They saw the night watchman sitting in front of the fire and sleeping soundly. The two of them hid in the darkness, sneaked to Quan's cave, and stepped into the cave.
"Who?" Quan suddenly turned over and sat up, pulling out the stone knife.
"I am the big tree." Leopard said in a low voice.
The three of them have grown up together, and you can tell who they are by hearing their voices?
Quan put down the stone knife, waited for the two of them to sit on the animal skin, stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Have you really found the leader of Yaohu? What did you do to him?"
Dashu whispered: "The leader is fine, Hua Zhihe Li, the third son was killed by the leader, Tao..." The two of them did not hide anything from Quan, and told the story of what happened.
Quan relaxed after hearing this, thinking that Hua Zhi and Li were dead and Tao was tied outside the tribe. It seemed that Da Shu and Bao were ready to join the tribe of leader Yao Hu.
He sat back on the animal hide, looked at the two of them and said, "How are they doing? Are the injuries of Leader Yaohu and Dashi healed?"
"Okay, they are living a good life, and they eat food that we have never eaten before..." Dashu told Quan what they saw and heard on the mountain.
Quan smiled and said straight to the point: "The leader also invited you to eat food. Have you joined the leader's tribe?"
"Yes," Leopard nodded and said, "We have joined the Yaoshan tribe led by Yaohu. We came back to tell you that tomorrow morning you will bring Uncle Achun, Uncle Aqiu, Changmu and my mother to
We'll wait for you in the forest at the foot of the low mountain."
"Okay." Quan agreed without hesitation. After thinking about it, he looked at the big tree again, "Why don't you go and tell Dongxue?"
Dashu nodded, "She knows that if you tell my mother the news tomorrow, they will go directly to the forest to find us. Remember to tell them not to take anything with you."
"These are the animal skins I hid, you can take them away first." Quan rolled up the animal skins and gave them to the two of them.
Quan paused for a moment, "Also, at dawn these two days, Grandma will ask them to go out to collect, and we will get there earlier. You guys should leave as soon as possible before changing people!"
The two nodded, walked out of the cave carrying the animal skins on their backs, and disappeared into the night along the foot of the mountain.
As soon as there was a hint of light on the sky, people began to move around outside. The women poured the mashed millet into the stone pot, cooked it for a while, added wild vegetables, and waited for the big mother to distribute the food.
After a while, the big aunt came with a wooden spoon, scooped a bowl into the bowl of the person holding the wooden bowl, and said from time to time, "Eat quickly, and go out to collect after eating. Go farther, otherwise you will not collect food."
Just don’t come back.”
Quan stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at a thin man with gray hair squatting in the corner holding a bowl, slurping down the vegetable porridge in the bowl. After he finished drinking and walked towards the cave with the bowl in hand, Quan walked over.
Pretending to bump into him accidentally, she supported him and whispered in his ear: "Uncle Chun, take Dongxue and the others to the short mountain later. Don't take anything with you."
"Okay." Uncle Chun thought that Dashu and the others had not come back after they left, and his heart jumped with excitement. After putting down the bowl, he took the bamboo knife to Asen's cave and called out. Asen and Dongxue took it
The bamboo sword came out, and the three of them followed the people waiting there and walked toward the outside of the tribe.
Seeing that they were all gone, Quan slipped out while no one was paying attention. When he saw the collectors walking towards the mountain in groups, he dodged and quickly walked to the woods outside the tribe, where he caught up with Chun.
How many uncles are there?
A group of about ten people walked quickly towards the short mountain.
Dashu and Leopard sat on the tree and waited anxiously. At dawn, they finally saw Quan bringing them there.
The two of them climbed down the tree carrying animal skins and food. Uncle Quan and Uncle Chun also saw the two of them and ran over excitedly.
Asen happily said to Dongxue: "Mom, this is Uncle Dashu."
Dongxue smiled and nodded, "Yeah!"
Quan said to the big tree: "Move quickly, the fire fox should have eaten good food by now and be ready to go out to hunt."
"Okay," Dashu and Leopard tore open the roasted food and handed it to several people. "We are eating and walking. The peach is still tied up in the forest in front."
"Asen, come here, uncle will carry you." The tree picked up Asen and ran forward quickly.
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Huoli came out of the cave and saw Black Badger and about ten people standing there waiting for him, "We are about to set off, why hasn't Quan come yet?"
A black man said: "I saw Quan going to the woods to poop."
The black badger looked at the fire fox and said flatteringly: "Lazy people have many things to do. Go and see him and call him."
The dark man walked toward the forest and ran back after a while, "There's nothing in the forest. I'll go to his cave to see if he went back to sleep again."
Huoli nodded nonchalantly, watched him run over and over again, and said breathlessly: "Chief, the spring is not in the cave."
"Is the animal skin still there?" Huo Hu asked with a dark face.
"Yes." The man nodded honestly.
If the thing is still there, where will the person go? Huoli couldn't figure it out either. He looked at the black badger and said, "Take someone to ask if anyone has seen him."
The black badger took the people for a run and came back, and said to the fire fox: "Chief, someone saw the spring going to the woods to the south."
"It's too late for him to go to Yaohu to report the news to him, isn't it? Hua Pheasant and the others should be back today." Huo Li suddenly felt something bad and shouted, "Go, hurry up and catch up and take a look."
The black badger led a few people and ran towards the outside of the tribe.
Dashu and the others have already arrived under the tree with the peach tied to it, "Don't delay, hurry up, I'll put him down and chase you."
Everyone nodded and continued to move forward. Leopard quickly climbed up the tree, put Tao who was staring at him fiercely under the tree, untied the rope from his hand, and said: "We are leaving, you go back by yourself."
Let's go!" He ran away quickly before he finished speaking.
Tao untied the rope around her legs, stood up, her feet weakened, and she fell to the ground, cursing: "Big tree, leopard, the gods will not let you go, you will not die well."
After cursing, I felt still angry, and kept cursing in a low voice. I sat on the ground angrily, rubbed my hungry belly, and rubbed my legs for a while before I got up and ran towards the direction of the tribe.
I ran to the short mountain and saw Black Badger running towards this side with a few people. "Black Badger, hurry up and tell the leader that Dashu and Leopard have run away with Quan and the others."
After hearing this, the black badger was shocked and shouted: "Okay, you follow Tao and chase Dashu and the others, and I will tell the leader." The black badger turned and ran away.
Tao was exhausted from running, so she sat down on the ground and said feebly: "Give me some food first, I haven't eaten in two days."
The strong black man took out a piece of meat from a leather bag and handed it to him, "Tao, Dashu and Leopard ran away. Where did Hua Pheasant and the others go?"