The thing that Ding Qi made was mahjong.

There are not many recreational activities in the tribe itself, swinging, playing football, crutches, tug-of-war, backgammon, etc., everyone is already too familiar to be familiar with it. So, Ding Qi is going to make some entertainment tools, such as the mahjong he is making now, and the deer skin that Niu Er's group of leather craftsmen are cutting. These deerskins will be made into playing cards and used with mahjong. As for whether everyone can catch the cards assigned to their hands in one hand, it is not within the scope of Ding Qi's consideration, and there are people who have studied these entertainment tools to improve.

The rules are clear, and they will use them flexibly after they are familiar with them, and they don't need to care about Ding Qi himself at all.

"Eighty thousand!"

"Bump!"

"Three of a kind!"

"Eat!"

"Nine loaves! Who wants? ”

"I want it! Hoo! Hahaha! Come on, come on, post another one! ”

There was a sound of mahjong playing, and it was clear that the final winner was the deer. Ding Qi was very depressed, he hit whatever people ate and touched anything, and in the end he let people win. Eight in a row, didn't win a handful! He was now covered in small notes, and he was going to play tricks on the deer, but he didn't expect to lose his temper at all. can only take a few on one side, like a big cat, even the little cutie has been staring at him next to him, and his heart said:

"Hey~ That's what it's like, it's really my daddy!"

Whoa!

Mahjong will continue, Ben Hefeng is purely here to play with the deer and the leader, laughing and not daring to laugh, uncomfortable, mainly worried that he will laugh hard, and the deer will scold him. On the contrary, the wind and the deer laughed non-stop as always, and even Bai Mao, who was watching and pouring tea and water on the side, couldn't stop.

Ding Qi can't help it, he wants to win the cards, but he can't do it. Out of the card is not for people to touch, or for people to eat, even if there is a single left can also let people win, you say angry people are not angry. But he still has to endure it, which is what Ding Qi himself started and taught everyone to play.

Next, shuffle, yard cards, draw cards, look at cards, play cards, and it didn't take long for Ding Qi to pounce again and lose again!

But just as the deer laughed and was about to put another slurry note on his face, the alarm bell rang. When Ding Qi heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he said quickly:

"Ben, there is a situation, come with me!"

Ding Qi was so fast that he didn't even react to running, and in a blink of an eye, the person ran outside the courtyard gate.

Ben patted his head, and said in his heart that this bell is not right, it is not particularly urgent, why is the leader so anxious? Could it be that there is some hidden information in the voice, and the leader hears it? But before he could react, the deer grabbed the cards on the table and threw them out the door, and said angrily:

"Brother Ding! You're cheating! ”

ran suddenly, turned his head and ran out, for fear that he would be scolded if he ran slowly, his wife and the deer were both "ruthless" masters!

Ding Qi ran out under the pretext and went straight to the southwest city wall, where several soldiers on duty had gathered to point to the west, and the soldiers of the two squads in the south gate were fully armed, stepping on skis and rushing out of the door, running to the position pointed out by the soldiers on duty. There is a passage from the gate to the ranch that clears the snow, but the speed of the road on one side is very fast.

Ding Qi could hear that the bell was ringing from the direction of the horse ranch to the west, and a sentry was set up at the westernmost part of the horse ranch to prevent enemies or beasts from coming from that direction. They discovered the enemy before the soldiers on the city walls, and the soldiers on duty there were still observing the situation of the incoming people, and if it was safe, they would ring the bronze bell around them, one long and one short, to lift the guard.

But before Tinch could rush to the city wall, from the south-east side of the horse ranch, there was also the sound of alarm bells, which came around the low hill in the silent winter. The crisp and melodious sound spread throughout the north shore of the South Lake. The sound was a little far away, and it was not urgent, but it was softer than the sound in the southwest corner just now, indicating that the situation in that direction was not urgent.

But when the bell rings, the fighters on duty must rush to the place where the situation occurs as soon as possible.

Therefore, the fighters who rushed out of the barracks again two squads, dressed neatly, rushed straight down the slope on their skis, bypassed the low hill along the south lake, and disappeared from Tinch's sight.

At this time, Ding Qi was already standing

On the city wall, Ben beside him had already handed the telescope to Ding Qi, and he took the lead to observe the situation in the west.

As his vision gradually cleared, Ding Qi saw a long line of people coming towards the tribe, and six horses walking in front of them, wading through the snow up to half a meter thick for the people behind him to easily walk.

Seeing that there were horses, Ding Qi's mood suddenly relaxed, knowing that this was a warrior from his own tribe.

"Ben, blow the horn, gesticulate, and tell the soldiers over there that the people who come here are our own people!"

Soon, some fighters blew horns to convey the message of lifting the alert.

Ding Qi continued to observe, and saw several familiar faces, and Falcon, the old man of the Blue Bird Clan, was ahead of him, waving to the two squad warriors who greeted them in the direction of the tribe. And behind him, there seem to be many people who drag their families with their mouths, looking at their faces and clothes, they are not from the Ding tribe.

Thinking of the purpose of his previous arrangement of the falcon, Ding Qi immediately said happily to Ben:

"Ben, go and gather the soldiers of the two platoons, beat the gongs and drums, and welcome our tribesmen brothers, this is the brothers who are about to join the Ding tribe!"

Ben led his way away, and the city also rang the bell and drum of the high-ranking members of the tribe. Soon, the entire Ningcheng was boiling, as if it was going to be a festival. The crowd soon gathered outside the south gate, lined up in a long row, gongs and drums were noisy, and Xue and Dan even organized people to start twisting Yangge at the city gate.

In this winter, there is a rare thing to be happy about. But looking at the current layout of the east and west locations, it is obvious that there are two things that are worth everyone's excitement, and they are jumping hard. Could it be double happiness?

Falcon and his group of more than 40 people, stepping on snowwalking shoes, walked on the snowy road opened up by horses. They are covered in thick fur to protect them from the cold winter weather.

Earlier, when he was deciding how to return to Ningcheng, he carefully recalled the knowledge about snowwalking taught by the leaders and army leaders. Therefore, he immediately led the people to find the materials to make snowshoeing shoes, and made animal skin hats and scarves for each of the people of the mediocrous tribe to protect against the wind, snow and cold.

After checking back and forth twice, and carefully recalling the process with his five subordinates without any problems, he organized people to embark on the snowy road back to Ningcheng together. The journey was arduous and full of dangers, Hayabusa and five of his men, stepping on skis and weaving back and forth around the team, and the less than ten warriors left of the Diet tribe protected the Diet tribesmen in the middle.

Although there was plenty of food and a timely hunter's hut to rest and keep warm, and to avoid dangerous frightening animals, one of the tribal warriors was attacked by a saber-toothed tiger lying in ambush in a snowdrift while patrolling to protect the leader of the Eater tribe.

The crowd arrived, and although the saber-toothed tiger was severely damaged, it still escaped. The falcons did not dare to go too far from the crowd, so they dug through the snow on the spot, dug a pit in the hard earth, and buried the warrior's body in it. In order to prevent wild beasts from coming, the Hayabusa also found a large pile of stones on top of it, so that the beasts would not destroy the remains of the warriors.

Ji, the leader of the Jishi tribe, was very moved, patted his chest and said that his Jishi tribe had become a clan of the Ding tribe, even if the Ding tribe didn't want them, he would think so.

In fact, along the way, Ji has been touched by a lot of places.

The warriors of the Ding tribe always give the first bite to their own people, always give the most comfortable hunter hut to those old and weak, always sleep on the outermost part of the hut to protect the people of the Jishi tribe inside, and even take off their own animal skin clothes when the Jishi tribesmen lack animal skins and give them to the Jishiren. They also prepare a white powder for everyone to apply around the eyes, which can relieve the discomfort on the eyes. In Falcon's words, that discomfort is called snow blindness, and a disobedient member of their tribe has experienced the horror of snow blindness.

Escorted all the way, the Ding tribesmen always asked for warmth and helped everyone. In their conversations, they are always proud and proud of the Ding tribesmen, and express high respect for their leader, the Aragami.

This made him even more curious about what kind of person the leader of the Ding tribe was.

The noisy sound of gongs and drums made the people in the group panic, but they were quickly calmed down by the falcons and told them that these were two special musical instruments of the Ding tribe.

They came to the side of the horse ranch, where there was one

The snow-free passages, paved with gravel, wide and muddy. This is a passage that the tribe has cleared after the snow has stopped, so that everyone can get around, and the snow on one side can be used by skis or snow plows.

On that passage, a group of people were standing there to greet them, smiling faces, men and women, old and young. But in Ji's eyes, it always feels weird, that is, a young man who is the least like the leader stands in the middle of everyone, like the stars and the moon, which makes Ji feel particularly incredible.

Who is this young man? Could it be the leader of the Ding tribe?

The Hayabusa next to him had already taken off his snowwalking shoes and tossed them aside. Due to the proximity to the tribe and relative safety, the Hayabusa wore snowwalking shoes in order to talk to them, soothe the mental malaise caused by the long-term snow trek of the Jishi tribe, and improve their morale.

The falcon took a few quick steps, came to the group, and immediately knelt down on one knee. From the direction of Ji, I saw that Hayabusa was kneeling towards a group of people. But what happened next confirmed his previous conjecture, the conjecture that made him feel suffocated.

That young man helped the falcon up, that young man must be the leader of the Ding tribe, the abarajin with great magical powers in the eyes of the falcon!

Ji was a little flustered, which shouldn't have happened to someone his age, but he did panic a little. Immediately hurried two steps, knelt on the ground with his right hand clasped on his chest and one knee, and showed his loyalty to the other party with the general etiquette of the great wilderness and the posture of his subordinates to meet the leader.

"Ji, the leader of the Jishi tribe, meet the leader of the Ding tribe, Aragami!"

The Herb Witch Grass, the doctor of the Diet Tribal, also stepped forward to salute.

Ding Qi immediately took two quick steps and reached out to help the two of them up.

"Two, Ding Qi really doesn't dare to be! Besides, the Ding tribe has few rules, so you don't want to learn from the falcon just now. ”

In three or two sentences, the two sides have already expressed their identities, which can be described as extremely natural.

"Welcome to the Ding tribe, welcome the brothers and sisters of the food tribe to join the Ding tribe, your trust in the Ding tribe will be rewarded handsomely!"

I didn't want to talk about the official face, but Ding Qi had to make a statement. After a short while, Falcon had already told himself something important, and the other party agreed to join the Ding tribe. Therefore, Ding Qi wants to give people an attitude so that they can stay here with peace of mind.

The crowd cheered and welcomed the people of the Jishi tribe to join the Ding tribe. Everything about the Jishi tribe made them very curious, and they stepped forward one after another to help the people of the Jishi tribe carry the things on their backs, shoulder to shoulder, and return to Ningcheng.

But just as they were halfway there, a group of people from the east was coming. The first warrior stepped on his skis and rushed to the place where the leader was, shouting loudly:

"Report! Report the leader, there is a change in the southern part of the mountain, ask for support! ”

Ding Qi frowned, recalling the news that Zhuang had brought back before, there had been several conflicts between the tribe in the southern part of the mountain and the Xia tribe, and the casualties were not counted. Zhuang originally wanted to mediate the relationship between the two parties, but they didn't appreciate it, so Zhuang had to withdraw.

Ding Qi didn't expect that this southern mountain tribe would trek through mountains and rivers and personally run to Ningcheng for help, presumably something important happened. But no matter how urgent things are, they have to wait until they have been greeted.

Ding Qi waved his hand, and the sound of gongs and drums sounded again, and the guests on both sides returned to Ningcheng together.

At the south gate, people from the two tribes were so frightened by the city gate and the city gate tower that they knelt there and saluted the city gate.

Ding Qixin said, when you see the totem of the tribe, don't you want to lie on the ground and make a big salute?

When the people of the Jishi tribe and the three elephant trunks in the south of the mountain passed through the city gate hole and stood on the clean bluestone street, they could no longer move.

The wide road, without a speck of snow, led straight to the building in the distance. And when an unknown monster stood in the open space (square) in front of them, a strong sense of oppression suddenly came to their hearts. They couldn't bear that kind of pressure, and really lay on the bluestone street and saluted the tribal totem.

The scene in front of him made Ding Qi pout, secretly a little proud:

"Humph! You finally know the power of the Tribal Totem! This is the totem of the Ding tribe! ”