In such a primitive society with extremely backward productivity, it was impossible for the giant natives to "eat enough". Therefore, after having some food in their stomachs, they basically just rest and gain weight, and no one will exercise to lose weight.
Moreover, before nightfall, the giant natives were already preparing to go to bed. After all, there were no other entertainment options.
In fact, let alone the giant natives, even in the more civilized and advanced monastic world, most people are ready to go to bed as soon as it gets dark. Only those officials and businessmen have the ability and opportunity to go to brothels and brothels for entertainment at night.
The so-called "nightlife", including staying at home and staying up late or even all night long, can only be enjoyed by people in the technological world. Whether it’s going to a bar, singing, having a barbecue, or just playing games online at home, the rich have their own nightlife, and the poor also have their own pastimes.
This tribe of giant natives has not even developed its language and writing. There is no chance to read a book at night. In addition to creating humans, it can only sleep.
The giant natives don't know how to build houses yet, so the place they live in is actually an extremely huge cave. This is extremely huge, of course from the perspective of a "normal person". If it were replaced by these giants, it would barely be enough to protect against wind and rain.
As soon as it got dark, the giant natives had already arrived at the cave, and then a few strong giants moved thick logs to cover the entrance of the cave. They are just a little taller, and like "normal people", they are afraid of wild beasts or poisonous snakes running in while sleeping.
As the sky turned darker, it was almost impossible to see anything in the cave as there was no bonfire. At the same time, some giant natives who were still in their prime began their only entertainment activities at night and began to work hard to create new life.
Fortunately, Ye Zan's chosen targets were an old man and a young man, and they were already asleep at this time.
The old man was lying near the entrance of the cave. There was almost nothing paved on the ground, except for the annoying "stones" that had been cleared away. Another function of sleeping at the entrance of the cave is that if any wild beast rushes in from the outside, he can "bend off the disaster" for other people in the tribe. This sounds a bit cruel, but if it didn't have such a function, I'm afraid he would get less food.
Not to mention respecting the old and caring for the young, a group that has not even developed a language and writing can now only be regarded as a group of social animals. There is a saying in the ancient Hua Kingdom that goes, "If you have enough food and clothing, you will know the etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know the honor and disgrace." These giant natives are far from that level.
"Well, where is this place?" Not long after the old man fell asleep, he suddenly found himself in a strange place. He couldn't help but look around curiously and worriedly. And his questions were not words coming out of his mouth, but just what he was thinking in his heart. After all, even if there is no standardized language, he can still know what he is thinking and always have what he wants to express.
The old man looked around and found that the strange place he was in looked a bit like a cave where he lived, but it was very different from the cave. For example, the well-known caves tend to be round in shape, and there are always protruding stones inside. But now, the cave he saw in his eyes not only looked square, but the walls of the cave were also very regular and even smooth.
After looking at it for a while, the old man felt that there seemed to be no danger, so he plucked up the courage to start walking around, wanting to learn more about this strange cave. He came to a "cave wall" and found that there was actually something on the smooth cave wall, which was a series of scratches forming strange shapes.
Although the giant natives do not have writing, they still have some instinct to remember things, or it can be said to be the beginning of writing. However, they often follow their own ideas and draw whatever they think. As a result, they may not be able to understand what they write down in the future.
But now, facing the "graphics" on the cave wall, even though he had never seen them before, the old man understood them the first time he saw them.
"These...it turns out that this figure means this...that figure can express that meaning..." The old man looked at the figures on the wall very carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more excited he became. He originally had no way to express his thoughts, but now he finally has a way to express them, and he feels extremely happy in his heart.
While reading, the old man suddenly remembered that if he wrote down these graphics, wouldn't he be able to record something in the future? Although the living conditions of the tribe are very harsh, and there is almost nothing special happening in ordinary times, there will eventually be some things worth recording.
So, after reading all the patterns, the old man went back to the beginning and touched each pattern one by one. This time he read very carefully, touching each pattern many times with his hands, so that he could remember how to draw such a pattern.
In fact, under the control of the Lin family siblings, the old man can still clearly write down these words even if he wakes up from his dream. However, the old man didn't know that he was being guided in a dream, and naturally he didn't know whether he could remember these things. Therefore, in order not to miss such an opportunity, the old man had no intention of being lazy, so he just fumbled around and learned one by one.
On the other hand, the giant boy who was selected by Ye Zan and others had a much better sleeping place than the old man. After all, even primitive people know that children are related to the reproduction of the tribe. Therefore, even if they do not hold their children in the palm of their hands, they will still give them some "preferential treatment" to a certain extent.
This young man not only slept in the cave, but also had several pieces of animal skins spread under him, making him much more comfortable than the old man.
At this time, the young man also entered the dreamland, but what he saw was different from the old man's. The boy's dream was like returning to the daytime of the tribe. He was in front of the cave where the tribe lived. The young man didn't know that he was dreaming. He was just looking forward to the return of the hunting people as usual, and at the same time he looked around boredly, looking for something interesting to play with.
Then, the young man saw a dark-looking stone on the ground, and for some reason he reached out and picked it up. He took the stone and knocked it on the rock next to it with a little force, and immediately saw sparks flying everywhere. Some sparks fell into some withered grass, and soon wisps of green smoke rose, and flames emerged.
In fact, if it were in reality, if this young man saw such a scene, his first instinct would be to throw away the stone and run to the adults in the tribe for help. After all, they don't know how to use fire yet, and like other beasts, they also have a considerable fear of fire.
But in the dream, the young man was not so much doing these things as he was watching what happened. In other words, he was not him in the dream, at least not the one who would react normally when he was awake during the day.
Therefore, after the boy saw the withered grass igniting flames, not only did he not run to the adults in a panic, but he also "had an idea" to pick up some branches and add them to the pile of withered grass little by little. Moreover, the way he added firewood was not like a beginner's at all, and he did not make any beginner's mistakes, allowing the flame to burn smoothly and grow bigger and bigger.
After the flames burned, the young man ran to move some stones and surrounded the fire, forming a rather rough-looking stone furnace.
Now that you have a stove, what can you do with it? The young man stood there, adding more firewood from time to time, and looking around for "inspiration". Soon, he saw a "thin"-looking stone slab not far away, which seemed to be suitable for covering the stove.
So, the young man dropped the firewood in his hand, ran over and moved the stone slab over, and sure enough, it happened to be covered on top of the stove. As the flames continued to lick the bottom of the stone slab, the top of the stone slab soon became very hot. The young man was also very "smart" and immediately knew that the stone slab could not be touched with hands, but it could be used to put some food.
There is no logic in dreams! Just now, the boy was still at the entrance of the cave looking forward to the return of the hunting adults, but now it was time to distribute food. As a result, the young man had an extra piece of bloody animal meat in his hand, which was then placed on the hot stone slab.
The sound of "sizzling", accompanied by the aroma of barbecue, made the boy waiting by the stove swallow his saliva.
The young man used the firewood he picked up to pick up the animal meat on the stone slab, and let the other side of the piece of animal meat be cooked on the stone slab. The boy who had barbecued meat for the first time had enough experience to see that the barbecue was edible, so he picked it up with a wooden stick.
"It's so delicious!" The boy bit off a piece of meat and found that the roasted meat tasted much better than the usual raw meat.
An old man and a young man each have different dreams. The old man learned words in his dream, and at the same time he also learned language unconsciously. The young man learned how to make fire, how to use fire to grill food, and how delicious cooked food was.
Because everything in this world is very huge, even the indigenous people have huge bodies. Therefore, the use of fire is indeed a big problem here. After all, if these giants used a "normal person's" campfire, it would be like a big man trying to thread a needle, and they would not be able to grill food. However, if they use a "bonfire" suitable for their body size, they face the problem of difficulty in controlling the fire.
After all, if a giant more than ten feet tall were to enlarge a bonfire in the same proportion, it would be like setting Notre Dame de Paris on fire. How could it be used to barbecue food? But, as this boy did, as long as the fire is surrounded and there is a transition between the fire and the food, you can use it to grill the food.
Don't underestimate this, it's just one more slate! Without Ye Zan's guidance, these giants would have to think on their own. I really don't know when they would think of using the power of fire in this way.
At dawn, the giants in the cave woke up one after another. The old man at the entrance of the cave and the young man in the cave also sat up from the ground. However, after they sat up, they both seemed to be lost in thought, recalling their experiences in their dreams.
"I know how to record! I went to a strange place last night and learned how to record there. I believe it must be a gift from God!" After recalling the dream, the old man found that he clearly remembered everything in the dream. He spoke loudly to everyone in the language of the tribe.
If the old man just said that he had learned how to write, I am afraid that those in the tribe would not pay attention to him. However, the old man mentioned the gods and said that learning to write was a gift from the gods. This time, everyone in the tribe could no longer turn a blind eye.
Yes, giants also fear gods!
To fear the gods, one does not necessarily have to have seen the gods. A lot of people's reverence for the gods actually comes from their own incomprehension. For example, they cannot understand why there is thunder and rain in the sky, so they regard thunder and rain as the power of God.
Although these giant natives are much larger than "normal people", they actually do not have the so-called "extraordinary power". Therefore, when they face some natural phenomena, they will also be afraid because they are difficult to understand, and attribute them to the power of gods.
"What did you say, a gift from the gods?" The leader of the tribe came out and came to the old man and asked.
"Yes, come and see... Like this, this is a 'sheep'. We hunted a sheep yesterday. We can use this pattern to record it. Also, this is a 'fruit', the fruit forest we discovered before , you can use this pattern to record it." As the old man said, he picked up a stone from the ground and scratched it on the cave wall next to him.
Although, due to the unevenness of the cave wall, the pattern drawn by the old man was not pretty, but at least it allowed everyone to see something.
In fact, for this tribe, records are not of much use. After all, there are not many things worth recording. However, this "pattern" is a gift from the gods. Even if it is of no use, the people in the tribe do not dare to despise it.
As for whether the old man was lying, no one in the tribe doubted it. At this time, people have not yet awakened to the "talent" of lying, so no one doubts whether others are lying.
There was once a movie about a world without lies. A person suddenly learned to lie and began to make a living by lying.
That film may have a meaning, which is similar to a fable, letting people know the harm of lying and warning people to be honest. However, there may also be a deeper meaning, which is to imply that the reason why humans become humans and the reason why they defeat other similar people is because humans are the ones who lie.