It was a clear and crisp autumn day. The clouds covering half the sky were slowly moving away, looking very much like a group of grazing sheep being herded by the Green Bird tribe.
All things have spirits, and these animals also feel in their own way the message that autumn is about to pass and the cold winter is about to come.
So there was no need for anyone to say anything to these sheep. They all lowered their heads and ate the grass diligently, their mouths moving quickly, trying to gain weight in order to prepare for the coming cold winter.
However, the leading sheep was not very quiet. It didn't eat grass properly and always wanted to run south. If someone hadn't held the rope tied to its head tightly, I'm afraid it would have run away and disappeared...
The river bank, which seemed much wider than the small river in front of the Qingque tribe, was overgrown with weeds and dotted with white bones. It no longer looked as glaring as before.
There were many carnivores scattered on this piece of wasteland. In the past, each one was more ferocious than the other, but now they gathered together and seemed unusually quiet. None of them had any intention of provoking any trouble.
These beasts, each keeping a distance from each other, were like experienced hunters, occasionally casting their gazes towards the quiet other side of the river with great patience.
The only thing that made them feel a little uneasy was the group of big monkeys holding weapons, whose number was far greater than before.
These big monkeys did not stay here quietly like them, but kept digging the ground with the tools in their hands, or knocking it with hammers. While making a thudding sound, thick stake woodens were nailed firmly here.
After the wooden stakes were driven into the ground, someone would immediately pull ropes on them with nimble hands or tie a net made of finger-thick hemp ropes on them.
While most people were busy with these things, there were still some people holding bows and arrows or sharp bronze spears, warily looking at those big guys who would be very difficult to deal with once they got angry.
Although Lao Yang and the other members of the original Sheep Tribe had said more than once that as long as they did not provoke these guys, these beasts would not attack people, but the eldest brother and the others were still worried when they saw this kind of people for the first time. They thought it would be better to arrange some people to be on guard.
Most of those who were on guard felt itchy when they looked at these ferocious beasts.
Look at those two bears over there. They are fat and plump, with shiny fur. They look very beautiful.
It would be so beautiful if we could kill it, peel off its skin, and then saltpeter it before spreading it on the kang for the Son of God.
They thought so, but these people did not take action. One reason was that there were too many ferocious beasts here. If they took action and provoked a group attack, even though their numbers were not small and the weapons they carried were not bad, if such a thing really happened, they would be the ones who would suffer.
Secondly, the Son of God had given instructions when he came, and the only purpose of coming here now was to arrest as many old sheep as they said, because there were too many sheep to catch.
After arriving here with this purpose, the eldest brother, as the leader, reiterated it twice. Most of them were a bit reckless, but they listened very much to the Son of God and were able to prioritize.
However, despite this, those people who were on guard with weapons, or who were setting traps on the river bank according to the instructions of the eldest brother, were still somewhat skeptical about what Lao Yang and the others said.
It's not that they don't trust Lao Yang and his friends, it's just that the scenes they described were too hard to believe.
There were so many sheep that there was no end in sight, and they rushed forward one after another. No matter how many people blocked their way, they kept moving forward...
Before following the Son of God to farm, people in the tribe all knew how to hunt.
However, even after hunting for such a long time, none of them had ever seen the scenes that Lao Yang and the others described.
Moreover, they know a lot about sheep, which are herbivorous animals.
This herbivorous animal is cowardly and does not have sharp teeth and claws. When it encounters danger, its best way to save its life is to turn around and run away.
Now, there are so many predators gathered here and on the other side of the river. Even if there are so many sheep, why would they run here?
“Here it comes!”
Old Sheep and several other people from the Sheep Tribe pointed to the distance on the other side of the river and shouted in surprise.
After hearing his shout, everyone looked in the direction of his finger, towards the other side of the river, and saw a white line in the distance, approaching this side rapidly.
Under the gaze of everyone, the white line gradually stretched and thickened, and finally turned from a line into countless surging sheep!
The predators distributed along the opposite bank could not wait to pounce on the running sheep. Suddenly, one sheep after another was knocked to the ground and their necks were bitten off.
However, the rest of the sheep still ran forward regardless, running towards the beast waiting there, completely changing their cowardly appearance in the past...
The people of the Qingque tribe were seeing this scene for the first time and they were all stunned.
It turns out that there really are so many sheep. It turns out that these running sheep no longer turn around and run away when they see danger as they did in the past, but instead rush forward courageously!
This shock lasted for a while, and when a sheep jumped into the river and swam towards here, it was replaced by deep joy and excitement.
They must catch a lot of sheep this time!
As the first one landed on the river bank on this side, an autumn feast began.
Amid the rumbling of hooves, the autumn wind blew up, bending the wild grass, blowing away the blood, and blowing the motionless clouds in the sky to move southward, in the same direction as the migrating sheep. It looked like the shadows of the sheep, reflected in the blue sky...
The wind stopped, the clouds dispersed, and a seemingly endless flock of sheep passed through this piece of land, rolling forward without stopping.
Among the trampled weeds, there were piles of white bones and some dark red blood.
The predator licked the blood from the corner of its mouth and left leisurely with satisfaction. Scavenger birds descended from the sky, chirping and fighting for the remaining sheep intestines or pecking at the bones.
The eldest brother and others, who were covered in blood and exhausted, looked at the many sheep that were tied up and thrown here, and they couldn't help laughing with their mouths wide open. They were a bunch of complete fools.
With traps and nets, and more people coming, they caught more than 200 sheep this time! That's more than the tribe's sheep!
Faced with such a huge harvest, it would be strange if they were not happy!
No wonder the people of the Sheep Tribe have so many sheepskins, and no wonder every autumn the people of the Sheep Tribe can bring so many sheep to their own tribe to exchange for things...
Many people were drooling with joy and enlightenment. Now that they had caught so many sheep at once, life in their tribe would be much better this winter!
Whenever they thought of the thing called hot pot made by the Son of God, everyone started to salivate even more.
Just thinking about the taste of mutton slices cooked in this way makes you want to take a few bites of these raw lamb!
Under the instruction of the eldest brother, everyone built a fire here, roasted a dead sheep, and ate it with millet and dry rice. Then, some people began to carry the bamboo rafts placed aside to the water's edge and put them in the water, and then began to load the sheep onto the rafts.
The first things to be loaded on were the dead sheep.
These sheep are already dead, so it would be best to transport them back for processing.
After the dead sheep are loaded, the live sheep can be loaded.
A dozen bamboo rafts were all full, but not all the sheep were taken away.
There are nearly seventy sheep left, and the eldest brother and others certainly cannot abandon them.
When the bamboo raft moved upstream towards the Qingque tribe, the eldest brother had people untie the ropes on the sheep legs.
Of course they didn't let them go, but tied them up in groups of four, led by one person, and transported the harvest to the tribe by both land and water...
Inside the Qingque tribe, Han Cheng squatted there and continued to use the hard-earned tung oil to brush the rattan armor. After brushing the remaining two pieces, the third coat of oiling for the hundreds of rattan armors in the tribe had been completely completed.
While Han Cheng was doing all this, Bai Xuemei was standing by and watching with her hands on her belly.
Sister Bai Xue's belly is now so big that it's scary. If you lift up her clothes, you can clearly see her blood vessels.
This is much bigger than when I was pregnant with Little Pea.
To the extent that Han Cheng sometimes worried that Bai Xue's belly would be stretched out.
At the same time, I was also wondering if Sister Bai Xue was pregnant with twins.
If it is twins, it is best to have a boy and a girl, so that you can have both a boy and a girl at once and save trouble.
"Brother Cheng, Brother Cheng, let me tell you an interesting story...hahahaha..."
Sister Bai Xue, who was standing there, suddenly seemed to remember something and started shouting loudly.
Han Cheng stopped what he was doing and looked at Bai Xuemei, waiting for this silly woman to tell him something interesting.
However, after waiting for a while, Han Cheng didn't find it very interesting.
It’s not because what Sister Bai Xue said wasn’t funny, but because she didn’t even say it, but she couldn’t help laughing, and she couldn’t stop at all.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Looking at Bai Xuemei who was laughing so hard that she was out of breath, Han Cheng couldn't help but reveal a helpless expression. He had never seen such a good joke teller.
Without even saying a word, he was already laughing so hard that he couldn't stop. This really reached a certain level...
Han Cheng now wants to take back what he just said about Bai Xuemei.
Just now, he had already thought highly of Bai Xue's level, but now, looking at her wet pants and the water flowing down the trouser legs to her ankles, he was stunned. His shock at his silly wife's ability to tell jokes reached a new level again.
Han Cheng had met people in his later life who couldn't make others laugh because of their jokes but couldn't even stand up straight. But Han Cheng had never met anyone who could make themselves laugh so hard that they peed without uttering a word, except for his silly wife.
After watching in awe for a while, Han Cheng realized that something was wrong. It was not only because Bai Xuemei peed a lot from laughing, but also because this silly woman who couldn't stop laughing started holding her stomach and crying out in pain, "Ouch, ouch."
Oh my god, I'm not just laughing to the point of peeing, I'm laughing so hard that my amniotic fluid is breaking. The baby in my belly is about to come out!
After being stunned for a moment, Han Cheng reacted and threw away the rattan armor and other things in his hand. He supported Bai Xuemei and shouted loudly for someone to bring a stretcher over.
At this moment, rattan armor and tung oil are not as important as this silly woman and the baby who is about to be born!
People who heard the news hurried over with a stretcher. Together with Han Cheng, they helped Bai Xue, who could no longer laugh, onto the stretcher. Then they hurried to the house with whitewashed interior and exterior walls that served as the hospital's inpatient department.
"Prepare some hot water and get the knives and other stuff over here!"
After arriving at a house that had been cleaned exceptionally clean, Han Cheng and others put Bai Xuemei on the earthen kang while giving loud orders.
Many children have been born in the tribe over the years, and everyone is familiar with these things. As soon as Han Cheng finished speaking, someone immediately went to prepare these things.
The taboos of later generations simply did not exist for Han Cheng. He asked the other male primitives in the room to leave, leaving two female primitives who often delivered babies inside. Han Cheng began to help Bai Xue take off her clothes.
Han Cheng did not make it when Little Pea was born, so this time Han Cheng wanted to personally welcome his second child into the world.
Although it was not her first time giving birth, the waves of pain still made Bai Xuemei suffer.
Han Cheng rubbed his hands vigorously with the hot willow branch water while cheering up Bai Xuemei.
Although he was not the one giving birth to the child and was not the one feeling the pain, he was still sweating profusely.
Seeing this scene, the two female primitive people who stayed in the house to help were stunned.
In their memories, even at the most difficult and dangerous moments, the Son of God had never been so anxious. However, now, he was so anxious and nervous about childbirth, which every woman has to go through.
"Brother Cheng, it's okay..."
Sister Bai Xue, who was lying on the kang with a pale face, comforted Han Cheng instead.
Han Cheng picked up a piece of clean linen and wiped his head, then smiled at Bai Xuemei.
This is indeed the case of caring too much and causing confusion.
But how could he remain calm when faced with such a thing?
“Wow~Wow~”
The loud cry of a baby rang out in the room. Han Cheng held the slippery little creature in his hands, his hands trembling slightly with excitement.
In my excitement, I secretly glanced between the little girl's legs. It was my baby daughter.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Han Cheng couldn't suppress the smile on his face and finally couldn't help laughing out loud. Before he knew it, he already had a son and a daughter!
The witch who was waiting outside the door heard the loud cry of the baby and her face instantly broke into a smile. Her eyes were invisible and the wrinkles on her face were big enough to kill a fly.
Every time a new life is born in the tribe, the witch is so happy.
Han Cheng's own condition was no longer suitable for handling the following matters, so he handed over the matters of umbilical cord reduction to the two female primitive people who came to help.
After carefully washing his hands, he began to clean Sister Bai Xue's body with warm water and fine linen.
The two primitive women had delivered many babies and seemed very skilled in handling the matter. It didn't take long before the newborn babies were washed clean with warm water and wrapped in the swaddling clothes that had been prepared in advance.
The swaddling clothes were made of linen on the outside and lined with two layers of unsuccessful silk cloth on the inside.
The reason why a layer of silk cloth was put inside was because the fine linen cloth was somewhat rough and could easily prick people, and the baby's skin was too tender to withstand it.
In fact, the most ideal material is pure cotton cloth, which is not only soft, but also very breathable and sweat-absorbent. However, this material is not available in the tribe, so silk cloth can only be used instead.
The little girl looks very similar to Little Pea when she was just born. Both have wrinkled skin and look like a little monkey that has not grown up.
Han Cheng, who already had experience as a father, did not despise him this time. Instead, he held his little girl in his arms and couldn't get enough of looking at her.
"Brother Cheng, let me see..."
Sister Bai Xue, whose face was still pale, half-raised her body and looked at him eagerly.
Han Cheng quickly helped her lie down with one hand, and then placed the swaddled little girl next to Bai Xuemei.
Although Sister Bai Xue suffered a lot to give birth to this child, when she saw this little person sleeping peacefully in the cradle, a smile broke out on her face, emitting a strong glow of maternal love.
"dad?"
Little Pea rushed in and looked at the little person wrapped in the swaddle and lying next to Sister Bai Xue. After a while, he couldn't help but look up at Han Cheng with curiosity and inquiry in his eyes.
"This is my sister, your biological sister. You are mom and dad's child, and so is she. She is still your little sister, and you are her big brother. You have to protect your little sister from now on."
Han Cheng smiled and spoke softly to Little Pea, holding one of Little Pea's hands and gently touching the little girl's face.
After having two children, there are more things to pay attention to, and the most important thing is the psychological feelings of the eldest child.
Because the birth of the second child will definitely take away a lot of the parents' care and love, the eldest child, who is used to enjoying his parents' love alone, will definitely feel uncomfortable.
Little people seem to know nothing, but in fact, they also have their own feelings about some things.
In this process, if the guidance is not good, the one who suffers the most is actually the eldest child.
Little Pea seemed to understand what Han Cheng said, but she also felt something was different.
After Han Cheng held his hand and touched the face of the little girl who fell asleep with her eyes closed not long after she was born, the usually lively and active little pea became quiet, lying on the edge of the kang, stretching out her little head, staring at the sleeping little girl in the cradle with her black eyes.
Although there were many children in the tribe, Little Pea now vaguely realized that the relationship between this little person and himself seemed to be somewhat different from that of the other children.
"younger sister."
After watching for a while, Little Pea saw the little girl's breathing, and the breathing point above her head moved with her breathing. She cried out softly, and Han Cheng was so happy that his mouth almost stretched behind his ears.
After settling the mother and daughter, Han Cheng did not let anyone else do it. He went into the kitchen himself and went to make egg custard with Bai Xue.
As more and more chickens were domesticated in the tribe, the amount of eggs accumulated also increased.
The female primitive people in the tribe can eat a bowl of egg custard every day for a few days after giving birth to supplement their nutrition.
Most people eat three a day. Since Bai Xuemei is Han Cheng's wife, Han Cheng naturally cannot treat her badly, so he directly puts six into the pot.
As the son of God in the tribe, I do have this privilege.
Put the cooked poached eggs into a bowl, add some hot soup, add two spoonfuls of fruit candy crushed into crumbs with a mortar, stir gently with a spoon, and a bowl of delicious poached eggs is ready.
The only regrettable thing is that there is no brown sugar in the tribe. If there was brown sugar, it would be perfect.
When Han Cheng went over with the egg purse, the little girl, who had just taken a nap, had woken up. Sister Bai Xue was holding her and feeding her. Little Pea was watching from the side with eager eyes, as if she really wanted to come over and have a bite.
However, most women who have just given birth will not be able to have sex at that time. Sister Bai Xue is such a person, so it is useless to feed her now.
After being fed, the little girl was just like the little pea. Not only did she not get any food, but she became hungrier and hungrier. Soon she started crying with her little mouth wide open.
Han Cheng took the little girl from Bai Xuemei's arms, told her to eat the egg pie while it was hot, then carried the little girl, whose face was covered with sweat and who was still crying, out of the room to "beg for food" for her.
The tribe has abundant food, a safe place to live, and most importantly, many women, so the last thing they lack is breastfeeding women.
Han Cheng is no longer the innocent young man he used to be. A few years of life have turned him into a thick-skinned veteran.
He was no longer shy like when he first begged for food while holding Little Pea. He came up to a few women who were feeding their children and asked the women for food with a smile.
The women naturally would not be annoyed. Breastfeeding is a sacred thing. Someone immediately took Han Cheng's little girl, held her in her arms and started feeding her.
After the baby-soothing artifact entered her mouth, the little girl immediately quieted down and ate very greedily. It was obvious at first glance that she could grow up.
After holding his daughter and asking for food, Han Cheng took her back to the room and placed her next to Bai Xuemei. He stayed there for a while and then went to the kitchen to prepare food for the new mother...
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