Chapter 017: Ready to Go
Women are quite miserable in this world, and the Qinglu tribe is no exception.
They are not physically strong, and although they do not need to do dangerous things such as hunting like men, they definitely have a lot to do, such as collecting food, finding water, setting up tents, carrying luggage on the way, taking on the responsibility of guarding the tribe when the men are not around, taking care of the old and the weak, and having children to satisfy the desires of men.
They probably give more than men, but their status in the tribe is not high, one is a woman often has to deal with, Belonging to several men, the men do not have the consciousness to protect and cherish this woman; one is the lack of population, women have to keep giving birth, every birth is in danger of life, and after giving birth will be weak for a period of time, during this time the ability to survive is greatly reduced, it is easy to be abandoned; the other is that in the trade, women are one of the most popular goods, whenever the tribe lacks something, and needs to trade with the traveling merchant or neighboring tribes, the first to be pushed out are women.
In this way, women's sense of belonging to the tribe is not as strong as that of men, and men and tribes do not attach much importance to women, after all, they can be bought and sold, and if they can't go on, they will sell it, and if they are too little, they will buy it, which is more like an object.
Ershi does not resent the tribe, and is willing to sacrifice for the tribe, but he always feels gloomy and hopeless in his heart, whether the tribe is strong or weak, whether the climate is good or bad, they are easy to be abandoned, so Ershi has never had any hope for the future, just live one day at a time.
But Lu Qingqing's unintentional attention to them as weak people shocked her heart.
Ershi couldn't accurately describe the feeling of "one shock", but when the first pot of black vine was sent to her yesterday instead of those men in the prime of life, she almost wanted to cry.
Her innate acuity made her realize something, so she seized this opportunity to gently recommend herself to Lu.
She instinctively wanted to behave well in front of Lu Qingqing.
Lu Qingqing didn't know the violent ups and downs in the heart of this superficial woman, and she had her own considerations with Ershi.
After all, she is small and frail, and she is still a girl, although it seems that Dacheng is quite reliable at present, but when she is away from home, she is alone with a few strong men, and she is a little bottomless in her heart.
Women, by nature, still believe in the same sex more, so as soon as Ershi stood up, she pulled her to be her companion.
Once you have arranged your people, you have to prepare what you want to bring with you on the road.
"Water is not needed, there is snow on the road, if you want food, bring three days' worth of frozen demon taro chips, and the black vine group should also be brought, not only to bring enough for us to eat, but also to let the Dapeng tribe see it." ”
Lu Qingqing was vigilant in her heart, so she would not easily create the vocabulary of new things, and it just so happened that she didn't seriously name konjac tofu and fern root glutinous rice cakes, so she simply replaced them with demon taro chips and black vine tuantuan.
With so much knowledge about food coming out of your head, you can fool the past with the inheritance of the god of food, but it is suspicious to create so many modern words.
What if there are people in this world who have crossed over from the afterlife like her......
It's always good to be cautious.
Sleds and sleds were also replaced by wooden shoes and cars.
"Each person carries a pair of wooden shoes, which can be used downhill or flat, and the straw sandals worn on the feet should be made thicker, and the wooden cart should be changed to make it smaller, and the fence will be put in it, and we will put the things we want to bring in it and pull it, so that everyone can relax. There are also too few animal skins on the body, and the effect of keeping out the cold is too poor. ”
Speaking of this, Lu Qing is also helpless, the tribe is too poor, this one with his arms and legs exposed, it's okay to hide in the hole, and this line is simply looking for death to climb the snowy mountains and cross the grassland.
Lu lightly discussed with Jiao, and collected animal skins from the clansmen, now the cave is much warmer, and the clansmen are more willing to move some animal skins out, it's a big deal who goes out and wears clothes in the next period of time, and those who stay inside are naked.
So more than 100 people got together and also made up a lot of animal skins, and Lu gently asked Sanzhi and other women to make them into clothes and pants.
This is not difficult, poke a few holes with a stone knife, and then use a thin vine to pass through the hole to splice the hides and skins.
Lu Qingqing's request is a long vest that can cover the buttocks, a "sleeve" that wraps the upper arms and forearms respectively, and a "leg cover" that wraps the thighs and calves respectively, and the exposed elbows, knees, shoulders, armpits and necks are already wrapped around soft animal skins and barely protected - but the latter is Lu Qingqing's special treatment, and they don't want it in Dacheng, including Ershi, because it is not conducive to action.
The most important thing is the hat, Lu Qingqing didn't want to be blown by the wind to crack his scalp, turned over and turned out a fan-shaped animal skin, and didn't care where this animal skin was worn before, surrounded by a cone, put it on his head, drill a hole on both sides, tie a rattan, and tie the rattan to the chin, this conical hat is improvised.
Lu lightly demonstrated or explained, put these living factions down, and shrunk into his own snow room to think about weapons.
The stone knife and stone axe are too sloppy, the lethality is too weak, and there is no long-range attack at all, although Oyutthaya has a bow, but it is still not enough.
The fire burned quietly not far in front of her, and the melting temperature poured on Lu Qing's face, and she was sleepy, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
When I woke up again, it should be the middle of the night, the people in the tribe were basically asleep, snoring was everywhere, and Lu Qing had the illusion of being in a pigsty for a moment.
The corners of her mouth twitched, and in the midst of a heroic snoring, she heard a low whimper, and a forbearant moan.
Lu gently got up and looked at the woman who had broken her leg.
Lu Qing didn't feel sleepy at this time, so he got up lightly and walked over.
"Young Chief!" said the woman who was busy wiping her tears, thinking that she had woken up Lu Qingqing.
Lu gently took a few firewood sticks, came to Ben's snow house, added firewood to the fire that was about to go out, and dialed it, and the flame slowly ignited again.
She asked, "How is Ben?" In fact, there is no need to ask, she knows that Ben's face is bleak and painful, and she knows that it is not comfortable.
But she can't help it, everyone here is like this, if she is injured, she can only survive by herself, and if she can't survive it, she will die, not to mention the winter, and she can't find herbs to stop bleeding.
Ben is a man, and he can bear it enough, his head was wet with sweat, and he gasped and said softly to Lu: "It's okay, it's okay, I can bear it." ”
Lu lightly touched Ben's forehead, it was cool, he didn't have a fever, he shouldn't be in danger of life, and looked at his severed limb again, it was dry and bloody, and he was white, and he didn't do anything about it at a glance, and he was helpless.
Lu Qingqing was a little unbearable, Ben was injured for the tribe, and Lu Qingqing also admired him, he was the only person in the tribe who had a woman alone except for the horn.
The horn is because of the status and privileges, but this Ben is different. He looked in his thirties, but his woman was much older, looking to be in her forties, I heard that this woman was exchanged for half a rabbit by him, and when she came back, she looked old and silent, no one in the tribe looked down on this woman, Ben was very good to her, and the relationship between the two slowly improved, although there were no children, but the woman was protected by Ben, and she lived a good life in the tribe.
Others thought Ben was too stupid, but Ben said that he wanted to have a woman who lived with him, and what did it matter if he was older and ugly.
Lu Qingqing felt that his thinking was very advanced, especially rare in the general environment.
It would be nice to be able to save him.
Just thinking like this, suddenly she shook slightly, and looked sideways at her right waist, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.