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Relatives and friends who had been separated for a long time met again. They were all very excited and hugged each other, crying and laughing.
"Great! We finally got rid of the damn hyenas!"
"How did you do that?! What are you wearing?!"
"Chief! You finally came back to save us! What is this weapon? It's so powerful that you killed the hyena leader with just one swing!"
"It's the messenger of God!" Shi, unable to control his mouth, excitedly declared, "Do you remember the prophecy of the previous great witch before his death? The prophecy has come true! The messenger of God has really arrived, and this weapon was given by him, it's very sharp! And this vine armor was also made by him and us, made of stone vines! He also gave us something delicious to eat, I think my strength has increased after eating it!"
"Really?! Did the messenger of God really come?"
"God hasn't given up on us! I knew God wouldn't give up on us!"
"Our tribe will become the strongest, just as the prophecy said!"
"Where is the messenger of God? Let me see him!"
Hearing them mention Wu Yue, Xiao, who was immersed in the joy of driving away the hyenas, suddenly came to his senses and said to everyone, "Hurry, we have to go back quickly. If those fleeing hyenas get to the God's Messenger, it will be troublesome!"
There were only wounded men and women there. If they faced the fleeing hyenas, they would surely suffer heavy losses.
Everyone reacted and quickly agreed, leaving the wounded and most of the people here. Xiao took more than ten people and hurried to where Wu Yue and others were temporarily stationed.
Fortunately, we didn’t see any signs of human activities along the way, and everyone was fine after we hurried back.
Not only was there nothing to do, I was even leisurely cooking fish soup and making wooden bowls.
Let's go back to this morning. After sending away more than 80 men, Wu Yue, who had not slept all night, did not feel sleepy at all. He turned around and looked at the pale and skinny women, children and wounded soldiers, and decided to get some food.
As a way to divert his attention, he took out the fishing tackle package from the space. Fortunately, everything was complete and it looked like a beginner's set or something like that.
He had never fished before, but luckily there was an instruction manual in the package. He followed the instructions to tie the fishing line and hook, and mix the bait, and managed to complete all the basic steps.
Then he took his fishing rod to the river, and after casting the rod a few times, he gradually mastered the technique.
There wasn't much bait, and he was reluctant to use it for baiting, so he just cast the rod normally to the middle of the river. However, perhaps because these primitive people's fishing skills were so poor, the fish had no vigilance at all, and within a minute of casting the rod, a fish took the bait.
Although he was not very skilled at the beginning, after letting one or two fish go, Wu Yue finally caught a fish.
Its arms were thick and thin, its body was long and slender, a little like a carp, a little like a silver carp. After studying it for a long time without finding a species, he simply gave up and decided to ask Yun later if it was poisonous and edible.
He continued fishing and caught a lot of fish one after another. Xiaoshu, who had just woken up, rubbed his eyes and came over, squatting beside him to watch him fishing.
The kid likes him very much and always sticks to him like a follower.
Rubbing the child's furry head, Wu Yue said, "There are so many fish here. We can all have some warm fish soup later. Don't worry, fish soup is much more delicious than grilled fish."
Xiao Shu swallowed his saliva and nodded. Although he didn't like grilled fish, everything the messenger made was delicious, and he was already looking forward to it!
After catching ten fish, which seemed to be enough for the people left behind to have a meal, Wu Yue stopped and lent the boning knife to Shi. Now he could only use Shi's knife to process these fish.
However, just as he had finished processing one fish, Yun came over and snatched away the job. Seeing that she was more skillful than him, he simply let go and only guided her in removing the scales, gills and internal organs.
Xiao said grilled fish tasted bad before, which must have been because he didn’t know how to prepare it.
Yun acted quickly. After processing the fish, he found some newly grown wild vegetables by the river and picked a small handful.
Wu Yue looked at these wild vegetables carefully. They were all plants he didn't recognize, but he could clearly smell that some of them emitted strong aromas, which should be suitable for cooking fish.
Put up the pot, pour in water, salt, chili powder, put in the chopped fish and wild vegetables, and wait for it to be cooked.
It's no wonder that his method is simple. It's really like a good cook cannot cook without rice. Apart from a few packets of chili powder, there was nothing else in his truck of express delivery, such as ginger, garlic, oil, sugar, salt, soy sauce and vinegar.
Even the salt was just that pack of foot bath sea salt.
Fortunately, the fish was very fresh, and the fragrant wild vegetables slightly suppressed the fishy smell, so the stewed soup smelled very fragrant.
Wu Yue deliberately boiled it for a while longer, crushed the meat in the soup with a spatula, and picked out the big bones. There was nothing he could do about the remaining small thorns.
After an hour of boiling, when the wild vegetables were completely tender, he invited everyone to drink from the soup with their cups. Speaking of these cups, although they were washed and carefully preserved after each use, they were still made of paper. After so many soakings, many of them had become rotten, and even those that were still rotten could only be used once or twice at most.
We still need to make some basic bowls and chopsticks. Pottery firing is still a long way off, so we need a strong, easy-to-use and easily available material.
Wu Yue looked towards the forest on the other side of the river. Perhaps a wooden bowl would be a good choice. Although it would take a lot of time to process, just one could solve many problems.
It can be used for drinking soup or water, preserving things, collecting small fruits or seeds, and pounding medicine.
But he couldn't count on this meal now. Fortunately, the paper cups had not been distributed all last time. Wu Yue took out the remaining ones in the space and filled them for everyone, and then filled them all with meat and soup.
"Be careful when eating. Take out even the smallest bones. Do you hear me?" There were still some small bones stuck in the soft and rotten fish meat. He repeatedly reminded them for fear that they would get stuck in their throats.
Fortunately, everyone cherished the delicious fish soup and drank it carefully in small sips, so nothing happened.
"God's messenger, this is delicious! It tastes different from the fish my mother used to give me!" Xiaoshu took a sip of the soup and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Yeah, then you should drink more." Wu Yue smiled at him and drank a glass himself. It tasted really good, although it had some fishy smell, but he had been hungry for the past few days and had long learned not to be picky about food.
While drinking the soup, he suddenly remembered something and asked Xiaoshu, "Xiaoshu, it seems that I only see you and your mother together. Where is your father?"
Xiaoshu shook his head in confusion: "I don't have a father."
Huh? Wu Yue's first reaction was that Xiaoshu's father had died, but seeing the child smiling and not at all sad as he drank his soup, he felt differently.
So the curious Wu Yue asked again: "Haven't you seen your father? Didn't your mother tell you who he is?" Did Yun and that man break up because of a breakdown in their relationship?
The little tree nodded and shook its head, saying, "My mother said that my father came from another tribe to trade for salt. My mother liked his height, so she got together with him and had me. Later, my father and his people traded for salt and left. My mother said that this is how our Sharp Tooth Tribe grew slowly."
Wu Yue was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.
No wonder this tribe has more women than men. Wu Yue recalled the custom of walking marriage in his hometown. It seems this tribe is somewhat matriarchal. From a long time ago, women from the tribe have married men from other tribes and produced children. Most children only know their mothers but not their fathers, and are closer to their sisters and nephews. This way, most people in the tribe are closely related by blood, and the bond is strong, without the genetic problems that inbreeding can cause in the next generation.
After all, a child born by a mother is definitely her own, but a man cannot guarantee that the child born by the woman he is in love with is definitely his own. After all, this is a primitive society with relatively chaotic relationships.
Although Wu Yue himself could not accept it, he felt that this was also good. At least these women were not bound by feudal shackles.
Wu Yue will have to farm, build houses, raise animals, burn pottery, make weapons, and make clothes... He needs a lot of labor, and these women are all very good. He doesn't want them to bind their feet and stay in the house without going out.
However, if the economy develops in the future, the marriage system will have to be promoted for the sake of stability. After all, I am a "messenger of God", so I will say that God supports people to form partnerships and raise children together, but they can also separate if the relationship breaks down.
Wu Yue nodded secretly, but he didn't know that the Sharp Tooth Tribe had a partner system, but only a few people would decide to become partners.
Forming a partnership in the presence of the gods, sharing food and fur, raising children together, and never parting is a bit difficult for primitive people who follow their free will.
After everyone had a delicious meal of fish soup together, Wu Yue saw that everyone was fine, so he simply told them about his idea of making wooden bowls.
Although the ones left behind were women and the wounded, these well-fed women were quite strong. When they saw the messenger's request, someone immediately picked up a stone axe and went to chop down trees.
The tree, about as thick as a thigh, was chopped down with dozens of axes, and then chopped into pieces slightly longer than a palm.
Wu Yue picked up a piece and took a look. The wood was quite hard and it seemed that it would take a lot of time to polish it.
The only tool for polishing is naturally a stone knife. A hole is drilled into a cross section, and then the hole is enlarged little by little until it forms a bamboo tube shape.
It would be great if we had bamboo. We could just cut it and make a bowl. Wu Yue, whose hands were covered with blisters, sighed again.
After struggling for a long time without catching any, Wu Yue gradually lost his patience and simply gave up and went back to the river to fish, under the pretext of "preparing food for the soldiers who would be returning later."
This was the scene that Xiao and the others who hurried back saw.
Wu Yue was startled when he saw them coming back. He quickly went up to the blood-covered Xiao and asked, "What's wrong? Are you okay? Why are you covered in blood? Is it..."
Only a dozen people came back, and they were all covered in blood. Could it be that they lost?
Xiao looked down and realized how scary he looked. He quickly said, "It's okay. It's all the blood of the Hyena Tribe. We won. We took back the tribe!"
The people who were watching this side with worry and dared not speak suddenly became excited and rushed forward to surround the dozen or so people.
"We won!? We rescued the rest of the tribe?"
"Really? You killed all the hyenas!?"
"Where is my sister? Have you seen my sister Cao? Is she still alive?"
Regardless of the excitement over there, Wu Yue breathed a sigh of relief, but also pulled Xiao out of the crowd.
Lowering his voice, he asked, "What are the casualties?"
Xiao's originally joyful and excited heart sank, and he sighed softly: "Many were injured, and three died."
"As expected..." Wu Yue felt a little heavy-hearted. They were still alive when he sent them away this morning, but in just one day...
Patting his shoulder reassuringly, he said, "They were both amazing warriors. They killed many hyenas before they died. We will remember them and thank them."
Wu Yue nodded silently, not knowing what to say, so he pointed to the soup pot and said, "You've worked hard all day. There's fish soup in the pot. Have some, but be careful of the fish bones."
Xiao nodded and said, "After we finish eating, let's head back to the tribe. After all, there are still dozens of hyenas escaping outside. It's not safe here."
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