Orcs through the age

While eating, while waiting for Mo Hei to pour the medicine into Hong Da, the female still looked very confident.It's just that he seemed a little anxious when eating, probably because he was really hungry, and eating two big bowls of miscellaneous soup and some barbecue didn't seem to be enough.

However, it seemed that his behavior was moderate. Even though he seemed very hungry, he never stretched himself too much. He stopped after eating two bowls of soup and a little meat.

I sat across from him, watching everyone busy with their own affairs, and asked Mo Hei, who had fed Hongda and taken medicine, to help out on patrol, and if he was not working, he would help make a new ox carriage, holding A log block is slowly whittling a wheel, while seemingly unintentionally looking at the somewhat constrained female who doesn't seem to know what to do: "The tribe calls me Arnold, what's your name?"

Maybe it was because I also told him my name, the female was a little surprised, looked at me for a long time, and then said: "Ah Yuan."

I nodded: "The source of the source? Good name."

Hearing me praise his name so much, he seemed to relax a bit: "Thank you."

I shrugged my shoulders: "Ah Yuan, do you know when your child will be born? Now there are no priests in our clan, and no one who knows how to deliver babies, so maybe we need to make preparations first."

The children here are usually born in about half a year, and most of the females here can almost predict the time to give birth.In fact, I asked him if he wanted to make preparations, secondly, but mainly because I wanted to know what his plans were.He heard the corners of his mouth move almost invisibly: "I can deliver the baby myself..."

Maybe it was because of my surprised expression that he seemed to think of something, and smiled at me reluctantly: "Even if I don't, I will give birth."

In fact, judging by his attitude, I think he is very confident, and I have doubts about his identity.But at this moment, it's hard to say anything, so I nodded: "That's good."

Having said that, there are some things I can't say anymore.I have never seen this kind of situation. How can I open my mouth to ask about other people's private affairs? I really can't do it.And if people don't have a partner or something, it's not my style to ask why others don't have a partner.It's just that, looking at the busy clansmen around, thinking about the dangers they might encounter because of this, I had to grit my teeth, but I had to pretend to ask him casually: "Where is your partner?" ? Isn't he coming to watch you and the baby?"

I don’t rule out that his partner is dead. It’s also possible that his partner is still alive but they can’t be together. It’s just that a person whose partner is dead is different from a person whose partner is still alive. No matter how well a person pretends, his expression, Eyes and some small movements are still hard to deceive.

So soon, I saw a trace of anger and regret flashing across his face, while lowering his head: "I don't have a partner."

It occurred to me that he might say that his partner was dead, or that there was something wrong with his partner, but, no partner—that sentence still stunned me.

For a long time, I didn't know what to say. I just faced him and silently whittled the almost ready-to-use wheel in my hand, once and for all, as if I was concentrating on what I was doing.

If it weren't for the sound of Hongda moving, maybe this embarrassment that lasted for about an hour would continue.So as soon as I caught a glimpse of Hongda seeming to move, I hastily put down the wheel that was being further processed and adjusted in my hand: "Hongda seems to be moving, Ah Yuan, come and take a look."

Hearing that the patient had woken up, Ah Yuan also woke up from the movement of looking at the sky and not at me. He wanted to get up anxiously, and almost fell down.Thanks to hearing my voice, Canaan who came from not far away supported him, so that the rescuer would not become a sick person.

With the support of Canaan, he stepped forward quickly to look at Hongda's tongue and hands, then put his fingers on Hongda's wrist for a while, using a technique similar to our traditional Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis method, and listened carefully to Hongda's words. The heart beat, and after pondering for a while, Ah Yuan nodded to us.

However, his nod made Mo Hei and the others who ran to Hong Da's side stop happily.Lukes even turned into a beast and flew in circles in the sky!

In the evening, Hongda moved and groaned at first, then vomited twice, and then woke up screaming hungry smelling the smell of meat.Let Mo Hei rub his hair so devastated, and let Lukes teach him to eat indiscriminately in the future, so he ate him.It made everyone else breathe a sigh of relief.

Ah Yuan showed Hong Da another look, and said that he would gradually get better after taking two more medicines and resting for two days.So Hongda stayed in the bullock cart for the time being, waiting for him to recover.

Because Hongda woke up, the atmosphere of the whole tribe became lively again.The tribe's attitude towards Ah Yuan also began to be a little different. It seemed that the original hostility had become a lot more friendly. Even for dinner, Ah Yuan sat with us and ate, although he had no chance to touch any food, even himself The food was also what I asked Ye Jia to deliver to him.But the overall atmosphere in the clan seems to be much more peaceful.Especially when Hongda woke up and ate several big bowls of miscellaneous soup while yelling hungry, the atmosphere almost seemed to come alive again.

Because of this afternoon's rest, we made another ox cart, because the ox cart I brought out was pulled by two cows, so we allocated the older cow to pull the last ox cart , Hongda and Ayuan sat in the bullock cart.

After Hongda woke up, he was very embarrassed, and told me repeatedly that when he recovered, he would catch a bison to pull the cart, etc. In short, the final general idea was that I must give him a car in winter. Drink, he promises not to cause trouble again.

I smiled at him and told him to take care of his health first, and we will talk about the future.

Maybe because we stayed in our clan for two days, we didn't encounter any strange things, nor did we encounter the expected danger. Lukes' investigation also showed that there were no tribes nearby, within a radius of half a day. , and there is no human breath.Everyone's mood gradually relaxed, and they warmed up to A Yuan who suddenly appeared.Especially children, they are very fond of Ah Yuan who will show them whether wild fruits are edible, pick delicious wild grass roots for them to eat, and tell them stories. He often surrounds Ah Yuan with seven mouthfuls during rest Gossip and ask some strange questions, listen to the stories of some heroes in the tribe.After listening to his stories several times, Ari came back and told me that he also wanted to be a hero or something, so I didn't know how to answer him.

Ah Yuan also seems to like children very much and is very kind to them.Although sometimes even I feel that these children are really making me dizzy, he has no impatience.

Although he doesn't have a partner, he seems to have remorse and anger towards the word partner, but he still seems to be looking forward to the child in his womb.Occasionally, while telling a story, he would look softly at his own belly.

As far as I know, the only one who can know so much about a tribe's history and legends about the gods is the priest who is the patriarch.If Ah Yuan is the patriarch, I can't believe it.In this society, according to Luo Lei and Canaan, the fact that a female is the patriarch has never been heard of before.However, here, priests are not allowed to get married, just like the saints we know before, although there are no special requirements, they can also eat meat, etc., but they cannot have marriage and children.For example, our high priest, who has lived for more than 50 years, has never been married and has no children of his own.

Luo Lei said that from a long time ago, priests served the gods, and only the purest people could understand the gods, so priests were not married.

I asked him, what if a priest wants to get married?

Luo Lei was taken aback for a moment, but didn't reply for a long time.

I think if he doesn't know the answer, it's probably because nothing like this has ever happened here.However, according to historical stories, once a person who serves God is no longer pure, besides death, he may also be exiled. If he is more cruel, it may be very troublesome.Thinking about Ah Yuan's annoyed and remorseful expression when he told me that he has no partner but has a child in his stomach, I can't help but understand.

Ah Yuan is obviously satisfied with the life in our clan. We have food, and we will definitely give it to him. I even asked A Lin and A Man to leave him some miscellaneous food in order to take care of the child in his stomach. Make soup and feed him when he's hungry.Fearing that he would be hungry quickly, I even asked Canaan to roast more meat and put it in his place, so that if he is hungry, he can bite the barbecue and grind his teeth.Because he is heavy now, he doesn't need to do anything in our clan, he just needs to sit on the bullock cart and move forward every day.During the break, I help Ah Xing to cook with Ah Rui and the others.

Ah Yuan seems to like Ah Xing very much, and makes Ah Xing giggle every time.Sometimes Ah Xing is happier seeing him than seeing Xin Mu, unless Ah Man is holding him, otherwise, when Ah Xing sees Ah Yuan, he will ask him to hug him behind him.It’s not the same thing that made Xin Mu feel sour. He whispered to me several times that I really can’t let Ah Yuan take Ah Xing with me in the future, or I don’t know whose child it is.Let Ah Man scold him, "Hurry up and bring Ah Xing back, stop talking nonsense!"

Because Hongda is in good health, in order to express his gratitude, Hongda also expresses that he will help Ah Yuan hunt a cow when he settles down in the future.As for why not now, Hong Da said, because he promised to hunt a cow for me to pull a cart first, and even if he hunted a cow for Ah Yuan, Ah Yuan would not be able to raise it, and maybe it would be eaten by everyone.

After hearing this, Ah Yuan smiled, "You don't need to hunt a cow for me. I only healed you because of your tribe's request. What you want to thank is your tribe. Instead of thanking me, you should give it to you." tribe hunts two more cows."

Hearing this, I took a special look at Ah Yuan.

Although Ah Yuan is quiet in the clan now and has not shown any bad behavior, sometimes, I still pay more attention to him, and I can’t say I care, I can’t say I pay attention, and it’s not like monitoring or anything, but I just feel that he needs to watch more Two eyes.He doesn't do anything special every day now, so apart from letting Luo Lei and Canaan, who are patrolling separately, pay more attention to his eastward orientation, I didn't send anyone else to watch him.

One night when I woke up at night and saw Ah Yuan who was sitting outside the tent looking at the moon in a daze, I was a little surprised, but I also took it for granted.

Ah Yuan sat at the edge of the tent assigned to him, Ah Man, and A Lin, looking at the bright moon in the sky, he didn't have any special expression, but he looked so sad.In the distance, two people on duty were walking around our tent, making him even more lonely.

I looked at the people in the distance who reached out to say hello because I came out, and waved to them, saying that I just got up at night and nothing happened.After thinking about it, I finally walked up: "Ah Yuan, can't you sleep?"

Ah Yuan, who obviously trembled for a moment when he heard the voice, looked up and saw that it was me, and hurriedly wanted to get up: "No..."

I don't know why he is so afraid of me. I don't know if he also listened to what those children said about my "great achievements" including how I "tortured Hongda" them.Afraid that it would be inconvenient for him to get up, I hurriedly stepped forward and supported him: "Are you hungry? Didn't you have enough for dinner? Do you want to eat something more?"

He blushed when he heard me say this: "No, I'm full."

I smiled and helped him sit down: "That's good, I thought you were hungry and couldn't sleep."

Just as I helped him to sit down, Ah Yuan sat on the animal skin he brought out again: "No, I'm full, thank you."

Seeing him being so polite and alienated, I didn't know what I was thinking at the time, so I suddenly said, "So you are a priest, right?"

Because of what I said, not to mention that Ah Yuan was taken aback by it and almost wanted to stand up, even I was a little surprised how I could say it so easily.

But there is no way to regret what you said, and seeing that the night is quiet and the moonlight is like water, it makes people feel that their hearts are more lonely and soft, and it is also suitable for heart-to-heart talks.So I simply made up my mind to stare into his eyes.

Silence fell between us for a moment.After a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief: "That's right..."

I don't know if he is worried or afraid because he is a priest and a child, but I felt his discomfort, so I laughed: "Very good, it just so happens that we lack a clan member who can heal... "

Seemingly startled by my words, Ah Yuan's expression seemed distorted under the moonlight: "Aren't you worried?"

I really can't think of what I should be worried about. Is it because I am worried that we will be abandoned by the gods?Or will it be cursed by the gods or something?Although I knew it was possible, I still didn't think about it so much at the moment.Besides, since the gods kept him alive, didn't they intentionally release the water?That being the case, why should I think too much?

I looked at him with an innocent expression, and he seemed to look at me with some understanding: "You are a different person..."

Of course, I also know that I am different from the people here, but if I say that I am very different, I may not be in line with it, so I just smiled at him: "It's no different, are you exiled? I mean exiled. come out?"

Although my words are somewhat difficult for ordinary people to accept, it seems that such a thing is a shame to them, but Ah Yuan's attitude made me feel very natural, he looked at me, and smiled at me: "Ah... ..."

I like such a calm person, even if he has fear and panic, but at this moment, I think his indifference makes me like it very much, so when I looked at him, I suddenly felt like I was about to make money again: "So, you Come be the pharmacist here..."

I thought that the unfamiliar vocabulary of pharmacist (in fact, it was also a vocabulary I created) would surprise him. After all, there has never been a pharmacist here.

In this society, priests and doctors are still one.The reason why the priest can have such majesty is largely because, from a certain aspect, he does control the life and death of some people, and he can heal and save people.

In the past, I have always thought about weakening the authority of the high priest. The best way is to directly let everyone no longer believe in him.But actually thinking about it, such a method could easily cause conflicts between priests and patriarchs.To weaken the priest's influence on the tribe, it is not necessary to directly weaken the majesty of the priest.In fact, we can achieve our goal by downplaying the influence of priests in everyone's life.First of all, we can try to separate the duties of priests serving the gods and tribal doctors.

So far, there are not many opportunities to sacrifice to the gods. The annual sacrifice to the gods and occasional blessings may not necessarily achieve the result of making everyone fear the high priest. the existence of worship.Although the doctor is usually helping everyone to treat illnesses and heal injuries, but without the backing of gods, he will gradually become an ordinary doctor.I even wondered whether the high priest should also find someone to do the part of predicting the celestial phenomena.

Although I don't know if this road will work or not, I'm still willing to give it a try.So now, you can start with this pregnant priest.

Such an idea did him no harm, after all, he couldn't talk about it in the future and expect himself to be a priest.He might not even, even say, that he had been a priest.My suggestion is actually a good way for him.He can gain a foothold in our clan, and he can find a way to raise his children in the future. In order to treat his illness and injuries, our clan will definitely protect him.

So I didn't expect that Ah Yuan actually made a request that stunned me for a while and didn't know how to respond...