Chapter 3: The Stone Carvers and the Witches
The Stone Age, a period of time that archaeologists postulate, is an archaeological term.
Zhang Duo didn't know if this time and space was a prehistoric earth, and whether there was a corresponding Stone Age, but the Eagle Tribe had indeed begun to make weapons by polishing stone tools, wood, animal bones, and other acts.
Early the next morning, Zhang Duo walked to the southeast corner of the tribe under the leadership of Pan, which was the residence of the stone carver.
Seeing that Uncle Pan was carrying a rabbit, Zhang Duo asked, "Uncle Pan, why are you still carrying prey?" ”
Pan looked at Zhang Duo with a smile and said, "You kid won't think that stone carvers don't need to be paid, right?" ”
Zhang Duo reacted at this time, and this is the first time he has been 'despised' by primitive people...
The engraver of the Eagle Tribe is named She, and according to Pan, he is in his forties, and he is currently the longest-lived person in the Eagle Tribe except for Wu.
He was also a good hunter when he was young.
However, during a hunt, he was bitten by a wolf and crushed his ankle, becoming a cripple and unable to continue following the hunting team.
Then she worshipped the previous stone carver in the tribe as a master, until the death of the previous stone carver, and now she has been the stone carver of the Eagle tribe for twenty years.
"Okay, I'll go to Lao She's residence soon, he has a bit of a strange temper and stubborn personality, but he is still very respected by everyone, you can communicate with Lao She in a while and see how to polish the fangs of the wild boar."
"Okay, Uncle Pan, I know."
As they spoke, the two walked into the room of the stone carver's house.
There was a wolf tooth hanging from the neck of the stone carver, and Zhang Duo guessed that this should be the wolf tooth of the wolf who bit the ankle of the carver.
The characteristics of the body are very obvious, the muscles of the upper limbs and arms are abnormally developed, and it is not easy to climb compared to it, and it is normal to think about it, and it has been polishing stone tools for twenty years, which is not equivalent to doing aerobic exercise every day Zhang Duo couldn't help but think to himself.
The room is filled with polished stones, which look like spearheads, axe-shaped stones, and dagger-like stones.
As soon as Pan came in, he said to She in a familiar tone: "Lao She, I still need to take three spearheads from you this time, or the old rule, one rabbit for three spearheads." The last time I went out to catch wild boars, the hunting team damaged a total of three, no wonder the wild boar rubbed against the tree when it was fine, the outermost layer of pig skin was very hard! ”
Lao She pointed to the spearhead placed in the corner: "Take it yourself, just put the rabbit on the side." There is no good stone in the near future, and the spearhead is brittle, if you encounter a good stone next time you go out, you can bring it back. ”
Pan also knows that it is not Lao She's problem, and Lao She's polishing technology is limited without good stone.
Pan pointed at Zhang Duo and said: "This child, his name is Duo, he has never been to your side before, the last time he hunted, a team listened to his advice and captured two adult wild boars, the fangs are this child according to the rules, and the next time he hunts this child, you see how he polishes these four fangs." ”
Duo handed over the fangs, put his hand and looked at them, and after weighing the weight, his eyes couldn't help but light up: "Good thing, what are you going to polish it into?" ”
Zhang Duo looked at the fangs in front of him and thought for a while, these four teeth were obviously much longer than the wild boar teeth in later generations, according to the measurement unit of later generations, they were 40 centimeters, and the texture was extremely hard. If it is made into a spearhead, it should be a good choice.
Zhang Duo replied: "Uncle She, I want to make two spearheads and a tooth knife. What do you think? ”
She heard this and nodded: "This one can make two spearheads, or make a tooth knife, if according to your idea, you only need to use two fangs, you have four here, I recommend that you can take another one, the whole one is cut into small pieces, and used to make arrows for bows and arrows, about 12 can be produced, which must be very sharp." As for the remaining one, how about I pay for you to polish it? ”
Zhang Duo thought about it and didn't need a bow and arrow for the time being, but still replied: "Uncle She, it's no problem for you to take one as a reward, the arrow of the bow and arrow doesn't need to be fought for the time being, you can also help me make a spearhead, a total of four spearheads and a tooth knife." ”
Pan opened his mouth, he wanted to stop Zhang Duo, but he hesitated and didn't speak, he thought that if this fang was polished into an arrow, it would definitely be very sharp, but now Zhang Duo is not yet ten years old, and he can't open the bow, so he understands Zhang Duo's choice.
Lao She said: "I don't take advantage of your kid, your fangs are a good thing, it was time-consuming and laborious to polish the arrows, so I planned to charge you a fangs as a reward, but since you plan to be a spearhead, I won't take advantage of you, you are picking one of the other stone tools here." ”
After that, he took out a few stone tools for Zhang Duo to choose.
Zhang Duo did not choose, but said to She: "Uncle She, you didn't take advantage of me, this pig's tooth is already extremely hard, difficult to polish, it takes a lot of your energy, you should take one, where can it be said to take advantage of me." ”
Lao She had a stubborn personality, and when he saw Zhang Duo's insistence on not choosing, he said: "Then since you don't choose, I won't force you, after these spears and tooth knives are made, if there is wear and tear, you can come to me again, and I won't accept other things." ”
Zhang Duo nodded: "Hard work Uncle She!" ”
Seeing that Zhang Duo agreed, Lao She didn't say anything else, and waved his hand: "Come and get it during the day on the third day." ”
Zhang Duo saw that Lao She had even calculated the hunting time in three days, so he didn't say much, and walked out of Lao She's room with Pan.
He Pan had just walked out of Lao She's residence in the southeast corner of the tribal camp, and Zhang Duo originally wanted to see if there were fishing opportunities by the river.
But Pan stopped him and said, "Yesterday, when the clan sent wild boar to Wu, Wu heard about you and was very interested in you, so let you go to Wu's stone house today, you can go over now, don't let Wu wait for a long time." ”
Zhang Duo didn't expect this 'clergyman' to be interested in him, but Zhang Duo still wanted to meet the witches of this era.
"Uncle Pan, I know, I'll go over now."
"Well, I won't be with you, Wu didn't summon me, I'll go to the hunting team to have a look, you know the location of the stone house, the tribal center can be seen at a glance, you just go directly."
On the way to Wu's stone house, Zhang Duo began to think in his heart again.
He didn't think that Wu had supernatural powers, he just felt that he had knowledge that no one else understood.
Totem is a belief in the early state of ancient human beings.
This belief has its origins in the worship of all things in the world.
And this worship is due to the lack of human knowledge, which leads to the inability to unravel the miraculous natural phenomena, and the great awe of the natural forces.
In Zhang Duo's view, Wu only knows more knowledge and more 'natural phenomena'.
For example, they can use herbs, predict the weather, etc., but they don't really have special abilities.
The above is Zhang Duo's own understanding and opinion of the witch when he was not in contact with the Eagle Tribe. Of course, a large part of this thinking is due to the influence of memories in previous lives, and a small part is caused by Zhang Duo's psychology of having some superiority over primitive people.
But soon he will have to change his mind.
Looking at Wu's stone house, Zhang Duo still misses the rental house in his previous life, although it is only twelve square meters, but it is much better than his current shack.
At the door of Wu, Zhang Duo saw an acquaintance, a mountain of the hunting team, Zhang Duo still remembered that it was the cleaned wild boar internal organs, in his own opinion, the technique was extremely rough, but it was understandable, after all, it was hard-won to eat a bite of meat in this era.
Shan was a warrior in the prime of his thirties, as strong as Pan, with thick black hair and piercing eyes that revealed wildness and alertness.
Seeing Duo coming, the mountain said, "Duo, Wu has summoned you, saying that you can enter directly when you come." ”
Zhang Duo nodded when he heard this, and stepped into the stone house.
The stone house has simple 'furniture'.
A few simple tables with some animal skin rolls on them, which looked like they were supposed to have recorded something.
Wu was sitting at the table at the moment looking at a piece of animal skin and thinking, Zhang Duo looked at Wu.
Wu's face looks more amiable than majestic, his eyes are very deep, his facial lines are a little prominent, with obvious wrinkles, and his face has an eagle that spreads out to symbolize the totem of the eagle tribe.
It is worth mentioning that Zhang Duo saw a crown on Wu's head, made of feathers, and Zhang Duo guessed that there might be eagle feathers.
Wu then spoke: "Duo, you are here, the leader told me about you, the trap for catching wild boars is well designed, I want to know how you came up with this method?" And what is the fruit of the trap you have given to climb? ”