In the Damon tribe, a place where patriarchy is supreme, strength means everything. In the tribe, the highest-status people, besides the chiefs, wizards and elders, are hunters. The tribe's safety is ensured. The livestock and farmland are the responsibility of tribal warriors.
Their status is second only to hunters. They are responsible for protecting the safety of tribal population and property. Of course, the best tribal warriors have the opportunity to become hunters. However, once a tribal war breaks out, it is not the hunters who are asked to rush to the front, but
Tribal warriors, because hunters can get food for the tribe, but warriors cannot do this well. The status of hunters and warriors is self-evident.
In addition, the tribe also stipulates that hunters can marry three wives, which also reflects the supreme significance of the food law. Even if it is allowed, a warrior will not be foolish enough to marry ten wives, and not so many people will be foolish enough to marry
A warrior, because you simply cannot afford to feed them. The regulations of this system are a bit like the laws of nature. The strongest males can have more females to pass on stronger genes. Just like Zhou Jiping’s wedding night
The giant Rahn who arrived was tall, but he couldn't get a wife because he had trouble keeping himself fed.
Dinner is ready. According to the tribal hierarchy rules, people start to eat.
This is a distribution system dominated by men - chiefs, wizards, elders and their families take the lead in taking the food, and then each hunting team keeps enough for their own family, and the rest is given to tribal warriors and
Their family members are more carefully distributed among the tribal warriors (all men in the tribe are warriors, but warriors are also subdivided into several levels, such as those who protect the tribe are the highest, those who herd livestock are second, and those who are the lowest are those who guard the cultivated land)
), in short, the weaker the strength, the less the contribution to the tribe, the worse the food distributed, and the less. The most pitiful people are people like Larn, who have nothing and can only be like the skinny dogs of the tribe.
, barely alive
Now, Zhou Jiping is fully aware of the management system of the Dameng tribe. The tribal hierarchy is determined by strength, in order: chief, wizard, elder, hunting captain, hunter, warrior, herder, women and children are the lowest (of course, women are different from men)
and children, their status is also different) The main management work of the tribe is controlled by the chiefs, elders, hunting captains and their families
Today’s dinner was quite good, at least judging from the wooden bowl in Zhou Jiping’s hand. It had both meat and vegetables, as well as fish and meat. It was a good life. Currently, Zhou Jiping’s status is as the son-in-law of the chief, and he is in the pyramid of this tribe.
The top is equivalent to a white-collar worker, but he does not retain this noble consciousness.
While enjoying the meal happily, several hunters in the hunting team made a noise, and then someone raised their voices and sang. At first, one person sang, with a somewhat hoarse voice, and then several people responded with a low throat voice, speaking or singing,
Accompanied by Damon's unique shouts and shouts, the rhythm is very strong, and you can still hear the charm of the drums even without the accompaniment of drums.
Listening to this exotic rhythm and eating original food, Zhou Jiping was in a good mood. He couldn't help but twist his body to the rhythm and hum softly.
"Don't sing. Only the hunter can decide who will sing during the meal. No one else can sing." Yilin stopped her immediately when she saw this, and then added, "They are congratulating Duka on his wedding tomorrow."
Oh? Whatever it’s called, it doesn’t matter! Zhou Jiping was a little angry. When he was eating and singing in the army, there were no such rules. As soon as he stopped talking, he saw Reya coming over with something. It turned out that Zhou Jiping was thrown into the meat.
The animal skin insoles from the field were sent back.
"#￥；#￥%...%" Reya said with a smile, as if it was not Zhou Jiping who caused trouble just now, but Zhou Jiping saved her, and his gratitude was beyond words.
"She said thank you" Reya left, Yilin translated
Now Zhou Jiping is still very careful not to eat too much, and only eats seven to eight cents of each meal. Looking at the soles brought by Reya, Zhou Jiping thought of his unfinished straw sandals and thought, while the bonfire is still there
It's burning, finish it as soon as possible, and you can wear it tomorrow. By the way, there are only four bonfires burning in the square at night, and people outside the square can only eat in semi-darkness.
After putting down his job and saying hello to Yilin, Zhou Jiping walked back to his and Yilin's thatched cottage, took two pairs of straw sandals and returned to the square. After pondering for a while under the light of the bonfire, Zhou Jiping still felt that the rubber soles were thrown away.
What a pity. After all, this is a serious industrial product, and the quality is more guaranteed than animal skins.
I stuffed the soles made of animal skins into my shoes and tried them on. They felt OK. However, the animal skins are relatively thin and may hurt when encountering hard objects. I tried to replace them with rubber soles. They felt much more comfortable...
Zhou Jiping was packing his shoes next to the bonfire, but he didn't realize that the surroundings had quieted down. The hunters and their families in the square stopped eating and watched Zhou Jiping's every move until Yilin gently pulled
After pulling Zhou Jiping, he noticed the strange behavior of the people around him
"It's nothing!" Zhou Jiping thought to himself, but he also remembered: no one in the entire tribe was wearing shoes since the time of the chief. When he first came to the tribe, many people's eyes were focused on his shoes.
Looking at the curious expressions of the tribesmen, Zhou Jiping knew that people were curious about shoes made from grass, but there seemed to be other meanings in their eyes, which Zhou Jiping could not guess.
It felt really unpleasant to be stared at by a large group of people, but no one said anything. Zhou Jiping glanced back and forth a few times with a guilty conscience, and saw the chief in the wooden shed stretching his neck and looking at him, thinking.
Suddenly, the plan comes to mind - show some respect to this cheap father-in-law
He called Yilin and told her his thoughts. Yilin looked surprised at first, and then nodded repeatedly with a smile. Zhou Jiping knew that his goal was achieved, and of course he did not forget to give Yilin a pair of flattery. It was Zhou Jiping
Zhou Jiping has just discovered this behavior that he has looked down on since he was a child. In fact, this skill is self-taught. The key is whether you are forced to a point of no return.
Two newly married young people walked side by side to the wooden shed with a pair of straw sandals, and presented the straw sandals to the chief under the watchful eyes of everyone. This made the chief feel bright and bright. Seeing the chief smiling from ear to ear,
Zhou Jiping suppressed his nausea and did something he didn't even believe he could do - put the chief's shoes on with his own hands.
I just want to escape smoothly - Zhou Jiping comforted himself in his heart