If it is said that the tribesmen who are on duty at night are hard, then the tribesmen who stand guard are even harder.

Standing on the bridge, the cold wind was blowing, and they wanted to freeze people to death, so that these people who stood guard shrank their necks and hid themselves in their fur coats.

When the thief came with a brazier, the two clansmen standing guard on the bridge were outside, and in the simple rest room built at the end of the bridge, wrapped in animal skins to keep warm.

Hearing a movement, the clansman who was standing outside, his neck shrunk in the skin of the animal, immediately became agitated and shouted, "Who!"

"Me. ”

The voice of the thief came, and the clansman standing guard was taken aback: "Patriarch, is it you?"

Ji Thief snorted, glanced at the clansmen who had been blown by the cold wind for several days, and said, "It's so cold outside, why are you still standing outside?"

The clansman standing guard smiled shyly: "Lord Niu said that the guard of the crossbridge is a major matter of the tribe, and it must not be negligent." It doesn't matter if we're cold, as long as we keep our people safe. ”

Ji Thief shook his head: "The house on the side of the bridge has prepared a window for external reconnaissance, it is so cold, listen to me, and you can stand guard when you go in." ”

The clansman hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded at the thief: "Yes, patriarch." ”

The thief handed the brazier to the clansman: "Go to the house and make a fire to keep warm, remember, don't forget to leave the door open, otherwise the carbon dioxide from the burning of this charcoal fire will make people uncomfortable." ”

The clansman looked confused: "What, what two?"

"Nothing, go ahead. Ji Thief smiled: "I still have to send braziers to other clansmen." ”

"Yes, Patriarch!"

With a wave of his hand, the thief turned around and got off the bridge with Usma Tsuchiyama.

When they had gone, the watchman entered the lounge on the bridge with a brazier, and as he entered, his resting companion opened his eyes when he heard the movement, and wondered, "Why did you come in? Is it time so soon?"

The tribesman shook his head: "The patriarch came just now. ”

"What! The patriarch is here? Why don't you tell me? It's broken, it's broken, I'm resting, the patriarch must know, what should I do now." ”

The clansman put down the brazier, glanced at his flustered companion, and hummed: "The patriarch has no spare time to take care of you, the patriarch came here because he was afraid that we would be cold, so he brought us the brazier." ”

When the words fell, his companion was stunned: "Send, send the brazier?"

"Of course, or you think. ”

As he spoke, the man lit the brazier, crouched down in front of the coals, and stretched out his hand to keep warm.

"It's so warm. ”

His companion came up: "Did the patriarch personally bring us a brazier just now?"

"Nonsense, it wasn't given by the patriarch, but I stole it? Alas, I've grown so big, going back and forth to the three tribes, and our patriarch is really good for everyone. ”

"Who's to say it's not? Whenever my patriarch was a little unsatisfactory, he beat us with a stick to get angry. ”

Seeing his companion stretch out his hand, the clansman said, "You bake the fire, don't forget that it's time for you to go out and stand guard later." ”

"I know. ”

"But the patriarch said that it's snowing cold outside, so let's just stand guard in the lounge. ”

"The patriarch is so nice. ”

"It's up to you to say that. ”

Such a dialogue takes place in various departments at night.

All the clansmen were amazed by the tireless work of the thief at night, and sent braziers to everyone one by one to keep warm.

As the night wore on, it was colder and the snow was heavier.

But everyone's hearts are warm.

Heavy snowfall lasted for three days.

Three days later, in the morning, the thief pushed open the door early, yawned, took out the wooden shovel that had been made a long time ago from the room, and began to shovel snow.

One after another, some clansmen woke up and saw the thief who was shoveling snow, and they all raised their hands to greet him.

For this, Ji Thief just smiled slightly.

"Patriarch, let me come. ”

Looking at the busy appearance of the thief, many clansmen who were grateful for the kindness of the thief said loudly.

For this, Ji Thief waved his hand, smiled happily, and shouted through the snow: "No, it's so cold this day, I'll shovel the snow and move to warm up." ”

"Then let's help the patriarch. And the people of the people stood in front of their doors and shouted.

So they ran out and threw the snow aside with both hands.

Seeing this, the thief smiled: "How can you do such nonsense, Tushan, give everyone the extra wooden shovels." ”

Tushan agreed, turned around and went back to the thief's room, took out all the wooden shovels that the thief had made before, and threw them over.

The crowd caught it and joined the army of snow shovelers.

By the end of the day, the valley had only been cleared by a quarter of the snow.

A few winding paths connect everyone's houses, and they are enough for the people to travel freely without stepping on the snow.

Holding the wooden shovel in his hand, Ji Thief wiped the beads of sweat from his head, looked up at the gray sky in the distance, and sighed: "Look at this, this snow will last for several days." ”

Tushan sighed next to Ji Thief: "Isn't that colder? Really, what are you doing with such a big snow, I still like summer." ”

Ji Thief glanced at Tushan: "Isn't it like you let the heat become a dog in the summer? It's good to snow, the heavier the snow, the higher our income in the coming year." The wheat has been planted for half a year, and if we don't water it, we don't sprinkle it, and if it doesn't snow, they're going to die of drought. The wheat is gone, what will we eat next year? ”

Tushan stiffened his neck and said, "Isn't there still prey?"

Ji Thief stuck out his tongue: "I'm almost tired of eating meat every day, and I think now that the wild vegetables and wheat we grow can be harvested." After all, the combination of meat and vegetables can be beneficial to health. ”

When Tushan was about to say something more, he saw that there was a distance away, and Usma excitedly ran over from the thigh-deep snow, and shouted loudly as he ran: "Patriarch, patriarch, good thing, good thing!"

Ji Thief was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look.

The snow came to the thief, Usma shook the snow flakes on his body, and said with a smile: "Patriarch, loom, I made it!"

Ji Thief was slightly surprised: "Really?"

Usma patted her chest, her face full of pride: "Of course it's true, do I need to lie to you, the patriarch?"

Ji Thief was instantly happy: "Look, this is a good thing." ”

Saying that, the thief himself couldn't help crying: "More than sixty days, more than sixty days, it's finally done." ”

As he spoke, the thief shook his head at Usma: "Let's go, take me over to have a look." ”

Usma agreed, and stepped aside: "Patriarch, you come with me." ”

A lot of joy and a lot of sorrow, here, Ji Thief is not happy because of the successful development of the loom. However, there are also people who are trembling until now, scolding the heavens and scolding the thief.

The eastern plain has been walking for about a day to the east, and there is a cliff, and when you stand on the cliff and look into the distance, it is about half a day's distance that there is an endless ocean.

Here, it is a treasure that is regarded by the thief as the future Lihuo tribe, and it is a treasure that can be developed as long as the Qingfeng tribe is defeated and the boat is made.

However, it is such a treasure place, and at this time, there is one more uninvited guest.

The closest point to the cliff is also fifty or sixty meters above the ground, and it is steep and difficult to climb.

At this time, there is a natural cave near the ground where the cliff is located.

In a cave five or six meters deep, there was a shivering woman.

"Damn, damn, all deserve to die!

A scolding voice came out of her mouth, and the woman didn't forget to sneeze a few times when she was scolding.

This person is none other than Mu Lian, who can only hide on the east coast after the pit agreed with Ah Zheng was destroyed.

At this time, Mu Lian grabbed the thin and almost pitiful animal skin that Ah Zheng had given her, and wrapped her cold teeth with chatter.

She glanced at the various animal bones on the ground, and her heart sank instantly.

She knew very well that there was no food left in the cave to satisfy her hunger...