When Shao Xuan went back, the children in the cave had already returned from the river, and today's harvest was good, looking at the uncontrollable smile on their faces, you can know that there are two groups that are still competing with who pulls more fish.

"Ah Xuan, someone came to you just now to change things, you weren't there, they said they would come back tomorrow. Tu, who was sitting next to him weaving straw ropes, said.

In the past, when he was in the cave, Tu was relatively small and thin, but during this time, he let go a lot, and people were more energetic, and he gradually talked more.

"Okay, I see. Shao Xuan nodded.

It should be that the tribe has people who are moved and want to go fishing, and after exploring the experience, they came to Shao Xuan to exchange for the kind of black block that can float on the water.

At night, the moon hung on both sides of the sky became darker, and the crescent moon was so thin that only the not very bright arc could be seen. Looking out from the vent, it was pitch black near the cave, and you could only hear the sound of the wind whirring outside the cave, and the sound made by the night swallows flying around.

In the next few days, whether it was the children in the cave or the people who went down to the mountains, as long as the sun did not set, they ran to the river diligently, thinking that they would pull it while the river was not frozen.

Probably because the people of the tribe never had the idea of catching these fish in the past years, and there were many fish in the river, so many people pulled fish here all day long, and they didn't see a day when there were fewer fish. These fish are extremely fierce, but their IQ is not high, and they are easy to pull, as long as they master the trick, the number of pulled fish will rise.

Luckily, for a few days the fish went smoothly, and there were no creatures with tentacles.

Until one morning, when Shao Xuan took Caesar to dig stone worms in the gravel field, there were many fewer stone worms, and it took half a day to dig three.

There were also suddenly fewer fish in the river, and it took a long time for the stone worm to pull up only one fish that was not too big.

Whether it is the children in the cave or the tribesmen, the hearts are heavy, and such a situation seems to be an omen.

"Ah Xuan, why is this happening?" the children in the cave wilted, staring at the straw rope in their hands as if they were heartbroken.

"Because winter is coming. An older child said he had heard that in the winter, a lot of prey hides, and you can't find it, and only when the winter is over will they come out again. Because of this, the tribesmen do not like winter, which is full of oppression caused by various difficulties.

Seeing that the other children were still staring at him, Shao Xuan sighed, "It may indeed be the reason." Because in winter, stone insects no longer appear on the surface, but will burrow deep underground to survive the winter, and the ground is warmer than the surface. Piranhas on the banks of rivers also leave the shallow waters and swim deep into the rivers to areas that don't freeze in winter. So we can't catch stone insects, and we can't pull fish. ”

Shao Xuan's words fell, and a depressed and gloomy atmosphere suddenly filled the cave.

In the impression of many children in the cave, the winter is very cold and dark, and sometimes they are sick and groggy and don't know, so they fall asleep in a daze, and when they get to dinner, they are called up to eat something and continue to sleep in a daze, not knowing that it is outside day and night, like the walking dead. It's usually nothing, but now that I suddenly think about it, and look at the sunny days of fishing recently, it's no wonder that I can be in a good mood.

There are also children who sit in the corner with the newly pulled fish this afternoon, and are sad and reluctant to touch the head of the fish. It's just that with the dark red eyes of the boss on the head of the fish that has lost its breath, and the cracked mouth full of fine fangs, how weird this person and a fish look like, if it were placed in the peaceful era of Shao Xuan's previous life, such a person would definitely be labeled as "**" and "psychologically distorted", but here, it is too normal.

Shao Xuan covered his face, looked away from that side, and no longer looked at the sad person holding the fish in the corner.

In the past few days, the hay used to sleep in the cave has been moved out and dried by Shao Xuanrang, and even the fur in exchange has been washed and dried, and the preparation is actually very sufficient, but no one can eliminate the shadow of the coming winter, and the past experience has left too deep an impression in the hearts of the children in the cave, and no matter how the sun comes, the sun will not rise.

It's only noon, and the sky outside is already gloomy.

When Shao Xuan was thinking about what to do in winter, the stammering man sitting on the side walked over.

"Ah Xuan...... I...... I think...... Want to ......"

It took a long time for him to make his meaning clear.

Stammering also has a younger sister, and when he lost his parents that year and was sent to the cave, his sister was also adopted by a family on the mountainside. Tribes value girls more seriously, and those who adopt girls are able to receive more subsidies from the tribe.

Most of the people in this tribe will awaken the power of totem, and the boy will basically awaken when he is about ten years old, and it will not be too late, not more than fifteen, which is why these children in the cave and those children who live near the foot of the mountain usually only eat and sleep and don't care about other reasons, because they don't need to work hard, as long as they don't starve to death or die of disease, they will naturally become totem warriors when they are old.

Compared with boys, there are fewer people among girls who awaken the power of totems, nearly one-third of them will not awaken in their lifetime, however, the tribe will not treat them badly because of this, on the contrary, girls are treated much better than boys in the tribe, so, even if they are also orphans, some families are willing to take in girls, and because of this, a girl living in this hole does not, all of them are with a handle.

He stammered and wanted to visit his sister before winter came, and sent a fish to him, which was deducted from the share he had received, and he came here to ask Shao Xuan's opinion. Since Shao Xuan took the children in the cave to fish, his position is indestructible, as long as Shao Xuan agrees to something, the two eldest children will not refute even if they are unwilling. Now, if there is something, I will also ask Shao Xuan's opinion.

After stammering and saying what he meant, he stood there rubbing his fingers uneasily, he was worried that Shao Xuan would refuse, and his eyes were cautious when he looked at Shao Xuan.

"Of course, just come back before dark. Shao Xuan said.

"Thank you, Xuan!" stammered and ran back excitedly, dragging a fish out of the hole.

Looking at the stammering that happily dragged a fish away, Shao Xuan smiled, "He didn't stutter when he thanked him, it seems that he still has to be excited, maybe once he is excited, this stuttering problem will be changed." ”

Not long after the stutter left, Moore's mother came again. The reason is still the same as before, to take Moer up the mountain, but unfortunately Moer is not happy, even if his mother is soft and hard, he did not let go, it is estimated that a few days ago on the mountain and the child of that family had a big conflict.

In the end, Molta's mother left with a thick fur coat and some dried meat, and left with tears in her eyes.

In the afternoon, Ge brought food over and brought Shao Xuan some jerky, as well as an animal skin blanket and a piece of clothing.

"This is given to you by Mai, and the clothes are given by Langga. Ge said, "They are busy today, Wu said that tomorrow is going to be winter, everyone is checking the house and preparing other matters, so they asked me to help deliver things." ”

Mai's hunting team came back yesterday, and completed the last hunting operation of the year before the winter came, and the harvest was very rich, and yesterday Shao Xuan saw the prey they were carrying or pulling, which was enough to survive this winter, not to mention that many people in the hunting team still had food stored at home, and they would not be hungry in winter. The warriors of the hunting party who returned yesterday all had a light smile on their faces.

Shao Xuan took it and took a look, the jerky was relatively fresh, the meat quality was also very good, and the blankets and clothes were better than the fur he had exchanged for the past few days.

It's impossible to say not to be moved.

"Thank you, Uncle Ge, and by the way, thank Uncle Mai and Lang Ga for me. Oh yes. ”

Shao Xuan dragged two fish over and asked Ge to help bring them to Mai and Langga, although he knew that Mai and the prey they had harvested this time were enough to survive the winter, Shao Xuan still wanted to express his gratitude. These two fish belong to Shao Xuan's own share, and other people in the same group naturally have no opinions.

"Hey, you're not afraid I'll cut off the fish. Ge threw the fish into the empty stone jar and left with one arm.

Since Wu said that it might be winter tomorrow, Shao Xuan told the others in the cave that the fur had already been divided, so he didn't need to say much about what to do, these children still understand self-preservation.

That night, the sky was pitch black, and two days ago you could see a little crooked crescent, but today you can't see it at all.

It's oppressively dark.

Shao Xuan woke up in the middle of the night, feeling as if he was lying in the ice and snow, shivering from the cold. But the strange thing is that after waking up, it is not so cold again.

Sitting up, Shao Xuan pulled the thatch blocked in the vent a little bit, and was suddenly chilled by the biting cold wind that penetrated him.

Winter is officially here.

The arrival of winter has made the life of the children in the cave the same again, except for eating and sleeping. The temperature outside the cave was very low, and they couldn't do anything but sleep when they woke up, hoping that the next time they woke up, winter would be gone.

With food and thick blankets on their bodies, they slept quite comfortably this winter, at least more comfortably than in the winter in their impressions, and they had to sleep peacefully.

In winter, Ge still comes over as usual every day, delivering food in the cold storm and snow. Shao Xuan felt that there was no need to suffer so much, and after discussing with Ge, Ge brought three days' worth each time, and then came over every three days. Now the cave is not as chaotic as before, Ge knew that Shao Xuan could control the cave, and he didn't object, and left Shao Xuan an igniter to let Shao Xuan light the fire.

In fact, winter is not without other things, such as the tribe sent down to teach people to read and count. As usual, every twenty or thirty days, someone will come over, and the winter will continue as usual.

On this day, it was the day for the people who taught to come over, and the day before, Ge brought a message to Shao Xuan, asking Shao Xuan to prepare. Save the time when the children in the cave sleep soundly one by one, missing this rare learning opportunity.

So, when the old hunter in charge of teaching was wrapped in animal skins, and shivered and lifted the curtain and entered the cave, before he felt the warmth of the fire in the cave, he saw the children who should have slept on the ground, all sitting there in good spirits, their eyes shining, and he shivered when he saw it.

Because he lives in the mountains, there were other things delayed in the previous period, and after careful calculation, he has not been here for nearly forty days, and he doesn't know much about the things that happened in the lower mountains. Yesterday he went to find Ge first and asked about the situation in the cave during this time. Originally, it was just a routine question, but I didn't expect that in just twenty days, there have been great changes in the cave.

Yesterday, when he heard that Shao Xuan, who was less than ten years old, was in charge of the cave, this old hunter was still very dissatisfied, isn't this bullying people? The children in the cave are easy to get along with? In the past, when he went to teach in the cave, only Shao Xuan's child could study seriously, and this old hunter had a good impression of Shao Xuan.

He didn't believe it when Ge explained, but now that he sees the situation inside the cave with his own eyes, it seems to be different......

With more than twenty pairs of rather unusually eager eyes, the old hunter walked in stiffly, sat down on the stone bench on which he had been sitting, took out a skin with numbers written on it from his bosom, looked at it by the light of the fire, and cleared his throat if it was the scroll of hides.

"Ahem, this, today, I'll teach you to learn counting from one to ten, listen, I'll read it first, cough, one, two, three, ......"

After reading it again, the old hunter felt that the atmosphere around him was a little wrong, and his eyes moved away from the animal skin roll, and when he looked up, he saw that the eyes around him that had been eager just now had become impatient, and some of them were obviously disdainful.

The old hunter was not happy, for he had been like this when he had come to teach, and when he read two numbers, the gang yawned and wanted to go to sleep, and his old man's brain hurt.

Just as he was about to reprimand, the old hunter heard a child complaining: "Let me listen to this if I don't sleep in the winter?"

"It's only one to ten? ”

"That's it!"

"Hey, old man, can you do it? Will you only go one to ten?"

"Ah Xuan, if it doesn't work, let this old man go, and replace him. ”

"That's it!"

"Substitution!"

"Substitution!"

"Let him go!"

Shao Xuan looked at the old man holding the animal skin roll, and now the green tendons on the old man's forehead were jumping suddenly.

How rare, the old hunter would never have thought that these little cubs would love to learn.

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