Chapter 2: Become a Shooter
At this time, of course, no one would be able to understand Zheng Jun's words. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Although strictly speaking, they actually speak Chinese, but there is a time gap of 10,000 years. However, even in modern society, there are huge differences in dialects everywhere, and there have even been jokes that two Chinese cannot understand each other's dialect and can only communicate in English. The modern Hakka dialect was formed in the Song Dynasty, and in just a few hundred years, it became a language that only the locals could understand. And 10,000 years ago, Chinese was no different from foreign languages for Zheng Jun.
None of the people in the crowd were interested in communicating with him, and they quickly dispersed, leaving him to communicate with the middle-aged man for a long time, and finally figured out that this middle-aged man named Luo was going to take him to meet the leader of the tribe.
Luo's height was similar to that of Zheng Jun, and his body was also very strong, and his arms were solid and powerful, so he carried Zheng Jun towards the center of the tribe very easily.
The leader of the tribe, Kai, lives in the most central Chief's Hall, which is the largest building in the entire tribe, not too far from the big home.
Zheng Jun was helped to see Qi, and he was surprised to find that the leader turned out to be a woman. Kai is already in his 60s, which is an unusually high life for the current era. She was still in good health, ruddy-complexion, dressed in a coat elaborately sewn from animal fur, a necklace and earrings made of ground bone, and her hair was carefully braided into small braids. She looked very surprised when she found that Zheng Jun had woken up.
"Luo, did he defeat the wild spirits?"
Luo Wei bowed his head to show his respect for Qi.
"Yes, Kai, he came alive from the hands of the wild spirits, he must be a witch. ”
Kai raised his hand to stop Da from talking any further.
"With the help of ancestral spirits in the tribe, strong warriors can sometimes defeat wild spirits, Luo, aren't you like that?
She turned her head to look Zheng Jun up and down again.
"He's as strong as you are, and he's defeated the wild spirits, maybe he'll be a good hunter, and the tribe will take in a good hunter. ”
After saying that, Qi turned around and said no more.
Luo bowed his head again and saluted, and helped Zheng Jun back home
Although Zheng Jun couldn't understand their conversation, he at least understood that he was discussing his fate, and because of the language barrier, he couldn't express any opinions, and he didn't have the strength to make any resistance, so he could only passively accept everything. Fortunately, after the conversation, Luo helped him back again, and Zheng Jun finally settled down.
Over the next few weeks, Zheng Jun regained his body while helping the tribe with chores, learning their language non-stop.
He found that although the pronunciation of these people's languages was different, the way they used words was very familiar with Chinese, and the vocabulary was not complicated. Many of them are words like big fire, medium fire, small fire, big river, middle river, small river, and they are also very receptive to words that are not in the tribe, and Zheng Jun even taught them some modern words. However, Zheng Jun can also feel that most people have a kind of indifference to him that has always been reserved.
After a few weeks, Zheng Jun was already able to have a simple communication with Luo.
But it was difficult to get along with people, and although he tried to build relationships with other people during his recuperation, he was never able to do so, and everyone subconsciously avoided him when they saw him, and there were always whispers and ridicule everywhere he walked. Even when he helped with the work, he would be treated very coldly.
He didn't hear a strange word to describe him, and it was not easy for him to understand that the word probably meant lazy and parasite.
I can't imagine that a doctor can be thought to be a parasite! You are a parasite, your whole family has parasites!
As soon as he was able to talk, Zheng Jun asked Luo for the specific location he found, but unfortunately Luo told him that the place was outside the range of the tribe's usual hunting, although Luo could confirm the general direction, but there was no way to find out the specific location.
Zheng Jun's heart was really cold when he heard this, and he couldn't adjust it for a few days. But fortunately, at least we know the general direction, and we are not completely lost. Of course, the move of suicide will never be in Zheng Jun's consideration.
The tribe had a rudimentary circle of trenches, and the excavated earth built a low wall directly on the inside of the trenches. There is only one gate in the wall, which is guarded by hunters at all times. The entire low wall encloses a large circle, with a radius of nearly 200 meters, and the entire tribe is almost 120,000 square meters in size, which is almost the size of 17 or 8 football fields.
In the center of the tribe is the chief's hall, and around it are large and small houses, which are similar to Luo's house, and the closer to the center, the larger the house. Each house has a simple enclosure behind the house for raising livestock, and pigs, sheep, and chickens are raised. There are also a small number of dogs in the tribe.
According to Luo, there is farmland outside the wall, and there are many old and weak people who have contributed less to the tribe and live outside the wall, adding up to the entire tribe with a population of thousands and is the most powerful tribe in the neighborhood.
It's a pity that Zheng Jun was not allowed to go out of the gate because of his health, and it was said that he was worried that he would be invaded by wild spirits again after going out, and he would not be able to move freely until his body fully recovered.
The whole tribe has primitive agriculture and animal husbandry, the food supply is relatively stable, Luo is the first hunter in the tribe, he has to go out to hunt every day, it is said that the tribe has a dark hole that can preserve meat for a long time, so it can hunt in large quantities without worrying about waste, which is also the reason why the tribe can gradually grow.
Lowe's son, Blackfish, is only twelve years old, but is occasionally taken out with him, leaving only Lowe's wife and two younger children at home to take care of the livestock. Luo's wife's name is Momiji, and it turns out to be Kei's daughter.
Zheng Jun knew that his mind was quite confused, it was said that the leader of the tribe was a woman, which showed that this tribe was a matriarchal tribe, but Hongye, as the daughter of the leader, had always looked like a little woman in front of Luo.
The same is true of other families in the tribe, some are male-dominated, while others are female-dominated. Zheng Jun could only guess that the tribe was in the process of transforming from a matrilineal tribe to a patrilineal tribe.
During Zheng Jun's recuperation, only one hunter known as Thirteen came to visit him, and he was also very kind to him, he seemed to be Qi's son, that is, Momiji's younger brother, but he also looked like he was the "big" horse head and willing to be the younger brother.
It seems that Zheng Jun inadvertently hugged his thigh once, and although he was called a parasite, he was fortunately not kicked out.
Luo's family had some items that once belonged to Zheng Jun, and according to Luo, Zheng Jun's belongings were distributed to the members of the tribe as spoils, but the tribe had a life-saving grace for Zheng Jun, and he was embarrassed to ask for it.
On this day, Luo finally felt that Zheng Jun's body had fully recovered
"Zheng, come with us to hunt today!"
Zheng Jun actually felt that he had already recovered, and he couldn't wait to prepare for the event to move his muscles.
Luo took a spare stone spear in the storeroom and handed it to him, but Zheng Jun did not answer, and he found that his bow and arrow were right in this storeroom.
"I can use a bow and arrows"
Lowe never seemed to hear of it
"Bow and arrow?
Zheng Jun didn't know how to explain it, so he had to pretend to be mysterious.
"I'll show you when the time comes. ”
Luo didn't mind when he heard it.
Following Luo, Zheng Jun finally stepped out of the gate of the tribe for the first time.
Sure enough, as Luo said, there was a large area of flat farmland outside the wall, but there was no one working. The houses outside the walls were much more rudimentary than those inside, and the most rudimentary ones were almost as strong as the ape-man's weeded tents. Most of the people here are old, weak, sick and disabled, and a few young people also look malnourished.
I didn't go far when I saw a few hunters waiting not far ahead. The hunters lived within the walls, each of them was strong, but they were all very young, and the youngest was a blackfish, who was said to have only survived twelve winters. They had been waiting here for a long time.
According to Luo, he is the only one in the usual hunting tribe who participates every time, and most of them are new hunters, led by Luo and an old hunter, in addition to daily hunting, the main thing is to train new hunters. This time, it happened to be Luo and Thirteen leading the team, and both of them were acquaintances of Zheng Jun.
Before leaving, Lowe walked over.
"Zheng, the two of us are the only ones in the tribe who have defeated wild spirits, even if you are not a witch, I believe you can at least be a good hunter. ”
"You'll see a good hunter. ”
Zheng Jun didn't say much, just raised his bow. But I don't take this as a simple encouragement, this primitive tribe implements a strict contribution system, those who contribute a lot to the tribe can live in the wall and have enough food, and those who contribute a small amount can only stay outside and have a full meal. Although Zheng Jun also helped to make some sundries during the period of recuperation, it was just a trivial matter. And as an outsider, being able to stay in the tribe to recuperate depends on Luo's guarantee.
Although he didn't understand why Luo was so firmly supportive of him, it was obvious that Luo insisted on supporting an outsider who had not contributed enough, and Luo felt deep pressure.
Zheng Jun didn't want to be underestimated as a parasite that ate and drank for nothing, so he could only hope that this hunt could show his skills and show his value.
The group headed south, through a small prairie and near a wood.
"Spread out, go forward carefully, don't make a sound, there are always deer in this woods. ”
Several young hunters had long been impatient, and as soon as they heard Luo's order, they immediately scattered and ran into the woods.
Zheng Jun has also experienced the big scene of the Jurassic, and he did not show weakness and walked in.
Lowe looked like he was ready to fight, and quietly leaned into his ear.
"There aren't any big prey here, just a few rabbits at most, and it's a place to trick new hunters into practicing. ”
As soon as the words fell, Zheng Jun didn't have time to relax, but he heard an exclamation not far away.
Although the hunters who came out with him this time were young and inexperienced, each of them had hunted at least a few times before, and they would never be scared by rabbits. And as young people with strong bodies and strong blood, they will not easily lose face in front of their partners. Now I can't help but exclaim, there must be danger.
Zheng Jun and Luo rushed in the direction of the exclamation. Because of the limited transmission of sound in the woods, the place where the exclamation came out was not too far from Zheng Jun and the others, but it was only separated by many bushes, so it was not clear what was going on. Luo ran fast in the woods, and Zheng Jun was not slower than him, but he couldn't walk on the ground in the woods like him, so he was a little behind. Luo originally ran in front of Zheng Jun, but he seemed to be a little absent-minded, after passing through the bushes, he stepped on the air and almost fell to the ground, Zheng Jun moved in the back, and helped Luo with his hand, and finally the two arrived almost at the same time.
Sure enough, Zheng Jun found that it was Luo's son Heiyu who made the exclamation.