Chapter 251 - Chapter 251: Holy Treasure Festival
Chapter 251: Holy Treasure Festival
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The tremors under their feet became increasingly stronger. The people on the horses all put their hands to their mouths and made those whistling sounds.
The whistling sounds gradually melded together and became even sharper than the sound of the yaks’ trampling. Before long, the trembling under their feet gradually disappeared. Then, the herd of yaks showed up, visibly calmed down at this point.
Su Ying turned her head and saw the black yaks with their large eyes as round as copper coins standing quietly not far away. If not for their heavy panting, one would have overlooked their presence.
Su Ying raised her eyebrows. These people herded their yaks well.
Zhang Nuo released the young man and stood up from the ground. He even extended a helping hand to the young man.
The young man glared at him and slapped his hand away. “You don’t have to pretend to be a good person.”
Zhang Nuo said with a smile, “The results of the contest are not important. I didn’t know that Qu Zhen was your sweetheart. I also didn’t have any inappropriate thoughts about her. There must be a misunderstanding.”
At this moment, the oldest middle-aged man in the group appeared. His gaze lingered on Su Ying for quite a while before shifting away.
Just now, he had heard very clearly how Zhang Nuo received this woman’s guidance before he was able to deal with Zha Lin in one move. “What are you guys doing here?”
“We want to buy your tribe’s cattle and sheep,” said Zhang Nuo.
“You came here in the middle of winter?” Obviously, the middle-aged man was more vigilant than they had imagined.
“Yes. There are suddenly more people in the family. It is not acceptable that we don’t even get a bite of meat.” Su Ying took out a bag of gold and opened it. “We’re not robbing you. We’re going to pay you.”
Su Ying’s words had barely left her mouth when the tribesmen all laughed.
It was as if they were laughing at Su Ying for thinking too highly of herself when she said this.
The middle-aged man scrutinized her. “In that case, come with us.”
The middle-aged man got Su Ying to follow right behind them, and the herd of yaks came after her and Zhang Nuo. They formed a very strange formation.
Zhang Nuo did not lie to her. After walking through the last section of the canyon, a sea of snow-colored yurts appeared in front of her.
The yurts were like mushrooms blooming at the base of the canyon, white and alluring.
At this moment, the sky had already darkened. Braziers were lit outside the tribe’s yurts to provide light.
A few youths drove the herd of yaks to the area behind yurts on horseback. Su Ying did not follow them to see exactly where they were, but instead followed the earlier group into the yurts.
Now that Zhang Nuo had returned to the place once more, he had a melancholic expression on his face, as if he had recalled what happened before.
“This place is still the same as before. There is not much change.”
The middle-aged man used a language they didn’t understand to give a few instructions to Zha Lin. Zha Lin nodded and led Su Ying and Zhang Nuo to an empty yurt.
As soon as she walked in, Su Ying felt that the temperature inside was much warmer than outside.
After telling them to wait there, Zha Lin turned around and left.
The furnishings in the yurt were very simple. There was a low table inside, and the floor was covered with the fur of some unknown animal. It was especially warm to sit on it. There were also some low-backed chairs on one side, and behind those chairs was a table with a few bowls and a kettle on the stove. There was nothing else.
“What is this yurt made of?” Not only was it windproof, but it was also warm.
“Oh, the frame of this yurt is made of wood. After building the frame with wood, they will gather a lot of hay, mix the hay with mud, and plaster it on the frame to ensure that wind won’t penetrate. After that, they will paste some wide leaves on it and smear another layer of hay and mud mixture. City Lord Su, you can see that the inside isn’t that big, but the whole yurt isn’t small. This is because its walls are thicker.”
Su Ying suddenly understood. No wonder it was so warm. It was because the windproof layer was well-made.
The two of them were looking around when the curtain of the yurt was lifted. A woman with a pair of big round eyes and a colorful braid on her head walked in.
When she saw Zhang Nuo, she smiled widely and threw herself into Zhang Nuo’s arms.
“Nuo, you’re finally back.”
Zhang Nuo fell to the ground after she pounced on him. When he recovered himself, he pushed her away with all his might.
“Qu Zhen, don’t do this. This is not good. I…”
“Nuo, I really miss you. Have you come back to marry me?”
Su Ying silently averted her gaze from the two of them, who were behaving as if no one else was around.
Zhang Nuo’s toes were digging into the ground so hard with embarrassment that he could almost dig out a crater. He pushed Qu Zhen away again and said helplessly, “Qu Zhen, I will never marry you.”
When Qu Zhen heard that, her bright eyes instantly dimmed. “Why? If you don’t want to marry me, why did you come back on the day of our Holy Treasure Festival?”
Su Ying raised her eyebrows and couldn’t help but interject, “What’s Holy Treasure Festival?”
“Who are you?” Qu Zhen asked Su Ying with a puzzled look.
“I’m here to buy cattle and sheep.”
Qu Zhen nodded and believed her. “Our Shepherd Tribe’s Holy Treasure Festival is where adult men can express their feelings to the women they like. If the other party likes him, they can get married and live together that very night.”
“What if several people like one person at the same time?”
“Then we will have a duel. Whoever wins, the girl will marry him,” Qu Zhen said.
“Can’t you just choose the person you like?”
“The women of our Shepherd Tribe all like strong men. Whoever wins will be the strongest, and that is who we will like.”
Su Ying felt that this way of liking someone was different from what she had understood previously.
As soon as she finished speaking, the middle-aged man flipped the curtain aside and walked in.
“Today is the Holy Treasure Festival. Since the two of you are here, do join us for the festivities.”
Su Ying stood up. “Sure.”
They followed the middle-aged man outside, then went around the yurt and came to the top of a sinkhole.
Looking down from the sinkhole, they could see the surging cattle heads. It turned out that they raised their cattle and sheep in this place.
On the other side of the sinkhole were rows of bonfires.
By the time Su Ying walked down the stone stairs, there were already many tribesmen gathered there.
They were gathered around the bonfires, singing and dancing. Although Su Ying couldn’t understand what they were singing, she was still affected by the lively and celebratory atmosphere.
“Nuo, let’s go dance together.” Qu Zhen pulled Zhang Nuo and rushed into the crowd.
Zhang Nuo wasn’t able to refuse, so he could only follow.
Su Ying stood rooted to the spot. She could still display a few martial arts moves, but dancing was out of the question.
“Who are you?” Just as Su Ying was about to find a place to sit down, she was stopped by a burly man.
Su Ying looked at his eyes, which were sparkling passionately under the light of the fire, and sensed his desire.
“I’m here to buy cattle and sheep.”
As soon as Su Ying finished speaking, the man reached out to pull her back.
Su Ying didn’t like people touching her for no reason. It made her wary.
She avoided the man’s hand. “If you have something to say, say it. Don’t touch
me..”