Jiang Li and Heiba squatted by the ditch to clean up the wild ducks.

Yao Xiaoqing looked around and said to Jiang Li: "You two clean up and let me go down the ditch and take a look at it." ”

"I'll be with you." Jiang Li said and handed the wild duck to Heiba, picked up the bow and arrow on the ground, and followed Yao Xiaoqing up the ditch.

There are a lot of herbs in the forest by the ditch, Yao Xiaoqing collected some seven-leaf flowers, star anise lotus, and snake extinguishing door by the ditch, put the snake medicine into a sheepskin bag, and prepared to continue walking.

"Xiaoqing!" Jiang Li grabbed her, "There is someone in front." ”

Yao Xiaoqing looked up, and at a glance, he saw seven or eight dark-skinned men standing in the bushes more than ten meters away from the two of them, holding weapons in their hands and looking at her and Jiang Li with a vigilant expression.

"Jiang Li, they should be from a nearby tribe, let me ask them and see what seeds their tribe has?"

"Xiaoqing," Jiang Li hurriedly grabbed her and whispered, "You stay here, I'll talk to them!" With that, he put down his bow and arrows, and walked towards a few people with a smile on his face.

Yao Xiaoqing stood there looking at Jiang Li's back, looking at a few men vigilantly.

Several people in the bush saw Jiang Li put down his weapon and came over, and a square-faced man walked out of the forest with a spear. He stopped when he was five or six steps away from Jiang Li.

Raised his spear and pointed it at Jiang Li, "Which tribe are you from?" This is the territory of the Fish Tribe, hurry up and get out. ”

Jiang Li found that their language was different from the tribe he had encountered earlier, and looked at the big fish totem painted on his bare arm, guessing that they were the tribe that migrated from the river.

He took a step forward and said with a smile: "Warrior, I am Jiang Li of the Qingshan Tribe, I came to the mountains and forests to look for food seeds, and I have no ill will towards you." ”

The man also sensed that Jiang Li had no malicious intent, and the hand holding the spear loosened a little. After listening to Jiang Li's words, he shook his head at him again and again, indicating that he didn't understand what he said.

The tribes he met along the way were all in different languages, and Jiang Li had already had experience in talking to them, so he smiled and grabbed some pumpkin seeds from his pocket and made a sowing motion.

Only then did the man come to his senses, stepped forward to glance at the seed in Jiang Li's hand, shook his head again and again, and gestured to show that they did not have such seeds.

Jiang Li understood what he meant, smiled and made an exchange gesture, and handed him the pumpkin seeds.

The man took the seed and realized that he wanted to exchange the seed of this food with them.

He had never seen such a seed before, and who knew if the fruit would be edible?

Thinking so, he handed the seed back to Jiang Li, and shook his head at him, indicating that he was unwilling to exchange.

Seeing his expression, Jiang Li understood that they didn't believe in him, and some regretted not bringing the pumpkin.

A few men in the bushes saw the two of them arguing there for a long time, and walked out of the bushes curiously, "Canghe, which tribe is he from, what are you doing here?" ”

Canghe shook his head and spread his hands, "The seeds he gave said he would exchange seeds with us." ”

Several people saw the pumpkin seeds in his hand, glanced at Jiang Li curiously, and said to Canghe: "You ask him, what kind of fruit can such a seed grow?" ”

Canghe turned his head and pointed at the seeds, and gestured at Jiang Li.

Jiang Li thought for a moment after looking at it, understood what he meant, and gestured at him the size of the pumpkin.

At this time, the people of the fish tribe all understood, and they all showed a look of surprise.

The man standing on the left side of Canghe pouted, "He must have lied to us." ”

Canghe nodded, "I'm also afraid that he will lie to us and give him back the seeds, and you are here again." With that, he stuffed the seeds in his hand into Jiang Li's hand.

Jiang Li looked at it for a while, and already understood what several people meant, saying that he had the fruit of the seed and could show it to them.

Yao Xiaoqing saw that those people had surrounded him, and also walked over, "Jiang Li, what did they say?" ”

Jiang Li shook his head with a wry smile, "He doesn't believe us." ”

Yao Xiaoqing stepped forward and said to a few people: "We didn't lie to you, this is a pumpkin, and the fruit grown is so big." ”

Canghe glanced at Yao Xiaoqing, who was gesturing, and kept looking at the arrows in her quiver.

He looked at Yao Xiaoqing's arrow, then looked at the bow and arrow in his companion's hand, thought about it for a while, took one from his companion, handed the arrow to Jiang Li, pointed to the end of the arrow shaft in his hand, and pointed to the arrow feather in the arrow bag, and said to Jiang Li.

Yao Xiaoqing immediately understood what he meant, "Jiang Li, he asked you our arrow feathers, why do we have arrow feathers?" ”

Jiang Li nodded, compared the movement of the arrow flying out at him, and told him that the arrow feather is used in the flight of the arrow to balance and maintain the direction.

After hearing this, Canghe bowed to Jiang Li, pointed to the arrow on Yao Xiaoqing's back, and made an archery action, he wanted to try what was the difference between the arrow with the sticky arrow feather and the arrow without the sticky arrow feather.

Jiang Li glanced at Yao Xiaoqing, Yao Xiaoqing nodded, took out an arrow with a stone arrow, and handed it to Canghe.

Canghe gratefully took the arrow, turned around and took the longbow handed by the clansman, put the arrow on the bowstring and aimed it at the big tree in front of him, released the bowstring and shot out.

He found that Jiang Li was right, the arrows with arrow feathers flew faster and more steadily, and said excitedly to his companions: "He is right, their arrows fly faster than ours." ”

The people of the fish tribe ran over and pulled out the arrow, and several people took turns to try it before returning the arrow to Yao Xiaoqing.

The two of them did not hide their selfishness and won the favor of Canghe and several people.

He gave them a thumbs up, then turned to the people around him and said, "Tower, go back and bring our seeds to them." ”

"Yes!" The man shouted in response and quickly ran up the hillside.

Yao Xiaoqing glanced at Jiang Li with a smile, "It seems that no matter which tribe, they like to give people a thumbs up." ”

Jiang Li smiled and nodded, "The leader is called Canghe, he should have asked that person to go back and help us get the seeds." ”

Yao Xiaoqing remembered Jiang Li's ears, "Can you understand their words?" ”

"I can understand a little bit." Jiang Li said.

After more than half an hour, the warrior strode over with a leather bag, "Canghe, the seed is here." ”

Canghe took it and turned to Jiang Li and pulled the bag open, "Warrior, can you see if there are any seeds you want in it?" ”

Looking at the mouth of the bag that Canghe pulled open, Yao Xiaoqing's heart beat faster, and he stepped forward to look at the seeds in the bag, which contained millet and beans......

"Jiang Li, I found it." She shouted in surprise, and turned her head to see that Jiang Li's eyes were red.

Canghe looked at Yao Xiaoqing's happy appearance and felt that what they wanted to exchange was Hegu seeds.

Jiang Li looked at Yao Xiaoqing's excited appearance, and was also very happy, "The emperor has lived up to his wishes, and finally let you find it." ”

"Hmmm! Finally I found it. Yao Xiaoqing nodded heavily, "Jiang Li, give them all our pumpkin seeds, and rice seeds for them." ”

Jiang Li nodded, pointed to the grains and gestured to Canghe, "Do you still have such seeds in your tribe?" ”

(End of chapter)