The next day was still a sunny day. Most of the people woke up at sunrise, and the men began to try on straw sandals, spending their last days preparing and inspecting their weapons.

Lin Ji still started to go down the river after his morning exercise. It's just that today's morning exercise turned into four children.

After yesterday's devastation, there are significantly fewer fish in the river today. The other three children have basically mastered the skills of using the net, but the harvest is still much less than yesterday. When the sun rises to a foot high, the fish and shrimp in the basket are not one-third of what they were yesterday.

A few men who had gone out on patrol in the morning came back along the river, with a few birds and beasts hanging from them. There was a little dew on his shiny shoulders.

They looked at the baskets, and a tall man said to them, "Don't run too far." Wild beasts are often ambushed at the water's edge. We've seen it up and down, but we can't ignore it. ”

When the man turned around, Zhu Monkey had to make a grimace to show his disdain.

The man who spoke was a big tribal stupid being. Zhu Monkey expressed disdain for what he said.

This man, Po Tu, is almost the strongest man in the tribe. But this kind of man was not popular in prehistory. The more popular men in prehistory were lean shapes. A lean man is nimble, fast and far, and eats relatively little, which is a good hunter. As a well-known warrior, the wolf is not the strongest in the vicinity.

Although people like Po Tu have great strength, their long-distance running ability is not as good as that of people, it is difficult to run in dense forests, and they eat much more than ordinary people. It's a little unpopular. It's like a strong man who can't be a good football player.

Po Tu can shoot arrows, but he will always break the bowstring in a pinch, and his short spear is not as accurate as anyone else's, and he will always be unable to keep up when chasing prey, so his main role in staying in the tribe now is to face the beast with his spear and patrol the perimeter.

He also had a great appetite, and the food that was often assigned to him was not enough for him to eat, so he often salivated and asked for food. He probably had to eat with everyone in the tribe, so he was kind to everyone, and the appearance of a stupid big man was formed.

However, Lin Ji thinks he is still good. Carnivores love to ambush beasts that come to drink at the water's edge, and that's a clear truth. The reminder of the slaughter is really kind. And they know that the children are fishing in the river, and they make a special patrol around the river, which shows that they are at least responsible.

The morning fishing was not long in coming. Because Da Ji got a departure ceremony for the men. Lin Ji and the others were called back.

Although morale is something that cannot be seen or touched, it is a key factor that affects the victory or defeat of every war. Homo sapiens is able to defeat many of his own kind and other beasts to become the master of the earth, and it is inseparable from it.

Since Homo sapiens realized the role of morale, people have used various methods to improve their morale, and the expedition ceremony is undoubtedly the most commonly used and oldest.

The tribe's expedition ceremony is primitive and simple. The women feasted on the men before the ceremony, and sorted out the straw sandals they had made up all night. After that, Da Ji took out the precious clay pot and began to add all kinds of wild grasses and fruits to it.

Probably after adding all the things, Daihime set the clay pot on the stone and began to lead the whole tribe to pray and chant. This is the hope of obtaining the power of the gods known to Jizu, Kurijin, and all the Himelin tribes.

After the chanting was completed, Da Ji began to pound the contents of the clay pot rhythmically with the wooden roots, and at the same time shouted something in a rhythmic voice. The warriors behind her also slapped the body of the weapon to the rhythm, and shouted in unison, looking quite imposing.

Daihime mashed the contents of the clay pot, mixed it with plant ash, and then smeared the faces and bodies of the men on the expedition one by one. Apply more for the strong and brave, and less for the weak and thin.

When the scrap is applied, it turns green, and it doesn't take long for the men to become a group of camouflage-skinned warriors.

After painting everyone, Da Ji said in a loud voice: "I borrowed Ji Zu Li God, Fire God, Tree God, Flower God, Grass God...... You will be brave and fearless, and you will be able to kill the wolves that prey on our prey...... Go ahead. ”

In prehistoric times, most people were pantheists, that is, they believed that all beings in this world were animistic, and that they collectively dominated everything in this world. And the totem is just the main god they believe in.

After a ritual, the men became murderous. The children were also enthusiastic about it. Watching the men enter the forest, many children were drinking and shouting on the side.

Zhu Monkey clenched his fists beside him and said, "I will exchange it next year, and I will be able to fight like this with them." ”

Stonebeak said, "I should have a bow and arrows too." ”

Dunmu turned his head and asked Lin Ji, "Are we still going fishing?" ”

Lin Ji nodded and said, "Go." ”

Zhu Monkey turned his head and looked at Lin Ji in surprise: "Aren't we waiting for them to come back?" ”

The men are on the march, and the women are not ready to go out today. They cleared a meadow next to the camp, put the chestnuts they had picked yesterday in the open field to dry and peel their husks, and at the same time did some work of weaving rattan baskets and weaving straw sandals, and waited for the men to return triumphantly.

At this time, Lin Ji still wanted to go out, and Zhu Monkey always felt that Lin Ji was too calm. Of course, Dunmu is also calm, but Dunmu is stupid.

Lin Ji said: "It's dark when they come and go, and if something is delayed, they may not be able to come back tomorrow." And they may not be able to find the wolves if they rush over like this, so we can't wait for them in vain, right? We can wait, but our stomachs can't. ”

There are other things that Lin Ji didn't say, that is, these people may not be able to win when they go out.

This expedition ceremony seems to be grand and enthusiastic, but it also takes into account everyone's beliefs. However, from the perspective of the descendants of Lin Ruins, the role of this ritual is not very large. Because this so-called expedition did not have a clear combat goal, is it to kill wolves or drive wolves? Second, there is no designated person in charge of operations, and the dragons have no leader, and if there is some problem, temporary coordination alone may not be able to cope with the ever-changing battlefield. Third, there is no clear battle plan.

If the expedition does not go well, it is estimated that the tribe will have many more wounded, which will increase the burden on the tribe, and it will not work if you don't pay attention to fishing.

The four of them unified their understanding and went down to the river again with their tools. This time, Lin Ji kept an eye on it, and this time he went out to prevent other children from following, and by the way, he also took two short spears by his side. The fish on the banks of the river here are almost finished, and they may have to go farther. The danger at the water's edge should still be guarded against, although it is difficult for the four children to resist large beasts, but when they encounter small ones, they still have the ability to protect themselves.

If he really encounters a large beast, Lin Ji will probably have to fight for his life with a large-caliber rifle.

The four children went all the way down the river, and sure enough, they didn't gain much in half a day. From time to time, you can see big fish coming out of the water, but there are no fish on the banks of the river as far as the nets can reach.

Lin Ji felt that it was better to get out of the net or block the net as soon as possible. These nets hit harder, making it difficult for all kinds of fish in the river to escape.

The four of them wore straw sandals and walked slowly in the long grass on the riverbank, and from time to time they lowered their nets, and suddenly a waterfowl were startled in the grass behind them. Stone Beak brushed aside the long grass and found a small pond behind him.

The small pond was supposed to be connected to the river when the water was rising, but now the water level has begun to drop, and the water in the small pond has dried up a lot, becoming half sediment and half water, and it has also become a canteen for water birds.

"Haha, there's fish." The red monkey held the net pocket and threw himself in. But I pounced on the edge of the pond several times, but I didn't catch a single small fish. Every time he fished, he could clearly feel the strength of the fish struggling.

Lin Ji looked at it, put down the net pocket, broke a number of large branches from the side and dragged it over, and said, "The small fish in it should have been eaten by the water birds." The rest of the big guys didn't have enough big nets, so they ran away at once. I'll teach you a trick called fishing in troubled waters. ”

Lin Ji dragged the children into the water with the branches, dragging them back and forth in the water more than a dozen times, stirring the originally muddy water like muddy soup.

It didn't take much to move, and the fish began to snap and jump on the water. Use a net to fish, one to fish.

The fish here are really big, and the smallest ones weigh two or three pounds. Lin Ji caught a big carp, estimated to weigh seven or eight pounds, and he couldn't hold it steadily when he struggled. The men had no choice but to stone all the fish they had caught before putting them in the basket.

In this way, the people only caught twenty or thirty fish, and the two boxes were half full.

"This fish is so fat." The red monkey caught two round fish and struggled in the net pocket. The vermilion monkey grabbed it, raised his hand and prepared to throw it down with a stone.

Lin Ji raised his eyes and hurriedly stopped Zhu Monkey: "Don't smash it!" See clearly, this fish is called pufferfish, and it is highly poisonous. If you eat it, you will die. Don't eat it when you see it in the future, and let the tribesmen not eat it. ”

As he spoke, the puffer fish in Zhu Monkey's hand suddenly shrank like a leak. This strange scene made the vermilion monkey throw it out as if it had been burned, and then looked at his hand full of worry, as if it had been scrapped.

"Am I going to die?" Zhu Monkey asked in a trembling voice.

"Don't be afraid, this fish will die if you eat it. And it's poisonous where it's blood, internal organs, or something. It's okay to touch it. ”

Puffer fish often appeared in the Yangtze River basin, and it could occasionally be found near Lin Ji's hometown in later generations, so it seems that Lin Ji's idea that this is near his hometown is reliable. If it is not bad, the river in front of you is flowing to the Yangtze River. Now the puffer fish in the river should swim back into the sea, and this pond is cut off from the river, but these puffer fish are left.

The meat of puffer fish is extremely delicious, and many people in later generations have flocked to it. But you won't eat it. It is said that this thing alone can poison thirty people. In later generations, after various detoxifications, the puffer fish cooked under various strict procedures would poison two or three hundred people every year, and Lin Ji did not have the ability to make this thing into non-toxic ingredients.

If you can't eat them, throw them back into the pond and leave them to fend for themselves.

Lin Ji and the others stirred in the pond a few more times, and caught a lot of fish, almost filling both boxes. I don't know if it was a repeat fishing, but they fished nearly 10 puffer fish back and forth, but they all threw them back into the pond.

After fishing this pond, the sun began to set in the west, and several people had a full meal in the shade of the trees, and then slowly walked towards the tribe with the basket, and when they returned to the tribe, the sun was about to set.

They don't care much about these two big baskets of fish. Because the men who went out on the expedition returned, and the battle was defeated. The wounded soldiers were all over the ground, and the clouds were gloomy.