"Yu, when are we going to the big tribe in the north to transport iron ore?" Someone asked Qiao Yu loudly from a distance.
Ever since he made the iron tools for everyone to use, Qiao Yu didn't know how many hundred times he had been asked this question.
This time she didn't give them a perfunctory answer. She calculated the days and said to them, "Let's get ready. We'll set off in a few days."
"Ah, that's great." Several young men cheered and walked away noisily.
Qiao Yu looked at them, a smile on her face, and turned to walk slowly toward the residential area. She was going to discuss with Shan and the others how many people to take to the northern tribe.
"The tribe is very safe now. Even if the men are not in the tribe, the women and disabled people like us can still guard the tribe. But you don't know what you will encounter there, whether you will be discovered, or whether there will be conflicts. So I think you should bring as many people as possible so that you can have a certain resistance." Shan Dao.
"Yes. Iron ore is so important to us. If there is a lot of iron ore there, but not enough of our people go there and can't bring it back, wouldn't we regret it to death?" Shi Ye said.
"I agree with Shan and Shi. It's always a good idea to bring more people." Lu said, "We shouldn't be in trouble in the tribe."
"Yes, take them all." For the first time, Huo actively responded to everyone.
The mountain glanced at the fire.
Don't think he doesn't know Huo's little tricks. If Qiao Yu only takes a part of the people with him, or even if he takes most of them and leaves only a small part, then Qinglang will definitely have to stay in the tribe.
But if Qiao Yu takes everyone with him, Qinglang naturally cannot be left behind.
Although Qiao Yu didn't value Qing Lang, she couldn't exclude him too much. It would be bad for her if the tribesmen thought Qiao Yu was too narrow-minded.
Qiao Yu said, "Boys under the age of twelve stay here, and the rest follow me."
Everyone nodded: "That's fine."
Twelve-year-old boys don't have much strength. Not only would they be of no help, they might even be a hindrance. The tribe has a lot of things to do. Keeping them here would also be a great help.
"That's settled then." Qiao Yu turned to look at Man and Liu Shui, "Go notify the teams and tell them to prepare and bring enough dried meat to last them ten days."
"Ten days? That's not enough, right? Not to mention bringing more, we need to bring enough food for at least this month, right?" Shan asked.
They are going to a big tribe to steal things, and they will face pursuit when the time comes. They will not have the time and energy to hunt for food while escaping.
Qiao Yu shook his head. "It's still hot, and if we take too much dried meat, it won't keep. Besides, the tribe doesn't have much dried meat left. If we take it all, and no one comes to hunt, the people left in the tribe will have to rely on slaughtering animals from the farm to survive. But I need to keep the animals from the farm to breed and store for the winter. If we take at least twenty days' worth of dried meat, and add some wild vegetables and fruits from the tribe, we'll have enough to eat for a month, and we won't have to use the animals from the farm."
"Then why didn't you store more in the first place?" Shan asked puzzledly.
In his impression, Qiao Yu was not such a hopeless person. What she was doing now was not like her at all.
Qiao Yu said, "Didn't I tell you? Too much dried meat won't keep well, and it'll be a burden if we can't finish it. Besides, I know all the conditions along the way. We can hunt a lot of game on land, and we can fish directly in the river when we're on the raft. So ten days' worth of dried meat is enough."
She paused, then smiled and said, "Besides, when I said we'd only bring ten days' worth of dried meat, did everyone really only bring ten days' worth? Their families will definitely bring more for them. So don't worry, they won't starve."
When everyone thought about this, they felt relieved.
Indeed. While the people here may not know the saying "poor at home, rich on the road," they do understand the principle. They'll never starve at home. Not to mention the women's hunting team's daily hunts for traps and snares, even if the tribe truly ran out of food, would they still hold onto the rabbits and goats in the farm without killing them? In the past, they'd starve when the snow blanketed everything. Now, the mountains and fields are overflowing with wild vegetables and fruits, so they'll never starve.
But it's different for those who go out. If they encounter any difficulties outside, they will really have nothing to eat.
So, if Qiao Yu said to bring ten days' worth of dried meat, each person would have to bring at least fifteen days' worth. Add to that the game and fish Qiao Yu mentioned, and they would definitely not starve.
Seeing that the matter had been settled, everyone had nothing else to say, so Man asked, "Then Liushui and I will go together this time, right?"
The flowing water also looked at Qiao Yu expectantly.
They naturally wanted to go out and see the world, rather than stay in the tribe and deal with trivial matters.
Qiao Yu turned to Shan and asked, "Father, if Man and Liushui also go, can you handle the affairs of the tribe?"
"No problem," Shan said. "Don't each team have team leaders? If there's anything we can do, we'll just tell them to do it. Man and Liushui are your most capable subordinates. It doesn't make sense that everyone else has seen the world, but they haven't."
Man and Liushui nodded vigorously.
"Okay, then you two go together." Qiao Yu said.
She also understood that the people in the tribe were like the children in the mountains, eager to get out of the mountains and see the prosperous world outside, and they were proud to be able to go out and see the world.
If she took the others with her and left Man and Liushui behind, when they came back, they would definitely look down on Man and Liushui in their hearts, even if they didn't say it, thinking they were not as knowledgeable as themselves.
However, their narrow vision and limited knowledge, coupled with the contempt of others, will lead to low self-esteem and make them unable to win the support of others. This will not be beneficial to their future development.
After deciding on the time and the people who would go, everyone spent a few days preparing their things and then set off.
They first took a raft, and when they reached the spot marked by Qiao Yu, they went ashore, fished the raft out of the river and hid it nearby, then walked ashore to the next place where they could take a boat. There, they spent four or five days making a batch of rafts and continued on by boat.
Before they boarded the boat, Qiao Yu told them to each take a few large stone slabs.
Normally, when people cook or grill meat or fish on land, they just build a simple stove with stones and start cooking, with the fire and wood directly touching the ground. But you can't do that on a raft, otherwise it will burn a big hole in the raft.
These large stone slabs are used to insulate fire and heat. On top of the stone slabs, a simple stove is built with stones and pottery is placed on top, so fish soup or grilled fish can be cooked.
It only takes two people to row a boat, so the others can't sit idle on the boat. They catch fish, prepare them, and then start roasting them. In addition to eating the roasted fish, they also store them as a reserve for future food.
After traveling for a few days, everyone prepared more than half a month's worth of food, which, combined with what everyone brought with them, was more than enough for them to eat.
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