Qiao Yu went to the valley tribe to stay for a few days in advance, one of his purposes was to look for some hairy sweet potato seedlings.
It was only mid-spring when the women and children moved in. Although the temperature had warmed, some of the yams that had been buried and not dug up had sprouted, but not all of them had. Furthermore, even a few tiny sprouts could be overlooked without careful identification.
So she decided to look again to see if there were any fish that had slipped through the net.
If she couldn't find any hairy sweet potato seedlings in the wild, she planned to dig up these six and take them to the trade fair to exchange them for hemp seedlings.
Fortunately, in the field where everyone was digging sweet potatoes, Qiao Yu found more than a dozen sweet potato seedlings.
The men also had a great harvest at the old trap. Apart from the beasts that had been trapped there for a long time and could no longer be eaten, there were also seven beasts that had fallen in the last two days and were still edible.
In primitive times, the heat island effect hadn't yet occurred. Even now, in late May or early June, the weather was still cool in the mornings and evenings, and neither hot during the day. Meat could be cut, salted, and brought to a trade fair, still edible.
After staying in the valley tribe for a few days, Qiao Yu estimated that the time was about right, so he prepared to set off.
Before setting off, she warned the people of the former Stonehenge tribe, "Dian, you and Qiang are going to trade with your companions for dried meat and animal skins. Just like last year, they are superficially warm to us, but they are actually hostile."
Everyone in the former Stone Tribe blushed.
Especially strong.
When he was with Shuo last year, he thought that the people in the Valley Tribe were all a bunch of idiots. He kept fooling others and was proud of it. He didn't expect that everything he did was seen by others.
Qiao Yu turned to the people from the former Valley Tribe and said, "Straw sandals and shrimp powder are new things, things that have never appeared before, so they will definitely attract some attention. This is why I asked more than 30 of you to come to the trade fair. But don't panic. Don't be too weak or too tough. Be strategic in what you say and do. If you are not good at talking, don't speak. Let those who are good at talking do it, so as to avoid causing conflicts."
"Yu, are you still dressed as an ordinary little boy this time?" asked Shu.
"That's right," Qiao Yu said. "If we hide our strength and don't let anyone find out our true strength, we can seize the initiative."
The people of the former Stone Tribe looked strange again.
They had suffered such a loss during the snow season. They felt aggrieved at the time, but now that Yu was using the same trick against others, they felt secretly pleased. Why was that?
"Shu is still the boss. If Ming or anyone else asks, just say my father's injury never healed, so Shu became the leader."
Qiao Yu said, and then looked towards the original Big Stone Tribe: "You guys said Shuo died and Dian became the leader."
Although it was a bit too coincidental that the two tribes changed their leaders at the same time, since they didn't go to the mountains during the snow season, it was normal for the valley tribe to change its leader.
As for the Stone Tribe, a few deaths while hunting were perfectly normal these days. Especially in smaller tribes, the leader had to lead the hunt and was always at the forefront when faced with danger. Shuo's death while hunting, and a new leader taking over, was perfectly normal. Ming and the others probably wouldn't suspect anything.
After everything was arranged, everyone set off the next day, one after the other.
Dian took the original people of the Stone Tribe and left first. Half a day later, Qiao Yu and his group set off.
At noon and evening on the third day, the two tribes appeared at the trade fair one after another.
Sure enough, the Sun Tribe's trade fair had already been going on for a few days, and they arrived a day later than during the snow season.
Looking at the stalls, Dian and the others who had arrived half a day earlier were still at their stall below Ming and his from Shanyin Tribe, even in the exact same position. The people at the two stalls were chatting animatedly.
Seeing Shu and his group, Ming turned around and greeted them warmly. Glancing at the crowd and not seeing Shan, he asked with concern, "Shu, why isn't your brother here again?"
Shu smiled and said, "His injury hasn't healed yet."
"Huh?" Ming asked worriedly, "Where is he injured? Why hasn't he healed in such a long time?"
Man interjected, "Shan injured his leg, so he passed the leadership to Shu. Now Shu is our leader."
"Is that so?" Ming's face was smiling again. "Congratulations, Shu."
Shu waved his hand without saying anything, lowered his head to untie the rope tied to the wicker basket, and directed everyone to take out the things and put them on the table.
Everyone did things in an orderly manner.
Some picked up stones to build a stove, some spread thatch, and some took out pottery from rattan baskets and placed them one by one on the thatch.
With the preparation they'd made during the snowy season, the pottery they produced this time was much better than before. While still uneven in thickness, it was at least free of cracks, and patterns were painted on it using tree branches. Besides the bowls, they also produced pots.
In a short while, half of the bunk was filled.
When Ming saw these pottery pieces, he opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he closed his mouth and returned to his stall.
But the next moment he regretted coming back too early.
What was that thing that the Valley Tribe took out? He didn't seem to have seen it before. But across the road, he wanted to know like a cat scratching, but he couldn't see clearly.
He turned and glanced at the people of the Stone Tribe.
He remembered that during the snowy season, Shuo of the Stone Tribe had been extremely welcoming to the people of the Valley Tribe, and he had even followed them to the Valley Tribe's headquarters. Based on Ming's years of experience in internal strife within his own tribe, he felt that Shuo had no good intentions towards the Valley Tribe, but rather had other plans.
Now that Shuo was dead, would the Stone Tribe, which was similar to the Valley Tribe, just sit there and watch as the Valley Tribe developed better and better than them?
So Ming did not rush over, but stood quietly by and watched, intending to wait for the Stone Tribe to find out the strength of the Valley Tribe.
But there was no movement from the Stone Tribe.
"Dian, didn't Yu tell us to pretend like before? Why don't we go and talk to them now?" someone asked Dian quietly.
Dian shook his head: "Don't you see the situation clearly? We are the ones who are arguing with the other side and letting them take advantage of us? Isn't that stupid?"
Seeing that the man wanted to say something, Qiang said, "Don't worry, Yu definitely agrees with us doing this."
After spending a few months together, they had gotten to know Qiao Yu pretty well. Qiao Yu didn't like people who were rigid and inflexible.
Across the road, Qiao Yu looked at Ming, who was looking anxious, and said to him, "I'm afraid there will be changes in the Shanyin tribe in the near future."
During the snowy season, Ming still appeared benign and gentle. Though he was forced by his tribe to set up shop next to theirs, and though he had a curiosity about the Valley and Stone Tribes, his words and actions were composed, as if he was considering the long-term.
Now he is behaving out of character, which shows that the internal struggle of the Shanyin tribe is about to become intense and the result is about to come out.
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