Chapter 32 The Remaining Problem
The people of the Dolphin tribe huddled around the pyre at the entrance of the cave, looking at everything around them, their eyes full of unease and horror. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoSome of them have been here, and some of them even grew up here. They know the right place, and they know the people here, otherwise they would have thought they were in the wrong place.
They would not have thought that such a fence could be made with a little branch and hay, as long as it was on the stall at the entrance of the cave, the cold wind would not blow in. They had never seen so much jerky hanging from rows of poles, like a forest. They had never seen such a clean and tidy cave, and there was almost no dirt and dust on the ground of the cave, and those dry lichens were very warm to look at, but people did not dare to touch them......
The people of the Dolphin Tribe are even more strange to the people of the River Tribe. They were actually roasting water through a kind of concave stone, and some of them even threw meat and potato pieces into it, saying that they were boiling. They used a black stone to gently gauge on the pieces of meat, and then the pieces of meat broke into pieces......
To the horror of the people of the Dolphin Tribe, all the people here did not know why they had grown animal skins. Their close-fitting appearance with their hands and feet wrapped up definitely doesn't look like they're wearing them. And the hides of these people are also colorful and strange. Could it be that after joining this tribe, he will become like this?
There was a lot of anxiety and panic in their hearts, but they didn't dare to move or say anything, and the children were so hungry that they couldn't stand howling more, and they would immediately be covered by the adults or older children around them.
They saw a freshly peeled tiger skin beside them, waving its teeth and claws. A tall and fierce man with a tiger skin sat watching them by the fire not far away. There was also a long spear with a black spear beside him. The black stone could cut off the pieces of meat and potatoes with a single stroke, and they instinctively felt dangerous.
The strangest thing for the people of the Dolphin Tribe is that the River Tribe seems to have been taken over by two children. They commanded the adults to go up and down non-stop, and those adults didn't resist at all?
Ling poured hot water out of the boiling clay pot, put it in another clay pot, mixed it with appropriate cold water, brought it to the people of the dolphin tribe, put in a small piece of dry lichen and said: "Come, come and wipe the mud on your body, this is warm water, very comfortable, come one by one." ā
One by one, they were all dirty, and if it weren't for the cold outside, none of these people would have thought of going into the hole. One by one, they are stupid to death, this is warm water, what is there to be afraid of when you touch it? Will you eat it again? There is so much food on the mountain, and I am still so thin, and I don't know how to go up the mountain to find something to eat, it seems that I am too lazy to become a ghost......
While slandering, the spirit helped them scrub their bodies, and when they encountered some wounds, they carefully washed them with salt water. It's just that these people are too dirty, and after three or two people wash them, the water in the basin can see the dirt. As a last resort, she had to instruct the adults to go to the bamboo pipe to wash the cold water, and the children scrubbed with warm water.
The people of the dolphin tribe cleaned it, and Wang Chuan also applied herbs to a few seriously injured ones. The food is almost ready. In order that they would not break the bowl again, they were each given a piece of hot jerky. Wait for the soup to cool down before serving it to them. At the same time, tell them to carry the bowl with both hands and not to beat it. The chopsticks don't expect them to use it, but only tell them to drink the soup first, and then eat the meat in the bowl last.
The adults of the tribe looked happily at the embarrassment of their former neighbors who couldn't even use the bowl. When the guests came, the children also got up and had fun everywhere.
Wang Chuan took advantage of the fact that the people of the dolphin tribe were eating and came to his mother's bed. I could see that my mother hadn't slept. As soon as he came, his mother opened her eyes and asked, "Son, what do you think of them?" ā
Before Wang Chuan could say anything, Bihu didn't know when he would come to his side, and said in a low voice: "We can let them come back after the first snow." ā
Wang Chuan understands the truth of old people and old horses. He guessed his mother's mind when he cried bitterly after hearing what happened to the dolphin tribe, and he didn't say anything about the hospitality. The mother who exchanged food with the dolphin tribe would not refuse. As a tribe that had made good relations before, after all, there were feelings, how many people they were willing to marry, and even those who were willing to exchange relatives in the past were willing to come back to their mothers. After all, the tribe now has more food than ever, and there is obviously not enough manpower.
But when the dolphin tribe joins in as a whole, it's different. Again, the food produced in a place is limited, and it is okay to feed a few more people with these things, but it is certainly not possible to feed twice as many people. Otherwise, this tribe would not have descended from more than seventy people to only forty now. Although there are other reasons for this decline, it is ultimately caused by not eating enough. Mother doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past in order to feed these irrelevant people.
As for Bihu's opinion, it seems even more indifferent and practical. Now this kind of weather can freeze to death, if you wait until after the first snow, the number of people who will die will definitely be more, plus the loss in this way and back, then the old, weak, sick and disabled will be eliminated. The number of people left behind was not as large as it is now, and they were all strong. In this way, there is no need to waste food, and a group of laborers can be obtained, and the tribe will only earn and not lose.
Although this idea is cold-blooded, Bihu has already begun to think about the tribe, which is good.
Wang Chuan said: "I want to keep them all." For one thing, we have too few people. Each of them we should cherish. Second, on the question of the origin of the food, I thought of some solutions. ā
"Now we're different. Before, we didn't dare to go down to the river, but now the river is also our hunting ground. Not to mention that nowadays crocodiles allow us to eat enough every day, and we still have a lot of meat. In fact, there are many other good things in the river, such as fish, shrimp, turtles, crabs, etc., and even the mushrooms and rice by the river can be eaten. When the time comes, we can build a raft that can float on the water, and we can fish up and down the river. ā
"Once the raft is made, we can cross the river, and the forest on the other side will become our hunting ground. No one has ever gone there, and the food should be more abundant than ours. ā
"In addition, after the Dolphin Tribe joins us, we can also go hunting in those places of the Dolphin Tribe. But then we'll have to repair the cave of the dolphin tribe, and let our hunters stay there for the night and come back. We can now make a fire and cook food there without a problem overnight, and we can bring the meat back when it's cooked. ā
"Now it's almost winter, and there's less food. But now we have clothes and shoes, and as long as it doesn't snow in winter, we can go out hunting. I'll see if I can make some shoes that can walk briskly on the snow. ā
"The most important thing is that we now have iron tools, and it will be more convenient to hunt prey than before, and there is no problem in raising more people. Even such a little people dare not accept it, when will our town be built? ā
The last sentence is for Bihu. Bihu nodded, deeply agreeing with Wang Chuan's words. He sat back down in front of the fire in the middle of the mother and the dolphin tribe. He knew that Wang Chuan valued his mother, but he didn't dare to let his mother have any mistakes.
The mother pondered for a while, and said to Wang Chuan: "Good boy, you are right. If you want to do it, do it. ā
The people of the Dolphin tribe were well fed and drunk, and their spirits were relaxed, and they distributed spare dry lichens to them and spread them on the ground, and then lit two fires in the middle of them, and they had to squeeze here for the first night tonight.
When they were ready, the Spirit told them the first rule of the River Tribe: "If you want to and pee, you can't just mess around." You have to go to this place behind you and pull it into the cracks. Here are the leaves, and you are going to ......"
Seeing Wang Chuan looking at her happily, she was angry in her heart: I even have to take care of this matter, am I easy?