Ancient Eden Chapter 14:

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This was the thirteenth day after Mu Qing's accident and the tenth day after she arrived in this settlement. Except for very young children and Yaoyao, she hardly saw anyone here who was not working during the day. Even the leader often went out with the men. So although when Li Mang left this morning, it seemed that he wanted her to stay and rest for another day, but she felt that her energy had recovered, so she followed the child to the crop fields again.

In a few days, the millet seeds in the crop field looked much fuller, attracting more birds than she had seen before. Mu Qing asked a few boys to break some branches and vines, and then he made a puppet with two arms. In order to increase the intimidation effect, she tore leaves larger than banana leaves into palm leaves and wrapped them around the left and right hands of the doll. The wind blew and the leaves shook.

At first, the children just watched her busy, delivering branches to her. When they saw the strange human-like thing inserted into the ground, there were no more birds flying around, and they suddenly became happy and started to imitate her. I started making the doll myself, inserting it here and there in the ground. It looked very interesting.

The birds must have never seen such a puppet before, and the intimidation effect is still good, so the task of chasing the birds away is less laborious today than it was in the past few days. In a few days, when the birds realize that these things do not pose any actual threat to them, it will probably be almost harvest time.

Because the children discovered something that seemed very new to them, they seemed to be in good spirits, or they had been taught a lesson by their parents, so they did not run away as usual today.

Mu Qing sat for a while, then got up and headed south.

She has always stubbornly felt that she should be in the hinterland of the virgin forest before her accident. As long as she went south, she could always find her way back. She was still in good health during the first few days, because no one here specially guarded her, and Li Mang seemed to think that she would not escape on her own, so in addition to going out to work with Na Duo or chasing down birds, she also headed south. I explored the forest twice, hoping to find some traces of outsiders. But she was always disappointed. There was nothing but dense forest in front of her, and she couldn't see any trace of modern civilization.

Occasionally, Mu Qing would have the thought that she would never be able to leave this forest and go back to the world she was familiar with. She used to know something about it because of her profession. Even the primitive and isolated indigenous tribes on the earth have already been discovered and disturbed by the outside world. How is it possible that such a large group of people have lived in the dense forest here for a long time without any communication with the outside world, using the kind of backward tools that only existed in the Stone Age? Moreover, she found that some women had the habit of painting their faces with indigenous pigments, while others did not, which may indicate that they may not be from the same ethnic group. There are hundreds of people in a primitive tribe, and other tribes exist at the same time. It is really strange that such a large target group has never been discovered and contacted by the outside world. She also thought about the strange bird she encountered when she first arrived, which looked like an enlarged Archaeopteryx that could only be seen in textbooks. It had an absurdly large elk head and antlers, and tall ferns were spreading wildly around it... and then she thought about the day she was struck by lightning. The strange scene gave her a ridiculous feeling, as if she had traveled through time and space and been struck by lightning to the prehistoric era.

Thoughts like this made her very frustrated, frightened, and even desperate. So after it popped into her head once, she forced herself not to think about it again. The only thing she could do was to tell herself over and over again that this was just her wild imagination, that this place still existed parallel to her original world at a certain intersection of latitude and longitude on the earth, and that she would definitely be able to go back.

Mu Qing was disappointed again this time, and his mood was heavier than the previous few days. She followed the traces carved on the bark of the tree with a sharp stone blade twice before and headed south for a while, but as before, she still found nothing.

She knew it was time for her to go back, so she could go back while she could still see the traces she had made along the way. The light in the forest disappears so much that once it gets dark, she will be lost here.

When Mu Qing hurried back to the crop field, most of the children had already gone back. Only Youyou was still waiting for her, looking very anxious. Seeing her appear, Yuyou smiled happily and ran towards her.

Mu Qing was feeling weak the past few days and had never taken a shower. He had sweated a lot today and pointed to the direction of the stream with Youyou. Seeing Youyou nodding, he carried her to the place where women usually bathe. This was the stream where she was taken for the first time. As she passed by, she heard talking and laughing in the distance. Some other women had returned from a day's work and were washing inside.

Youyou quickly jumped into the water and started talking to the women who were talking to her. Mu Qing reached a corner, took off his clothes and waded into the water. This morning she discovered that there were marks on her chest caused by Li Mang last night. There were a few patches of bright red on her white and tender skin, which looked very eye-catching. She was afraid that the women would see the joke, so she turned her back to the others and wanted to wash it off in a hurry. Just go ashore and go back.

Mu Qing was washing her long hair in the water when she suddenly heard a big splash behind her. Looking back, I saw Yijia standing on the shore. He was the one who dropped the stone just now. At this moment, he was crossing his arms and talking to the women in the water with a smile, but his eyes glanced at her from time to time. The women threw water at him to drive him away, giggling, and the scene was very lively.

Mu Qing has become accustomed to bathing with the women here, but this does not mean that she can get used to being naked and teasing a man at the same time. She turned her head and buried her body in the water.

Mu Qing listened to Yi Jia joking with the women in the stream for a while, and the voices gradually faded away. She looked back and saw that he had finally left, and was slightly relieved.

This man seemed to be one of the handsomest in this settlement, but Mu Qing did not like him. She didn't know if it was because of the smile he gave her when he was discovered by him after hiding in the grass. She still felt uncomfortable thinking about it.

As the sky grew darker, the women got up from the water and came ashore one after another, gathered their skirts back, and left one after another. Mu Qing also went ashore with Youyou.

When she reached for the clothes she took off and put on the stone, she was stunned.

Her **** are missing.

She remembered very clearly that after she took it off, she put it in the water, scrubbed it, wrung it out, and spread it on a stone next to her clothes. Now all the clothes are back, but the underwear is gone, leaving only a light water stain on the stone.

Her first reaction was that one of the women taking a shower just now took it by mistake, but she quickly denied it. The women here don't have the habit of wearing underwear, and except for Yaoyao and the woman who supervised her bathing when she first arrived, who were a little hostile to her, the other women are quite friendly to her, and they probably won't steal underwear that is useless to them. .

She shook her clothes and pants again, but still couldn't find it.

She thought about Iga. He seemed to be standing not far from this position just now. Could it be that he took it while no one was paying attention?

Mu Qing is not entirely sure, but this is also a possibility. If he really took it, what was his purpose?

Seeing that she was speechless, Yuyou gently poked her thigh and exchanged some words. Her expression looked very expectant, as if she couldn't wait to go back. Only then did Mu Qing react, put aside the unpleasant thought she had just had, hurriedly put her clothes back on, and returned to her residence with Youyou.

She soon understood why Youyou had urged her just now. There will be a sacrificial event being held here this evening.

This night was as lively as the night when Li Mang was just chosen as the next leader. A large bonfire was lit in front of the leader's house in the middle of the settlement. There was a row of huge pottery placed in front of the bonfire, including basins and long-necked jars. The basins were filled with various fruits and millet, and the jars were filled with water. Full of amber liquid similar to wine. In the middle lies a huge elk with four hooves tied down on the ground. The elk was still alive, struggling and making yoyo calls.

Compared with the pottery basins she had seen for eating and holding water, these pottery basins were not only much larger, but also appeared to be very delicate, with various patterns engraved on the basins. Almost all the men, women, and children in the entire settlement flocked to the bonfire and knelt down, forming a huge circle. In the middle of the circle stood the old woman who had treated Mu Qing that night. She held a long tree trunk-like thing in her hand, with the top carved into the shape of a bird's head, and its pointed beak pointing straight up to the sky. A string of pottery bells hung below. As her body swung violently, the pottery bells kept knocking. The sound of hitting.

Mu Qing gradually understood that this should be a sacrificial activity where they used sacrifices and piety to pray to the gods for abundant food and prosperity of the tribe. So when she saw other people and Naduoyou next to her kneeling down with pious expressions as the old woman danced her body and prayed loudly, she also knelt down silently.

The old woman's blessing continued for a while. She grabbed a handful of fruits and millet and threw it into the fire. Then she pulled out a blue-gray knife from her waist and raised it high above her head.

This knife is polished throughout and is smooth and pleasing to the eye. Mu Qing had the illusion for a moment that it was an iron knife. But soon she knew that she was wrong. This was not iron, but a knife ground from jade.

Li Mang stood up from the crowd and walked towards the fire. When he came to the old woman, he knelt down and took the jade knife with both hands, and then came to the huge elk. Accompanied by a shrill roar of deer, the knife in his hand had penetrated deeply into the deer's neck. Then he pulled out the knife, and a line of dark red blood spurted out high, reflecting the firelight, it looked like a line of blood. Flowing rainbow.

The deer's mournful cry was soon drowned out by the cheers ringing from all around. The deer blood was collected into a huge clay pot. The old woman put her hand into it, stirred it, and prayed again, just like she did before giving Mu Qing the medicine that day.

Li Mang held the jar of blood and came to the leader. The leader took the first sip, and Li Mang himself took a sip, and then went down one by one. Each kneeling person could take a sip. The blood was flowing in the body of the deer that had just been returned.

Mu Qing knelt in the crowd, his eyes slowly moving along with Li Mang's figure. Then her eyes froze, and she saw Iga.

When Li Mang handed the deer blood to Yijia, Yijia had a smile on his face and took a sip. Then he looked through the crowd and looked at Mu Qing.

Mu Qing could already conclude that Yi Jia was the one who took away her underwear. Because the look he cast towards her was filled with a narrow, or rather teasing smile.

Li Mang seemed to have sensed something strange and turned around to look at Mu Qing.

Mu Qing had already withdrawn his gaze. She just stared at the elk lying on the ground in front of her with a straight face and no expression at all.

It was dead, only its legs and feet were still twitching slightly, and a pair of round eyes seemed to be staring at her.

Li Mang finally arrived at her side.

Naduoyou and the others beside her took a sip of deer blood with pious expressions on their faces. When it was her turn, Li Mang brought the clay pot to her.

She hesitated and looked up at Li Mang. Some deer blood was sprayed on him, and it looked like a few flowers had bloomed.

Li Mang was looking down at her, with a subtle warm smile in his eyes.

Mu Qing took a long breath, leaned over and took a slight lick.

The deer blood was still warm, with a strong smell of blood.