At present, the calendar transmitted by the Eastern Romans to the Baltic Sea region through the ancient northern trade route is still very accurate, so Verlia can very accurately determine the day from which the sun will disappear for a long time, and how long it will take before the dawn of dawn.
Return to the earth.
Villa even learned a little bit of astronomical knowledge mastered by the Eastern Romans, which made her, an ancient woman, full of curiosity and respect for the unknown people in the south.
The knowledge she gained was so profound that she regretted that the young people in the tribe were dismissive of her. She was even more distressed that the successor she had trained, Bona, did not have much curiosity about those "Roman knowledge".
Perhaps, all of his worries will be overcome by the leader's son Rurik, a rare child who is eager for knowledge.
On the night before dawn, all the tribesmen reveled all night long, drinking and singing to welcome the new sun and the beginning of the new year.
The tribal collective wedding was so lively that many families drank more than half of their reserved wine that night!
This year's Hanukkah is bound to be drink-less.
After a complicated ceremony, newly married Arik and Peravina once again put on thick fur coats. According to tradition, the groom's immediate family members have to personally escort the newlyweds back to their new house. Usually, the groom's
As a witness, the biological father proved that the newlyweds did return to their residence and stayed there until dawn the next day.
Arik's home was not far from Otto's. Otto didn't want to leave for a long time after sending his nephew there, so he wandered outside the house. When he heard those sounds, his sullen face finally broke into laughter.
In this way, Arik became a complete adult from every angle. Peravina, who had married away from Novgorod, also completely became a woman.
The new day has another cold start. The sun rises late today, but the atmosphere in Roseburg is actually very hot.
Early in the morning, Otto put on a loose fur coat, and his close associates also gathered there.
Rurik rubbed his sleepy eyes, wondering what the people outside were shouting about.
"Dad! Are you and those people going out? Boating?!"
"No! I'm going to see your brother and your sister."
"Ah. Let me go and take a look, too?" Rurik got up smartly.
"That's fine." Otto waved to his son to have something to eat and came out immediately. Then he told him: "I want to visit other families. I want to confirm some things."
"Is it about something after the wedding?"
"You are so smart." Otto rubbed his son's head with satisfaction and signaled to his wife Niya: "Don't go, hurry up and sew the clothes. Arik and his wife need it very much."
Niya watched her husband holding her son's little hand, and the dozen or so people following him. She watched quietly for a while, and then returned to the warm house with satisfaction, seizing the time to make new things with the maid who came to help temporarily.
animal skin clothing.
The newly made clothes are all given to the newly married Arik family. Emotionally speaking, Niya has long regarded Arik as her biological son.
If his previous son had not died accidentally, he would have been at Arik's age.
Ryuri held his father's hand. He still didn't know exactly what his father wanted to confirm.
When the group of people arrived at Arik's house, there were already some children watching the excitement.
Rurik found the familiar figure without hesitation.
"Ah! Kanuf, what are you looking at at the door of my brother's house?"
Kanuf hurried over: "Hey, of course I'm waiting for you!"
"You should wait for me on the hillside. I guess it's just to see my sister's beauty?" Rurik said casually, and then saw his father chasing away the idle people.
Otto loudly ordered: "Aric, you and your wife come out and let me make sure!"
After a while, the animal skin curtain of confinement was opened.
Arik looked high-spirited and walked out holding his somewhat embarrassed wife's hand.
Indeed, Peravina had changed a lot from her previous image. Rurik opened his eyes wide and saw that his sister-in-law had braided her hair again, and he completely understood the symbolism of this braid.
Arik deliberately pushed his wife in front of his uncle, looking completely arrogant.
Otto chuckled: "I know everything, you already finished it yesterday."
"Yes! When the weather turns cold next year, I will be the father." As he said that, Arik did not forget to rub Rurik's face. He naively thought that his brother didn't understand anything. "Rurik, do you know?
?You will also be an uncle next winter."
"Yes! I understand." Rurik said calmly, "I hope it's a boy. We need more warriors, don't we?"
A child said very pragmatic words, and everyone onlookers were amused. I am afraid that at this moment, Otto felt more emotional about his son. A seven-year-old child actually fully understood that the men of the tribe who were good at fighting were very important to the entire tribe.
The meaning of tribe.
Peravina felt the change in the atmosphere at this moment. She lowered her head shyly, looked at her husband's brother, and stroked her belly: "I really hope it is a boy. If possible, I like more
boy."
"Hey, at least there must be a beautiful girl like you." Arik took the opportunity to coax his wife, and the atmosphere became more joyful.
The Ross tribe always needs more people, whether they are men or women! They lack the opportunity to plunder the population through barbaric methods from outside, so they simply began to use peaceful means to ask for the marriage of girls from other tribes this year, and raise more people in this way.
Ding, a native of this tribe.
The girl Peravina has fully recognized her new identity. Otto is absolutely sure that what she said is true and she wants to be the heroic mother of the tribe.
At this point, Otto said to Peravina in a deep and fatherly tone: "You are a beautiful girl, and the White Tree Villagers you once belonged to are also a group of smart people. You will become a great mother. I sincerely
Thank you."
"Thank you...Thank you, Chief." Peravina looked very flattered, but she felt that the praise given to her was appropriate.
Otto nodded: "Live a peaceful life. You don't have to worry about anything. You are not leaving your girl forever. In the autumn of next year, we will go to your girl routinely. By then, you and your children
I will visit Mr. Baishu and see your parents again."
Hearing this, Peravina's dark blue eyes couldn't help but shed tears.
She once simply thought that leaving with the Varangians meant saying goodbye to her hometown. Now that the leader has made a promise with honor, she actually still has the opportunity to visit her relatives!
She began to look forward to the future. First, she needed to prove her great value - giving birth to healthy children, whether boys or girls.
For this goal, it seems that I can reasonably live a leisurely life for a long time?
It seems that the women of the Rus tribe are good at preparing meals and sewing clothes in the warm longhouse. It would be simple if that was all.
In her distant hometown of Novgorod, girls like Peravina had to go to barren lands with their families to cultivate and sow seeds with simple wooden plows, always living a life of hardship and poverty. Hers
The original family is a very ordinary small family of Baishu Villager. They are so poor that they have no money to buy even bronze tools from the blacksmith. The iron tools are the treasures of the clan leader of the village.
Any metal utensils are precious. As a result, after marrying to Roseburg, a Varyag, she had to accept the fact that people here had already used metal utensils on a large scale.
There are always bursts of black smoke coming out of the tribe's fjord settlement. What is that?
The husband answered his curiosity, that is, the blacksmith was burning ore to smelt copper, and even used more complicated methods to burn stone to smelt iron. Although smelting metal is hard work, the benefits are very high, and they enjoy it endlessly, even for
Smelting metals and cutting down trees on a large scale to make charcoal!
There is even some fate here. The Swedes, that is, the current tribal alliance of Siyan people, have particularly high-quality iron ore in their living area. They use these ores to smelt and arm themselves, and also enrich their lives.
The people of Roseburg are one of them, so ironware is not a luxury in their lives.
Although Peravina will no longer plow the fields, her diet will lack wheat but will be full of fish, and she will completely become a Varyag.
She is also very smart to realize that she must be completely dependent on her husband, and this is also part of the life of the Varyag people, and it is also the common fate of Varyag women. But no one wants to change all this, just because
No one thought anything could be changed.
Even the tribe's blacksmiths didn't bother to upgrade their smelting and forging techniques because they had enough.
Because life in Rossburg, under the governance of Chief Otto for more than ten years, is indeed getting better and better.