After hearing this, Qiao Yu felt relieved.
As long as Shan doesn't seek death now, it will be fine.
As long as he doesn't die now, he will never seek death again in the future.
She would ensure that the tribesmen had enough food and clothing, and no one would starve to death due to lack of food. She would also assign some management tasks to the mountain, so that the mountain could demonstrate its value.
As long as he feels that he is not a useless person who is a burden to his children, he will no longer have the idea of ​​committing suicide.
She raised her eyes and said to Lu, "Thank you for your concern, Grandpa. The more people Huo can mobilize, the better it will be for me. Because I'm a woman, many people will definitely not accept my position as leader. Even if they are frightened by the tiger beating incident now, they will still be unwilling to accept it if Huo and Qinglang mobilize them later. Instead of dealing with them later, it's better to defeat them now."
Shan nodded approvingly: "Yu is right." He turned to Lu, "Uncle, don't worry."
Lu laughed: "Hearing what you said, I feel relieved. Grandpa believes that Yu must be a leader as capable as your father."
He came out of the cave and went straight home.
Aside from a few natural caves, all the others were dug by locals. Caves that were too wide or too high were prone to collapse. Therefore, a custom was formed in the tribe: when a son reached adulthood, he would find a place nearby to dig a cave, so that he would have a place to live when he started a family.
Of course, if the grandparents are gone, the grandchildren can inherit the cave and live in it without having to spend time and energy to dig the cave.
Lu's son Yin lived with his wife in the cave where Lu's parents used to live, next to his cave.
Lu's wife died of illness a long time ago, and he lived alone in a cave. The rock was too big, and it was inconvenient for him to live in the same cave with his parents, so he moved to Lu's side and lived with him.
When Lu got home, he saw Yan sitting in front of the cave eating barbecue. He frowned and said in a deep voice, "What have you been doing these past two days? Shan was injured, and Yu encountered such a difficult situation. Where were you? Today, everyone nominated her to be the leader. Why didn't you say anything?"
"I..." Yan stammered and lowered his head without saying anything else.
Seeing him like this, Lu kicked him hard in hatred, and Yan screamed "Ah".
Seeing Lu coming back from afar, Yan's mother and Yin's wife Xiang were standing at the entrance of their cave, paying attention to the movements here.
Seeing her son being kicked, she quickly ran over to explain, "Father, Yan was injured while hunting a tiger the day before yesterday. I told him to stay home and recuperate, and not to move around. You know, he got injured saving Shan, and I think Shan and Yu will understand. He couldn't even go hunting today."
Lu glanced at Xiang with dissatisfaction: "The tree's injuries are more serious than his. They all know to guard the mountain and even carry it in and out. What's Yan's injury?"
As he said this he walked into the cave.
Yan was not in the mood to eat barbecue. He followed him inside and was silent for a long time before saying, "My mother told me that Shan was injured and could not hunt anymore. If I marry Yu, I will have to support their family of three. That's why she didn't let me go out these past two days."
Lu Qi laughed: "So it's all your fault, Am, right?"
Yan was silent for a while: "I also don't think I can support so many people."
He raised his eyes and looked at the road: "I have to support Grandpa and Mom, and when my father gets old, I have to support him too. If I have children, there will be even more people to support. If I add Shan's family of three, I definitely won't be able to support them. I'm scared just thinking about that kind of life."
"I don't need you to support me," Lu said angrily. "When there's no food in winter, I'll go find a place with Shan to die, and I won't bring any trouble to you."
Yan held his head and sat on the straw mat, saying sadly: "You know I won't let you do this."
Lu looked at his grandson and sighed deeply.
He knew that facing such a heavy burden, even Yin, who was in his prime, would be afraid, let alone Yan, who was not even sixteen years old. His hesitation and confusion were understandable.
He softened his tone and asked, "Now that Yu is so powerful, she wants to be the leader. What are you going to do next?"
Yan looked up, his face full of confusion: "I don't know."
Ever since Tianshan was lifted up, he stayed at home and never saw Yu again.
In his impression, Yu doesn't like to talk much in front of others, but in front of her family, she is very lively and loves to laugh.
He liked Yu because she was the most beautiful girl in the tribe and her father was the chief. If he married her, all the men in the tribe would envy him. Besides, Yu had such a good temper.
But after only two days, Shan was injured, Yu went to fight a tiger, and it was said that he even pulled out a tree that required three or four people to lift in front of everyone. And she still wanted to be the leader.
Is this really the Yu he knows?
If she became the leader, would she have to go hunting with the men? Would she still have to take care of the tribe's affairs every day? Would she have time to stay at home and take care of the family's food and drink and the children like her mother did?
"Anyway, I like Yu very much, and I hope you can marry her. There is no better girl in the tribe than her." After Lu finished speaking, he ignored him and went out to chat with Shi with his hands behind his back.
After Qiao Yu fed Shan some broth and ate a piece of barbecue himself, he saw that Shan looked more energetic and his face was no longer as pale as it had been in the evening. He then felt relieved and planned to let Shu carry him out.
It was already dark and a bonfire was burning outside.
Xiaoquan went out for a while, took the straw mat and spread it outside. When he came back, he urged Qiao Yu: "Sister, Father, let's go over there. Everyone is waiting over there."
"Okay, let's go." Qiao Yu nodded to the tree, "Thank you, uncle."
Shu carried Shan on his back, out of the cave, to the campfire, and placed him on the straw mat that Koizumi had laid, letting him half lean and half lie there.
"The mountain is coming."
"Shan and Yu are here."
Everyone was originally talking and discussing, but when they saw Shan and Qiao Yu coming out together, they all shut up. The open space gradually became quiet, with only the crackling sound of the fire in the middle.
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