Chapter 53: The Origin of Malachite
Ye Feng hurriedly asked: "Then how did you come up with the idea of making it like this?" ”
"Originally, I only did the upper part to shade the rain, but the rain would come in diagonally, and then I would fence them with stones so that the rain wouldn't come in," Gray said. ”
Ye Feng sighed that there is still no shortage of smart people in this era, he looked at the cave of the rock tribe, and saw that the four walls were rocky, not all of them were mud, and from a few broken stalactites it could be estimated that the roof of a certain karst cave collapsed, and the area was not small, but it was too stuffy.
Look at the furnishings in the cave again, there is a bonfire in the middle, and on the shelf hangs a pottery exchanged from the Xingyue tribe, and the gurgling inside does not know what is cooking, and it is steaming. The campfire surrounds a circle of flat stones, presumably used to sit people, dozens of bunks surround this campfire, and sleeping next to this campfire will not be too cold this winter.
Gray took Ye Feng and a few people to sit around the bonfire, and when he saw Gray's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Ye Feng asked curiously: "Chief Gray, look at your appearance, just say anything directly!" ”
Gray said cautiously: "This spring has just arrived, and the food exchanged by our tribe is not enough, can you come back later......
Ye Feng listened to it and knew that they had misunderstood themselves as people who were here to collect debts, so he couldn't help laughing and explained: "Chief Gray, we are not here to collect debts, oh no, we are not here to ask you for something, but to ask you about the origin of something. ”
Gray breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but he was very curious about the origin of what Ye Feng said, and hurriedly asked, "What is it?" ”
"It's the god of your tribe, that beautiful green stone, what did it come from?"
Gray was silent for a long time before he spoke, "That was five winters ago, and I wasn't the chief of the Rock Tribe, just a brave warrior. During that winter, we were severely short of food, and the old chief took us everywhere to find other tribes to change food. ”
"However, in that winter, the other tribes had very little food and were not willing to exchange with us at all, so we ran through all the surrounding tribes to barely get a little, but it was far from enough. During this period, many people died, and in order to survive, we had to take up arms and hunt wild beasts. We weren't good at hunting, so we went bear hunting. ”
"We naively thought that the bear slept in the winter and was very good at catching, but who knows, when the bear woke up, went on a rampage, and we suffered heavy casualties, and just when the bear's paw was about to catch me, the old chief ...... He ...... "At this, a tear welled up in the corner of Gray's tough man's eye, and he wiped the corner of his eye, grabbed a piece of wood, and threw it towards the campfire, causing the flames to crackle on the dry wood.
Then he continued: "Old chief, he pushed me away, and the bear's paw made a great cut in his body, and his intestines overflowed...... I...... I didn't know what to do but watch the old chief die before my eyes. ”
"When I saw that the bear was still killing my people, I was so angry that I grabbed a stone and smashed it in the eye, and when the people saw that the bear was blind, they all threw up their weapons and threw themselves at it, and at last killed him. I was chosen as the new chief. ”
"When we were dividing the bear's carcass, we found that the stone I threw was still in the bear's eye, I took the stone, the stone was green, shining under the sun, and I thought that this stone had blinded the bear at once, giving us the opportunity to kill the bear, ordinary stones would definitely not be like this, there must be a god to protect it, so this stone has become a sacred object of our tribe."
Ye Feng was silent for a long time, feeling panicked in his heart, and said that all these tragedies came from the low productivity of primitive society, which also strengthened his determination to make metal tools. Only metal tools can greatly improve the productivity of primitive society, and can also make these simple primitive people live a better and safer life.
Not only him, but everyone in the Xingyue tribe also had mixed feelings when they heard it, they thought of the picture of themselves fighting with the beast before, and they couldn't help but have a feeling of sympathy, Chu Yun's big girl even wiped her tears, and had a strong sense of sympathy for the primitive people.
Seeing that Gray was still grieving there, Ye Feng comforted: "Okay, don't think about it anymore, everything has passed, and now people still have to live, as long as we work hard, we can create a better life and a better tomorrow, don't you still have the blessing of gods?" It will definitely bring you more food, more hides, and keep your people well fed and clothed......"
Gray listened and nodded, and slowly returned to his vigorous style, in fact, he recovered with his own strong character. Ye Feng said a lot just now, he actually didn't understand a word, if Ye Feng knew, I don't know how he would feel.
Ye Feng hurriedly shifted the topic to business: "Chief Gray, where did you pick up this stone in the first place?" ”
Gray pointed to the north and said, "It's a long, long way up a hill there!" ”
Gray's answer Ye Feng was dumbfounded, such a vague direction, how could he find it, so he asked, "Can you elaborate on it a little more?" ”
Gray replied, "There's a big tree on that hill. ”
Ye Feng almost vomited blood when he heard this, thinking in his heart that there are no big trees on any mountain! You might as well not talk about it.
Ye Feng thought for a while, and said directly: "Then can you lead the way?" ”
"Lead the way? What do you mean? ”
"It's to take us to the place where your artifact is."
"But our tribe is still busy trading, and your things haven't been returned yet."
Ye Feng had long thought that Gray would say this, so he said: "It's okay, if you bring us to that place, I can let you pay back half of what you return!" ”
Gray's eyes widened when he heard this, he didn't expect Ye Feng to be so generous, all he had to do was to take them to the mountain where he picked up the artifact back then, which made his heart flutter, the biggest bait was like a dream, so he couldn't accept it for a while, he hurriedly confirmed to Ye Feng: "Really? ”
Ye Feng nodded and promised: "I promise in the name of the gods that if my words are half false, a thunderbolt will strike in the sky and kill me!" ”
Primitive people are superstitious and eat Ye Feng's set very much, Gelai heard that Ye Feng said so, he was very convinced, and said that he would lead the way by himself.
To be continued