Farming in Primitive Society

Chapter 79
Chan and Lie were breaking bamboo outside the cave, Yu and Cheng were planning how to build a shed, Shi and Amei lit a fire, Mu Xiaohua soaked mung beans, briefly ate some barbecue left for her, and took out tapioca starch to knead. Fantuan, suddenly heard Aqiao's voice greeting everyone from outside.

Mu Xiaohua's heart skipped a beat, thinking guiltyly, could it be that she was discovered by peeping?Didn't she mean to be a spy?And when they were inappropriate for children, she actually closed her eyes from time to time and didn't look at it.

Originally, she wanted to leave too, but she was so shocked that she was fixed there and couldn't move, and she was also afraid that making noise would disturb their interest, no, no, it was because she was afraid that they would find each other embarrassed, or to keep a secret. If it doesn't work out, it's not good to kill people to silence them.

Human life in primitive society is not protected by law.

Mu Xiaohua made a lot of excuses for herself. Knowing other people's secrets is really tormenting. She tried her best to calm herself down, but then she thought, what is she afraid of being ashamed of?The one who should be afraid and ashamed is Aqiao, not her, right?
Thinking of this, Mu Xiaohua completely calmed down.

Hearing the voices outside, besides Aqiao, her two cousins, Aman and Awen, also came, and soon, the three of them appeared at the entrance of the cave.

"Xiaohua!" The three of them greeted Mu Xiaohua.

"Aqiao, Aman, Awen, you are here!" Mu Xiaohua responded with a smile, and took a special look at Aqiao, seeing that her expression was as usual, no, it should be that her face was rosy and she seemed to be in a good mood.

Sure enough, it is different after being moisturized!Mu Xiaohua sighed silently, looking at it like this, Aqiao probably didn't notice her, and didn't know that she knew her secret.

Mu Xiaohua secretly breathed a sigh of relief, after they greeted Shi and Amei, she asked them to sit down, and the three of them stared at her hand curiously.

"Xiao Hua, what are you doing?" A Qiao asked curiously, "What is this?

Mu Xiaohua smiled and said, "I'm going to make some steamed cakes, this is tapioca starch."

"Starch?" The three of them looked at Mu Xiaohua in confusion. They had never heard of such a word before, and they couldn't understand it at all. Mu Xiaohua had no choice but to explain to them what starch was.

After listening to Mu Xiaohua's explanation, the three of them nodded in understanding, and also stated the purpose of coming this time, to learn how to weave bamboo baskets from Mu Xiaohua.

They want to learn, Mu Xiaohua will naturally teach without hesitation, but there are not many bamboo strips, not enough for the three of them, so Mu Xiaohua asked Can and Lie to break the bamboo strips that were originally intended to be used to bind wood to weave bamboo. basket.It happened to let them learn how to break bamboo strips, starting from the very beginning.

After Canhe had cracked the bamboo strips, Mu Xiaohua had already steamed the cassava flour balls and cooked the mung beans. The big earthen pot was used to steam the steamed cakes, and the mung beans were cooked in two small earthen pots. After all, there were many people, so a small pot Not enough to drink at all.

Next came the teaching time. Mu Xiaohua taught Aqiao and the three of them to weave bamboo baskets. Several girls chatted together while weaving. They were all unmarried girls, so it was inevitable that they would talk about getting married.

Ah Man asked: "Xiao Hua, when are you going to marry Chan and the others?"

Mu Xiaohua black thread, marrying Can and the others? "Which ones are they?"

"Chan, Yu, Lie!" Ah Man said as a matter of course.

Mu Xiaohua continued the black line: "I have no such plan."

"Is that so?" Aman's tone was regretful, and then his eyes lit up: "How about you marry my brother?"

Aman's younger brother Yong, Mu Xiaohua has an impression, a 19-year-old boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes looks very festive.

Mu Xiaohua shook her head: "Your brother is too young, I prefer older ones."

"How old are you?" Aman asked.

"24."

"Ah? No way?" The three of Aqiao were quite surprised, and Awen said, "You are 24? You don't look like that at all! I am 20 years old, and you look younger than me."

"Yes!" Ah Man said, "If you like older ones, then Yu is the only one. Do you like Yu, Xiaohua?"

Do you like Yu?Mu Xiaohua chewed on this question. If someone asked that question before that night, she would have hesitated, but now, Mu Xiaohua shook her head. She doesn't like it anymore, but she can't say it.

"That's it!" Ah Man had a regretful expression again, "By the way, Xiao Hua, did you know? Ah Xin is coming back."

"Ah Xin?" Mu Xiaohua was surprised: "Who is Ah Xin?"

"Axin is the most beautiful girl in our tribe. She likes Yu very much. She originally planned to marry Yu, but her family disagreed, so she left in a fit of anger."

"Gone? Run away from home?"

"That's right! I left the Chashan tribe in a fit of anger. Her elder brother has been looking for her for the past few months. I heard that he found her in a distant mountain forest, but she just doesn't want to come back unless her family agrees to her marrying Yu. I heard that recently Her family has no way to agree with her, and she is coming back."

Didn't expect Yu to have such a love history?This girl has a personality too!
"When did this happen?" Mu Xiaohua asked, she had never heard of it.

"In February." Ah Man replied.

"Winter is the wedding month. It was quite cold at that time, but she just left like that. Has it been more than four months?" Awen looked at Aqiao.

"Yeah." A Qiao nodded, "It's been four months, almost five months."

The marriages of the Chashan tribe are concentrated in February or March, and these two months are called the marriage month.

Mu Xiaohua nodded and asked: "Ah Xin likes Yu, so does Yu like her?"

Ah Qiao and the three shook their heads, Ah Man said: "That's not very clear, I have to ask Yu, otherwise ask Wen Shi, Shi, do you like Ah Xin?"

Shi, who was silently weaving the basket, was called out, glanced at Mu Xiaohua, and shook his head in fear: "I don't know."

Ah Man nodded and continued: "However, Yu and Ah Xin have a very good relationship. Of course, he is also happy when Ah Xin wants to marry him, but Ah Xin doesn't like Lie, and she doesn't want to marry Lie when she marries Yu. It's very embarrassing for Lie to marry a daughter-in-law together."

After hearing these words, Mu Xiaohua felt a little uncomfortable for some reason. No wonder Yu tried so hard to match her and Lie. It turned out that he was not afraid of not having a wife, because there was still a girl who was so infatuated with him.

He wanted all his brothers to have wives. If he was the only one who had Lie, he would feel very sorry, so he had to find a wife for Lie before he married himself.

After talking about Yu's gossip, Aqiao and Awen joked about Aman, the three of them chatted and laughed, Aman bumped into Aqiao with a smile and said: "You still talk about me, after this winter you will be I'm going to marry Kao, but why haven't I seen Kao looking for you these days? Haven't heard you mention him?"

(End of this chapter)