Chapter 51: It's Too Tender
However, it's not good to just set up a table next to the truck to sell things. Not to mention that the night is cool, the sun is big during the day, even if it rains, you may even catch a cold. Xiao Lin was not afraid, just go back and take some cold medicine, but Apache and Pearl would not dare. No matter what Xiao Lin said, the two still felt that getting sick was a terrible thing. So, Xiao Lin took out the remaining twenty-five knives and some pots and pans, hired the help of the tribesmen, and spent three days building a wooden house.
Hang up the signboard, the first store of the Eagle Tribe, the Kobayashi Grocery Store, officially opened. Pearl and the girls from the three tribes became the first employees, and Xiao Lin hired these fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls at the cost of ten days for a Tang knife and a set of compound bows for twenty days. These little girls, apart from pearls, are not passable hunters. Pearl also relied on the careful teaching of her brother Apache, so that she had enough strength to capture prey.
Instead of raising them for nothing, it is better to go to work and come back in exchange for some good things. Their parents happily sent people over, and they didn't have to go back at night, they just slept in the shop, and Xiao Lin took care of the food. Instant noodles and canned food, these people can't let go of their mouths. Xiao Lin can't hold on, these things can't be stool if they eat too much. It just so happened that the inventory of the Eagle Tribe had basically gone into Xiao Lin's pocket, and if they wanted to trade, they would have to wait a few days for them to collect and hunt properly.
The grocery store has cooled down, business is not so busy, and Xiao Lin has free time. Pearls must be mentioned here, and Shoren came back with a lot of gifts for her. There are several sets of girls' clothes, skirts, and denim clothes. Their hairpins, makeup, and a vanity mirror made Pearl happy to death. However, Xiao Lin's gifts are problematic. Because these things are too precious in the eyes of the Eagle tribesmen, especially the vanity mirror.
Xiao Lin said that his brother sent his sister, but people didn't think so. They don't have this tradition, how can an older brother give his sister so many good things, only when he asks for a kiss, will he be so bleeding. Apache and Eagle came directly to ask Xiao Lin if he wanted to ask for pearls, and Xiao Lin explained that it was useless for a long time. Annoyed, he admitted it directly. Apache and the Eagle were not angry yet, but their faces were full of joy and reason.
Xiao Lin has experienced several women, but it doesn't mean that he has thoughts about a high school student. But everyone recognized it, including the pearl himself, and he had no choice. If he hadn't said that his hometown requires girls to get married when they turn eighteen, maybe they would have to start getting married. However, Pearl now considers herself Shawlin's wife, helping to take care of affairs all day long. However, with such a diligent and responsible woman by his side, Xiao Lin is also a lot more relaxed. The grocery store was handed over to her, and Xiao Lin was relieved.
After finding good weather, Sholin asked Apache out hunting. One is that he wants to improve his diet with some game and wild vegetables, and the other is that the last hunting competition Apache was ahead, Xiao Lin was not convinced, and he wanted to find a chance to defeat him. With the new powerful bow and arrow, the efficiency of hunting has skyrocketed, and Apache doesn't mind playing with Sholin either.
Xiao Lin deliberately asked Apache to take him to the place where he hunted last time, and Xiao Lin did not forget the two claws and the chase at the beginning. The grizzly bear had already been remembered by him. Besides, it is said that bear's paws are delicious, and Xiao Lin has not eaten them. That's why I brought a jar of honey here, which I planned to use to marinate bear paws. I don't know, the grizzly bear knows if he will regret chasing this small-bellied human.
Unexpectedly, the two of them touched it and found that the grizzly bear was really there. The arrow wound on his face made Xiao Lin recognize at a glance that this was the bear that was chasing him. Apache and Shoren climbed the tree and walked towards the grizzly bear, who was taking a lazy stroll. The two of them shot arrows at the grizzly bear's neck in unison on a branch more than ten meters high. The grizzly bear has a strong vitality, and after suffering from pain, it broke out in its last struggle, and with a slam bang, it broke all the trees that Xiao Lin was in. Fortunately, Xiao Lin jumped up before the big tree touched the ground, and a few rolls landed safely.
"Brother, great, I'll treat you to stir-fried bear meat tonight, and invite your father too. ”
Xiao Lin happily stepped forward and took out a knife to dispose of the grizzly bear carcass. He didn't notice that Apache didn't seem to be right. Apache is the tribe's most powerful hunter because his five senses are stronger than ordinary people. Suddenly, he heard a distinct sound of human activity, and it was getting closer.
Apache listened for a few minutes and made sure of his findings. immediately went up to stop Xiao Lin from singing and handling the bear corpse, signaling that Xiao Lin was in trouble.
"Brother, what's going on?"
"There were a lot of people coming, and the sound of horses' hooves. ”
"Isn't it your people?"
"No, the footsteps are very hard, and we don't keep horses, there are too few wild horses around here for us to catch. ”
Hearing this, Xiao Lin also noticed that something was wrong, and he also heard a distinct sound. Xiao Lin wanted to see what was going on, and the two slowly climbed into the grass next to the road. There is a dirt road here, and no one has built it, so it looks like it has been stepped on by more people. If a large group of people passed by, they had to take that dirt road. They didn't have to wait long, and a group of people slowly walked over, among the crowd, there were old people, children, middle-aged people, women, and several carriages. It's just that the face is not Indian, but Caucasian.
Xiao Lin hid in the grass and roughly counted, at least three hundred white people passed by, and there were a dozen muskets. Shawlin's worst fears have happened, white immigrants from Europe are coming to this neighborhood. As for why they don't live in towns, you have to know that the urban environment where Europeans lived in the 18th century was so bad that they had no probability of urban environmental protection, and there were no public toilets, and things like feces and urine were poured directly on the street, plus Europeans generally did not like to bathe, and various taxes imposed by colonial countries, living in densely populated cities was really not a good choice.
As more and more immigrants arrived, the living environment became worse and worse, and the per capita area was squeezed out, many colonists would move out of the towns at a certain time and find a place to live on their own, which was also the origin of the land dispute between European immigrants and Indians. When the Europeans came, the forests were destroyed, the rivers were polluted, and a large number of wild animals were hunted, and the Indians could not survive. Either leave here and find another place to live, or kill these Europeans and reclaim a good living environment.