After all, Vilia is a woman, not to mention that when she was young, she didn't like the fighting that men were passionate about. If you look at this girl carefully, her family must have died at the hands of the people led by Otto. Vilia has nothing to do with it.
Feeling of guilt, the weak will be attacked by the strong. To avoid such a result, one can only become stronger and attack potential enemies, because everyone thinks that this kind of life is the most normal.
She somewhat regretted the girl's experience, becoming an orphan at a young age. Perhaps the only thing the girl should be thankful for was Rurik. The biggest difference between him and other tribesmen was that he followed rules.
Wei Liya opened her face and saw her face clearly, as well as her uneasy eyes.
Suddenly, Villa muttered something strange to the girl. Otto didn't understand, and Rurik didn't understand. Only the girl reacted violently to the old priest's words.
The anxious girl was obviously greatly stimulated. She was sitting cross-legged, but after hearing the words, she trembled and fell on the animal skin mat. Then she staggered up again, with disbelief written all over her face.
The girl crawled back with a startled expression and continued to sit in front of Vilia.
Vilia was very satisfied with the girl's extreme performance, and she muttered some more words. The originally dull and trembling girl had tears welling up in her eyes.
Such a dramatic performance really surprised Rurik.
Otto even asked: "Priest, can you still control her emotions and make her cry with just a few words? What exactly are you talking about?"
Vilia smiled: "It's the language of the deer herders. You can't think of my leader, right? Hahaha, it's been too long. I learned the language of the deer herders at the age of Rurik. Over the decades, I
Thought I had completely forgotten. I did forget a lot and even questioned whether the pronunciation was correct, but apparently it was. This girl definitely understands me."
At this moment, Rurik really felt that Vilia was really a fairy!
Her existence in the Ross tribe is indeed not as simple as a priest. She has mastered too much knowledge and actually understands the language of the deer herders.
"Well, Grandma Priest, please help me ask her what her name is. I still like to call her by her own name."
"Okay, I'll ask her more questions. Hopefully I can understand most of the deer herder's language."
Wei Liya calmed down, faced the girl and heard her name straightforwardly.
After asking several times in a row, the girl finally responded weakly.
Rurik kept listening, and he got the key syllable, which sounded like "luilata" or something like that.
Is it this name? It seems like a name for a female.
He estimated that most ethnic groups would give their boys names that sounded domineering, while girls would give names that sounded sweet and sweet.
Rurik suddenly asked: "Grandma, is that her name? Luilata?"
"That's the name."
"What means?"
Vilia thought for a while, she couldn't fully understand the girl's language, but fortunately she could understand the key words. As for the original meaning of the girl's name, she thought about it again.
"Well, it's probably Snow's gift."
"Snow's gift? A very good name." Rurik nodded, looked at the flattered girl, and showed a sweet smile of a child: "I understand, luilata, this is your name."
The girl said something else immediately, her face already full of doubts.
"What did she ask again?" Rurik asked.
Vilia frowned and estimated: "She is probably asking who we are and why there are people who understand her language. Rurik, I'm afraid I need to answer these questions."
Villa is very old, so her voice has become hoarse and her speaking speed is relatively slow.
She still spoke her native Norse fluently, and it was really difficult to tell the girl what she meant.
She was trying her best to tell the girl not to be afraid, as long as she obeyed, she would have food and drink.
While speaking, Vilya pointed at Rurik deliberately and introduced him that this boy was the most noble person, the only person the girl could rely on in the future, and the one who could not disobey orders.
The above words really contain elements of warning and threat. After all, this girl is Rurik's servant. The situation is not only that, the girl will continue to take care of the deer herd, and those deer are related to future sacrificial activities.
Villa issued a stern warning, which meant, "If you don't obey, I will dig a big hole in the frozen sea and throw you in."
After she finished her threatening words, the fear on the girl's face made Vilia believe that the other party understood what she said.
In this case, it is logical for her to explain why she understands the language of the deer herders.
Unexpectedly, my explanation actually resonated strongly with the girl.
The girl suddenly muttered a lot of words again. She seemed very urgent and her words became more and more intense.
"What did she say again?" Rurik asked quickly.
Vilia waved her hand, and the old woman continued to frown and listen attentively. What she heard was exactly the girl's accusation.
The girl talked a lot, and finally she suddenly became quiet, and she lowered her head silently, as if she was shaking out all the words in her heart.
Both Rurik and Otto were staring at the clever priest Vilia, and only one of them was the translator.
"Now I understand..." Vilia paused and looked at her leader Otto: "My leader, I understand. This girl is accusing us of robbing their home. She told me here
It was her grandmother's home, and now she is back home as a slave. She said it's not fair."
"Fair?" Otto, who listened for a long time, thought it was very ridiculous, and shook his head, "Talking to fairness with this child? She is not even a man. Great priest, in my opinion, those men who raise deer are also a bunch of cowards. They
They are all cowards! If a coward becomes a servant to a strong man, she should feel honored. After all, we will give food to the servant. If she is not willing to be a servant with peace of mind, we should throw her outside and let her fend for herself."
Vilia shook her head: "This matter is still up to you. We also need to find out this girl's attitude."
A servant should act like a servant.
Vilia felt that there must be some way for the girl to prove that she would be a loyal servant.
"Rurik!"
"Grandma Priest?"
"You stand up! Stand up immediately."
Rurik didn't understand, but he stood up anyway.
"luilata!" Suddenly, Vilia called the girl's real name sternly, "Climb over and kiss his boots to prove your loyalty."
The words were spoken in the language of deer herders, and Rurik couldn't understand. He first saw the girl's hesitation, then saw her troubled brow, and then he completely understood what was going to happen.
Rurik opened his eyes wide and saw that the girl had pressed her face against his furry leather boots. For a moment, the classic image of a servant that Rurik could imagine in his mind now actually became a reality.
He didn't feel happy at all, only uneasy in his heart.
This deer herder girl named Luilata was actually kissing her boots. Rurik didn't want to do this at all, because what he needed most was not a groveling servant, but a reliable helper, or a friend.
After thinking about these things, he immediately squatted down and directly held the girl's shoulders to pull her up.
"Rurik!" Seeing this, Vilia felt very uncomfortable. She asked sternly, "What are you doing? Do you want this servant?"
"Of course I do!" Rurik replied simply.
"But you..."
"I don't need her to show her loyalty in this way. Doesn't she want fairness? OK! I will let her stand up, and I will make her willingly be my servant. I will succeed, if I
By becoming the leader, the tribe will not only become stronger in my hands, but I will also become a bigger leader. Maybe one day, I will be the leader of all the deer herders, and the leader of more people."
The child has great ambitions, and Viglia and Otto were very happy to hear it. Is it appropriate for such an occasion?
No matter how they looked at it, they both felt that Rurik had more thoughts about this girl who was older than them.
Rurik continued to hold the girl's shoulders. He was shorter than the girl, but of course he was stronger.
He looked into the girl's eyes, his expression full of sincerity: "You, Luilata, I will call you Luia from now on. I like your name very much, but you have to obey us when you get here. I am Liuli, no matter whether others admit it or not, I
We all admit that you are one of us. I admit that you are my tribe! You... you are like my sister."
The words were spoken in Norse, and Otto was really unhappy to hear them.
He snapped: "Enough! My child, how much do you long for a sister? She is just a servant! You don't have to give her too many favors, after all, she is just a servant."
"No!" Rurik turned his head with a serious look on his face: "Dad, she is my servant. You told me that I have the right to decide her future. Now I have decided that she is my servant.
She is also my family. I don’t want to use her as a tool for raising deer, I want to make her one of us.
Since we can accept those Novgorod women as our tribesmen, why do you object to me upgrading my servants to tribesmen?
Dad, life has changed! Ever since we accepted the Novgorodian marriage this year, everything has started to change.
Everything has changed! Everything has just begun!
You are the leader of our Rus tribe. When I become the leader, I also want to be the leader of all the deer herders and Novgorod people. At that time, I want everyone to truly admit that I am the leader. We
It has become a little different, and it has also become stronger. Dad, my ambition has always been very lofty."
This glorious declaration left Otto speechless. He already felt that many of his actions this year were already very radical. Perhaps his son was inspired by his own actions and became even more radical.
Whatever! Whatever.
Villa coughed a few times and interrupted the possible quarrel: "Listen to what I said before. I support Rurik. Since this Luilata is his servant, Rurik can do whatever he wants."
"Thank you, grandma." Rurik continued: "Tell her for me that I want to call her Luia. This is her new name when she joins our tribe. I recognize that she is my family and my sister. Please tell her
She, I also need to learn the language of the deer herders.”
"Okay, since you insist."
Vilia slowly told the girl about Rurik's attitude, which undoubtedly had a strong mental impact on the girl.
Upgrade from servant to family member?
The girl is fully aware that she has been given a new name "luia", which does not seem to be much different from her original name.
In fact, in Rurik's view, if the girl accepts her new name, this will be more convincing than the act of kneeling down.
Luia, also known as "Rumia", Rurik gave her such a name, which is also a name related to snow.
In this era, the Sami people separated from the Finns not long ago. They were a tribal group that spoke the same ancient language. The Sami people were a Finnish people who migrated all the way north to the Arctic Circle. In the desolate Arctic
In the tundra zone, raising reindeer is an important way of life for the Sami people, so the Rus naturally call them deer herders.
Once, the Sami people expanded to the entire Scandinavia Peninsula. As a large number of Germans entered here, the Sami people were attacked and had to return to the Arctic Circle. With the migration of the Ross tribe, the Sami people further
Evacuate, if the attack continues, one day the Sami will flee back to the Ural region where they originated.
Everything seems to be fate. The deer-raising Sami people have not disappeared in the long river of history, but since they broke away from the Finnish group, they have lost the possibility of establishing their own country.
Because their population is so small, they have maintained a population of less than 100,000 since ancient times, and they generally live scattered in small clan settlements of less than 50 people. In this way, they are attacked by huge ethnic groups with a population of several million in the area.
And they were powerless to resist. They really couldn't resist. But they hid in the extremely cold Arctic Circle, and finally a thousand years later when humanistic ideas became mainstream, no one wanted to hurt or rob them anymore.
But in this barbaric era, the weak's way of survival is to hold the horse and whip for the strong, be a humble servant, and live on the rewards of the strong.
Rurik knew his father's attitude. He was definitely dissatisfied with his hasty decision.
Vilya, as a translator, told the girl all of Rurik's meaning. Undoubtedly, the girl was obviously very touched.
Tears flowed from the corners of the girl's eyes. She gently raised her head and looked at the little boy in front of her, and said some words that others could not understand.
Language, in addition to conveying abstract meanings, can also express the speaker's emotions.
Looking at her face, Rurik felt no discomfort at all. He felt that the girl not only fully understood what he said, but also responded very positively.
Verya also immediately translated: "Rurik, my child. Your servant has approved her new name, Rumia. She told you that she would listen to you. She also said that in order to hurt you
She's very sorry about that."
"Ah! Rumia..." Looking up at the girl in front of him, Rurik showed a reassuring smile.
And this girl didn't care about the tears on her face. Not long ago, she entered this huge wooden house with a look of hesitation and helplessness. Now she has an extra sense of peace of mind and the safety she most urgently needs.
Seeing her heartfelt smile, Rurik knew that his servant was no longer just a servant, but a friend and a sister.
In the foreseeable future, she will always listen to herself.
Therefore, what this sister who looks a little older than herself should actually do is not raise deer, but study.
Rurik had a premonition that this girl Rumia would eventually be very important to him.
Youdao is any nobleman, and his initial servant is very likely to become his lifelong confidant. If this is inevitable, then this Rumia must first learn Norse.
Once she can speak Norse fluently, she will really be a member of the Rus tribe. But she has to learn not only Norse, but also the Old Slavonic language of the Novgorod people.
Not only herself, Rurik himself also made up his mind to learn the ancient Slavic language within a few years. Since meeting this Rumia, he also needs to learn the Sami language of the deer herders.
In his opinion, this will not be a particularly complicated process. Of course, it is learning two languages. He has to learn the ancient Slavic language from his sister-in-law Peravina, and the Sami language from the priest Vilia and this Lumia.
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This matter will definitely be simpler than learning modern English thousands of years later.
Why? Because in this era, most of the concepts did not exist, and tens of thousands of new terms were invented in later generations. In the ninth century AD, Rurik also noticed that he used only 500 common words in Norse.
About a thousand, probably even less than a thousand including rare words.
This is largely the case with Old Cyrillic and Old Sami.
So this cold winter is still long, even if the days are getting longer after Hanukkah, it is still early for the frozen sea to thaw!
The training for the tribe's brats was forced to be suspended. Rurik didn't want to run around outdoors in the cold weather and risk getting sick. That was not a wise thing. In this era where medicine can be called witchcraft, a cold can cause death.
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It is best to spend a long time learning. Unfortunately, the Ross tribe only has a small amount of historical knowledge of their ancestors, and they have already learned it.
You can’t just stay in a daze every day when you’re bored. Learning other languages is the most important thing.
Learning the ancient Slavic language and learning the ancient Sami language, Rurik decided that this was the task he must complete!