Ancient Eden Chapter 22:

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The harvest of millet seeds has begun in the crop fields. Mu Qing originally thought this was a men's matter. But she realized she was wrong. The men went out to hunt as usual, and some of the women went out to collect wild fruits as usual, and some took stone knives or bone knives to harvest. Mu Qing followed Na Duo to harvest. She soon understood the reason why women were harvesting. This kind of work here requires patience more than strength. The blade has no edge, so you have to hold it with one hand and cut the green and flexible millet stems back and forth seven or eight times with the other hand before you can cut a handful of millet stems. And every once in a while, you have to take the knife to the side and grind it on the whetstone before you can cut it again. use. Therefore, some women simply do not cut off the millet stalks, but directly use their hands to remove the millet stalks. The progress is very slow. At the end of the day, not even one-fifth of the large crops have been completed. At this rate, it will take at least five or six days to finish harvesting.

After Mu Qing followed Na Duo in the field for a while, he felt pain in his waist and back, especially the palms of his hands, which were a little burning from the grinding of the thick millet stalks. He was just too embarrassed to stay away, so he gritted his teeth and persisted. When the sun rises above the head at noon, the women stop what they are doing and sit under the shade of a tree to drink water or eat some fruits. Mu Qing didn't want to rest, so he put a straw hat on his head and returned to the settlement.

She thought about the sickle in the morning. Even if there is no iron sickle, a sickle-shaped bone knife should be more efficient than the straight knife used here, so she is now looking for animal bones that can be polished into a sickle shape. Every time a prey is slaughtered here, the remaining bones are not thrown away randomly, but are piled in a corner of the settlement. Mu Qing went over to pick it up for a while and picked out a bone he liked. He planned to wait for Li Mang to come back in the evening and ask him to process it and try it tomorrow to see the effect.

After a day's work, Mu Qing followed the women to the stream to wash off the sweat, put on his sandals and returned to the settlement. She waited for Li Mang to bring her Swiss Army Knife back to her. When he went out this morning, she made a point of swiping the knife across her palm in front of him and repeating the pronunciation of the knife. She had asked once before, but he ignored it. Mu Qing believed that he would listen to her this time.

When Li Mang came back, he brought back her saber as expected. He seemed to want to stay with her to see what she was going to do. But Mu Qing couldn't resist Mu Qing's hard and soft tactics, so he had no choice but to obey her. He looked at the shape she drew on the ground, took the piece of bone she picked out and polished it, but he looked a little depressed.

As soon as Mu Qing left, he took off his shirt. She really couldn't bear to cut off the only piece of clothing she had now, but thinking about how horrified the women here were when they menstruated, she felt it was worth it. Even if Li Mang saw it, he most likely wouldn't know what she was doing, but getting a menstrual belt in front of him always made her feel a little self-conscious, so she first acted coquettishly and then drove him away with a glare.

Mu Qing used the scissors on his saber to cut a palm-wide circle of fabric from the hem of his shirt. He put his clothes back on and looked down. Fortunately, the length was still below his waist. Use bone needles and thread to sew a sanitary napkin-length cloth bag tightly. The opening is made into a slip knot that can be gathered to make it easier to fill in the grass ash later. Then sew on the four corners with slender ties, and you're done. Although it looks crude, it should be no problem to use. Considering the issue of replacement and washing, I saw that there was still some fabric left, so I made another one. After she was done, she was afraid that Li Mang would be curious about it, so she folded it up and hid it under the rattan pillow she made herself.

When Li Mang came back, the sky had completely darkened. He is really good at grinding out the bone sickle, and the edge is also very sharp when touching it. Mu Qing was very happy, stood up on tiptoes, hugged his neck and kissed the tip of his nose. Li Mang looked a little surprised, but soon he laughed, hugged her hips and lifted her back up to kiss her. But instead of kissing her face, he rubbed and kissed her chest through her clothes. Mu Qing was a little itchy by him, so she avoided it with a smile. The two of them were arguing for a while, and she suddenly remembered something. She hurriedly patted his shoulder to let him down, picked up the saber from the animal hide, and pulled it. Li Mang opened the door curtain with his hand and pushed him to sit on a big wooden stake at the door of the shack. Li Mang was a little puzzled, but he sat there obediently.

A few piles of hay used to repel mosquitoes were slowly smoldering in the open space. Most people had gone back to their houses to rest, and the rest were lying outside to cool off. Plus, they were on the edge here, so it was a waste of time. It didn't attract too much attention from others. The moon had climbed over the treetops at this time, casting a clear and shallow light. Within a few days of arriving here, Mu Qing discovered that the moonlight was much brighter than she had seen before. As long as it was not a clear night with a curved moon, the moonlight was enough for people to see things clearly.

Mu Qing raised Li Mang's hand and looked at it under the moonlight. His nails were thick and sharp. The first time he saw them, he was shocked. The scratch mark on his lower abdomen that still hasn't faded was his original masterpiece. Later, he found out that he had hurt her, and he seemed to blame himself. When he touched her body again, he never scratched her again. But every time I looked at it, it was just as unpleasant as his messy hair, so when I got the scissors back, I wanted to trim his nails.

Li Mang noticed her intention and looked a little reluctant. He kept retracting his hand to hide behind his back, but she held on to him and couldn't twist him anymore, so he had to let her go.

Mu Qing slowly cut off his overly long nails. Considering that he might not be used to it if it was cut too flat, I didn’t cut it all the way to the root. I left a small section, but it was trimmed neatly. At the end, I even cut his toenails.

People here don’t have special tools for trimming nails, so they usually let their nails grow long, cracked and broken. Mu Qing helped Limang trim it, thinking that after these busy days would pass, he would be free to help Youyou and her younger siblings trim it too.

Li Mang clenched his fist and then unclenched it, repeating it several times. He looked very uncomfortable and his expression didn't really buy it. When she looked up, she saw Mu Qing standing in front of her, looking at her with a smile. A gust of night wind blew by, lifting a few strands of her long hair behind her and throwing it towards his face. It tickled his heart, and he couldn't help but hug her suddenly. Get back into the house.

Mu Qing took the bone sickle to the field to try it out the next day, and it turned out to be much easier than yesterday. And she found that Li Mang was very smart. The handshake area was tightly wrapped with soft bark peeled off from an unknown tree, so that even if the hands were sweaty, they would not slip out.

This sickle caught the attention of Naduo and other women. They took it one by one and used it. They all had happy smiles on their faces and rushed to get it. Naduo smiled and pushed Mu Qing onto the crop field. She pointed at the children from the tribe who were scattered all over the ground and said a few words to her. Mu Qing understood a few words, which probably told her not to work in the fields, but to just keep an eye on the children. She suspected that Li Mang secretly asked Na Duo to take care of her. When he saw her palms being rubbed red and swollen last night, his expression seemed a little heartbroken.

Mu Qing guessed that she couldn't help much in the field, so she didn't shirk it. She simply took her children to look for and pick wild fruits and vegetables nearby. She had been here for more than 20 days, and she was gradually able to distinguish those that could be used. What to eat and what not to eat. During the lunch break, although people here were not used to having lunch, everyone seemed very happy to eat the fruits she had picked with her children and the wild vegetable soup she had cooked.

The next day, Mu Qing discovered that almost every woman had a bone sickle similar to hers. It seems that when I went home last night, I asked my men to follow suit. The speed was much faster than the previous two days. By the third day, all the harvesting was completed and the steps of beating and removing the millet began.

Mu Qing could feel that most of the women in the tribe were much closer to her than before because of her invention. In the past, they might have thought she was an alien. Although they were very polite to her because of Li Mang, it was a kind of distant politeness. Now she smiles brightly at her when we meet her, and no longer stops her children from playing with her. In addition to turning the flower rope, she also taught them how to jump on the sky grid, play eagle and catch chickens, and even made a swing under the big tree. This game suddenly became a favorite among children. Not only girls, but also boys rushed to play it. Mu Qing became the child king of the tribe.

Now, except for Yaoyao who seems to be very hostile to her, everything is going in the right direction. But Mu Qing couldn't be happy. On the contrary, her mood became more and more heavy because she couldn't wait for her menstruation.

Mu Qing has always felt that menstruation is a troublesome thing for women since she had her first period. But now, she is looking forward to this thing arriving as scheduled, just like she used to look forward to getting her salary at the end of the month, and she is even more anxious than that. At least the salary won't change, but this thing... it's hard to say.

According to the date, she should have had her period yesterday, but until tonight, there was still no movement.

Her menstruation has always been accurate, occasionally a day early, but almost never late.

Mu Qing began to have trouble sleeping and eating, and thought wildly. After arriving, she even thought that if she really got pregnant and gave birth to a child like this, he would be like the people here, living in this kind of sleeping shack wrapped in animal skins day after day, year after year, always fighting wild animals for food. And during her busy life, she would definitely be extremely heartbroken. It's not that she looks down on this kind of lifestyle, on the contrary, she feels that she has begun to learn to adapt to it. But when she thought about her own children having to do this, she felt that it was simply a sin and she couldn't accept it.

Li Mang obviously didn't know why her mood suddenly changed in the past two days, but he noticed this change in her and carefully tried to make her happy in his own way. Last night he secretly brought her delicious food, and now he took out a necklace made of animal teeth and handed it to her with a smile on his face, expecting her to smile. This is considered a luxury item used by women to decorate themselves. She has only seen it on her neck. But Mu Qingshi was not in the mood. He glanced casually and lay down in his usual sleeping place. In her heart, she even blamed him for getting her pregnant.

Mu Qing lay there for a while and didn't hear any movement behind him, so he couldn't help but look back. When the moonlight came in from outside, he saw that the necklace had fallen to the ground, but he still stood there staring blankly at himself, with a confused and hurt expression on his face.

Mu Qing's heart suddenly seemed to be pulled hard by something. Finally, he couldn't help but turned over and sat up, waving to him.

Li Mang almost rushed in front of her and hugged her tightly. She whispered something in her ear, and then just kept repeating one syllable "Taisakamu".

Mu Qing didn't understand, but he was inexplicably moved in his heart. He sighed softly and let him hold her. When he finally let go of himself, he smiled and kissed his forehead. This was the first time she smiled at him in two days.

Li Mang's face immediately showed a look of joy, and the loneliness just now was gone. It seemed that he wanted to hug her and sleep together. Mu Qing stopped him, leaned out and picked up the necklace that had just fallen to the ground, and handed it to his hand.

Li Mang was puzzled, Mu Qing smiled and said: "When a man gives a necklace to a woman, doesn't he have to wear it on her?" He made a gesture of wearing the necklace.

Li Mang suddenly realized, put the necklace around her neck, and pulled out her long hair. The length of the necklace just reached her chest. Smooth and cool, it feels very comfortable. Polishing must have taken him a lot of effort.

Mu Qing looked down and smiled: "It's very beautiful, I like it very much. Thank you, Li Mang."

She found that not only did she study their language carefully, but she also often spoke her language intentionally in front of Li Mang. Perhaps subconsciously, she still hopes that one day not only can she communicate in their language, but Li Mang can also communicate with her in her language.

Li Mang seemed to understand what she said, and he laughed, his eyes shining brightly.

That night, as Mu Qing lay sleeping in Limang's arms, she silently said to herself that if the child really couldn't wait to come, she could only treat it as a treasure given to her by God. She will use her own strength to create good material conditions for him, and she will also teach him all the knowledge she can. If it is a boy, he will be a strong and brave warrior in the jungle; if it is a girl, then she will be a smart and beautiful princess...

Early the next morning, Mu Qing was awakened by a burst of heat under his body.

She was late for her menstrual period and came unexpectedly, and what was worse was that she actually soiled the animal skin underneath her.