Servant of the Otherworldly Pharmacopoeia

The two suddenly faced each other, and the others turned their heads when they saw Hachi stop.

At this time, Xu Jiu didn't know what was in his mind, so he quickly hid behind the house and escaped.

……

Xu Jiu was thinking about the relationship between Ba and Liangji all the way, and fell into a huge contradiction.He hugged Pangpang and hid beside the stone pile on the barren slope, out of tune with the bustle of the whole village.

However, the surprises of the whole village are not over yet. Following the return of Hachi and Liangji, the men who went hunting in the wilderness also returned.There were about a dozen mighty men, wrapped in animal skins, with strong bodies, each carrying their prey, some of which were still struggling.If the eight and the others brought excitement to the village, what the men brought back was a sensation.Children screamed and rushed to their father, and the women beamed and shouted.

"Come back, your father is back!"

"Go and call you Elder Uncle!"

People rushed to tell each other, and the whole village came out, gathered together, and followed the men to the altar in the middle of the village.

The child was greedy, and kept jumping on his father, pulling the prey on his shoulders.The prey was constantly being torn off, and those who were still alive couldn't help but thump.The children were drunk away by their father, and they gathered around laughing and continuing to chat.

The people of the whole village gathered in the open space in the center of the village. In front of the open space was a huge rough stone, the surrounding area was polished flat, and a stone pillar stood on it.

The elder climbed onto the high platform amidst the din of people, he raised his hand and pressed down, the boiling voice was much quieter: "Everyone has seen it, our warriors from Dasha Village are back!"

The people below cheered.

"Old rules, invite our warriors to bring their trophies to the altar!"

Amidst the huge applause, the men came onto the stage with their heads held high and their prey in one hand, with pride on their faces.

"Our warriors, our pride!"

"Oh oh oh!" Set a loud echo.

The elder paced up and down the altar, picked a live young deer to carry it, and walked solemnly step by step to the Beast God Pillar in the middle of the altar. "Beast God!" He knelt down on one knee, "Please accept the offerings from the people of Dasha Village! Please bless Dasha Village with enough food and clothing in the coming year, so that it will not be ruined!"

"Sufficient food and clothing, so as not to be overwhelmed!" An abnormally high-pitched echo came from below.Everyone knelt on one knee like the elders, looked up at the sky, and shouted with all their strength.The beast god lives in the sky, they don't have a tower to communicate with the sky, they can only make the loudest voice with all their strength for the beast god to hear.

The sleepy deer beside the elder was too frightened to move, so the elder cut off the deer's head amidst the endless prayers of the villagers, and the blood sprayed from the severed neck splashed all over the divine pillar.

The elder knelt on both knees and quietly put his head on the bloody stone slab under the divine pillar.

Soon the crowd also fell silent, imitating the posture of the elders, bowing devoutly.

The scene was quiet for 2 minutes. The elder got up solemnly and placed the deer head on the top of the pillar.Then he walked to the warriors with the body of the deer and threw it into the pile of spoils.

"Next, let's divide the prey!"

The kneeling people got up one after another and rushed to the altar with a clatter, looking at the pile of prey with sparkling eyes.

Every year before the snow falls, the village divides the prey. Those who participate in the hunt share more. Those who do not participate except for the elderly and families without men, the rest are divided by head.The prey was cut into small pieces by experienced hunters and piled up together, and shared openly on the altar.

Although it is not very scientific to divide based on hand feel, no one will be angry about the lack of stars on such a happy day.Some pieces of meat are big, but have more bones, some are offal, intestines and other stuffs are divided together, looking at a big bag, throwing more than not throwing away.

The elders always paid attention to fairness. First, the portion of meat that was distributed to the warriors was passed on from their hands. After seeing the quality and weight, they placed it on the open space for them to choose. A small compensation.After the selection of the warriors, there are families without a head man in the village.Two women with children came forward to claim it, and there were still eight shares.

When the elder read eight, eight obviously didn't want to go up: "Abo, I don't need to take this."

"You bastard, everyone has it, go up and get it!" The people around pushed him forward. His father just died at the beginning of the eighth year. Although he was old, he was still a child after all, and he deserved it. .

Ba was pushed forward to take his own meat, and respectfully said: "Thank you, Uncle."

The elder wanted to touch his head, but his hands were covered with blood, so he had to take them back, and sighed earnestly: "This is the wish of the whole village. Son, your father is gone, and you will be the head of the family from now on." , don't delay, you won't be able to receive this generous share next year. You have to work hard to earn a living after you become a family, you know?"

Ba solemnly nodded his head.

The meat dividing activities are still going on, and the rest are some parts that are not so good and the meat is not big.According to the head, adults and children share one piece, and they didn't participate in hunting. Of course, they can't compare with others who are working hard in the wilderness. Although they are small, they are very happy.

The dozen or so prey were quickly divided up, everyone was covered in blood, and some children secretly tore a piece of tender meat and chewed it in their mouths.

The elder's voice was loud: "Go home, we will start preparing for the Winter Moon Festival tomorrow."

The Winter Moon Festival is an annual celebration. At that time, a high pile of animal dung will be piled up on the open space. After the sun sets, people will gather around the dung pile, sing, dance, eat meat and brag until the fire is burnt out.

People living in the wilderness were poor, and they were particularly interested in this festival. As soon as the elders finished speaking, the smiles on everyone's faces became even bigger. The children were especially excited, as they hugged each other and started rolling like tiger cubs.

People went home in this festive atmosphere.

Hachi and Liangji were surrounded by people talking, but the two people they brought back did not appear.

Xu Jiu hugged Pangpang a little away, and the child stood in his arms, staring intently at the bustling open space.

"Do you want to play with them?" Xu Jiu asked.

The children rolling in the clearing were the smallest group in their village, but even so, the smallest one was taller and stronger than Fatty, with a toothless grin and still unable to speak.

Fatty shook his head, and shrank his head into Xu Jiu's arms.

Xu Jiu looked at him, waited for the adults to leave, walked to the children with Pangpang in his arms, and called out the name of an older child: "Stone."

The child named Shi Shi is a new child of the Wu family. The two families are close, and the child is familiar with him.

"Uncle Jiu?"

Xu Jiu put Pangpang on the ground, untied his waist pocket and took out a handful of milk cubes: "You guys will play with your brother, how about some sweets?"

The children were immediately attracted by the thing in his hand, and quickly surrounded him, staring at the handful of candies and nodding their heads.

Chubby staggered from being squeezed, quickly stabilized his figure, looked at the group of dirty children around him with big eyes, and showed a smile.

Xu Jiu put the milk cube in Pangpang's hand: "Pangpang, give each brother a piece."

Pang Pang took a piece from Xu Jiu's palm and put it in a dirty paw.

"give me one!"

"Ah!" Those who couldn't speak also joined in the fun, and Pangpang was quickly overwhelmed by a bunch of hands.

……

Xu Jiu took out the last handful of milk cubes in his pocket, a bit dumbfounded, a total of seven or eight children divided fifty or sixty candies, Pang Pang put them in when he saw the little paws, and the children carried the milk cubes with their skirts in one hand , the other hand is still stretched forward.

"Fatty, the candy is gone." Xu Jiu handed the last handful in front of him.

The child was a little distressed, and looked at the two little ones who kept "ahhh" at him with their toothless mouths, and decided to share the last handful with the two little ones.

"Ahhh!" The toothless child was so happy, he threw himself on Pangpang, and the three of them fell together.The children let out a sigh of pity, hurriedly protected their candies, and ran to the side to count them carefully.

Pang Pang was thrown to the ground by two babbling children. A little fat man lay directly on his belly, and Pang Pang tried hard to turn over like a little turtle, but he couldn't move for a long time.

"Get up." Fatty cried anxiously.

"Ahhh!" The two toothless black children were drooling and laughing.

Xu Jiu looked anxious at Pangpang, and ignored them, Youzai Youzai sat aside and watched two real chubby guys crush Pangpang.

Fatty stretched out his hand to pull the child off his body, but his hand was too white, and as soon as he stretched out his small pink arm, the black child bit down on it for some reason.

"Ah!" Pangpang was in pain, seeing another child imitate his belly.

Xu Jiu couldn't watch the excitement anymore, so he hurriedly hugged the two little guys who were biting Pang Pang, picked Pang Pang up, and checked his arms and belly.

The two little black children didn't have teeth yet, but they used their gums to bite out two small red circles on Pang Pang's body with great strength.Chubby stood obediently, and the two children who were taller and stronger than him jumped forward again.

"Ahhh!"

Pang Pang has a good temper, although he was just bitten, he quickly peeled off two milk cubes, one for each person, and stuffed them into his big mouth.

"When did you come back?" Xu Jiu was watching happily, when a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Xu Jiu stopped smiling and turned to look at the person behind him.

Ba looked at Pangpang: "This kid is much more energetic now."

"Let's go over there and talk."

The two walked to the rock not far away, Xu Jiu saw that Pangpang was playing with the two children, and went straight to the point: "When did you get in touch with Liangji?"

Ba raised his eyebrows and looked at his face carefully: "You look so beautiful now."

Hold!Xu Jiu almost wanted to swear, and anger started from his heart: "How do you talk?"

Ba still looked at him: "Really, I never thought you could look like this. In the past, your face was a bit neater than others, but now you are very beautiful."

"..." Xu Jiu was very angry.

When Ba talked to him, he got closer and closer, with a dreamy nasal voice: "Jiu, I said I like you last time, do you remember?"

Xu Jiu felt his hair burst into smoke: "You have shi in your head!"

Ba was taken aback by his swearing, and said regretfully, "It's inappropriate for such a pretty face to say swearing."

"Nimma, you forced me to do this!"

Ba looked at the person next to him jumping and blowing his hair, couldn't help laughing, and grabbed Xu Jiu's arm to prevent Xu Jiu from running away: "Are you sure you want to run?"

Xu Jiu calmed down, remembered the question he asked at the beginning, and said viciously: "When did you get in touch with Liangji, tell me!"