When you're busy, time flies.

Not long after, the sun had already slipped towards the western mountain, and the sky was gradually darkening, Lin Yuan and a group of Yan women and children sat by the fire pit on the stone wall, quietly waiting for the news of the hunters' return.

They were grumbling with hunger, and in fact they had not eaten for two days and two nights, and if it had not been for the daytime when Anna and a group of women had picked some fruit in the bushes and fed themselves, they would have been dizzy from hunger by this time.

But fruits can't be eaten as meals, eating too much will still cause diarrhea, they need protein, they need fat, they need meat.

Like all primitive people, Lin Yuan's eyes were fixed on the gradually darkening woods, he had sent 12 hunting teams from different directions this morning, and now it was time for them to come back.

Time passed minute by minute, suddenly, several children jumped up and ran towards the woods to the south, Lin Yuan hurriedly led everyone over, and sure enough, the three hunting teams helped each other back.

Looking at the haggard and listless faces of the hunting team members, Lin Yuan knew that he was afraid that what he brought back was not good news.

He hurriedly asked Anna to send someone over to help the wounded, and asked the three team leaders:

"How's you doing? How did you come back together? ”

The eldest of the three hesitated for a moment, then bowed his head and said:

"King Yan, we met the fanged lynx, the big one, my people couldn't beat it, and they were almost eaten, but fortunately, the two hunter teams of Qian and Kong are not far away......"

"Well, we heard his cry for help, so we hurried over and finally drove the fanged lynx away, but we also had many injuries, so we had no choice but to come back first." The other captain added.

Lin Yuan nodded, patted a few hunters on the shoulder, and said:

"Okay, I understand, it's good that no one dies, you guys have worked hard, go and rest by the fire pit."

Several hunters hurriedly bowed and walked over.

Lin Yuan stood in the cold wind and continued to stare into the woods......

I hope the other hunters will have better luck, if they can't get any food back tonight, I'm afraid they won't have to be attacked by the enemy, and they will be starving tomorrow and lose their ability to fight.

If that's the case, then it's a big problem......

Lin Yuan prayed silently in his heart until the next group of hunters appeared at the edge of the woods.

Luckily, this group of hunters did not come back empty-handed, and there were some small animals hanging on their stone spears, and the tribesmen hurriedly met them, removed the prey, and washed the skins.

Lin Yuan stood aside and silently counted, a total of more than a dozen hares, four pheasants, and a few small animals like squirrels.

It's good to finally have meat, but it's nowhere near enough for 300 people......

There was another cheer in the crowd, and some hunting parties returned.

Most of the prey caught by these hunting teams were small animals such as hares and pheasants, and the largest one was some kind of canine like a weasel.

Lin Yuan watched the hunters put down their prey hard, and at the same time silently calculated in his heart how many pheasants and hares were needed for the dinner of 300 people.

I don't know how long it was, but suddenly, Anna quietly came behind him and said:

"Report to King Yan, 11 hunting teams have returned, and we now have 51 hares, 43 pheasants, 11 earth rats and 8 long-tailed pines."

Lin Yuan nodded and said:

"I'm afraid that's not enough for 300 people, right?"

"Hmm...... If it is divided equally, I'm afraid yes, but if it is only distributed to the weak wounded, the rest of the people can rely on the wild fruit to hold out for one night, in this way, it is enough, and let the hunters go hunting again tomorrow, and there should be new prey......"

Lin Yuan nodded and said:

"Okay, just do as you say, and give everyone my share, I don't need to eat meat."

Anna nodded a little embarrassed, and then said softly:

"I just heard a hunter who came back say that the big animals around him seem to have been scared away by the raiding activities of the Chiyou tribe, and now it is difficult to see wild deer and bison in the vicinity except for the depths of the mountains...... Yes! They! ”

Anna was halfway through her words when she suddenly pointed to the exit of the woods, where a dozen people appeared.

It's your own people!

Lin Yuan saw the familiar blade leader walking in front, followed by two teams of hunters.

The blade strode forward, trotted all the way with his eyebrows flying, bowed to Lin Yuan, and said with a pant:

"King Yan! The blade is back, and he brought back a big gift! ”

After speaking, the blade pointed behind him, and five or six primitives gradually approached with the two behemoths carried by the severed branches.

"Wow, wow, wow!"

The exclamations of the primitive people were endless, and Lin Yuan hurriedly took the torch and came up, it turned out to be two huge wild boars!

Blade gasped as he commanded the hunters to carry their prey to the fire pit:

"King Yan, we ended the patrol ahead of schedule, and we wanted to go back to the camp directly, but we happened to run into a wild boar's nest on the way, so we managed to make a few traps, and we wanted to catch them, but we only caught one."

Blade paused, as if considering how to organize the language.

"Then, the one who ran away happened to meet another Yan hunter, and we surrounded it together and killed it."

After saying that, the blade took out a stone dagger full of blood and wiped it back and forth on the animal skin on his body, showing a satisfied smile.

Lin Yuan's hanging heart finally let go.

This big wild boar looks to weigh at least 200 pounds, enough for 300 people to eat for two days, and this time it is still two...... Two?

Lin Yuan suddenly remembered something, and he asked anxiously:

"Blade, you said you caught one with a trap? Is it alive? Which one? ”

Lin Yuan anxiously wandered around the two wild boars covered in blood, and then he noticed that one of them still had a hint of snort.

"Yes, it's this one, it's early to kill, I'm afraid of smell." Blade replied.

Lin Yuan looked at the wild boar that had not died with a solemn expression, and then touched the pig's belly with his hand, overjoyed.

He stood up and announced:

"From now on, no one is allowed to harm this wild boar, this pig is the Holy Fire God Pig, a gift from the Fire God to our Yan clan!"

Everyone looked at Lin Yuan in surprise, but after a while, they all lay on the ground and gave a big gift to the divine pig.

The primitive people were really foolish, Lin Yuan laughed secretly in his heart.

"Lin Yuan, what are you?"

Anna asked in a whisper.

Lin Yuan gave Anna a color and whispered:

"It's a pregnant sow."

"Huh!?" Anna opened her mouth wide, wanting to say something, then held back, leaned over to Lin Yuan's ear, and whispered:

"You don't want to raise this wild boar and wait until it gives birth to piglets, do you? My God......"

Lin Yuan shrugged his shoulders and said:

"So what? At the beginning of animal husbandry, it wasn't all about domesticating wild animals into domestic animals, I just moved the time forward a little bit. ”

Anna showed an expression of admiration, if he first saw Lin Yuan at the earliest, he just felt that she was no different from other traversers, and maybe even a poor worm who was about to "cross to death".

But after the rope escape, the headhunter war, the artificial fire, etc., plus today he boldly proposed to raise a domestic wild boar, all of this made Anna have to be impressed by this man.

Lin Yuan didn't notice the wonderful change on Anna's face, he was busy directing the primitive people to untie the wild seeds that were still alive from the stretcher.

"Anna, Qiao Jing, go and arrange people, cut some branches, try to be as thick as possible, sharpen one end, stick it on the ground, and besiege a fence."

"Okay, okay!" The two assistants took the order.

Lin Yuan found a few experienced elderly primitives and came over to check the injuries of the wild boar, fortunately, there were no fatal injuries, the wild boar is only in a coma at present, and whether it can survive depends on its creation.

After these arrangements were made, Lin Yuan began to beckon the tribesmen to cut the skin and meat of another dead wild boar, and on the other hand, several primitive people who were good at cooking, had also taken the initiative to draw fire from the fire pit, and lit a super huge bonfire in the open space, adding countless branches, and turning it into many simple barbecue grills.

The primitive people of the Stone Age had not yet invented ironware, pottery, etc., so they ate cooked food, which was generally eaten directly roasted.

But fortunately, Lin Yuan usually likes to eat barbecue the most, not to mention that this is the freshest barbecue without pollution, he stood happily by the bonfire, watching the primitive people get busy.

It has to be said that the children of the poor are in charge of the house early, and the children of primitive people are sensible early, and in this cruel living environment, every primitive person has developed the habit of hard work, and they do not need supervision and supervision, and they are very consciously joining the labor army one by one.

The sturdy women cut the prey quickly, the old and the weak were busy helping to wash and dry the skins to make them, and the hunters helped to add firewood and light the fire, and loudly recounted the thrilling process of the day around the campfire.

Lin Yuan found a higher mound of earth and sat there quietly, looking at the busy primitive people under his feet with satisfaction.

It was as if he could see that an invisible tribal civilization was gradually taking shape.

This is already a small society, a small tribe and a small world that belongs to Lin Yuan.

"King Yan."

The blade quietly walked to Lin Yuan's feet, bowed and waited aside.

"Blade, are you looking for me?"

Blade nodded and said:

"King Yan ordered the blade in the morning, and the blade made some discoveries."

Hearing what the blade said, Lin Yuan suddenly slapped his head suddenly, patronizing the happy night to eat barbecue, and almost forgot about the big matter of sending the blade out to investigate.

"Ah, tell me, what did you find?"

"The blade walked 500 steps along the river as requested by King Yan, then entered the woods and circled along the stone wall to the other side of the river. Along the way, there were no headhunters, no Chiyou tribes, but there were 2 traces of the tribe that were burned to ashes......"

Lin Yuan nodded, saying that, the Chiyou clan has already patronized this area, which is good news and bad news.

The good news is that the barbarian tribes such as the Chiyou and the headhunters, who make a living by plundering, will not return after plundering a piece of land, so they are safe for the time being.

The bad news is that the places that have been plundered by these barbarians are often devastated, with animals hiding and prey scarce. That's why they're hunting today.

If they are going to live here for a long time, it seems that they will have to find another way to solve the problem of food, and domestication of domestic animals may be a good start.

Lin Yuan looked worriedly at the injured wild boar lying in the newly built fence in the distance, praying in his heart that it would not die tomorrow.

"What about the two tribes that have turned into ashes? In what location? Lin Yuan asked.

"One by the river, the other in the cave." Blade replied briefly.

"Tell me about the one in the cave?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Hmm...... On the other side of our stone wall, we have to walk about 800 steps around the mountain, a cave, quite large. ”

"Is there a water source next to it?"

Blade nodded and said:

"Yes, there is a small river, just in front of the cave, and there is a large forest, and the blade has not entered."

Lin Yuan nodded, yes, the cave where people used to live, it shouldn't be too bad to come and live, and since it has been burned down, it is estimated that the headhunters will not come back, and the most dangerous place is often the safest place.

Lin Yuan nodded, he made up his mind to move there as soon as possible.

He waved his hand and let the blade go back to rest, while he watched the lively pig killing scene of the primitive people with satisfaction, fantasizing about the aroma of barbecue meat for a while......

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he ran down quickly, and shouted at Anna's back:

"Don't forget, let them leave the boar's tendons behind! Don't eat it! ”