Elders Ming and Hui were not arranged on Qiao Yu's ship, but were accompanied by Man Heshu and stayed in another ship.
The people of Shanyin tribe felt it was magical to see that the raft did not sink, but obeyed the men's commands. The men told it to stop, move, and go in any direction it wanted.
"Is this called a raft?" Ming asked Man after touching the raft which still had the bark on it.
"Yes." Man said, "Yu came up with it and led us to build it."
Ming sighed, "Yu is really smart."
"That's right." His face was full of pride.
"How old is Yu this year? Has he been so smart since he was a child?" Elder Hui asked curiously.
"Fourteen years old." Man decided to throw another bomb.
He shook his head: "Because Yu is a woman, she follows the group of women to the mountains to gather all day long. Her father Shan takes care of the affairs of the tribe, so she doesn't have to worry about anything. That's why her intelligence has not been revealed before.
"What?" Elder Ming and Elder Hui screamed.
Man didn't say anything, just smiled at them.
If he didn't tell them, Ming and the others would still know Qiao Yu was a woman when they returned to the tribe. Rather than causing a scene in front of the entire tribe, it would be better to let them digest the news now.
Anyway, they were already on the boat, so even if they didn't want to go to the Dragon Tribe now, it was not up to them. Unless they jumped into the water and swam to the shore themselves.
"You mean, Yu is a woman?" Elder Hui still couldn't believe his ears.
"Yes." Man said.
Hui looked at the tree.
The tree nodded.
The people from the Shanyin tribe looked at each other in confusion.
"How could you...how could you let a woman be your leader?" Elder Hui was incredulous. "Does everyone in your tribe obey her?"
A long, long time ago, there was indeed a matriarchal clan here. The tribesmen made a living by gathering, and women had a high status while men had a low status.
Later, however, people gradually began to use stone knives, bone knives, and bone spurs for hunting. Men, due to their greater strength than women, gradually became the main force in obtaining food. In inter-tribal battles, it was the stronger men who held the front.
The tribe valued force, with the strongest becoming leader. Besides gathering, women's primary role was childbearing, and their status gradually declined. When the tribe encountered difficulties, women were the first to be traded away.
And now, Man Heshu told them that the leader of the tribe they were about to join was a woman, a skinny and weak-looking woman of about fourteen or fifteen years old. Not only Elder Hui, but also Ming, Heiye, Kuangfeng and others could not accept this.
"What's wrong with being a woman? As long as she can lead everyone in our tribe to live a good life, she's a good leader." Man said, "You don't understand why the people of the Stone Tribe support Yu so much and listen to her, right? I tell you, it's because Yu has allowed them to live a better life than before."
The people of the Shanyin tribe were silent and did not speak.
Manheshu didn't say anything else.
Man was deeply resentful of the simple pursuit of force and the selection of leaders based on sheer strength. For this reason, he remained largely invisible within the tribe for years. He was most pleased with the Dragon Tribe's emphasis on intelligence. Only those with a sharp mind could earn Yu's trust.
So he didn't tell Ming and others that although Qiao Yu looked thin and small, she was stronger than anyone else.
The raft drifted on the water for several days. Finally, when the Shanyin tribe members could no longer bear it and wanted to ask how long it would take to reach the tribe, the raft finally stopped and the Dragon tribe members announced to them, "We've arrived."
Everyone happily took their belongings and carefully stepped onto the wooden planks to get ashore.
The narrow, steep path leading from the river to the village is lined with small trees. When the trees grow up, ropes or wooden railings strung between their trunks will create handrails. The leaves of these trees will also shade the path. When the time comes, the path will be carved and stepped, making it easier for everyone to go up and down.
It’s just that the small trees have just been planted, and the original ropes have been removed for the tree planting, so this path is a little difficult to walk on.
The men of the Long tribe first carried their loads up the mountain, then turned back to help the people of the Shanyin tribe carry things, or carry children and support the elderly, and only then did they get the group up the mountain.
Fortunately, the road leading to the river was guarded. They went back to call for help, and the people who stayed in the tribe came to help. They fished out the rafts in the river one by one and hid them behind the bushes.
Because this path by the river was right behind the residential area, once everyone climbed up, they looked up and saw layers of houses that looked like pagodas. Everyone was stunned: "This, this is your tribe?"
"Yes." Shu was very proud when he saw Ming and Hui's expressions. "But this is not all of our tribe. It's just the residential area. In addition, we also have orchards, planting areas, breeding areas, and a playground at the foot of the mountain."
Man Congming and the others left and went to report to Qiao Yu: "Yu, I asked, there are a total of 37 families."
He then asked, "How are their living arrangements?"
Qiao Yu said, "There are seventeen houses in the tribe, each with three rooms. There are fifty-one houses in total. Consult with everyone and allocate thirty-seven houses. Each family will occupy one room initially. If a family has more than eight people, give them two rooms. Let them live there first. We'll build houses for them when we have time."
When the houses were first built, the Dragon Tribe did not build them according to the specifications of one household per family, but each man who joined the hunting team had a house.
For example, the Mang family used to live in a cave. After arriving in the Dragon Tribe, Dali and Xiaoli joined the hunting team. In addition to Mang and his wife receiving a house, fifteen-year-old Dali and thirteen-year-old Xiaoli also received separate houses.
To facilitate meals and care for each other, and because each house had three rooms, each quite large, approximately 25 to 30 square meters, Dali and Xiaoli continued to live with their parents. Their house was currently vacant. This house could be vacated for the Shanyin tribe members.
"When you go to coordinate, tell everyone that it would be best if their empty house could be given to the people of the Shanyin tribe to live in in the future. The tribe will build another house for them. To make it up to them, the tribe can give them a set of tables and chairs as compensation." Qiao Yu said.
After she said this, Man understood her intention: "I understand. Letting them live separately is to prevent them from forming small groups and to better integrate them into the tribe."
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