Chapter 842 The Black Stone Tribe Under the Shadow of Death
"Dad~"
Looking at the empty bamboo sieve, Little Pea's mouth was deflated, and she felt like she was about to cry.
The last three birds all flew away when the bamboo sieve was closed, and he did not catch any of them.
"Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid when you encounter difficulties. We just need to find a way to solve them. If we are afraid, we won't dare to solve them.
Think about why you didn’t score a single bird this time?”
Han Cheng stretched out his hand to rub his son's head and continued to explain and guide him.
"Yes, it was too late."
Little Pea said.
"Then what should we do next time?"
"Pull early."
"That's right. Let's set up the sieve and keep catching. Sooner or later we will catch it."
Han Cheng affirmed his son's answer, and then worked together with the little guy to arrange the place, grabbed some shriveled millet and scattered it under the bamboo sieve.
Then the two of them, the dog and the panda, went back to hide in the bamboo forest, waiting for the birds to continue coming.
While waiting, Han Cheng suddenly remembered a joke he heard from the older generation in later generations.
A woman was making quilts at home and couldn't keep up with the work, so she asked her daughter, who had never cooked before, to make dough.
Then this conversation occurred -
Daughter: “Mom, put more water.”
Mother: "Add some noodles into it."
Daughter: "Mom, there is too much noodles."
Mother: "Add more water to it."
Daughter: "Mom, we added too much water again."
Mother: "Put some more noodles in it..."
And so on.
Daughter: "Mom, the pot can't fit in the pot."
The mother was instantly furious: "You damn girl! If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't get out of the quilt! I would have killed you today! (At that time, the quilt was sewn under the quilt, and her mother couldn't get out even if she sewed it inside.
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The reason why Han Cheng thought of this joke was because he was worried that Xiao Wandou would be like the daughter who made noodles, always overcorrecting.
While waiting like this, birds approached here again, and then one after another entered under the bamboo sieve to eat millet.
Han Cheng looked at the situation on the other side of the sieve, and then at Xiao Wandou. He didn't say anything, but quietly watched Xiao Wandou's own operations.
Little Pea looked at the bamboo sieve in the distance without blinking. After waiting for a while, when he saw two more birds crawling under the bamboo sieve, he suddenly pulled the rope in his hand.
The wooden stick fell down in response, the bamboo sieve buckle fell down, and a bird fluttered its wings and flew away.
Two people, one dog and one panda ran out from here again and came to the front of the bamboo sieve.
I caught quite a few this time, as many as four.
Xiao Wandou shouted happily, and Han Cheng also smiled with joy, even happier than he was when he caught a bird.
This silly son of mine doesn't have the sincerity of the dough-making girl, but he is still very good at teaching him.
With the successful experience of catching four this time, Xiao Wandou is now more confident.
I don't know if my little face is frozen or because I am too excited and flushed.
No need for Han Cheng to say much, the little guy quickly took action this time. Together with Han Cheng, he set up the bamboo sieve again, and then ran to the bamboo forest happily.
After this relatively successful experience, the little guy held the rope in his hand and looked more seriously. He was not as nervous as before and seemed much more confident.
Han Cheng couldn't help but smile when he saw this. This was the result he wanted.
How many birds Little Pea catches is secondary. The important thing is that he wants Little Pea to learn something by catching birds.
It’s not just some techniques for catching birds, but more importantly, some things that come out of it that can have some positive impact on people’s future behavior...
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
The skin drums roasted by the fire were beaten by the tribesmen, and the thunderous sound went in all directions.
Wearing rattan armor and rattan helmets that have been soaked in tung oil over and over again, the Qingque tribe warriors held weapons in their hands and marched forward in a neat formation through the snow.
This is the opening of the annual sports meeting held by the Qingque tribe after worshiping the heroes.
It is also the most exciting scene that makes people feel the power of the tribe.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
When the archery team and the sling team showed off their power, and the main team composed of the Vine Shield Team and the Changge Team approached the straw men who were still standing, everyone shouted to kill them step by step, and their voices even surpassed the rumbling war drums.
Accompanied by the shouts of killing, these people all took out the bronze spears in their hands and stabbed the straw man in front of them fiercely...
Military exercises were held in the name of honoring the heroes of the Qingque tribe, as well as sports games including a variety of sports, as well as awards and the release of slave status to slaves who had made great contributions to the tribe within this year, and the issuance of citizen ID cards in public.
It took two full days for the matter to be completely over.
However, the effect is very good. It can not only cultivate the spirit of loving the tribe and protecting the tribe, but also stimulate the martial heart of the tribe and maintain the martial spirit of the tribe.
At the same time, it can also inject fresh blood into the citizens of the tribe, and allow the slaves in the tribe to see the light and work hard to do things for the tribe in the days to come.
Two days may not seem like a long time, but to the Qingque tribe, it is of great significance, even comparable to spring planting and autumn harvesting, which the tribe has always attached great importance to and is the basis for the survival and development of the entire tribe.
Under the heavy snow cover, the cold seemed to have sealed everything, but time was not sealed at all. It still passed slowly and quickly according to its inherent speed.
It seems that a long time has passed, and it seems that in the blink of an eye, the eleventh year of Qingque has arrived.
All the happiness of everyone was released on this day.
The delicious and abundant food was brought out for free, and was picked up by everyone with chopsticks and put into their mouths.
As soon as they were overwhelmed by the many delicious foods, everyone became more cheerful.
As night fell, the bonfire was lit, and people who had eaten and drank enough, played drums and gongs, and jumped around the fire under the light of the fire.
Wealth and joy filled everyone's hearts and overflowed on everyone's face...
In the north, inside the cave of the Blackstone Tribe.
As the night falls, the already cold weather seems to become even colder.
Even though there is a fire burning, many people still feel cold.
The Blackstone Tribe at this time seems much duller than when the heavy snow just fell this year.
The relief I felt when I first knew that the heavy snow had fallen much earlier than in previous years has completely disappeared by now.
This is not only because the cold lasts too long, but also because some of the food in the Blackstone Tribe is not enough.
Judging from the consumption rate of food during winter in previous years, the food stored by the Blackstone Tribe this year is enough for them to survive this winter.
But there is a saying that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
Almost all people, regardless of age, are easily susceptible to this trick.
Since they gradually developed the effects of black stone and relied on black stone weapons to bring a large amount of food to the tribe, the people of the black stone tribe have become more and more luxurious in eating food.
Especially after they defeated the tribe where the bark was located and obtained bows and arrows and fish traps, two sharp tools for obtaining food. Some tribes who surrendered to them also owned and learned how to make and use these two tools. The Black Stone Tribe
The food becomes richer and more abundant.
When eating food, everyone has become more confident and bold without restraint.
Things like this continue to happen, and the food stored by the Blackstone Tribe continues to decrease.
A few days ago, the leader of the Blackstone Tribe suddenly discovered that more than half of the food stored by his tribe had disappeared!
Such a discovery surprised him.
From that day on, when the leader of the Blackstone Tribe went out to get food, he took less.
It may be said that I got less, but compared with the past when I didn't get black stone weapons for the winter, it was still much more.
As a result, the people of the Black Stone Tribe, who had not tasted the taste of starvation for a long time, once again tasted this taste that seemed to have been far away from them.
This feeling is not pleasant at all.
It is precisely because of this that the entire Blackstone Tribe is in a low mood.
The bark of the tree was wrapped tightly around his fur, and he was huddled with the people around him, lying on the hay.
The swaying cave illuminated by the jumping firelight seemed very quiet, so quiet that you could hear the grunting sounds from time to time.
This is the sound coming from the stomachs of the Black Stone Tribe people sleeping here.
The bark's own belly would also make such noises from time to time.
This kind of hunger was still within the tolerance of the tree bark. What was most unbearable for him was the cold that could almost freeze his entire body.
Wrapped in animal skins and huddled together with others, the tree bark was still shivering. In this situation, he once again thought of the Qingque tribe's fire kang, and imagined how comfortable it would be to sleep on such a thing.
In fact, Shupi wanted to start again and try to build a fire kang in the tribe again.
But such thoughts can only be thoughts, because whenever this thought arises, he can't help but recall the severe beating he received last year, making him afraid to try again.
In addition, another reason is that if he really succeeds in making the fire pit, the first person to benefit will be the leader of the Blackstone Tribe.
Just thinking about this matter made him feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, it would be better to let the leader of the Blackstone Tribe suffer the cold with him.
“#￥5we!”
While the tree bark was shaking and thinking about these things, suddenly someone sat up and said this.
This means that he is hungry and wants to eat.
After saying these words, I got responses from several people in an instant.
When these people responded, those who seemed to have fallen asleep sat up from the ground one after another, saying that they were hungry, and looked at their leader with longing.
“#￥￥@e……”
The leader of the Blackstone Tribe originally wanted to hit someone, but after seeing so many people acting like this, he lowered his raised hand.
He opened his mouth and said something to everyone.
This means that he is also hungry, but there is not enough food stored in the tribe. If he continues to eat like before, before the ice and snow melt, the food in their tribe will become less, and many people will die.
After the leader of the Blackstone Tribe said this, the emotions of everyone in the Blackstone Tribe were not as high as before.
"￥%drr!"
At this moment, someone spoke again.
What he meant was that if there was not enough food in the tribe, they could rob other tribes and take back their food and eat it.
After understanding what he meant, everyone in the Black Stone Tribe, who seemed a little depressed, suddenly became excited.
Yes, they can also rob other tribes. They did this two years ago. How come they have forgotten this matter now?
Immediately, everyone spoke up and expressed their support for this wonderful idea.
Bark did not speak, but shrank his head.
This is not because he is not hungry, but because he is more afraid of the cold outside than he is now hungry.
After all, he was wrapped in furs and brought into the cave with everyone, and it was still so cold around the fire. What would it be like if he went out? Just thinking about it, he felt cold all over.
“&*edr……”
The leader of the Blackstone Tribe also thought about the cold, and immediately spoke to everyone about this matter. What he meant was that it was best not to do this.
But at this moment, everyone in the Blackstone Tribe is very eager to get food.
Because they were very eager for food, they didn't care about the coldness mentioned by the leader of the Blackstone Tribe.
Everyone still said that they wanted to eat food, saying that they and others were hungry and uncomfortable. If they continued like this, they might become very thin from hunger. If people from any tribe did not obey their tribe under such circumstances, they would probably fight them.
But that's it.
After talking like this for a while, the leader of the Blackstone Tribe finally made up his mind to attack a tribe.
After such a decision was made, everyone in the tribe immediately cheered happily, rejoicing that they would be full and no longer hungry.
Seeing everyone in the tribe being so happy, the leader of the Blackstone Tribe was also happy.
Although he was worried about going to attack other tribes at this time, this kind of thing had been done in winter before, and apart from the cold and suffering when he went out, there was nothing else.
So after thinking about it for a while, I stopped thinking about it.
Instead, they got a lot of food from the place where the food was stored and distributed it to everyone, which made everyone even more happy.
After eating this meal, which was like a late-night snack, everyone felt much more comfortable, their bodies felt warmer, and when they went to bed at night, they slept more peacefully and sweetly.
Early the next morning, the people of the Blackstone Tribe had already gotten up. Some of them started to pack their things, while others used fire to roast the food that the leader of the Blackstone Tribe had brought out.
This time, the food brought out by the leader of the Blackstone Tribe was even more abundant, and everyone got enough food.
Especially those who wanted to go out to attack other tribes with him were extremely hungry.
After eating the food, the leader of the Black Stone Tribe took out some furs and asked those who were about to go out to wrap them around themselves.
Some of these furs were originally stored, and the other part were picked off from people who didn't need to go out this time.
After everything was ready, the leader of the Blackstone tribe took the lead to walk out of the cave, and the rest of the people wrapped in thick fur followed him and filed out.
As soon as they came outside, everyone couldn't help but shudder.
When we were in the cave, we felt it was cold enough inside, but after we walked out, we found that it was colder outside than inside.
"e#$%!"
The leader of the Black Stone Tribe spoke loudly to the people in the tribe, asking those who stayed in the cave to guard the cave and wait for them to come back. Then he stepped on the thick snow, carrying weapons and food, and walked a foot deep.
He walked slowly towards the distance.
Those who went with him followed closely.
As they breathed, a large amount of white air appeared, and gradually some ice flowers condensed on their beards, eyebrows, and hair in front of them.
Looking at the bark left behind, the snow all over the ground, and the white air sprayed out by the leader of the Black Stone Tribe and others, I couldn't help but shudder again, feeling cold all over my body.
After watching the leader of the Blackstone tribe leave, Bark and the other remaining Blackstone tribe members returned to the cave.
Last night when I was selecting the people who would go out today, I was told to ask Bark to go with them.
If you go there, you can eat more in the future after you defeat the other tribes and bring back food.
But the bark still hasn't gone away.
On the one hand, this was because it was really too cold outside, and he would rather eat less and go hungry than endure the cold.
On the other hand, if you don't go, you won't have to stay with the leader of the Blackstone Tribe during this period of time.
This will make him feel relaxed...
The cold wind was blowing fiercely, going straight into people's clothes.
The cover is obviously very tight, but the all-pervasive cold wind can always find some gaps to get in and make people's bodies feel cold.
This is not the most uncomfortable thing. The most uncomfortable thing is that the exposed face and hands are blown by the wind like a knife, which is extremely uncomfortable.
At this moment, the leader of the Black Stone Tribe, who was trudging through the ice and snow with his people, suddenly regretted taking such a trip.
Not only him, some of the people who came out with him also felt a little regretful at this time.
Because this is really too painful!
The taste is no better than starving in the tribe.
When night fell, their feelings became even stronger.
Even though they found a low-lying leeward spot, lit a fire, and put a lot of food into their bellies, they still couldn't withstand the cold invasion.
Someone squatted by the fire and stretched out his hands to bake them. He felt that his hands were sore and itchy, which was very uncomfortable.
That night, many people didn't sleep much.
The next morning, the leader of the Blackstone Tribe took these people and continued to set off.
Compared with when they left the cave yesterday, these people seemed very depressed now, and their excitement was almost wiped out by the cold and thick snow...
Drawing a pie is something that every leader is born with, just like now.
“#￥5ec!”
The leader of the Blackstone Tribe, who was also feeling uncomfortable, raised his voice to encourage everyone in the tribe, telling them that after arriving in that tribe, they would be able to have a good sleep and eat extremely rich food.
After these words were spoken, everyone who seemed depressed and depressed suddenly regained some energy, and even walked with energy...
When night came again, everyone, including the leader of the Blackstone Tribe, felt extremely uncomfortable. This discomfort was also mixed with some fear.
Because according to their previous itineraries, it was time for them to reach the tribe that was closer to their tribe at this time.
But now, they didn't even see any trace of that tribe.
This is not because the distance between that tribe and their tribe has become farther, but because of the thick snow, which slows down their speed.
In the past, the journey could be completed in two days, but now it can no longer be completed in two days.
They were already tortured by the cold, and now they suffered from such a thing. They were cold and frightened, and their morale seemed very low.
Blessings come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone.
The leaders of the Blackstone Tribe felt that their situation at this time was already very miserable, but in the middle of the night, something even more miserable happened.
The cold wind had stopped blowing again, and the temperature seemed to be lower than before. Everyone was shivering from the cold.
When they woke up the next morning, two people had frozen to death without knowing it.
Things like this frightened the people of the Blackstone Tribe, and some people thought of returning to the tribe instead of going any further.
But the leader of the Blackstone Tribe did not agree.
Because they came out this time, they brought a lot of food with them from the tribe.
And because they knew that they would definitely bring back a lot of food to the tribe this time, the people who stayed in the tribe would not eat as sparingly as before.
Their food was not enough to begin with, and after several days of such consumption, it became even less.
If they return at this time, the situation of their tribe will become extremely bad, and it is very likely that more people will die from hunger and cold.
So he took it upon himself to peel off the fur wrapped around the two people who had frozen to death, and let the others wrap themselves in it.
And he used one of them as their breakfast.
After eating, let the rest of the people drag another person and walk together to the tribe in their memory.
As they continued to walk, another person fell to the ground and never got up again.
Then she was dragged by her companions and slid on the snow...
“#￥er!”
While walking, the leader of the Black Stone Tribe kept encouraging the people in the tribe, saying that they were about to reach that tribe.
As a result, when it got dark again, they still saw no sign of the tribe.
The shadow of fear and death has firmly enveloped everyone in Black Stone...
