Su Nian also took a breath of cold air. Both husband and wife were concerned about this era, but they did not expect that there were not even firearms in this era.
Seeing the depressed expressions of Su Nian and his wife, the bearded leader was a little surprised, "What happened to you two?"
Chu Beichen quickly covered it up, "We just miss home a little. We were blocked by the wind and snow this time, and we don't know when we can go back!"
"I see," the bearded leader nodded. "If you want to go back, you'll have to wait until next spring. When the river thaws, you can take a boat down the river. By the way, did you come from the south bank of the Gangwa River or the north bank?"
Since the bearded man asked this, it meant that there must be a difference between the South Bank and the North Bank. Chu Beichen didn't dare to answer rashly, so he smiled and asked the other party, "What do you think?"
The bearded man laughed heartily. "I see you're wearing rather elegant clothes. You must be from the South Coast. The living standards there are much higher than those on the North Coast!"
Chu Beichen smiled uncertainly and didn't directly answer the bearded man's question. Instead, he picked up the teapot and poured another cup of tea for him. "I don't know if the weather will be clear tomorrow. I don't think we can go hunting in such a storm!"
"Don't worry, the weather will definitely clear up. Storms in this season rarely last more than two days, but that may not be the case in a month. You don't have any reserves, so you must take advantage of these two days to hunt more prey," the bearded man drank the tea in the cup, stood up and said to Su Nian and Chu Beichen.
"Let's go. The wind outside is much weaker now. I'll take you to the village witch doctor. Although I'm in charge of this village, you can't disobey the witch doctor. Go meet him. That way, the days ahead will be easier!"
Generally speaking, the management of a tribe or a village cannot be dominated by one person alone. In order to check and balance the power of the leader, there must be a second-in-command. Presumably, the witch doctor mentioned by the leader is such a person.
Su Nian and Chu Beichen looked at each other, immediately nodded in agreement, and prepared some sugar cubes as gifts.
Yesterday, because the bearded leader was so modest, he only took half a bag of sugar cubes. In order to make it seem like the witch doctor was not as important as the bearded leader, Chu Beichen carefully packed only ten sugar cubes and gave the rest to the bearded leader.
"Your wife must have worked really hard making mushroom pies. These candies are our return gift!"
The bearded man declined for a moment, but thinking that his wife and children at home liked to eat this kind of candy, he finally accepted the sugar cube.
According to the bearded leader, no one in the village would steal from other people's homes, so Su Nian and Chu Beichen left home without worry and followed the bearded man into the wind and snow.
The temperature outside was at least -40 degrees Celsius, and there was no wind at all. The whole world seemed frozen. Everything was quiet and gray, with only the occasional gentle breeze stirring the drifting snow.
The witch doctor's cabin was located at the other end of the village, so Su Nian and Chu Beichen were able to walk through the entire village. They found that there were indeed many houses in the village, and the doors of every household were closed. Only the smoke from cooking could show that there were people in the house.
"It's winter now, and people rarely go out unless they are hunting," the bearded village chief explained to them loudly.
When Su Nian and Chu Beichen arrived at the witch doctor's house, their eyebrows were covered with snowflakes and turned white, and even their coats were frozen stiff.
Su Yan and Chu Beichen originally thought that the witch doctor was an elderly woman, but the person who came out to open the door was an old man with white hair and beard. He looked very kind, and greeted the bearded village chief with a smile as soon as he saw him. He called the bearded man Hanna, so this must be the name of the bearded village chief.
The bearded village chief briefly introduced Su Nian and Chu Beichen to the witch doctor, then invited them into the house to talk.
The size of the witch doctor's cabin is no different from the one where Su Nianchu Beichen lives now. The only difference is that there are many more animal feathers and skulls in the witch doctor's room, which looks a bit weird.
The witch doctor asked everyone to sit on the furs beside the fireplace, and then asked the bearded village chief about Su Nian and Chu Beichen. "Is this the person Night Owl told you to look for that day?"
"Yes, it's these two. They are lost travelers. They have no way to return to their hometown before the Gangwa River melts, so they can only live in our village temporarily. So I brought them here to meet you," the bearded village chief Hanna gave a brief introduction of what happened.
"Our village has always had a tradition of helping those in distress. You have done a great job in this matter, village chief," the witch doctor agreed with Halla's decision as soon as he spoke.
The bearded village chief nodded with a smile. Their village was a very harmonious place. In other villages, the village chiefs and witch doctors would have conflicts, but this would not happen in their village.
Chu Beichen took the opportunity to present a gift to the witch doctor.
The witch doctor wasn't shy. After seeing the snow-white sugar cube, he pinched a piece and put it in his mouth. He nodded and praised, "This candy tastes good. Are you from the South Coast?"
This was the second time Chu Beichen heard the name Nan'an tonight. Because of the foreshadowing given by the village chief earlier, he smiled and nodded and said yes.
"The South Bank is much more prosperous than the North Bank. Now it seems that there is a reason for it. A single candy is made so exquisitely. Since you are from the South Bank, you will suffer this winter. The life in our village cannot be compared with that over there!" The witch doctor was actually a little emotional.
"I'm very grateful to you two for taking us in. Otherwise, where would we go in this freezing cold weather? As for whether life is good or not, as long as we can get by, that's enough," Chu Beichen said politely.
The whole conversation was very harmonious, and the witch doctor looked even more cunning, so Chu Beichen spoke carefully and did not mention any irrelevant words, for fear of exposing his true identity.
After chatting for a while, the village chief winked at Chu Beichen, said goodbye, and left the witch doctor's house with the couple.
A strong wind started blowing outside again. The three people lowered their heads and braved the strong cold wind, moving forward laboriously along the slippery path that was frozen.
"Remember the witch doctor's house. If you feel unwell, you can go to him. He is very skilled in medicine," the village chief Hannah shouted to them. Then he pointed to a small wooden house in front and said, "That's my home. You can come to me if you have any problems!"
Hanna's house was obviously bigger. Su Nian and Chu Beichen remembered this place and watched Hanna go home.
At this time, the storm finally roared, making a whistling sound. Chu Beichen looked at the watch on his hand. Although they had traveled through time and space, the watch could still accurately display the time in the morning and afternoon.
According to the watch, it was only a little after three in the afternoon, but a dark cloud was rising in the northwest sky, quickly covering the earth. The blizzard was coming again.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
