Yu Qian'er followed the prestige and found that the person who spoke was Redfish, a slave who had gained a brief freedom because of spinning.

Redfish took a deep breath, knowing that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and that she could only be one step closer to true freedom if she was useful to the tribe - and that all she wanted was true freedom was to have a spinning wheel of her own. Freedom without the means of production is fake, but now is not the time to make conditions.

Looking at the crowd, he said with the same bearing as he used to sit on a tiger's skin and divination: "Go to the lower reaches of the river and light a fire, and burn the woods, so that neither animals nor people can approach until it rains." And they have a boat, close to the riverbank, and they will be fine. ”

When Yu Qian'er was still thinking about it, a woman next to her shouted, "How can that be done?" You can never burn a forest! ”

"yes, it's always been like that."

This is the rule and wisdom that has been handed down all along, and if the woods are burned, the animals will flee and the fruit will not be harvested. The first thing the children of each tribe learned to use fire was that they must put out the fire in the wild, and the forest is where they live.

Redfish smiled and shook his head, "When our tribe eats fish, we always cut the fish into small pieces, and the first wisdom that every woman who learns to cook fish learns from her mother is like this. But this wisdom is of no use to you. Because your clay pot is so big that you can hold a whole fish, and we can't make such a big pot. ”

"It's always been like this, and it's not necessarily right. Look at the wheat beans outside, if the harvest is over, do we still need to eat acorn fruits? Once the woods were a guarantee of survival for us, but now they are not, everything has changed. ”

"Firewood can be obtained from the upper reaches of the Grass River, and when it is lowered along the Grass River, we burn the woods of the lower reaches of the Grass River. As soon as the fire burned, no one could pass through the fire. As long as it doesn't rain, the fire can buy us time, and the deer will flee in panic and get out of here instead of coming to eat our wheat beans. ”

When others are still thinking about the stakes and want to overcome the thinking brought about by habit, Yu Qian'er has already made a decision, which is indeed a good way.

Suddenly, she understood what her grandmother had often said: everything had changed, and the wisdom of the past was no longer wisdom.

Once you had to live in a cave, once you had to have sex in the spring, once you had to throw away the entrails of animals...... Everything that was once has long since changed.

"Let all the men of the city come, and ride the horned deer to the woods in the lower reaches of the Grass River, and set fire to it. From the grass river to the mountain, the wind blows from this side to the downstream, and it can't burn us. ”

She glanced at the red fish, nodded and said, "You are very good, how can you reward you and wait for your brother to come back and discuss with the clansmen." ”

The red fish lowered his head, and the bearing that used to sit on the tiger skin to divinate was swept away, and slowly retreated to the back.

…………

Three days later, the banks of the lower reaches of the Grass River.

Jian Chen anxiously looked at the fire burning in the west, not knowing what was happening, the pungent smell of smoke drifted from a long distance, and the fire could be seen at night.

The food had run out, and it took too much time to stop fishing, and the speed of movement was only twenty or thirty miles a day, which was too slow.

In his restlessness, several small birch bark boats floated down from the upstream and shouted at Jian Chen from afar.

The anxious clansmen roared excitedly, the boat must be full of food, and the people who came would also bring news from the village, the only surprise was, how could the tanuki run so fast?

The auxiliaries dragged the boat ashore, and the people on it found Chen Jian.

"What's on fire over there?"

"It was Yu Qian'er and the woman named Hongyu who asked us to burn it, saying that it would prevent people from rushing over, and it would also prevent the deer from eating the wheat beans."

"Good!"

Jian Chen couldn't help but clap his hands, this is really a good way, the forest fire is a natural barrier, those people in the falling star can cross the swamp, but there is no way to cross the sea of fire, as long as they hold on until they go back, all problems will be solved.

The man continued: "There is not much food on the ship, and Yu Qian'er said that it is really good, and after 1,200 people eat for a day." There is still food in the city, and Yu Qian'er will send a little bit every day, otherwise you will have to carry the food on your back and walk more slowly. ”

Jian Chen nodded with a smile and said, "This method is very good. ”

"Yes, the old grandmother and the stone praise her."

"How's the clansman doing? How did you get the news so quickly? ”

"The people are fine, the tanuki ran away for less than three days and came back, and now he is sick, and the wheat beans are growing very well, and they can smell the scent of flowers far away. The peas were wrapped around the wheat, and the wheat did not fall. ”

"That's good."

The person who came turned around and asked, "What about our injured people?" ”

"There's another tribe over there, and I've left the wounded ones with them, and they'll die on the way back. When you have harvested the beans, go pick them up and give them some beans. ”

Without further explanation, he motioned to the tribesmen who were fishing on the river to come back, boil water and eat now, and rush back as soon as possible.

The people who had food were in high spirits, and knowing that their families were all right, the last bit of worry dissipated, and after eating, they drove the prisoners of war along the riverbank.

Jian Chen also withdrew the scout after the break, at such a distance, the moth tribe would not follow anymore, this was his own clan's territory, and he could go boldly with confidence.

After walking through the charred woods and past the villages of the savages, the whole team was stunned when they approached the city once more.

When they left, the wheat sprouts had not long returned to green, and they were a little like grass.

When they returned, the wheat seedlings had already bloomed, and the fragrance of honey reverberated in the field, slightly intoxicating but also making people can't help but take a few deep breaths.

The flowering wheat is yellowish in color and grows wheat mangs.

They had never seen the sea, and they could not use the word wheat wave to describe what they saw at this moment, but they felt that the continuous wheat fields were so shocking.

The tenacious wheat seeds withstood the autumn rains, the winter snow, and finally covered the earth before the rest of the weeds emerged, greedily sucking in the sun.

They stood side by side, hand in hand, in the field, like a neat formation, and no matter how strong the wind was, it could only make them bow their heads, but they could not bend over, because the peas were still wrapped around their bodies.

The wind is the drums of war and the Tao Xun, and every time it blows, it is the time when the army array hits, starting from the far end, forming waves one after another, endless, and never stopping.

The clansmen who were watching from a distance subconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands, the shock of the wind and waves they had seen for the first time, as if the waves were about to drown themselves.

Chen Jian smelled the fragrance of wheat flowers, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl, hundreds of people behind him were the same as him, roaring loudly, the life that Chen Jian promised a few months ago was about to be realized: no more eating acorns, no more bending down to pick leaves, just a wheat field as far as the eye could see, enough for the tribesmen to eat.

The high-pitched whistle elicited a response from the city, and the people who had been hiding in the city for seven or eight days saw the banner and the brothers, mothers, and uncles standing like pine forests, and there was no longer any worry in their hearts.

As long as the man is still there, the woman's hairpin will never get blood on it.

They lowered the drawbridge and happily threw themselves to their loved ones, shocked to see the captured captives. There were more people captured than there were people who went on the expedition.

Yu Qian'er took a few little wolf cubs that had grown up, ran to Chen Jianjian's side, and shouted from a distance: "Brother, am I not very smart, I know that I will send a little food every day, and you will have to walk with food on your back." ”

"Very smart. The arson is also what you think? ”

Yu Qian'er shook her head, but immediately defended: "It's not what I thought, but it was my decision." What's so strange about coming up with it? At that time, my family didn't dare, they all felt that according to custom, they couldn't burn the woods, and I made this idea a reality, so I was still very powerful. ”

Jian Chen laughed and nodded, "Yes, you are too powerful." ”

Yu Qian'er whistled, and the wolves circled around her, and then dispersed, and roared in a low voice around the captive, causing them to gather together.

She and Jian Chen walked side by side, helping her brother carry leather armor and weapons, and she was very happy.

Crossing the suspension bridge, Jian Chen saw the red fish waiting because of anticipation, not expecting him, but expecting a reward.

This is the third time that Jian Chen has taken a closer look at the red fish, still looking dirty, wearing thatched clothes, but there is some irrepressible look on his face.

"You're doing well, what do you want? Freely? ”

"No, I want you to give each of us a spinning wheel after we've spun enough twine in a few dozen months."

Jian Chen joked, "You have two choices. You can be free now, or as you say, in a few dozen months, there will be a spinning wheel. ”

Redfish shook his head and said, "I think there will be a spinning wheel in a few dozen months." ”

"Why?"

"Because...... Even though I'm free now, there's still nothing. If I want to eat, I can only spin with your spinning wheel and hand over more than half of the thread as you say, and the rest of the thread spun every day is only enough for me to eat for one day. I will always spin until I die, and you will never let me accumulate thread that can be changed for spinning wheels, so what's the difference between that and now? ”

"Dozens of months is a long time, but I have my own spinning wheel, so I don't have to hand over more than half of the thread to you. With dozens of months, in exchange for a lifetime of freedom, I know how to choose. ”

Jian Chen stared into Hongyu's eyes and found that she was also staring at herself, and did not flinch, plucking up the courage to pursue her true freedom.

She could die, she might be whipped, but she didn't care, because she knew that everything was earned by herself, not from the sky.

If you are afraid of death, then you should be a slave for the rest of your life.

After a long time, Jian Chen retracted his gaze and sighed: "You are very smart, but unfortunately you are not from our clan." ”

"Yu Qian'er, give her a spinning wheel and a ball of hemp. Hemp balls and thread balls, three for two. Eat and thread dough, normal change. ”

After a while, Jian Chen turned around and left, leaving only one sentence.

"Tie your hair up......"