Farming in Primitive Society

Chapter 44 A Reason

There was tension in the air.

This is the spiritual tug-of-war between the two, and it is also the ideological struggle of Mu himself. She believes that Mu Xiaohua has the ability to change the tribe. Mu Xiaohua represents not only herself but also the future of the tribe, but the current situation...

Is she sacrificing the future of the tribe or her own daughter?

"Don't you want a reason?"

In the end, Lao Mu made a choice, and she wanted to give each other one last chance, although she didn't know whether it was right or wrong, "Come with me."

Old Mu stood up slowly, and walked towards the innermost cave on the right, Mu Xiaohua frowned, pursed her lips, and followed after hesitantly.

"Mother!" Someone in the crowd called out anxiously.

The old man paused, and resolutely walked forward. Mu Xiaohua turned her head to look at the person, and saw that the expression on the person's face was quite complicated, including resistance, hatred, tension, worry, panic and even despair. His brows were tightened even more, and his eyes swept across the other people in the cave, with equally complicated and incomprehensible expressions.

It seemed that the matter was really serious, and Mu Xiaohua's heart ached again.

Following Lao Mu into the small cave, the smell of blood in the air became stronger. Mu Xiaohua pursed her lips hard. The small cave is very simple. There is a stone bed covered with hay and animal skins on the right side of the wall, and a leaf clothes on the head of the bed. A wooden frame with animal skins.

At this moment, there was a young woman lying on the bed. The woman's face was pale and her eyes were closed tightly. Tears were still evident on her pale face. Even when she was asleep, there were tears in the corners of her eyes.

A newborn baby was wrapped in an animal skin next to the woman. Because of the wrapping and some distance, Mu Xiaohua couldn't see the baby's appearance clearly.

The old woman walked to the bed and took a look at the baby, sighed tremblingly, turned her head sadly and said slowly: "The baby was born before full term, and the only thing Ah Qiao ate differently than before was cassava, which is eaten at noon. After giving birth, I had abdominal pain in the afternoon and gave birth to the baby early."

"Huh!" Mu Xiaohua let out a heavy breath, a little speechless and helpless.

The old woman took a look at Mu Xiaohua, then stretched out her hand to slowly uncover the animal skin that wrapped the baby: "Take a look."

Mu Xiaohua looked at the baby, and saw that the baby was very thin, with a cracked upper lip, curled up body and hands and feet abnormally, breathing very weakly, looking like this, it might be difficult to survive.

Mu Xiaohua felt very heartbroken. In the orphanage, she saw many babies who were sent in like this. Most of them failed to survive. The sad heartstrings were touched, and Mu Xiaohua could only sigh slowly.

I just heard the old mother continue: "Everyone thinks it is caused by eating cassava. You must know that Maocai was poisoned and his face swelled after taking a bite. Aqiao gave birth to a... a monster. This is a monster from the tribe. The omen must be burned to worship the heavens, this demon is either you or Aqiao who is possessed by a demon."

"Enough!" Mu Xiaohua couldn't listen any more. "First of all, cassava doesn't have that much function. The cassava cooked at noon today has no toxic side effects. Also, this kid is not a monster at all? He is human, just like us The person in question is just deformed, and the reason for this is not some kind of demon?"

There was a light in Lao Mu's gloomy eyes, and she didn't want to believe it. If there were other reasons for this result, she could persuade herself not to deal with anyone.

Seeing the entanglement and pain of the old woman, Mu Xiaohua sighed. She found that the old man was still a sensible and not stupid person, so she softened her voice and said: "I want to ask you a few questions."

Mom looked at Mu Xiaohua.

Mu Xiaohua asked: "Is there nothing wrong with Aqiao's body?"

Lao Mu frowned and pursed her lips. She didn't know why Mu Xiaohua asked this question, she thought for a while and said truthfully: "No."

"Yeah." Mu Xiaohua nodded, "Uncle Feng and the others are fine, right?"

The doubts in Lao Mu's heart deepened, he shook his head and said, "No, what do you want to say?"

Mu Xiaohua shook her head: "Don't worry, I have one last question."

"You ask." Mom said seriously.

Mu Xiaohua didn't want to be so long-winded, but some things must be determined clearly before proceeding step by step. Mu Xiaohua exhaled softly and said, "Since they are all healthy, have you ever thought about why Aqiao's children can't be kept?"

The old woman frowned, and looked at Mu Xiaohua questioningly. This question has been bothering her and their family. How could she not have thought about it?
Mu Xiaohua continued: "Actually, I'm asking you these three questions to tell you that three generations of close relatives who are related by blood cannot be together. There will be hidden family genetic diseases in people, and this hidden disease will affect generations. Passed down from generation to generation, under normal circumstances, there will be no outbreak and no impact on people, but if close relatives combine these diseases, these diseases will appear in the next generation. The closer the blood relationship, the greater the disease. I think this is the main reason why Aqiao's child cannot be kept. "

Mu Xiaohua fell into deep thought after hearing this, and Mu Xiaohua continued: "You can go and find out if there are more problems in raising the next generation with close relatives in other tribes."

The situation of inbreeding is not limited to the Chashan tribe, but also in many other tribes.Especially for those who do not intermarry with other tribes, the people of the entire tribe have a certain degree of kinship passed down from generation to generation. Take the Chashan tribe as an example, now basically one-third of the people are close relatives.

Inbreeding has exposed a variety of health problems, and Mu Xiaohua thinks this should be the main reason for the decreasing population of the Chashan tribe.

"The child is innocent, but he looks different. He is not a monster, but a child of God." Mu Xiaohua looked at the little baby and said calmly and firmly. Give the rest of the tribe an explanation!

The mother took a deep look at Mu Xiaohua, looked at the baby and continued to meditate, Mu Xiaohua stopped talking, and quietly waited for the mother's decision.

After another long time, Mom finally said, "Get out!"

Mu Xiaohua took a look at her, she was very happy that she could choose to trust her because of the conflict between her old rules and new ideas. Mu Xiaohua looked at Aqiao who had woken up on the bed at some point, nodded her head and turned to leave.

Mu Xiaohua walked out of the cave, and the people in the cave looked at her immediately. Amei broke free from her mother's restraint and ran to her, grabbed her hand and asked concerned: "Sister Xiaohua, are you okay?" After finishing speaking, be careful Looking into the small cave, he called out in a low voice, "Grandma?"

Lao Mu came out of the cave slowly, and other people gathered around. Lao Mu slowly swept over the crowd and said, "Call everyone to the altar."

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