In the early morning when the yellow leaves fall in autumn, almost every cave of the Yilin tribe went to a subfemale or a female, and a group of people gathered on the dam outside the chief's cave.
"I believe everyone has heard some rumors. What is the purpose of calling everyone here today?" Zhong Yang stood at the front of the crowd and took out the samples sent by Meng Sheng one by one. They were all made by Qiu Juan the day before. They were exquisite and dexterous. Yang took the shot very well, full of confidence: "Today I will teach you how to make these basket tools."
People in the tribe discussed: "I saw Zhong Yang memorize this before, and I thought it was very useful at that time, and I didn't expect to teach it to everyone."
"That's right. At the trade fair, I also saw Meng Sheng and Qiu Juan carrying goods in a basket. It seemed very convenient. When I saw the two of them together, I didn't have the nerve to go up and ask."
"Then don't tell me, Qiu Juan is really fast. He and Kong Jia have only been separated for a few days, and he has climbed up to Meng Sheng so quickly." As he spoke, a female changed the topic, feeling sour The smelly tone permeated the air.
"He has Kong Jia's aura on him. Can Meng Sheng take him seriously? We still have a chance."
"Hey, they're here together!"
Meng Sheng and Qiu Juan came late, but they weren't too late, they just came on time, but the rest of the natives came early because of their excitement, so it seemed that they were late.
Looking at the crowd, Qiu Juan looked no different from the days when he was sharing food, but the difference was that he was going to be the protagonist today, so he couldn't help feeling a bit of a muscle in his heart.
"Ah Juan, today are all sub-female and female, talkative, don't worry about what they say, just teach everyone what you learned yesterday, you can do well."
Meng Sheng secretly squeezed Yafei's hand. To put it bluntly, most of them today are women and love to gossip. He knows Qiu Juan's situation, and it is precisely because of knowing Qiu Juan's situation that he deliberately let her go. People come to teach everyone.
Qiu Juan raised his head and glanced at Meng Sheng. The temperature from his hand was very warm, and his nervous heart became more at ease: "I know, don't worry, I won't embarrass you."
Meng Sheng laughed lightly: "I have no face in the first place, so why talk about embarrassment?"
"Okay, everyone be quiet and listen to me, the person who taught you how to use baskets is here today." Zhong Yang paused, and looked at Qiu Juan to the side: "It's Qiu Juan from our tribe, everyone should learn from him!"
As soon as the voice fell, the tribe fell silent for a moment. The natives who were still gossiping just now didn't know how to digest Zhongyang's arrangement for a while. They thought it was either the Zhongyang Sect or Meng Sheng, but the result was unexpected.
Zhong Yang waved to Qiu Juan: "Qiu Juan, do you have anything to tell everyone?"
Qiu Juan shrugged his shoulders, and Meng Sheng patted him on the back: "Don't be nervous, go and say something casually, our family's face can only be won by you."
Before the boy could react, Meng Sheng gave a light push. Even though Qiu Juan didn't want to go, he followed his inertia and took two steps forward. Everyone watched, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go.
Although everyone knows him, he usually doesn't get along with people in the tribe. He just nods when he sees acquaintances. Over time, people in the tribe think that he doesn't like to talk to others, has a cold attitude, and is with excellent males. The natives in the tribe are envious and jealous and don't know him as a person. They don't like him very much.
"When we are weaving later, everyone sit around me. If there is anything you don't understand, just ask, and I will explain it to you one by one."
Qiu Juan said something nonchalantly, then glanced at Meng Sheng lightly, and Meng Sheng who was in the distance secretly gave him a thumbs up.
Yanu breathed a sigh of relief: "Then let's start now. I will teach you how to peel bamboo strips and strips first."
Qiu Juan took a deep breath, and first demonstrated to the people in the tribe, staring at him closely. In order not to make himself overly nervous, he lowered his head and carefully looked at the yellow bamboo in his hand, peeling off the bamboo as much as possible , Peel the bamboo strips evenly.
After a demonstration, he took bamboo sticks and strips: "We need to treat the bamboo like this first, so please try it!"
Attracted by Qiu Juan's proficient technique, the natives immediately forgot what they said before. Although they still felt a little nervous, they didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction when they wanted to learn the skills. Do what you say.
Qiu Juan mixed in the crowd, watching everyone do it, and by the way, he could also guide the aborigines who were wrong. Once he took the first step and started teaching everyone, he didn't feel so flustered. The male on one side disappeared, and even Zhong Yang didn't know where he went after him.
He tightened his brows, and was hesitating whether to go and see where he was, when suddenly a female exclaimed: "Oh, this yellow bamboo is too difficult to peel. After peeling some, the bamboo strips broke."
Qiu Juan walked up to Ya'e's side: "The bamboo strips you peel are too thin, and they are easy to break in half. Try to peel them thicker, take your time, don't worry, just take it as a trial at the beginning."
After being comforted and guided by Qiu Juan, the frizzy female patiently peeled off one, but it still broke. She couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. She was taught by a sub-female who had a bad reputation and didn't like it, but she still didn't perform as well as others , I feel self-heating is not a taste.
Qiu Juan was very calm: "I'll teach you again, don't worry."
This time he taught the female by hand, indicating the thickness to the female, and then fiddled with the sharpened thin stone tool. The female's hand was assisted by Qiu Juan's strength, and a bamboo strip peeled off very well, although I don't know it all. It is my own credit, the female who suffered several setbacks finally succeeded once, and she was still very happy in her heart: "It's done! Qiu Juan, you are amazing!"
The female's praise almost came out of her mouth, but after she finished speaking, she was a little embarrassed. Thinking that she had said bad things about others before, and now others are teaching her so patiently, she felt a little complicated in her heart.
"Try again, if it doesn't work, I'll teach you again."
The female agreed sweetly: "Okay."
Seeing Qiu Juan, who was usually cold-faced, so patient, the rest of the females and Yafei felt a lot more relaxed, and Yafei said loudly, "Qiu Juan, can you teach me a little more, I'm not very good at it."
"Row!"
Qiu Juan shuttled back and forth among the crowd, not to mention the nervousness and uneasiness in his heart, even Meng Sheng who suddenly disappeared somewhere was forgotten.
Meng Sheng and Zhong Yang are at the chief's cave at the moment. The two females of Zhong's family are in the main force and have gone to learn weaving. There are only three males left in the cave.
Zhongxin was very happy today. Zhongyang called everyone to hold this gathering, and it was a decent arrangement. Seeing that his simple and honest son finally had some brains, he felt comforted, but when he learned that the person who really came up with these ideas was Meng Shengshi, he finally couldn't help calling Meng Sheng, and decided to have a good talk with this elusive male.
"Chief, based on the relationship between me and Zhong Yang, just say what you have, don't worry about anything." Meng Sheng was almost full from drinking water and eating berries, but Zhong Xin didn't say what he wanted to do with him.
"Meng Sheng, I heard that you came up with these ideas. Why did you ask Zhong Yang to preside over such an opportunity, so that everyone thinks that the credit is his?"
"The chief doesn't know?" Meng Sheng chewed the berries in his mouth and glanced at Zhong Yang: "You didn't tell the chief?"
Zhong Yang shook his head honestly: "Didn't you say that the things between us should not be known to others?"
"The chief is not someone else." Meng Sheng shook his head: "Since I didn't say anything, then I'll talk to the chief again."
"Chief, I believe you must be very curious about my strength these days. As you can see, it's not bad, but not too strong. Whether you admit it or not, you must have worried that I would become a competitor with Meng Sheng. Let me tell you very clearly now that I will not become a competitor with Zhong Yang, and I will help him become the next chief. So all the things I can do to improve my prestige should be done by Zhong Yang to make him more famous .”
Knowing such a result, Zhong Xin was overjoyed. The combination of two powerful males would naturally give a great boost to winning the position of chief. Besides, Meng Sheng is a smart male with a lot of brains, but Zhong Xin did not. Without being overwhelmed by the excitement, the more intelligent a person is like Meng Sheng, the more he needs to be careful: "Why should I trust you?"
Seeing that his father didn't show any signs of happiness, Zhong Yang felt anxious: "Father, what Meng Sheng said is true."
"Shut up, I didn't let you talk."
"I know the chief finds it unbelievable, but in the current situation, whether you want to believe it or not, you must choose to believe me. To tell you the truth, in fact, Kong Jia and Tang Tong have hooked up a long time ago. I am afraid that many people now think that Qiu Juan and Kong Jia broke up because Qiu Juan didn't know how to settle down, but he didn't know that Kong Jia betrayed Qiu Juan."
"After this limelight, I'm afraid the two will be officially together. At that time, Kong Jia will be equivalent to returning to the side of the deputy chief. At that time, there will be two brothers from the Tang family and Kong Jia. Although Zhong Yang is powerful, he is too human. To be honest, I'm afraid it will be difficult to compete with them by then."
Zhong Xin narrowed his sharp eyes slightly. Meng Sheng's words were already very tactful. He knew Zhong Yang's abilities well. If Kong Jia and Tang Tong were really together, Zhong Yang would have no chance at all. When Sheng said this, he already believed it.
At the time when Qiu Juan wanted to break up with Kong Jia, he was hesitating. He didn't know how the deputy chief knew about it. At that time, he persuaded himself to respect the ideas of young people, and to divide and live according to their wishes. They lived by themselves. At that time, he really thought he was old-fashioned, but when he thought about it later, he always felt that something was wrong. Why did the good-natured deputy chief take care of these nosy things? It seemed that he had made up his mind early in the morning.
Seeing the moving expression on the old male's face, Meng Sheng chased after the victory: "Chief, it's normal for you to be worried, because you are afraid that I will be yin and yang afterward. Don't worry, I can't do that. I don't want much. It's just to have a good time with Qiu Juan."
"Are you serious?"
Meng Sheng chuckled: "Naturally, it is impossible to have no demands at all. I have agreed with Zhong Yang that I will help him become the chief. On the day he takes over, he must announce that I will be the priest of the Yilin tribe!"
"Priest!" Zhong Xin opened his eyes. At first Zhong Yang agreed without even thinking about it. He didn't know the specific rights of priests, because there had been no priests in the tribe for a long time.
To be precise, the priest has the highest status. On the surface, he is under the chief, but he is actually similar to the chief. The chief is responsible for managing the affairs of the tribe, and the priest is responsible for guiding the survival of the tribe. In many cases, the priest Will be more respected by the people in the tribe.
According to Meng Sheng's shrewdness and the fact that he brought out some new gadgets, he is indeed suitable for the priest's duty, but the priest is not a child's play, and he can't just accept it rashly.
"Meng Sheng, you are really smart. You have figured out what you want early in the morning. I am very happy that you are standing on Zhongyang's side, but the position of priest is not easy to sit in if you want to. I will say it first , Whether you can become a priest or not depends on your performance in the future."
These ambiguous words fell into Meng Sheng's ears, as if the chief had agreed: "Don't worry, you will know that no one is more suitable for the position of priest than me."
At the end of the discussion, both parties were quite satisfied. After the business was over, Zhong Yang regarded Meng Sheng as one of his own, and the conversation became much closer than before.
Without Zhong Xin's suspicion, the relationship between Meng Sheng and Zhong Yang became much looser and closer.
The three of them drank some water tacitly. Meng Sheng tasted the bland hot water and felt that it would be better if he had a little wine at this time.
After talking about the matter, everyone went out to see how Qiu Juan's teaching was going. At this time, the aborigines had already peeled off the bamboo strips and strips, and they had already finished the bottom of the basket with their hands and feet.
Standing at the entrance of the cave, Meng Sheng watched Qiu Juan bending over to teach a female how to do the bottoming, her two heads were close together, her figure was close... That's fine, I just taught him how to do it. !
Seeing the male with a changed expression, Zhong Yang had quick eyes and quick hands: "What are you doing, why don't you scare the people in the tribe to death by rushing over? It's just a female, and subfemale and female can't combine, it's okay."
Meng Sheng understood the truth, but Qiu Juan seemed like a real boy, flirting with other women.
Zhong Yang sighed secretly, luckily the male was not allowed to come, he pushed Meng Sheng aside: "Qiu Juan seems to be getting used to it with difficulty, so don't disturb others' progress by making trouble."
Meng Sheng almost wanted to go over, but finally compromised, saying that he brought people out by himself.
As soon as the two left, Tang Tong came.
The natives greeted Tang Tong: "Sister Tang Tong, why did you come so late, we all started."
Tang Tong was supposed to come early in the morning, but when I heard that Qiu Juan was playing with his temper and refused to come when he was teaching everyone, his mother told her to come and see if it was a tool that could be used, it was good to learn the skills, let him care Who the hell taught it.
"What's all this made up? So strange?" Seeing that the females who followed her in the past were all learning from Qiu Juan, she felt dissatisfied and couldn't open her mouth well.
The said female face is not very showy, and her own weaving is not good. Now that she is directly said, it is undoubtedly a slap in the face in public.
"Sister Tang Tong, don't say that, it's very interesting, let's come together and let Qiu Juan teach you." Some females hurriedly smoothed things over.
Tang Tong glanced contemptuously, glanced at Qiu Juan, and said with a strange expression, "I don't want a person who doesn't want to change things to teach me how to make things."
Qiu Juan didn't bother to talk to her, and continued to teach the other nymphs how to make bamboo strips as if he didn't see her.
Everyone got into the feeling of knitting, and Qiu Juan also slowly talked. The good atmosphere was disturbed by Tang Tong, and it became cold several degrees in an instant. Seeing that the situation was not good, some females pulled Tang Tong The animal skirt: "Sister Tang Tong, don't say that, Qiu Juan taught us very patiently."
In the past, when she said what she said, others would flock to her, but now she was taught by Qiu Juan to make up a basket for a while, and when she helped Qiu Juan, she turned her back and blamed her, her elbows were bent too fast.
She was already angry enough to be forced here by her mother, and now she was even more angry. She turned away and said, "Don't touch my beast skirt. My mother and I made it out of fox fur. If you break it, will you have any compensation?"
The female's hand froze, and she quickly withdrew it, the embarrassment almost dripping down her face: "No, I'm sorry."
"Tang Tong, do you want to learn or not? If you want to learn, start now. If you don't, I hope you don't delay everyone."
Qiu Juan couldn't bear Tang Tong's interruptions, so he ignored him, and even came here to boss around the people in the tribe.
"What are you? It's your turn to talk about me?" Tang Tong raised her voice in a high-pitched voice, her beautiful eyes were full of anger, as if she wanted to fight Qiu Juan.
Qiu Juan used to be patient with Tang Tong again and again, almost ignoring it, but today, I don't know if Meng Sheng encouraged him too much or something, he just felt that he couldn't let Tang Tong treat his tolerance as fear: "You Are you going to fight me? Do you think you can beat me?"
The disdain in the tone caused Tang Tong to be slapped invisibly. When she was so angry, she raised her hand and wanted to slap Qiu Juan, but her hand fell into a gentle hand. The sharp palm that he thought he had exhausted all his strength turned out to be like a breeze blowing for a moment.
A deep voice sounded: "Tang Tong, why are you harassing our family Qiu Juan? If you have nothing to do, go find you Brother Kong Jia."
Tang Tong looked up and saw the male who didn't know when to appear, her wrist was tightly grasped, she pulled it twice but couldn't pull it out, she gritted her teeth in shame and anger, "Let me go."
Meng Sheng let go in response, and the female suddenly lost her attachment and fell two steps back.
Tang Tong stood firm, and seeing everyone's suspicious eyes turned to her, her cheeks flushed immediately: "You guys are going too far!"
After roaring, he turned around and rushed out of the food distribution field.
Meng Sheng didn't even bother to raise his eyelids at the female who ran away in a rage, he turned around and looked at Qiu Juan: "Are you all right?"
"It's okay, it's impossible to beat even a female."
"Are you blaming me for not letting you show your talents? Actually, I don't want to make a move. It's not good to spread it. It makes me look like a male bullying her. The main reason is that I can't be angry. Last time I took a bath by the river, she actually stole Look at me."
Meng Sheng's voice was not loud, as if he was complaining to Qiu Juan, but the aborigines around him were not deaf, so it was impossible for them not to hear, and they all gasped. His words had revealed a lot of information just now, and now Another heavy hammer came, and it was really too much for a while.
Qiu Juan was also taken aback for a few moments, and he coughed twice: "Can you stop talking about this kind of thing when there are so many people?"
Meng Sheng hugged himself with both hands, and his eyes were full of grievances: "Qiu Juan, how could you do this, I am a victim, and you actually speak for outsiders!"
Qiu Juan felt a little headache. He really underestimated Meng Sheng. He thought it was the ultimate to be ashamed in front of his mother. He didn't expect that so many subfemale females were shameless in front of the tribe. It seems that he said earlier that he had no shame. The matter of being cheeky is not all to appease him, it is completely a real thing from the heart, and I am not afraid that I will not find a partner after this continues.
He stared at Xiongxiong helplessly and embarrassedly: "Can you stop doing this."
"Why don't I do this, it's you who don't." Meng Sheng's voice rose at the end, as if he was right and wronged.
Qiu Juan really didn't want to continue to lose face in front of everyone. No, it should be said that he wanted to prevent a powerful male from continuing to lose face in front of the people. He admitted: "It's my fault, can I apologize to you?"
The female sub-female in the tribe was stunned by the conversation between the two. Everyone's impression of Meng Sheng was only that he helped Zhongyang hunt a large beast. He was handsome and silent, unlike most people in the tribe. Communication, without even saying a word, is simply more indifferent than Qiu Juan, much more difficult to get along with and approachable.
But starting today, everyone's impression seems to be turned upside down several times.
I don't know who secretly said: "Now I suspect that Meng Sheng went to provoke Qiu Juan first."
How can the young females have the mind to care about these things, they have never seen such a male before, and their hearts are pounding: "If there is a male like Meng Sheng, I would like him to provoke me."
After Meng Sheng had had enough trouble, he said solemnly, "Everyone, continue weaving. Qiu Juan and I will teach everyone together."
After such a lot of tossing, everyone quickly forgot about the female who was about to cry and ran away, and cheered again for the buddy who was busy.
The aborigines just started to make a basket, and it was easy to get started after weaving a basket, and they became more proficient later on. After all, they are all delicate females and subfemale.
Later, Qiu Juan had already taught almost everything he needed to teach. He took the baskets he had made and introduced the names and uses of the baskets to everyone one by one.
At the end, I said a few words: "Everyone, go back and practice more, weave well, not only can you use it when you go hunting and gathering, but you can also take it with you when you go to the trading ground to exchange things, so as to save the coastal tribes from relying on salt. Bullying that we don't have something of our own."
The natives probably learned how to weave, full of a sense of accomplishment, and happily echoed Qiu Juan.
"Qiu Juan, thank you for teaching us."
When everyone left, they said goodbye and thanked him one after another, and changed the appearance of talking about right and wrong in private when they came.
With a smile on his face, Qiu Juan waved goodbye to everyone. He was really happy to have the respect and enthusiasm of the people in the tribe.
Meng Sheng leaned on the rock and waited for Ya Nu to come over. Seeing Ya Nu in the crowd chatting and laughing with everyone, his effort was not in vain.
The best way for Qiu Juan to get rid of the eyes and dissatisfaction of the tribal people is to let Qiu Juan build up his own prestige. You don’t need to do much, as long as everyone can get in touch with him, appreciate him, discover his goodness, and let them It was enough to understand that Qiu Juan was not what they saw.
"Meng Sheng, thank you."
After the few people left, the first words of Yafei who came forward were thank you.
Meng Sheng chuckled lightly: "If you kiss me, I will forgive you for the mistake you made today."
Qiu Juan paused, he clearly said thank you, but he didn't understand why he felt sorry, "What did I do wrong?"
"You teach me, what's the matter with holding someone's hand?"