are you hungry?"
Cato lowered his head and said nothing, only making a faint 'hmm' sound.
Lin Xiao squatted down, patted Cato's shoulder with his hand and said, "Don't be so afraid. I'll treat you to lunch, and then I'll ask someone to take you back."
Cato was stunned when he heard Lin Xiao's words. Invite him to dinner? Is that what he meant?
Lin Xiao turned to Lie and said, "Lie, let's go back."
Lie heard the words and nodded neatly.
At this time, the two fish dragged out of the river were twisting their bodies in the fishing net and trying to escape from the fishing net. It was a bit laborious for Lie to hold the fishing net, so he simply picked up a stone on the side and punched each of the two fish, and directly smashed the two fish. The fish was smashed to death and then carried on the body.
"This is a monster in the water!" Cato said in confusion when he saw the fish hand in Lie's hand, because he had seen such things before, and sometimes these monsters would jump out of the water!
Lie was obviously still angry about what happened before. He glared at Cato fiercely and bared his teeth, scaring Cato like a quail.
"Okay, lie, don't scare him." Lin Xiao said softly.
On the way back with Lin Xiao, Cato saw eight tragically dead spotted hyenas lying in the grass, and he was trembling with fear.
Lin Xiao and Lie naturally saw it too, and frowned slightly. Lin Xiao said, "What are these guys doing at home? So many spotted hyena corpses?"
At this time, there is a little cheetah in the grass. It is lying in the grass obediently and quietly, with its mouth tightly closed and motionless. I hope that the powerful two-legged beast who comes back will not notice it!
Walking through the grass, Cato saw a row of houses not too far in front of him, and several tall men were lighting a fire to barbecue. From a distance, he could smell the aroma of meat.
"Here we are, this is our tribe." Lin Xiao explained quietly.
Cato heard confusion written all over his face: Tribe? But there are only a few houses here! There are many houses in the tribe!
Cato looked confused and whispered: "Tribe?" But the people in this tribe were fewer than the number of ronin they gathered together!
Lin Xiao: "Yeah, but there are relatively few people in our tribe. Come with me."
When Cato heard Lin Xiao's words, he hummed. After following Lin Xiao and Lie inside, he quietly counted the number of people. He found that including Lin Xiao and Lie, there were only twelve people here.
Is this tribe small in number? There is no one at all!
Cato doubted his life. Was there something wrong with his understanding of tribes, or was there really such a small tribe?
Several of Ge's companions were not very used to wearing tops, so even if they were wearing tops, they were sleeveless tops, so the totem patterns on their arms were quite obvious.
Cato, who was doubting his life, was stunned for a moment.
My God, I must be dazzled!
...Why do these people have totems on their arms!
Cato rubbed his eyes and looked again. He found that the totem pattern was clearer.
In the hot summer, the aroma of green peppercorns overflows, and the aroma of barbecued meat and grilled fish makes people salivate. Cato sits aside as quietly as a chicken, not daring to move or get food, but his mouth water follows. Direct current, Adam's apple throbbed.
"Gu Gu."
His stomach growled first, and the sound was quite loud, and everyone around him heard it.
Everyone was stunned. Lin Xiao had just mentioned his encounter with Cato. Because they were all ronin before, Ge and others also had a friendly attitude towards Cato: "It's not baked yet, you can eat it later. "Don't worry."
After the barbecue and fish were grilled, everyone immediately shared the food. Ge followed Lin Xiao's instructions and prepared a portion for Cato. Cato stared at the food in his hand and pinched his face with his hands. It tasted so good. …it's really for him!
Cato secretly glanced at the others and chewed the meat slowly. It was delicious and a taste he had not tasted for a long, long time.
After eating, Cato felt his swollen belly and felt a little uncomfortable. He seemed to have eaten too much!
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Seven or eight children were wiping their tears as they walked, crying like little tabby cats.
"Cato, Cato is dead!"
"What should I do... Wuwuwu, Cato was eaten by a spotted hyena."
"Whoa, whoa, if I had known we shouldn't have come out! If we hadn't come out, we wouldn't have met those spotted hyenas!"
Gradually, they walked farther and farther, and finally saw a thatched house on an open plain in the distance. There were many such thatched houses.
I heard the cry of children in the distance, and the adults naturally heard it too. When I saw the children coming back crying, a woman asked, "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
"Ka-Kato was eaten by a spotted hyena... wu wu wu..." One of the children sobbed, tears falling.
"What did you say?"
A bass voice trembled, and all the wild fruits in the man's arms fell to the ground. He grabbed the speaking child with his hands and asked angrily: "What's going on?"
"Uncle... I'm sorry," the child cried sadly, "I, we were too hungry, so we wanted to go find something to eat, but we met a spotted hyena, so we ran... Cato ran behind..."
"He...he was caught up by a spotted hyena..."
As he said that, the child screamed and started crying.
When Cato's father heard this, he froze in place, "No, it's impossible! I don't believe it!"
"I'm sorry... Uncle."
"I'm going to find him, I'm going to find him!"
Cato's father turned around and was about to leave, but was held tightly by his companions.
Cato's father took a deep breath, and when he heard several children explain clearly what they had met before, his tears flowed down uncontrollably, and he fell to the ground, biting his lip desperately to prevent himself from crying. The cry deep in the throat was audible.
There is no doubt that being caught by a spotted hyena means there is no hope of survival at all. He knows it, but he still wants to take a look. He wants to confirm again. Cato's father's hands trembled slightly, as if he had lost the last hope. I have the same strength, but I don't feel my heart hurts, it hurts a lot.
ah! Ronin! Why is he a ronin? So his wife died in the beast's mouth, and his son also died! ah! Ancestral God, don't those who have lost their totems deserve to live?
Soon this grief turned into extreme anger and powerlessness. He was shaking all over and tears couldn't stop falling.
Under the scorching sun, a clear voice sounded:
"Are you full?"
Suddenly a black shadow shrouded his head. Cato looked up and saw Lin Xiao's face. He nodded obediently, "Eat, you're full!"
"Thanks."
Another small whisper.
Lin Xiao: "I asked Ya to take you back. Your family must be worried."
Ya was already waiting beside her. Lin Xiao considered that Cato was timid and the other tribesmen were all big and thick. Only Ya was a girl who seemed less aggressive and more gentle.
"Go." Lin Xiao patted Cato on the back, then turned to Ya and said, "Ya, thank you for sending him off."
Ya stretched out a hand and said: "Little guy, come here and hold my hand. Sister, I will take you back."
Cato made a fist with his hand and placed it on the heart of his left chest, bowed deeply to Lin Xiao, then took Ya's hand and followed Ya outside.
Halfway there, Cato's eyes fell on the spotted hyena corpses discarded aside. He turned back three times and looked at them for a long time. He knew that these corpses were not wanted by the Yanhuang tribe.
Ya glanced at him and asked, "Do you want the body of the spotted hyena?"
Cato shook his body and nodded through gritted teeth. He wanted to take the meat back to his father...and other ronin.
Ya Wenyan walked over and picked a spotted hyena at random and put it on his shoulder. With his free hand, he held Cato and said, "They don't eat anyway, but I can only bring you one at most. It's too much." I won't help you, it's heavy and hard to hold."
Cato looked at Ya in surprise, opened his little mouth, and looked a little silly: The people of the Yanhuang tribe are so kind!