Yuan River

A few days later, the shaman blessing for autumn hunting was held as scheduled.

The patriarch gathered the relevant people and said solemnly: "When the autumn hunt is approaching this year, the old witch unfortunately passed away. I express my deep condolences for this. Next, this time the witch celebration will be presided over by Ache." In the deep voice of the patriarch Containing an undeniable majesty, the atmosphere of Wu Zhu suddenly became solemn.

With eagle feathers on his head and cinnabar on his face, Ah Che came to the crowd with leopard steps.Everyone stared at him in unison.In the past, it was the late old witch who danced in such a dressage during the witchcraft ceremony.

Ache stood with his hands down, nodded slightly, and paid tribute to the patriarch.The patriarch did not respond, his piercing eyes were unfathomable.On the left side of the patriarch is Li Bin, the only son of the chief hunter and the patriarch, who is full of arrow scabbards and majestic.On the patriarch's right side is Li Xin, the jewel in his palm. She sits cross-legged on the ground lazily like a cat, her sly eyes peeking at Ah Che from time to time.

The patriarch's first wife, Mi Shi, did not come.She has always liked to be quiet and aloof from the world. Hunting is her extra thing, so she will not come.

Ache looked around and saw that everyone was sitting around him in an orderly manner, so he took out two pieces of flint from his pocket, and concentrated on hitting them hard.

There were sparks on the flint, and while Ache continued to knock, he moved them closer to the pile of dead leaves that had been piled up.In an instant, the flames splashed in all directions, and the raging flames rushed to the ground.A Che hurriedly threw a large handful of dead branches into the fire, and the flames shot up into the sky immediately, and the heat wave was billowing.Among the beating flames, there seems to be a red fox dancing.

A Che raised his head, spun around, and raised his arms high, as if he wanted to have a tacit understanding with the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth.He jumped over the fire lightly, knelt on the ground, tears filled his eyes, and sang a long song: "In the beginning, there was a god, and all spirits were blessed. The bird ran to the mountains and the forest, and the tiger returned to the mountain. All the charms are dissipated, and all forms return to one, which is the primordial spirit."

Several strong men on the side set up a wooden frame on the fire, and roasted the slaughtered deer, deer, and deer on the fire.The meat is fresh and tender, which is a sacrifice to the gods.

With a loud shout, Ah Che jumped up in the air, leaned back his neck, and his eyes were blurred, revealing a bit of fascination.He either crosses his hands on his waist, or stretches his arms out, or stretches them flat, or closes them in front of his chest, or raises his arms in a ring shape, and his fingers snap, retract, spread, hold, open, and turn his wrists, and so on.Standing with two legs, jumping, bouncing, raising legs, bending knees, hooking, kicking, the emerald jade around the waist jingle with the change of movement rate.

Everyone stared at him, falling into the emotion of the past.But he didn't notice it, as if he was the only one left dancing with the gods in the world.

God, love your people.Give the tribe enough livestock to survive the long winter.

God, love your people.Give the hunter a strong body to avoid poisonous insects and beasts.

God, love your people.Give the Yuan River an endless source of water to nourish all creatures.

God, give me... wisdom to solve the confusion of wandering in this life.

God...

Ah Che's blood was surging and his head was dizzy.His gaze went through the charming flames, billowing smoke and bustling crowd, and happened to meet Shang Li Bin's determined gaze.Li Bin stared at Ah Che with vigour, his bright eyes were like the Big Dipper in the sky.

Well, it's Li Bin.The next moment, Ah Che fell into the boundless darkness and passed out.

……

"Brother Ache. Brother Ache." The crisp female voice seemed to come from far away.Ah, is it the angels singing?

"Brother Ah Che, wake up." His arms were grasped by two slender hands, shaking violently.

"Cough, who is it?" A Che reluctantly opened his eyes, the moonlight scattered in, and his vision was blurred.In front of him was a figure of a figure, shaking unrealistically.

"Li Xin."

"Ah, it's you!" A Che sat up straight in a jerk, but unexpectedly, his forehead slammed into Li Xin's protruding head.

"Ouch." Li Xin couldn't help calling out.

"Ah, I'm sorry." A Che hastily apologized.

"Forget it, it's okay, you didn't mean to."

Ah Che collected himself and looked at Li Xin.Li Xin's pair of red phoenix eyes blinked curiously.A blush burned on A Che's face, and he hurriedly looked away.In fact, in the past many years, the two of them have never exchanged half a word.

"It's so late, you're still not asleep?" Archer murmured to break the embarrassing silence.

"I can't sleep. Brother Li Bin will go hunting tomorrow. In this way, no one will play with me in the next few days."

"I see. What do you usually play?"

"In the past, brother Li Bin would teach me how to fight. We fought with each other at the lower reaches of the Yuan River. My reaction is faster than his, but his strength is stronger than mine. Every time he hits, he uses it. Brute force picked me up and threw me into the river."

"Haha, he's gone too far."

"Later, I told him that I had learned to fight, and that I would go to the hunting grounds with him in the future. But he firmly disagreed, no matter how much I begged, it was useless."

"You are still young. When you grow up, you can go hunting with Li Bin."

"Huh? Why don't you be like everyone else—say that girls shouldn't practice fighting, but should learn to gather?"

"Because I, like you, always want to go hunting, but never have the chance. So, I think I can understand your grievances."

"Then, if there is a chance in the future, Brother Ache and I will go to the hunting ground together, okay?"

"Okay, it's a deal."

Both of them had the same look of joy in their eyes.For a moment, Ah Che had an illusion, as if he and Li Xin had known each other for a long time, and they were old friends who had shared weal and woe for many years.

He looked up at Yuehui and looked up at Li Xin.Her face is small and delicate, and her pair of red phoenix eyes are exquisite and bright, she can be called the embryo of a beauty that everyone loves.However, according to the rumors of the tribe, Li Xin is aloof by nature, except for the patriarch, Mi Shi and elder brother Li Bin, she rarely contacts with others.

"By the way, Brother Ache, what are we playing now?" Li Xin's words brought back Ache who was full of imagination.

"Let me teach you how to swim. This is what the old witch taught me when I was a child. On those nights when we didn't need to prepare for sacrifices, the old witch and I would just spend the night under the starlight and let time fly by."

"Wonderful? What kind of game is this?" Li Xin suddenly became interested.

"Like this." Ache ran to the river beach without saying a word, carefully selected a few flat and smooth pebbles, held them in the palm of his left hand, and hurried back to the bank of the Yuan River.He took one of them with his right hand, turned sideways and quickly threw it sideways.

The pebble lightly touched the surface of the river, and stepped happily like a ballet dancer, before sinking unwillingly into the water.

"I'll try it too." Li Xin readily took a small stone from Ah Che's palm, and quickly cut it out.The pebble jumped five times on the surface of the river as if flying, and sank slowly.

Ah Che was dumbfounded: "Oh my God, you are so amazing."

"Haha, Brother Li Bin taught me darts, so my principles are similar. Come on, I'll throw another one..."

Li Xin's slender figure is projected onto Yuan Heli, which complements Yuan He's reflection of Li's starry sky.The autumn wind blows, and the river surface is sparkling and colorful.The Millennium Gulf Stream, the Millennium Stars, are they also moved by you like me?

Ah Che smiled foolishly, and suddenly instinctively felt that there was someone else not far behind the two of them.A Che suddenly became alert, and he patted Li Xin on the shoulder: "I'll go pick up some more stones."

He walked slowly to the river beach, squatted down, pretended to turn around inadvertently, and swept away with his peripheral vision——

Li Bin.He was expressionless, staring straight at Ah Che and Li Xin.

A Che returned to Li Xin anxiously, and said, "It's getting late, you should go back and rest early."

"Okay. Good night then. Brother Ache."

The next day, the hunters' autumn hunting preparatory meeting was held as scheduled before departure.As the old witch passed away, Archer was allowed to take his place in the meeting.A Che's qualifications were still relatively low, so he took the initiative to sit in the last seat directly opposite the head hunter, Li Bin.

"Is everyone here? Listen, this time we go hunting, we will use the cliffs of Akihabara in the west." Li Bin looked around and stated his plan without any doubt, "We will divide this time into two groups of people. Each time, one group of people is responsible for driving the prey all the way to the edge of the cliff, and then surrounding it, forcing it to jump off the cliff desperately; another group of people goes downstream to pick up the prey from the bottom of the cliff. In this way, we can get twice the result with half the effort.”

"good idea."

"The hunter is both wise and brave. It is really a blessing for the tribe."

"I want to be the first group!"

……

The hunters got excited one after another, gearing up and eager to try.In their eyes, Li Bin is an invincible battle flag, leading the tribe to grow stronger.He is only the leader of the hunter today, maybe in the future when the old leader passes away, he will become the new leader.Therefore, following Li Bin is the best choice for every passionate man.

"Can I raise an objection?" A low voice sounded timidly.

Everyone was silent immediately, and followed the prestige in unison.

The source of the voice was the last Ache.He hesitated and said, "It's five miles from the hunting area to the cliff. It's hard for you to chase the prey so far. It's better to set traps for the prey directly in the hunting area."

"I agree!" Li Xin raised his hands immediately, "We can use thick ropes to connect the big trees in the hunting area in advance, blocking the way of the prey, and forming a pocket array." Li Xin said, winking mischievously at Ah Che I rolled my eyes.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, silent like a cicada.

"Cough, let me think about it again." Li Bin lowered his voice and opened his mouth to break the embarrassment.

"Brother, according to this plan, the safety of the hunters can be guaranteed to the greatest extent, so let's do it!" Li Xin protested dissatisfiedly.

"Let's ask the chief hunter for his opinion." Ache added wisely.

Li Bin nodded thoughtfully, with a calm expression on his face: "A Che and Li Xin have the best knotting skills in the tribe. For this hunting, Li Xin is in charge of setting up the team in the hunting area. The tribe enjoys happiness day and night. As for the other hunters, they all follow me to find prey."

"Brother, let Ah Che go to tie the rope with me! These many years, he has never been on a hunting ground!" Li Xin became anxious, obviously very dissatisfied with Li Bin's arrangement.

"No! Ah Che doesn't know how to fight. It would be too dangerous to go to the hunting area rashly! You don't want him to be injured, do you?" Li Bin categorically rejected Li Xin's plea.

"Okay, brother."

Li Bin stood up calmly, walked straight to Ah Che without looking sideways, and said softly: "What you have done is very important to us and to the tribe. Thank you."

"Ah...don't dare to be..." Ah Che was overwhelmed with flattery, his cheeks flushed red.

Li Bin didn't say much anymore, and turned around to greet: "Brothers, let's go! Remember not to let down the people in the tribe who are waiting for you to go home!"