Building Infrastructure in the Primitive Era

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...

Chapter 167 Literacy is Important

When they were in the Shanyin tribe, although there were centralized areas for solving problems and people were not allowed to mess around in the living area, there were always people who wanted to relieve themselves, especially when it came to urinating. They would just find a place away from others to do it. After all, when it rained, the water would just wash away, right? It would smell a little bit, so what?

But here, whether you need to urinate or defecate, you must go to the toilet to solve the problem.

If someone was caught urinating or defecating in a place other than the latrine, the punishment was severe. The first time, they would be warned and reprimanded within the group, and then pulled out and made to promise in front of the group not to make the same mistake again. The second time, their meat allotment would be taken back.

If you make the same mistake again, you will be kicked out of the team and sent home to reflect for three days. Although you can go to make mud bricks to exchange for meat during these three days, the management there will give you half less meat than others. After all, you are punished at home for making a mistake, not because you have nothing to do.

Fang, Shi, and Xiaoyuan were the three children who preferred to fend for themselves, rather than shamelessly begging for food from Amu's new husband. They were inherently proud. Once, Shi couldn't hold it in any longer, so he drowsily woke up in the middle of the night and urinated right at the door. He was caught red-handed by a patrolman. The next day, he had to make a self-criticism in front of the entire squad, feeling utterly ashamed.

So this is why he has such a big opinion about toilets.

In fact, he also admitted in his heart that because of the existence of toilets, the tribe had strict requirements on everyone in this regard. The tribe was very clean everywhere, and he felt very comfortable.

The three siblings, holding oil lamps, walked to the toilet at the foot of the mountain. As they walked, Fang comforted his troubled brother, "Our team will be doing carpentry work tomorrow. Many teams will be making mud bricks instead of hunting. Do you know what mud bricks are used for? They're used to build toilets and kitchens in the courtyards of every household."

"Really?" Xiaoyuan asked with wide eyes, "In this case, we won't have to run so far to use the restroom anymore?"

"Yes." Fang said.

There are only two toilets in the village. One is located in an open space at the foot of the mountain in the residential area. To the east of the open space are the fire hall and stone grinding workshop, and to the west are two large rows of toilets. Another toilet is built at the junction of the planting area and the breeding area.

There are canals running next to both toilets. The tribe has two elderly women who clean and flush them three times a day, so the toilets are very clean.

The restrooms were divided into men's and women's. When they reached the restroom door, Fang gave the light to Xiaoyuan and asked her to go into the women's restroom with the light.

"See? This is the character for 女." Shi pointed at a character made of small white stones on the wall of the women's restroom and said, "You said we'll start learning to read tomorrow. Is this the character we'll learn?"

"That should be it." Speaking of this, Fang had something to say, "The team leader said that when it's time for the hunting team to learn to read, they should come back early to learn to read. I always feel that learning this is very important, otherwise Yu wouldn't ask so much of everyone. You must study hard when the time comes. We can't compare with others in terms of strength, but learning to read is different. As long as we work harder, we will definitely learn better than others."

"Yeah." Shi nodded vigorously, "I understand, brother."

Seeing Xiaoyuan coming out, Fang took the lamp, gave Xiaoyuan some instructions, and then took the lamp and went into the men's room with Shi.

It was only seven or eight o'clock in the modern world when they got home, but it was already very late for the three siblings. Without saying anything more, they blew out the lights, fell on the kang and fell into a deep sleep.

Fang felt that he had not slept for long, and in a daze, he heard a whistle.

He sat up reflexively and pushed the stone next to him: "Hurry up, it's time to gather."

As he said this, he got off the kang, put on his straw sandals, picked up the pottery bowl, scooped water from the stone basin, rinsed his mouth, then opened the door and went out.

Shi hurriedly washed up and was about to follow him out when he saw Fang coming back. He took the straw raincoat and rain hat hanging on the wall and said, "It's raining outside. Put on your straw raincoat and rain hat."

Shi put on a rain hat and a straw raincoat, and couldn't help but say to his brother, "How come Yu is so smart? He even thought of this straw raincoat and rain hat. They are really useful."

In the past, if they went out and it rained, they would get wet, or at most take shelter under a tree when it rained heavily. Getting wet would make people sick, and illness could even kill them. So everyone hated rainy days.

But there is no way. There is a lot of rain in spring. If people don’t go up the mountain to hunt, there will be no meat to eat. Even if they will get sick if they get wet in the rain, they have to go out.

Now, with this rain hat and raincoat, my whole body will not get wet except my feet. It is so convenient.

Fang agreed with his brother's words. But now was not the time to talk. He shouted, "Hurry up!" and ran out the door.

Shi Ke did not dare to delay. Without stopping, the two brothers quickly reached the open space, found their own team and positions, and stood in.

"Look, it's Yu. Yu is back. I heard he made a very powerful weapon." A kid next to him nudged the stone with his elbow, his tone very excited.

Shi looked up at the platform and saw a man wearing a straw raincoat and a rain hat. Unlike Man and Liushui before, this man was thinner and smaller, and it was obvious that he was Yu.

With a figure like this, only Yu is qualified to stand there.

Shi looked at Qiao Yu through the rain with great admiration.

After the roll call, Qiao Yu's voice came down from the podium: "Everyone knows that we held a meeting yesterday and made some decisions. I originally wanted to take this opportunity to talk to everyone about it. But it's raining today, and we can't let everyone get wet in the rain. So, please ask each team leader to explain the content of yesterday's meeting to everyone. If you have any questions, you can ask the team leader."

"Okay, let's practice now."

Having said that, Qiao Yu stepped back.

Each team leader came to form a team and led everyone to their respective team's venues to practice spear throwing and archery.

Every morning, except for the disabled people in the breeding team, everyone else has to do this training, even when it rains heavily.

When Qiao Yu established this rule, he told Man and the other team leaders that, rain or shine, they would be required to take up arms and confront any enemy or wild animal they encountered. If they only trained on sunny days, their training would be wasted if it rained, and everyone would risk their lives.

It is better to train hard in normal times than to regret it later.

Man and the team leaders conveyed these words to every team member exactly as they were.

So now, even if we are practicing throwing and archery in the rain, no one complains and everyone is trying their best to maintain the hit rate of throwing and archery.

Shi was young and not very strong. Normally, when he stood at the horizontal line and threw, he had to use all his strength to shoot his spear and arrows onto the straw man and target. Now it was raining heavily, and the resistance of the rain made all his efforts in vain. But every time it was his turn, he still tried with all his strength.