Fortunately, Man and Liushui insisted that this was a tribal rule and refused to give in no matter how much they made a fuss - of course, for a financial matter like this, they couldn't give in without Qiao Yu's permission.
In front of the circle of houses next to the top of the mountain, Shan, Lu and others were sitting by the pile with Ming, Hui and Heiye, drinking soup and talking.
While talking to Elder Hui, Lu was secretly proud of himself: Look, let Man and Liushui resettle the people of Shanyin tribe. They will split into two groups, keep a close eye on Ming and others, and separate them from the ordinary people of Shanyin tribe, so the people of Shanyin tribe will not be able to cause trouble.
Before he could finish feeling proud, he heard Cang say that the women of the Shanyin tribe were making trouble and asked Ming and others to go there.
Lu's smile froze, and his eyes were full of surprise when he looked at Hui.
Elder Hui was not in a hurry. He put down the bowl of soup in his hand and asked Cang, "Do you know what they are doing?"
"They didn't have ceramic bowls and wanted to drink soup, so they asked Man to give them bowls. But they were reluctant to exchange dried meat for ceramic bowls. The ceramic bowls in our tribe had to be exchanged for dried meat, so it was naturally impossible for us to just give them to them. So they started to make a fuss and pointed at Man's nose and cursed him." Cang said.
Shan Helu and others looked very unhappy.
"Did they really say that? They really didn't want to give them the dried meat and just filled up the pottery bowls?" Elder Hui looked at Cang with suspicion, then said firmly, "People in our tribe shouldn't be so unreasonable."
Cang's expression froze, and he had no choice but to repeat what the women said.
"I told you, they're not unreasonable people."
Elder Hui said, then turned to face Lu and said, "I'm not saying anything, but young people are just not as prudent as us. These women are in the tribe and won't run away. Since we have pottery bowls, why not give them to them first? If they don't take out the dried meat later, we can just deduct it when we divide the meat, or ask them to return the pottery bowls. They won't deny it anyway."
"That won't do. Who will be held responsible if the pottery bowl is broken? The tribe has its own rules, and we must abide by them." Shan said seriously, "Although Yu Heman and the others are young, they are very reliable. We trust them to do things."
"That's right." Lu said, "Yu is so smart. She was able to bring you back safely. The people in your tribe haven't even scratched a scratch. If she can't do things reliably, who can?"
Elder Hui was about to stir up the elders' discontent with the young leader, but Lu unexpectedly defended Yu. Shi, standing beside him, nodded frequently. Although Huo remained silent, he didn't betray any discontent with Yu.
He couldn't help but say: "You are right."
Seeing that they were talking too much, Cang became anxious and interrupted, "Yu said that he wanted Elders Ming and Hui to go down there and try to persuade those women. You should go quickly. If the people in our tribe knew about this, I'm afraid there would be a commotion."
Having said that, Elder Hui had no choice but to stand up and said to Ming, who was already fidgeting and blushing, "Then let's go and take a look."
Ming stood up hurriedly and said, "Yes, let's go and take a look." Without even saying hello to Shan and the others, he walked straight down the mountain with hurried and flustered steps.
Elder Hui quickly made amends and explained to everyone, "Ming is in a hurry to deal with it, so he'll go ahead. Shan, Lu, do you want to go and take a look together?"
"Let's go." Shan nodded.
The group went down the mountain and not long after, they saw a group of people gathered there from a distance. When they got closer, they heard a woman's sharp voice, and she sounded quite excited.
Mingben was walking in front and quickened his pace. He soon reached the edge of the crowd and shouted, "What are you doing?"
The noisy crowd suddenly quieted down, and the women all looked towards Ming. Then the woman who had been making the most noise said, "Ming, you've come at the perfect time. We..."
She repeated the same old story to Ming again, saying, "You have to talk to them nicely on our behalf. They can't bully us just because we're new here."
"Alright." Qiao Yu walked out of the crowd and stood in front of the woman. "I've been listening here for a long time. Don't say those things. If you are dissatisfied with the conditions of our Dragon Tribe and feel that we are bullying you, you can just leave."
The woman took one look at Qiao Yu and saw she was a girl of about fourteen or fifteen. She looked very unfamiliar and clearly not from their Shanyin tribe. She couldn't help but curl her lips and said, "Who are you? It's not your place to interrupt us."
"This is our leader." Man said loudly.
Shan, Hui, and the others had also approached. Seeing the woman yelling at his daughter, Shan was immediately furious. He also understood Qiao Yu's intentions and knew she was going to use force and would not go easy on these people. He immediately shouted, "If you are dissatisfied, get out of here."
His roar was so powerful that everyone present fell silent.
"Liu Shui, go and call all the men in our tribe." Qiao Yu said.
"Yes." Liushui agreed, turned around and ran. After running a few steps, he took out a bamboo whistle from his arms and blew it hard.
As the whistle blew, the whole residential area was in an uproar. Men and women ran out of their houses and gathered in front of the running water. Soon, many teams were formed and each team began to count.
This heroic figure seemed to be ready for a fight, which scared the people of the Shanyin tribe.
"Yu, what do you mean?" Elder Hui said in panic.
Qiao Yu ignored him and stood there watching each team report their numbers.
Until Liushui came over to report: "Report to the leader, all 142 warriors of the Dragon Tribe have assembled. Please give your instructions."
"Stay where you are and wait." Qiao Yu said.
"Yes." Liu Shui saluted and returned to the front of the team.
Qiao Yu then said to Ming and Hui, "Take your people and leave our tribe now. Immediately."
Ming's face was pale and his lips were trembling so much that he couldn't speak.
Elder Hui feigned composure and said, "When we came here, you said you would let us merge in. What do you want to do now?"
Qiao Yu said coldly, "Don't think I don't know what you're doing. You're sending these women here to pester us, just to make us compromise. Today, we take a step back, and you take a step forward. After a few times, you'll be able to seize the right to speak for the tribe."
Ming moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something.
"Ming, don't say you don't want to be the leader." Qiao Yu's words choked him. "You don't want to be the leader, but Elder Hui and the others do. Back in the Shanyin Tribe, weren't they the ones who pushed you up step by step, so you couldn't get down? Were they the ones who were giving you advice and instigating you this time? You didn't want to, but in the end, you let them do it anyway."
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