back to prehistoric savage

Chapter 22

"God! Come help!"

"coming!"

Hearing Aunt Lanhua's call, Zhang Tian walked over quickly.

Grandma waved to him and said, "God, sit here."

Zhang Tian knew that Grandma was holding back something in her heart.

What happened in the past two days, whether it was the stories he told, or his urging everyone to get out of the cave and face the Thunder Beast, all challenged the rules that Grandma had made in the past.

Others may not be aware of it, but Grandma must be aware of it, but because of the name of her ancestors, she is not good at confrontation.

But bringing the savages of unknown origin back to the cave where the clansmen have settled down for generations probably touched Grandma's bottom line. She couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb and ignore it.

Zhang Tian is very self-aware. He knows that although he has gained the trust of the people in the name of the sky and his ancestors, the trust he has gained is insignificant compared to the prestige accumulated by his grandmother over the decades.

The ancestors he relied on were all in the sky, out of reach, and Grandma was the living ancestor. Without her support, it would be difficult for him to make a difference in the tribe in the future.

Zhang Tian quickly weighed the pros and cons on the road from Lin Yu's side to Grandma's side, and knew in his heart that at least on the matter of the savage, he had to make some concessions.

"I heard from Langya that the wildlings met in the mountains downstream of the river?"

Grandma's expression was as usual, and her tone was very gentle, and she couldn't hear any blame.

Langya is the uncle's name, and the uncle's attitude is very clear, he is the most opposed to bringing back the savage out of the four.

Zhang Tian didn't know what he said to his mother, so he carried out his second uncle first: "Langzhuo said, this wild woman has white hands and feet, which is very rare, and when she is brought to the next tribal meeting, maybe she can be replaced." Good stuff. Owl and I agree with Wolfpaw."

Grandma changed into a serious tone: "The wolf's paw also told me. The wild man wears different clothes and speaks differently from us. I don't think she is from a nearby tribe."

"This kind of savage of unknown origin, you'd better stay away from her. Who knows if she has any unclean things, otherwise why would she be kicked out by the tribe? The reason why her hands and feet are so white may be This reason."

"I will tell them this later. I don't care about other tribes, but no one in our tribe is allowed to touch her. You can't have children with this kind of savage."

Zhang Tian understood what Grandma meant. Some tribes specially exchanged women who were not wanted by other tribes to go back for the winter.

Grandma forbade the men in the tribe to touch Lin Yu, which Zhang Tian was happy to see, so he nodded repeatedly: "What Grandma said is true, I will pay attention to it in the future."

"Good boy." Grandma smiled. "It should be some time before the tribal meeting. There are no idlers in the tribe. I will let the women teach her to weave bamboo cages and grind stones. You men don't care about it."

Zhang Tian obediently said yes, and his mother didn't blame him as he expected, but just kept him and the men away from the savages. This is a reasonable request and it is easy to do.

"Grandma! Try this bear skin!"

At this time, the men rushed in with the bearskins they had just peeled off, and wanted to make a bearskin coat for Grandma.

Grandma waved her hand and said, "This mink coat on me is very warm, I don't need it. Let's make new clothes for Tian and Xiao, they haven't changed their clothes for a long time."

"This is good!" Hong Hua laughed. "The two brothers have been inseparable since they were young. Even the clothes they wear are made of the same deerskin. I think this bearskin is big enough to make one for each of them." !"

The women took the bear skin and surrounded Zhang Tian and Xiao to measure the size.

Both of them are smiling, who doesn't like the new clothes?
The buckskin dress on my body has been worn for several years. The adolescent children look different every year. Compared with two or three years ago, both of them have grown taller and stronger. This buckskin dress has been changed and mended again and again. Make up, it's time for a new one.

The women measured the size, cut the huge bear skin in half, and prepared to wash it by the river tomorrow.

The cut pieces of meat were carried into the cave one after another, and the cave immediately became busy.

Zhang Tian and the children built several other bonfires. The women cooked the bear meat with the stone cooking method, and the men used bamboo to build a vertical square frame one head taller than a person above the bonfire, and hung the cooked bear meat. stand up.

The smoke produced by burning grass and trees can take away the moisture inside the bear meat, dehydrating it and adding a layer of protective clothing to it.

When the sunshine is insufficient, the tribe often smokes the excess meat in this way, and the smoked meat can be preserved for a long time.

Everyone smoked the bear meat, and dinner tonight was the leftover fish cage from yesterday and the mice, rabbits and birds hunted today.

Cutting fish, threading bamboo sticks, and grilling... I was busy when I heard a shout from the entrance of the cave: "Hoof!"

Turning his head to look, he saw the savage who was tied up at the entrance of the cave raised his bare feet, agitated his tongue, and said in an extremely awkward pronunciation, "Hooves! Fire!"

Lin Yu's feet are much more delicate than these primitive people who are barefoot all the year round. Moreover, she is tied to the entrance of the cave, her feet cannot move, and she is far away from the campfire, so she cannot keep warm. As the night gets darker and the temperature gets lower, she is already cold. I was shivering, my feet were the most unbearable, almost cracked from the cold.

Fortunately, after listening to the conversation for so long, she secretly learned some simple vocabulary, but primitive people have a distinction between human feet and animal feet. The word she uses at this time is animal feet, which is similar to the Chinese word Claws, hooves, etc.

Worrying that the group of savages didn't hear clearly, she repeated loudly: "Hooves! Fire!"

Everyone burst into laughter immediately, and the cave was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Lin Yu looked at the laughing crowd, surprised and inexplicable, thinking that he had said something wrong, and changed a few more outrageous words, trying to express his desire to warm his feet when his feet were cold.

Grandma's comprehension ability is very strong, and she understood it as soon as she heard it, and said: "Lanhua, please bring her in."

Then he called the men over and warned them what he had just said to Zhang Tian.

People in the tribe unconditionally believed what Grandma said. When they heard that this wild woman was likely to carry unclean things, they felt that her skin was so white. To contagion.

Lan Hua untied the hemp rope on Lin Yu's feet, supported her, and limped to the campfire to sit down.

She straightened her legs, and her feet, which were red from the cold, moved to the fire, and her arms were tightly bound. She could only rub her hands slightly and breathe into the palms of her hands.

The body gradually warmed up, and the frozen toes were gradually able to move.

She continued to be an observer, and soon found that men's attitudes towards her had changed subtly. As long as she looked at them, they would immediately avoid their eyes, as if avoiding intersection with her, even if it was just an intersection of eyes .

Including the young man named Tian who tied her up and down again and again, also hid away at this time, with an appearance of respect and distance.

(End of this chapter)