What Qiao Yu said at the elders' meeting was spread by Lu and Shi. Although everyone felt a little uneasy, they did not take it too seriously.

After all, their ancestors had lived here for so long, and nothing like what Qiao Yu described had happened. It was just that in winter, wild animals had no food to eat, so they came from the back mountains and killed people, which made everyone a little worried.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Yu's words came true. Not long after she said that, the Stone Tribe attacked from the back mountain. Everyone felt a chill down their spines at the thought and no longer wanted to live here.

Now Qiao Yu has found a good place. With her intelligence, she's sure it's much better than this place. So, once they move, everyone can sleep peacefully.

Shan stood in front of the cave with a crutch, watching his daughter being surrounded by people, his eyes a little moist.

When his daughter is away, the person she is most concerned about is her old father.

"Father, are you okay?" Qiao Yu ran over.

"Okay, I'm fine."

Shan saw that his daughter's face had become pointed and she seemed to have lost weight. He felt distressed and immediately called out to send them away: "Yu has been out there for so long, let her have a good rest first. Everyone, please go away."

Everyone then stopped at the entrance of the cave and watched Qiao Yu support Shan and enter the cave together.

It was not until then that everyone noticed that Shu was standing with them, leading a wild horse.

"Shu, why are you leading a horse?" someone asked in confusion.

When the tribe set traps, they caught wild horses. Two of them survived and were given to Mang to raise. When everyone saw the horses, they thought Shu had pulled them out from Mang.

Before Shu could speak, the man guarding the tribe's gate said hurriedly, "That's Yuqi coming back. She's riding a horse from a distance, running very fast. I saw her from a distance, turned around and shouted, and when I turned back, I saw her at the tribe's gate."

"Can this horse be ridden?" Everyone looked at the horse curiously, pointing at its back, eager to try, "Is it right here?"

Shu quickly stopped him: "Don't move, be careful not to fall." As he said that, he led the horse to the breeding cave and handed it to Mang.

In the cave, Xiaoquan was chattering to Qiao Yu, "Sister, you don't know, but during the time you were away from the tribe, everyone was uneasy about everything they did. Sometimes they were worried that the people from the Big Stone Tribe would run out and kill people, and that no one could control them without you. Sometimes they were also worried that you might get into some danger outside. Everyone's been talking about you all the time."

Qiao Yu touched his head, turned to Shan and asked, "Did Man take his men to the Stone Tribe?"

"Yes." Shan Dao said, "According to the people of the Stone Tribe, they should be back soon."

At this time, Shu's family also came over, and Ahua brought Qiao Yu a bowl of soup.

After drinking his soup, Qiao Yu briefly explained the new tribe's address to everyone, then asked, "Has anything happened in the tribe recently? Has anyone been sick?"

Shu shook his head. "Nothing. In previous winters, there were always some elderly people and children suffering from coughs and fevers, but not this year. Wu said it might be because of the ginger soup they drank."

"Yes, nothing happened, everything is fine. Everyone is just thinking about you and those who went to the Stone Tribe to pick up people." Shan Dao.

When Shu mentioned ginger, Qiao Yu asked Shan, "Did you find out more from the captives? If they have ginger, why don't they take it to the trade fair to trade for dried meat instead of attacking us?"

This is the question she wanted to know after she discovered that there was ginger in the Stone Tribe.

The two tribes were equally powerful, and the Stone Tribe had only a 50-50 chance of winning against the Valley Tribe. Even if the Stone Tribe won, they would have suffered heavy casualties, a situation where they would kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of their own. They would never do this unless they were cornered.

Is there water in Shuo’s brain?

But she had a lot of things to do, and the matter of the prisoners had been handed over to the four elders, so she didn't ask in a hurry.

"I asked them. They said they had no idea what the ginger was when they found it. They didn't know until they went to the trade fair. It was only because you and Shu went to pick up the ginger that they realized it could be exchanged for a lot of dried meat and was a very good medicine. But by then it was too late to go back and dig it up, and there wasn't much left. Even if they exchanged it all for dried meat, the dried meat wouldn't be worth much, so they didn't bother."

Qiao Yu nodded: "I see."

As she spoke, she perked up.

Besides ginger, perhaps the Stone Tribe had discovered plants that the Valley Tribe hadn't. When they became part of the tribe, the variety of plants she could use would increase significantly.

After understanding the situation and drinking the soup in the pottery bowl, Qiao Yu went out for a walk, looked at the situation in the tribe, and then looked at the captives.

She found the tribe well-organized. Although the captives were starving and had lost weight, they were still in good spirits. The hatred in their eyes had disappeared. When they saw her and the tree and mountain entering the cave, they looked at her with peaceful eyes, even smiling and greeting the mountain and tree, and then looking at her with curiosity.

"This is our leader Yu." Shu introduced them.

The captives' eyes widened.

During this period, they often heard the people of the valley tribe bragging about their new leader, saying that the traps they fell into were all designed by Leader Yu, and the wooden hammers that hit them and the spears that killed Shuo were all made by Yu.

Thanks to Yu's clever invention of traps and snares, the valley tribe hunted abundant game in the autumn, ensuring they had no shortage of food during the snowy season. They even exchanged enough salt for two or three years' worth of food. Even the hairy potatoes, the chestnuts they fed, and the delicious fish soup were all discovered and taught to them by their leader, Yu. Yu also invented pottery.

It would be fine if the people of the Valley Tribe said these words casually, but when they mentioned Yu, their faces were full of admiration and worship, even the former leader Shan was no exception.

It would have been fine if they were clever, but they also claimed that Yu was incredibly strong, that he had killed a large tiger with just a few punches, and even carried the tiger back to the tribe by himself. Seeing that they didn't believe him, Shan had someone bring the tiger's skin to them.

They were all experienced hunters. One look at the tiger's fur, which was bright, thick, and intact, without even a single tear. They knew it had come from a mature tiger. Furthermore, the tiger hadn't been killed by a siege or bone spurs, but rather by internal injuries. They knew what the valley tribesmen had said was most likely true.

They meet Shan at the trade fair every year, and they also know that if Shan is still the leader of the Valley Tribe, their Stone Tribe will never suffer such a terrible defeat.

Everyone's curiosity about Yu suddenly reached its peak, and they really wanted to meet this awesome person.