Early morning.

A few children with spears practiced fighting in the clearing, and the adults of the tribe worked at the entrance to the cave, glancing at them from time to time.

The children had been playing for a while, their heads covered in sweat and dust.

One of the children stopped the attack, and with a spear he raised his spear, said to the other companions, "I'll rest first and drink some water." ”

The other child immediately said, "I'll go too!"

In the end, all the children decided to take a break and drink water.

The children ran to their respective adults, asked for water bladders, put down their spears, and gurgled water.

The child, who had a dry mouth, drank most of the water in the bladder in one go, poured the rest of the water on top of his head, wiped it with his hands, wiped all the stains on his face, shook his head again, ran back to the open space, picked up the spear, and continued the fight.

Washing one's face with water, which seemed extravagant in the dry season of the Tushan tribe in previous years, but no adult reprimanded it at this moment.

After all, anyone who thinks of the fifty vats full of water in the cave will think that using such a small amount of water is only trivial.

With those fifty jars of water, even if the tribe no longer goes to fetch water, this dry season will be enough to drink.

The chief and Ye Xi stood at the mouth of the cave and saw this scene.

The chief's eyes flashed with relief, and he sighed to Ye Xi: "Thanks to your method, no one should die of thirst in this year's dry season." ”

Ye Xi: "I also want to thank Cangpan and slaughter them to get water again and again." ”

The warriors carried the barrels back and forth between the lake and the tribe for ten days without stopping, until the fifty tanks in the tribe were filled.

"And Uncle Yong who helped me hunt the Spinosaurus, the craftsmen who rushed to make the water tank overnight, and the warriors who searched everywhere for the stone tank stones, plus them, the tribe can now not lack water. ”

The chief laughed: "Yes, there are all merits, but your merits are the greatest, this cannot be denied." ”

Thinking of something, the chief sighed again: "It's a pity that the beast meat promised to you at the beginning has not been fulfilled, and the hunting team has not yet discovered the whereabouts of the beast." ”

Wu specially mentioned the matter of rewarding Ye Xi's fierce beast meat to the chief, and asked him to let the hunting team pay more attention to the whereabouts of the fierce beast, but unfortunately more than half a month has passed, and the trace of the fierce beast still has not appeared.

Ye Xi was a little disappointed in his heart, but he still comforted the chief and said, "It's okay, this is also something that can't be helped, I'm not in a hurry." ”

At this moment, a tribal warrior with gray mud all over his body and oil paint on his face hurriedly walked from outside.

Ye Xi recognized that it was the warrior Grey Beak stationed at the edge of the tribe.

Greybeak saluted the chieftain and said quickly, "Chief, there are four people from the Yellow Tribe, asking to come into the tribe to trade food. ”

Is someone from the Huang tribe coming?

The chief nodded his head to indicate that he understood, "You tell them I'll be there right away."

Greybeak received the order and hurried out.

"Huang Zhen tribe, what are they doing here?" Ye Xi asked the chief.

"Definitely came to exchange salt for something. ”

Knowing that there were people waiting for him outside the tribe, the chief did not hurry, and ordered the tribesmen to immediately put away all the water bladders full of water on their bodies, and clean up all traces of water on the ground.

After the tribe cleaned up and couldn't see any traces of water, the chief said to Ye Xi: "I'll go over." "Head to the tribal whistle.

Tushan at the outpost.

Extremely conspicuous, and a group of people who seemed incompatible with the Tushan tribe were standing at the whistle.

These people were burly and imposing, wearing cool snake skins, and the weapons in their hands were all snow-white bone weapons, and the blades were obviously finely polished, shining in the sun.

What is even more exaggerated is that one of them is riding on a huge brown bear, and this giant bear is obedient and obedient.

They are the people sent by the Huang Zhen tribe in this transaction.

The chief was not affected by their luxurious lineup in the slightest, and greeted them with a hearty smile on his face: "How can you have time to come to our Tushan tribe today, welcome and welcome! ”

The bear saw a powerful man approaching and let out a low growl at him menacingly.

Qi Shang patted the giant bear's head, turned over and jumped down, saluted and smiled back.

"Naturally, there is no danger, and Chief Tushan cares more. ”

Qi Shang is the leader of the Huang Zhen tribe who came to the Tushan tribe this time, and he is also one of the warriors in the Huang Zhen tribe who are usually responsible for trading.

The chief asked tentatively, "Are you here this time?"

Qi Shang smiled slightly: "I'm here to exchange salt for things." ”

When the chief heard this, he was relieved, and it was good that he had come to trade: "Okay, we are welcome, please come in." ”

The three Huang Zhen tribesmen behind Qi Shang stood motionless as if they hadn't heard.

Waiting for Qishang to turn over and step on the giant bear, he lightly commanded the three of them, "Let's go." The three of them followed the giant bear and walked towards the Tushan tribe.

Ye Xi, who was sitting on a large wooden stake, suddenly saw a man riding a huge brown bear into the tribe.

What a big bear! Ye Xi was surprised that such a big bear was willing to be a human mount!

Looking at the warrior riding on the giant bear, there are two flame patterns in the center of the totem pattern on the left chest.

He's a second-class warrior!

Everyone in the Tushan tribe surrounded them when they saw that there were people from outside.

A female tribesman came over with four purple lings in her hand and walked up to them.

The chief pointed to the purple ling fruit in her hand and said to Qi Shang: "Leader Qi Shang, this is the purple ling fruit that was just picked in the tribe two days ago, you have worked hard from afar, let's eat a little first." ”

This female tribesman was covered in dust, and the palm of her hand holding the purple lingguo also had black dirt.

Qi Shang frowned slightly, the light of disgust in his eyes flashed, and he did not take the Ziling fruit.

He didn't speak, and the three people in the back didn't move.

Let the woman keep stretching out her hand, holding four purple lingguo.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

The chief's face was slightly gloomy at first, but then he laughed: "Hahaha, since a few distinguished guests are not satisfied with the Ziling Fruit, let's put it away." ”

Seeing this scene, Ye Xi laughed secretly in his heart.

Our chieftain is good enough.

Ziling fruit is indeed very difficult to find, and it is naturally reasonable to dedicate it to distinguished guests.

But this woman is too dirty, and there is no shortage of water for bathing in the tribe at present.

It seems that the chieftain had prepared for the arrival of these trade envoys. In order not to reveal the abundance of water in the tribe, it has been arranged a long time ago.

Ye Xi also saw that although these four people looked polite, since they entered the Tu Shan realm, looking at the eyes of the Tu Shan people, there was a faint arrogance that could not be concealed.

However, people do have the confidence to look down on the Tushan tribe, just looking at the Tushan people wearing straw skirts, while the people of the Huangshan tribe are wrapped in cool and comfortable snake skin, people have reason to be arrogant.

Looking at the bone ornaments worn by people are so exquisitely made, and the bone ornaments worn by Tu Shan soldiers are rough and unbearable, such a comparison does make Tu Shan particularly poor.

The other party was obviously stronger than Tu Shan, and the chief's arrangement was shrewd and cautious enough, which made Ye Xi secretly cheer in his heart.

I only heard the chief continue: "Several, how much salt did you bring this time, and what do you want to exchange?"

Qi Shang: "Nine bears, untie the bag and let them see." ”

The warrior named Nine Bears put down the animal skin bag he had been carrying and untied it on the ground.

It's all salt, of course.

These salts look like they are about three catties, and they are in very poor condition, with white and yellowish salt, mixed with many soil particles.

"That's a lot of salt, how long can this last!"

"yes, but the quality is not as good as what they brought last year. ”

There are Tushan tribesmen whispering around.

Qi Shang said to the chief: "These salts are exchanged for a thousand catties of fresh meat." ”

Ye Xi's eyelids jumped, these three catties of salt will be exchanged for a thousand catties of meat, why don't you grab it?

The chief frowned: "This year's salt is much worse than last year's, and there are too many clods of soil in it. ”

Qi Shang sighed and said, "It's okay with these soil grains, just let the female slaves of your tribe sort them." ”

Ye Xi raised his eyebrows, since he knew that the soil particles could be sorted by the female slaves, why didn't he sort them when he was in the Huang Zhen tribe, and directly trade the salt mixed with so many soil grains.

Looking at the calm and calm appearance of these four people, as if he was sure that this transaction would not be yellow, Ye Xi was thoughtful. Could it be that salt is monopolized by the Huang Zhen tribe? That's why they are so fearless?

The chief was silent for a while: "A thousand catties is too much, it is impossible to exchange so much." ”

Qi Shang's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "For the sake of our tribe's frequent transactions, I can take a step back, nine hundred catties, how about it?"

Ye Xi frowned in his heart, the appearance of the Huang Zhen tribe was accurate, and Tu Shan would definitely exchange it.

"No, if you pick out the soil particles in this salt, the salt will be reduced, and nine hundred catties is still too much. ”

The smile on Qi Shang's face gradually subsided, and he kept staring at the chief.

The two face off.

After a long time, Qi Shang's voice turned indifferent: "Since Chief Tushan is unwilling to exchange, then I will leave." ”

After saying that, Jiuxiong put away the salt bag and took the lead in walking towards the giant bear.

The Tu Shan crowd of onlookers was a little flustered, and they just left? What about the salt, they only come to change it once a year, they can't do without salt.

The chief never moved.

Qi Shang had already mounted the giant bear, carrying the other Huang Zhen tribesmen and walking straight out, looking unrelenting.

"Wait!" cried the chief.

Qi Shang continued to walk back as if he hadn't heard.

"Nine hundred pounds is nine hundred pounds!" the chief shouted helplessly.

Qi Shang patted the giant bear at this time, told it to stop, and then jumped off the giant bear, with a smile on his face again: "This is the choice of smart people." ”