When Lei Jin and Mingya came out of their house, the snow on the grassland had not yet melted, and they were still wearing thick winter clothes. The further south they went, the hotter the weather, and they took off all the way. When flying out of the range of the grassland, he had already changed into summer cotton thin clothes.
The weather in the past two days was very bad, the wind and the rain came and went, the group hurried on the road, and there was very little time to rest on the road. The head of the Feiyu tribe saw that everyone was a bit overwhelmed. It was still dark, and they found a clean water source. Just let everyone stop. This is a border area between grassland and forest. Meals are in order.
Lei Jin was helping to sort the herbs in the patriarch's tent, and saw Mingya and the Feiyu tribe returning with prey on their backs.
Seeing Lei Jin, Mingya grinned, waved her hand, and went to the river to clean the prey with the others.
"What a lovely child." Nan Xin, the patriarch of the Feiyu tribe, was older than Ansen and the others, and always treated Lei Jin and Mingya like children.
"His son is cuter." Thinking of children, Lei Jin's face is much softer. On the day of leaving, he was afraid of children crying, so he left quietly while they were asleep. I don't know if they will make trouble when they wake up, but There are so many people in the family to take care of, so there should be nothing to worry about.
The whole family gathers together, eats, drinks, grows the land, hunts, and plays with the children. He does not deny that the days are warm and peaceful enough, but for him, there is nothing to do, and he is detained in one place for a long time. Bored, people still have to go out for a walk often, to relax, gain knowledge, and find a lot of good things, just like now, I picked carrot and tomato seeds on the road, and a kind of oily fruit, Rub it on your hands to prevent chapping.
Nan Xin lived in Lei Jin's house last year, knew every child in his family, and admired Lei Jin's bright personality, so he was not surprised to hear Lei Jin's unceremonious praise of his children at this moment, and quite agreed with it Nodding his head, he admitted that those little fellows were fat and vain. Although they were a bit mischievous, they were not annoying at all.
"The grapefruit and the orange are two ghostly spirits. I haven't been able to tell who is who until now."
"The two of them just deserve a beating." The combined age of the two is more than seven years old, and they like to play the game of swapping identities. I'm afraid that their future partners will not be able to tell the difference.
"Grapes are pretty good." Sitting on Lei Jin's right hand, Chao Yu added in a low voice, pursing his lips.
Lei Jin was very familiar with him, so he freed his hand to pat his forehead, and said with a smile: "Little brat, don't think about my son."
Chao Yu puffed out his cheeks unwillingly, but he didn't dare to resist when he thought that he was Putao's Ahmao. He secretly murmured in his heart: The female uncles in the tribe are very gentle, why is Putao Ahmao so violent? Fortunately, Putao's temper is not like he.
Another poor kid who was blinded by Putao's cute appearance.
Seeing the two of them laughing, Nan Xin didn't stop him. Chao Yu was good at everything, smart and sensible, and quick to learn medical skills, but he lost his parents since he was a child. Love teasing him, this child looks much more cheerful than before, he will laugh when he is happy, and stare when he is unhappy.
"Patriarch, Lei Jin, it's time to eat." Someone outside came in and said.
"Let's go, let's eat. I've been hungry for a long time." Nan Xin greeted Lei Jin and took Chao Yu's hand.
Except for Lei Jin, all the people in this group were orcs. At first they agreed to Lei Jin to join the team. First, the patriarch agreed, and they couldn't object. Second, it was because they knew that Lei Jin's partner would be the future patriarch of the Leopard Clan. It took a while to save face, but after seeing the young Ming Ya was very brave in hunting, and Lei Jin's temperament was not as weak and troublesome as ordinary females, so he really accepted them.
Lei Jin could also feel the change in their attitudes. At first they were only polite, but now they are close.
"Lei Jin, come to eat the roasted pork skin. It just came out and it's crispy." The pork skin was roasted red and shiny, and a member of the Feiyu tribe handed over a large piece.
Lei Jin took it over with a smile, pulled a straw mat to sit down, and joined the talking crowd. The weather is hot and humid recently, and the people in charge of cooking from the Feiyu tribe always add a lot of peppers and lemons to the food, which is sour and spicy. What a torture to the stomach. Others could accept it, so Lei Jin endured it.
Seeing that he didn't eat much, Mingya returned to their tent and, like magic, brought out a large bowl of fish soup.
"How do you do this?" The Feiyu tribe has a dedicated cook, and Lei Jin and Mingya don't want to start a small stove and cause trouble for others, so they just follow what they eat.
"I caught some small fish, cut them open, added water and put them in a bowl, and then threw clean red-hot pebbles into it to make fish soup."
"Ming Ya is really getting smarter and smarter." Lei Jin rewarded him with a big kiss on the forehead, and Ming Ya drank it one by one. The fish soup had a very special mellow and delicious fragrance, because the stone at the bottom of the bowl was very hot. , The soup has never been cold, and the warmth in the stomach is very appropriate after drinking it.
"I went out to watch the night." The people of the Feiyu tribe sprinkled mosquito-repelling herbs around the campsite, and arranged people to take turns to watch the night. Mingya was in the first half of the night. It's stupid to get started." Lei Jin sat on the animal skin and helped Ming Ya straighten the messy skirt.
"En," Mingya hugged him, turned around and went out to press down the entrance of the tent, shook his arms, and took a deep breath of the hot air. He was very happy that Lei Jin chose to take him out this time.
Continuing to go south, there is a large jungle, which is sweltering and hot, like a steamer, and the leaves are dripping when it doesn’t rain. There is a small village in the depths of the jungle, where more than a dozen families live. People of the Feiyu tribe are familiar with it, and they often replenish their supplies here. Lei Jin and Mingya, who are relatively leisurely, followed the people in the village, smeared red paint on their faces and arms, went to the swamp to catch crocodiles, and learned to hunt blue poisonous animals. Frog, this kind of poisonous frog can paralyze a prey as big as an elephant with just a little bit, but the prey is eaten, and there is nothing wrong with it. They also learned to plant umbrella trees. Umbrella-like things can grow at night, and three or four people can take shelter from the rain. It is very magical. There is also a kind of mushroom that is overripe, more than two meters above the ground, and the umbrella cover on it can be used to hold children. The outside is tough, and the teeth of beasts can't pierce it, and the inside is breathable and dry. People in the village put their children in this mushroom when they go out. Lei Jin really wants to take two of them back, but it's a pity that they are too big.
Passing through this jungle, walking all the way, we entered the plateau area. The sky gradually became cooler, and the air was a bit autumnal. A series of tall mountains ran from north to south, with desert stretching to the east and sparse grassland to the west. It is not inhabited, and large areas of gravel can be seen everywhere, some of which are carved with strange patterns.
In the fifth month, they reached the southernmost tip of the continent. It was already a winter scene, surrounded by the sea on three sides, and there were a lot of floating ice on the sea level, but it was not as ice as Lei Jin thought. In a world covered by layers, many rivers and tall mountains originate and rush to the sea. The trees on the land are also tall and tall, and there are many kinds of animals and plants. It's just that the sky is always gray, but this does not affect the vision of the orcs. Materials that can be used as medicine can be found on the cliffs, in the sea, and on the beach, and Ming Ya brought Lei Jin to hunt for a lot of extremely warm leather materials.
The return journey was relatively fast. Although they could also collect herbs, they had already figured out the approximate location earlier, and it didn't take long. Even so, by the time they returned to the Leopard tribe, it was already autumn, Fei Yu The people of the ethnic group made a short stay here, continued to go north, and went home.
The children hadn't seen Lei Jin for nearly half a year, and they thought it would be impossible, and they hugged their arms and legs as soon as they met.
Seeing Lei Jin coming back this time, Xi Ya and Mo Ya saw that Lei Jin was thinner, but his brows and eyes were clear, and his bones were full of wanton comfort. They knew in their hearts that he was really bored in those days. Lei Jin was not the kind of childbearing at home. They don't want to keep him around the female around the pot, as long as Lei Jin likes it, there are three of them guarding him anyway, so let him torment.
During the month of sacrifice this year, Anbu insisted that Xi Ya became the new patriarch of the Leopard Clan.
Roger made something called a blowing tube, using the poisonous frog juice brought back by Lei Jin and Mingya. When encountering large and ferocious beasts, he can ambush them at a distance, avoiding face-to-face encounters Fighting, the number of orcs hunting casualties has decreased.
In the next two years, Lei Jin went out with the Feiyu Clan one after another many times, sometimes accompanied by Ming Ya, sometimes Mo Ya, and Xi Ya couldn't go away because he was the head of the clan.
Many places in the Eastern Continent have left their footprints, because Lei Jin can bring back a lot of useful things every time he goes out. Later, orcs from the tribe joined in one after another, and the team grew imperceptibly, so Lei Jin finally became the boss again. Continue to live a happy life with countless younger brothers and beauties hugging from left to right.
Time has entered the tenth year. Lei Jin left home in summer and came back in winter. This time Mo Ya was by his side. When he first entered the tribe, he heard the orc on duty say that Xi Ya was injured. Jump, Xi Ya is the patriarch, and he needs to be the first in everything. He has always been worried about this kind of thing happening.
"Xiya." Lei Jin jumped off Mo Ya's back and broke into the door.
"Daddy, Daddy," Putao called out.
"Are you back?" Xi Ya sat on the bed, waved to Lei Jin, and smiled. The nine-year-old Putao was changing his medicine.
"Where is the injury?" Lei Jin patted Putao's head and sat next to Xiya.
"It's nothing serious, just a paw on the abdomen." Xi Ya said lightly, holding Lei Jin's hand.
"Is it really all right?" Mo Ya was worried, she stepped forward to check.
"It's really fine. Don't take this medicine off for me." Xi Ya pretended to give him a helpless look, full of energy, "If you don't believe me, you can ask Putao." People's hearts are heavy, let him see the wound, and he should worry blindly.
"Yes, daddy, daddy's injury is almost healed." Received Xi Ya's signal, Putao immediately stepped forward and hugged Mo Ya's arm and said.
Mo Ya stopped her hands and smiled slightly, "That's good, what about Dad and those children?"
Xi Ya replied one by one.
Mo Ya simply put back the things she brought back, and then asked: "I'm going to cook, bro, Lei Jin, Putao, what do you want to eat?" " Xi Ya is not polite, who let him monopolize Lei Jin for so long.
"Okay, I'll do it, Lei Jin, you can take a rest with elder brother." Mo Ya smiled kindly.
"Father, I'll help you light the fire."
"Okay, come here."
Seeing their father and son leave hand in hand, Xi Ya no longer pretended to be strong, she leaned her head on Lei Jin's shoulder and hummed.
"What's wrong, it hurts?" Lei Jin raised his hand and gently rubbed his hair.
"Lei Jin, I don't want to be the patriarch anymore."
Lei Jin was slightly taken aback, and then asked: "What's wrong? What happened?" It was so serious that the patriarch didn't even want to do it.
"It's pointless to leave me alone at home after you've all gone out." Xi Ya grumbled.
What kind of reason is this, Lei Jin almost heard the sound of the blood vessels in his body bursting, and the man in his late thirties acted coquettishly, without any sense of disobedience, and he was not afraid of the child laughing to death when he saw it.
"Have you figured it out?"
Xi Ya buried herself in Lei Jin's shoulder, paused, and said, "Forget it, I was joking." He was not afraid of danger, but Lei Jin and the others were often not at home. When he came home and saw the empty room and bed, it was inevitable He will feel tired and lonely, but he is an older brother, and it is his responsibility to protect his family. He does not love the power of the patriarch, but he will never allow others to stand in his position and give orders to him, thereby hurting his family As soon as he thought of this, his eyes became firmer again.
"Let me think about this. You lie down and sleep first, and I'll wake you up for dinner later." Lei Jin held his head, leaned forward, and kissed his lips hard.
The room was very warm, Lei Jin saw that Xi Ya was gradually falling asleep, maybe there was a wound on her body, her brows were slightly frowned, her breathing was not steady, a vague thought came to her mind.
"Lei Jin, you mean you want to be the patriarch?" After dinner, Mingya was pinching walnuts for the children. Hearing Lei Jin's words, he suspected that he had heard wrongly. We can't blame him for being surprised, because he had never heard of it before. The female is the patriarch.
"Don't be kidding, you want to be, I don't want to give up my seat yet." Xi Ya frowned and refused, and handed Mo Ya the bowl of medicine she drank in her hand. He didn't know what Lei Jin was thinking, but it was just for him.
Mo Ya didn't make a sound, as if she was really thinking about the feasibility of this matter.
"Mo Ya, you don't agree with it, do you?"
"Maybe try."
"No." Let Lei Jin take the lead when going outside to hunt or something, isn't it sending him into danger
"Listen to me." Lei Jin was impatient to listen to their quarrel, and roared, even the apple that was stuffing something into his mouth stopped.
"After much deliberation, I'm the most suitable patriarch. The position of patriarch will not be lost. None of you will be restrained here and unable to go out." He had the same idea as Xi Ya, and he would never hand over the power in his hands Give way.
"What about you?" Xi Ya asked.
"Brother, you don't think that the orcs in the tribe will really let a female lead the hunting?" The elder brother was concerned but confused, and didn't think clearly about the key point.
"You mean, Patriarch, Lei Jin will be here, and we will take turns to take the hunt?"
"And we can do it too." The footsteps of several people came from outside the window, and Anson and Roger pushed the door open.
"Daddy, why are you here?" Mingya and Putao moved the stools for them.
Luo Jie was concerned about Xi Ya's injury, stepped forward to check it, and said, "Lei Jinggang mentioned this to me, and I think it's a good idea." In the past, females in the tribe were favored and relatively weak, but In recent years, the orcs have regularly hunted outside, and most of the work in the field is done by females. Now the food in each family accounts for almost half of the food, and the waists of those females are much straighter than before. If Lei Jin is at this time When it comes to being the patriarch, those females will definitely swarm their support.
Lei Jin is very popular. He helped everyone keep their homes in the first year. Later, he took everyone through the spring famine, divided the fields, opened water canals, brought back a lot of grain and vegetable seeds, refurbished them, and made friends with the surrounding tribes. …
"Huh? I don't know if you don't tell me. After you say that, I found that I have done a lot of good things. I originally thought that I would try my best to fight for what I can. If I can't, I will bring people to the door one by one to explain the truth. "As for the truth, it depends on the other party's cooperative attitude.
How could Roger not understand his thoughts, and secretly spit: "It really is a rascal."
Orcs all have a strong concept of being strong, Anson and the others are no exception, and besides, they are really nothing among orcs at their age. Although it may be dangerous to lead the tribe to the front, the feeling of being strong is something that every orc has. They want to have it, so they agree with Lei Jin's idea, when the children are out, there will still be them.
As expected, as Roger expected, the females in the tribe were overjoyed as soon as Lei Jin wanted to be the patriarch. Needless to say, the orcs who went out with Lei Jin, the old nature supported it, and others who kept Lei Jin's kindness in their hearts did not object. Protected by the two patriarchs, they weighed it up and did not dare to stand out rashly.
During the month of sacrifice this year, Lei Jin became the first female patriarch of the leopard clan in history.
In the patriarch’s succession ceremony, one of the items is that the priests in the tribe take the lead in applying grease and various paints on the new patriarch’s body. If the orcs are only allowed to wear a pair of shorts, it is to show that they are strong enough, and to show their sincerity to the gods , but Lei Jin is a female, and no one is embarrassed to strip him naked in the winter. The old priest made a compromise idea, let Lei Jin only wear a single suit during the ceremony, and the female is the head of the clan. Although she does not need to take the lead in hunting, But it can't be so weak that it will fall as soon as it is blown. This is the bottom line that everyone can accept.
Lei Jin thought it was nothing. Isn’t it just wearing thin clothes in the winter to show off? It won’t kill anyone, so he readily agreed, but he misjudged the enthusiasm of the people in the tribe. The original rule was that if you support the chief, you should go Daub, it’s fine if you don’t support it, he knows he can be the patriarch, and most of them must agree, but he didn’t expect so many people to come in front of the temple, he doubts, is there anyone who hasn’t come? Even Gano, who was at odds with him, mixed firewood ash into the lard, wiped his head and face, and went down humming a cheerful little tune.
Insisting on not letting Xi Ya and the others get close, Lei Jin clenched his fists and endured it for nearly three hours. Finally, nearly 4,000 people in the tribe, old and young, were touched one by one. , Xi Ya immediately rushed up and hugged him down, Lei Jin's lips were frozen purple, his whole body was almost frozen, Ming Ya had already prepared hot water at home, Mo Ya helped Lei Jin change his clothes, and rubbed his hands and feet to warm them up, Hold it in the tub.
Lei Jin's spirit is not very good, but the evening ceremony needs to be presided over by the new patriarch. He was busy until midnight, and he vomited out all the food he ate when he got home.
Putao looked at it repeatedly for a long time, with a strange expression on his face.
"Pao, what happened to your father?" Mo Ya asked.
"I haven't learned this yet, so I'm not sure. Let's invite my master over here." Putao scratched her head, no matter how you look at it, the pulse is...
Fortunately, Xi Ya didn't dare to pin all her hopes on a child, and had already gone to invite someone herself.
After Tian Qi participated in the ceremony, he sat down with the old priest for a meeting. As soon as he got home, Xi Ya pulled him over, and Chun Ji followed him.
After Tian Qi's pulse diagnosis, he looked at the anxious crowd and smiled without saying a word.
"Did it happen?" Lei Jin's expression was still calm. He had a little premonition, but he still couldn't believe it. Apple is more than four years old. In the past four years, the four of them have been together countless times without any problems. Will be pregnant again.
"It's been more than three months, and the pulse conditions are so different. If you don't expect it, you should have a female baby and an orc baby in your belly."
Lei Jin's eyes froze instantly, looking at the three people around the bed, he asked sharply, "Say, who did it this time?"
The three of them wiped off their cold sweat, took a step back in unison, and thought: You don't know, how could we know. But there was an uncontrollable smile of joy on the corner of his mouth, whoever's it was, after all, it was their child.
Yuzi and Chengzi leaned on the door frame from left to right, with only their heads exposed. Out of sight of everyone, the tips of their tails touched each other, silently conveying in their hearts that we will soon have two younger brothers.
Apple lay on the ground, stretched its paws, and suddenly realized what was going on. It jumped onto the bed with one step, its big head arched and arched on Lei Jin's belly, and cheered: "Dad, Dad, Am I going to be a brother too?"
The whole family secretly applauded Big Apple for its spirit of not being afraid of death and daring to dedicate itself.
Lei Jin was helpless, and stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his neck, pressing into his arms, and said softly: "Well, there are still five months left, don't make noise."
The news spread quickly, and many people felt that, well, the new patriarch was appointed as soon as he took office, and it was a good sign of prosperity.