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The old man ignored Richie's inquiries and dragged him to the cave with the others.

As soon as he entered the cave, Li Qi immediately felt a trace of coolness, different from what he imagined, there was no too strong smell in this cave, in fact, when he came in just now, he deliberately held his breath, because he felt that this wild man lived in the cave, and there were ghosts if it didn't smell, however, the smell was there, but it was not as terrifying as he imagined, and this cave was far bigger than he imagined, enough to accommodate dozens of people, of course, this was calculated according to the straw mats laid inside.

At this time, the old woman and the four older women were sitting on a natural rockfall, and the rest of the women were also sitting on their straw mats, only the men were all standing, but not standing at random, but in a protective formation, and they were all holding weapons in their hands, which showed that they were still on guard against Li Qi.

The old woman suddenly said to Li Qi, "After our discussion, we are willing to keep you." ”

Li Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, and said excitedly: "This... This... Thank you so much! Not only did you save my life, but you were willing to take me in, I was... Is... I was so impressed! ”

The old woman didn't seem to like Li Qi's set, if he didn't have the ability, he wouldn't leave him, and said majestically: "But you must abide by the rules of our Black Rock Valley, and don't do anything to break the rules, otherwise, I will drive you out of here, or even put you to death." ”

"Understood! Understand! Li Qi nodded without thinking about it, "I don't have any other advantages as a person, but I just like to follow the rules." Ignorance... What are the rules here? "But I thought in my heart, rules are used to break, if I don't break them, why am I here?

The old woman said, "Later, I will tell you, you follow him first." ”

Li Qi looked at Rong, then nodded and smiled: "Understood, understood." ”

He thought that although this Rong had a very terrifying body and strength, he was still relatively honest in appearance, far better than the young man.

The old woman nodded to the woman beside her, and she took a rope thick with the little finger of a cub and handed it to the old man, which was not made of linen or silk, but of rattan silk.

The old man took the rope and immediately climbed up the natural stone steps more than a meter high behind the old woman.

Li Qi looked up and found that there was a huge net hanging on the stone wall on the stone steps, but it didn't look like a fishing net, and some of the net knots were painted with various colors, but it was also said that it was not colorful, in short, it was not very good-looking.

Then the old man tied the rope to the far right side of the net, and tied it in a little knot.

The old woman immediately said, "All right! Now you're from our Blackstone Valley. ”

"Huh? Oh... Oh.... ”

Li Qi didn't seem to react, thinking to himself, could it be the green card awarding ceremony? He looked at the net again, did I miss any details? Suddenly, my heart moved, could it be... Is this what is called a knotted rope note? Yes! Yes! It must be! This is the most primitive contract of human beings.

Wonderful! Wonderful!

Li Qi doesn't know much about knotted ropes, but he knows that there is such a thing, that is, in the era when there was no writing, primitive people used this method to record some deeds and conclude contracts, and the size and color of the knots represent different meanings.

It was amazing for him to go from a vague concept to a reality in front of him.

However, that was all there was to the ceremony, and then the old woman told everyone to go outside to work.

Everyone came out of the cave one after another, and no one took the initiative to communicate with Li Qi, but only glanced at Li Qi slightly.

This made Li Qi a little surprised, he thought that everyone would be very enthusiastic about him, after all, he could cook, but then he also understood, this is actually human nature, especially in these years, human beings still maintain the nature of animals, there is no legal system and morality, and human beings are not very powerful, so they must be more wary of strangers, in fact, the same will be true for human beings in the future, but people here do not know how to hide it.

Li Qi also fiddled with those girls, he originally hoped to rely on his handsome appearance to win the favor of the other party, there are two things he is most proud of in his life, the first is appearance. The second is cooking. The so-called cooking skills attack his stomach, and his appearance attacks his heart, which is tried and tested.

It's a pity that those girls are all avoided, and no one is the slightest bit tempted, which hurts Richie.

Could it be that my delicate and handsome appearance does not belong to the popular type here? Is it popular to melt like that? Belch... In fact, it's okay, if they all take a fancy to me, then wouldn't I be destroyed by them day and night, just like them, it's terrible to think about!

Just as Li Qi gave full play to Ah Q's spirit, Na Rong suddenly came to Li Qi's side and said very dullly: "Go out." ”

"Oh."

Li Qi also nodded solemnly, and as soon as he turned around, he suddenly found that there were many strange paintings on the stone wall on the right, and he couldn't help but walk over, looking up at the dense murals, not to mention the hundreds of figures and animal images, which looked like they were painted with charcoal ash.

But one word can describe it, it is coarse.

It was drawn by a three-year-old.

At this time, the old man also walked over, looked at the painting on the stone wall, and smiled.

"Taba!"

Suddenly, I heard a childish shout, only to see a small figure flying over, the little hand grabbed the old man's big beard, with a swing of strength, turned over and rode on the old man's shoulder, it was a white little fat man, he grabbed the old man's hair with both hands, tore it, and shouted in his mouth, "Taba, tell a story, Taba, tell a story." ”

Li Qi was dumbfounded, let alone this old man, even if he was so young, he was grabbed by this little fat man and swayed around, not to mention the pain, he had to fall, but the old man had nothing to do, he was calm, as if he was used to it, let the little fat man pull his hair, and patted the little fat man's little buttocks, and said with a smile: "Talk about it at night, talk about it at night." ”

Yes! I can do it to these little kids. Li Qi suddenly said to the little fat boy, "Which of these are you drawing?" ”

The little fat boy immediately put his arms around the old man's neck, hid his little face in the boring, fluffy white hair, only showed half of his little face, and looked at Li Qi timidly.

"I painted, I painted."

The old man said excitedly.

"Huh? You drew it. ”

Li Qi looked stunned, and looked at the painting on it carefully, this method does not look like an adult painting at all! But he said very against his will: "Wow! It's a wonderful drawing! Terrible! Awesome. ”

The old man smirked, as if to say, everyone thinks so. He had absolutely no idea what a hypocrisy Li Qi was.

You're so embarrassed to laugh too! Li Qi looked up at the murals again, and suddenly frowned, inexplicably having a feeling of déjà vu, and said secretly, strange! I feel as if I've seen this painting, it's impossible, it's the first time I've seen such an ugly painting. Suddenly, his eyes opened and he stared at it again, his eyes were full of shock, could it be... Could it be... This is the predecessor of our Chinese characters?

With this concept in mind, those patterns immediately evolved into Chinese characters in Richie's mind.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! It's wonderful! Li Qi shook his head and praised, compared to the hypocritical praise in the first sentence, this sentence was obviously from the heart.

The old man smiled stupidly, looking even more proud.

Knotted rope notes. Hieroglyphs. Matriarchal society. Collective system. All of this is clearly the hallmark of primitive times, but why is it that their power is beyond my knowledge of human beings?

Li Qi suddenly felt as if he was in a fog, and there were too many doubts bothering him.

After a while, he went out of the cave with the old man, and as soon as he reached the entrance of the cave, he saw a large colorful butterfly flying in front of him.

"Wow! This... Is this a butterfly? Li Qi couldn't help but be surprised, because the butterflies were almost the size of a pu fan, flying in the air, and they were extremely beautiful.

Syllable!

Out of nowhere, a pebble flew and shot the butterfly down.

Damn, who is so immoral! Li Qi couldn't help but frown.

"Hit! I hit! ”

"Kill!"

In an instant, the sound of killing shook the sky.

I saw a group of little children rushing over with hideous faces of all kinds of wood and stones in their hands, and the dust was billowing behind them.

They pounced on the butterfly with stones and wood.

After a while, the butterfly had been shattered and unrecognizable by them.

Li Qi took a sharp breath of cold air and said in his heart, why are these children so cruel, if I resign now, I don't know if it's too late.

Then he saw an older boy holding butterfly fragments and distributing them to his friends, and said, "When we grow up and have great strength, we will be able to hunt and kill bigger beasts." ”

It turned out that they were playing a game of hunting, and a group of little kids took the loot and chased them away.

You can't mess with these little kids in the future, their lives will be in danger. Li Qi wiped his cold sweat and swept his eyes, only to see that the adults were ignoring this, everyone was busy with their own work, the women were sewing animal skins with bone needles, or making bone ornaments, and the men were almost all polishing stone tools.

Li Qi looked at the old man again and said, "Old man, dare to ask the honorable name?" ”

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but look at him with a puzzled expression.

Li Qi hurriedly said, "What's your name?" ”

"Taba." The old man said, "You can just call me Taba." ”

"His dad?"

Li Qi blinked, feeling that this name was really disgusting, especially since he was still a man, it was really difficult to call out, and habitually arched his hand, and said vaguely: "It turned out to be Mr. Taba, disrespectful, disrespectful." ”

Taba seemed to be confused by Richie's words and actions, and continued, "Taba just call me Taba if you call me Taba. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Li Qi nodded.

He also found that there didn't seem to be any honorific titles these days, they were all direct names, and equality was a bit excessive.

"Taba! Taba! ”

Suddenly, a woman shouted to them.

Taba answered, and immediately walked over.

Li Qi looked at Mu Rong on the side again and asked, "I don't know where I sleep?" ”

Melt your hand and point upward.

Li Qi looked up, pointed to the small stone cave with a height of many feet above, and said, "You mean that hole?" ”

Rong nodded.

Li Qi shook his head and looked left and right, there were no ladders on either side, not even a wooden ladder, and he couldn't help but wonder: "This... How do you get up here? ”

In just the blink of an eye, Rong was already standing at the entrance of the cave above, and it couldn't be said that he was climbing up at all, as if he was doing light work, he jumped up on the spot, and jumped up with a light touch on the stone wall with his toes.

Li Qi blinked, his heart was indignant, everyone is human, why is there such a big difference? Is it a matter of gravity?

He tried to jump, but found that gravity was no problem at all, and his bounce was still so embarrassing.

There is no way, he can only use the crawler.

Rong squatted on it, dumbfounded, as if he couldn't understand it.

Fortunately, Li Qi was thick-skinned enough to not care at all, came to the entrance of the cave, and looked inside, although it was not small, it could accommodate about ten people, but it was very dirty, and the dead grass and vines were all spread together, relatively speaking, it was far less comfortable and tidy than the big hole below.

Oh, my God! Am I going to live here in the future? What a difference this is from an animal! Li Qi didn't even have the heart to go in, but he also saw some doorways, the big hole below, which should be where women and children lived, and men lived in the three small holes above.

Li Qi really didn't want to go in, so he sat directly at the entrance of the cave, and suddenly asked Rong with a curious face: "Rong, who did you learn from that fire-making skill?" ”

"Light work" is easy to understand, after all, after a long period of exercise, human beings may barely be able to match him, such as those parkour people, but it is absolutely impossible for humans to melt wood to make fire.

Rong Dao: "I didn't learn it from anyone, I came up with it myself." ”

Li Qi exclaimed: "You came up with it?" ”

Rong nodded.

Li Qi asked again, "The rest of the people won't?" ”

Rong said proudly: "They don't have such a strong force. ”

With that, he couldn't help but raise his steely arms, which were truly a symbol of strength, but he quickly put them down, and there was a slight sadness in his eyes.

Fortunately, he alone can drill wood to make fire, if everyone can, then what courage do I have to live. Li Qi nodded slightly, thinking to himself, could it be because humans had just evolved from ape-men, so they still maintained the strength and speed of animals, and Rong just happened to belong to the genius of geniuses, well... It seems that this is the only way to understand. By the way, wasn't this drilling wood for fire an invention of the Suiren clan? Li Qi said tentatively, "Have you ever heard of the Suiren clan?" ”

Rong shook her head.

After all, it is a myth and legend, and it cannot be verified. Li Qi suddenly looked at Rong with a look of admiration, if he invented drilling wood to make fire, then he is the ancestor of human fire, but seeing Rong's lonely expression, he immediately reacted, he used to be a will, what a glory it was, and now Li Qi, who can also make fire, must have a little bad feeling in his heart.

Li Qi felt that this topic was not suitable to talk about, and asked again: "That's right! Rong, what rules do we have in Blackstone Valley? ”

"Not a lot."

Rong immediately said: "You can't leave the valley at will, you can't go out hunting without permission, you can't leave our territory in the Black Rock Valley, you can't hide food privately, you can't ........ ”

I don't know how long it has been.

Li Qi was drowsy when he heard it, only to feel that one eyelid was falling one by one, and it could be seen that Rong was still chattering expressionlessly there, tears were about to come out, and he thought, you are about to say 100,000 can't, this is not much?

In fact, there are not many rules, but they are a little too detailed, and many rules can be summed up and can be finished in one sentence.

After another half a ring, Rong suddenly frowned, and while thinking, he said, "It seems that there is so much!" ”

Li Qi perked up and said, "Are you finally finished?" No, that's it! ”

Rong nodded, and suddenly shook his head again: "There is, there is." ”

Can I take that back sentence? Li Qi wanted to cry without tears and said, "What else? ”

Rong suddenly pointed to the peak in the direction of the upper reaches of the creek and said, "That peak is impossible to go." ”

Li Qi raised his eyes and saw that the peak was looming in the clouds, and he was curious: "Why?" ”

Rong said: "This is the rule. ”

“.......！”

Rong asked again, "Do you remember everything?" ”

If this old man can remember, there is really a ghost! Li Qi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Otherwise, I would have asked you everything first, so that I wouldn't make a mistake." ”

Rong thought about it and said thoughtfully: "So... Okay, too. ”

Li Qi said, "Then so be it." ”

Rong suddenly glanced at Li Qi and hesitated: "You... You..... ”

Li Qi is a good man, and when he saw this expression, he immediately knew what he wanted to ask, and said with a smile: "You want me to teach you how to make a fire and cook, right?" ”

Rong nodded.

"Absolutely." Richie agreed very cheerfully.

Rong was pleasantly surprised: "Really? ”

"Of course!" Li Qi nodded, thinking to himself, if there is no little brother to help, this chef will be difficult to do!

PS: Nearly 5,000 words of big chapter, Xiaoxi's character is still a bargain, and I hope everyone can support it more, because there will be no recommendations in the next few days, and it completely depends on the new book list.