In the early morning, Chunya gave birth to a child, and the child's first cry was drowned out by Aruna's sudden and loud singing.
Chunya hugged her child and cried bitterly. She thought she would lose this strong child countless times, but he survived.
Live like the hope and persistence of spring buds.
She looked deeply into her child's eyes and fed her baby, probably the only time.
Lan Duo was also crying with joy while holding the child. The child was full and fell asleep peacefully. The singing stopped.
Outside the tent, some early-rising Northern Huns were cursing, wondering what was wrong with that crazy woman, that she was singing so early in the morning.
Someone said: "It sounds pretty good actually."
The man said, "It used to be a pearl on the grassland, but now it's a piece of junk."
The first person asked, "Why does our king hate her so much? She's actually really pretty."
The man said, "This bitch rushed to get close to me, and she even caused the king to lose his great general, Mu Tie'er. How can I not hate her? What's the most valuable thing about a woman on the grassland? Her pride and her brains. Does she have these things?"
The two voices faded away.
Someone outside the tent called out, "Chun Ya, go cut the tea bricks!"
Chunya just drank a sip of the water in the leather bag. Maybe because she lost too much blood, she was very thirsty, but this cold water was the only thing she had.
She agreed in her usual voice, stood up and dressed, her hands shaking and her steps a little unsteady.
The Northern Qiang woman threw a leather bag over to Lan Duo. Lan Duo caught it and opened it. It was kumis. Chun Ya drank a few sips, looked up and said to the woman, "Thank you." Then he returned the leather bag.
The Northern Qiang woman didn't understand what there was to be thankful for. Didn't this Central Plains woman also get her medicine to treat her injuries, as well as hot soup and naan?
She didn't take the skin: "I'll give it to you."
Chunya accepted it. She didn't know when she would have something to eat today, so she had to hold on until it was time to feed the horses.
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