Yan said with admiration: "How did we come up with this? This was all thought of by Yu and told us."
His attitude toward Qiao Yu had gone through a long psychological journey, from looking down on him before Qiao Yu came through to looking up to him now. The more he interacted with her, the more he realized the gap between them was as vast as the difference between heaven and earth. His former self perfectly exemplified the concept of not knowing how high the sky was and how deep the earth was.
It was flood season, and as the weather warmed, the snow on the mountains continued to melt. This meltwater rushed into the river, increasing the river's volume and boosting the raft's speed downstream. In less than four days, the raft came to rest at the foot of a cliff behind the Xintu Village.
Man had been sending people to watch from the cliff, and he saw the raft team coming back from afar. When the raft docked, he had already been waiting on the shore with his men.
"Come on, everyone, be careful and get off the boat slowly."
"Give us the things, and you just hold on to the vines beside the path and climb up. The path is wide enough for two people to walk, so if you have trouble walking, you can ask your family for support."
Following Qiao Yu's instructions, they drove tree stumps into the path at intervals on both sides and used several strong vines to create two guardrails, so that everyone could use the vines to gain support and climb up. These stumps and vines would be removed in the future, and no steps were cut into the path to avoid attracting outsiders' attention and letting them know that there was a path leading to the interior of the tribe.
After climbing up the cliff path and walking along a section of uncleaned road, you will see a normally open area.
"This is the planting area. Over there is the breeding area. The livestock will be sent there soon." The men explained the layout of the new tribe to their families.
"This place is so spacious." Everyone exclaimed.
"Yes. Yu said that we should plant crops such as yams and chestnuts in the planting area, and then raise and breed wild animals, so that we will have food to eat without leaving the tribe." The men said proudly.
Everyone exclaimed in admiration again.
After walking for a while, the men pointed ahead and said, "Look, we're here. That's the house we're going to live in from now on."
Everyone looked up and opened their mouths wide.
That area should have been a fairly large hillside. But now it was surrounded by circles of identical houses. Because they were neatly arranged, rising in circles, and the highest building in the center was magnificently constructed, from afar the hillside looked like a pagoda, magnificent and beautiful.
If you don't go closer to take a closer look, but just watch from afar, even modern people who come here will marvel at the builders' ingenuity.
"What is this?" someone exclaimed.
"Is this the house?"
"How did you build this? It's amazing, isn't it?"
"Is this where the gods live?"
Qiao Yu followed everyone's gaze and saw rows of very simple adobe houses. Due to time constraints, each family had only built three main rooms to accommodate their families. As for the side rooms, back houses, and courtyards, they planned to build them after the spring plowing was completed. To Qiao Yu, these houses were not much different from slums, except for their neatness.
But in the eyes of these primitive people who had never seen the world, it became the place where gods lived. Qiao Yu was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Do gods live in places like this?
"Men from each household, take your families to your own houses and put down your belongings. For those of you in the farming team and women without men, your houses are upstairs, just below those of the assistant officer and the four elders. Go ahead, everyone, take a look around the houses and put down your belongings."
As Qiao Yu spoke, he held onto Shan and led Xiaoquan, who was carrying a load, to continue walking forward.
At the foot of the hillside is a flat open space as big as a football field, which can accommodate hundreds of people for gatherings.
After the flat ground, you'll have to go uphill. However, because the slope is large and the gradient is gentle, you won't feel like you're climbing from the bottom of the mountain. Even walking from the foot of the mountain to the top takes only a short time and isn't tiring.
To make it easier for the horses to gallop, Qiao Yu didn't have the road paved with steps. Instead, he left a two-lane dirt road in the middle. The road was well-maintained and very flat, so Shan didn't find it difficult to walk even with a cane.
Qiao Yu helped him walk up the stairs while explaining, "Father, Koizumi will eventually get married, and it won't be good for me to live with you guys anymore. So I have another place to live, right above you, just a few dozen steps away."
Although Shan was reluctant to let Qiao Yu move out, he also understood her: "You are the leader, you should have a separate place to live. Anyway, it's not far away, it's almost the same as living together."
When he was the leader, he had to deal with many trivial matters in the tribe, such as conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, fights between husband and wife, discord between brothers, and many other troubles.
If Qiao Yu continues to live with Koizumi, it would be fine if Koizumi's wife is sensible, but if she is not, then after his daughter has taken care of the affairs of the tribe, does she have to go home to deal with the affairs of her brother's wife?
As the leader, she always gets the lion's share when things are divided. Will all of this go to her brother to raise his children? Over time, will the Koizumi couple take her things for granted as their own?
Although Shan believed that his son was not that kind of bastard, people would change. After a long time, who knew?
All in all, living together is trouble.
"I'm glad you understand, Father." Qiao Yu was very happy to see that Shan was understanding and reasonable.
By this time they had reached the circle of houses where the elders were.
"All the courtyards are exactly the same, there is no difference. You can live in whichever one you want." Qiao Yu said.
Originally, Man and Liushui's current status was higher than that of the four elders, so they should have chosen the house first. However, out of respect for Shan, the former leader and the father of the current leader, Man and Liushui insisted on waiting for them to choose the house before choosing.
Shan is very thoughtful in his considerations.
Walking up the road from below, he saw that the courtyards on both sides of the road were where the team leaders lived, so he consciously chose one of the inner courtyards. "Man and Liu Ping have to deal with things all the time, and they have to go in and out. It's not convenient to live in the houses inside. Let them live in the houses on the roadside, and we will stay inside."
"Then I'll live right next to you." Lu chose the house next to Shan.
Shi followed closely behind.
Huo's face looked a little bad, and he chose the one inside the stone.
Qiao Yu didn't care which room they chose. When Shan had chosen one, he led him into the yard.
"Wow, this is too good to be true?" Koizumi exclaimed before Shan could say anything.
"It's surrounded on all sides. Once the door is closed, the wild animals can't run in. It's great. And it's so bright that we can burn a big fire here without getting smoked." He cheered.
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