Chapter 58: Tribes
Since everyone has regained some strength......
The clever Hong'er, knowing that there was a dark river below, proposed to use the existing tools to make an ice boat, and then use the tools as oars...... Depending on the topography, paddle along the dark river where the snow and water converge, and slowly grope for it, and you will be able to get out of the iceberg.
As expected, there is a dark river under the iceberg, which leads to the back of the iceberg. Since ice can float to the surface, then the iceboat can naturally float on the water, and everyone can leave naturally by taking the iceboat and rowing in the direction of the flow of the dark river!
After leaving the iceberg, they walked forward with difficulty for two more days, climbed over four or five large icebergs, and carefully walked through several large glacial lakes, and finally they saw the place where people lived.
As a result, I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived, I was surrounded by the people there in an instant, three layers inside and three layers outside.
I saw that they were generally about 1.5 meters tall, wearing animal skins, with animal teeth around their necks, holding bone arrows, stone axes, and their heads covered with snow, and a pair of small brown eyes, which had been stared to an exaggerated extent......
They shouted "whooping", as if they had issued some kind of warning to Bian Xi and his party!
Boss Kong was simply depressed, and thought to himself: "It's over, his grandmother's bear, could it be that this is the legendary cannibal tribe?" ”
So, taking advantage of the unpreparedness, he quietly tugged at the corner of Bian Xi's clothes, and whispered: "Lord Bian, be careful, see that this posture is not as simple as fighting, it is estimated that he is discussing how to eat us?" ”
"However, don't be afraid, fortunately we brought a lot of jerky and wine, why don't we bribe them first, after all, heroes don't suffer immediate losses?"
"I believe that there is nothing that food can't solve? Look at these two people, staring at our expressions, weird, saliva, and things like that, they're almost dripping to the ground! ”
In fact, Bian Xi's heart is also up and down, and when Boss Kong said this, he suddenly felt a little creepy......
Just as they were about to persuade everyone to calm down, suddenly a man wearing animal skins and a fur hat and looking like a little boy came out of the crowd......
He ran directly to Hong'er's side and reached out to take a piece of pastry that Hong'er took out of the cloth bag.
I saw Hong'er gesturing with both hands, as if telling him how to eat......
So the little boy, after trying to eat a bite of pastry...... So the whole crowd broke out in an instant, bursts of excited roars, and everyone immediately cheered!
While the people were celebrating happily, the little boy took the piece of pastry, turned around and ran quickly to the back of the crowd......
I saw him facing him, an old woman wearing animal skin, with a pheasant tail on her head, and a beast bone cane in her hand, and she made a gesture for a while, and then pointed to Hong'er not far away......
In this way, a conflict, at the moment of crisis, was finally stopped in time by Hong'er's loving actions!
The crowd dispersed, and a path was made in the middle, and the old woman, while waving relaxed, rhythmic gestures, calmed everyone down......
Then she laughed and muttered what seemed to be a spell......
When she finished reciting the incantation, she took out a few packets of thin-stringed dried whitebait from her pocket, and instead of being rude, she planned to give them to Hong'er and everyone who was with her......
The group of people led by Bian Xi immediately understood as soon as they saw the dried whitebait...... The misunderstanding was resolved, so the two groups of people instantly lost the tense confrontation atmosphere, and finally turned enemies into friends!
Later, they were invited to an igloo half-buried underground, where Bian Xi carefully observed the process of their eating and distribution, and then ate raw seal meat with the group.
Next, Boss Kong's gang saw that Bian Xi's noodles did not change color, so they also tried to eat raw seal meat together......
"Hahaha......"
The old woman laughed with the little boy in her arms, and with the multitude of the people.
Next, through the exchange of gestures, Hong'er seemed to quickly master their language with the blessing of the Qinglong jade pendant and the white cat Xue'er in her arms, and she would be able to communicate with each other in a catchy and smooth manner after a while......
Seeing that Hong'er could understand her own language, the old woman was shocked and told Hong'er more little-known secrets of their tribe?
However, all of this had to be translated by Hong'er herself, and Bian Xi and the others knew the ins and outs of everything......
Thousands of years ago, the last migratory armies of mankind set out from Asia and crossed the Bering Strait to the heart of the Americas. Who would have expected that there would be an Amerindian encirclement and interception and brutal killing ahead?
The Inuit, fighting and retreating, retreated into the Arctic Circle. It was a cold winter, and the Indians, believing that the Inuit would soon freeze to death, stopped the hunt. Unexpectedly, the Inuit survived in the Arctic and created a miracle in the history of human existence.
Inuit means "real man" in tribal language, "Eskimo" in another name, and "man who eats raw meat" in the venerable Indian tribal language.
The Inuit belong to a group of East Asian peoples, with short and stout stature, yellow skin, black hair, long slender eyes, and a wide nose. The total population is about 139,000, with about 41,000 in Alaska, 11,000 in Siberia, 53,000 in Greenland, and the remaining 34,000 on the Arctic tundra islands in northern Canada.
They do eat raw meat, and although they have mastered the skill of making fire very early, they lack fuel, and the Arctic climate is harsh and unsuitable for plant growth, so eating it raw may be the best option.
Anything that runs on the ground and swims in the sea can become the Inuit recipe: "Seals, walruses and cetaceans, reindeer, musk oxen, polar bears and some small animals, whatever they eat anyway, they will not refuse." ”
Hunting is the home skill of the Inuit, who mostly hunt on land or at sea, supplemented by fishing and reindeer. Bird hunting and fishing are the main months in June ~ August, and seals, reindeer and polar bears are hunted in September. In winter, I relied on the supplies and food stored in advance to survive the cold polar night!
The Inuit, the first inhabitants of the frozen world of the Arctic, lived and thrived in the harsh nature for four or five thousand years, creating a unique polar civilization in a closed state with little contact with the outside world.
There were also many kinds of hunting tools, and there were no guns at that time, so there were only harpoons, which made it the most convenient......
In the process of the old woman's dictation and Hong'er's relay, the little boy hiding in the old woman's arms suddenly smiled and made a clear voice to Hong'er in a language that Bian Xi and others could understand!
I heard a "sister" ...... Instantly stunned everyone!