Chapter 43: The Unveiled Assembly
The conflict with the Tiger Tribe did not have much impact on the Snake Tribe, but the joyful battle made the members of the hunting team feel comfortable.
In the blink of an eye, the rainy season passed, and the arrival of autumn made the people of the snake tribe busy again, busy getting food for the winter.
In fact, fruit picking begins at the end of summer, with adult women as the main force, picking baskets of fruit from rattan baskets, and finally putting the fruits in large pottery and placing them in the corners.
At this time, in addition to these fruits as reserve food, the snake tribe also had some fish and a small amount of animal meat that Su Yan asked the people to salt, and the amount of those pickled foods could probably make the tribe eat for more than half a month.
The fruit gathering continued, but this morning, instead of going out to hunt or gather fruit, the people who had already had breakfast went out in groups to wash their bodies by the river.
It is not strange to go to the river to wash their bodies, the people of the snake tribe will go to the river to wash their bodies regularly, but this time they went to the river to wash their bodies less than four days after the last time.
The tribesmen washed their bodies from the inside out with water by the river, and washed the hides they wore several times to wash away all the smells.
After washing, they comb each other's hair carefully, and also decorate themselves with some trinkets, which really feels like they want to go on a blind date.
Yes, there is really a taste of blind date, but the real situation is very different from blind dates, because today, an uncovered conference is about to begin.
The Uncovered Assembly is the exchange of bloodlines between several primitive tribes.
Many primitive tribes that have lasted for a long time can find a problem, if they are always looking for a mate in their own tribe, the children born are easy to die, and even if they survive, their strength is relatively weak, and their brains are still stupid. (i.e. consanguineous marriage)
After that, these primitive tribes slowly figured out that they wanted to intermarry with other primitive tribes and bring the blood of other tribes to their own tribes, which could solve this problem well.
It is not appropriate to say that it is intermarriage, and in the modern impression of intermarriage, the woman marries the man, and then lives with the man, which is not the case in primitive times.
An adult woman is also a very important component of a tribe, and it is impossible for them to marry the adult women of their tribe to other tribes, but in another way - to borrow seeds.
Adult females in the tribe who are not yet pregnant can join in borrowing from adult males from other tribes, and their spouses will not stop them and will not have any opinions, even if none of the chief's spouses are pregnant.
However, the time is limited to that day, and it is also to contribute to the development of the tribe as a whole, and other times it is definitely a situation where one's wife and outsiders cannot be bullied.
By holding an unsheltered assembly, there is a physiological exchange between adult males and non-pregnant adult females between two or more tribes.
After the end of the conference, the two sides no longer have any relationship, and the children born to adult women are also owned by the tribe where the adult women belong, and there will be no discrimination in the tribe, so as to complicate the bloodline of their own tribe.
This year's Uncovered Conference was held by the increasingly powerful Snake Tribe, the location is in the Snake Tribe's residence, and the tribe participating in this Uncovered Conference plus the Snake Tribe itself has a total of four tribes, namely the Snake Tribe's old neighbors, the Rabbit Tribe and the Mountain Tribe, as well as the Deer Tribe, which often trades with the Snake Tribe this year.
The four tribes are all medium-sized tribes, and the snake tribe is the most powerful, with a total population of more than 170 people; The deer tribe ranks second, with a total population of more than 120 people; The rabbit tribe ranks third, with a total population of more than 90 people; The mountain tribes are the weakest, with a total population of only more than 70 people, which is a relatively weak kind among medium-sized tribes.
In order to hold this uncovered conference, the snake tribe prepared a large amount of food in advance, fruits, fish and animal meat, and the guests had to be fed before they could do the next big things that were very important to each tribe.
However, in the face of this kind of thing, Su Yan really wanted to hide in the house all day long, not wanting to see these people who were not ashamed to have an uncovered meeting, but the Xiaohua Xiaoyue sisters were very curious and wanted to take a look, but Su Yan stopped them and didn't let them out.
Looking at Sister Xiaohua Xiaoyue, Su Yan secretly made a decision, in the future, she would definitely not let the adult Xiaohua Xiaoyue sisters also join this Uncovered Assembly, even if this Uncovered Assembly is very important to the development of a tribe, but Su Yan has a way to solve this problem, such as letting other tribes merge into the Snake Tribe.
Bonfires were set up in the open space of the Snake Tribe's settlement, and the people carried the pottery with food to the side of the fire, waiting for the arrival of the guests to start the barbecue.
Half a morning passed, and the people of the Deer Tribe came first, and the visitors of the Deer Tribe and the Yuan had a total of ten men and twenty women, and the same as the people of the Snake Tribe, they all cleaned their bodies in advance, and the animal skins they wore were also cleaned, and there were all kinds of trinkets on their bodies that they thought were beautiful, and they also stuck beautiful feathers on their heads.
Ten men and twenty women, there is a huge difference between the number of men and women, not only the deer tribe, but also the snake tribe, and the dangerous thing of hunting is mainly carried out by men, so the male tribe has a great chance of dying, and the number of adult women in a tribe far exceeds the number of adult men.
The same is true for this uncovered conference, there are many fewer men than women who participate in the uncovered conference, basically one man needs to choose two women to be paired together, otherwise there will be women who are not selected.
Fortunately, this uncovered conference was held by the snake tribe, and there were thirty adult males from the snake tribe plus Zhizu, so they all went on the field if they couldn't do it, at least they wouldn't let the adult women of the other three tribes come to participate in the uncovered conference, and you must know that the women who were not selected would be scolded after returning to the tribe.
Not long after the arrival of the people of the Deer Tribe, the people of the Mountain tribe also came, and the Mountain tribe came with a total of six men and fourteen women.
After a while, the people of the rabbit tribe, which was farthest away from the snake tribe, arrived, and a total of nine men and fifteen women came.
The people of the four tribes gathered, and the uncovered assembly began, and the people of the snake tribe who did not participate in the uncovered assembly were busy barbecuing food, and the female tribesmen of the four tribes who participated in the uncovered conference found a place to sit in the open space, and they could take the fruit from the fire to eat, and when the roasted animal meat and fish were ready, they could also take it as they pleased.
The men of the four tribes who participated in the uncovered conference can also start to look for the woman they like, choose to sit down and exchange feelings, eat some food to replenish their strength, and finally choose a corner to do something that is not suitable for minors.