Chapter 23 How to Be Treated as a Mother
Without caring too much about it, the four of them first stopped the man's bleeding and bandaged his wounds. They also stuffed a few antibiotic tablets into his mouth and fed him water.
Xiaotian came over at some point and knelt quietly beside him. After a while, the pregnant woman also came. Her belly looked to be five or six months old. She came over with tears in her eyes, held the man's hand, and sobbed softly.
About half an hour later, the man woke up. He looked at Xiaotian and his pregnant wife with tears in his eyes and whimpering sounds in his throat.
The four of them breathed a sigh of relief, patted their butts and got up to leave.
The tribesmen who were hiding in the distance suddenly gathered around, knelt down in front of the four people, put their heads on the ground, and kowtowed continuously.
Feng Qi looked at Luo Jiu in surprise and asked in a low voice: "They don't really think we are gods, do they?"
Luo Jiu whispered back: "It's better than being an enemy."
Everyone helped the kneeling people up, and then took great pains to explain the precautions to them.
"He's injured. He can't do any strenuous activities these days. He has to wait until his body recovers. Do you understand?"
"You have to take medicine and drink hot water. You must not get infected. If you have a fever, you are infected."
Oh my goodness, the four of them talked, gestured, and acted out everything they could to make them carry the person back to the cave to have a good rest.
Then four men went over and grabbed the injured man's arms and legs and tried to lift him up. Feng Qi quickly shouted, "Stop! His shoulder is injured. Don't pull his arm. It took a lot of effort to stop the bleeding."
Feng Qi finally understood what the Paleolithic Age was. They were very bad at using tools and were like a sturdy giant baby.
Although those people didn't understand what she was saying, they could clearly feel her anger and knew that those people had done something wrong.
Xiaotian's mother had a stern face and went over to the four guys who were carrying the person. She hit each of them with a slap on the neck, making them all hang their heads.
Luo Jiu sighed, "Have we stockpiled stretchers?"
"No, I didn't expect to use this thing." Cheng Yaoyao scratched her head, "I have stockpiled about 200 camp beds."
"Okay, give them one."
Cheng Yaoyao pretended to run away again, and soon came back carrying a simple folding camp bed.
Luo Jiu lay down first, and the others lifted her up. He demonstrated how to use it, and then directed the group of people to slowly move the injured person to the bed and slowly carry her down the mountain.
Communicating with the cavemen was more tiring than chopping trees. The four people saw that there was no place to stand or sit in their cave, not even a cup for drinking water, so they left a bottle of mineral water and hurriedly said goodbye.
In the evening, Feng Qi and Luo Jiu went to check on him with a thermometer and some medicine. The man did not have a fever and was conscious. He even struggled to get up and kowtowed to them, shouting, "Mom! Mom!"
Luo Jiu held his forehead in embarrassment. How come she was mistaken for his mother?
I guess Xiaotian has only learned a few pronunciations. If I teach her wrong, I will have to give her extra lessons later.
Xiaotian's biological mother wanted to give them half a rabbit, a pheasant and a sheepskin as a thank you. Luo Jiu looked at how poor their family was and thought that these things were probably all their belongings. He really didn't want to accept them, as it was useless even if he accepted them.
She pulled a few wool from him as a token of her appreciation, and then the two of them said goodbye.
Xiaotian followed and sent them back to the cave. She held their arms affectionately and looked very happy.
After returning, Luo Jiu had another serious conversation with Xiaotian.
Using four buns of different sizes, I explained one, two, three, four, big, medium, and small, and finally found out the relationship between the characters. The man who was injured today was Xiaotian's elder brother.
Among the fourteen people, in addition to Xiaotian's parents, there are the eldest brother, the second brother, the third brother, the eldest sister, the second sister, the third sister, and the eldest sister-in-law. The remaining ones are not clear, probably other complicated relatives, but Xiaotian's current ability to express is unable to describe.
In short, her mother gave birth to seven children, was in charge of everything in the family, and was very prestigious in their ethnic group.
Luo Jiu thought that this was probably the prototype of a matriarchal society.
No wonder Xiaotian’s eldest brother calls them mom. Maybe Xiaotian was right. Mom is a respectful title to them.
But how could these four young girls have a man in his thirties?
Luo Jiu took the four buns of different sizes and talked for a while.
"Your eldest brother is your eldest brother, your second brother is your second brother, and your mother is your mother. We are us, and we are not mother. Xiaotian, do you understand?"
Xiaotian wiped the saliva from his mouth and pointed at himself, "Datian, Da."
"Okay, okay, I can call you Datian. Go back and tell them not to call us mom anymore."
Datian nodded, ate four buns, wiped his greasy mouth, and went home happily.
That night Luo Jiu suddenly figured it out, "I wondered why Tian's brother got hurt."
"Why?" The other three raised their chins curiously.
"Because of us."
"Ah? What does this have to do with us?"
Luo Jiu said: "Let's think about it carefully. They have lived here for decades and should be very familiar with the surrounding environment. Except for Xiaotian, no one else has come to our place. Why?"
Cheng Yaoyao suddenly realized, "Could it be that they knew that there used to be a black bear living in our cave? And they couldn't beat the black bear?"
Luo Jiu: "Yes, their weapons are all kinds of randomly smashed stones, of course they can't beat large beasts. So there are only sheep, rabbits, and traces of these small and medium-sized animals in their caves.
You all saw the wounds on Tian's brother, they were badly torn, they must have been caused by a big beast."
Feng Qi asked: "Do you suspect it was the big black bear we chased away?"
Luo Jiu: "It's very likely. Let's ask about it tomorrow."
The next day, when Datian came over, they asked about this matter, and Datian drew a bear-shaped picture on the ground that was more than one meter tall.
She said with great horror that two people from her tribe had died in the mouth of this beast.
"Oh? Is it so dangerous?" Feng Qi pulled out a dagger and stabbed the bear picture. "I think it's just normal. What do you think? Do you want to do it?"
Feng Qi hadn't fought for seven days and his muscles were tense. He was eager to try.
Luo Jiu thought about it and felt that it should not be difficult for them to hunt and kill a black bear. It would be a good opportunity to train their troops, and it could also eliminate a hidden danger for the poor cavemen.
"Change your clothes and go."
The four of them went back into the cave and put on stab-proof vests, windbreakers and pants, gloves and hats, and wrapped their wrists, trouser legs and necks with tape.
Although it was a bit hot, the heat was offset when I thought of the annoying bugs, ants, leeches, bees, etc. in the woods.
The four of them carried various weapons such as knives, arrows, slingshots, etc., took binoculars, and set off in high spirits.
As soon as she went out, she was stopped by Datian. She already understood what they were going to do, but in her opinion, this was no different from committing suicide.
She knelt down to block their way, and even lay on the ground, reenacting the scene of her people being mauled to death by a black bear.
Luo Jiu winked, and Feng Qi hugged Datian and comforted him softly, blocking her view at the same time.
By the time Datian reacted, the other three had disappeared. Feng Qi let go of her and ran away, and she couldn't catch up.
Datian was so anxious that he stamped his feet and ran towards the west.
The four followed the black bear's footprints and soon arrived at its daily activities.
It was a small dense forest with lush trees and the sound of birds could be vaguely heard.
The four of them buckled the hood of their jackets onto their hats, tied a knot at the collar, and then put on tree-climbing tools, similar to the stirrups that electricians use to climb telephone poles. Each of them chose a tree and climbed up.
Luo Jiu modified the oversized slingshot, stuck it on a tree branch, and loaded it with a steel bullet that could smash half of a zombie's head.
Cheng Yaoyao and Zhong Jialing drew their bows and arrows, ready to aim at the black bear's eyes.
Feng Qi sat on the tree, took off his footrests, and tightly grasped the 50-centimeter-long steel knife, ready for close combat.
Comrade Luo Jiu instructed: "After the black bear appears, we must quickly end the battle within three minutes."
Zhong Jialing asked hurriedly: "What will happen if it exceeds three minutes?"
Luo Jiu sighed, "Four of us are fully armed and fighting a bear, but we can't kill it in three minutes. This means we are useless. There are still countless zombies waiting for us when we go back. With such low combat power, how can we win?"
Feng Qi coughed lightly, "Don't be so pessimistic. I bet the battle will end in one minute. If you lose, I will be on duty today."
Cheng Yaoyao smiled and said, "You were supposed to be on duty tonight."
The four of them chatted and waited for about fifteen minutes before the black bear finally appeared.
Luo Jiu hushed and quietly pressed the stopwatch.
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