After all, Vilia is a woman, not to mention that when she was young, she didn't like the fighting that men were passionate about. Look at this girl with all your heart. Her family must have died at the hands of the tribe led by Otto. Vilia has no sense of guilt at all. The weak will be attacked by the strong. To avoid such a result, she can only become stronger. Attack potential enemies, because everyone thinks that this kind of life is the most normal.
She somewhat regretted the girl's experience, becoming an orphan at a young age. Perhaps the only thing that the girl deserves to be thankful for is Rurik. The biggest difference between him and other tribesmen is that he pays attention to rules.
Wei Liya opened her face and saw her face clearly, as well as her uneasy eyes.
Suddenly, Vilia muttered something strange to the girl. Otto didn't understand, and Rurik didn't understand. Only the girl reacted violently to the old priest's words.
The anxious girl was obviously greatly stimulated. She was sitting cross-legged. After hearing the words, she trembled and fell on the animal skin mat. Then she staggered up again, with disbelief written all over her face.
The girl crawled back with a look of astonishment and continued to sit in front of Vilia.
Vilia was very satisfied with the girl's extreme performance, and she muttered some more words. The originally dull and trembling girl had tears welling up in her eyes.
Such a dramatic performance really surprised Rurik.
Otto even asked: "Priest, can you still control her emotions and make her cry with just a few words? What exactly are you talking about?"
Vilia smiled: "It's the language of the deer herders. You can't think of my leader, right? Hahaha, it's been too long. I learned the language of the deer herders at an age like Rurik. Over the decades, I Thought I had completely forgotten. I did forget a lot and even questioned whether the pronunciation was correct, but apparently it was. This girl definitely understands me."
At this moment, Rurik really felt that Vilia was really a god!
Her existence in the Ross tribe is indeed not as simple as a priest. She has mastered too much knowledge and actually understands the language of the deer herders.
"Then, Grandma Priest, please help me ask her what her name is. I still like to call her by her own name."
"Okay, I'll ask her more questions. Hopefully I can understand most of the deer herder's language."
Villa calmed down, faced the girl and heard her name directly.
After asking several times in a row, the girl finally responded weakly.
Rurik kept listening, and he got the key syllable, which sounded like "ta" or something like that.
Is that the name? It's like a female name.
He estimated that most ethnic groups would give their boys names that sounded domineering, while girls would give names that sounded sweet and sweet.
Rurik suddenly asked: "Grandma, is that her name? Ta?"
"That's the name."
"What means?"
Wei Liya thought for a while, she couldn't fully understand the girl's language, but fortunately she could understand the key words. As for the original meaning of the girl's name, she thought about it again.
"Well, it's probably Snow's gift."
"Snow's gift? A very good name." Rurik nodded, looked at the flattered girl, and showed a sweet smile of a child: "I understand, ta, this is your name."
The girl said something else immediately, her face already full of doubts.
"What did she ask again?" Rurik asked.
Vilia frowned and estimated: "She is probably asking who we are. Why would anyone understand her language? Rurik, I'm afraid I need to answer these questions."
Vilia is very old, and his voice has become hoarse as a result, and his speaking speed is relatively slow.
She was still fluent in her native Norse language, and it was really difficult to tell the girl what she meant.
She was trying her best to tell the girl not to be afraid, as long as she obeyed, she would have food and drink.
While speaking, Vilya pointed at Rurik deliberately and introduced him that this boy was the most noble person and the only person the girl could rely on in the future, and he was not allowed to disobey orders.
The above words are indeed warning and threatening. After all, this girl is Rurik's servant. The situation is not just that. The girl will continue to take care of the deer herd, and those deer are related to future sacrificial activities.
Villa issued a stern warning, which meant, "If you don't obey, I will dig a big hole in the frozen sea and throw you in."
After finishing her threatening words, the fear on the girl's face made Vilia believe that the other party understood what she said.
In this case, it is logical for her to explain why she understands the language of the deer herders.
Unexpectedly, my explanation actually resonated strongly with the girl.
The girl suddenly muttered a lot of words again. She seemed very urgent and her words became more and more intense.
"What did she say again?" Rurik asked quickly.
Vilia waved her hand, and the old woman continued to frown and listen, and what she heard was exactly the girl's accusation.
The girl talked a lot, and finally she suddenly became quiet, and she lowered her head silently, as if she was shaking out all the words in her heart.
Both Rurik and Otto were staring at the clever priest Vilia, the only one here who was the translator.
"Now I understand..." Vilia paused and looked at her leader Otto: "My leader, I understand. This girl is accusing us of robbing their home. She told me here It was her grandmother's home, and now she's back home as a slave. She said it's not fair."
"Fair?" Otto, who listened for a long time, thought it was ridiculous and shook his head, "Fairness with this child? She's not even a man. Great priest, in my opinion, those men who raise deer are also a bunch of cowards. They They are all cowards! She should feel honored when a coward becomes a servant to a strong man. After all, we will still give food to the servant. If she is not willing to be a servant with peace of mind, we should throw her outside and let her fend for herself."
Vilia shook her head: "This matter is still up to you. We also need to find out this girl's attitude."
A servant should act like a servant.
Vilia felt that there had to be some way for the girl to prove that she would be a loyal servant.
"Rurik!"
"Grandma Priest?"
"You stand up! Stand up now."
Rurik didn't understand, but he stood up anyway.
"Ta!" Suddenly, Villa shouted the girl's real name sternly, "Climb over and kiss his boots to prove your loyalty."
The words were spoken in the language of deer herders, and Rurik couldn't understand. He first saw the girl's hesitation, then saw her troubled brow, and then he completely understood what was going to happen.
Rurik opened his eyes wide and saw that the girl had pressed her face against his furry animal skin boots. In an instant, the classic image of a servant that Rurik could imagine in his mind now actually became a reality.
He didn't feel happy at all, only uneasy in his heart.
This deer herder girl named him was actually kissing his own boots. Rurik didn't want this at all, because what he needed most was not a groveling servant, but a reliable helper, or a friend.
After thinking about these things, he immediately squatted down and directly held the girl's shoulders to pull her up.
"Rurik!" Wilya felt very uncomfortable after witnessing this scene. She asked sternly, "What are you doing? Do you want this servant?"
"Of course I need it!" Rurik replied simply.
"But you..."
"I don't need her to show her loyalty in this way. She
Don’t you want fairness? OK! I will let her stand up, and I will make her willingly be my servant. I will succeed. If I become the leader, the tribe will not only become stronger in my hands, but I will also become a bigger leader. Perhaps one day I will be the chief of all deer herders, and the chief of many more. "
The child has great ambitions, and Villa and Otto were very happy to hear it. Is it appropriate for such an occasion?
No matter how they looked at it, they both felt that Rurik had more thoughts about this girl who was older than them.
Rurik continued to hold the girl's shoulders. He was shorter than the girl, but of course he was stronger.
He looked into the girl's eyes, his expression full of sincerity: "You, ta, I will call you a from now on. I like your name very much, but you have to obey us when you get here. I am Liu Rick, no matter whether others admit it or not, I We all admit that you are one of us. I admit that you are my tribe! You... you are like my sister."
The words were spoken in Norse, and Otto was really unhappy to hear them.
He snapped: "Enough! My child, how much do you long for a sister? She is just a servant! You don't have to give her too many favors, after all, she is just a servant."
"No!" Rurik turned his head with a serious look on his face: "Dad, she is my servant. You told me that I have the right to decide her future. Now I have decided that she is my servant. She is also my family. I don’t want to use her as a tool to raise deer, I want to make her one of us.
Since we can accept those Novgorod women as our tribesmen, why do you object to me upgrading my servants to tribesmen?
Dad, life has changed! Since we accepted the Novgorodian marriage this year, everything has started to change.
Everything has changed! Everything has just begun!
You are the leader of our Rus tribe, and when I become the leader, I also want to be the leader of all the deer herders and Novgorodians. At that time, I want everyone to truly admit that I am the leader. We will become a little different and stronger. Dad, I have always had great ambitions. "
This glorious declaration left Otto speechless. He already felt that many of his actions this year were already very radical. Perhaps his son was inspired by his own actions and became even more radical.
Whatever! Whatever.
Villa coughed a few times and interrupted the possible quarrel: "Listen to what I said before. I support Rurik. Since he is his servant, Rurik can do whatever he wants."
"Thank you, grandma." Rurik continued: "Tell her for me that I want to call her a. This is the new name she will give when she joins our tribe. I recognize that she is my family and my sister. Please tell her She and I also need to learn the language of the deer herders.”
"Well, if you insist."
Vilia slowly told the girl about Rurik's attitude, which undoubtedly had a strong mental impact on the girl.
Upgrade from servant to family?
The girl is fully aware that she has been given a new name "a", which does not seem to be much different from her original name.
In fact, in Rurik's view, if the girl accepts her new name, this will be more convincing than the act of kneeling down.
a, that is, "Rumia", Rurik gave her such a name, which is also a name related to snow.
In this era, the Sami people separated from the Finns not long ago. They were a tribal group that spoke the same ancient language. The Sami people were a Finnish people who migrated all the way north to the Arctic Circle. In the desolate Arctic tundra, raising reindeer is an important way of life for the Sami people. Naturally, the Rus call them deer herders.
Once, the Sami people expanded to the entire Scandinavia Peninsula. As a large number of Germanic people entered here, the Sami people were attacked and had to return to the Arctic Circle. As the Rus tribe migrated, the Sami people further retreated, and if the attacks continued, one day the Sami people would flee back to the Ural region where they originated.
Everything seems to be fate. The deer-raising Sami people have not disappeared in the long history, but since they broke away from the Finnish group, they have lost the possibility of establishing their own country.
Because their population is so small, they have maintained a population of less than 100,000 since ancient times, and they are generally scattered in small clan settlements of less than 50 people. In this way, they are attacked by huge ethnic groups with a population of several million in the area. And unable to resist, they really couldn't resist. But they hid in the extremely cold Arctic Circle, and finally a thousand years later when humanistic ideas became mainstream, no one wanted to harm or rob them anymore.
But in this barbaric era, the weak's way of survival is to lead the strong's horse and whip, be a humble servant, and live on the rewards of the strong.
Rurik knew what his father's attitude was, and he was definitely dissatisfied with his hasty decision.
Vilya, as a translator, told the girl what Rurik meant. Undoubtedly, the girl was obviously very touched.
Tears flowed from the corners of the girl's eyes. She gently raised her head and looked at the little boy in front of her, and said some words that others could not understand.
Language, in addition to conveying abstract meanings, can also express the speaker's emotions.
Looking at her face, Rurik felt no discomfort at all. He felt that the girl not only fully understood what he said, but also responded very positively.
Verya also immediately translated: "Rurik, my child. Your servant has approved her new name, Rumia. She told you that she would listen to you. She also said that in order to hurt you She's very sorry about that."
"Ah! Rumia..." Looking up at the girl in front of him, Rurik showed a reassuring smile.
And this girl didn't care about the tears on her face. Not long ago, she entered this huge wooden house with a look of hesitation and helplessness. Now she has an extra sense of peace of mind and the safety she most urgently needs.
Seeing her heartfelt smile, Rurik knew that his servant was no longer just a servant, but a friend and sister.
She will always listen to herself for the foreseeable future.
Therefore, the most important thing for this sister who looks a little older than her is not to raise deer, but to study.
Rurik had a premonition that this girl Rumia would eventually be very important to him.
Youdao is any nobleman, and his initial servant is very likely to become his lifelong confidant. If this is going to be inevitable, then this Rumia must first learn Norse.
Once she can speak Norse fluently, she will truly be a member of the Ross tribe. But she wanted to learn not only Norse, but also the Old Slavonic language of the Novgorod people.
Not only herself, Rurik himself also made up his mind to learn the ancient Slavic language within a few years. Since meeting this Rumia, he also needs to learn the Sami language of the deer herder.
In his opinion, this will not be a particularly complicated process. Of course, it is learning two languages. He has to learn the ancient Slavic language from his sister-in-law Peravina, and the Sami language from the priest Vilia and this Lumia. .
This matter will inevitably be simpler than learning modern English thousands of years later.
Why? Because in this era, most concepts do not exist, and tens of thousands of new terms were invented in later generations. In the ninth century AD, Rurik also noticed that the number of common words in Norse he used was only about 500, and I am afraid that including rare words, there were less than 1,000.
This is largely the case with Old Cyrillic and Old Sami.
So this cold winter is still long, even if the days are getting longer after Hanukkah, it’s still early for the frozen sea to thaw!
The training for the tribe's brats was forced to be suspended. Rurik did not want to run around outdoors in the cold weather and risked getting sick. That was not a wise thing. In this era of medicine that can be called witchcraft, a cold can cause death. .
It is best to spend a long time learning. Unfortunately, the Ross tribe only has a small amount of historical knowledge about their ancestors, and they have already learned it.
You can't just stay in a daze every day when you're bored. Learning other languages is the most important thing.
Learning the ancient Slavic language and learning the ancient Sami language, Rurik decided that this was the task he must complete!
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Chapter 77 Rumia
