Ah Hua pointed to the ginkgo and asked, "Mother, this ginkgo can neither be eaten nor used, what are you picking it for?" ”

Wang Qishi said with a smile: "After these ginkgo fruits fall from under the tree every year, they become a ball of white silk when soaked in water, much like the grass skirt that we collect from the reeds cut into strips. ”

Ah Hua smiled: "Mother, this white fruit silk is as thin as a spider web, how can it be woven into a skirt, forget it, the grass skirt is the most real." ”

The ancestor who has been playing with Baiguo said in a childish and childish manner: "Mother said that you can weave if you can weave, mother, you teach your ancestor to weave skirts, right?" Wang Qi stroked the ancestor's head and said with a smile: "Zu'er is still young, when you grow up, my mother will teach you." ”

Concubine Xiaozhuang ran out of the cliff, ran in with something in his arms and said, "Mother, my sister and I burned a kind of thing, it's very strong, can you see if it can be used?" ”

Wang Qi looked at the extremely hard vessel and asked, "Hua Zhuang'er, what is this made of so strong?" ”

Ah Hua said: "That day, Xiao Zhuang and I were playing with mud, making something like a bamboo basket and burning it on the fire, who ever wanted to burn something very hard, we thought that this thing could hold water and also hold things, so we took it back from the cliff cave in the back mountain." ”

Wang Qishi listened and shouted: "You two are back mountain cliff cave again, how many times have I said that you can't go to the back mountain cliff cave, why are you disobedient?" Ah Hua said: "Mother, Ah Hua knows that she is wrong, if she doesn't take her brother in the future, don't be angry." ”

Wang Qishi said, but kept fiddling with the utensils in his hands, and said: "Hua'er Zhuang'er, you take some soil from the cliff platform, and make a few more according to the method you make for your mother." ”

The mother and son said they would do it, and they made seven or eight dishes of different sizes in one day, and Ah Hua said: "Mother, let's give this thing a name, right?" Wang Qi said: "This thing is so good, how about this small point is called this 'bowl', and the big point is called 'pot'?" ”

Since there are bowls and jars, Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang no longer need bamboo tubes to carry water, every day after dawn, sisters and brothers put the big jars in the basket to go to the valley to carry water, compared with the bamboo tube to carry water in the water saving a lot of time.

The spring rain had been pouring down for several days, and the morning sun had finally dispelled the dark clouds. Wang Qi returned from hunting in Dongshan with his three children, and when they returned to the cave, they were stunned. The door of the cave fell horizontally at the entrance of the cave, and the cave was a wolf, and all the meat and sweetfruits that were collected were plundered, and even the bowls and jars were not left, only the white fruits scattered all over the place. Wang Qi led his children and hurriedly exited the cave, and fled to the dense forest in the back mountain.

A few people ran out of several mountain beams, but they really couldn't run, and Xiao Zhuang gasped and said: "Mother, foreigners came to the cliff cave, we were robbed, and we had no food, are there any other tribes in this Xiling Mountain?" ”

Wang Qi shook his head and said, "I don't know." Wang Qi thought for a moment and whispered: "Children, we may have met foreigners, whether they are good or bad people are not yet known, I am afraid that the East Cliff Slope Cave will not be able to live, and we have to find a new place to stay." ”

After hearing this, Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang looked at each other, and Ah Hua said: "Mother, Hua'er knows that there is a place that is very secret, but I don't know if my mother wants to go." ”

Wang Qi said: "Ah Hua, where is the place you are talking about?" ”

Ah Hua pointed to the mountain peak in the distance and said: "That's where, there is a cliff cave, which is much more than the cliff cave on our east cliff slope." ”

Wang Qi looked at the mountain peak in the distance and said: "I can't go anywhere, there must be foreigners on the steep peaks of the mountain, if we are caught by foreigners, it will be terrible." ”

The ancestor carried an iron and wooden stick in his hand and said: "Mother, there is a ancestor who will protect his mother, and if a villain dares to come, I will beat him to death with a stick." ”

Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang stood in front of Wang Qi one by one and said, "There is also Ah Hua, and Xiao Zhuang." Wang Qi hugged his ancestor and said: "Okay, my ancestor has grown up and will protect his mother, and my flowers and strong children have grown up." ”

Concubine Xiaozhuang leaned over Ah Hua's ear and whispered something, and Ah Hua said, "Mother, there is still a place to hide." Wang Qi asked, "Where is it?" Xiao Zhuang pointed to a dense forest not far away and said: "Where, where is there a small cliff cave, although it is smaller, but it is enough to live for our family." ”

Wang Qi looked into the distance in amazement and shouted, "Where have you been?" The sister and brother knew the rules set by their mother for the two of them, not to go to dangerous places, to run when they met strangers, and not to lead foreigners to the cliff cave. Today, if it weren't for the attack of gangsters, the two of them would not have spoken out. In fact, the two sisters and brothers have already run all over the peaks, cliffs, ravines and jungles around the east cliff slope.

The place that Xiao Zhuang said, the terrain is winding and the mountain is full of stones, there is a cliff cave under the mountain, the cliff hole is not very deep, the round cliff hole above the head leads directly to the top of the mountain, and the rays of sunlight that shine into the hole from the cliff hole make the hole feel very bright and open. At the entrance of the cave, two large bluestones are staggered, like a gate standing on both sides of the entrance. Outside the cliff cave, a large bamboo forest surrounds the surroundings, and the bamboo forest is full of animal dung, and it can be seen that this place is also a place where wild beasts often haunt.

After some discussion, the mother and son decided to live in this cave. Wang Qi looked at the structure of the cliff cave and was very satisfied, if this place was not carefully searched, it would not be discovered at all, and more importantly, the traces of foreigners had been found on the east cliff slope, if they met the barren people, then her mother and son would definitely die. Thinking of this, Wang Qi can set a dead rule for the children, the key is not to run out of the cliff cave for half a sound, and two people must go out.

Because the entrance of the cliff cave is located in the east mountain pass, the sun is over the hill and the east mountain is immersed in darkness, and the bamboo forest in front of the cave is thick, and the darkness is already in the dark night before the sunset. The night was dark, and the sound of wild beasts walking outside the cave was heard from time to time, perhaps because of the fire in the cave, so that the wild beasts outside the cave did not dare to approach.

Wang Qi, who had not slept all night, finally closed his eyes and went to sleep at dawn, and when Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang opened the gate, they were immediately frightened by everything in front of them. Ah Zhuang held the iron and wooden stick in his hand, his eyes were round and his teeth were grinning, and the concubine Ah Hua on the side hit the big bluestone in front of the cliff with the iron and wooden stick, and after a while, the ancestor ran out of the cave with the iron and wooden stick in his hand to look, and then turned around and ran into the hole. Wang Qi ran out of the cave with a stone axe in her hand, and she was stunned at the entrance of the cave.

Originally, the bamboo forest is the place where more than a dozen graceful barren people live, at night because the beast saw the fire in the cave and was frightened and wandered in the forest, which alarmed more than a dozen dying barren people on the opposite mountain, the barren people came with a wisp of green smoke on the top of the cliff, who would have thought, they really let them find it.

Wang Qi looked at the rickety desolate man and was so frightened that he couldn't speak, but the ancestor beside him stepped forward and pointed at the desolate man and shouted: "Where did you come from, you dare to frighten my mother, don't you want to live anymore." The Wild Man looked at the seven or eight-year-old girl in front of him and laughed wildly. The elder desolate man stepped forward with a bamboo sign in his hand and said, "It is you who have encroached on our territory, so hurry up and leave our territory." ”

The ancestor smiled: "Look at you all thieves and rat eyes, thin as a dry fight, you are not a good person at first glance, come and come, you have the ability to fight with me, you can beat us, we will leave here, if you can't beat it, hurry up and get out of me." ”

Wang Qi was frightened by the ancestor's words, and before she could speak, the little ancestor had already rushed out and fought with the older barren in front of her. The ancestor must be still young, and after a while, he will be a little overwhelmed. She was furious, rushed forward with a stick, and beat the desolate man to the ground with a few sticks. frightened the other desolate people from coming forward. Concubine Xiaozhuang walked up to the old barren with a stick and said, "Tell you, this is my sister, if I am young, it won't take so long, and you will be beaten all over the ground looking for teeth." The old desolate man knelt down and said, "Please spare us, we don't know how strong people are powerful, and please forgive us for our offenses." ”

Wang Qi eased her senses, she stepped forward and asked, "What clan are you?" The elder desolate man said softly: "My name is Tu Ji, we are the descendants of the Tiger Clan, we used to live under the Wolf Tuo Peak in the East Mountain, a few years ago came a group of Xiling people, we couldn't beat them before they lived here, and now they live in a cliff cave not far away." ”

"Xiling Clan, are you saying that your shed nest is occupied by the Xiling Clan?"

"Exactly, the leader of the Xiling clan, Xuan Xuan, is really powerful, we beat him, but my father was killed by the Xiling clan's concubine, most of the women of the Tiger clan were seized by them, and the clansmen fled from the Wolf Peak, and I fled here with more than ten clansmen."

After hearing this, Wang Qi stepped forward to help up the halberd and said, "I am also from the Xiling clan. ”

"Ah, you, you are also from the Xiling clan, please let my people go."

Wang Qi sighed and said: "Brother Tu Ji don't be afraid, although I am from the Xiling clan, my clan has already driven my mother and son out of the Xiling clan. ”

After hearing this, the halberd ordered the clansmen to put down their weapons, and he knelt on the ground and said: "Woman, although your children are young, they are all very capable, I see that you are dressed, eaten, and used the appearance of the big clansmen, and we are not secret, we robbed the things in the cave of the East Cliff Slope, I am willing to lead the Tiger Clan to take refuge in you, and I hope you will take us away." ”

Wang Qi said: "Although I have not heard of your Tiger Clan, judging from your clothing, it is too simple for me to take you in, but I can teach you how to make grass skirts, bowls and jars, so that your life will be better." ”

Tu Ji Ling clansmen stepped forward and knelt down and said: "Woman, I think you are not an ordinary woman, you must be a nobleman, I beg you to accept us, there are only three strong men left in the Tiger Clan, most of them are women, children and children, and they really can't live." ”

The ancestor stepped forward and looked at the girl of her age and said, "What's your name?" The girl glanced at Tu Ji, Tu Ji nodded, and the girl said softly: "My name is Tu Meixiu, and he is my father." ”

"What about you, what's your name?"

Another girl, slightly younger than her, said, "My name is Sai, and I'm four years old this year. ”

The ancestor turned to Wang Qi and said, "Mother, take them in, my father once told Zu'er that when Zu'er grows up, he will take back the Xiling clan and let his mother live a good life." ”

Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang stepped forward and said, "Mother, Zu'er is right, let's take them in." Wang Qi's brows tightened, she thought for a moment and picked up the halberd and said, "It's not that I don't want to take you in, it's just that my mother and son are also in crisis, how to take you in." ”

The ancestor said: "It is because our family and the Tiger Clan are in crisis that we should gather together to strengthen our strength, and there is great strength in numbers." ”

After hearing this, Tu Ji exclaimed: "Woman, you child is so assertive, and he will become a great weapon in the future, so you can agree." ”

Wang Qi said: "I'm still worried. ”

The ancestor shouted: "Uncle Tuji, I promised you for my mother, but you have to respect me as the little master of the Xiling clan, are you willing." ”

Tu Ji smiled: "Of course, the little master is above, and Tu Ji will lead the people to pay homage to you." ”

Wang Qi had no choice but to agree to bow down with the Tiger Clan, and then went to the cliff cave where the Tiger Clan lived with the same Halberd.

Since the descendants of the Tiger Clan followed the new owner of the Xiling clan, they found that what happened to the little master and ancestor was all puzzling. After the ancestor respected himself as the little master, he was always surrounded by a group of adults, and he was clear in his rules and regulations when he was young, and he acted decisively and clearly, which was admirable for several months. On this day, everyone heard that the ancestor was going to build a kiln nest on the east cliff slope, and this major decision really frightened many clansmen.

The kiln nest is the residence of the tribe and the defense of the war, which is equivalent to the city today. Generally, the kiln nest wall is tied with giant trees and planted in parallel to stand four feet deep underground, and several rows of giant trees are filled with stones, about two zhang above the ground, about five feet wide, and the kiln nest wall is 400 steps away from the shed nest where the kiln lives, which is meant to prevent foreign fires. The top of the kiln nest wall is paved with passageways and human-shaped wooden stakes, behind which archers can be hidden to prevent foreigners from climbing into the kiln. The kiln nest is usually set up with two gates, and under special circumstances, one can be set up, which can be practiced or tun people, and can be cultivated and defended, which is a tribal fortress in the real sense.

After hearing the news of the construction of the kiln by the ancestors, the halberd quickly went to the cliff cave to find Wang Qi's family, Wang Qi's family was more surprised than the halberd after hearing the news, so that people called the ancestor to ask him what it was, the ancestor did not hurry and said: "My father Yinglong not only taught the children martial arts, but also privately taught me the art of military formation, and the construction of the kiln is one of the strategies. ”

Wang Qishi heard it in a fog, she couldn't think about how her eight-year-old daughter could have such ability, since Yinglong taught her daughter martial arts and passed on her military formation skills, she would not be so assertive, this is like something that a child can think of. However, although the construction of the kiln nest is very labor-intensive, this strategy is not a lie.

The strategy of the ancestor to build a kiln was finally stifled in the obstruction of the mother Wang Qi, this small clan of less than 20 people wanted to build a kiln nest is not an ordinary joke, in desperation, the concubine can only order the mother to train, and the same age children together to practice martial arts.