Tana was silent for a moment, then she used both hands to grab the carriage and climbed onto the roof!
This action startled Yan Tao: "What's wrong?"
Tana stood on the roof, maintaining her balance for a moment, then looked off into the distance and said, "I think I'm about to find my people. I'm not sure yet, but I have to try."
Yan Tao was puzzled: "How do you know that it was one of your people? What did you see?"
This time Tana didn't answer.
Because she felt it was a bit awkward to use "stupid little dog" as the keyword for recognition...
But soon, the extremely powerful Tana confirmed her guess.
She stared at a tent in the distance and recognized the young man standing in front of the tent. It was Babu, the son that the middle-aged man who had stayed in Dechang County was looking for.
Bob had no idea that he had been targeted by the head of his family. At this moment, he was hugging his younger brother tightly and retreating step by step.
In front of them were three men who looked big and strong at first glance.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the steamed buns that Babu was holding.
One of the men snorted coldly and spoke in grassland dialect: "What were you yelling about just now?"
Babu shouted again in Zhou language: "You robbers, sons of rabbits!"
The man didn't understand and frowned: "Are you scolding us?"
Babu gritted his teeth and didn't answer immediately.
Normally, there would be tribesmen accompanying them, but today someone was injured while moving stones, so they all went to help, leaving the two children alone.
I thought we were all from the grassland and nothing would happen, but I didn't expect that family members would attack each other.
Babu had just thought of using Zhou language to attract the attention of the nearby guards, but it was obvious that these three people must have carefully observed the area before coming and knew that there were no guards from Hua'an County. In addition, the people on the grassland did not know each other and would not help, so his shouting was in vain.
So Babu took a deep breath and switched back to the grassland language, his voice becoming pitiful and aggrieved: "No, I'm not cursing, I'm just saying, please let us go."
The boy who could understand some Zhou language raised his head but said nothing, and soon buried his face in his brother's arms again.
The three men looked at each other and felt that the other was not telling the truth, but they couldn't tell for a moment.
After all, it is indeed inconvenient to not master a foreign language.
But they didn't care. They just walked forward, stretched out their hands to the two brothers and said, "Hand over the food."
Babu took two steps back and said through gritted teeth, "No, my brother hasn't eaten for a day."
In the end, the men didn't care at all and sneered, "Don't force me to do it."
Babu immediately shut his mouth and put on an aggrieved and pitiful expression on his face, but he was cursing in his heart.
Actually, he didn't know these people in front of him.
If we have to talk about our relationship, it's just that we fled together.
The barbarians had previously attacked the grassland, not only destroying Tana's tribe, but also destroying many other places.
The reasons used are all similar, they are all groundless.
If someone wants to frame someone, they can even say that soapnut powder used for laundry is arsenic poison.
As a result, many tribes had their cattle and sheep stolen, and they had to flee in a hurry to save their lives.
Babu and dozens of other people were separated from their family members, so they had to carefully follow other tribes to the eldest princess's territory, Hua'an County. With the help of Hua'an County, they were able to stay temporarily outside the city and wait for further arrangements.
Because there were quite a few of them, they were allocated some nice tents, and the county town would usually send them food.
However, just a few days ago, news came from the county city that the eldest princess had sent a letter by carrier pigeon, asking the grassland people who wanted to stay in Hua'an County to dig stones or build brick kilns to build houses.
For the grassland people who have always lived near water and slept in tents, they have no idea about building houses.
But now their biggest lifeline is Hua'an County. They rely on them for food and drink, so naturally they will do whatever they are told to do.
During the day, the adults go to work and the children stay behind.
It's fine for a day or two, but after a while, some people start to have bad intentions.
Today, someone saw that the Babu brothers were young and set their eyes on their steamed buns.
Babu naturally didn't want to give it, but he also knew that he was weak and the other party was strong, so he would definitely not gain any advantage in a fight.
His younger brother Mudu, whom he protected, was also very aware of this.
So the boy lay in his brother's arms and whispered, "Why don't you give it to them? It's okay for me to miss a meal..."
Before he could finish, Babu interrupted him in a low voice: "We don't know these people. If they dare to stop you today, they will dare to do it again tomorrow. If you give them a chance once, they will give them a second chance."
Mudu raised his head, his round eyes filled with anxious tears: "Then, what should we do?"
Babu looked up, staring at the other party who was slowly retreating to delay time, and said in a very soft voice: "Don't worry, I'm here."
Mudu immediately became hopeful, his eyes lighting up: "Brother, are you going to beat them away?"
In the end, Babu didn't answer. Instead, he hugged him tighter and whispered, "Wait and see if I tell you to run away."
Mudu: “Yeah!” I will definitely not be a burden to my brother!
Babu: "I'll take you with me."
Mudu: “Hmm… hm?”
What about the head-on confrontation?
Why is it different from what I imagined???
Before Mudu could react, Babu shouted, "Look! Barbarians!"
Perhaps it was because their homes were stolen and burned down by the barbarians, so the grassland people have very painful memories of the barbarians.
The three men subconsciously turned their heads to look, but found nothing unusual.
When they turned around, they saw Babu hugging Mudu tightly and running away with big strides.
This angered the three of them.
He originally just thought that he was hungry, so he bullied the children.
In the end, he was fooled, and it was such a clumsy trick!
Don’t they have any face?
So, he immediately chased after him in anger.
Mudu was only four years old, but at this moment he was lying on his brother's shoulders, holding on to his shoulders tightly with both hands, looking behind him, and chattering: "Brother, run! They are chasing us! Wow, they tripped for a moment, but they didn't fall, and they are chasing us again!"
Babu was listening to his brother's live commentary and had no time to respond. He just ran towards his own tent.
As soon as I got closer, I found that the adults had not returned yet and everything was quiet.
So he paused, turned his eyes, and quickly changed his mind.
He gently hid the little brother in the corner and stuffed the steamed bun directly into the little guy's mouth, asking him to eat quickly. Then Babu trotted to take down the bow and arrow hanging at the door.
When the three people appeared, Babu had already stood on his feet, bent his bow and pointed the arrow at them with an expressionless face.
This obviously startled the men.
The little lamb, who was originally thought to be weak and could be bullied, suddenly had its sheepskin peeled off to reveal a wolf cub-like expression. Anyone would be stunned.
Moreover, in their opinion, it was just a lack of food, so it was not a big deal if they just came here to eat more.
Why did you draw the bow and arrow?
Someone immediately said, "It's just a small matter. Why are you holding a weapon? We can talk it out."
But Babu didn't think so.
In his opinion, it is natural for you to bully me, and if I resist you will be reasonable?
You'll be so beautiful!
So, Babu didn't say anything and just shot the arrow out!
“Ouch!”
The man who originally thought he could still talk was caught off guard and failed to dodge. The arrow pierced his shoulder and he fell to the ground with a cry of pain.
The remaining two were shocked.
I never expected that this young man would be so unsportsmanlike!
What was even more unexpected was that Babu had already started drawing the second arrow, clearly showing that he was not going to let it go.
So the two of them turned around and wanted to run, not even daring to care about the man lying on the ground.
At this moment, a voice came urgently: "Stop!"
Babu thought the voice sounded familiar and turned his head to look.
Then I saw someone running towards me.
Although her clothes and hairstyle have changed, she can still be recognized at a glance as the head of the family, Tana.
Babu's eyes lit up instantly, and without thinking, he dropped his bow and arrow, picked up his brother, shouted "Chief", and then ran straight towards him.
This also made the three men feel relieved.
Since he is the patriarch, he should always be reasonable and not give them a hard time.
Of course, we still have to talk about the incident of being shot.
Just when a few people were thinking about how to complain, they saw that the young man who wanted to turn them into hedgehogs just now suddenly changed his expression. He no longer had the fierceness he had before. Instead, his eyes widened and two lines of tears flowed out.
She sounded extremely aggrieved when she spoke, each word dripping with moisture: "Chief, wuwuwu, they bullied me."
Men: …???
Tana was also a little helpless.
As the clan leader, she has a lot of things to do, so she is not completely familiar with every child in the clan.
But she actually saw clearly what had just happened, and knew that this guy was trying to make her feel sorry for him.
So Tana lowered her head slightly, patted the man on the top of his head and said, "Babu, didn't you hurt them?"
After being exposed, Babu was not panicked at all. Instead, he felt even more aggrieved and tears came to his eyes. "That's because they wanted to steal my brother and me's food and starve us to death." Then he hiccuped and stretched out his hand, "I'm hurt too."
Tana didn't say anything, but looked at the three men here and was so angry that she wanted to jump up and down.
Who hasn't used a bow and arrow?
It's obvious that you pulled the bowstring too hard and that's why your skin was abraded!
So you are tired when you beat someone up!
Mudu was young and had just been frightened, so he hugged Tana's calf and cried loudly with his brother.
One was sobbing, the other was whimpering, making Tana's temples jump.
Although Yan Tao, who followed, did not understand the grassland language, she still roughly understood the whole story and said to Tana with a smile: "This must be one of your people."
Tana was startled, thinking that the other party had known what the "little dog" said, and asked hurriedly: "How did you know, Master?"
Yan Tao smiled and said, "This skill of changing your face to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger is definitely inherited from my ancestors."
Tana: ...
Although I don't understand what it means to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, I can just take it as a compliment to her if I don't understand.
But Tana didn't let the two children cry for too long.
Holding one hand behind her back, Tana walked towards the three men.
The three of them seemed confused by Babu's change of expression and did not react.
It was not until Tana approached that they came to their senses and stood up, ready to complain first.
Unexpectedly, Tana said directly: "It's not easy for people from the grassland to come to Hua'an County, but you still want to bully each other. It's really hateful. You should be locked up and taught a lesson."
Before they could object, someone strode forward and locked up the three of them.
Those who took action were all Zhou guards assigned to Tana by the eldest princess.
The three of them finally realized that they had hit a wall.
So they hurriedly defended themselves, saying, "How could we be bullying? It was clearly someone from your family who hurt my companion!"
After hearing this, Babu's face turned red with anger. He wanted to refute, but Tana replied calmly, "But you were the first to steal their food."
"There's no one to testify to this!"
"unnecessary."
"You're arresting people without any evidence. Are you trying to protect someone?"
"Yeah, you found out."
Three people: ...
Is it appropriate for this patriarch to be so self-righteous?
Eventually, they were locked up and taken away, and it would probably be a while before they could smell the air of freedom again.
Yan Tao, who had watched such a good show, was also very satisfied. She walked forward and said, "With your support, I think no one else will dare to bully these two children anymore."
Tana responded with a smile, while Barb looked up curiously.
He was too nervous just now, so he didn't see the people around the patriarch clearly.
Now when I see him, my first reaction is that this man is dressed in strange clothes and has a long metal object on his back. I don't know what kind of weapon it is.
So, Babu instinctively stood in front of Tana, smiled and said in a somewhat unfluent Zhou dialect: "Sister, who are you?"
Before Yan Tao could answer, Tana reached out and hit Babu on the head.
This made Yan Tao a little confused.
The next second, Babu was seen holding a cold arrow tip in his hand behind his back.
Tana said, "Don't be rude to fairies."
Babu blinked and exclaimed, "Fairy, a flying fairy!"
Tana warned seriously: "Don't worry about whether he flies or not. Anyway, if you talk nonsense, they will find a way to deal with you."
"What method?"
"Summon something called a drag chicken to come and eat you."
"Chicken, eat people?"
"It's a very big chicken, the biggest you've ever seen."
Babu's face was full of admiration, while Yan Tao looked up at the sky silently.
Perhaps because she was afraid that Tana would ask about the tractor breeding again, Yan Tao said, "I'll go over first" when her classmates called her.
Tana hurriedly asked, "Does the fairy need my help?"
"No, it's the construction people coming over. I need to discuss with them how to build the farm in the future." As she spoke, she looked at Babu, who had already hidden the tip of the arrow, and said with a smile, "Is your name Babu? Your archery posture is very handsome."
Although Babu still didn't know where the fairy came from, he didn't want to be eaten by the chicken.
So she smiled shyly and looked very cute.
Yan Tao felt like she had transformed from a wolf cub into a Samoyed.
But she did not stay and soon went to meet up with other people from Langyun.
Tana reached out and picked up Mudu, then walked straight into the tent.
Babu hurried in and started boiling water and making tea, and was busy for a while.
Tana put Xiao Mudu on the simple bed, walked back and forth in the tent, and then found that there were leaks everywhere.
I didn’t think it was a big deal at first, after all, I’ve been living like this on the grassland for so many years.
But after she gained more experience in Dechang County, she began to be picky about her living environment.
After looking around, Tana said softly, "We still need to build a house with a roof."
After hearing this, Babu offered the tea bowl and said, "People in the county town also said they want to build a house, and the tribesmen have gone to make preparations."
Tana had been with the eldest princess these days. When the eldest princess sent the letter by carrier pigeon, she was there. Naturally, she was well aware of Kong Shu's plan to build a new village outside the city to accommodate the grassland people.
So at this time I just nodded and didn't say much.
Instead, Babu stood aside, looking at her eagerly, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Tana smiled and said, "What do you want to ask me?"
Babu blinked his eyes, then said obediently, "Has the patriarch met my father?"
Tana didn't keep him in suspense and nodded directly: "Yes, your father and mother followed me to Dechang County, which is a county town not too close to here."
Babu hurriedly asked: "Where are they now? Have they come?"
Tana patted him soothingly and said, "No, your parents are very smart and were chosen to stay there and work."
This left Babu puzzled: "How could that be? My father doesn't know anything except Zhouyu."
"Did you know he could speak Zhou language?"
"I know. My father taught me Zhouyu."
...No wonder it turned out like this.
Perhaps to improve the child's language skills, Tana switched to Zhou Yu and said, "Tell me about what happened recently."
Babu also obediently used Zhou language and stammered out what he saw and heard during his escape.
Finally, he sighed: "Because we are few in number, there are always people with more people coming to bully us. My brother and I are so pitiful..."
Seeing that the child wanted to cry again, Tana immediately said, "Tell the truth."
Babu quickly wiped away his tears and said with a smile: "I will find a chance to bully him back, hehe."
Tana: ...
She just knew it.
Although the female head had always upheld the principle of protecting her shortcomings, she thought for a moment and said, "Don't do this in the future. Be more open and aboveboard when encountering things, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with if you are caught."
Babu frowned slightly: "Why? Chief, you are the most powerful, who would punish you?"
Tana said seriously, "I'm currently working for the Lord of Hua'an Commandery, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Zhou. We will all become her subjects in the future. Remember not to say things like, 'I'm the greatest.' In the future, we'll all be citizens of Zhou, and we'll share the same fate as Hua'an Commandery."
The passage was rather long, and contained some words which Babu did not understand, so he took a long time to digest it, and still did not understand it.
On the other hand, Xiao Mudu stood on the bed, jumping up and down: "Congratulations, Chief! The Chief is so awesome!"
Tana was afraid that he would fall, so she quickly extended her hand to protect him: "Stop, be careful."
But Bob misunderstood the meaning and thought that the head of his family did not like this kind of flattery.
So the boy imitated her and said to his brother in a serious and clear voice: "Oh, Mudu, you silly little guy, don't flatter the horse casually."
Mudu: ???
Tana: ...
At this moment, the female leader suddenly understood——
Compulsory education is imminent.
From now on, this kid must take Chinese classes! Eight classes a day, no stopping!
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