Chapter Seventy-Nine: Joy and Sorrow
"Brother Pu, Ye Xi, you're back!"
Greybeak and several other warriors at the sentry saw Putai from a distance and waved and shouted happily.
Seeing that each of them was carrying so much prey, he hurriedly jumped down from the whistle to meet him, wanting to help share some of the burden.
There were so many prey on Pu Tai's back that he couldn't stand up straight, so he could only bow his waist slightly, and he smiled: "A few steps like this, you don't need help, you guys go to the sentry." ”
"Hey, why did you catch a few live sheep and come back?" cried the sentry warrior in amazement at the sight of the huge she-goat and the two little lambs.
The Jiaojiao hissed and drove the ewes and lambs forward.
Along the way, the soldiers couldn't spare their hands to drive the sheep, and they all relied on Jiaojiao to drive them.
Ye Xi laughed: "You'll know in the future, this sheep is useful!"
Only then did the sentry warriors realize that Ye Xi was carrying twice as much as the other totem warriors, and the small hill-like prey almost crushed Ye Xi's thin body.
"Why do you carry so many prey? Put it down, let it go, let's do it!"
After carrying such a long way, it was not a few steps short, Ye Xi smiled: "No need, it will be there soon." ”
Knock knock.
A group of warriors carrying their prey on their backs passed the whistle.
All the totemic warriors carrying their prey were heavy, and with each step it seemed as if the ground trembled slightly.
But just by looking at the prey they each carried on their backs, which was three times their size, you could see how heavy it was.
Knock! Knock!
Among the piles of footsteps, Xiao Te's footsteps were the heaviest, almost covering the entire warriors.
Xiao Te was the worst, carrying five times as many prey as other totem warriors, and from a distance it looked like a moving hill.
Tribal clearing.
Everyone was busy in full swing.
Most of the men were shirtless, with shiny muscles, sweating like rain grinding stones.
The edges and corners of the rocks were carefully smoothed with sharpening stones, and the white magma overflowed from the cracks, and the men poured a little more water on them to continue polishing.
Some of them carried the polished boulders on the ground, and the muscles of their arms bulged to move the boulders to the top of the mountain.
During the rainy season, the rain will flood the land, and the cave will become uninhabitable, so everyone must move to the mountain, so be sure to build a house on the mountain before the rainy season arrives completely.
And the house must also be strong, because during the rainy season, there are often strong winds, and if the house is not built strongly, it will be bad if it is blown down by the wind.
But once the water level recedes after the rainy season ends, the houses will be demolished to cover up the traces of the tribe's existence.
It's a pity, but in order to survive, there is no way.
Seeing Pu Tai and them coming back, everyone was overjoyed, put down the work in their hands and surrounded them.
"It's back! it's back!"
Everyone gathered around the warriors and helped them unload their prey.
Knock knock.
Bundles of prey like small hills were unloaded.
Seeing that Ye Xi was carrying so many prey alone, everyone was distressed, and they blamed Pu Tai, who was the captain of the hunting team: "Pu Tai, how can you let Ye Xi carry so many prey! Ye Xi is still young!"
"I'm tired of carrying so many things all the way back. ”
Everyone actually didn't help the other soldiers who hadn't been unloaded, and they all gathered around Ye Xi, helping him move the prey down, shushing the cold and asking for warmth.
Ye Xi was embarrassed, and for the first time found that he was actually taken care of by the clansmen as a child, but he did not refuse this time and let the clansmen help unload the prey.
After the prey was unloaded, Ye Xi loosened his whole body and rubbed his stiff shoulders, feeling much more comfortable.
Ye Xi didn't hide it, and carried all the prey he could carry.
In the rainy season, food consumption is large, so bring a little more, so that the tribesmen can suffer less hunger.
Seeing that Pu Tai was becoming more and more ashamed by everyone, Ye Xi hurriedly relieved the siege and said: "Don't blame Uncle Pu, I still have these things on my back, and I don't have to work hard." ”
Besides, he doesn't have the most backs, but Xiaote the ones who carry the most.
Xiao Te carried at least a few tons of prey on his body, even if Xiao Te was a dinosaur and had infinite strength, he couldn't help but feel struggling, and after running all the way, there was foam at the corners of his mouth.
"This dinosaur is weirdly useful, it can carry so many things. ”
While praising Xiaote, everyone helped unload the prey on his body.
Almost as soon as it was unloaded, Xiao Te's entire dinosaur lay on the ground.
"Hey, why do I think Jiaojiao is a little rougher. ”
Sizzle.
Jiaojiao excitedly wandered around the tribe, it was born in the tribe since childhood, this is its home, it is the first time it has been away from the tribe for so long.
Ye Xi smiled: "It eats a lot, and it naturally grows fast." ”
The adult body of the Titan Python can grow to the thickness of a giant rhino, and Jiaojiao has established a contract with the totem warrior and has planted fire in the Titan Python, he does not know how big it will grow in the future.
The families of the warriors gathered around the warriors who had returned from the hunt, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, and some women had not seen their men all this time, looking around, and finally couldn't help but cry out anxiously.
"What about Dahong, where is Dahong?"
Ye Xi's smile froze.
The soldiers of the second team also put away their smiles, bowed their heads and stopped talking.
After a moment of silence, Pu Tai walked up to the woman and said with difficulty: "Da Hong, he ...... Fell off a cliff. ”
When the woman heard it, she felt like she had been struck by lightning, and she didn't move.
The atmosphere freezes.
The chief sighed.
I see such a scene every year.
The warriors had the highest mortality rate in the tribe. But there is no way, the warrior must go into the jungle and fight countless beasts and insects to grab food.
Seeing that everyone was looking at her worriedly, the woman smiled stiffly: "It's okay, I knew from the moment I became his partner that this day might come......" Speaking of this, tears slipped down and I couldn't help choking.
A woman next to her hurriedly grabbed her and whispered comfort.
"Pity their child who is only two years old. The woman's eyes were red as she persuaded and persuaded.
The chief comforted: "Dahong's children will also be our children in the future. ”
Pu Tai solemnly promised: "Yes, as long as I have a bite to eat, there will be no less of him, less of you, you can rest assured." ”
The woman nodded with tears in her eyes.
Seeing that the woman was still depressed, the women had no choice but to send her into the cave to rest.
......
The atmosphere was gloomy for a while.
The chief looked at the mountain of prey on the ground and exhaled: "There are so many prey, at least thirty percent more than in previous years, let's clean them up." ”
The women stepped forward to pick up their prey.
Now that they have brought so much prey, some of them are busy.
They have to deal with their prey before the rainy season comes, rip off the unseparated fur from the prey, nitrate the hides, cut the flesh, and dry the meat while the weather is fine now.
The cellar cannot be used in the rainy season, and the jerky needs to be dried several times.
It was up to them to do all the work, because the men were busy building houses, chopping wood, drying firewood, and everybody was busy.
The chief glanced at the unfading wound on Putai's chest and abdomen, pulled Putai over and asked in a low voice, "Are you involved with other tribes?"
His eyes were vicious, and as soon as he saw the scratch on Putai's chest, he knew that it was not a beast, but a man.
Speaking of this, Pu Tai couldn't help laughing: "This time, we are fighting with the people of the Chishan tribe!"
The chief was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"
Pu Tai told the Chishan tribe that the Chishan tribe wanted to snatch their prey again, and Ye Xi objected and proposed a fight in detail.
After hearing this, the chief let out a long breath of turbid air and said three times in a row: "Good, good, good." ”
I don't know how many times, after knowing the news that Tu Shan was robbed by Chishan again, he couldn't wait to join the hunting team and personally go to fight with the people of the Chishan tribe.
Now that Tu Shan had actually defeated the Chishan tribe in the competition, it was really a sweep away the depression that had accumulated before! He could completely imagine how ugly the faces of the people of the Chishan tribe were at that time.
What made him even happier was Ye Xi's strength.
He could already foresee that Tu Shan was getting stronger and stronger.