After the old village chief divided the wolf meat, he found Suldak who had treated the wolf's head with quicklime and was about to sit down and rest for a while.
He took out a greasy rag and wiped his hands. The sticky wolf blood was difficult to wipe clean, so he simply threw the rag aside, sat across from Surdak and said, "You are really generous. Take the wolf fang."
The daggers were given as gifts, but one was actually given to each of these children attending the coming-of-age ceremony..."
Suldak was sitting in the shade of a chestnut tree beside the barn and resting. Two older children came over diligently, carrying a wooden basin filled with water. He also put his hand in unceremoniously.
In the basin, I washed my face happily, and when I heard the old village chief complaining next to me, I raised my head and smiled, and waved to the two older children standing beside me. The older child seemed to have done something extraordinary.
He cheered, poured the blood stained red in the tub into the drainage ditch at the edge of the barn, and left happily carrying the tub.
The old village chief's eyes twitched, thinking that he had such a high prestige in Wall Village, and that there were people who would take the initiative to fetch water for him to wash his hands. The charm of a wolf-tooth bone dagger was really powerful enough.
Surdak laughed beside him and said to the old village chief: "I just want them to have a better way to protect themselves. These children don't know how dangerous it is outside. Before they accept the cruel environment outside, they will be beaten severely."
, you should try your best to arm yourself."
The old village chief pointed to a group of girls surrounded by a group of village women, stared at Suldak seriously and asked: "What do those girls say? They don't need to perform military service. How can you use Wolf Fang to go to the battlefield?"
Did you give them the dagger?"
Seeing the questioning tone in the old village chief's tone, Suldak was a little confused. Usually the old village chief was not such a harsh person, so he said to the old village chief according to what he was thinking: "Giving gifts is not a good thing.
Everyone must be equal, and we must not engage in gender discrimination. Anyway, I am not going to sell these wolf teeth. You see, otherwise there will be these redundant wolf teeth. You can also ask someone to make wolf fang daggers. They can be used next year.
Use it as a gift and give it to the children attending the coming-of-age ceremony!"
After saying that, Suldak took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it to the old village chief.
After the old village chief opened it, he discovered that there were dozens of sand wolf fangs inside. He glanced at the village women gathered on the field, patted Surdak on the shoulder and said to him: "
But the families of those girls think that you must have fallen in love with their daughters, and think that you are sending them as betrothal gifts. They think that you will take the initiative to marry their daughters after the coming-of-age ceremony..."
Suldak was just about to take a drink of water when he heard the old village chief say this and was so frightened that he even dropped the wooden water glass to the ground.
"How is that possible? These children are only sixteen years old and have not yet reached adulthood. What's more... I still have a wife! Do you... think there is something wrong with my aesthetics?" Surdak quickly defended.
He didn't expect that the gift he gave would be misunderstood. This matter really needs to be explained clearly. No wonder after he gave away so many wolf fang daggers, everyone around him looked at him strangely. It turned out that the biggest reason was
Here it is.
"You really have no idea?" the old village chief looked into Suldak's eyes and confirmed again.
"It's absolutely true!" Suldak felt that if he didn't explain clearly, he might be kicked out by Old Sheila in the evening.
Seeing that Suldak was so eager to defend himself,
The old village chief believed that what Surdak said must be the truth, nodded with satisfaction, and comforted the shocked Surdak: "Well, I will help you explain this matter."
He stood up and took two steps outside, then stopped and turned to Suldak and said:
"But you must remember this time. Some gifts have completely different meanings in the eyes of men and women. It's absolutely fine for you to give daggers to boys. What boy doesn't like daggers?"
He glanced at the boys outside the barn who were whittling dagger handles under the oak trees, with kind eyes. Watching them grow up day by day, these older children were the hope of the future of Wall Village.
Then the old village chief said to Suldak very sincerely: "But if you give daggers to girls, people will mistakenly think that you are proposing to them. Giving them daggers is to protect their chastity before marriage."
Surdak coughed: "Ahem..."
He thought to himself: I'm afraid I have to ask the old village chief or old Sheila more about this kind of giving away things in the future!
Surdak secretly glanced at the strange glances around him and felt that he was surrounded by a group of people who wanted to watch the fun without fear of trouble. He could no longer stay in the barn and was ready to leave for a while.
, waiting for the old village chief to explain it to him later, so that no one will look at him like this.
Thinking of this, he touched his forehead with a headache, and then looked at the sun that was almost setting. He thought that after running back and forth for so many days, the sour smell all over his body was really unbearable, so he wanted to take some time to go home and take a shower.
bath.
The old village chief gave most of the valuable things from hunting sand wolves to Surdak. The village only shared some sand wolf meat. Now Surdak took out all the wolf teeth and asked the old village chief to
Then make a bone dagger and give it to the young people attending the coming-of-age ceremony in the village. The remaining wolf teeth can be kept until next year and given away again.
Seeing Suldak's tall figure leaving the field, the village chief straightened his back, stood on the high platform, and shouted at the top of his lungs to the gathered village women: "Listen to me, everyone, these wolves
The tooth dagger is given by the village to the children participating in the coming-of-age ceremony. Regardless of men or women, each person has one copy..."
The words of the old village chief are almost equivalent to laws in Woer Village. Over the years, the villagers in Woer Village have become accustomed to the old village chief's loud voice. After hearing the old village chief's explanation, the strong village women swayed.
The plump buttocks dispersed one after another, and the girls who had obtained the wolf fangs and were surrounded by the village women finally escaped. They happily ran to the tree where the boys were staying, asked them for help, and also put on their own wolf fangs.
A comfortable grip.
The aroma of meat was already wafting out of the large cooking pot, and there were some oily flowers floating in the rolling soup pot.
The day before yesterday, the leader of the caravan arrived as promised. The old village chief sold half a bag of sulfur ore to the caravan. All the proceeds from the sale of the sulfur ore were exchanged for wheat flour, salt, salted fish, ham and some spices that people in the city would use.
The caravan leader also suggested that the old village chief buy some more fruit saplings next spring and plant them on both sides of the ravine in Wall Village.
The old village chief asked Selina to get a bag of wheat flour from the warehouse and bake some wheat cakes. Then she could put the minced wolf meat in the cakes.
Selina was standing next to the big cooking pot, holding a long spatula in her hand. She was looking at Suldak's back through the lingering heat. The old village chief called her several times before she responded.