Chapter 4: Intrigue within the tribe
The island tribes, which were not very toiling, spent as much time gossiping as the northern countryside in later generations. The news spread that the strange man from the infant clan suddenly possessed fire without sending anyone to fetch fire, nor did he experience adventures such as wildfires and thunderbolts. Of course, there is also news that the baby's fire was not damaged during the storm. Therefore, the impact of this shock is not very great, but even so, people often come to visit this clan, which is usually somewhat excluded, especially some of the curious and brave children of other clans.
"Shu Xiaowu, how about I help you play an old game this time? Maybe it will make the alien adults suffer in front of this old-fashioned game once!"
"What game?"
"The hunter's well by the beach, this time we dug it deep, but don't worry, even if we fall, there is no danger. He's an adult, and he just sinks his whole body into it like a prank, and he won't anger the man. The other friends who have been to the baby don't all say that the man actually seems friendly to us children... ”
When a beautiful little girl of five or six years old, Shu Xiaowu, came alone, this time she remembered some mysterious words that her former companion friend Feng Xiaoqi of the Feng clan said with a wicked smile yesterday.
And there are still some of these marks in the place where a few deep pits were dug yesterday, and Shu Xiaowu also looked at them carefully. It seems that there is no real danger even to himself, and maybe the pheasant will be able to escape if he falls, let alone a tall adult.
Even in this tribe, which is relatively civilized in terms of its Paleolithic low level of technology and consciousness, because it does not have the urgent sense of early education of modern people, a five- or six-year-old child is only equivalent to a three- or four-year-old child who can barely communicate with people and remember things in modern times. Regarding Feng Xiaoqi's words, Shu Xiaowu, who had just remembered for a short time, did not have any doubts.
Shu Xiaowu, who still doesn't know what is dangerous and doesn't know what is dangerous, did not sneak when he came to see the clan where the legendary outsider belonged this time, and he did not have the conditions to sneak. It's just that when I saw the strange outsider at this time, he still looked at the mound of earth used for cooking and a lot of "broken stones" in and around when everyone else was resting, and seemed to be in a daze.
The successful experience of drilling wood for fire made Yang Tian think that it was not difficult to have pottery that existed a decade or two thousand years ago. Like in Robinson Crusoe, a few more attempts may be successful...
However, this time, Yang Tian spent a lot of time pinching out the simplest pottery such as the heavy "pottery bowl", although it was barely fired, but as soon as it was heated to make water, it leaked and trapped. Before the water was boiling hot, the heavy clay bowl burst open under the scorching flames. Yang Tian was glad that he still had a backup, but this seemingly sturdy "clay bowl" seemed to have a lot of cracks inside, and he broke it by accident, and the difference in quality was completely beyond Yang Tian's expectations. There seems to be too obvious a gap with those ceramic clay pots in my impression, and the gap is so big that it loses its basic function.
Such a failure made Yang Tian have to calm down and seriously think about what went wrong, so as not to waste too much time? The first thing that comes to mind is that the temperature of the fire is not enough and uneven, should you burn charcoal and then burn pottery?
"Do you want to make an erected furnace with a fire underneath and a special place for pottery on it? As for the bellows, which seems simple but is actually difficult to do under the technical conditions at this time, don't think about it first... Also: Is it that the pottery is a little too wet, not dry and dehydrated enough? It seems that this kind of problem has arisen in the beginning. Moreover, is the clay also cleaner and purer... ”
Just when Yang Tian summed up the lessons learned in the past two days and was about to strive to solve the problem of drinking hot water or at least cool white as soon as possible at one time, a naughty little girl came behind Yang Tian, and after hesitating for a moment, she decided to pat politely with her hand, after all, she didn't have the courage to be like an acquaintance in the face of strangers.
Although Yang Tian still didn't understand the language of this tribe after these few days, he still understood the meaning of some simple gestures. This cute little girl seems to be saying "Follow me!" I'll take you somewhere" or something?
The tension and hard work of the past few days, and even the pressure of a simple life faced by himself, made Yang Tian feel a little interested at this time. Even in the memories that seem to be flawed, I have been away from my childhood for several years.
Therefore, Yang Tian also stood up with a friendly smile and walked over with the five or six-year-old girl.
It's just that when this little girl tried to take Yang Tian out of the sight of the people around her, to the beachhead that seemed to be a little too far away and too unfamiliar, Yang Tian still had a trace of vigilance in his heart. Of course, I put it down a little bit: in my own experience, a child of this age should only be able to communicate in this tribe just by remembering...
But when Yang Tian noticed some unusual actions of this little girl with a slightly evil smile, he seemed to reduce his speed, cautiously passed through a beach with adult footprints, and looked at the leaves not far away. Yang Tian roughly understood something.
Yang Tian didn't think that this little girl would be unfavorable to him, and at most it was just a prank. However, being in a strange tribe where he couldn't communicate the language yet, Yang Tian still subconsciously avoided the risk, picked up a stone by the beach and threw it at a suspicious place that he was likely to walk through. The stone that wasn't too big smashed into a deep pit of a black hole. Discouraged the little girl.
After the cautious Yang Tian came closer, he found that this trap was so deep that there was a person? Although there doesn't seem to be anything in it, and there are no snakes, insects, bamboo sticks, etc., it seems that the depth of about two meters does not seem to be hopeless to climb up. It's just that Yang Tian doesn't believe it: such a trap can be dug up by five or six-year-old children. But if it is an adult from another clan who intends to trap himself, such a pit that obviously will not hurt people's lives, and even a captive person may not come in time, so what is the use of a pit that can climb out as soon as he stretches out his hand?
It's just that at this time, Yang Tian still faintly noticed a somewhat familiar smell. It was the smell of stinky fish and shrimp, but it wasn't very heavy. At this time, Yang Tian also suddenly faintly felt that the hand of the stone he had picked up felt slightly, which was the feeling that he had carefully experienced before touching something very dirty?
Under the effect of the hidden vigilance, Yang Tian, who was slightly alert, quickly moved away from the location of the trap. He didn't bother with the suspicious girl anymore and returned to his original tribe as quickly as he could. And washed his hands and feet in the seawater, and even washed his whole body after returning to a position.
At this time, Yang Tian also felt more and more clearly: This may be a conspiracy that is not very clever, but very bad. If a person in a tribe has the intention of harming outsiders or even insiders, and he is just an ordinary member who is not outstanding, it is impossible to prevent it. After all: just relying on a clan like the infant clan, which has been excluded, can not really cut off contact with other clans. Only if you have a transcendent position, and have a real language or method of communicating with the people in this place, can you investigate and rectify such things. Before that, I am afraid that the only person I could trust was the clan around me that had established a lot of prestige in the past few days.
As for whether it is possible for the little girl to be "killed", Yang Tian is not worried. If there is really something about the dead man, I believe that this must not be a matter that can be forgotten by the tribe for at least a few years, and it should be easy to determine the identity of this girl.