Peravina is not very tall. After taking off her linen hood, her huge golden braids and her delicate, awl-shaped, fair and slightly freckled face are instantly revealed.
She looked very worried about her current situation. She kept her head slightly tilted and stood stiffly. The opposite of her caution was Arik's smiling face.
"Haha! My dear brother, let me introduce to you, this is your new sister, Peravina. She is my new wife, and you and her will be a family from now on. "As he said this, Arik told his wife in Norse: "Pelavina, say hello to my brother."
At this moment, Rurik finally understood that this person had never been here before. The girl I have seen who is obviously much older than me is actually my sister-in-law!
Here in Scandinavia, there are very few vocabulary words for addressing seniority among people, including the fact that there is no clear concept of "sister-in-law".
People of the same generation are usually brothers and sisters and call each other by their first names. Therefore, Peravina is obviously a woman of the same generation as Rurik, so she naturally becomes his sister.
The girl still seemed very submissive. She was not willing to marry a Varyag. For the safety of the family estate, she knew the importance of her mission.
Perhaps her husband named Arik is a kind person, but she has realized that she lives in the house of the leader of the Varangians, and her husband is the son of the leader.
Having been in contact with the Varangians for a long time, many people in White Tree Manor understand more or less Norse.
Peravina used her broken Norse and simple words to take care of Rurik, and then she didn’t want to say any more.
While watching the show, Niya prepared some snacks and brought them over kindly: "Arik, maybe she is a silent person?"
"No! I think she is just A little scared. She also needs to learn our language." Arik laughed.
Niya nodded and approached Peravina with a plate of dried salted fish: "Eat some, child. Don't be nervous, I will be your mother from now on."
"Mother?" Peravina slowly raised her head.
The ma title for "mother" seems to be common to all human beings, but later generations have theorized that the entire Indo-European language family and the entire Sino-Tibetan language family have their origins in the ancient Yenisei tens of thousands of years ago. Language family, in which some core words are common to all ethnic groups.
The cautious Peravina basically understood what Nina said, and she also understood that the older-looking woman in front of her was the leader's wife.
It seems that the Varyag people live strictly according to the rules of monogamy? If that's the case, my future won't be very difficult.
Pelavina is also very clear about the meaning of "mother" now. More than ten days ago, according to the etiquette of her hometown, she was recognized by the people in her hometown as the wife of the Varyag people. According to tradition, she is separated from the Varyag people. He joined the White Tree Manor group, left his own family, and became a member of another family.elements.
Her husband's mother naturally became her own mother, and she must live the rest of her life in the Varyang style according to the traditions of the Varyag people.
It seems that everything is an irresistible fate.
Perlavina was forced to choose to accept it. She slowly raised her hand, picked up a piece of dried salted fish and put it into her mouth.
For a moment, a salty feeling of happiness filled her entire mouth. She subconsciously boldly stuffed the whole dried fish into her mouth, and then chewed it hard. It's not over yet! After eating a piece of herring, she hurriedly picked up another piece.
It wasn’t until there was only a plate of dried meat left, as if he saw the surprised looks of others, that he stopped. A finger-sucking gesture inadvertently expressed her love for dried fish again.
Rurik was surprised to see his sister-in-law eating dried fish, and everything he did was simply unbelievable.
“Why does she love eating those salted fish that I’m almost tired of eating?!”
Driven by curiosity, Rurik got up with many questions, and finally He stood next to his sister-in-law Peravina.
At this time, he discovered through comparison that his height was less than his sister-in-law's chest, and he was indeed a short man.
Of course, compared with his brother Arik, the top of his head only just reached his belly button.
Rurik boldly asked in Norse: "My dear sister, are you from Novgorod? What kind of place is that."
Mention The word "Novgorod" undoubtedly stirs up Peravina's memories of the past.
Subconsciously, she muttered in ancient Slavic.
No one knew what she was mumbling, but Rurik could clearly see that his sister-in-law’s blue-purple eyes were filled with tears.
Her eyes are indeed different from those of the Ross tribe.
Rurik once carefully observed himself facing the water. He had blue-white pupils, fair skin, and blond hair. If he were a girl, he must be the kind of natural Barbie doll?
This Peravina is different. The blue-purple pupils of her eyes fully prove that she is completely different from the Ross tribe.
In fact, in Europe, the relative geographical separation led to what the Romans in the past called the three major barbarian systems in the north: Germanic, Slavic and Baltic people. All three were Indo-European and had different body structures. There are already very subtle differences that can only be identified by careful observation.
Strictly speaking, the Vikings and the Germans are the same ethnic group, but the former cannibalized Western Rome. Four hundred years later, the northern Germanic tribes who stayed further north were forced to invade Europe. As the climate turned colder, they gained the title of Vikings and began to move south on a large scale.
Rurik wanted to chat with her a few more words, but in the end he did not get a clear response.
However, Rurik knew a little bit about the Russian language from a thousand years later, and Novgorod was an extremely ancient city in the Slavic world.Damn, he completely recognized the Russian language.
It is really different from Norse. My sister-in-law's muttering is really full of tongue snapping, extremely fast speaking speed, and unique pronunciation caused by the work of tongue tip and nasal sounds.
To be honest, she speaks quite nicely.
Chatting with Peravina failed, and Rurik could only ask his brother Arik for more information.
"Aric, now that you are married, are you going to move out soon?"
"Yes! What? Are you a little reluctant to let go?"
"No." Rurik shrugged, "I know our tradition."
"I will move away soon." Rurik subconsciously patted his cousin's forehead: "Ruri Grams, you are my father's eldest son, do you understand? You are going to inherit this family, and I am going to inherit everything from my biological father Ogier. This winter, I will move to my own home with my Peravina! , I married a wife, and it has proven that I have grown up. Hehe, maybe by this time next year I will be a father."
Aric thought that his brother Rurik didn't understand, but in fact Rurik didn't understand. Understand.
He was in a very good mood and continued: "There are many beautiful girls in Novgorod. Rurik, when you grow up, you can also look for your wife anywhere."
"Really? But I'm too young now."
Aric shrugged: "Soon, you will grow up in a few years."
< p>At this time, Niya interrupted Arik with a smile: "Silly boy, I know you did a ceremony in Novgorod, but your marriage was not recognized by the tribe."< p>Niya's words reminded Arik. He leaned into his newlywed wife's ear and said in Norse: "She is right. You can't actually call her mother now. And with your current appearance, I should understand You should untie your hair, and you can only tie it up after passing our wedding ceremony."Peravina didn't quite understand, and now she had to obey completely. This man's command.
Soon, her blond hair spread out, and in Rurik's view, her sister-in-law actually became more beautiful.
After hearing the news about his brother Arik, he also understood that his sister-in-law happened to be eighteen years old, and she was actually the same age as Arik.
Although Peravina is such an age, she looks younger no matter how you look at it. Perhaps it is because the living conditions in Novgorod are not very good, and both men and women are not as good as the people of the Rus tribe. Taller and stronger? ! That must be the case.
Rurik is not wrong to think this way. People in Novgorod’s staple food is rye and wheat, and there are not many opportunities to eat meat. Although the Ross tribe does not have many opportunities to eat wheat, they usually eat a lot of fish and captured wild beasts.
When a person is growing up, the more meat he eats, the stronger he will be as he grows up.
Novgorod is a city that is a mixture of manors and small villages.The people have a large population, but most of them are short in height.
There are not many people in the Ross tribe, and they are filled with strong people like Gundam.
When barbarians fought in ancient Europe, both sides always lacked tactics. At this time, whichever side was stronger often had the ability to fight one against ten! Hundreds of Russian berserkers gathering together can indeed overturn the professional agriculture that has been difficult to organize by various farmer families in Novgorod.
After a brief contact, Rurik certainly could not understand his sister-in-law’s past, and he even did not understand the ancient Slavic meaning of the name “Pelavina”.
In this era, the Rus tribe of the Varangians did not accept the Eastern Orthodox Church of Eastern Rome, and the same was true for the ancient Slavic tribes. The names of the people of these groups are all kinds of, which is not like the names of future generations, for people to choose from. There are only over 400 choices in that book for my real name.
Of course, like the Slavs, some inherent words to describe flowers have naturally continued, such as "Natasha", "Lilia" and "Katyusha", which have been used for at least two thousand years.
This "Pelavena" is not like that at all. Her name is very simple and straightforward.
The White Tree Manor in Novgorod has a population of up to 2,000 people. It is also divided into nuclear families and attached families. It is the concept of "large family" and "small family", but they don't have it either. A clear concept of surnames.
"Pelavina" actually means "eldest daughter". She is the eldest daughter of a small family in Baishu Village. She has reached the age of marriage, but her parents have already begun to arrange marriage arrangements.
At the end of the autumn harvest, the Varyag people arrived again as promised. This time their leader took a large amount of amber and asked Novgorod for the marriage of the Varyag young man.
For greater wealth, Peravina’s parents decided to accept the Varyag’s dowry.
She was a pretty girl, and of course Otto personally supervised his own Arik's marriage. In this way, her family received a small bag of precious amber.
With this bag of amber, this family’s status in the manor suddenly increased! Using amber and trading in Smolensk to the south, the family quickly entered the wealthy life they knew.
Perhaps this marriage is a win-win situation, although Peravina was more resistant at first.
Now that she is finally appointed, she can especially enjoy salted fish!
Because in Novgorod, it is an "inland area" in a pure sense! They did not have the ability to follow the rivers into the Arctic Ocean beaches to boil seawater to make coarse salt. In fact, they knew very little about the far north. The priests claimed that it was the residence of the God of Ice and Snow, and entering by mistake would bring death.
As for why the Varangians dared to come from the north, the priests of Novgorod claimed that those Varangians made a deal with the Ice and Snow Body.
The residents of Novgorod are extremely short of salt, but people need to eat salt. Hunters and fishermen who eat sea fish and hunt wild animals do not have the problem of salt deficiency. Those inland farmers, heThey could not hope to obtain enough salt in the land by growing rye, so they had to buy it at a high price from private salt dealers in Eastern Rome.
In fact, as early as when the Roman Empire was prosperous, a trade route from the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea to Northeast Europe had always existed. On this trade route, coarse salt had always been the hard currency. Through this trade route, Eastern Rome obtained a wealth of precious animal skins, such as ferret skins, which became decorations for nobles' clothing.
In Fort Ross, even though the salinity of the sea water is very low, people still burn a lot of firewood to obtain coarse salt from the sea. They enjoy doing this so that they can marinate more dried meat to survive the winter.
Peravina has eaten a lot of salt, so what is there to resist when her hair is let down or she is asked to do something under her husband's orders?
Obviously I won’t starve, and my future life won’t be too bad. The most important thing is that there is enough salt here!
Niya once again told the newlyweds: "Arik, and Peravina, your marriage has not been recognized yet. But I think the situation will change soon. By the next Free On Gerri, you will have a formal wedding. There may be many people holding weddings at the same time, at our stone ship altar, and Priest Vilia will personally hold the wedding..."
Ni. Ya thought about it again and pointed to Arik's sword: "Your sword and your dagger..."
"Is it a sword-giving ceremony? I understand. Mom, don't worry, when the time comes I will take care of everything."
Niya smiled knowingly: "My child, you are still too naive. Take care of your wife these days. Your wedding day is really approaching. I will also serve as a witness.”