Shan sighed. "Actually, Tianliang and I have both considered relocating the tribe. I even looked around nearby, but couldn't find a suitable place."

Lu and the others nodded.

Several generations of leaders wanted to move, and when they were young and strong, they also went with them to look for better places to live, but they didn't find any.

Qiao Yu said, "It's difficult to find a natural place without any problems. But if we build it ourselves, it will be much easier."

Several people were confused: "Build? How to build?"

They have lived in caves since birth and have no idea about man-made dwellings.

"Wait a moment." Qiao Yu went out and broke off a branch, then came back and drew a few strokes on the ground. "If this is a cliff, and this is a river, let's dig a small river in front to block it, and back it up against the cliff. Then, neither wild animals nor humans can get in, right?"

Although they were illiterate, they had been running in the mountains for many years and had a clear concept of the terrain. As soon as they heard what Qiao Yu said, they knew what was going on.

Huo raised his head and looked at Qiao Yu as if he were an idiot: "Wild beasts and humans can't get in, but we can't get out either."

Qiao Yu gave him an idiotic look in response: "Of course I'll build a suspension bridge. Our people can lower the bridge when they go in and out, and put it away when they're not in use."

"Suspension bridge?" The others were stunned for a moment when they heard this new term, and then their eyes lit up. Without thinking twice, they nodded repeatedly, "That's good, that's good."

They knew Qiao Yu was smart. And despite her young age, she was incredibly reliable. You could tell by the way she spoke so clearly about pottery making. Nothing she'd done these past few days had failed. Since she said she could build a suspension bridge, whatever it was, she could definitely do it.

They have a mysterious confidence in Qiao Yu.

"Where can I find a place like this?" Huo curled his lips. "I can only dream about it."

Lu Ren had been irritating him for a long time. Seeing him whining again, he stood up and pushed him: "If you don't want to listen, get out of here. You always contradict everything Yu says. You are smart and capable, so why don't you come up with a good idea? If not, then shut up."

Huo was caught off guard and was almost pushed to the ground by him.

"What are you doing?" he yelled at Lu.

"What should I do?" Lu sneered. "Everyone in the tribe knows what you and your son are thinking. You let Shan get mauled by a tiger, thinking your son Qinglang would become the leader, but you didn't expect Yu to show up and ruin your plan. You two are resentful, so you're always against Yu, bullying her because she's young. I'm telling you, no way! Shan and Yu are generous enough not to argue with you, and even asked Xiaoquan to invite you to the meeting. And what happened to you?"

"What's wrong with me? You called me here to discuss matters, didn't you just want to hear my ideas? I have ideas that I can't express, so why did you call me here? Lu, don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Do you think Yu will become your family if she marries Yan? Dream on! She is the leader, and if Yan becomes her man, then he will also become Yu's. Yan will come to this family, not Yu to yours."

He turned to Qiao Yu and said, "If you don't want to hear different opinions and just want people to praise you, then don't call me for meetings in the future."

Having said that, he turned away.

Lu turned around and looked at Qiao Yu somewhat awkwardly. His lips moved as if he wanted to say something but didn't know how to put it.

Shan frowned and spoke first: "Lu, let's call it a day today. You guys go back first. Think carefully about what Yu said today."

Shi also knew what Lu wanted to say and also saw Shan's attitude. He stood up and grabbed Lu and said, "Okay, it's late today, Shan needs to rest. We can talk about it later." As he said that, he pulled Lu out.

Wu Chaoshan and Yu nodded and left the cave.

"Father, Huo just mentioned marriage today, so I'll tell you my thoughts," Qiao Yu said.

She had the original owner's memories and knew that the two families had mentioned her and Yan's marriage before. However, they had never mentioned it since they traveled through the mountains, and she was also very busy every day, so she had no chance to talk about it.

Now that Huo had brought it up, she took the opportunity to say, "Women marry simply because they can't hunt or support themselves, so they marry into another family to serve the elderly and children and bear them. Now that I can hunt and support myself, is there any need for me to marry? You know that giving birth is like passing through the gates of hell for women. Countless women have died giving birth."

Shanben had more to say after hearing the first half of the sentence. After all, in the tribe, there were only bachelors who couldn't marry women, but no women who didn't want to marry.

But when he heard the second half of the sentence, the words he wanted to say were suddenly blocked.

His wife's death was a permanent pain in his heart. The feeling of helplessness and heartache he'd felt watching his wife die in agony during childbirth flooded back to him. The thought of his brilliant and intelligent daughter going through the same thing if she married, and potentially dying in childbirth, filled him with resistance and fear.

This panic is not only because a father lost his daughter, but also because a tribe lost such an outstanding leader.

The tribe had been through such hard times, generations of leaders toiling away, yet nothing had changed. But Yu had seen such a dramatic change in just a few days, a sign of hope for the salvation and rise of the Valley Tribe. If the tribe lost such a leader simply because he married and had children, he would be a sinner for not preventing this from happening!

"Okay." His eyes were moist and his tone was difficult. "I won't marry. Father promises you."

For the sake of the tribe, he was destined to deprive his daughter of the happiness that an ordinary woman should have.

A smile appeared on Qiao Yu's face.

In her previous life, she was beautiful and her family was wealthy. Many men pursued her, but she looked down upon none of them. With the apocalypse, women became a scarce commodity, not to mention her powerful abilities. Being with her meant they could support each other, a mutually beneficial partnership. At that time, there were even more men pursuing her than before the apocalypse.

She has seen many lovers who once swore to each other to be together forever push each other away at the critical moment of life and death, and has seen too much darkness and betrayal in human nature. How could she dare to give her body and soul to someone?

So in her previous life, she had always been alone, only caring about friendship with teammates, not love.

She didn't even talk about feelings back then, let alone this primitive society.

Isn't it good to be alive? She struggled for ten years in the apocalypse, finally traveling through time, only to die giving birth to a man's child. Wasn't that unfair? Only a fool would choose such a path.

Therefore, it is impossible for me to get married, and I will never get married in my entire life!

Now that Shan can understand and support her, that's all that matters. She still cherishes family ties.