Tianhao took out an object from his pocket and gently placed it on the floor: "I use this." ”

Yonggang, the captain of the hunting team, was the closest, reached out to pick it up, and approached it to look closer, and he recognized the object in his hand: "This is the appendage rib of the giant horn deer." ”

Summer and autumn are the seasons for hunting giant horn deer, and herbivores are much less of a threat than carnivores, and although they are good runners and extremely fast, some will always fall into the traps set by hunters. This animal with huge antlers is very different from its predecessors and has two layers of ribs. The outer layer is a hard calcareous aggregate, while the inner layer is softer and has strong toughness.

Tianhao took the giant horned deer from Yonggang's hand. Normally, this accessory rib has a shallow crescent shape with a slight curve. Tian Hao raised his ribs and turned the sharpened ends to the leader Fu Song and the old priest Wu Xing respectively, so that they could see more clearly.

"It's so tough that it won't break even if it's folded in half." Tianhao explained: "I sharpen the two ends, pour water on them, press hard to bend it, and break it back and forth a few times to control its length. Wrapped in the ribs of this bighorn deer with minced meat, it can freeze quickly in this weather. Tyrannical bears are not picky eaters, they never let go of anything they can eat. Frozen meatballs are hard and cold, they don't chew in your mouth and just swallow them like that. The heat melts the ice, and the Bighorn deer's appendages re-taut and return to their original state, piercing the maned bear's stomach. As long as you wait patiently for a while, they will always die. ”

In civilized times, this was the Inuit's method of dealing with large carnivores.

(Don't go into the details of the party, especially the lethality and the time of death of the animal.) ）

Hunting captain Yonggang was completely stunned.

I have been a hunter for so many years, and I have a very high prestige in the village, but I never thought that there was such a simple and convenient hunting method.

There was a trace of bitterness and shame in the eyes of the leader Fu Song, and he was shrouded in a deep sense of loss: why did such a smart and knowledgeable young man never discover or see the advantages of Tianhao?

The old priest noticed the dull atmosphere in the room, he took a deep look at Tianhao, and smiled with relief: "Ah Hao, you go out first!" According to yesterday's rules, you divided the two bears. ”

Tianhao did not directly agree. He saw a positive look in the eyes of the leader Fu Song, and the hunting captain Yonggang had no intention of objecting, so he stood up, saluted the three leaders of the village, and walked out.

Yonggang kept pinching the attached ribs of the giant horned deer and kept looking at it, his thick black fingers contrasting with the translucent cartilage, and his mouth kept letting out a "tsk" exclamation: "Why didn't I think of this before?" It's too simple, this thing is so simple. ”

Fu Song sighed with emotion: "If Tianhao had gone out with the hunting team earlier, there would not have been so many deaths in the stockade." But he used to refuse and never participated in these activities in the village. ”

The old priest looked thoughtful between the old and puffy skin, and said uncertainly: "Ah Hao should have been doing research at that time, and he probably didn't think about how to use it. ”

Yonggang nodded and agreed: "He was very fair to divide the meat yesterday, and he said when he and Ah Mad went out to hunt bears, let's not sell the women in the village." ”

Fu Song's tone of voice was not very sure, with an obvious element of discussion: "Xu Ping is dead." There is a vacant position of "ten heads" in the stockade, let Tianhao fill it, what do you think? ”

Yonggang replied quickly: "I have no opinion. ”

The old priest pondered for a moment: "Let me talk to him, I want to hear Ah Hao's thoughts." ”

……

When he walked into the old priest's wooden house, several black stone tablets stacked in the corner of the house caught Tianhao's attention.

The most direct way to understand the world is through the eyes. The host's memory fragments are a great asset to Tianhao, allowing him to make sense of the unknown, and the parts he has never touched. After all, he was very unfamiliar with this place, and even Tianhao himself didn't know exactly how long he had been sleeping in the cultivation cabin.

He walked over, looked at the words engraved on the stone tablet, stroked them lightly with his fingers, and deliberately made a curious expression: "What is this?" ”

The old priest didn't care about Tianhao's faux pas. No one is allowed to enter this room without permission. Since it came, it meant acquiescence: "That's the name of the ancient gods." ”

This explanation was unexpected. He knew that the names of the people were engraved on the stone tablets, one after the other, neatly arranged in a row. The difference is that even the host of this body has never seen these steles before, and has never heard any of the names on them.

The old priest sat down slowly next to Tianhao, and his cloudy eyes shrewd: "They have surnames, and they are all gods. They left us words, they left us the means to record everything. We all get our names from them, except for our last names...... It must be obtained through your own efforts, and you must not be self-contained. ”

These words opened the long-closed thinking window in Tianhao's mind. He finally understood why the names of the people in the village were so special. The source of this is probably these ancient black stone tablets.

"The stone will rot, the metal will rot, and the content on it will be passed down from generation to generation, forever and forever." The old priest smiled and patted the back of Tianhao's hand: "Fu Song proposed that you succeed Xu Ping as the new "head of ten" in the village, and Yonggang and I have no opinion. I'm curious, what other surprises will you bring to me besides the new hunting method of the Bighorn Deer's Ribs? ”

Tianhao thought for a few seconds, this is an indispensable etiquette to show respect for the shaman: "I will let everyone in the village have enough to eat and spend this winter in peace." ”

……

The dead Xuping had three families under his name, and because of the insufficient population, Fu Song asked Pingjun to divide the villagers currently in charge into one household to make up for Tianhao, the young "head of ten".

Pingjun was furious about this, but in the face of the supreme power trio of the leader of the stockade, the hunting captain, and the high priest, the angry protest had no effect. Extremely reluctant, he played a trick and gave up the least population and the weakest family under his control.

In his own cabin, Tianhao used the power of the "head of ten" for the first time to convene a gathering of all the young people under his control.

Xuping's younger brother is called Xukun. Perhaps because of the funeral at home, this nineteen-year-old young man had an indissoluble sadness on his face, and after coming in, he saluted Tianhao, and sat silently in the corner, without saying a word.

Changlin and Changfeng are two brothers, they are in their twenties, there is not much age difference, and their faces are very honest, but because they haven't eaten enough for a long time, they look a little tired and numb.

Tianmad was incorporated into the "group of ten" of Tianhao. He had no objection to this, and there was even a faint hint of excitement in his eyes.

When Ayi walked into the cabin, everyone was surprised.

She is twelve years old, and by the standards of civilized times, she can only be considered a little girl.

The reborn Tianhao has no way of knowing what has happened in the past few years. The host's memories tell him that there are many things in this world that are different from the past. For example, a barbarian woman in the north can be considered an adult at the age of ten, and she should be married, and while taking care of the housework for her husband, more importantly, pregnancy and childbirth.

Ayi has not been married so far, she is a special woman in Panshi Village, and she usually goes out to work with other adult women without complaints.

The "human household" let out by Pingjun is Ayi's family of three. Her father and two older brothers both died while hunting, and A-Niang, who was in her forties, was in the prime of life when she had been blinded in an alien tribal battle a few years earlier. Disabled people like her have a very low status in the village, and when there is a shortage of food, the slaughter order is ranked behind the elderly.

Ayi also has a seven-year-old brother underneath him.

According to the aesthetic standards of the civilized era, Ayi belongs to a beautiful woman with a comprehensive score of about eighty. She has healthy wheat-colored skin, and her long black hair is tied tightly with rattan rope coiled behind her head. The black animal skin robe was too lenient for her, and it should have been inherited from some of the elders of the family who had died. Standing in Tianhao's position, it is easy to see almost the entire chest through the oversized neckline. Her collarbones are well-defined, an important sign of good figure in civilized times. However, according to the current aesthetics of the northern barbarians, Ayi is too thin and has little meat, except for the skin is full of bones...... In this special environment where women are treated as "cans" to some extent, there are almost zero men who like Ayi.

Tianhao belongs to the kind of person who uses tough power to present facts and reason. He glanced at the second brother Tianfang who was standing next to him, and the latter turned away knowingly, and when he came back a few minutes later, Tianfang had more than half of the frozen bear legs on his shoulders.

"The chiefs and priests have recognized me as the new "head of the ten" in place of Xuping. Here you must obey my commands. ”

Tianhao's young face was filled with a smile: "Divide this bear leg." Tonight, you have a good meal. ”

Xu Kun showed a look of surprise on his face.

The two brothers, Changlin and Changfeng, glanced at each other and saw the accident in each other's eyes.

Ayi's long eyelashes shook, and she raised her head and asked suspiciously, "Is this your share of food?" ”

"This is my prey." Tian Hao unleashed the majesty of the superior: "According to the rules of the clan, whoever hits the prey can get the largest share. I am your "head of the ten" and I must be responsible for you when it comes to food. ”

Changfeng swallowed hard, his attention completely absorbed by the thick bear legs. The bear's skin has been peeled off, and the white meridians on the surface of the bright red frozen meat indicate that the meat is extremely tight and is a real "superior food".

"We've already divided the meat once." Changlin's words were filled with gratitude.

"That's your share in the stockade." Tianhao raised his hand and patted the bear's leg, his voice was mixed with majesty, and there was also a comfortable smile: "This is different, it is my benefit to you." ”