Chapter 498: The Principle of Survival

"Grandpa, why are we hunting here with bows and arrows? Don't we have a big ranch in our house? ”

"There are many, many sheep in there, we can't eat them all, and we can sell them for a lot of money."

"Hunting is hard and tiring, and life is in danger."

At night, in a cave that was blazing, a fifteen, sixteen or seven-year-old boy wearing leather armor and holding a bow and arrow said to his grandfather with a hint of complaint in his tone.

Around the teenager, there were six teenagers over fifteen years old who were also dressed as hunters and were about to become adults.

Hearing the teenager speak, the other six teenagers also looked at their grandfather, obviously they didn't understand why their grandfather had put them in such a dangerous environment.

Hunting, that's a risky thing.

In the forest, tigers, bears, wolves, pigs, leopards, which one is easy to mess with?

If you don't pay attention, their lives will be gone.

Not to mention that there are many, many poisonous snakes and poisonous insects in the forest, and a large number of mosquitoes can also cause wound infections to them, and the survival rate of hunters is really not high, most of them do not live to be thirty years old.

In the face of such a high mortality rate, the seven teenagers were very, very resistant.

Their family is not a poor family, they have a big pasture, there are a lot of cattle and sheep in it, even if they don't eat meat, just drinking cow and sheep milk and vegetables is enough for them to live, there is no need to go here to hunt.

The old man, whose face was full of wrinkles, took firewood to add fire to the fire, listened to the complaints of his grandson in his ear, and silently added some firewood to it to make the fire burn brighter.

Chase away danger in the darkness with fire.

Seeing that the fire was bright enough, the old man replied slowly: "The cattle and sheep on the farm are all for the people who make cattle and horses, and they are not what real people should eat." ”

"You are my grandson, and I have to make you be human beings, not do things that look like human beings but are actually cows and horses."

After saying two sentences, the old man said no more.

The seven grandsons he led were the seven most unsuccessful of his more than fifty grandsons, so he took them into the mountains and forests to hunt in order to improve their survival rate.

His other better grandchildren, led by his eight sons, were hunting in other parts of the forest.

What he says is enough to be heirlooms, and he can listen to what he understands, and he can't do anything if he doesn't understand.

Because it is a smart person who can understand, and after a smart person understands, he will naturally know what to do, and those who can't understand are just ordinary people, and it is difficult for ordinary people to control their mouths.

Heirlooms, you can't say it too clearly.

After arranging for several grandchildren to take turns to keep watch in the middle of the night, the old man held his knife and bow and arrow, and faced the entrance of the cave in a posture that he could draw his weapon at any time, and fell into a light sleep.

Early the next morning.

The old man who woke up looked at his grandson, who was supposed to be keeping vigil at night, but had slept against the wall at this time, and sighed deeply.

sighed in his heart: "Without me, how will these grandchildren of mine live in the future?" ”

"The danger in the forest is the danger in the enlarged version of the society, if you don't keep enough vigilance in life and prevent unknown dangers in advance, it is very easy to be calculated in the future, and if you are not careful, your life is likely to be lost."

"Forget it, I'll hold up my old bones and teach them again, after all, it's my grandson, I can't let them be bullied too hard outside."

One of the reasons he sent his grandchildren into the forest to hunt was that the environment in the forest was an enhanced version of the dangerous social environment.

Only hunters who are always vigilant and prepared will be able to survive in the forest.

And as long as he can survive in the forest, the vigilance that his grandchildren will develop in the forest after entering society will be able to avoid many, many dangers.

Let's take an example.

In the middle of the bustling streets, there is a robber, looking for a robber.

At this moment, two people walked out of the bank, one was full of vigilance, constantly observing his surroundings, putting a backpack full of money directly on his body, and holding a knife hanging on his waist, like a hunter in the jungle who told those jackals, tigers and leopards that he was not easy to mess with, and told some people with bad intentions that he was not easy to mess with, and almost wrote on his face who was going to rob me of my money and who I was going to fight with.

The second man, on the other hand, carried the backpack full of money in his hand with a big grin, and walked out defenselessly, without any vigilance, and with no weapon hanging from his waist.

In the face of these two people, which one did the robber choose to rob?

Normal robbers rob people who are not vigilant at all and have no weapons yet.

After all, the person he robbed vigilantly may be discovered by the other party halfway after tracking him, and once he is discovered, he must not be able to rob it, and the other party can not only run away at the fastest speed after discovering himself, so that he can't catch up, but also be able to go to government staff.

Even if he blocks the other party, and the other party fights with him with a knife, it's really hard to say who lives and who dies, the danger is too high, the success rate is too low, and it's not cost-effective.

On the contrary, the one who has no vigilance and no weapons is different, as long as he quietly follows him, and when he reaches a place where there are few people, the person who pretends to walk faster comes to his side and back, snatches the backpack, and then runs away as fast as possible, and the money is in hand.

If he didn't grab it, he could still carry his own knife and slaughter the other party, and the money would still be his.

Normal robbers will choose to rob people who are not vigilant and do not carry weapons.

Here's another example.

There was a big landlord in a village, and one day, the rich landlord felt that his land was too little, and wanted to snatch someone else's land, cheat it, or buy it to increase his own.

At this time, there are two families in the village, one is full of vigilance, not only has a knife in the house, but also has a bow and arrow, and tells outsiders in advance that his family is not easy to mess with, and it is not easy to fool, and those who want to fight his family have to think about it.

The other family, an honest and dutiful family, is not only easy to fool, but also has no weapons in the house that can threaten the big landlords.

And these two families both own ten acres of land.

The big landlords who want to get more land, in the face of these two families, as long as they are not kicked in the brain by a donkey, will basically beat the idea of sharing their own fields.

As for why he hit his idea? Of course, it's because he's so foolish and too honest.

casually fool the honest people, or scare them again, the land is basically in hand, and even the money can be paid, and the risk is small and the benefit is big.

And the person who is very vigilant and has weapons in the house is different, and at the same time, they are not easy to fool, but they also have the power to resist.

If it is ruthless, the other party finds the opportunity to take advantage of the big landlord to bask in the sun or take a walk outside, and shoot an arrow over, and the big landlord will die.

This is a good risk, but the benefit is small.

Therefore, as long as the big landlord with a normal IQ will choose to beat the idea of honesty.

The reason why the old man let his children and grandchildren come to hunt in the forest is to let them exercise their vigilance in the forest and be able to avoid some dangers in advance.

When surviving in life, I can tell some people that I am vigilant, I am not easy to fool, I have the power to resist, and the person who beats my idea must be prepared for the risks brought by my decision.

Under normal circumstances, in a village, a town, or a city, there are people who are not easy to bully, and people who are easy to bully.

People who want to gain benefits from other people's ideas, in order to reduce the risk, will choose to play the idea of bullying others.

Just like those landlords, they are always fighting for other people's land ideas, expanding their own land area, so as to get more food income, so that they and their children and grandchildren can live better.

As long as the old man makes his children and grandchildren difficult to mess with, vigilant, and resistant, his children and grandchildren will be able to live well outside.

At this time, the old man was doing these things.

In the forest.

The seven teenagers who were hunting together walked through the forest like a walk, and they did not listen to their father and grandfather's teachings at all, and they should be vigilant enough in the forest.

The old man looked at the grandsons who had no vigilance in front of him, and the old teeth at the door were almost crushed with anger.

Dare to love his education at home is in vain.

The daughters-in-law who blame his son always spoil these guys and spoil them.

This time, he had to make these seven teenagers suffer a big loss, even if two died, then he had to teach the other five well.

After all, relatives are relatives in the end, and while they can help each other, they are also very easy to be cheated by their own relatives.

Most of the time, the attacks of relatives are much sharper than those brought by outsiders.

Not to mention anything else, after a loved one cheats other relatives, the trust between relatives and relatives will be instantly reduced by half, and the degree of unity will also be greatly reduced.

In human society, there are many people who bully few people, and relatives are not united, and when they compete with other relatives and groups, they will suffer a lot of losses.

And those losses are the resources to feed new relatives, that is, newborn babies.

And when there are fewer newborns in one family group, there are more newborns in another family group, which in turn weakens one's own family group.

So he would rather have two grandchildren die in the forest than educate the other five.

It's not that he is ruthless, but if he doesn't do this, the family he leads will lose ten hundred relatives in the future.

Whether it is ten hundred of his own heirs who died, or two grandsons, he has a rod and scale in his heart.

"Ahh

A piercing scream resounded through the jungle, and a young man with a pockmarked face carelessly stepped on the body of a snake and was viciously bitten by the snake.

The pain caused the boy to fall, and he clutched his thighs and screamed in a panic.

The other six teenagers looked at their companions who were bitten by the snake, and they were instantly frightened, and they didn't dare to step forward to help.

At this time, the old man pulled out his knife with a gloomy face, strode to his grandson who was bitten by the snake, and skillfully cut off the head of the snake that wanted to escape.

Pick the head of the snake to the side with a knife.

The old man scolded the other six grandsons with anger on his face: "What are you doing in a daze? ”

"Your brothers have been bitten, why don't you come over and help me?"

Seeing that the snake had been hacked to death by their grandfather, the six teenagers hurriedly came over to help with their heads down.

After a while, the wound of the boy who was bitten and cried for his father and mother was treated.

The figure of the snake has long been seen by the old man, after all, he has been mixed in the mountains for most of his life, and the figure of the snake can be seen from afar.

The reason why it is silent is because this snake is a non-venomous snake, and when it bites, it bites, and it just inserts two small holes.

On the contrary, after this grandson of his own is bitten, he will definitely raise a huge sense of vigilance, and no one wants to be bitten by a snake again.

And the other six grandsons saw the tragic situation of their brothers, and they didn't dare to be so arrogant.

In his opinion, the appearance of this non-venomous snake was just right to make his grandsons not bitten by poisonous snakes, so that they could have a sense of vigilance and a lesson.

In the future, the probability of being bitten by a snake will be greatly reduced, and the survivability will be greatly enhanced.

The most important thing is that poisonous snakes are not only in the wild, and there are no fewer poisonous snakes in society than those in the wild.

After dealing with the wounds of the quacking boy.

The team moved on.

This time, the seven teenagers didn't dare to move forward without a little vigilance.

They held a knife in one hand and a stick in the other, and when they advanced to some bush or deep grass, they beat it with the stick to prevent snakes or other things from inside.

The lessons that the elderly impart at home are ultimately useful.

Except for the injured one, the seven teenagers cooperated and walked a long way, and although they encountered two or three more snakes, none of them were bitten.

They've matured.

It's just that what makes the old man feel a little worried, can these seven stupid grandsons apply the truth in the jungle to society?

In order to prevent this from happening, the old man decided to give these grandchildren a social experience, so that they could apply what they had learned in the jungle to society.

The pock-faced young man looked at the rabbit in the distance with his eyes, and gently waved his hand to the left and right, telling all the brothers to stop.

Facing the gesture of the pock-faced teenager, the other six teenagers stopped moving forward one after another, looking around vigilantly one by one.

Just now, they encountered another snake.

And that snake was different from the snake that had been on the ground before, the snake was in a tree, and one of them was just a meter away from meeting the snake, but it scared them very much.

At this moment, they are very, very vigilant.

The pock-faced boy saw that his brothers had stopped, and approached the rabbit on the other side as little as he could make a sound, learning the way his father had taught him to walk.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides was less than fifteen or sixteen meters.

The pock-faced boy drew one of his arrows and placed it on his longbow, pointing the arrow straight at the rabbit opposite.

Whoosh.

The rabbit more than ten meters away was pinned directly to the ground.

Blood poured out of the wound.

The pock-faced boy glanced around, and when he saw that there was no danger around him that could threaten him, he hurried to the rabbit, drew the arrow, and wiped the blood on the arrow with dirt and leaves.

The bloody soil was then covered with new dirt to prevent the smell of blood from spreading.

After doing all this, he came to his grandfather.

"Grandpa, I hit a rabbit."

The pock-faced young man whispered to the old man in front of him, his face full of excitement.

Obviously, he was very happy that he had hit his first prey.

The old man encouraged: "Wells, you have lived up to my expectations of you, and I hope that you will be able to hunt more prey in the future, and feed yourself and your future wife and children." ”

The elderly know very well that people need encouragement, which can greatly motivate them and allow them to reach their greater potential.

Hearing his grandfather's praise, the pock-faced young man's heart was full of self-satisfaction, and the smile on his face couldn't be hidden.

Putting the rabbit on his back, the pock-faced boy continued to move forward.

Their backpacks were specially made for them by their grandfather, and with the help of three or even four layers of cloth, they can greatly reduce the spread of the smell of blood.

Prevent certain predators from raiding them.

Time slowly recedes, half a month later.

The seven teenagers, who had been given abundant food under the command of the old man, walked out of the mountain forest and returned to a pasture at the bottom of the mountain.

In the large wooden house, the dusty old man did not tidy up his body first.

After some hunting, he can clearly feel that his body is a little useless, and he can no longer survive in the mountains and forests for three months like before, and still not feel tired.

Now, in the mountains and forests, he is just following his grandchildren, and within half a month, he is already very, very tired.

He knew he might not live long.

Something that has been hidden for half a lifetime must also be given to his sons.

However, of his eight sons, only three sons inherited his wisdom, and one of them was even more wise than him.

This time, he could not level the bowl of water, so he could only give what he had hidden to the three sons who had inherited his wisdom.

There are some things that are the foundation of their family, and if they are not mastered by wise people, they are very easy to be deceived by others.

And once they are cheated away, others will be able to use their family's foundation to get more resources and support more children.

However, the resources of this land are limited, and the population that can be supported is also limited, and if someone else supports more children, it means that his family will have fewer children.

For the sake of the family's prosperity, he had to be partial and give his most precious things to his three wisest sons.