The Yilin tribe has nearly 80 caves, and the number of people reaches several hundred. It can be said that it is a large tribe. Although the caves are not closely connected, the overall shape is a circle against the mountain.
It has been almost a year since Meng Sheng came to the Yuanyuan, or to be more precise, the Yilin tribe. He actually doesn’t know much about this tribe. Except that he can see a lot of aboriginal people in every gathering, the ordinary life I really haven't met many people here.
But during the assembly, those who go to receive the food are often weak, and there are no male caves. Every time during the food sharing meeting, he saw people gathered outside the chief’s cave, thinking that there were already many people, but he also I haven't calculated the number of the entire tribe in detail.
In the past, he didn't care about these people or things, and his main focus was on Qiu Juan. Now that he has established a solid relationship with Qiu Juan, it is very necessary for him to have a thorough understanding of the tribe's affairs for his future priesthood.
The three of them headed towards the nearest cave. Even though it was the closest, it was still a bit far away. In fact, Meng Sheng and Qiu Juan's original cave was already on the edge of the tribal cave, and there were not many neighbors. There are natives passing by.
Zhongyang used the sickle like a treasure along the way, and the shrubs and weeds left traces of the knife. The joy of getting the new tool has not diminished. When Qiu Juan explained the manufacturing process to him, he felt that the treasure was hard-won. But he was very excited and wished he could go back to refining immediately.
The two walked farther and farther, Meng Sheng hung behind thinking about things, and before they knew it, they had disappeared.
"Meng Sheng!"
A cry behind him pulled him back to God.
"Tang Dun?"
The male whose name was called stepped across the grass and made a swishing sound. He hid the things on his hands behind his back in embarrassment, and walked up to the male who was taller than him: "Where are you going?"
"Go and help the people in the tribe build stone pots." Even though he deliberately hid it, Meng Sheng caught a glimpse of the bow and arrow Tang Dun was holding behind his back.
Noticing his expression, Tang Dun knew he couldn't hide it, and held it in front of him a little uncomfortably: "I saw Qiu Juanyong last time, and I thought it was very powerful, and I made one myself, but it still couldn't come out. "
Tang Dun was not as thick-skinned as his brother, and his voice was cramped when he spoke, so he didn't dare to do it in front of his brother, so he hid in the woods and tried it secretly.
Meng Sheng didn't say anything, but just took a look at the bow and arrow. Tang Dun's tools were made of wooden sticks, and the toughness was not bad, but the strings were made of grass and rattan. Not to mention the big roots, the binding was not tight enough. The shape of the bow and arrow has been imitated, but the essence has not been mastered.
"How about this, you go with me to help dig the stone pot first, and I will ask Qiu Juan to teach you how to make arrows when I come back later."
Tang Dun's eyes lit up: "Really?"
"Of course." Meng Sheng threw the arrow at him: "It's not a big deal whether you want to come to me sooner or not."
Tang Dun still hesitated, "Does Qiu Juan mind?"
After all, it is someone else's exclusive weapon.
"Qiu Juan is very magnanimous, he will be very happy to help others, and this is just a cold weapon, anyone can use it, but it depends on one's ability to use it well."
"Brother Meng, why did you land here!" Qiu Juan, who had already walked away, found that his male hadn't followed, thought he was throwing a temper again, and ran back to look for him. When he saw someone, he yelled, and then saw him talking to him again. Tang Dun, he hastily greeted him again.
Meng Sheng stretched out his hand, and Qiu Juan grabbed his hand. The two stood together, and they were naturally facing each other again. Tang Dun heard that the two had formed a lifelong partner. Looking at the relationship between the two, for the first time, he yearned for something. partner life.
"Tang Dun wants to learn archery, will you teach me?"
Qiu Juan glanced at Tang Dun suspiciously, and nodded a little embarrassedly.
"Of course I teach." After finishing speaking, Yayu suggested: "Why don't you make more bows and arrows? Many people have told me before that they want to learn archery. I will teach you how to do it. Those who are willing to learn can learn it. One more way."
Meng Sheng put his other hand on Yafei's shoulder, and said to Tang Dun with a smile, "Let me just say, my partner is very generous."
Tang Dun laughed: "Thank you."
With someone willing to teach him, Tang Dun threw the unremarkable bow and arrow he made into the grass, followed by digging a stone pot, and automatically ignored Tang Yu's loud warning not to get too close to Meng Sheng Zhongyang. People who contribute are not the same as anyone else.
Not only that, following these two people, he was in a happy mood, and he laughed so happily for no reason, his brother would probably be pissed off when he saw it.
"Hey! Tang Dun, come on, let me show you my baby."
Seeing Tang Dun, Zhong Yang hooked him over, pressed his shoulders, and gave him the sickle on his belt, full of joy that he had nowhere to send, and now he found someone .
"They all like these weapons." Qiu Juan had a satisfied smile on his face.
Meng Sheng secretly kissed Qiu Juan on the forehead while the two males in front were scurrying like monkeys to use the tool: "Just as long as you are happy."
Qiu Juan felt the moisture on his forehead, and his heart skipped a beat. When he looked up, he saw the male's smile. He pushed the male, "Can you be more serious outside?"
"I'm pretty serious already."
Qiu Juan said seriously: "In this winter, I will teach you how to make bows and arrows, and Brother Meng will lead you to refine metal weapons. Brother Zhongyang said just now that the change of chief will be brought forward this time. election."
Meng Sheng's eyes froze, he didn't expect it to be so soon.
Seeing that the male had a different expression, Qiu Juan squeezed his palm and said softly, "Brother Meng, stop messing around and behave well."
It seemed to be comforting, but also more like encouraging words, warm like fire, Meng Sheng's heart was wrapped in an instant, making him warm in a mess: "Don't worry, I won't let you down."
He stretched out his arms and hugged Ya female.
"Meng Sheng!" The male who ran over with heavy strides stopped abruptly and coughed dryly: "I'm sorry..."
"It's nothing, I'm a little cold, Qiu Juan is warm."
Tang Dun smiled bitterly, he had seen Meng Sheng's sweet talk before, and he still vividly remembered the last time he pretended to be hurt and deceived Qiu Juan.
He raised the sickle in his hand, even facing the two people who were hugging each other, he still couldn't hide the joy in his heart: "Zhong Yang said he gave me this sickle!"
"Then take it."
"But Zhongyang said that you did it, and he took it from you, so I'll tell you." Tang Dun's tone was a little low, obviously worried that Zhongyang would not be able to make the decision, and in the end the weapon was taken back by Meng Sheng Even if he took it back, he wouldn't think Meng Sheng was stingy. After all, this kind of weapon was too rare. He had never seen it before, and it was ridiculously sharp and light.
"Take it." Meng Sheng let go of Qiu Juan who was uncomfortable: "If you don't hold Zhong Yang's belt-tipped weapon, the belt will be hung down."
Tang Dun chuckled, his eyes filled with surprise: "Thank you."
I can't help but sigh again, it's really great to be with them, not only delicious food and drink, but also rare weapons to hold.
Tang Dun's chatterbox also opened up, and he talked a lot with everyone along the way. When the first cave was reached, everyone stopped laughing and each acted like a majestic majesty that a strong male should have.
"Build it for our family first!"
The aborigines got the news that Zhongyang would bring people to build a cave without a stone pot, and they all waited outside the cave early. Because the flat cave is the closest to Meng Sheng's cave, it means that it is on the outer side of the cave. , all prepared things to go to the public stone pot to cook. It was very unexpected that powerful males came to her cave, and there were three of them, but she was overjoyed.
"Brothers, drink water, come all the way." Ping's son was much calmer than his mother, and put four glasses of water in bamboo tubes for several people.
Zhong Yang and Tang Dun had already said that their mouths were dry, and they were not polite. They took up the water and drank it all. The water in winter is refreshing, and Qiu Juan is used to drinking hot water. He was not used to it for a while, but he also It's not hypocritical, they used to live this kind of life in the cave, and everything got better because of Meng Sheng.
There are five people in Pingshan Cave, Ping and her partner, two children, and an old man. This kind of family population distribution is relatively common in tribes, but it is more difficult in Ping Cave, because her partner suffered from hunting leg injuries in the early years. Seriously injured, it is a little inconvenient to walk now, so the condition is poor.
Even so, Ping was very enthusiastic, and kept taking out berries for the males to eat: "After Zhongyang said that he would help us build a stone pot, I asked the guy at home to find a suitable stone and come back, right outside the cave, Originally, I wanted to spend some time building it myself, but I spent most of my time hunting, so I didn’t dig it well.”
Ping led the males to the outside of the cave, pointing to the big stone outside, which indeed had traces of stone tools being used.
"Then let's start!" Zhong Yang held the axe, and he couldn't wait for the new tool.
Pingle couldn't help it: "I didn't know that you would come to me first. Feng went out to hunt early in the morning. I will go find him."
For her own stone pot, she is embarrassed to let the males help.
"No, there are four of us here, soon." Meng Sheng stopped the female: "It's hard to find it if you go out hunting, and we won't need so many people even if we come back."
Ping seemed to have no opinion, when he heard what Xiongxiong said, he responded again and again.
Meng Sheng held the stone chisel nail, and held the ax upside down with the other hand. The wide side hit the top of the stone nail. The sharp end directly punched a hole in the stone, and the stone shattered and flew out.
Tang Dun and Zhong Yang saw the power of the combined use of the ax and the nail, and they all gave thumbs up, eager to use it.
There were only three sets of axes and chisel nails, and Qiu Juan took the initiative to give up his own pair to Tang Dun. The opportunity to show off as a male was not something he should have.
He simply took the bow and arrow he finally rescued from his mother and went hunting.
"Don't run away." Meng Sheng raised his head.
Qiu Juan knew that Meng Sheng was quick at chiseling pots, and there were still three powerful males: "I'll just walk around and not go far."
Only then did Meng Sheng nod his head in reassurance.
"Brother Qiu Juan, can I go with you?" Ping's eldest son Yu suddenly chased after Qiu Juan.
"You want to come with me?"
Yu was about the same age as Qian. The last time he saw Qiu Juan teaching Qian how to shoot arrows, he was very envious.
"Let's go, it won't be long anyway, we won't go far."
Yu jumped up happily: "Good!"
One big and one small went towards the woods.
The three males lowered their heads. In order to be quicker, each released some breaths. The three breaths were intertwined. The females, the elderly and children were all weak. Even though these breaths were not aggressive, they were not the breaths of the closest males after all. I'm used to feeling chest tightness if I get too close, so I don't dare to get close.
With the help of the breath, the stone pot was chiseled very quickly, and a large stone had a rough outline in just a few strokes.
"Meng Sheng, you are really strong. You can even make such a powerful weapon." After Tang Yushi got used to the axe, he looked at the visible fruits of labor and admired it from the bottom of his heart, but at the same time, he was a little anxious. Although Meng Sheng is a rising star , but menacing, not only powerful, but also always able to create rare objects, which is unmatched by all the powerful males in the tribe.
Even the elder brother he admired all the time, after using metal tools, he suddenly felt that Meng Sheng was really stronger than his elder brother.
Although he didn't know each other for long, he still felt that Meng Sheng and Zhong Yang were easy to get along with, and they didn't exclude him because he was a competitor, and treated him very well, but on the other side was his brother, and he felt very conflicted.
"Meng Sheng, Zhong Yang, the election of the chief will be held next year. What if you...are competing?"
Zhong Yang slammed down a nail, and the flakes of stone flew to Meng Sheng's face: "You fucking want to smash my eyes and lose a competitor!"
"Hahahaha." The male laughed innocently: "One-eyed children cannot inherit the position of chief, that's what I thought."
The way the two laughed and laughed made Tang Dun feel that his words were superfluous. They were probably like him and his brother. No matter who became the chief, he would not mind. Friends, it seems to be a very good thing, even if there is some pressure behind it.
Two hours later, a stone pot came out. Not only the Ping family was shocked, but Zhong Yang and Tang Dun didn't expect the efficiency to be so high.
The stone chosen by Ping was not big, and the pot he dug out was not too big, smaller than the small stone pot in Meng Sheng's house, but Ping liked the stone pot very much, and carefully touched the polished and flat pot. The wall, the tip of the nose turned out to be sour: "Thank you so much."
"You're welcome, you should." Zhong Yang put the precious ax on his belt.
"Our place is far away from the chief's house. Even if we go there early in the morning, it is still not as good as those who live nearby. It is a bit troublesome to cook cooked food, but the family likes to eat cooked food, especially the children and the elderly, and it is strange to say that, Since we started eating cooked food, children and the elderly are less sick.”
Meng Sheng said with a smile: "Cooked food can indeed reduce the probability of getting sick, otherwise we wouldn't make everyone so troublesome."
When the three males were sitting and drinking water to rest, there was a cheerful voice of a child, and Meng Sheng guessed that Qiu Juan had returned.
Sure enough, the tall figure of the sub-female walked in from the forest in a short while, carrying two hares in her hands, and Yu, who ran out after her, took a few birds.
"It seems that the harvest is good." Meng Sheng laughed.
Qiu Juan gave the hare to Yu, and said to Meng Sheng, "I haven't touched a bow and arrow for a few days, I feel a bit unfamiliar."
"He hunted so many cunning things alive, what would it be like if he didn't!" Zhong Yang said.
"When Qiu Juan comes back, I'll hurry up and go to the next place. If I can make two more stone pots, it's two."
Everyone acquiesced to Tang Dun's proposal, and bid farewell to the Heping family.
Holding the prey that Qiu Juan hunted, Ping was still refusing, but here he heard the males want to leave, and spoke incoherently anxiously: "No, I can't take it! What, you are leaving? Are you leaving without lunch!"
"Just take it, it will be troublesome for us to carry the prey to the next house, and it will be shot near you."
When Meng Sheng spoke, Ping didn't refuse so much, Qiu Juan took advantage of this and ran to Xiongxiong, and everyone went to the next family.
Yu waved at Qiu Juan: "Goodbye, brother!"
Watching several people disappear into the woods, holding the prey, looking at the stone pot, he was both happy and worried, and seemed to be talking to himself: "How good is this, it's breaking the stone pot and delivering the prey."
She sighed: "What should I do next year to choose the chief? It will be difficult to choose anyone."
The old man's hoarse voice sounded: "Aren't there two chiefs? It's a good thing that there are more powerful and responsible males in the tribe."
"Yes, father."
The next cave has already moved in. Originally there were two caves next to each other, but both cave households had more than two adult males. One household already had a stone pot, and the other household was doing it and was about to It succeeded, so several people went directly to the cave below.
"I heard from my father that Zhongyang came out to make stone pots. This is an opportunity to win everyone over. Let's go in from the outside first. Most of the cave households on the outside are in poor conditions. It is easier to win them over by helping them build stone pots."
"Thank you, brother."
Facing the respectful and arrogant male, Tang Yu sneered, if Tang Tong hadn't been pestering him and was ordered by his father, how could he bring Kong Jia at such a good opportunity, honestly he scolded Tang Dun for not knowing how to run away When it was gone, a surprised and fearful voice sounded: "Brother!"
The two people bumped into each other, and the four of them looked at each other. As for the other two...Meng Sheng was playing a demon, saying that his eyes hurt from being splashed with stones, and he was twisting Qiu Juan to blow his eyes at him.
"Stop making trouble!" Qiu Juan pushed away the posted male, seeing that something was wrong with the atmosphere!
Meng Sheng blinked his red eyes, and saw a few people who were staring at each other.
"I said where did you go early in the morning!" Tang Yu was so angry that he warned him not to associate with Zhong Yang and the others. In the blink of an eye, they got mixed up again. They used to be around him. Just running to follow others, he not only felt that his majesty was lost, but also felt cheated.
Immediately, he went up and twisted Tang Dun's ear, pulling him to his side.
"elder brother!"
Zhongyang wanted to hold Tang Dun back, but he didn't have time: "Tang Yu, don't go too far. Tang Dun is already an adult. What do you look like when you keep pulling people's ears? He is a powerful male in the tribe after all. When other people see it, how will he gain power in the future?"
"It's up to you to take care of our family's affairs, Tang Dun just followed you around!"
Meng Sheng couldn't help but feel a headache, as long as there are talking points, quarrels are unavoidable, and Kong Jia can handle it, no matter how hypocritical he is, at least he won't just open his mouth and curse outside other people's caves.
"I'll go back first." Tang Dun really felt ashamed, opened Tang Yu's confinement, turned around and ran away.
Tang Yu cursed and chased after him. Kong Jia glanced at them and followed.
"Meng Sheng, what should we do? Shall we follow and see?"
"No need, Tang Yu will only get angrier if we go to Tang Yu. Tang Dun is an adult, and he will solve these things himself."
Zhong Yang sighed.
"Let's hurry up to build the stone pot. You heard what they said just now. Now we can help one more household."
Tang Dun took away a pair of axes, and now two males are helping to break the stone pot. Qiu Juan simply hunted some game around the cave and gave it to the cave owner, and promoted learning archery by the way. .
The two sides rushed to build stone pots. The natives didn't know that the males were secretly competing with each other. They only knew that in the past few days, almost every household had stone pots. Everyone was very happy and praised the enthusiasm of several males.
After the stone pots were built, except for the male cavemen who made their own stone pots, the rest of the cavemen who were not able to dig stone pots, Tang Yu did some calculations, and the number of households built by Meng Sheng and Zhongyang was twice as many as them!
Frustrated in my heart, I also complained to my ignorant younger brother, who had lost his temper with him since he came back that day, and refused to go out with him to dig stone pots.
Tang Tong heard the news and ran back to her mother's house.
"Big brother! What's going on with the second brother, what is he thinking, helping outsiders but not helping the family." Tang Tong learned the whole story from Kong Jia, and couldn't wait to question Tang Yu when he returned. Come on, of course she knew the importance of building the stone pot this time. When she learned that her second brother didn't work hard, she said angrily, "An outsider is really an outsider!"
Tang Yu was so shocked that he couldn't close his jaw: "What nonsense are you talking about, what kind of outsider, where did the outsider come from!"
After talking, Tang Tong didn't show any fear, and said with a straight neck: "I heard the conversation between father and mother. The second brother was just picked up by my father looking at him pitifully. Our family raised him so big. He actually helped outsiders, his parents really raised him for nothing, and the elder brother also loved him for nothing!"
As soon as the words fell, there was a snap, Tang Tong's beautiful eyes widened, and she covered her face in disbelief: "Brother...you, you hit me!"
"Shut up! Don't talk nonsense about these words!"
"Am I wrong! He was picked up in the first place, and he didn't know how to repay him, and the elder brother still protected him!" Tang Tong was still in a state of turmoil when he said that, but he was hit hard. The slap in the face was already so angry that he lost his mind, so that no one standing at the entrance of the cave paid attention.
Tang Dun stood at the entrance of the cave, he didn't know how to advance or retreat for a while, he didn't expect to hear these words at all, he was completely dumbfounded.
"It's not what you think! Tang Dun!"
Tang Yu looked up and saw a black shadow against the light. The firelight in the cave clearly illuminated the male's still childish face, and he could clearly see the male's disappointed and red eyes.
Tang Dun ran out quickly.
"Tang Dun!" Tang Yu couldn't help shouting, in front of him was the crying Tang Tong, and outside was Tang Dun who was running away, one head and two older: "Think about it yourself, did your second brother ever forgive you since you were young?" The place?"
After speaking, he hurriedly chased after Tang Tong, and Tang Tong's crying became much louder behind him.
Tang Dun ran to the river, and many things seemed to collapse in an instant. Since he was a child, his parents have treated him very well, and he is also competitive, and his ability is not bad. Although he is not as good as his elder brother, he is still considered the best in the tribe. Or, his father often said that he was proud to have their three outstanding children in the family, but... how could he have thought that he had picked them up...
No wonder... No wonder he is not like his elder brother or his parents at all. He didn't think about it before, but now he knows the truth.
"Tang Dun!" Tang Yu was out of breath after chasing someone. In fact, he was a little uncertain. He has always been strict with Tang Dun, and he has a bad temper. Most of the time, he may have gone too far with Tang Dun. Now that he knows that he is not his own, he is very worried that Tang Dun will make use of the topic to play wild.
"Don't talk nonsense, A Tong, she has always spoken badly."
"Brother, you don't need to comfort me, and I don't mean to blame Atong, it's just..." He suddenly turned his head to look at Tang Yu: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Tell you what, we are a family."
Tang Yu took a few steps forward: "I know you are very angry these days, and you shouldn't be like that in front of everyone last time, but I'm just afraid that you will be deceived by Meng Sheng, he is very cunning, even Kong Jia Everyone can be fooled... ”
"Brother!" Tang Dun interrupted him: "You know that if it wasn't for A Tong, Kong Jia would be with Qiu Juan, why are you lying to yourself? Although Meng Sheng looks a little serious, but he is very capable people!" He is very good to Qiu Juan, he is very good to his friends, and he will create many rare things...
"I just said that he is very cunning, and you are helping him to refute me now!" Tang Yu's tone was not bad, he knew that his sister was sorry for Qiu Juan, but this would indirectly benefit Meng Sheng, not to mention He also deceived his younger brother who had been close to him since he was a child.
"I am telling the truth."
"A Dun, you want to help them now, don't forget, Kong Jia is now on our side."
"Didn't elder brother bother Kong Jia very much before? Don't you feel against your will to help him now? Brother, don't tell me that you can't see it. He and A Tong are here for our cave." Tang Dun said in a serious tone: " In order to achieve his goal, he can even discard his partner, and he can't do anything."
"The most important thing is..." Tang Dun's eyes lit up, as if he was an admirer of Meng Sheng: "I think Meng Sheng is really amazing, he can build things that we haven't seen before, and he also Not selfish."
He dug out Meng Sheng's ax and sickle from the grass, and handed them carefully to his elder brother.
"Look, Meng Sheng built this, and he said he would teach the people in the tribe how to do it!"
Under the guidance of his younger brother, he tried it, and his expression became more and more complicated, and he felt a little scared, or he was shocked. He had never used such a useful tool before, so it was no wonder that Meng Sheng and the others beat stone pots better So much faster.
"Brother, my father has always taught us to be a strong man, what is the purpose of being a strong man? It is to let the people of the tribe live a better life. They don't have to go hungry or cold, and they don't have to be bullied by other tribes at the trade fair." Bullying, I used to have prejudices against Meng Sheng and others, but when I discovered his excellence, I began to admire him, he is the one who has the ability to lead the tribe to a better place."
Tang Yu clenched the ax in his hand, and his eyes stretched very long. He never knew that he thought so clearly about his submissive brother. Suddenly, he was also reflecting on himself. He had been heading for the position of the chief all these years. He never thought about what else he could do besides having a strong breath and being able to hunt prey that ordinary males couldn't.
Tang Dun's words undoubtedly sounded a wake-up call for him!
"Brother!" Tang Dun grabbed his arm and shook it.
"You are right. I can admit that he is strong, but A Dun, I can't do it to them. If I do, how can I face A Tong." Listen to me, I'm afraid that something will happen to you, I always thought that you were still a child, and you were too tight, but today's conversation let me know that you have really grown up, and the elder brother will not interfere with your choices in the future. It's good to be together, so stick to your own vision."
"Brother." Tang Dun's eyes were a little red. He knew Tang Yu too well. He knew that this was the biggest move and resignation of the eldest brother. The eldest brother has always been strong and stubborn. Last time he almost died in the mouth of a beast. I have been guilty for a long time, and I hate Kong Jia even more for this, but I am stuck in the middle of Tang Tong, which is very embarrassing.
In fact, he was more grateful to Meng Sheng than anyone else, but he couldn't say it out loud.
It is already a big concession to say that there will be no more interference.
"Brother, thank you."
Tang Yu touched his younger brother's head and sighed silently: "I forgot what A Tong said, that girl is too lawless, our family has always been well, father and mother are getting old, we can't help making trouble."
Tang Dun nodded: "I know."
"I'll ask A Tong to apologize to you when I go back."