It's always tiring to work for others, but it's much more positive to work for yourself. In this era, the concept of oneself encompasses all people, and has not yet been alienated into a single individual.

Especially at night, sleeping was too crowded, and the clansmen wanted to have more rooms, so they woke up Chen Jian early.

This time, there is no need to spend so much time building a house, so Chen Jian has to plan, and he can't spend all his time building a house.

The apricots are yellow, the peaches are almost red, these things have to be collected, some herbs should also be dug and collected, and the seeds of many plants are about to ripen.

The most important thing is that the daylilies and lilies in the wild are already in full bloom, and after this year, it will take next year to collect enough lily flowers, so his plan will be postponed for another year.

All this work had to be planned in advance, and the house was still built in a pattern, and methods such as burning bricks were of course used, but not in the place where they lived.

He wanted to build some ceremonial buildings out of bricks, and they had to be different from the houses they lived in, and they had to subtly influence the people from the visual senses.

For example, sacrifices, schools, honor rooms, etc., he planned to use burned bricks to build them, so that the people thought that these things were more important than life, and could also enhance the cultural atmosphere.

For those outside who do not yet have their own cultural consciousness, the effect of cultural aggression is far greater than that of military conquest.

If you forget your ancestors, use someone else's language, speak someone else's language, or wear someone else's clothes, then even if the blood is still flowing in the veins, the race is actually dead.

In addition, a few confinement rooms need to be built, although the current tribe is not so particular about giving birth to children, and even before the amniotic water breaks, confinement can prevent many women's diseases - the average life expectancy of 30 years is naturally not a problem, and with the increase in life expectancy produced by settled agriculture, it is better to pay attention to some in advance.

Standing on the cliff, he used charcoal to draw the layout of the village on the bark of the tree, and called Yu Qian'er to her side to let her learn something.

"You watch carefully, and you'll arrange it in a few days."

"Me?"

Yu Qian'er was a little scared, this was a matter of two or three hundred people, and it was a major matter related to the entire clan, and she felt that she couldn't do it.

"Brother, I won't."

"Ten days ago, you wouldn't have used chopsticks, so there's nothing you can't do. The last time you saw how the people built their houses, tell me what to do? ”

Yu Qian'er timidly asked, "Why me?" ”

"Because you can count to nine hundred. Come on, tell me what to do if you want to build a house? ”

Yu Qian'er recalled for a moment and said: "First dig a pit, then burn stones to fill it, support wood, dig a pit and ram the earth, and dig a pit to raise fish." ”

"yes, isn't that great?"

"But...... How to ram the earth, how to mortise and tenon wood, I don't know. ”

"You don't need to know that, you just need to know who's going to do."

"Oh, so do the other brothers and sisters learn too?"

"Learn, I'll teach you, you teach them, you not only have to learn how to do it, but you also have to learn how to let others do it."

Jian Chen is ready to train these children as successors, and the rest of the clan has matured and solidified their thinking. You can know what it is, but it's hard to know why.

In the future, these children can also spread out and have the insight that a ruling class should have, and it will take at least ten or twenty years for them to learn rational analysis. Wait until slavery comes along and let them know the irreconcilable contradictions between the ruler and the ruled.

I don't want them to have a conscience, I just want them to know how to sit their butts tightly, to be able to find a balance between the cost of repression and the severity of oppression, and not to die by themselves.

Jian Chen thought for a while, looked at Yu Qian'er and said, "You follow me, see with your eyes, listen with your ears, if you don't understand, you have to ask, do you hear?" ”

"Brother, then what are you going to do?"

"More important things."

"More important than building a house?"

"Yes."

Yu Qian'er couldn't understand what was more important than building a house to fish, but she still nodded obediently and followed Chen Jianjian step by step.

Chen Jian took all the clansmen upstream to cut down trees, whether it was thin branches or future rafters, they needed to be prepared and lowered along the river.

So Yu Qian'er had the first question.

"Why don't you dig the soil first? It's enough to let Brother Wolfskin take someone to cut down trees like last time. ”

Chen Jian did not answer immediately, but led people to scoop up the wood, and some branches were piled up by the river to dry, and then led people to dig the soil.

The next day, after the wood was dried, Chen Jian led some people to pile the branches on the cliff and stone wall, and after lighting the fire, Yu Qian'er looked at the pile of flames and suddenly figured it out.

"Brother, I know. Because the wood is wet when it comes up from the river, it has to be dried before the stone can be burned to break it. On the way to dry, we can go digging the soil. The sun is working on one side, and we are working on the other. ”

Jian Chen nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, that's it." Let me ask you, if you are given a pile of firewood, a basin, and an uncut sheep now, you are alone, how can you get this sheep cooked as quickly as possible? ”

Yu Qian'er pondered for a moment and said, "Sir, pour water, and then wait for the water to boil when the sheep are cut." It's the fastest. ”

"That's right, it's the same with building a house. It's just more that needs to be done. Do you draw all the possible things you can do with charcoal today, as long as you can understand it yourself, and see how many steps it takes. ”

"Oh."

Yu Qian'er agreed, took a piece of charcoal, and followed behind Jian Chen, always frowning and thinking about watching and listening.

She spent three whole days like this, according to what Jian Chen said, she drew all the steps with charcoal to draw the symbols she knew, and she was shocked when she looked at everything dense.

Eating, cooking, drinking salt water, digging pits, burning stones, cutting trees, ramming earth, mortise, mowing grass, drying grass, mopping mud, drying mud, diverting water and mud, cutting pine resin, pulling bark......

She took the bark of the tree, pointed to the various symbols on it, and explained them one by one to Chen Jian, who was in the mud.

Chen Jian asked her to think clearly, which ones need people and which ones rely on the sun. How many days will it take for those who need the sun's help? How much wood do I need to build a room? How much mud does it take to build out the kang and chimney?

Yu Qian'er stared at the group of rammed earth for another day, counted the numbers, and wrote them down on the bark. At night, when everyone was sleeping, she was outside by the moonlight, counting the numbers. Of course, she still remembers what her brother said at the beginning, she wants to know how many times the moon is full, so she will not forget to draw the shape of the moon every day before going to bed.

Early in the morning, when she went to look for Jian Chen again, she finally got a word of praise from her brother, because she not only counted how many pieces of wood were needed for a room, but also counted how many houses could be built with the wood cut down a few days ago.

It's just that the bark of a birch tree more than a person tall has been densely painted with charcoal black marks, and her eyes are also red.

But she was very happy, because her brother not only smiled, but also touched his hair, which she knew every time he spoiled herself.

"Look, isn't it that hard?"

"Hmm."

"Tomorrow you will drag the clay at home, and the clay mold will be there, and you will calculate how many clay bricks and chimneys you need for these wooden houses, and some more in case there is a crack. Go ahead, think about it, bring your younger siblings and let them help you count tomorrow. ”

The next morning, Yu Qian'er really didn't see her brother, her grandmother and some old people were not there, and her wolfskin brother and some people were gone.

After asking the clansmen, he knew that they had left early in the morning, and Yu Qian'er panicked. Today, it is my brother who lets himself really take care of these things, but don't make mistakes.

Her heart pounded, and she felt like the little wolf cubs who had left their mothers when they were first captured.

You have to count the number of mud blanks, you have to cook, you can't let the people have enough to eat, and you have to ask someone to boil water in advance...... She took a few deep breaths, calmed her beating heart, gritted her teeth and thought, "I'm going to be good, I want my brother to know that I've grown up!" ”

The clansmen looked at her giggling, teasing their little niece and daughter, thinking that she would cry, but instead of hearing tears, they watched her with her mouth flat and her little fists clenched, and led everyone to the river to start the day's work.

When the tribesmen began to make mud, Chen Jian also took the old people of the two tribes and some women who could not do heavy physical labor to the upper reaches of the river.

There is a lot of apricot trees on a hill there, and it's time to pick them.

Chen Jian wanted to shout a slogan, such as eating fish for 20 days, building 40 houses, etc., but the people were really tired of eating fish these days.

If there are too many people, it is impossible to cook so delicately. Today's boiled fish, tomorrow's fish boiled water, are tired of eating, good logistics is the guarantee of the progress of the work, just change the taste.

He also needs the nutrients and sugar in these apricots, do some experiments and preparations in advance. In addition, as the various fruits ripen, it is time for the tribesmen to have an additional condiment.

And almonds are used as food in winter, which is excellent. There is a small amount of ****** in it, and there is no problem with taking the water to blister the needle.

Wild fruit tree nuts are divided into large and small years, and their nutrition is not enough to support them to give birth to a baby once a year, only one small baby in three years and one large baby in five years. This year is a big year, there are a lot of apricots, and there are many wild fruits and hazelnuts and acorns, so it is a good year.

Here, the old grandmother took people to pick apricots and put them in wicker baskets, and these people were good at picking fruits, and they could endure this repetitive labor.

Chen Jian took the wolf skin and the others to a farther place, carefully looking for hoof prints such as wild boars and deer. These animals follow a fixed route, and they also have their own path.

Looking for a good place, Chen Jian took the more than 20 men to dig a pit, and the pit must not be too big, because whether it is a roe deer or a sheep, they are all good climbers, and the steep slope of nearly 90 degrees can come and go freely, and you can jump out with a little running distance.

The wolf skin led people to dig a lot of pits a few days ago, but none of the hairs were left, so Jian Chen came to tell them how to dig today.

Not for food, but for feeding, and now those ruminants don't need to drink milk, it's time to feed.

Two dozen people dug all morning and dug a hole, which was not enough, it was necessary to cover a net.

If the net is not ready-made, it has to be woven with rope. I cut the rope into two or three meters long sections, found two trees and pulled up a long rope, and tied the rest of the rope into a slipknot and threaded it on the long rope and lined it up.

The simple understanding of weaving is a row of people, hand in hand, foot in foot. In order to save time, Chen Jian's mesh is the size of a fist, and it is not a fish that does not have to worry about running away anyway.

The entrance to the cave was covered with a layer of branches and leaves, and a net was placed on it, and inside the hole was a piece of wood, to which one end of the net was attached.

In this way, if an animal falls into it, its hooves will get stuck in the net and become entangled in the body, and it will not be so easy to jump out.

In particular, it will not cause huge damage like a life jacket, get some disabilities and go back to be raised by the uncle, and when mating, you have to be pushed by hand.

After arranging all this, the wolf skin touched the edge and said strangely: "This is the end?" And I got an extra bunch of rope. ”

Jian Chen casually folded a wooden stick and said, "This and the bow you used are only missing a rope." I'm telling you, don't you keep thinking about shooting when you see something, get it alive, do you hear? I want to live! ”

"I know, but let's talk about it first, I won't make up this net, you go find a woman to make it up."

He stretched out his short, sturdy fingers in agony, and it was worse to tie the net knot than to kill him.