For the giant natives who were still in the primitive era, language and writing were certainly of great significance, but what really related to the quality of life was the use of fire.
After all, even without that standardized language, these giant natives are not completely unable to communicate. The writing is for recording, and the recorded information is also for future generations to see, and it is difficult to play an important role in improving current life.
However, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the old man described the language and words obtained in the dream as gifts from the gods. In this way, other indigenous people, even if they do not see the importance of language and writing, still have to worry about the face of the gods.
In fact, Ye Zan's choice of the old man and the young man to pass on different knowledge to them was not a random choice.
Let’s talk about the elderly first. Among the ethnic groups, they have basically lost their labor force. To put it more cruelly, they have little value. Note that this refers to a phenomenon caused by low productivity in this primitive society. The majority of virtuous people should not make random assumptions.
Therefore, in the heart of the old man, he hopes that something can reflect his own value. Not to mention any lofty pursuits, at least after showing a certain value, he can get more food and no longer have to sleep in the cave entrance in fear.
However, for an old man, something that needs to show value must not be something physical. If this old man can still achieve the same value as those in the prime of life in matters that require physical strength, Ye Zan and the others will not have to "worry".
In addition, even the old people in the primitive era have the same habit as the old people in other eras, that is, they like to tell people about things from that time. This is a kind of nostalgia for one's past, a proof of one's existence, and a way to kill boring time. It is an inevitable choice under the combination of internal and external needs.
To put it bluntly, the elderly often have a strong desire to express themselves, whether they are telling people now or writing them down to tell people in the future. As for Ye Zan, teaching language and writing to this old man is equivalent to giving him the best tool for expression. In order to express it better, the old man must work hard to popularize this language and writing. Otherwise, if only he knows it, how can it be regarded as expression
As for that young man, if Ye Zan gave him language and words, he might not spread the word as hard as the old man. Teenagers in the primitive era also had some of the same temperaments and traits that all teenagers have, such as being curious about everything, loving to play, and eating.
Therefore, for the young man, Ye Zan gave him the method of using fire, which was actually to enable the young man to pay more attention to the experience of this dream from the perspective of curiosity and appetite.
Now, the old man told everyone about his dream, and it indeed attracted everyone's attention. Moreover, because of receiving the gift from the "god", the old man has become a person who can communicate with the "god" and has become a being similar to a priest.
Not to mention the old man talking to everyone over there, the young man who also gained knowledge in the dream was now outside the cave alone.
The young man stood at the entrance of the cave, looking around, and soon found the kind of stone he had used in his dream not far away.
If the education was received while awake, the young man might not pay attention to what kind of stone he used to start the fire. He may have to try various stones again. Maybe he will be lucky and get the right stone, or maybe he will give up after a few bad lucks.
However, because the dream implanted all accurate information into the boy's memory. The boy didn't need to think too much at this time, he instinctively knew what kind of stone he should look for. Although he himself doesn't know why, he doesn't even think about "why" at all.
The young man found the right stone, and found enough correct withered grass. He held a stone in each hand and started hitting it.
Here, there is another point that needs to be explained, because the knowledge of using fire is instilled through dreams. Therefore, the boy is not as clumsy as a beginner. Although it is actually his first time to actually make a fire, his movements seem to have millions of experiences. So, after just a few "pap-pap-pap" strikes, the sparks landed on the pile of withered grass smoothly.
As the green smoke rose, the flames also rose with a "cracking" sound. The young man put the two stones aside, and quickly brought the firewood, which was "experienced", and placed them one by one on the pile of withered grass. When he saw that the fire was getting stronger and stronger and there was no possibility of it going out automatically, the young man found stones and built a stove just like he had done in the dream.
But this time, while surrounding the stone stove, the young man had an idea and improved the stove, leaving a stove opening for adding firewood underneath.
"What's going on? What are you doing!"
Suddenly, before the boy could find the stone slab, there were surprised and even horrified questions from the adults behind him.
After all, fire is a very dangerous force for these primitive people. They have seen scenes of beasts being roasted to a crisp after forest fires. Even though the roasted beasts seemed to taste better than the raw ones, they had no intention of going out and touching the fire. In their minds, fire is also the power of the gods. If a mortal touches the fire, it will attract the wrath of the gods.
The young man was startled at first, but when he turned around and saw the shocked looks on everyone's faces, he grinned again, pointed at the stove and said, "Fire, barbecue, delicious!"
If this were the case, the boy might end up being severely beaten by an adult and warned that he would never play with fire in the future. However, just when the adults could no longer hold back and were really about to take action, the old man who had become the "priest" of the tribe walked out separately from everyone.
"Fire, this is also a gift from God!" The old man said loudly to everyone.
Yes, how could a child who was usually a bit naughty but had never done anything outrageous suddenly do such a scary thing? When everyone heard the old man's words, they immediately found a "reasonable" explanation for this series of unreasonable things.
Looking at the frightened young man standing there motionless, the leader of the tribe finally walked over, reached out and touched the young man's head, and asked: "Then what's next? Has God told you how we are going to use this?" Fire to roast food.”
The young man didn't know anything about gods or gifts, but when he saw that he was not beaten, he knew that what he did was allowed. He turned back and looked at the stove, then added some firewood from the bottom of the stove to make the fire inside again. Then he said to the leader: "I want a stone, flat, preferably very thin." , can be built on top of this.”
As a result, stones that met the requirements were quickly found by the adults, and the young man selected the most suitable one and covered it with the stove where the flames shot out of Lao Gao.
Not long after, just like what he had experienced in the dream, the stone slab became very hot under the lick of flames.
"Put the meat on top and turn it over. It will be delicious!" The young man said to the leader again.
However, the prey caught yesterday has been divided among everyone. Where can we find the prey now
Why is it so "coincident"! Just when these giant natives were in trouble for their prey, an animal similar to a goat suddenly broke in. Although the goat is not small in size, it is only a herbivore after all, and it still belongs to the bottom of the world's food chain.
The appearance of the goat was of course the result of Ye Zan and others' manipulation. In order to let these giant natives understand the importance of fire, of course, we must strike while the iron is hot and let them feel the benefits. So, Ye Zan used a little trick to drive such a goat in front of the indigenous people.
After the goat broke in, it did not just "take it easy". Instead, when it saw the natives, it immediately turned around and wanted to escape from this dangerous place. However, how could those giant natives, who were worrying about what to roast, watch the prey that came to their door run away
As a result, several giants who were responsible for daily hunting chased the goat almost instinctively. Not long after, they were seen walking out of the woods, and the goat was carried on the shoulders of one of them. They didn't even question why the goat appeared here, and why it was so easy to be caught by them and others.
Although the goat was quite huge compared to "normal", it was just a sheep in front of these giants. In other words, such a huge goat is actually not enough to fill the bellies of so many giants in the tribe.
However, after all, it was to try using fire, so there was no need to feed everyone, just a taste of the stone barbecue.
Although they are "primitive people", based on their accumulated life experience, they also know that there must be a special place for slaughtering animals. Otherwise, the smell of blood will easily attract wild beasts, and it will also make the place of residence stink. The giants moved the goat to the slaughtering place, and using sharp stones and their own brute force, they quickly slaughtered the goat.
Someone moved the dismembered goat to the stove, and the leader of the tribe said to the boy playing with fire: "Here comes the meat!"
The young man didn't say anything more, he just swallowed hard, then selected a piece of meat of suitable size and placed it on the stone slab covering the stove. As the piece of meat was placed on the stone slab, a sound of "bah bah la la" suddenly sounded from the scene, and at the same time, wisps of water vapor and smoke also rose.
"How can you eat this?" the leader asked the young man curiously.
"Once, turn it over again, and you can eat it." The boy answered while observing the meat on the stone slab. When he felt that it was time to turn the meat on the stone slab, he immediately used a wooden stick to flip the piece of meat in the air.
Even though this was the first time for the young man to barbecue in real life, with the experience instilled in his dream, his skills were probably as good as any other barbecue master. However, they don't have much seasoning yet, and the boy doesn't have the experience and memory to "awaken" seasoning, so the roasted meat will definitely not taste delicious.
Soon, the piece of meat began to smell fragrant. The boy poked and picked it with the wooden stick, and then picked the piece of meat on the wooden stick. Although he really wanted to taste this piece of barbecue, he still didn't forget who was the boss after all, so he turned around and handed it to the leader next to him, saying, "Okay, you can eat."
The tribal leader, smelling the aroma of barbecue next to him, was already so greedy that he couldn't stop salivating. When he saw the young man handing the first piece of barbecue to him, he didn't say anything polite and just reached out and took the piece of barbecue. However, the boy was carrying the barbecue with a wooden stick, but he did not pick up the stick, but directly grabbed the barbecue. This time, even though his skin was rough and his flesh was thick, he was so burned that he almost lost his flesh.
"Fire, it's very hot, use this..." Seeing that the leader was so burned that his hands fell back and forth, the young man quickly handed over the wooden stick in his hand.
However, after pouring it a few times, I don't know if it's because I got used to it, or because the barbecue was no longer so hot. The leader ignored the wooden stick handed over by the young man, grabbed the barbecue and stuffed it into his mouth. He bit it up and down with his teeth, and oil immediately flowed down the corners of his mouth.
"Hmm... delicious... indeed delicious!" The leader chewed the roast meat in his mouth and said to the young man and everyone else with a happy face.
Although this barbecue did not use any seasoning, and strictly speaking it was not very cooked, it was much better than the smelly and fishy raw meat. And having said that, even if the barbecue is not fully cooked, it is at least 60 or 70% cooked, which is not much different from the steak eaten by "civilized people".
Seeing that the leader affirmed the deliciousness of the barbecue, the others couldn't hold it any longer. The cut or torn pieces of meat were handed to the young man who was playing with fire.
In this way, such a "small" tribe of about a hundred people successfully accepted language, writing and the use of fire.
"It seems that this is quite easy!" Ye Zan and others, who were hiding aside, looked at the reactions of the giant natives and gained a lot of confidence in this method of preaching.
Of course, the current tribe is only a part of the giant natives in the wild world, or to be precise, an extremely insignificant part. In order to truly achieve the purpose of "preaching", Ye Zan must at least guide more than half of the giant natives to embark on the path of monastic civilization step by step.
"Mumu, and Miaomiao, we have to find another tribe next. I don't know, after leaving here, will you still have enough influence on those two giants?" Ye Zan asked the Lin family siblings asked.
"Don't worry, Brother Ye, no matter how far away they are, it's just a thought in the dream. We have planted a mark in their dreams. As long as they don't leave this world, we can control their dreams at any time. Lin Mumu said confidently.