Primitives are stunned

Chapter 36
Human beings have always thought that they have the power to change nature, but when the real power of nature is displayed in front of human beings, they will find that the little power they have is really insignificant.

Just as the clansmen sat down in the middle of the village, a rumbling muffled sound came from the cave.In the blink of an eye, the fires burning at more than a dozen holes disappeared without a trace.The clansmen all understood that it was because the fire was covered and buried by the collapsed cave.

Afterwards, a strong airflow rushed towards the face with a strong smell of earth, and even the heavy rain could not dilute the earthy smell in the wind.

The wind song had stopped, and even the youngest child had forgotten to cry.The people of the clan opened their eyes wide and looked in the direction of the cave in vain in the dark. There were more than 20 piles of flames, but now only a few piles on both sides are still burning.

Home, just gone.

Grief is contagious, and the most intuitive manifestation is from the first low sob to the continuous wailing.

Wang Hao closed his eyes, not wanting to say anything.Even if he knows that what the clansman needs most now is someone to stand up and tell them a hope, even the most illusory hope.

He hates himself very much now, the collapse of the cave this time can be said to be indirectly caused by him.

If he hadn't taught the people how to make pottery, the trees on the back mountain would not have been cut down by the people.If he hadn't taught everyone how to weave straw sandals, the turf wouldn't have been mowed.Without the protection of turf and trees, the back mountain was washed away by the heavy rain, and it was a natural thing to collapse.

When there was a cave to live in, Wang Hao felt that the cave was dark, damp and full of poisonous insects.But when there were no caves, Wang Hao tightened the wolf fur on his body, and found that the cave he lived in could at least keep out the wind and rain.

It seems that the cries of the clansmen woke up the god in charge of Tianhe.The heavy rain gradually subsided.At least it won't hurt people's faces like before.

After a rainstorm there must be sunshine.Today is no exception.

After a rain, the pond at the entrance of the village became extremely cloudy.I took a few basins of water, filtered it a little, and boiled it into a medicinal soup.

The herbal medicine was collected by Shi Li with a few tribesmen at dawn. During this time, he has known more than 30 common herbal medicines.When he came back, the water was boiling.

Every clansman was forced to drink two bowls of cold-dispelling soup by Wang Hao, especially those pregnant women, who were also given two balls of bitter medicine dregs.They didn't know what these medicine dregs were, but they only knew that after eating, they felt warm in their stomachs, and half of the coolness on their bodies was dispelled in an instant.

Of the [-] meat drying racks made in the village, less than ten rods of salted fish were hung today.This is what Wang Hu and the others snatched out of those caves that have not yet collapsed, risking their lives.

Iron swords, bows, axes and other tools were not lost. The clansmen now value these things more than their own lives, and they have never left their bodies since they were distributed.

Only two of the large clay pots for cooking fish remained, and the rest were buried.There were still two pots of salt left, and the rest were buried in the ruins together with the thousands of arrow shafts.

Today's breakfast was extremely late, and the damp wood was not ignited until almost noon.The fish boiled in the muddy pond water is like eating dirt in the mouth, even the mushrooms that Wang Hao found from some rotten logs can't cover up the strong smell of dirt.

It's nothing if things are gone, as long as people are still there, there is hope for everything.Whether it is arrow shafts or pottery bowls, Wang Hao believes that as long as they settle down, the hardworking clansmen will be able to produce more.

But the scary thing is that the clansmen were all frightened by the heavy rain last night and the collapse of the cave.All of them are as dull-eyed as the walking dead.Those who lost their homes were all at a loss, including the patriarch, who didn't know what to do in the future.

After the meal, the clansmen gathered in the village not knowing what to do. They wanted to find something to do but found that they couldn't do anything.

Just when the patriarch found Wang Hao and wanted to get some instructions from the ancestor god from him, the man on guard at the entrance of the village ran back and told the patriarch that ten strange men were walking towards Wang Village.

The Great Wilderness has its own rules, and each village has its own hunting territory. Except for intermarriage and the exchange day every three months, there are basically few strangers on the territory of each village.

The patriarch led the clansmen to welcome them out. Seeing the ten people getting closer and closer, the patriarch said to Wang Hao worriedly: "I have seen three of those people, and they all belong to Liu Village."

The people in Liu Village got closer and closer, and when they were ten steps away from the crowd, they stopped.Their bodies were drenched with blood, and each of them carried two stone axes and a wooden spear polished by iron and wood.There is a wolf's head stuck on each wooden spear.

Judging from their vigorous walking posture, no one should be injured. Since they were not injured, the blood on their bodies naturally did not belong to them.

"Let your patriarch, Wang Long, come out and say that the envoy from Liu Village has arrived." The leader, a strong man with dark skin, iron arms and beards, and muscles like iron, stepped forward and said.

Since they all called out the patriarch's name, they naturally knew each other. The patriarch took a step forward and said, "I don't know what the strong men of Liu village are doing in our hunting area of ​​Wang village."

The strong man looked at Wang Long, then took off the wolf's head on the wooden spear and said, "Since the destruction of Shicun, a group of vicious wolves have come from the direction of Shicun. The number of wolves is as many as ten or ninety-nine. This pack of wolves, yes Our Liu Village is naturally not a threat, but to your little Wang Village, once you encounter it, it may be a disaster for the village. With the heavy rain, the whole village mobilized to wipe out the wolves in one fell swoop, protecting the lives of women and children in your Wang Village.

However, the wolves are vicious, and a few soldiers of our clan were unfortunately injured. Since they were injured to protect you, you naturally need to show something.After thinking about it, the patriarch finally decided that you villages who have no contribution must give our Liu Village tribute of four adult wild boars and other food every month from the full moon to the full moon. If you don't give it, our Liu Village will come here Take, when the time comes, don't mind if you accidentally hurt women and children in your village. "

As for the number of wolves, Wang Hao and others who drove them away with their own hands naturally have the most say.Hearing that from what they said, the number of wolves had increased by a small half at once, Wang Hu took a step forward and was ready to expose their lies.But fortunately, he was stopped by Wang Hao, who was quick to see the opportunity.

"Strong man, it rained heavily last night, and the caves where our Wang Village lived collapsed. Now there is only a small amount of food left in the village, which is not enough to pay as much tribute as four wild boars. Besides, the wolves are on the land of your Liu Village. It could be related to the safety of our Wang Village, and the strong man should be invited back." Before the patriarch could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the strong man.

"Our patriarch said that if you don't want to give it, we won't force it. However, our soldiers gave their lives to protect you. Since you don't know how to be grateful, we will personally pay for the lives lost by the soldiers. Take it back from you. Last night in the raid, we killed and injured more than 99 people, whether to hand over four wild boars as prey every full moon night or wait for us to take 99 lives, you decide for yourself." Brawny Toes Said high-spiritedly.He was not afraid of the more than 100 people in Wangcun. Even if they couldn't beat them, they could still escape. Even if one out of ten people escaped, what was waiting for Wangcun would be burned, killed and looted by Liu Village's large army.

After discussion among the clansmen, everyone decided to stabilize them for the time being. An adult wild boar weighs no more than five or six hundred catties.In the past, the clansmen who couldn't eat enough would definitely not be able to produce so much food.However, with the method of fishing, catching fish as heavy as four wild boars is just a day's work for the clansmen.

"Okay, we agree to your village's request, but our Wang Village can't afford that much at the moment." The patriarch responded, but this time he was interrupted before finishing his sentence.

Pointing to the Xuanyuan Sword hanging on the patriarch's waist, the strong man asked with his eyes wide open, "What is that thing on your waist?"

Only then did the patriarch think of hiding the Xuanyuan Sword behind his back, but it was too late, so he frowned and said, "This thing is called Xuanyuan Sword, and it is a token of our Wangcun patriarch's token."

"Quick, throw it here for me to see." The strong man said greedily, he has never seen such a beautiful thing when he grows so big, and the distance of ten steps is enough for him to wipe out the patterns on the scabbard of the Xuanyuan Sword. see clearly.Compared with Liu Village, Wangcun is just a small village, not to mention it is a token of the patriarch, even the patriarch himself, he does not have much respect.It can be seen from the interruption of the patriarch's words twice in this short period of time.

The patriarch's face changed a few times, and before he could speak, the irascible Wang Hu stood up and said, "This is our patriarch's token, except for the patriarch, no one in our clan can touch it at will, let alone you, a person from outside the village. Your request really doesn’t take our Wangcun seriously.”

"What is your Wangcun? We Liucun light soldiers have six 99s, and we can flatten your Wangcun at any time. If you dare to talk to me like that, are you looking for death?" the strong man said with a sullen face.

A tense atmosphere was brewing between the two villagers, and Wang Hao felt that war might break out anytime soon.

(End of this chapter)