A burning firepit

The sacrificial stone chamber

Sacrificial Hui looked at the pictures on the stone wall and interpreted Su Ming next to him, these are the history of the fire tribe, the culture, and the inheritance of the spirit.

When interpreting them and documenting what happened, it is crucial to use the right pictures and methods to record or restore things to their original form.

After constantly learning from the sacrifices, with a deeper understanding, Su Ming felt that these pictures were like the sprouts of words, each symbol and direction represented a different meaning, and a thing could be clearly expressed with a few symbols of the pictures, which was more like the ancient ancient text - oracle bone inscription.

One word can solve a lot of meanings, and if it is a small piece of oracle bone inscription, then if it is translated in modern Chinese, it may have to be translated into a small paragraph.

The drawings and symbols used in the tribe are more difficult to understand than the oracle bone inscriptions, and the meaning is deeper and more profound, so it is no wonder that the cultivation of tribal sacrifices is so difficult, and only one person's qualifications stop most of the people.

This kind of learning is so difficult and inefficient, Su Ming has to think about whether words should be born, after all, words can be recorded and expressed more accurately than pictures.

However, the small number of words used by the tribe, as well as the number of tribal populations, and the demand for the use of words limit the use and promotion of words.

Now, in addition to the fact that the tribe may use the written word, the other tribesmen are even more indifferent to the written word, and they will not study it by heart, because they have no need for the written word.

The sacrifice is almost handy with the use of pictures and other means, plus relying on pictures and other means, it has been able to meet the needs of the tribe, plus he is already an old man, and he will not live for a few years, so there is no need to spend time and effort to learn words again.

But now Su Ming is the future sacrifice, he knows how important words are for a tribe, that represents civilization and culture, and is the best carrier of inheritance, which may not be so prominent now, but in the future, with the growth of the tribe, words will play more and more, more and more important roles.

I don't need it yet, but I can start to make some preparations, for example, Su Ming used the method of written records, the special interpretation method of the priest professor, and his interpretation of the translation of the pictures on the stone wall.

These precious words will become the knowledge that must be learned by the tribe sacrifices in the future, and the words will be passed on through this method of transforming the tribal account.

In this way, we can also leave the imprint of his Su Ming's existence in this world, so that future generations will know that there was a man named Su Ming in the past, and he created the words that we use.

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The sun came out, and the overcast eastern sky was finally pierced, and the warm golden sunlight shone on the whole earth, sending the breath of spring.

The snow covering the earth began to melt and merge into streams, which eventually flowed into the huge rivers and lakes, completing its annual cycle of reincarnation.

In just seven or eight days, all the snow on the ground has disappeared, and the temperature has begun to warm up rapidly. If you look closely, you will find that among the withered yellow grasses, some tender greens have appeared, scattered haphazardly across the vast expanse of the earth.

The people who have been nesting for a winter have come out of the caves and play outside when the threatening beast has not yet arrived, not only the children of the tribe, but also the adults.

They should seize the time and enjoy this stable and leisurely life at this safe time, because it will not be long before danger comes.

It is possible that when they come out of the cave again, they will come to the arena of survival that is deceitful, and they have to perform on the stage with their lives.

Su Ming was no exception, he also had to go out, follow Hui, and come to the small plain under the cave, where there were some herbs that could be collected for the treatment of wind and cold, at this time, its use was very large, and it had to be stored in large quantities.

After being able to get out of the cave, the tribe would add a small piece of sour and bitter tuber to the recipe every morning, the spring root, which is an herb used to prevent wind and cold.

Along the slope of the lake, there is a path that winds its way to the plain along the shore of the lake.

On the left side of the trail is a magnificent lake, and on the right side is a towering winding mountain, and the lowest part of the mountain also winds along with the trail, and after they pull out the green leaves, it also provides cover for the activities of people on the trail, reducing the probability of being attacked.

After about an hour's journey, Su Ming and the others finally came to the plain, and according to the description of the sacrifice Hui, they began to look for the spring.

Spring is a vine-like plant, in winter, the vine has died, but its roots, which are the target of Su Ming's collection this time, have an obvious effect on preventing and treating spring wind chill after spending the cold winter.

The best time to collect spring roots is only during the five days after the winter snow has melted, and after this time, the spring roots buried in the soil will rot in a day or two, which is why it is now the time to look for it.

In the spring, when the snow has just melted, the soil on the plains is moist, and the roots of spring are shallow. After finding the spring, you only need to use the prepared small wooden stick, stick it along the bottom of the vine, and then pry it again, and a spring root will be dug out.

Because it is surrounded by rivers and mountains, this plain is protected from being eaten by large-scale herbivores, so the spring here grows very well, and it didn't take long for Su Ming and them to dig up a large number of spring roots, which are enough for the tribe to use.

After completing the work of collecting the spring roots, Hui led the collection team and White Fang back to the cave with the spring roots. And looking at the sun that had just arrived in the middle of the sky, Su Ming wanted to take a walk along the river, so he said to Hui, so he went out with Hei Er and walked along the river.

When he came to the river, Su Ming knew how big this river was, and roughly estimated that it was probably more than one hundred and fifty meters wide, but its current was not very turbulent, but it was still a little gentle.

The plain where they were located, just at the downward extension of the mountain range, could be seen with less than the naked eye, and the terrain was almost ten meters better than the plain opposite, and through the erosion of the river, the bank of the plain had already exposed rocks about five meters wide and more than two meters high.

It took more than two hours to walk along the entire riverbank, and the entire riverbank was almost twelve or thirteen kilometers long, and the river bank to the foot of the mountain range was almost two kilometers.

Estimating the area of this plain, Su Ming thought that if it was used to grow food and raise some animals, it would already be more than enough, and its production could easily feed the entire tribe, which could not only avoid a large number of casualties during hunting, but also have rich food, which could breed more offspring and quickly expand the fire tribe.

More importantly, the fire tribe can change from simple gathering and hunting to planting and breeding, the productivity of the tribe has been greatly improved, and the nature of the entire tribe has evolved.

Of course, Su Ming also knew that these were just thinking about himself, and he couldn't take it seriously, because this was not in Shui Lanxing, it was a different world, and the environment in which he lived was more different.