Chapter 17 Black Dog (5)

As usual, the women brought them mugs full of mead so they could drink to their heart's content, but they were not allowed to see the Triumph Dance.They gathered around the grill under the starlight and talked in whispers.The men were all drunk and lying on the ground, and the two Hoa women planned to take the opportunity to escape.But the black dog stood in front of them, bared its fangs, and roared in a low voice, scaring them back to the village. A few women from the village came up to them from the drying rack, and they chatted together.The women of Flim and Hoa speak the same language, but the men do not.

"Where did this dog come from?" Yinfa's wife asked. "We didn't know," said the older Hoa woman. "When our men went out to raid, it appeared in front of them and started attacking your men. It happened again the second time. So our village The elders fed it with venison, live rabbits and puppies, and called it the spirit of victory. Today it attacked us in turn and brought you victory." "We can also feed the dog." Yinfa said said the wife.The women discussed for a while.Yu's aunt went back to the drying rack and removed a large piece of smoked venison.Yinfa's wife put some sauce on the meat.

Then Yu's aunt walked towards the black dog with the meat. "Here you go, dog," she said, throwing the meat on the floor.The black dog came up growling, picked up the piece of meat and began to tear it. "Good dog," said Yu's aunt.Then the women went back to their huts.Yu's aunt took the two captives to her hut and gave them sleeping mats and sheets.The next morning, Falim's warriors awoke with hangover headaches and tired bodies.They saw the children in a circle and heard the excited chirping of the children.what are they looking atIt was the stiff, horrific corpse of the black dog, through which more than a hundred harpoons had been pierced.

"The women did it," said the warriors. "Using poisoned meat and harpoons," Yu's aunt said. "We didn't advise you to do that," said the elders. "But we're done," Yinfa's wife said. After that, every one year or a few months, the Falim people will still raid Hoa, and the Hoa people will still raid Falim. They fight on the customary battlefield, and after a few people die in battle according to the usual practice, they will declare the original state. Fang Shengli returned triumphantly with the dead of his own tribe. As usual, the dead had to watch the triumphant dance. Everything was back on the right track, and everyone felt very satisfied.