Section 34 Enwei
Under their temptation, no one can resist it. No matter who you are, you can only give it all and engage in an exchange that is simply unequal but must accept.
"Zhanfeng, you and Xia Dong go back immediately. Call a few people and bring enough clothes and shoes. You can't stay here for a long time, so you have to get them to the camp as soon as possible. If the shoes are not enough, then borrow the locust leather shoes that were distributed for the time being. They have been frostbite. If they don't have these things, they can't go far. Go quickly, Jianming and I are waiting here. Remember to bring a few more clothes."
Tianxiang whispered and quickly arranged his subordinates' movements, and with a proud and indifferent expression, he strode to the group of women whose bodies were completely exposed in the trembling wind. He looked at them pickyly, as if he was looking at a group of slaves who already belonged to him. This is a necessary step between hunters and a manifestation of the rights that the giver showed to the recipient.
In terms of heart, Tianxiang did not agree with this approach at all. But now, he had to do so. Although he had accepted all the knowledge of the ancients and was used to some of their basic etiquettes, no matter what, it was his own idea after all. If he wanted to get the affirmation of most people, it would take time to get in.
Therefore, he did not want to break the rules in the dark world. Moreover, these rules obviously can maintain their authority. You must know that you are not fully sure to control the women who have to surrender to him because of hunger. You must know that these are women who have huge rifts and hatred with men.
In person, acknowledge the status of a man, and after receiving food and having to exchange it, he will cut off your head with a knife and fill your body with food while you are asleep. Such things are not strange stories among hunters, but ordinary things that happen from time to time.
Men can eat women. By the same token, women can naturally eat men. This is the same reason as wolves want to eat sheep.
If you want to blame, you can only blame you for not being strong enough and not being smart enough. You will be deceived by such a trivial trick and be fooled by foolishly.
If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for being greedy and thinking that you can use a piece of worm meat to exchange for a woman who is willing to accompany you for the rest of your life. Moreover, this woman is just hungry.
The meek ram and the hungry female wolf. What can happen if these two creatures are combined together is not difficult for fools to guess.
Therefore, Tianxiang felt that he had to establish his authority among these women and completely eliminate their rebelliousness. He didn't want his head to become a bone-making job in the hands of a woman one day.
"My ethnic group is not far from here. Wait for a while and they will soon bring you the necessary clothes. Put on your clothes and move them first."
This is not unreasonable. Long-term cold and shrinking can easily lead to a kind of laziness and laziness. Curling up and relying on the body to keep warm with each other makes the human body completely restless. At this time, the blood circulation and flow rate in the body will naturally slow down to a minimum. This situation has a certain paralysis effect on the human body's functions. Even at warm room temperature, people who sit for a long time will feel an inexplicable soreness and numbness in their bodies. Judging from the footprints left by these women in the fire and around them, it should have been a long time since they maintain such a motionless posture.
"Stand up! You can't sit down!" With a stern shout, Tianxiang suddenly picked up a woman from the fire who did not obey the order and sat down to keep warm without authorization.
This is a young woman. No, it should be said that she is just a girl. A girl who looks only sixteen or seven years old. She is thin and only has a thin sleeveless shirt. The shirt is very old, and the originally smooth surface of the clothes has traces of melting. Straws of hollowed-out yarn are also supported as much as possible so that the whole dress can still be kept intact. However, even those with poor eyesight can see that the clothes are too old. Just a slight pull, they can be torn into a pile of useless rags.
Of course, such clothes cannot keep warm. Its function is just to cover the girl's shame. Therefore, it is naturally not difficult to understand her behavior of sitting down to keep warm without authorization.
Despite this, Tianxiang slapped the girl hard. The huge force immediately caused a dark red palm print with a slightly black slapped palm print on the girl's face that was already blue with cold.
"Don't sit down, stand up and move your hands and feet. If you want to die, then you can go to the fire. If you sit down like this, your feet will be ruined." As he said that, Tianxiang took out a piece of roasted insect meat from his pocket, and tore off one piece and handed it to her.
"Eat a little bit first and replenish your energy. Move in place, it's much better than just roasting the fire."
The use of kindness and power is an absolutely effective way to control your subordinates. This is done because of the mention in the knowledge of ancient people. On the other hand, it is also a necessary means. These women seem to have not eaten for a long time. If they do not provide them with some food, they may not be able to support the long and difficult journey back to the base.
A few barbecue pieces were distributed in sequence, which caused a sensation of joy among the hungry crowd. Every woman who got the meat was eager to bite it. The insect meat contained in her mouth could not wait until she was chewed completely, so she had already swallowed it in a hurry. Many people were choked and rolled their eyes.
"Eat slowly, don't hurry." Tianxiang shook his head helplessly, walked quickly to the female leader, and patted her back heavily. The poor woman had just swallowed a piece of insect flesh that was half a palm-sized, lacking the lubricating throat. Obviously, such a huge piece of food could not be allowed to pass through. The meat stuck in the air made her crazy, strangling her neck with both hands and pinching her. I hope she could urge the food to swallow in this way. But it was futile. Apart from the sound of ruminating burps and the stuffiness caused by poor breathing, it would be useless. If Tianxiang hadn't acted in time, she would have continued to maintain such pain for a while.
"Eat slowly for me. If anyone is so anxious, I will no longer distribute the remaining food to her." Looking at the women around me who were choked and unable to speak, Tianxiang couldn't help but feel a fire. He didn't want these women to be choked to death. This is a wealth, a huge wealth. If any of them dies inexplicably for such reasons, it would be extremely unworthy of the loss.
It should be admitted that such a threat is more effective than any roar. When the new leader said the words, the women couldn't help but slow down their swallowing. After all, the barbecue in their hands was not enough to fill their stomachs. If you want to eat enough, you must not anger the young man in front of you.
The effect of food is really wonderful. A piece of inconspicuous insect meat actually brought a trace of limited energy to the group of seemingly dead women, and also brought infinite hope to their almost desperate hearts. The scolding from Tianxiang's mouth gradually became no longer disgusting. Because they found that the young patriarch's words were nothing wrong. The simple jumping and activity in place did indeed produce an inexplicable heat energy in the body. This warmth that was completely self-energy was far from comparable to that of the weak flame. Although the coldness of hands and feet did not ease because of this, the already slightly stiff body clearly showed signs of softening. The vitality of life imprisoned by the cold returned to its own body bit by bit.
Zhan Feng and Xia Dong were back. With them, there were another twenty strong tribe members. They brought what women needed most urgently at the moment - clothes and shoes.
The clothes made of insect hair felt were very warm and strong. Obviously, Ye Zhanfeng faithfully executed Tianxiang's order. He brought back felt clothes twice as many as women's numbers. With the necessary leather shoes, these weak women should be able to support them no matter how far they go.
However, the clothes made of felt were obviously plundered by Ye Zhanfeng from the tribe. Although the tribe had enough insect felt, in order to save raw materials, Tianxiang only ordered a set of clothes for everyone. In his opinion, a roll of intact felt was obviously more useful than a piece of clothing that was not sure whether the size was suitable.
"Don't worry about him! Let's get these women back smoothly first!" Tianxiang smiled self-deprecatingly and directed everyone to distribute the clothes one by one.
As for the girl who was slapped by him, Tianxiang personally took two sets of felt clothes and put them on them seriously. Of course, he had a serious expression and did not forget to gently wipe away the tears from the corners of the girl's eyes.
Everyone saw this scene clearly.
"Now, let's go home!"
The wind is still blowing, and the snow is still falling. The cold that permeates the earth is like an ubiquitous demon who wants to completely cover the dark earth with his fear and power. He wants to use all his means to kill all living creatures that can survive in the world. All things in the world will be surrendered to their own tyranny.
But, there are exceptions in everything.
A team of people who were staggering and struggling with the snow were obviously despising its supreme authority. They were slowly moving on the snow that reached their knees, struggling to pass through the desolate ruins. They were once the most powerful creatures in the world and the only master who ruled the world.
They are a combination of wisdom and power - humans.
Following the road when he came, Tianxiang led his tribe members to shorten the distance from the camp little by little. He was very glad that Zhan Feng brought some tribe members. Without their help, he would probably not be able to walk the entire journey with the physical strength of these women. Many days of hunger and cold have consumed too much of their energy. From the time of the old building to now, several women have become exhausted. The deep snow has consumed not much of their physical energy. Every step he takes has to put in great effort to pull his feet, which has also accelerated the consumption speed. Without the man helping him, it is hard to imagine that they can continue with their own strength.
Perhaps, some of them will fall into the snow and will never get up again.
All the women wore two thick felt clothes and soft giant locust leather shoes on their feet. The threat of cold was temporarily blocked, but the weak body did not get much help from it. Although with the help of men, those who fell behind inevitably appeared.
"Don't give up on them on your back. Remember, they are our tribe members and our sisters." As he said that, Tianxiang set an example and helped a girl with her lips that were blue with cold and slumped there weakly. He put his hands on her back.
The girl is not old and looks only eleven or twelve years old. Although the thick felt clothes on her body made her look very strong. However, through physical contact, Tianxiang could still feel the thinness and skinnyness of her body wrapped in the felt clothes.
She was very light and small. When her tender arms touched, she was almost a rough skin wrapped around a hard bone.
Men undoubtedly have supreme majesty in the dark world. Especially the leaders of a group have privileges and dignity in this regard. They never bother to help anyone. They are born to exist just to rule others. What they have to consider is just how to get more food and how to make their own group stronger. As for the life and death of some of them, such a small problem is really not worth their attention.
After all, this is a trivial matter. A trivial matter. A dead person has not happened one day? If the greatest help is given to anyone who is dying, then what is the honor of such a leader? What is power? What is majesty?
"She looks very much like Tianrou, very much like my sister." When she saw the girl slumped in the snow with a sad and helpless expression on her face, Tianxiang suddenly had such an idea in his mind. He felt that at this time, he was no longer entirely a leader of the clan. Instead, he should be a brother who could protect his sister, a brother who cared about his sister.
Therefore, without any thought, Tianxiang almost subconsciously made such a move. However, he did not expect at all what impact such action would have on the tribe members. What kind of changes would his image in their eyes have.
No one spoke, and no one raised objections to this. Zhan Feng, who was bystander, only saw that while Tianxiang was struggling to carry the girl and walk forward, more tribe members also carried the women around him. Those who supported each other and walked slowly could not help but speed up their pace.
However, the expressions in their eyes were completely different. Men's eyes were full of admiration and respect for the young patriarch, while women showed a sense of gratitude and recognition.
The whistling wind mixed with flying snowflakes passed quickly through the gaps in the crowd, causing a burst of sucking sound. The soft soles of the shoes stepped on the deep snow and made a compressed "squeak" sound. A stream of white air emitting wet and hot air spurted out from the mouth of the people walking with heavy loads, and slowly rose with the arduous gasp. All the sounds combined together and finally formed a natural music full of hardships and harmony.
Half an hour later, the door of the library suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
The warmth on the face made the women who had just entered the base feel a sense of joy. The aroma of broth that was filled with air also rumbling in their belly that had been unsatisfied for a long time. The liquid that grew in their mouths was like a long-dried spring, and new vitality was seeped out again.
Several large pots placed on the fire were boiling pieces of white and tender insect meat. The amount was obviously far beyond the normal consumption range of the ethnic group. This was specially prepared in order to welcome the arrival of the women under the arrangement of Zhan Feng.
"Eat slowly! Take it easy!" Tianxiang shook his head and took the pottery bowl of soup from a woman. She had eaten too much. From picking up the bowl, the woman seemed to be pouring out in just a few minutes and drank five bowls of freshly released broth. The hot temperature seemed to have no restraint on her at all. The strong desire for food, even the man in the clan who thought he had the largest appetite could only accept the disadvantage.
Not only her, but all the women showed a desire for food at this moment. The big pot of boiled broth was also half empty in an instant. Judging from their momentum, they seemed to want to swallow as much as possible in the shortest time to satisfy their terrible hunger for this period of time.
"Can't eat it anymore! If you still want to live, put down the bowl in your hands immediately!"
Tianxiang's voice was very loud, and it was obviously filled with undeniable majesty and anger. Although many women were dissatisfied with such orders, they still forced themselves to suppress their inner hopes. According to the request of the young patriarch, they reluctantly put down the broth that had already been brought to their mouths.
Chapter completed!