Chapter 231 Horseback Riding
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Time flies, and it is the end of December in the blink of an eye.
With the efforts of hundreds of people getting up early and going to bed late, all 400 acres of farmland have been basically cleaned up.
The entire river beach is close to the foot of the mountain, with black land exposed, which looks neat and clean, completely different from the situation where weeds are connected to the sky. The crisscrossing ditches and ridges look like a familiar atmosphere from the farming era.
After all the weeds leading along the river to the entrance of the valley are burned, a large area of flat and empty river beach is exposed, and the situation at the entrance of the valley can be clearly seen at a glance. This unobstructed and transparent vision also makes everyone feel extremely happy.
It seems like it's time to build a road.
Not to mention the cultivation from the Ba tribe to the Wu tribe, at least from outside the valley entrance, it can also make people feel more at ease.
However, this matter has to be dragged on, at least it will take until all the farmlands are sown in the spring.
The mud bricks in the second phase of the courtyard have been built. We are stepping up cleaning up internal and external debris and leveling the floor walls of the courtyard rooms. We are preparing to use beams to cover the roof in a few days.
The two wells have been dug, and now the well walls are being built with ceramic bricks and can be completed in two or three days.
As soon as this phase of renovation project was completed, the two Ba families had spacious enough accommodation.
However, as the tribal population doubles, more and more animals are raised, and the third phase of the project also seems to need to be included in the agenda.
Only after the third phase of the project is completed will the construction and renovation of the entire Ba people's house be completely completed.
However, as the scale of farmland expands, in order to ensure stable grain production, irrigation and drainage ditches seem to not be ignored and must be completed as soon as possible.
So busy!
Xu Chen rode his beloved pony back and forth on the river beach, experiencing the feeling of speeding up in the cold wind, and at the same time sighing about the harvest of this year, busy and happy.
A group of children shouted and ran around, chasing the steps of the pony. The bark horn willow flute was blowing loudly, and a group of monkeys were also rolling and crawling with each other. The almost grown wild wolves were tied to the river beach and the mountains were also yelling at the sky, as excited and restless as the two ends were two.
The little witch was wearing a long linen dress with embroidered patterns, wrapped in a blue cloak and two braids standing on the river beach, watching Xu Chen, who was like a child, laughing back and forth, with a faint smile on her face, and her eyes fell on him, never moving them away at all.
This young man is wise and mysterious. His age and what he does are completely unable to combine it into one. Every day, in a busy and leisurely manner, he completed tasks that almost could not be completed by everyone. Under his arrangement and command, everyone burst out with unparalleled enthusiasm and vitality. In just one cold winter, the Ba people changed the world again.
The longer I lived in the Ba people and the longer I spent with Xu Chen, the more I felt his magical and uniqueness.
She never regretted her actions.
I even feel grateful for my choices.
She had already learned about the Wu tribe from her sister, Xu Chen and others clearly.
The Wu tribe, which had lost the Great Witch, was already extremely chaotic and could not serve as the leader of its six-sect alliance.
Under the leadership of Xu Chen, the Ba tribe has become the core of the six tribes.
Especially after conquering the Gonghuo Clan, she could feel that Xu Chen's gaze seemed to be farther away, so far that she could not imagine it at all.
Xu Chen once said to her: He wants to be the witch king in the world.
She doesn't know how big the world is, and she can't imagine how many witches are.
As long as there are tribes, there will basically be witches.
According to the word-of-mouths passed down by the great witches of all generations, the inheritance of witches in different tribes is different, but it is said that they are related to the First Mother God. However, some witches are kind, and some witches are evil. If he wants to become the king of all witches, there will definitely be many wars in the future.
Because not every witch is willing to admit him, there will definitely be more powerful witches and tribes who do not want to recognize his identity as the Witch King.
But no matter what, I will definitely support him, always support him, and make him the witch king in the world.
The little witch turned the Great Witch Ring on her fingers gently, her eyes firm and gentle.
"Take tread..."
The boy riding on the horse came in the wind and quickly turned over and jumped off the horse's back in front of her, saying with a smile: "Do you want to ride it?"
"Good!"
The little witch smiled happily with surprise on her face, and walked to the pony with her skirt.
"Erdan, squat down!"
Xu Chen gently patted the horse's neck, and the horse lowered his head gently, slowly bent forward and kneeled down with his legs.
"I'll help you up!"
Xu Chen held the little witch's legs and raised her up. He watched her grab the saddle and put her feet into the stirrups woven, then he held her little butt and gently sent her onto the horse.
"Erdan, get up!"
After the little witch sat down, Xu Chen scratched the pony's neck again, and Erdan stood up steadily.
"Good, let's go!"
Xu Chen smiled and held the reins and walked slowly along the empty river beach left by the burning wasteland towards the entrance of the valley. As the pony walked, the little witch sat on it and shook slightly. The two of them were following the cheers of a group of children, gradually moving further along the river beach.
At the entrance of the courtyard, Ye pushed a stroller out, looked at the two of them leaving, and pouted in unhappy and turned back.
Since the farmland was cleaned and leveled, Xu Chen took time to ride a horse on the river beach every day, and he had to bring a little witch with him every time he rode a horse. Not only did he ride it himself, but he also held her up and dismounted, but he was gentle and careful.
Although she dared not have any disrespectful thoughts towards the witch.
I also know that there will be no thing between Xu Chen and Wu that he does not want to see happen.
But I always feel sad and uncomfortable.
Because since the little witch was confirmed to be the great witch, she has become the second only to Xu Chen in the entire Ba tribe.
All the tribesmen were extremely respectful to her.
She lives in a house alone, and the food and clothing are the best. She takes care of her and takes care of her and takes care of her. She lives next to Xu Chen, and the two of them can get up early and go to bed late.
I live in the fire pit and the left side of the kitchen, far away from Xu Chen, next to it is Mom Ba's room, and I have to live with two young sisters, without any privacy or freedom.
Even when he was sleeping, he could only speak secretly against the wall.
And the coming-of-age gift that Mother Ba had promised to give herself, but there was no news at all.
Did Muba change his mind?
Or, the great witch doesn't want to hold a coming-of-age ceremony for herself?
The little mother savage was full of sadness and worries, but she couldn't find anyone to tell her.
Because Xu Chen was very busy all winter, she grew up slowly and knew that some things could not continue to pester him all day like an ignorant little girl.
The most important thing is that she began to feel that she was not worthy of Xu Chen and could not take on the responsibilities and abilities that a woman in a family should have, because Xu Chen knew everything, but she didn't know anything. Apart from raising children, she felt that she was useless.
The little witch is a great witch and can help him do a lot of things.
Just like the last time she signed a contract with the old witch of the Gonghuo Clan, she could never imagine how sacred and great it would be.
And she is just an inconspicuous little mother savage of the Ba tribe.
And she had a premonition that Xu Chen would become busier after the beginning of spring because he said he would go to other tribes to inspect and guide farming production and inspect hunters' training, and also take the witch to the Gonghuo tribe to discuss more important cooperation matters.
But she couldn't help with everything about Xu Chen, and this was the thing that made her sad the most.
As the tribe grows, collection has become less and less important. Women have spun threads, weaving cloths, making fires, cooking and taking care of the young and old.
While women felt more and more relaxed, their role seemed to be getting weaker and weaker. Even Muba, they gradually began to give up arranging tribal affairs, and unknowingly gave them to Xu Chen to deal with them.
As the threat of food and satisfactory survival becomes smaller and smaller, some of the women's sense of superiority and presence are gradually disappearing.
Although I don't know whether this is good or bad.
But I gradually felt a sense of humility when it comes to gender relations.
Xu Chen took the pony and carried the little witch out and came back shortly afterwards. There were also Feng and seven or eight foreigners wearing furs around him.
This pure fur outfit is no longer seen in the Ba people.
These foreigners came from the Cang tribe and the Ji tribe, with the purpose of asking the Ba tribe to arrange for people to go to the two tribes to guide the seeds before the beginning of spring.
Of course Xu Chen would not refuse this request, and this was something he had planned to arrange long ago. He was originally planning to wait for the new house to be put on the beam ceremony, but since the two tribes could not wait to arrange people to come and invite him, Xu Chen convened a meeting of men and women from the entire tribe to discuss.
The Ba tribe now has two families, but only the original group of people familiar with farming are the Ba tribe, and most of them are women. Fortunately, the work of building houses and reclaiming fields has basically been completed, so we can free up our hands to arrange this matter. So after some discussion, Xu Chen selected five people from adult men and women to form a farming expert guidance group, and set out to guide the spring plowing and sowing seeds in the other five tribes.
In addition to the hunters from the Cang tribe who could protect the guidance experts of their tribe along the way, Xu Chen, the remaining tribe, asked the military deputy leader Ju to select several tribe members and more than a dozen Gonghuo tribe prisoners to escort the Hu tribe, Wu tribe and Muya tribe along the way.
Spring will begin in a few days, and this matter can't be delayed any longer.
Chapter completed!