Traveling through the primitive world: I was a priest in the tribe

Chapter 157: See you again in the cold season 12

Xiao Bei frowned, "We can't do this. We did something wrong and we have to accept the punishment. You can't do this. The priests and the leaders are very good people and we can't harm them." When they were digging bamboo shoots before, the priests exchanged tools with him, and even refused to take the bamboo shoots that were taken later, asking them to keep them and exchange them for some food.

The priests and the chiefs knew that the food they had stored was not enough to last the entire winter season, so they tried every means to allow him to store some food.

“What do you mean we can’t harm them? It was obviously them who drove us away. If they are ruthless, we will be unrighteous. We are all trying to survive. Don’t be so naive.” said the man who mentioned the other tribes at the beginning.

"No, we can't do this." Xiao Bei was a little angry. He felt that these people were a little abnormal and now he regretted following them out.

Xiao Hei's expression turned ugly, and he looked at him sinisterly, "So what do you want? Are you going to go back and tell the priest?"

Xiao Bei was stunned and couldn't help shaking. It was the same expression again. Xiao Hei had had this expression twice today. It looked scary. "I... I'm not going." He did have this thought just now, but no matter how stupid he was, he knew he couldn't say it now.

They stood on the edge of the cliff, and there was a whistling sound of wind coming from the mountains. It was clearly not snowing, but there were snowflakes everywhere. Apart from the sound of the wind, the entire valley was very quiet, with only the sound of their voices, and even their voices echoed.

Xiao Hei moved closer and said, "It's okay. If you regret it now, you can go back as long as you don't tell anyone about us." His words were full of loopholes.

But Xiao Bei believed it, and even had a look of joy on his face, "Really?"

"Really." Xiao Hei said, then took another step forward, squatted on the ground and grabbed a handful of snow.

When they went out in the winter, sometimes they were thirsty and hungry, so they would eat a handful of snow to cover their mouths. Everyone was used to it. Xiao Bei didn't take it seriously and turned around to pack his things. He didn't actually bring much with him, after all, he didn't have much in stock. He couldn't take the pumpkins, corns and other things with him, so he left them in the cave before. It was just right that he could use them when he returned. He was willing to be beaten.

"Xiao Bei." Xiao Hei's voice came from behind. Xiao Bei turned around subconsciously, and the next second a big snowball was stuffed into his mouth. His body was pushed out with great force. Xiao Bei opened his eyes wide, full of disbelief.

This happened in just a few seconds. Aqiao didn't expect this man to be so cruel. After all, he had just thought of going back to report the news. Even if he left, the people from the Snow Mountain Tribe were still there, and he couldn't bear to see those people being betrayed.

Xiao Hei clapped his hands as if nothing had happened. There were bursts of snow collapse noises at the bottom of the cliff. So even if Xiao Bei didn't die after falling down, he would be buried in the snow and would not be able to react until dark.

He looked at Ah Qiao, "What do you think? Should we go to that tribe?"

Ah Qiao always felt that there was a threat in this man's eyes, as if if he didn't agree, he would be pushed down the mountain in the next second. Ah Qiao swallowed his saliva, his throat was dry and cold, and he didn't swallow anything, "Okay."

Xiao Hei nodded and turned to look at the others. Several people who had been hesitant at first now nodded.

The group changed their route and moved slowly in a completely different direction from before.

Late at night, even in cold seasons, the nights are sometimes quiet, with no wind, no birds singing, and no rustling sound of snow falling on the ground.

So when a few dogs started barking wildly, the group of people who were originally sleeping soundly were all startled.

Ji Lang was awakened, and Qing Jiu beside him had already turned over and was sitting on the edge of the kang.

"What's wrong? Why are Liefeng and the others barking so loudly?" Ji Lang rubbed his eyes and yawned while speaking. He felt like he had just fallen asleep and was woken up by the noise. It was at times like this that the role of the dogs was reflected. Even at night, they were still very alert.

Qing Jiu turned on the light, got off the kang and put on clothes, "I'll go out and take a look. Cover yourself with the quilt to prevent wind from getting in." As he spoke, he tamp down the quilt for someone, "It should be okay. I guess it's the people who were driven away during the day." I don't know if he came back because of something, or if he has decided to be punished.

Qing Jiu walked out of the yard and saw several dogs gathered at the door, sticking their heads out to look out the threshold.

It was quiet outside the door and no sound was heard. It seemed that they had not yet gone up the mountain.

Hearing footsteps behind him, Qing Jiu turned around and saw Xi Shi coming out with his clothes on. "Is it Aqiao and the others?"

Xishi nodded, "It's them... a few of them, the number isn't right."

Sure enough, not long after, there was a knock on the door. The dogs stopped barking after seeing Qingjiu and the others come out. When they heard the sound, they all came to the door, and Xishi opened it.

It was Aqiao and another older hunter who were carrying Xiaobei, who was unknown whether he was dead or alive.

"Is he injured?" Xishi frowned and didn't let them in. After all, he was fine when he went out. How could he be like this in just half a day? He still had to find out clearly.

Ah Qiao was so cold that he was slow to react. He trembled and said, "He was pushed off the mountain by Xiao Hei."

They were really miserable. Xishi looked back at Qingjiu, wanting to ask what he meant. Qingjiu opened the door and said, "Come in first."

There was a straw mat in the doorway, and they put Xiao Bei on it first. On the doghouse was a blanket that the dogs had used before. They got it dirty, so Ji Lang washed it. Before he had time to stuff them into the doghouse, Qing Jiu pulled it down and covered Xiao Bei with it.

The flashlight in the doorway was very bright, but Xiaobei's face turned blue and he looked like he was completely frozen.

"Tell me what's going on."

It turned out that after Xiaobei was pushed down the mountain, several people finally found a cave to live in before dark with their things on their backs. Xiaohei and another hunter who knew the tribe did not plan to go there directly, but planned to wait and see for a few days to see the strength of the tribe.

Aqiao and a hunter named Akuan were on guard. The two were sitting at the entrance of the cave. Aqiao was thinking about something and was a little absent-minded.

Ah Kuan glanced at the people sleeping in the cave, and quietly moved to Ah Qiao, "Ah Qiao, I...I want to go back." Firstly, he didn't want to live a life of hunger and cold outside. Secondly, the priests and the leaders were very kind to them. Now Xiao Hei actually wanted to provoke a fight between other tribes and the Taotie tribe. He regretted it. Even if he would be beaten with a hundred sticks if he went back now, he still wanted to go back.

"What?" Ah Qiao was interrupted by his words and turned to look at him a little slowly. "Go back?" He lowered his voice. "The leader may not accept us. After all, he gave us a chance during the day."

Ah Kuan rubbed his cold hands and looked at Xiao Hei and the others sleeping together in the cave. "Then I have to go back and tell the leader about their plan so that they can prepare early."

He looked at Aqiao and said, "I know you don't want to betray the tribe. Even if you are not accepted by the tribe in the future, I want to tell them about this. I still want to stay in the Taotie tribe."

"What if the leader says we will be beaten if we stay? Are you willing to do that?" Aqiao asked him.

A Kuan nodded, "We did something wrong, I am willing to accept the punishment, and if A Mu really can't go out hunting in the future, I am willing to share some of my meat with him."

He was not a man with strong opinions. In the Snow Mountain Tribe, he just did whatever was arranged for him. This time, after Xiao Hei said something, several people around him who had a good relationship with him listened to Xiao Hei's idea, so he followed his lead and did it without thinking. But when he thought about it, he actually didn't want to do such a thing.

The two men whispered to each other for a while and observed the people sleeping in the cave. They should not have heard it. There was limited space in the cave and their things were all outside. Aqiao deliberately said loudly, "I'm going to the toilet outside." Then he groped in the dark and took out his and Akuan's bamboo baskets and bags.

After hearing his cough, A Kuan also came out of the cave. The two of them carried their things and walked quickly down the mountain. They all saw Xiao Hei killing Xiao Bei today. This man was incredibly cruel.

If this were really discovered, the two of them would have absolutely no chance of winning against five people.

Fortunately, it was not a cloudy day, and the moonlight illuminated the snow very brightly, so they were able to find the way they came.

The two walked hurriedly for several hours and finally arrived at the place where Xiao Bei was pushed down in the second half of the night. Xiao Hei and the others should have discovered it by now, but this place was very close to the tribe and they did not dare to chase after it.

After they got down the mountain, they heard some crawling sounds and their hearts were pounding. After all, they were about to go back, and if they encountered any large wild animals, it would be the end of them.

But unexpectedly, it was Xiaobei who was holding on to his last breath and crawling towards the tribe. He was injured and the snow was thick. He had no strength left and was almost buried in the snow.

The two men quickly dug him out. After asking, they found out that he was lucky. When he was pushed down, he landed on a big cedar, which caused a small avalanche around it. He stayed on the tree until it ended and then climbed down carefully. However, the snow around him was so thick that it could bury him. It took a lot of effort for him to get out of the valley.

But after coming out, I was hungry and tired, and my body felt pain all over. I couldn't walk at all, so I crawled towards the tribe with great effort. I happened to meet Aqiao and Akuan who came back to report the news.

After some discussion, we decided to bury the things in the snow and wait until daybreak to get them back. We would take Xiaobei back first. It was amazing that he survived after falling from such a high place.

When Ah Qiao just started talking about this, Ji Lang, Guo Qi, Sa and more than a dozen people came out of the cave and understood what was going on.

"Priest, chief, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have broken the rules of the tribe and used such harsh means. If something really happened to Amu, I would be willing to sacrifice my life for him. But I have thought it through. I don't want to leave the tribe, and I am willing to be punished." Aqiao said sincerely.

Ah Kuan at the side also echoed, "Me too, I also know I was wrong."

Xiaobei has already fainted, otherwise his attitude would probably be more sincere than Aqiao's.

Qing Jiu, Ji Lang and others did not expect that Xiao Hei would be so ruthless and actually wanted to kill Xiao Bei directly. They didn't know how badly Xiao Bei was injured and he was so frozen. They definitely couldn't just leave him alone.

"Let's move him to Feng's room first." Qing Jiu said. There were only three people living in Feng's room, one of them was a little boy, so there was still enough space on the kang.

Ah Qiao followed the method that Ji Lang had taught them and helped Xiao Bei rub his limbs. Several people checked him again. He was wearing thick clothes, and there were no wounds on his body except bruises. It was impossible to tell whether he had any external injuries. However, he looked more like he was sleeping than unconscious, and his breathing was even. He did not look like someone who was seriously injured and dying.

Wu was sleeping in a daze, and Qingjiu carried him and his quilt to his own cave. Xiaoman was still sleeping soundly, and had no idea what happened in the middle of the night.

Feng and Xiaoying went to sleep in A Zhou's cave. It was not that Qingjiu was suspicious, but he could not take the risk of letting these two grown-ups live with these people. Xiaobei had not woken up yet, so he could not rely on these two people's one-sided story about what had happened.

Ji Lang was still very sleepy early in the morning. He had been awake for more than an hour in the middle of the night. After coming back, he whispered to Qing Jiu for a long time. Now he heard the sound of talking in the yard. He buried his head in the quilt impatiently, trying to block out the sound from outside.

Xiaoman, who was sleeping nearby, was woken up. He sat up, wrapped himself in the quilt and rubbed his eyes. When he saw Wu, who was already getting dressed, he said in surprise, "Wu, what are you doing..."

"Shh-" Wu quickly motioned for him to look to the side, Ji Lang was still sleeping.

Xiaoman covered her mouth, and the words she was about to ask came to an abrupt end.

The two little guys rustled into their clothes, lifted the thick door curtain and went out.

In the yard, Grandma Xue, Xiaoshu, Dayan Ahua, Azhou, Aqiao and Akuan were all standing next to Qingjiu and Guoqi. Since these two decided to stay and accept the punishment, they had to be punished.

"Amu has woken up. You will be punished in front of him when you return." Qing Jiu said. "Dayan, just watch and find two hunters to fight."

"Chief..." Ah Qiao looked hesitant, "Can we wait a while before fighting? Our stuff is still outside, and we want to go down the mountain and carry it back first."

Qing Jiu, "Okay, go ahead. You don't have to come back. Just go back next door."

The two of them left happily, not looking like they were about to be beaten.

"Aren't you afraid that they will run away?" Grandma Xue asked in a low voice after watching the two of them leave the yard.

"No, if they wanted to run away, they wouldn't have come back last night." Before Qing Jiu could say anything, Ahua, who was standing beside him, spoke up.

"What should we do with Xiaobei in there? I just took a look. His injuries are not serious, but he will need to rest for ten days or half a month." Grandma Xue said again. After all, the man is in this condition and he definitely can't stand being beaten.

Qing Jiu snorted coldly, "Let's fight again after you've recovered."

No one can escape this beating. If they want to stay, they will be punished. He wants everyone in the tribe to know that the set rules must be followed!