Chapter 22 It is better to teach a man to fish
During the banquet, the old man chatted happily with Lin Tian and the others, and finally the old man asked the doubts in his heart. "The Li clan has given our clan such a great favor, I don't know what I need my Gaoxin clan to do."
"Old patriarch, you are too worried, our small clan inhabits this resource-poor mirror lake, if we can't support each other, wouldn't we be slaughtered at will, and there is no way to live."
"What Xiaoyou said is that only when we and other small clans take care of each other can we survive better in this cruel land."
"Daddy... I heard that there is a distinguished guest, where are you? ”
A rough man in beast clothes lifted the curtain and shouted.
"Shut up, in front of the distinguished guests, what are you doing yelling like this", the old patriarch reprimanded the man and then turned his head to Lin Tian and the others and said: "Three distinguished guests, this is my unsuccessful son, a man from the mountains and wilderness, who does not understand etiquette. ”
"We and other people from the Yidi clan all live in the mountains, and I haven't seen much of the world, and I can't know the etiquette, and the young patriarch is really a good man who is my Yidi."
"Haha, why does this eldest nephew speak so well, a few of you are distinguished guests from my clan, thank you for the great grace of the Li clan, and you will open your mouth where you need my Drew in the future."
"This uncle, it is appropriate for us and other small clans to help each other."
"I heard that you have brought a way to catch a lot of fish?"
"Yes, there is this method in this winter, and it is no problem for the Gaoxin people to survive the winter."
"That's quick... Fast... Quick, take us to fishing, teach us, the tribesmen haven't had a full meal for a long time. ”
"Drew, shut up, the guests haven't finished their meal yet, everyone is coming, what's the hurry." Drew's father reprimanded him again, and Drew scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled. "Old patriarch, we have all eaten, let's go now, we have to go to the Jintian Clan in the afternoon, otherwise we won't be able to go back in the evening." Hearing this, Drew hurriedly led Lin Tian out and invited his clan to come to study and observe.
Lin Tian and the three of them first taught the people of the Gaoxin tribe to learn how to weave fish cages, and after learning it, they took the prepared fishing bait and led everyone to Jinghu Lake to make ice holes, and then taught them how to properly put the net down, and finally gave some precautions. For example, it is better to hit the ice holes at a better distance, how often to patrol the ice holes to prevent freezing, and to take the big fish and give up the small fish to ensure that there are fish in the lake to catch.
Before leaving, Lin Tian finally told the Gaoxin people about the production method of the bait, because the bait needs to be fermented and made for a long time, so the bait used this time is brought from the Li people.
Lin Tiansan, who left the Gaoxin tribe, set off for the last stop of the day, the Jintian tribe station, according to the map mark, the Jintian tribe is in the northeast of the Gaoxin tribe. The Mirror Lake on the map looks like a swimming tadpole, the Gaoxin tribe is located at the end of the mirror lake, and the Jintian tribe is located on the tadpole's tail.
In the afternoon, Lin Tian and the three of them arrived at the station of the Jin Tian Clan according to the instructions of the map, and on the way to the Jin Tian Clan, Lin Tian learned that the direction of the Jin Tian Clan was the upper reaches of the Mirror Lake, where there were many mountain peaks and countless cliffs.
The Jin Tian Clan's station is located in a relatively flat depression, not that the Jin Tian Clan is unwilling to be stationed on the top of the mountain like the Gaoxin Clan, but the mountain peaks in the upper reaches of Mirror Lake are too sharp and there is no mountain peak that can accommodate the entire Jin Tian Clan. At first, Lin Tian was very curious about why the Jin Tian clan was stationed in this dangerous place, and later Gesang told Lin Tian that the Jin Tian clan was good at metallurgy and forging. And there are many minerals in the mountains and forests in the upper reaches of this mirror lake, and metallurgical forging is the foundation of the Jintian clan's life, and the scope of the Yidi clan has long been distributed, and there is no land to live in when they move out. If it weren't for the fact that the Jintian clan has not been prosperous, it would have been able to prosper by relying on metallurgical forging alone.
Lin Tian thought to himself, in this era, there are basically no ethnic groups that can have this kind of ability and can still be troubled by lack of food. Why is there a lot of ore in the upper reaches of Mirror Lake, but the other big tribes don't do it? It's not that the big tribes have good intentions, but because the weather gets colder and longer the farther north you go, the longer the freezing days, and it's not easy to mine. Although there is a large amount of ore, most of it is scattered, and there is no way to solve the problem of difficult transportation if it can be mined, so no one is too interested in this ore.
When Lin Tian came to the Jintian Clan, he saw that the Jintian Clan's people were skinny and thin. When Lin Tian entered the Jintian Clan's station, he saw from a distance that the Jintian Clan's clan seemed to be quite lively, and the clansmen gathered together to make a noise. Tiewa and Gesang, who love to smell and live, took a step forward to watch earlier, Lin Tian wondered why the Jin Tian clan didn't even have a sentry, we all walked in with a swagger, and no one stopped him.
Listening to the gossip of the Jin Tian clan, Lin Tian basically understood the whole story. This is an unjust act of exchanging food for a large tribe, as they are exchanging money for a group of young girls. Most of the people present agreed, after all, they had reached the realm of life and death of the clan, and most of them chose to do helplessly. The Jin Tian clan has borrowed grain from the big tribe once, and could have survived this harsh winter safely, but the snow wolves in the mountains once went out in a group at night to steal most of the livestock and food, and the Jin Tian clan people have also been injured in order to protect the food, and everyone knows that the injured must be well nourished to heal the wounds. Even if the tribesmen save food, they will face the tragic situation of running out of food, so the Jinshan tribe has no choice but to make this policy.
Most of the girls who are holding their daughters in the field are the parents of those girls, praying and crying with the clansmen, and the scene is not lively, the crying of relatives, the crying of young girls, the arguments and persuasions of the clansmen are mixed together. The four girls who were selected for trading, the oldest was 17 years old, and the youngest was 12 years old, which was a group of young girls in the Jin Tian clan.
Lin Tian saw that the other three girls were crying, but only the youngest girl did not cry or make trouble, and stayed quietly in place. Lin Tian was very curious, walked to the girl's side and asked the girl, "Do you know your fate?" ”
"Know".
The girl replied expressionlessly.
The girl just subconsciously replied, and immediately felt that something was wrong, as if she had never heard this voice, and looked sideways sharply, only to see that the other party was a young man with a plain dress and a hearty face. The girl suddenly pointed at Lin Tian and screamed loudly: "Who are you, you are not from our clan?" ”
Everyone in the audience was startled by the girl's scream, and everyone after calming down looked at Lin Tian with unkind eyes.
"Where did the little doll come from, why did you come to our Golden Heaven Clan?"
A bearded man in the middle of the field asked.
Lin Tian, who looked confused, thought to himself that he was not scary, and he looked at the girl who scared him. Looking at the fierce eyes of the Jin Tian clan, Lin Tianlian waved his hand, indicating that he had no hostile intentions. "Ladies of the Jin Tian Clan, please don't get me wrong, I'm from the Li Clan to help you."
"Patriarch, there are 2 other people here, and they are not from our clan."
A man from the Jin Tian clan led Gesang and Tiewa over and said to the patriarch in his mouth.
"Don't get me wrong, they are with me, we are all from the Li tribe, and we are here to deliver food to the Jinshan tribe."
Lin Tian hurriedly argued.
"yes, what about the food?"
The patriarch of the Jinshan tribe said.
"In the car at the door, fatty, go and haul the food over."
"You follow him, don't let him escape."
The patriarch instructed the people to follow the fat man to fetch food.
When the food was brought and placed in front of the Jinshan people, the Jinshan patriarch and the people began to be restless again. The patriarch of the Jinshan clan, who had passed through the gods, calmed down the patriarch and said to Lin Tian: "A few distinguished guests, please forgive us for our previous offense. ”
Lin Tian naturally opened his mouth to say that he understood and didn't care, and after Lin Tian and the three of them were invited to the tent seat, they expressed their intentions, and chatted with the patriarch of the Jinshan clan and a few other people about some questions, and naturally they couldn't miss out on some words of gratitude. In order to rush back to the Li clan as soon as possible, Lin Tian went straight to the point and taught the Jinshan clan the method of fishing. Hearing about the tragic experience of the Jinshan tribe's food being stolen, Lin Tian persuaded the Jinshan people to build a cottage to defend against snow wolves and protect the tribe and food.
However, the people of the Jinshan tribe couldn't understand it, so Lin Tian had to draw it with a branch, the cottage was a simplified version of the Li people's cottage, and the traps around the cottage were also marked. The patriarch and the others still didn't know much about it, Lin Tian felt a headache, and he was helpless against these straight people, thinking that he wanted me to make a model.
"Patriarch, I understand, Brother Lin Tian, they want to rush back to the Li clan, let them go back quickly!"
Suddenly, the girl who was screaming at Lin Tian pointed at the Jinshan clan stood up and said to the patriarch.
"Yes, yes, it's not early now, it's not easy to walk at night, now that Duo'er understands, a few distinguished guests hurry back to the Li clan to resume their lives." In the future, if there is something that my Jinshan clan can help, I will definitely not shirk it. ”
Lin Tian said goodbye to the Jinshan clan and embarked on the journey home.