north of the north

"It was a winter day, and Mamma hadn't given birth to little Uta. Gawayne and Elaine had just gone out. At that time, everyone was still living in the valley. Abush and Mamma took care of the little ones, Ah Bush brought back a boy who was about the same age as Lia now, and he nearly starved to death in the wilderness..."

Chang Wuyong knew that Gavin and Elaine were the names of Freya's parents.And Abush and Manma are Uta's parents.

"That was a wolf cub. He injured Abush, defiled Mamma, and even attacked the little ones... He killed two children, Bema and Odo. They were two very cute children. They Like little Tucker and little Donna. If Gawayne hadn't come back in time..." Old Ram said sadly.

Finally, she turned around and looked at Chang Wuyou: "Your appearance looks very much like that wolf cub's clansman. You look like you came from Galop on the grassland."

"Where are you from?" Old Ram asked.

This is a question that is often useless and unanswerable.But Old Ram didn't mind.

When we finally got out of the tent, it was already dark.Chang Wuyong held something similar to glasses in her hand, which was given to her by old Ramsay before they left.The two bone pieces are connected together, and a seam is drawn in the middle of the two bone pieces.

"Outsiders need to use this to protect their eyes." Old Ram said to her.

Often useless to discover that this is a crude, snowblind prevention device.It suddenly occurred to her that Old Ram was also an outsider.Holding it in her hand, she found that this thing looked familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.

While walking, Chang Wuyong suddenly saw a woman about 35 years old in front of her looking at her.

"This is Mamma." Freya told her quietly.

Freya and Mamma greeted each other, and they continued walking towards the valley.

"Be careful where you step." Manma suddenly shouted.

Chang Wuyong looked down, but there was nothing.

When she turned around, she found Mamma looking at her resentfully and spitting on the ground.

"What did she just say?" Freya asked in bewilderment.

Chang Wuyong suddenly realized that Manma did not speak Nanook, nor did Freya and Abbot speak the language.

Oops!She was mistaken.

"It's nothing, let's go." Chang Wuyong said.

When they returned to the valley, they found that Abbott was not there, and he had left a letter.

Freya picked up the letter and frowned. She handed the letter to Chang Wuyong and said, "Anas, do you know how to read?"

Often useless to find that she knew.

"Great." Freya said, "Tell me what it said."

Abbott wrote in the letter that he had something to go out and would come back in a few days, and asked them to pay attention to leaving manpower to garrison the tribe while hunting.In this way, there are 12 hunters and Freya in this tribe.

"Flya, don't you know how to read?" Chang Wuyou couldn't help asking.Judging from the last chat, Freya's knowledge is quite extensive.

"No..." Freya said hesitantly.

Chang Wuyong looked at her embarrassed look, but she didn't press further.

The next day, when the hunting team set off.Chang Wuyou didn't follow.

"Anas, why don't you come with us?" Freya asked.

There are other people who have the same doubts as Freya. It can be seen that they are very disappointed with the decision not to go to Changwu.

"My eyes hurt too much." Chang Wuyong pointed to the bone glasses that he had already put on.

"Then you should take a good rest! Anas, go to the valley to rest, I think..." Freya immediately became nervous.

Chang Wuyong managed to appease the nagging Freya, and she watched the hunting team set off.In fact, her eyes don't hurt, but most of the hunting team have already recognized her.The rest are Uta, Manma and Witch Doctor.It can't be solved by following the hunting team.Especially, what happened yesterday.

And... sometimes absence can show the importance even more.

Chang Wuyong started to get in touch with the women who stayed in the tribe.These women had received information about the hunting team from their husbands, and they had already eliminated a lot of hostility towards Chang Wuyong.And when Chang Wuyong saw Little Toke's mother and greeted him with "Little Toke told me you are the best leathermaker in the tribe", the other party enthusiastically opened up the conversation.

When it was almost dark, Chang Wuyong had already shirked the dinner invitation from the five families and declined Aruna's overnight stay. She promised Tana that she would go to learn the other's leather-making skills the next day.On her head she wore a hat that Lettie had forced upon her, and Sonia insisted on having a dress made for her that fitted her better.

The people in these tribes are very kind, and it is very simple for Chang Wuyong to interact with them. Face the truth with the heart, and of course, there are some small skills, such as praise and listening.

But often useless but not happy.

She felt very, very strange.

In a sense, this is even a very weird tribe.With more contact and observation, Chang Wuyong felt his hair tingle more.

The pattern of the whole tribe is like this, ten small tents surround the two big tents in the middle, the tents of Manma and Uta are on the west, and the tent of the witch doctor Kiopardo is on the east.Among the 10 small tents, except for Dada who lives alone, the other 9 are a couple and their children.

There is no blood relationship between the families of each tent.This is strange enough, considering that sometimes a primitive tribe is a large family.

And what makes Chang Wuyong feel incredible is that.All of these 9 families, all men, women, they are all the same age, they are all 22 years old.All of them, except Dada, were raised by Abush and Mamma.

This is definitely not a tribe that develops naturally, it's all like being arranged.

In the end what happened?

Chang Wuyou walked up to the only exception - Dada.

Dada was sitting in the tent right now, his wound was wrapped in thick sackcloth.Chang Wuyong saw a pair of bone glasses hanging on his hunting rucksack, and Chang Wuyong remembered that the first time she saw this was on Dada's rucksack.Although Dada is very dark, but when you look closely, you will find that his appearance is very regular, even handsome.Chang Wuyong has no doubt that if Dada puts on a set of modern clothes, he will look like Chang Wuyong's sunny and handsome college classmate.

Compared with the Nanook people, they look more like a group of people.

Dada was holding something in his hand, it was a black feather.

Chang Wuyong found that Dada deliberately placed the feathers in a conspicuous position, while his eyes were fixed on Chang Wuyong.

Chang Wuyong looked at him calmly.

Suddenly, the tent door was opened, and Mamma walked in.Chang's useless eyes narrowed, and Mamma held a knife in his hand.Immediately afterwards, two men with spears walked in. They were members of the hunting team who went to the south yesterday, and they guarded the tent door.

Each of them was raised by Abush and Mamma, and a few pieces of information quickly flashed through Chang's useless mind.Abbott was away, and Freya told the people of the tribe, because they were asked to pay attention to leaving manpower to garrison the tribe when they were hunting.

"Hatred is a kind of memory that cannot be erased." Chang Wuyong remembered what Old Ram said.

"Manma." Dada shouted dissatisfiedly, and he stood in front of Chang Wuyong.

"Dada." Manma looked at Chang Wuyong coldly, "This prairie man must die today."

The two faced each other silently, and the air froze for a moment.Chang Wuyou could hear his own beating heartbeat.

Dada laughed suddenly, and he raised the feather on his hand.

"This feather is the feather of the black eagle, a bird that our Galop specializes in conveying information." Dada said, gently stroking the feather with his hand, and then carefully put it into the inner bag of his clothes.

"Anas doesn't know it, and there are no grassland people who don't know it." Dada said with a smile, "Her living habits are completely different from our Galop people. She is not a grassland person, Manma."

"She understands the language of the grassland." Manma was still questioning.

"That's the divine power given to her by Lord Abbott, just like how Lord Abbott saved me back then." Dada said.

Manma was silent, and Chang Wuyong realized that his hand had been tightly squeezed just now.

"Tell her about that, Manma," Dada said. "She can see where animals are."

Mamma remained silent for a long time, and she let the two guards at the tent door go out.

"It's too late, Manma." Dada urged.

Finally, Manma finally spoke: "In the past, there were tens of thousands of Nanuk people living on this land. My tribe is a large tribe with thousands of people. We raised groups of reindeer."

"What happened later?" Chang Wuyou asked.

"Later." Manma covered her face in pain: "They all died, father, mother, sister Leilin, brother Wolu, the patriarch...all died, they all died."