She got up, the wind from the grassland blowing through her half-damp hair. The wind was a little cool, which felt wonderful.
After taking a shower and washing her hair, Xiang Nanzhi felt a sense of relief and rejuvenation. "Jila, what did she say?"
I couldn't understand a word; it was like listening to Greek.
Seeing her serious expression, devoid of any emotion, Gila couldn't help but laugh. "Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing."
It's good that she didn't hear it; it made her nervous for a while.
Shen Shixun hasn't returned from fetching water yet. She's taking a shower and washing her hair, so one trip should be enough, but he's leaving tomorrow, so she prepared extra water.
"Mom, try this."
"good."
Mother Shen has been speaking less and less lately; she's like an outsider, rarely getting involved in their affairs.
As Gila spoke, she looked into the distance and saw several dark shadows. She froze for a moment, then exclaimed, "It's over!"
As she spoke, she went to check on the cow, sweating profusely with anxiety. "It's terrible, Mom! The wild yak has taken our cow away!"
Two cows ran off with wild yaks and were walking away when she hurriedly went inside to grab her gun, but then dared not chase after them.
Wild yaks are huge and have a bad temper. They are much larger than domesticated bulls, and cows prefer wild yaks to domesticated bulls.
If they had gone any further, they would have really disappeared.
"What's wrong, Gila?"
"It's alright, sister-in-law, Mom..."
"Mom, you take care of my sister-in-law, I'll go after her."
Rooney was busy and hadn't returned yet, and Shen Shixun hadn't come back from fetching water either. Gila said to Lao Hei, "Lao Hei, come with me."
Gila grabbed a horse, shouldered her gun, and ran off into the distance, trying to catch up with the two cows at home.
No sooner had the man left than Shen Shixun returned. Did Xiang Nan know how grand it was for a woman to fight two male yaks?
Seeing that only Chen's mother and Xiang Nanzhi were at home, the man asked, "Where's Jira?"
She should stay home and cook.
Mother Shen lowered her head and didn't speak. Xiang Nanzhi had gotten used to it these past few days. Mother Shen was unusually quiet. She had injured her leg and couldn't get up before, but she still talked a lot when she saw her.
Although it was Gong language, which she couldn't understand much of, she could still sense that Mother Shen was very warm and welcoming.
After spending these past few days together, I feel that Shen's mother has become much more silent than before. This isn't just directed at her, but at everyone, whether it's Shen Shixun, Rooney, or Gila.
"Zhizhi, where's Jira?"
"Oh, she seemed to say that two cows were run away by a bull yak, and she took Lao Hei to look for the cows."
Shen Shixun was stunned for a moment, then frowned. "What?"
Before Xiang Nanzhi could speak again, the man quickly shouldered his gun, mounted his horse, and rode after them.
Of course, Gila, a woman, was no match for two male yaks. In the past, Gila was even more timid than a rabbit, and she would hide in fear whenever something like this happened. She would never have the courage to chase after them.
She has become a little more independent in the last two years. With Shen Shixun gone, she can't rely on anyone else and has learned to do everything herself.
When Rooney returned, Xiang Nanzhi told him what had happened, and Rooney quickly went to tell him as well.
It was getting dark, and Xiang Nanzhi was very hungry, but she didn't know how to cook. The Gong tribe's kitchen was too rudimentary, and there was no running water; water was drawn from large vats. Just looking at it made Xiang Nanzhi feel overwhelmed.
Fortunately, there was dried meat to eat. Dried meat was drying outside, and Xiang Nanzhi, who was hungry, ate a few pieces of dried meat.
When Chen's mother saw her eating dried meat, she smiled, got up, and went to the kitchen to cook her a pot of porridge.
The group returned very late, bringing back a large pile of fresh beef.
It's cut into pieces; the skeleton is the skeleton, and the meat is the meat.
Xiang Nanzhi suspected they had gone out to slaughter a cow. "What is this?"
"Yak!"
"If those two cows don't come back, will you kill them?"
The cow at home is still pregnant; how could we bear to kill it?
"No, the cow was behind, and Old Black caught up with her."
The group went to deal with the two wild yaks, and Lao Hei was responsible for driving them back. "You guys are amazing, you killed two wild yaks."
"It's not two ends, it's one end."
There's way more meat from two yaks than just this little bit.
Shen Shixun said, "One male yak ran away, and the other was shot by Rooney. The meat is all here."
Three horses, each carrying beef, a bountiful harvest.
Where's the head?
"What, you like heads?"
"No, I'm just curious."
"There was no meat left on the cow's head, so some was given to the wolf."
Xiang Nanzhi: ...
"You're such a good person."
They even shared food with the wolves.
The rule of the grasslands is that if you kill a creature, you must share some with the wild animals; you can't keep it all for yourself.
Nature sustains these creatures, and when it kills them, it must share some with the other creatures in nature; it cannot monopolize everything.
"If you raise wolves to adulthood, they will come and steal your cattle and sheep."
No, it won't.
Unless they are starving wolves, they generally won't easily come to the tribe to steal cattle and sheep. Moreover, wolves are intelligent animals; if he gives them food, the pack will inform each other and remember him.
Whether Xiang Nan knew the rules he was talking about or not, Jira picked up the meat and went to the kitchen, where she saw that Chen's mother had cooked a large pot of porridge.
"Mother..."
She couldn't help but exclaim, "Why did you cook so much?"
Shen Shixun and Rooney also went inside and saw that Shen's mother had indeed cooked a large pot of porridge, which was overflowing.
While stirring with a spoon, Mother Chen said with a smile, "Okay, since they're not coming back, I'll cook all the rice. Let's eat more today."
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