It got dark very quickly, and the moon tonight was much dimmer than last night. Chen Qi could no longer see the rocky mountain clearly, and even the surrounding plants became blurred and unreal. Aze's speed was not as fast as at the beginning, but his footsteps were still steady, and he didn't seem to be affected by the darkness at all.
After Aze slowed down, Chen Qi was able to talk to the other party, "Aze, do you feel that the moonlight tonight is dimmer than the previous two days?"
"Well, after two nights there will be no light at all."
"why?"
"The light of the moon is a cycle from half the brightness of the sun to complete loss of brightness. There are seven days in total. We use seven days as a cycle to calculate the days, which are called month one to month seven. On the seventh day, because there is no moonlight at all, and It is called the moon without the sun." Aze explained.
"Oh, I didn't expect that your way of counting days is similar to ours." It seems that the two worlds have a lot in common, not only the names of many animals and plants, but also the names of the sun and the moon, and the calculation of the seven days of the week. The way is the same.
The shadows of the surrounding trees gradually grew taller, and Chen Qi couldn't see the appearance of the trees clearly, but compared with the acacia trees on the plain, they were slightly shorter, but stronger.
Bypassing the tall and thick trees, Aze put down Chen Qi in front of a square shadow, "Here we are."
Because the light was too dark, Chen Qi could only see a dark silhouette in front of him, and asked uncertainly, "Your home?"
Aze nodded, worried that Chen Qi would not see his actions, so he replied again. Aze took a few steps forward, and opened something like a door curtain, revealing a darker hole, without any trace of light at all, Chen Qi always felt inexplicably terrified of this kind of place.
Perhaps feeling Chen Qi's uneasiness, Aze took Chen Qi's hand, took out the lighter given by Chen Qi from his arms, opened the lid, and burst out a cluster of flames, which were reflected in Aze's dark pupils, as if Bringing life-like flickering, "Don't be afraid."
A Ze's voice was low and full of magnetism, with a kind of soothing power, which made Chen Qina's little uneasiness calm down, and followed A Ze's steps into the room.
After entering inside, Aze came to a fire in the middle of the house, and quickly lit the fire. When the fire was lit, Chen Qi finally saw the situation here clearly. The house was not high, and Chen Qi felt like he was standing on tiptoe. The long arms can reach the roof, but the space is large enough. The walls on all sides look like they are made of mud mixed with large stone slabs. They are full of potholes, and there are no windows. There are two thick cut animal hides as curtains. Chen Qi was full of black lines, no wonder the house was so dark when there was no light, and wouldn't a fire be poisoned by carbon monoxide in such a confined space
The house was very empty, the only furniture was a not too big stone bed in the corner, and beside it were several pottery plates and pots of different shapes and a pile of messy animal skins. Aze rummaged through the pile of animal skins, pulled out a skin with a unique animal pattern and spread it beside the fire, and said to Chen Qi: "Chen Qi, take a rest here."
Chen Qi sat down, the animal skin was very soft, he couldn't help reaching out to touch it, the fluffy feeling made one want to bury his whole body in it.
After placing Chen Qi, Aze opened the curtain and went out, and came back after a while, holding a handful of firewood and a bulging animal skin in his hands. Aze first piled the firewood beside the fire, and then opened the animal skin in his arms. He took out a milk fruit as big as two fists, cut the top of the fruit with his nails, and handed it to Chen Qi.
Chen Qi took it and was not polite. He took a big sip and frowned. How should I put it, this milk fruit is a bit different from the ones he drank before. Not only does it taste weaker, but it also has a bit of bitterness.
Chen Qi raised his head and saw Aze hugging the animal skin in his arms a little awkwardly, "What's wrong?"
Aze opened and closed his mouth a few times. He usually doesn’t like to eat fruit. These few were collected by chance when he was looking for Mao Xuexiong before leaving. After so many days, the peels of the fruit have shriveled up. There were signs of rot, and Aze regretted that he hadn't carefully selected some fruits that could be stored for a long time.
"Chen Qi, can you stay alone for a while?" A Ze tightened the animal hide again, and asked a little nervously, how could such food be given to Chen Qi to eat.
Chen Qi was stunned, "You want to go out?"
Aze nodded, "I'll be back soon."
"Are you going to hunt?" After getting along for a few days, Chen Qi understood the character of the person in front of him a little bit, "It's very dangerous outside so late, I'm not hungry, you can go tomorrow."
After speaking, he took out the blue fruit that Aze had given him before, and handed it to the other party, "If you are hungry, eat this fruit. Bear with it, sleep and the sky will soon be gone." will light up."
A Ze didn't answer, he was a little touched, and explained: "I'm not going hunting, I'm going to my brother's house to borrow some food."
"Your brother?"
"Yeah." Aze remembered that he hadn't told Chen Qi about his family, so he explained it again, even telling the whole thing about his brother's partner's pregnancy without any concealment.
Chen Qi nodded after listening, "Then you go, be careful on the road."
"Well, I'll be back soon." Ze repeated before leaving.
After A Ze left, Chen Qi walked around the room, but found nothing special. Those pots and plates were solidly made, but the shapes were not aesthetically pleasing at all. He went back to the fire, looked at the The jumping flames always feel a little flustered. I have seen the news about burning charcoal fires in the room and being sent to the hospital due to carbon monoxide poisoning. After thinking about it, I picked two thicker firewood, walked to the door curtain, raised half of the gap, and fixed the position with firewood, and then I felt a little relieved.
When Aze went out, he picked two pieces of the best animal skins, both of which were soft and warm, suitable for children to wear. Originally, he planned to hunt a snow bear's skin for his brother's newborn child, but because Chen Qi had been in a coma during Chuxue, he couldn't look for the snow bear to take care of Chen Qi.
Aze's home is only a few minutes away from the tribe. Of course, this is calculated based on the speed of female children. Now there are many vacant houses in the tribe. Three years later, there are many collapsed houses that have not been repaired. My younger brother still lives in the village. His father used to be in the house in the center of the tribe.
"Carlo." Aze stood in front of the door and shouted. He felt that he was an ominous person, and he never took the initiative to enter his brother's house. Of course, his brother Carlo didn't care about these things. gas.
A thin man with a little baby fat on his face lifted the animal skin curtain and walked out, "Brother?"
Carlo had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he became a partner with Ake not long after he was an adult. Two years later, there is still a little childishness in his eyebrows and eyes. Seeing Aze standing outside the door, he habitually picked He raised his eyebrows, "Where have you been these few days? Ake said that he couldn't find anyone to hunt for you. I thought you would never come back."
Knowing that he disappeared for a few days without telling the other party, his younger brother was angry, so he handed over the two animal skins in his hand, "Sorry, I wanted to hunt a furry snow bear skin."
Carlo shook the two animal skins in his hand, "This one doesn't look like a snow bear."
Aze pursed his lips, and whispered hesitantly: "I met a male."
Carlo stopped moving, "Did you take him back to the tribe? Or did you send him back to his tribe? Have you told him about you? My dear brother, even if no male son is willing to choose you, I will always follow you You are together, Ake and I have considered it, if our second child is a female, I will give it to you to raise, so... "
Seeing Carlo's hesitant to speak after a crackling question, Aze patted Carlo's thin shoulder with emotion. Even if Carlo didn't say anything, Aze knew that the other party chose to stay in this already In a dilapidated tribe, the other party formed a partner as soon as he reached adulthood, all because of himself, his elder brother who was rejected by the tribe, had no pregnancy marks, and was abandoned by the beast god.
"Chen Qi is different from other males. He knows about me and came back with me voluntarily."
"Did he voluntarily go back to the tribe with you or was he willing to stay with you?"
Aze didn't answer this question, "We came back too late today, and we don't have time to go hunting. I'll ask you to borrow some food."
The thick animal skin curtain was opened again, and a tall figure came out carrying a small antelope. The female's hearing was very good. Ake had already heard the conversation between the two inside. He handed the small antelope to Aze, "No Borrow, take it."
Carlo returned to the house in silence, and Aze thought that the other party was still thinking about the past and was angry, so he smiled at Ake a little embarrassedly.
Ake knew Carlo well, the partner who had grown up with him, and comforted Aze, saying, "He was so angry that he couldn't find you for a few days. He thought you would never come back, so he almost ignored you." I ran out of the tribe, and I told him that when the first snow arrived, you might go hunting snow bears to appease him."
"Sorry, next time if I leave for too long, I will tell you."
Ake nodded, at this time Carlo came out of the house again, holding a piece of animal skin in his arms, which was wrapped with brightly colored red berries. "Xiongzi likes this thing. Ake picked it this morning. You can take some back." After a pause, he added ferociously, "If that Xiongzi goes too far, you must drive him out of the house, understand."
"Chen Qi is different from other males."
Carlo was angry, his brother was really not an ordinary elm head, he stuffed the animal skin into Aze's arms, snorted heavily, and pulled Ake back to the house. Ake shrugged helplessly, gave Aze a sympathetic look, followed Carlo's footsteps and disappeared behind the curtain.
Aze smiled helplessly holding a pile of food, turned and left the tribe, Chen Qi was still hungry, he had to go back quickly.