My father has been the leader for more than ten years. He has great authority in the tribe and rarely regrets what he says. Presumably, the father is definitely planning to regret it now. Is he really confident that a dangerous person will be around his son?
At least now she wasn't acting dangerous anymore.
Looking at the dull face of the girl next to him, Rurik looked at the sizzling and oily venison on the stick in his hand. He took out a knife and casually separated a piece.
He deliberately cooled the piece of meat, held it with his little hands, and brought it to the girl's mouth.
"Eat, you will starve to death if you don't eat something."
Girl, indifferent.
"You'd better eat some."
Seeing that she remained the same, Rurik simply stood up and stood in front of her. He deliberately touched the scar on his neck with his left hand, and then shook his head vigorously.
He didn't say anything else. After finishing the action, he still had a calm face, and then handed over the piece of meat.
Rurik's actions were to prove to her that he was not angry and that he was magnanimously determined to keep the peace.
The girl's dull eyes finally showed ripples.
After all, she was hungry, even if the piece of meat in the child's hand came from her own deer. Hunger was hunger. Hunger affected her brain, and her survival instinct made her open her mouth and eat the meat in one bite.
"Ah, the right choice." As he said that, Rurik cut up the meat again and stuffed it into her mouth one after another, making the whole scene very funny.
At this time, Otto suddenly warned kindly with a serious face: "Child, you have to be careful. This is a wolf. If she is full, she will still bite."
"No! We are the wolves. Father, you led your troops to attack her family and robbed her property. I don't know if this is right. She at least resisted. Father, you will follow the agreement, She is my servant and obeys my orders."
"That's true." Otto smiled bitterly, "But she is still a wolf. It is a difficult process to train a hungry wolf into a loyal dog."
Rurik immediately retorted, with obvious anger on his brows: "No! She is a human. It was so barbaric for us to loot the deer herders. If our tribe is always like this, we will only encounter attacks from more powerful tribes. Maybe we will You should be gentle with the deer herders from the beginning.”
"Rurik, you are too kind." Otto shook his head.
"But he will definitely be a good person." Taking the opportunity, Haro Zuosen, who was sitting on the other side, started to laugh.
"Hmph! Good people? Good people will be bullied by others. As a leader, you should be more ruthless, so that potential enemies will be afraid." Taking this opportunity, Otto really expressed his feelings intentionally. "Hallo Zuosen, you know that I am always fair and just to my brothers. Under my leadership, the tribe is getting better year by year."
"Yes, I understand, my leader."
"So, any leader in the future should be like me. He is a good person to his brothers, but a bad person to his enemies. Who will be brothers with the enemy? If he is not an ally, he is a potential enemy. If we betray our allies, we will be punished by our allies. . Brothers are very happy to attack the enemy and rob the enemy's wealth."
"Yeah, just like this time we robbed the deer herders and made a lot of money."
Rurik just stood there stupidly, listening to the two uncles singing and coordinating their bandit logic.
What the tribe did during these days was a typical "pirate turned gangster", doing exactly the same thing.
At this moment, Rurik asked himself, and it was obvious that his values a thousand years later are really too "holy". However, robbing oneself for no reason will make Rurik feel guilty, especially when his father treats the captives as his servants. This kind of thing makes Rurik feel even more guilty.
Maintaining savage animal nature is the basis for survival. If human nature is abandoned, this ethnic group will not be able to develop further.
If you tell your father about your advanced theory, will he agree with it? Pooh! Presumably, my father still likes to lie on the animal skin mat, chewing meat and drinking a glass of mead. This is the so-called prosperous life. And when it's warm, go to Novgorod to search again and accept the worship of the locals.
Sitting around this campfire were some important members of the tribe.
There was "General" Harold Zosen, whom his father relied on, and his son Kanuf.
His cousin Arik and sister-in-law Peravina are also here.
People who really understand Rurik will not treat him as simply as a seven-year-old child. Not only is it the advanced will he has shown, but also the fact that he was almost executed while holding Otto's "Destroyer" sword tightly after finishing the act. The heroic figure next to the girl.
A person's personality is often shaped from childhood and continues throughout life.
Harold Johnson, Otto and Arik all saw the scene last night, so what Rurik said about "mercy" today does not necessarily mean that he will be stupid.
Hearing that they talked too much, Rurik simply stopped interrupting.
He turned around and looked at the girl whose attitude became complicated. He directly pulled out the knife inserted in the barbecue and held it tightly in his hand.
He looked at the girl in front of him whose attitude had become very complicated, and deliberately showed the bright knife.
"Listen, I know you can't understand my language now, but I still have to tell you. I'm sorry that my tribe attacked your tribe, but this is the barbaric survival law on the ice sheet.
Your family died at the hands of my tribe, and we are guilty. So you choose to fight, that's how you should behave. You have caused scars to me, and I won't blame you.
I won't hurt you! You can be my servant, or you can leave.
If you are willing to be my servant, we will be friends. I will let you live a life of food and clothing, and I will not let anyone bully you.
If you want to leave, you can leave now. I will ask my father, the leader, to stop harming you. "
Rurik used his childish voice and spoke loudly on purpose.
It's best for a girl to understand, because her father will definitely understand anyway.
Rurik, his soul Liu Li cannot recognize the existence of such things as "slaves" after all. If you really want others to do things for you, you must let the other party benefit no matter what. Only in this way will the other party take it seriously. Work.
How foolish it is to use a whip and a stick to demand payment from a servant!
Rurik felt that he had released too much kindness, so he then cut the hemp ropes around the girl's hands and feet. There is no doubt that these ropes were tied by his father Otto, and Rurik's actions were obviously an act of rebellion against his father's authority.
But Otto didn't want to stand in the way.
Otto and his important men stood up, including Aric, who had already grasped the hilt of the short sword hanging on his belt.
"Brothers, stay vigilant and don't hinder Rurik for the time being." Otto ordered in a low voice.
Seeing that the girl had slowly stood up, Rurik also remained on guard. He could easily use the grappling technique to subdue her, but he was afraid that the girl would suddenly use something to injure himself again.
"Now you choose!" After saying this, Rurik's left thumb first pointed to the wilderness in the distance, and then pointed to himself.
Although the language is different, the meaning is basically understandable. It is nothing more than staying here or leaving.
The girl understood the meaning. She first carefully looked at the bearded savage men nearby, and then at the little boy holding a knife in front of her.
Her eyes trembled hard, she shrank slightly and began to retreat.
Then, he ran on the snow on his thin leather boots, running towards the unknown night.
No matter what the girl did, Rurik expected it, and he was very happy that his father took the opportunity to order his people to stand still.
"Chief, that little wolf is about to escape! How can she become your son's loyal dog if she really escapes?!" Harozov asked helplessly, "Why don't I capture her back. Rurik doesn't want servants, my family We just need a woodcutter."
"No." Otto immediately stopped the old man, "I respect my son's decision, and you should respect him too. Listen, if the Valkyrie is happy to see those ancient stories repeated, we should stay on the sidelines. If she is a wolf , she will run away. If she is a loyal dog, she will come back again."
"Will she come back?" Harozov asked.
"If she wants to die, then leave." After saying that, Otto shook his head with a tight mouth.
How could she run away so stupidly? If she had intended to think about it, she would have tried to freeze herself to death long ago. The girl was wearing an animal skin coat, she didn't have any food on her body, and she didn't even have a wooden stick in her hand for self-defense. Such a child would run away aimlessly in the ice field. When daybreak, she would be found frozen in the snow.
Otto believed that the girl would turn back, and suddenly he thought of something astonishing.
Son, Rurik, he planned it from the beginning!
No, the girl ran hard at first, fell down in the middle, got up and continued running. But she stopped when she reached the edge of everyone's sight. After a while, she heard a heartbreaking cry.
After a while, the girl was indeed crying and walking back, as if her "escape" was just to cry.
"Hey! Chief, she's really back." Harozov said in surprise.
Otto breathed a sigh of relief: "That girl is smart. My son gave her the appearance of herself, but when she learned that freedom is death, she came back. You know this way, if she wanted to die, she would have died long ago. Just die."
"So, this is a wolf turning into a loyal dog?" Harozov asked.
"Look at Rurik's performance, I hope so."
what's the result?
This girl feels aggrieved and painful inside, but she is not stupid. She also lives in a harsh environment, and she also has a strong will to survive. Although she couldn't figure out much of the situation due to the language barrier, she did realize that the little boy who was stabbed by the stimulus had a special status among this group of savages.
If you can survive by accepting the child's kindness, maybe this is the best choice.
The girl came back, and the tears on her face turned into ice particles and fell quickly.
Rurik smiled with satisfaction. Without saying a word, he took the girl's hand and took out the barbecue stuck in the snow and handed it to the girl.
Without saying a word, the girl took the barbecue and squatted down to gnaw on the meat. It was obvious that she was still very hungry.
Seeing her hurriedly eating meat, Rurik subconsciously stretched out his right hand and placed his palm on the girl's braided head. He simply felt that this "touching her head" would easily calm her down.
Otto and his guys saw the whole scene clearly.
At this time, Otto sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Now I can say that my son has tamed a loyal dog, and there are no more wolves."
Harold Zuosen beside him nodded deeply: "I hope she is a competent servant."
