After ten years in the apocalypse, Qiao Yu died in battle. When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated to primitive society.
Her father, Shan, the tribal chief, was bitten by a tige...
As the head of the family, Fang had younger brothers and sisters to look after, so he was most alert when he was sleeping. He was startled by the sound and jumped up. "What's going on?"
Shi was also woken up. He got up in a daze and asked Fang, "Brother, are we going out hunting?"
"I don't know. Hurry up and get up. Let's go out and take a look." Fang said, "What if it's a wild beast attacking?"
Having just arrived and trying to integrate into the Dragon Tribe, he felt that regardless of whether someone called them, whether they were going hunting or if wild beasts attacked, they should go out and see what was happening. If they performed well, they might even be able to join the pottery team and get a bigger share of the meat.
The two brothers gave Xiaoyuan some instructions, opened the door and ran out.
When the two of them went out, someone from the Heiye family next door also came out, but there was no movement from the Hui family.
Lu saw the Fang brothers running quickly towards the direction of the whistle. He was still hesitant, but now he became anxious and shouted into the house: "Qing, Yu, hurry up, many people have passed by, let's go over and take a look."
Fang Heshi ignored them and ran along the road in front of the house. When he reached the main road where they had watched the excitement yesterday, he saw everyone running down the mountain and hurried to follow. Soon they reached the open space at the foot of the mountain and saw many people standing there in an orderly line, just as they had seen last night.
Everyone then realized that it was not wild beasts attacking, but the Dragon Tribe was training.
Fang Heshi stopped panting and stood aside, not knowing whether he should go back or what.
But then they heard someone calling out to them: "Come here, hurry up and line up."
Fang Heshi hurriedly ran towards the man and stood beside him.
Other people from the Shanyin tribe who rushed over after hearing the news also quickly found a team and stood in line like them.
Qiao Yu stood on the podium, watching the team that usually assembled within five minutes. Today, because the Shanyin tribe members kept joining in like sheep droppings, the team lasted for ten minutes and still hadn't finished. She didn't get angry, but said to the audience, "Let the Dragon tribe members count first."
The Dragon Tribe members had already arrived and were lining up at their original positions. Soon, they finished counting. Man Lai reported, "Everyone has assembled."
"Teams one, two, three, and four will go hunting. Teams five and six will build houses in the tribe," Qiao Yu said. "Those from the Shanyin tribe will first roll their numbers, register their names, learn the rules, and practice. After practicing twice, follow Teams five and six to build houses. Those who haven't joined the team yet, have them stand aside. Those who are late or haven't arrived yet will be registered one by one."
"Yes." Man said, then turned around to convey Qiao Yu's order.
After hearing the order, the people of the Dragon Tribe set out in groups to do their own things, while the people of the Shanyin Tribe all stayed behind.
Those who came late with their sons like Lu were stopped aside and waited anxiously for Man and Liushui to register them.
"Brother, it's a good thing we got here quickly." Shi whispered to Fang.
Fang looked at Lu and others who were stopped nearby, and felt secretly relieved.
"What's your name?"
When Fang saw the man named Man approaching, he quickly calmed down and waited for him to reach him. He said loudly, "My name is Fang."
"My name is Shi." Shi hurriedly followed.
Qiao Yu was standing on the high platform. When he heard the little boy's name was Shi, he couldn't help but look at him.
Looking at Man Heliu who were trying hard to stare at people and then seriously memorize their names firmly in their minds, she suddenly felt a headache.
No, learning to read and write has to be put on the agenda right away. We can no longer put it off because of various things.
In addition, these primitive people did not have surnames. They were given names by pointing to something at birth. Therefore, there should not be too many people with the same name in the tribe.
For example, there was a man named Xiaoquan in the Valley Tribe, a few years older than Shan. He later died while hunting. After Xiaoquan was born, Shan discovered that all the names he wanted to give him had duplicates. He also felt that springs were very important to the Valley Tribe. So he added a small character to the character Quan, creating Xiaoquan.
The Valley Tribe only had about a hundred people, so naming them that way was fine. But now the Dragon Tribe has over four hundred. The Valley Tribe's elder is named Shi, there's a man named Shi in the Stone Tribe, and the little boy from the Shanyin Tribe is also named Shi. Roll call is usually a complete mess.
With no pressing issues to address in the tribe, Qiao Yu decided to start tonight with the name change and literacy classes. He would first organize the records using bamboo slips. Later, when he had more manpower, he would see if he could produce paper. Ultimately, the situation of the entire tribe being illiterate must be changed.
By the time Man and Liushui finished asking everyone's names, their eyes were almost covered with mosquito coils.
Fortunately, the two were smart enough to divide the work and cooperate with each other. There were not many men in the Shanyin tribe who could hunt. Even with little boys like Fang and Shi, there were only about fifty of them. With each of them managing about twenty people, they were able to get the job done.
But this is just for men. If we also identify and remember the names of the elderly, the weak, and the disabled, it would be really difficult.
The Dragon Tribe didn't keep idlers; all children over five years old had to work. They would be assigned to gathering teams, planting teams, breeding teams, fishing teams, pottery and charcoal burning teams, and stone tool polishing teams. Women who were willing could join the women's hunting team.
There were so many people involved that it was impossible to get a list of names or personal information. All we could do was assign the people to different teams and let the captains of each team manage them.
Kan Man was already lecturing the men of the Shanyin tribe. Qiao Yu was about to lead the women of the planting team to water the saplings planted yesterday when a strange woman called out to him, "Yu."
She turned her head away.
The woman was obviously very nervous, but she still mustered up the courage to ask: "Yu, what are we...what are we women going to do in a while?"
Qiao Yu smiled and asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Yu." Seeing Qiao Yu's gentle attitude, Yu became bolder and smiled back at Qiao Yu.
Qiao Yu was always tolerant of women and patiently explained, "You've just arrived and aren't familiar with the environment yet. You also have elderly people and children at home who need care, so I originally planned to let you rest for a day to get familiar with the environment. But if you want to work, you can sign up now. Go back and ask everyone if they want to rest for a day, sign up to work, or sign up today and work tomorrow."
Feeling the kindness, consideration and tolerance in Qiao Yu's words, Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and her expression became more relaxed. She looked at Qiao Yu with eyes full of gratitude: "Then I'll go ask everyone."
As she said that, she smiled at Qiao Yu, turned around and ran towards the residential area.