Lord Highlander

   Chapter 269 268. Misunderstanding

  After dividing the wolf meat, the old village chief found Surdak who had treated the wolf head with quicklime and was about to sit down and rest for a while.

He took out an oily rag and wiped his hands. The sticky wolf blood was difficult to wipe off, so he simply threw the rag aside, sat across from Suldak and said, "You are so generous, take the wolf fang A dagger was given as a gift, and each of these children who participated in the coming-of-age ceremony was actually given a dagger..."

Suldak was sitting and resting under the shade of a chestnut tree by the side of the valley. Two older children came running over with a wooden basin full of water, and he also put his hand in it without any politeness. In the basin, I washed my face happily. Hearing the old village head's complaints, he raised his head and smiled, and waved to the two older children standing beside him. The older children seemed to have done something amazing. With a cheer, he poured the red blood in the tub into the drain on the edge of the valley, and happily left with the tub in his hand.

  The corners of the old village chief's eyes twitched, thinking that he had such a high prestige in Wall Village, and someone would take the initiative to fetch water for him to wash his hands. The charm of a mace dagger is really great enough.

Surdak smiled and said to the old village chief: "I just want them to have a better way to protect themselves. These children don't know how dangerous it is outside. Before being beaten in the cruel environment outside , You should try to arm yourself as much as possible."

The old village head pointed to a group of girls surrounded by a group of village women, stared at Suerdak seriously and asked: "What do those girls say? They don't need to serve in the army or go to the battlefield. The dagger was given to them?"

Seeing the questioning tone in the old village chief's tone, Suldak was a little confused. The old village chief is not such a harsh person, so he said to the old village chief according to his own thoughts: "Such things as gift giving, Everyone must be equal, and gender discrimination must not be allowed. Anyway, I am not going to sell these fangs. You see, if there are leftover fangs, you can also ask someone to make a fang dagger. It will be okay next year. Treat it as a gift and distribute it to the children who participated in the coming-of-age ceremony!"

   After speaking, Suerdak took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it to the old village head.

After the old village chief opened it, he found that there were dozens of sand wolf fangs inside. He glanced at the village women gathered in the valley field, patted Surdak on the shoulder, and said to him: " But the family members of those girls think that you must have taken a fancy to their daughters, that this is a dowry gift from you, and that you will offer to marry their daughters after the coming-of-age ceremony..."

  Suldak was just about to take a sip of water, when he heard what the old village chief said, he was so frightened that he even dropped the wooden water cup to the ground.

   "How is it possible? These children are only sixteen years old, and they are still underage, not to mention... I still have a wife! Do you... think there is something wrong with my aesthetics?" Suldak quickly defended.

  He didn't expect that the gift he gave would be misunderstood. This matter really needs to be clarified. It's no wonder that after I sent out so many spiked daggers, the eyes looking at him from all around were a little strange. It turned out that the biggest reason was here.

   "Really have no idea?" The old village chief looked into Suerdak's eyes and reconfirmed.

   "It's absolutely true!" Suldak felt that if he didn't explain clearly, he might be kicked out by old Sheila at night.

Seeing that Suldak was so eager to defend himself, the old village chief decided that what Suldak said should be the truth, nodded in satisfaction, and comforted the shocked Suldak: "Well, I will deal with this matter." Help you explain."

  He stood up and took two steps outside, then stopped and turned to Suldak and said:

   "But you must remember this time. Some gifts have completely different meanings in the eyes of men and women. It's perfectly fine for you to give a dagger to a boy. Is there any boy who doesn't like daggers?"

  His eyes swept to the outside of the valley. The boys who were sharpening the handle of the dagger under the oak tree showed kindness in their eyes, watching them grow up day by day. These big children are the future hope of Wall Village.

  Then the old village chief said to Suldak very sincerely: "But if you give girls daggers, people will mistakenly think that you are going to propose to them, and giving them daggers is to protect your chastity before marriage."

  Suldak coughed for a while: "Ahem..."

  He thought in his heart: I am afraid that in the future, you must ask the old village chief or old Sheila more about giving things away!

Suldak took a peek at the strange eyes looking at him around him. He felt that there were a group of people who wanted to watch the excitement and were not afraid of big troubles. He couldn't stay in the valley any longer. , Waiting for the old village chief to explain clearly to himself when he turns around, everyone will stop looking at him like this.

Thinking of this, he touched his forehead with some headaches, and looked at the sun that was almost setting, thinking that after traveling back and forth for so many days, the sour smell all over his body was really unbearable, so he wanted to take the time to go home and take a shower. bath.

The old village head gave Suerdak most of the valuable things from hunting sand wolves, and the village only shared some sand wolf meat. They were made into bone daggers and given to the young people in the village who participated in the coming-of-age ceremony, and the remaining spikes could be kept until next year.

Seeing the tall figure of Suldak leaving the valley, the village chief straightened his waist, stood on the high platform, and shouted loudly to the village women gathered together: "Everyone listen to me, these wolves The toothed daggers are distributed by the village to the children participating in the coming-of-age ceremony, regardless of gender, each of them has one..."

The words of the old village chief are almost equivalent to decrees in Wall Village. Over the years, the villagers of Wall Village have become accustomed to the loud voice of the old village chief. After hearing the old village chief's explanation, the strong village women shook The plump buttocks disappeared one after another, and those girls who got the spikes and were surrounded by the village women were able to get away. They happily ran to the tree where the boys were staying, asking them for help, and also gave their own spikes. A comfortable grip.

  The smell of meat in the large cooking pot has already come out, and there are some oily flowers floating in the tumbling soup pot.

The leader of the caravan arrived as promised the day before yesterday, and the old village head sold half a bag of sulfur mines to the caravan. All the proceeds from the sale of sulfur mines were exchanged for wheat flour, salt, salted fish, ham and some spices that only urbanites would use. The leader of the caravan also suggested that the old village chief buy some fruit tree seedlings next spring and plant them on both sides of the valley in Wall Village.

  The old village head asked Selena to go to the warehouse to get a bag of wheat flour, and then bake some wheat cakes. Then, the minced wolf meat can be sandwiched in the scones.

Selina was standing beside the big cooking pot, holding a long spatula in her hand, looking at Suldak's back through the lingering heat. The old village chief called her several times before she responded. Said: "...Okay, I'll go now!"

  (end of this chapter)