Old Black has grown up; he's a mature and sensible male dog now.
Whether human or animal, males always have an innate desire for females.
Upon hearing this, Xiang Nanzhi thought, "This guy's jealous even of a dog? Is he crazy...?"
"It's okay, Lao Hei."
She really liked this dog. Just like Shen Shixun, it looked fierce, but it was very gentle with her, licking and rubbing against her. It must love her.
Shim Sehun was like that too...
It and Old Black express love in the same way.
Upon hearing this, Lao Hei licked Xiang Nanzhi again, as if he had heard what she was saying.
The silly-looking mastiff made Xiang Nanzhi unconsciously raise the corners of his lips.
Shen Shixun narrowed his eyes slightly, "Its temper is unpredictable. If it finds your meat particularly delicious later, it might, cough cough..."
Xiang Nanzhi quickly got up and moved away from Lao Hei. Lao Hei's mouth was so big, let alone his hands and feet, one bite would bite off her head...
Old Hei wanted to play with Xiang Nanzhi for a while, but Shen Shixun pulled him by the rope, and he couldn't move anymore, making whimpering sounds.
A bearded man stood atop the hillside. "Old Black!"
What's going on? Has he gone mad?
Rooney, holding a whip, shouted, "Old Black, come back!"
They were too far apart to see who the other person was, and Old Black didn't listen to Rooney. Rooney cracked his whip and called out, "Old Black!"
"That is..."
"Rooney."
Even from a distance, you could see his long beard; he looked quite rugged.
Rooney moved closer and then saw who it was. "Sehun...you, you're back."
He smiled and looked at the woman beside him, who was fair-skinned and beautiful, and called her in the Gong language, "Snow Lotus!"
Xiang Nanzhi didn't understand what he meant. "What did he say?"
He greeted me.
Xiang Nanzhi whispered, "What did he say to me just now?"
He said you're ugly, really ugly.
Xiang Nanzhi, already feeling insecure from being exposed to the sun, became even angrier upon hearing this. Rooney stepped forward with great enthusiasm, but Xiang Nanzhi hid behind Shen Shixun, refusing to even glance at him.
"Snow lotus, snow lotus..." Rooney approached to greet her, but Xiang Nanzhi didn't even look up.
"Snow lotus!"
Rooney was confused. "What's wrong with her?"
"She's shy."
The tribes communicated in Gong language. Xiang Nanzhi thought Shen Shixun spoke Mandarin quite well, but the Gong language that came out of his mouth had a unique charm.
"You just left, why are you back again?"
"Bring your wife back to visit."
"She is so beautiful."
Shen Shixun frowned slightly, unable to bear hearing other men praise Xiang Nanzhi.
Xiang Nanzhi followed him the whole way, with Rooney walking ahead. "What did he say again?"
He said you look uglier the more he looks at you.
Xiang Nanzhi squatted down, grabbed a handful of grass from the ground, and threw it directly at Rooney. Rooney, confused, turned around and asked, "What's wrong? She..."
"A welcoming ceremony for city dwellers."
Rooney chuckled. He seemed to have seen it in a movie; on particularly festive occasions, Han Chinese would sprinkle something on their heads. He touched the grass roots on his head and grinned from ear to ear.
Xiang Nan thought, "Is this guy stupid? Is he sick? He's even sicker than Shen Shixun. What is he laughing at?"
The cattle and sheep were left to the mastiffs to watch over, while Rooney led the two men back to the tent.
Ever since Gila and Rooney got married, Mother Shen has been sitting outside the tent every day talking to herself. Sometimes she does some needlework, sometimes she does other things, and she no longer likes to go out to pick mushrooms with the other women in the tribe.
Gila and Rooney take care of things at home, so she, an old woman, doesn't need to worry too much.
"Mom, look who's back, Mom!"
"Jila, Jira!"
Gila was sewing a quilt inside the house and didn't come out immediately.
Rooney is always like this, making a big fuss over nothing. He even gets excited and calls her out to see a rabbit he caught.
Once, Rooney caught a gray rabbit with yellow and white fur. He was so excited that he grabbed her and said, "Look at this rabbit, it must have two fathers, one with yellow fur and the other with white fur!"
"According to you, it might have three fathers, one of whom is gray-haired..."
He's always like this, Gila doesn't even want to talk to him anymore, too lazy to stop her needlework.
The needles on the grassland are bone needles, ground very fine, no worse than iron needles. They can easily pierce through cotton cloth with a gentle touch.
The first person to see Shen Shixun was Shen's mother. She looked at Shen Shixun, then at Xiang Nanzhi, and stood there frozen in place.
Rooney said, "Mom has been like this ever since you left last time. She's confused and I don't know what she's thinking about every day."
“Mother, I’m back. This is Nanzhi…”
Xiang Nanzhi saw Shen's mother slowly stand up, then cover her mouth and start sobbing.
Confused, she was approached by Shen Shixun, who called out, "Mom."
He grabbed her hand, but Chen's mother pushed him away forcefully. "Why did you come back?"
“Mom, this is Sehun…”
“You said the child should be named Shixun, and should have a Han Chinese name, and I have agreed to that.”
With tears welling up in her eyes, Xiang Nanzhi was also a little dazed. Shen's mother wasn't like this before. She looked strange now, as if she had some kind of illness. Looking at Rooney and Shen Shixun's expressions, she could also sense Shen's mother's abnormality.
"The leader said if I slept with him, he would give me a piece of mutton and a bag of potatoes. Sehun and Gila are starving to death. Gila cries from hunger every day..."
"I can't leave the house."
Not to mention Shim Sehun, even Rooney's expression changed.
This must have happened a very, very long time ago. It's impossible for Shen's mother to tell her children these things so rashly; she must be out of her mind.
“Abel helped me herd sheep, and when he comes back he wants me too.”
Mother Shen trembled as she gripped Shen Shixun's hand tightly, "I disagreed that day, but he barged in..."
Rooney's expression changed drastically, and it was also the first time that Shen Shixun knew that his and Jira's mother had endured so much alone when they were young.
"The Buddha statue was given to me by my mother. She said that no one can take it out of the house. You can't take the Buddha statue with you. Where is the Buddha statue?"
She asked Shen Shixun, "Where's the Buddha statue? Give me the Buddha statue."
Shen Shixun remained silent, and Xiang Nanzhi sensed the awkward atmosphere. "Shen Shixun..."
The man was tense all over, and his mother was holding him, but he seemed lost in thought.
Rooney tugged at him, realizing the seriousness of the situation. "The chief won't admit it. Most of the women in the tribe have been with him."
He dares to beat anyone's dog. It's his freedom to do so. If he has the ability to beat a dog, then he has a legitimate reason to do so. No one can stop him or seek revenge on him for this.
Rooney added, "Abel has been dead for several years."
“Mom, it’s me, Sehun.”
Shen Shixun knew that she was probably in bad shape. Even he had admitted his mistake. Perhaps there had been signs on the grassland before, but no one had taken them seriously.
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