Three days later, the grand gathering that the young natives in the tribe were looking forward to began.
The weather in early winter brought a chill that was completely different from other seasons. Meng Sheng thickened the animal hide, and when he and Qiu Juan rushed to the food distribution ground, they found that there was a thin layer of dead wood and grass leaves on the road. of frost.
Even so, when the two arrived at the food distribution field, quite a few people had already gathered above.
Today's food distribution area was cleaned very quickly. The surrounding weeds, mountains and rocks were moved at least two meters away. The entire food distribution area looked much bigger. A pit was dug in the middle of the food distribution area, and a The bonfire shelf, the raging fire burned more than half the height of a person.
Meng Sheng's hands were almost frozen, so he hurriedly pulled Qiu Juan over to warm his hands.
"Why did you two come here? Neither of you participated in the ceremony of raising the fire." Tang Dun was adding firewood to the fire pit with his back on his back.
"Must attend?"
"That's not true, I just heard that if you participate, you will win a lottery, and the person you like will also like you."
Meng Sheng didn't feel the slightest regret when he heard it, but happily hooked the shoulder of the person beside him: "I like me if I don't get angry, don't you think so, Qiu Juan?"
Qiu Juan shook his head to himself, neither refuted nor admitted: "You warm up here, I'll see if I can help."
After speaking, the person left, Tang Dun looked at Meng Sheng and sneered, "Qiu Juan doesn't even want to talk to you."
"He's just shy."
"You have a thick skin!"
The two didn't say a few words, Tang Yu came over, glared at Meng Sheng, and scolded Tang Dun, "Why are you still dawdling here, hurry up and get ready to go out."
Tang Dun was a little impatient: "I know!"
The two brothers went in one direction of the food distribution field: "Why are you messing with Meng Sheng now?"
"What's the matter, it's just a few words."
"He is our competitor, so be careful, you, a cunning man like Meng Sheng, I won't make you miserable."
Tang Dun suddenly became angry: "Brother, he saved me before, please don't think of him as bad! If you want to keep an eye on Kong Jia, he is so popular now."
"Didn't you give a sheep as a thank you? As for Kong Jia..." Tang Yu said in a weaker tone: "We will be a family with Kong Jia from now on."
"Family?" Tang Dun's eyes widened suddenly, and he vaguely remembered the casual conversation when they were eating in Mengsheng Cave. He took Tang Yu's arm and said, "A Tong and Kong Jia..."
Tang Yu couldn't tell whether he was in a good mood or a bad mood, so he sighed lightly, as acquiescence.
"Taking this opportunity today, the two should announce their partnership for life."
Tang Dun was overwhelmed by these words for a while: "When did you know, why didn't you tell me?"
"I just found out, didn't I tell you this! Anyway, don't be surprised when the time comes, and mess things up. It's a genius if A Tong doesn't make trouble when he goes back."
"Aren't they too fast?"
Tang Yu was agitated for a while: "Hurry up, hurry up, I listened to my father and mother, they have been interested for a long time!"
Tang Dun closed his mouth, combined with the fact that Qiu Juan and Kong Jia separated, he secretly felt that A Tong might have done something wrong.
"Don't look at me like that. You just need to know some things in your mind. Don't confront Kong Jia in the future. We are a family after all." Facing his younger brother's complex expression, he hurriedly confessed, then turned and left.
He is like a bright mirror in his heart. The Tang family cavemen have always been respectable, but something dishonorable has happened in private. Even if others don't know, he always has a fishbone in his heart. He can't get up or down. make him uncomfortable.
The people in the tribe quickly gathered together. After counting the young people of the right age in the tribe, the chief let the males set off, while the females and subfemale stayed in the feeding ground. Meng Sheng still went out with Zhong Yang.
In fact, the grand event is mainly held at night. During the day, the males go out to hunt and bring back the harvest of the day as food for the evening. However, in order to facilitate the preparation of food earlier by the subfemale and females who stay in the feeding ground, the males must pay close attention. Time, we have to go back sometime in the afternoon.
"I heard from my father that he used to weave a wreath for his mother on the way out to hunt during a grand meeting, and her mother agreed to his pursuit. What do you plan to get for Qiu Juan?"
Hunting in the wild animal forest is not allowed today. The two males went to a wide area to catch some small things. The terrain was open and the weather was cold. To pass the time, the two chatted and looked for prey.
"Qiu Juan likes orchids, I've spotted a few of them, and I'll dig them up for him later."
"It's easy to do if he likes it. But if you are lucky enough to catch a flower-tailed fox, that fox's fur is very beautiful. There are snow white and red ones. It doesn't grow a bastard of any other color." It is very warm, and both subfemale and female will like it very much. Obtaining a male flower-tailed fox is the supreme glory of subfemale and female, and it also represents the most sincere love."
Meng Sheng frowned: "Why didn't you tell me earlier that there is still such a custom."
"I just heard about it. That thing only appears in the early winter season. It's useless to tell you earlier. Moreover, the flower-tailed fox is very cunning, and it is much more difficult to deal with than the rabbit. The rabbit just runs on the ground. It But you have to jump up and down." Zhong Yang patted Meng Sheng's shoulder: "You don't have to be discouraged, you and Qiu Juan have such a good relationship, you don't need these to prove it."
Meng Sheng lowered his eyes and brought up an ugly smile: "Although Qiu Juan and I are already together, he doesn't seem to want to form a lifelong partner with me, and I don't know what he is thinking. What, if there is a way to make our relationship stronger, of course I would be interested."
"Hey, this is not like you anymore!" Zhong Yang said in relief, "Don't worry, there is no male better than you in the tribe. Qiu Juan is so smart, he won't be too hard on not being with you."
"Hey, hey! There's something there!" The male suddenly raised his voice, then jumped into the grass with heavy steps, and chased after the dark prey.
Meng Sheng followed for two steps, and the man ran farther and farther. He simply stopped catching up, and leaned on a branch thicker than his waist, watching Zhong Yang go hunting like a merry-go-round.
When he came out this trip, he didn't intend to hunt many things. After hanging around with Zhong Yang for two hours, he hunted the prey he could afford and went to dig orchids for Qiu Juan.
When they got to the edge of the cliff, the two males were surprised to find that there were more males on the edge of the cliff than hunting grounds.
Several males are climbing on the cliff and picking flower vines, probably preparing for their favorite objects.
"Hey, you two are here too! Hurry up, otherwise the flowers will be picked by Mo."
In this season, there were no flowers blooming on Linziping, only some on the cliff. Meng Sheng looked at the male named Mo, and had already picked a large bouquet of flowers.
"Who do you want to give it to? Pick so many?"
"Let's see which females and subfemale are good in the food distribution field later, and give them away. The grand event does not require only one person to be given away."
Zhong Yang let out a piss: "You're a bit of a fool!"
"Zhongyang, what you said is wrong. Do you think that the males in our tribe are as powerful as you and Meng Sheng? We don't send more things out, so it's so easy to meet females who also like us or Ya female."
Meng Sheng lowered his head and laughed, then pulled a vine and slid to the bottom of the cliff: "Be careful yourself, I won't compete with you for the blooming flowers, I will pick two orchids."
The male cheered: "Meng Sheng, that's really interesting!"
After pulling three or four orchids, he returned to the cliff and saw that Zhong Yang was still bragging to the males: "Aren't you going to order?"
"I don't know who to give it to."
"Give it to whoever looks good."
Zhong Yang rolled his eyelids: "I didn't expect you to be such a superficial male."
Meng Sheng smiled: "It's better to prepare some, just in case you meet someone who suits your eyes."
"I've prepared it a long time ago. It's a stone ornament."
"Okay, you brat." Meng Sheng raised his foot and kicked Zhong Yang's calf. The two dragged their prey and chased back.
The two returned to the food distribution area, which was different from when they went out in the morning. There were already a lot of flat stone slabs on it, probably for the convenience of putting food in the evening.
Not only that, the older generation in the tribe has also come one after another. They only come to eat food and watch performances, and to see if there are any indigenous people in the tribe that satisfy them. At that time, they can ask their sons or daughters to express Good impression.
After Meng Sheng handed over the prey to the females who were in charge of dinner, he found a corner to rest. This grand event seemed to have a strong meaning of blind date.
I don't know if it was because I mentioned the problem with Qiu Juan before, or because I didn't meet the flower-tailed fox that Zhong Yang mentioned after wandering around for a long time. In such a lively environment, he was a little bit lacking in interest.
I wanted to talk to Qiu Juan for a while, but seeing Ya Nu busy preparing dinner and chatting happily with his friends, he didn't have much to do to join in the fun.
With his hands resting on the back of his head, he leaned against the rock and looked at the gray sky, feeling bored, he even hoped that the time would pass faster, the event would end, and then go back hand in hand with Qiu Juan.
Just as he was thinking about it, a thin voice suddenly sounded in his ears. He came back to his senses, turned his head and looked at a very thin female standing beside him at some point.
He quickly stood up straight, and found that the female was a little short, almost reaching his chest, looking up at him, with very big eyes, a very juicy female, which he had never seen before.
The female opened her red lips slightly, and she should have called him more than once.
"You have something to do with me?"
"Hmm." The female nodded, and then said nervously, "Can I ask you something?"
Meng Sheng looked at the little girl who was silent, and asked patiently, "What's the matter?"
The female took out a string of animal tooth necklaces from behind, tiptoed slightly and handed them to him: "Can you hand this over to Zhongyang for me?"
At the mention of this name, the female was obviously embarrassed, she lowered her eyes, her curled eyelashes were unobstructed, and her face blushed involuntarily.
Meng Sheng held the snow-white animal teeth in his hand. He was surprised that such a delicate and small girl liked rough guys like Zhong Yang, but the girl kindly asked him, and Zhong Yang was his good brother, so he had no reason not to be beautiful.
"Okay, I will definitely hand it over to Brother Zhongyang for you!"
The female blushed a little more because of this sentence: "Thank you."
"By the way, you have to tell me your name, otherwise how would he know who gave it to you?"
The female quickly waved her hand: "No, he doesn't need to know my name."
Before Meng Sheng could say anything, the female nodded to him and thanked him again, then turned and ran away.
"Hey!" Meng Sheng wanted to stop him, but he didn't expect that he was not tall, but he ran very fast. He shook his head helplessly, just like Zhong Yang's wooden brain, and this little girl has such a shy personality. It is impossible.
He put the necklace away, hooked his lips and smiled, and went to the cave to find Zhongyang.
Yafe, who was cleaning her prey in the distance, took a long look at the smiling male, paused her movements, and her bright eyes suddenly darkened a little.
"Qiu Juan, what are you doing, wash up quickly, the water in the stone pot is boiling, and it's time to cook the food."
"Well, it will be fine here soon."