Ancient Eden Chapter 59:

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When Xiao Hei heard Mu Qing's voice, he immediately stopped making out with the female leopard, stood up from the ground, and ran towards Mu Qing.

It was as big as a cow, so when it pounced over, Mu Qing was pressed to the ground by its two front paws. It probably knew that its weight was too big for its mistress, so it immediately let go of its paws and just stretched out its soft, moist tongue, licking Mu Qing's face back and forth. Mu Qing felt wet and itchy, giggling and dodging.

They haven't been this intimate for a long time. Probably because they were separated for so many days and suddenly saw each other again, this long-lost scene happened again.

Mu Qing felt lost just now and then disappeared.

Xiao Hei is still the same Xiao Hei, and he has not forgotten his girlfriend just because he found her.

She was out of breath and laughing with Xiao Hei, while Li Mang seemed a little unhappy, and stepped forward to push Xiao Hei away, and rescued Mu Qing from his wet kiss.

Li Mang is still the same as before, he will become jealous if he sees her and Xiao Hei being too affectionate.

Mu Qing was helped up from the ground by Li Mang. He was smiling and raising his hand to wipe away the saliva on his face that was just stained by Xiao Hei, when an unexpected scene happened.

The female leopard that had been lingering outside the wooden door just now suddenly jumped in, bared her teeth and rushed towards Mu Qing, letting out a low and threatening roar from her throat.

It was extremely fast, and almost jumped in front of Mu Qing in the blink of an eye.

Mu Qing was still wiping her saliva. She was stunned by the sudden attack of the female leopard. She forgot to dodge for a moment, and saw that its sharp claws were about to catch her. Li Mang behind him had already grabbed her and brought her over. He dodged to the side, but the female leopard's claws still scraped his arms and back.

The female leopard missed a hit and seemed a little unwilling to do so. She stabilized her body and was about to pounce again. Xiao Hei suddenly roared after being pushed away by Li Mang just now. The female leopard seemed taken aback, turning her head to look in Xiao Hei's direction, as if hesitating for a moment, and stopped where she was.

Xiao Hei had already pounced over at this time, suppressing the female leopard. The two bit and rolled around, making bursts of roars.

Mu Qing knew that this was the way ferocious beasts usually communicated. Whether they were playing or fighting, they usually rolled and bit each other. Xiao Hei now should teach his somewhat reckless girlfriend a lesson. But she couldn't care about them now. Limang's arms and back were scratched by the female leopard's claws just now. Although only a layer of skin was broken, blood beads still oozed from the long wounds. Li Mang probably didn't care about the degree of injury, but she still hurriedly pulled him back to the house to treat his wound.

Their family now has one more member, and that is Xiao Hei’s girlfriend, the young and fierce maroon leopard. Mu Qing named it Xiaohong. This name is not very good, and she knows it. But it matches Xiao Hei very well, so I called him that. Li Mang and the others didn't know how popular this name would be in later generations, but they all thought it sounded good. Mu Qing smiled and said nothing.

Considering Xiaohong’s wild nature, she was afraid that it would disturb the animals that roamed inside, and to be honest, Mu Qing was also a little afraid that she would jump up and bite her at some point, so she asked Limang to build a hut next to the gate. , moved the little black turtle shell over and let the two live there temporarily. Moreover, Mu Qing guessed that the accident at their first meeting last time was because she fell in Xiaohong's eyes because she was intimate with Xiao Hei. It was probably the same as Li Mang, dissatisfied with his belongings being shared by others, so he got angry and rushed over to teach him a lesson. Own. So before getting familiar with it, Mu Qing decided to carefully stay away from Xiao Hei, and even canceled some of the usual actions of touching its head and rubbing its fur.

After Mu Qing pulled Li Mang away that day, Xiao Hong was probably taught a lesson by Xiao Hei, so she was very honest and stayed close to Xiao Hei in the next few days. During the day, apart from following Xiao Hei out and coming back with some prey in his mouth, the rest of the time is spent lying lazily in the dense grass in the sun, occasionally helping Xiao Hei lick the soles of his feet or the row of thorns on the back of his neck, with his beautiful big eyes. It's all soft and affectionate.

There is strength in numbers. By the end of autumn, they had expanded several rooms next to the original house and connected them together. Naduo and the others had moved in. Because in the past few years, the Yijia tribe has also built many such mixed brick, wood, and bamboo residences, so they are not used to such houses.

Relying on raising animals and storing food should be able to support the family through this winter. But out of habit, after the housing problem was solved and the fields were closed again, Zuo and the others went hunting with Li Mang to stock up on fur and meat for the coming winter.

On a sunny afternoon, the men were not at home. Xiao Hei and Xiao Hong were chasing and playing on the **** not far away, and Mu Qing took the women and children to collect wool.

Mu Qing Sheep has developed into a flock from one ewe and two lambs. Limang caught another ram in the spring of the second year, and the flock slowly expanded. There are already dozens of them. They should be the ancestors of argali sheep, with curved horns. Every autumn, when the hair on their bodies grows very thick, Mu Qing will cut off the wool and spin it into thread to knit sweaters.

The Swiss Army knife back then was already old, and the scissors on it were too small for shearing sheep, so Mu Qing started cutting with mussel shells from the river very early on. The clam shell is hammered into the shape of a curved hook, and the edge is polished brightly and sharply on the grindstone. When cutting, the sheep's body is held by the long and thick hair that has grown for a year, and the clam knife is gently turned to remove a handful. wool.

The sheep have long been herded into a wooden fence. Mu Qing went in, caught a sheep, and showed it to Na Duo and the others. Although the tribe also raises sheep, they are only used for meat. The skins are peeled off and the hair is used to make warm clothing. This is the first time I have seen wool cut off and reused like this. So they all seemed very curious. After watching it for a while, I took the clam knife that I asked the men to sharpen yesterday and started cutting it like Mu Qing. Because she was not familiar with the technique, a woman probably hurt the sheep. The sheep got angry, jumped up on its hind hooves, and kicked her to the grass, causing Na Duo and others to laugh. Mu Qing held back. He smiled, stepped forward to help her up, and patiently demonstrated again, teaching the key points of using the clam knife. Slowly, the women got started and began to cut the wool, and put the cut wool into a linen bag they carried with them. When the wool is cut, it will make a slight and pleasant brushing sound. Mu Qing likes to hear this sound very much.

"Qingqing, why do some sheep have different marks on their buttocks?"

Youyou finished cutting a piece of wool and suddenly asked.

Mu Qing smiled.

The reason why she wanted to mark the sheep was to keep them in separate pens for easy identification, and to prevent the ewes from estrusing with the rams of the same blood line. In this way, the lambs would not be easy to survive, and even if they were raised, they would be smaller in size. emaciated.

In the autumn when she started raising sheep, one day she found that the ewe was getting restless and restless. She began to think that it was uncomfortable somewhere, so she dragged Li Mang to check it out, and then he smiled and pulled up one of the ewe's hind legs to let him go. When she saw it was swollen and congested, she suddenly realized that the ewe was in estrus again. One of the two lambs it gave birth to was a male, which was almost sexually mature. He was afraid that the ewe would get impatient and act randomly, so he quickly separated the male lambs and let Li Mang wander outside for several days. Finally, he caught Returning a ram solved a lifelong issue for the ewe.

As the number of sheep slowly increased, she started to pay attention and found that from mid-summer to early winter, non-pregnant ewes would go into estrus about every half a month, especially in late summer and early autumn. . Whenever she is in estrus, her lower body will become swollen and congested, and she will keep wagging her tail and bleating loudly. She will even climb on top of other ewes and rub against rams when they are close to them. At that time, I suddenly thought of the problem of inbreeding. So from that time on, her flock was kept separately for males and females. Her experience is that one ram can handle about twenty ewes, so the number of rams is not large. Whenever a ewe is found to be showing signs of estrus, it is kept with an unrelated ram and is not released until the **** is over. When lambs are born, they are marked with different marks on their buttocks to identify them. Precisely because of the avoidance of inbreeding and the abundance of water and grass in the valley, almost all of her sheep are fat and strong, producing excellent milk and wool.

Mu Qing slowly explained the truth to Youyou. She didn’t understand it very well at first. She thought about it silently for a while, then suddenly her eyes lit up and she said with a smile: "I know! Just like my mother told me, I will also be with a man in the future, but that man must not be a member of our family!"

Mu Qing laughed dumbly.

After Yuyou said this, she slowly fell silent, lowered her head and continued to cut the wool.

Mu Qing watched her slender hands hold a handful of wool and cut it off deftly. He praised her and said, "You are smart and capable. There will definitely be a good man with you in the future."

Youyou laughed, her smile was very bright.

Girls of her age in the tribe, as long as they have menstruated, usually already have their own men, and they may even have children early on. As the leg disease gradually grows up, as long as you don't run, you will have a slight bump when you walk normally, which you can't tell unless you look carefully. There was a young man in the tribe who took a fancy to her before. The two of them can be together as long as they receive blessings from the clan leader and the witch during the next tribal sacrifice. Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for some women from other tribes to come and kidnap women. The man fell in love with another strong girl, and then it happened that Yuyou's father took the whole family out of the tribe.

Mu Qing heard Na Duo mention these things a few days ago, and felt a little pity in his heart, so he deliberately praised her like this just now. Seeing that she was just silent at first, and soon started talking and laughing, I guess that incident didn't have a big impact on her, so she felt relieved.

It took two or three days to cut the sheep. All the wool harvested was put into fine linen bags, soaked in the stream, washed and dried in the sun. Mu Qing taught Naduo and the others how to spin. First, twist the pile of wool **** into loose strips, then hold the pole in one hand and twist the loose wool yarn continuously with the other hand, and wrap it around a ceramic spindle. The bottom of the spindle is fixed with a flat stone, and the spindle is rotated like a top. The spindle winds the loose yarn tightly into yarn. When the spinning reaches a certain level, the yarn can be wound up.

Mu Qing has seen this simple spinning method performed in front of tourists by ethnic minority grandmothers before. It is not difficult and the tools required are very primitive. She also spins twine in this way. After so many years, she has become very skilled in the technique. . Naduo and the others are actually more capable than her, but they learned it quickly after watching her demonstrate it several times.

Winter is coming.

The snow this year is not as heavy as in previous years, and the valley is full of life like never before.

December 20th is a day on the calendar developed by Mu Qing a few years ago.

She used to have the habit of counting days when she first arrived here, but later gave up. When she was pregnant with her first child, Lightning, she resumed counting days. Later, after Lightning was born in late summer, in order to remember his birthday, she designated that day as August 8th, the day of the Beginning of Autumn. She also imitated the ancient calendar and named the year when she first came here and met Li Mang as the year of Li Mu. .

According to her calendar, it is December 20th, the ninth year of Limu.

Today is her youngest son Pili’s birthday. By coincidence, another happy thing happened.

Xiao Hei became a father today, and he was the father of two cubs at once.