Chapter 124 Primitive Society, Matriarchal Clan
Let me explain this in two ways.
Chen Jinyue had just seen Jiang Qian'an off and disinfected the entire courtyard when he welcomed the second customer.
It was the primitive man from before.
The other person looked stunned and had a dull expression, as if he didn't expect to bump into her.
Chen Jinyue was also surprised. He didn't expect her to appear suddenly.
Their eyes met.
The primitive man took action first.
She threw the bag she was carrying into the yard and quickly ran towards the row of farm tools against the wall.
Even in a hurry, she still found that there were more farm tools here.
She grabbed the nearest few and prepared to repeat her old trick and run away.
This time Chen Jinyue didn't let her succeed.
With a slight movement of the mind, the door closed.
"Bang!"
The woman was caught off guard and knocked down the door, falling to the ground.
She instinctively thought it was the work of the strange woman in this residence, and she turned around and subconsciously exclaimed, "What did you do?!"
"Um?"
Chen Jinyue was a little delighted, "You can talk!"
She had already thought about how she would communicate with her if they couldn't communicate in the same language.
It can be seen that although this primitive man behaves barbarically, he is reasonable and knows how to exchange goods...
"It's easier to get things done if you can talk. This is the Spacetime Exchange. You can exchange for what you want, but the transaction requires mutual consent. You can't trade like this."
As Chen Jinyue spoke, he walked over and picked up a bag she had thrown on the ground.
Inside was something the size of a grain of rice, with a rough red and yellow surface and four distinctly raised longitudinal ridges, the upper end slightly blunt and rounded, and the lower end slightly pointed.
Is this the food they have?
It may be very precious to people in primitive tribes.
But it was of no use to her.
"What tribe is this about time and space trading? Are you really willing to exchange farm tools for me?" Si Yu looked at her with caution and suspicion.
The surrounding tribes, big or small, refused to lend them farm tools.
She had never heard of this tribe.
The farm tools I brought back that day were indeed useful.
But it's just too little.
The corn was overripe, and their own farm tools were difficult to use, so they would push too hard and a lot of grain would fall into the fields.
When you return the farm tools, you must also give a copy to this person.
All in all, it’s no different from last winter.
After much deliberation, Si Yu decided to take the tribe's precious bag of food and walk into the cave, intending to use the same method she had used the first time to take away some farm tools...
"The Space-Time Exchange is not a tribe."
Chen Jinyue didn't explain further to her, but simply said, "If you want farm tools, why don't we sit down and talk?"
…
The two walked into the reception room of the exchange one after the other.
Chen Jinyue brought her a bottle of honey grapefruit tea, then pulled out a chair and sat down.
Si Yu has been looking around since she came in.
This house is so exquisitely built, this woman is definitely not an ordinary person.
Could he be the leader of some big tribe?
But why would the leader of a large tribe live in a cave?
She looked at the drinks on the table in front of her, then glanced at Chen Jinyue. She followed her example, pulled out a chair, and sat down stiffly.
Chen Jinyue unscrewed the drink bottle, took a sip, and then looked at her quietly.
Si Yu pursed her cracked lips, swallowed her saliva, and spoke awkwardly.
"I have nothing to exchange with you."
"It's for you."
Chen Jinyue easily unscrewed the bottle cap and handed it to him.
Si Yu looked at her doubtfully, picked up the bottle, smelled it, and then took a sip.
The next second, his eyes lit up.
She tilted her head back and took a big sip.
"What kind of water is this?"
"drinks."
Chen Jinyue casually explained and said, "Let's get to know each other. My name is Chen Jinyue, and I'm the boss here. If you need anything, you can come to me for exchange."
When Si Yu heard that she could exchange things, she excitedly said her name, "Can I exchange anything? How much can I exchange?"
Chen Jinyue nodded, "I will do my best to meet your requirements."
"I want farm tools! I want all those out there!"
"No problem, but you have to give me what I want. The animal fang from last time won't do."
“…”
Si Yu's excited heart cooled down.
She knew it wouldn't be that easy. Borrowing things from a large tribe was very expensive. "We really don't have any extra food. If you ask for too much, we'll starve to death..."
"I don't want food." Chen Jinyue quickly corrected.
Facing the other party's surprised eyes, she emphasized, "I don't want food. Tell me about the situation of your tribe."
Si Yu was a little puzzled. She lived not far away, so how could she not know about the miserable situation of their tribe?
But since she doesn't want food anymore, it's okay for her to answer.
From Si Yu's words, Chen Jinyue roughly summarized some key information -
They are now a primitive society.
matriarchal clan.
Women are in a dominant position.
Because she was tricked by her brother, their tribe has now lost its farm tools and only has 900 people left.
And most of them are 'useless' men.
When the surrounding tribes learned of their plight, they united and wanted to take the opportunity to annex them.
The fate of being swallowed up is not much better than starving to death, so Si Yu is still holding on...
"Did you grow a lot of grain? Are the farm tools outside enough? Aren't all nine hundred people going out to work?" Chen Jinyue asked carefully.
"Not a lot. Enough for the farm tools to be used in rotation. Not all of them go out to work."
"Why don't you all go out to work during harvest time?"
“Because we don’t have enough farm tools.”
“…”
Chen Jinyue was speechless for a moment. "I'll take care of all the farm tools. Go out and pick out which one you need. Give me a number and I'll bring it to you."
Si Yu was delighted, "Besides the ones outside, you also have a lot of farm tools?!"
Chen Jinyue nodded, "That's right, but I won't give it to you for free."
Si Yu reacted, "If you don't want food, what do you want?"
Is there anything more expensive than food?
Chen Jinyue was prepared from the moment she first came in. He took out his cell phone and showed her a picture.
"Do you have this?"
Si Yu looked at the picture and asked doubtfully, "Life?"
Chen Jinyue was surprised, "You know him?"
"A long time ago, a pair of brothers from the tribe went hunting in the mountains. They were trapped by heavy snow. They relied on burning wild game and digging up this grass root to replenish their energy. After they emerged from the mountains, the tribe leader learned that this grass had helped them survive, so he named it 'Life'..."
Si Yu paused, then said honestly, "But this doesn't taste good. It will make people bleed from the nose, and eating too much can even kill people. We don't dare to eat it."
Last year, when they were starving, someone in their tribe came up with this idea, but ended up eating himself to death.
Chen Jinyue suddenly realized that this was the "life".
She made a prompt decision.
"I want this. Take this and trade it for farm tools. I'll give you as much as you want."
"Do you mean what you say?!"
Si Yu was overjoyed. She didn't expect that she wanted such a useless thing.
Chen Jinyue nodded and said, "Okay, go out and pick out what tools you need."
Si Yu quickly got up, not forgetting to take the bottle of honey grapefruit tea, and ran to the yard to show it to her.
"I want this kind."
She was referring to a sickle. A sickle would be more convenient and faster for harvesting.
This one is very sharp, so just be careful and don't drop too much.
"Okay, I'll give you nine hundred sickles, and you bring me some ginseng to exchange with me tomorrow around this time." She paused, "Do you have much ginseng there?"
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