Chapter 277: The Red Lantern

The harvest of the second net of winter fishing has once again become a legend of this era. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Chuan felt that it should be caused by the bottom of the net really touching the bottom of the lake, so that the fish could not escape and were swept up, otherwise it would not have been possible for a whole group of fish to be wrapped in the net.

This net has finally appeared in the net with low-diving fish such as herring and copperfish. There are also some black spotted fish in it. These fish are very large, and it is best to slice them with a planer after freezing.

With these harvests, it was enough for these hundred or so people to carry them, but the people of the tribe obviously felt that it was not enough, Wang Chuan said that there might be a lack of time, so they fished another net in the original ice eye, and the harvest was actually not bad, and there were thousands of catties of fish.

At this time, it was past noon, and everyone hastily roasted some dried meat and fish, and then began to rush back with their sleighs.

More than 100 people came out, including women and children, and finally each pulled a sleigh of fish back, and the sleds pulled by baby elephants, little rhinoceros, and dogs were almost all piled up with fish frozen into popsicles, and Wang Chuan pulled a sleigh himself.

The eaglet still stood on the branch and returned to the tribe. It turns out that in the face of food, pets and other things had little place in the hearts of prehistoric humans. When he went back, he had forgotten about the eaglet with two big fish of more than 100 catties, and he looked at Wang Chuan all the way, and helped Wang Chuan pull it for a while from time to time.

It has also been proven that eaglets, as a prehistoric species, have a strong ability to adapt. When it went out in the morning, it was still standing on the branch and still staggering, looking like it was about to fall off at any moment. When he returned to the tribe at night, he found it standing on a tree branch and falling asleep.

When woken up by the tribesmen, the eaglet opened its mouth to Perch and began to ask for food.

Qi stuffed the eaglet into Wang Chuan's arms and said, "Your own bird, you still take care of it." I haven't raised it, so I don't dare to mess around. ”

Today's catch made her realize that she could be angry with Wang Chuan, but she had to listen to Wang Chuan about these uncertain things. This little man was so amazing, so amazing that she couldn't help but listen to him.

Wang Chuan took the little eagle into his arms, touched the little eaglet's head a few times, and said to Qi: "The things of the River Tribe, you can learn if you want to, but I think it's useless for you to learn too much." These things are very complicated for me, and you people who have no foundation can learn them in just one winter. If you listen to me, I think you can learn how to make pottery and make bows and crossbows. Three or five people can't get a big net in a year, so don't think about it. If you need it, I'll give you a big net when you're gone. For you, a small net is almost enough. ”

There is no love in the world for no reason, and he is so enthusiastic on the way back, and now he has given up the custody of the eaglet, obviously there is a plan. Today, I can catch more than 10,000 catties of fish, which is enough for the people of the tribe to eat for ten days and half a month, and this efficiency is something that everyone will be tempted by.

Sure enough, after Wang Chuan finished speaking, Qi couldn't stop laughing, but he was still a little embarrassed and said: "But it's difficult for us to break the ice ......."

"As you go, one of you takes an iron weapon. But it is not necessarily a good thing for this thing to appear in the north rashly, and it is better for you not to use it in front of people. It's best not to let others know. ”

Qi finally rejoiced: "I know, we'll pay attention." I'll help you feed this little guy, you rest......" As he spoke, he snatched the little eagle away from Wang Chuan's arms, and the relationship just handed over custody or something, it was all a disguise. Who said prehistoric humans had no brains?

Anyway, she couldn't stay in the tribe for long, so Wang Chuan decided to fiddle with her.

Eagles have a longer lifespan, and the longer the animal, the longer the juvenile period will be. People can live to be seventy or eighty years old, and only in their teens and twenties will they become physiologically mature. An elephant can live to be sixty or seventy years old, and it will not be until eleven or twelve years old before it reaches physical maturity. So now the baby elephant is still a child, maybe it will take six or seven years or even more to mature. No one has ever kept the Haast giant eagles in captivity in later generations, and no one knows how old they are, but Wang Chuan inferred from the eaglet's physical development and feather growth that it may take about a year for the eaglet to fly. It's still its childhood, so let's live a comfortable life, and it's not too late to wait for it to be gone.

Now let it develop a dependence on people, and when it grows up, it should be closer to people, and it won't fly away at every turn.

In the next few days, the people of the tribe went out with a large net, and they all reaped the rewards.

A few years ago, the tribe's army went out with a drum and brought back a lot of fresh meat.

In this way, the meat for the New Year will be ready. With these meats, the pressure of the River tribe to start spring has also been greatly relieved.

As the end of the year approached, Bihu and Bark took the time to go out a few times in the past year, and went to the four bases and the sail department to make a round, and by the way, they sent them a little wine and these fresh meats, which was regarded as a New Year's greeting.

The four bases are now subject to a rotation system, which is currently changed every three months. The two bazaars and the salt mines were currently manned by only about twenty men each, and the iron mines were garrisoned by close to a hundred men because of the close to three hundred slaves to be managed. They couldn't go home for the New Year, so they had to ask the chief to visit them. Although the sail department is an independent department, it is also part of the river tribe, so it is natural to celebrate the New Year together.

This is the first year that many people have spent in the River Tribe, and Wang Chuan wants them to have a more memorable time, whether they are outside or in the River Tribe. Therefore, he used more expensive red cloth and wooden shelves to make a big red lantern. The wooden frame contains a base for the ceramic oil lamp. Sent them over. Two in each place.

After the bark and the tiger arrived at those places, it is said that they carved the ice lanterns of the baby elephants before leaving. It gave them a little more of the River Tribe tradition in those places. Last year, Wang Chuan carved the ice lantern of a baby elephant in the River Tribe.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone had a busy day, busy cleaning, sacrificing, preparing food, and holding a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Unable to sit down at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, my mother sat in an elephant cart surrounded by the bark of Wang Chuanbihu, eating half of it on one side and then eating the other half on the other side.

By the time the new village came back from eating, it was already dark. A child ran ahead with a torch and lit the ice lanterns on the side of the road. The big red lanterns at the gates of the two stockades and the Dragon King Temple were also lit.

The light of the ice lantern is not as bright as that of the fire, but it is more colorful and beautiful. A series of ice lanterns connected the two stockades, connected to the middle of the red lanterns, and a breath of the year erupted.

Holding the eaglet waiting for Wang Chuan at the gate of the old village, when he saw Wang Chuan coming back, he couldn't help asking: "Is this the year?" ”

Wang Chuan originally wanted to say what the Nian Beast was from, but when he saw the obsessed perch, he swallowed these words back into his stomach and said, "This is the Nian." If you can, I hope you will spend the New Year here in the future. ”

Winter Bear and the old man were invited to the village for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and finally arranged for them to stay in the guest room at the gate of the village. The old man stood under the lantern and couldn't help but sigh: "I can live such a year, and I am willing to die." ”

That night, lanterns were also lit in five other places outside the River Tribe, although a few more were burned shortly after, causing some minor fires. But when these lanterns are raised, the spring of the River tribe really comes.