Having made up her mind, she called a meeting of all the women in the tribe.
"Before the meeting, I would like to ask Shuiyue to tell everyone about the situation when their tribe was destroyed and the experience of being slaves." Qiao Yu was the first to applaud.
After arriving at the Dragon Tribe, Yue learned that everyone had a surname. After some thought, she chose a surname for herself, too, the character for water, from the Water Tribe. Before the meeting today, Qiao Yu had specifically approached her to share his plans for training women and children, and asked if she would share her story.
Yue came to the Dragon Tribe, where she not only had food, clothing, and freedom, but was also respected for her boat-building skills. These past few days, she led a team of carpenters to build a boat, and everyone in the team listened to her. No one looked down on her because she was a woman.
This kind of treatment was something she had never experienced before in the Water Tribe. She earned the respect of others through her own ability.
So even though she didn't want to recall her past tragic experiences, she still agreed to Qiao Yu's request.
Qiao Yu also said at the time: "You only need to talk about the experiences of the tribe members. You don't need to talk about your experience with Feng."
Shuiyue is grateful for Qiao Yu's consideration, and also hopes that the Dragon Tribe will not follow the same path as the Water Tribe, so she plans to have a good talk with everyone today.
"...We were terrified when we saw our tribesmen being killed by them, with blood all over the ground. We could do nothing but cry. In the end, we were captured by them."
"Once you're captured, they'll put a red-hot copper block on your face to burn a mark. With this mark, you'll be a slave for life. Slaves are the property of their masters, obligated to do a lot of work for them, eat the worst food, and still not feel hungry. Their masters will often beat you with ropes. There's a man in our tribe named Yu, and he..."
After Shuiyue came to the Dragon Tribe, she worked with everyone and answered questions when they were curious, but she was reluctant to talk about these things, so the women of the Dragon Tribe never heard her talk about this experience.
At this time, I heard her describe the tragic situation when her tribe was attacked, the fear and despair when she was captured; then I heard her talk about the very vivid process of slave branding, and the miserable life of the people in their tribe after they became slaves; knowing that the children born to slaves would always be slaves... These women who had never known what the outside world was like, felt the cruelty of the outside world for the first time.
They were suddenly very scared and kept comforting themselves: "Our tribe will not be as unlucky as the Water Tribe."
"Yes, we have feathers, and we've built so many defensive walls around the tribe. We also have iron tools. We can also dig traps. If someone attacks us, it's hard to say who will win or lose."
Qiao Yu shattered their illusions after hearing this: "How many people are there in our tribe? Just over 400. The Sun Tribe and the God Tribe both have 1,000 people. What does that mean? It means they have two or three people fighting against one of us."
"If we still have some chance of winning against the Sun Tribe and the God Tribe, then what about the Quartet Tribe? They have thousands of people. It's almost ten against one. Can we defeat them?"
Everyone fell silent.
"Then, what should we do?" someone asked hesitantly.
"Yes, Yu, tell us what to do." Ye said loudly.
"I called everyone to this meeting today to tell you that we women are no worse than men. If the enemy attacks one day, men can take up arms and fight the enemy, so why can't we women? We are not weaklings who can only hide in the corner and cry. We can also fight the enemy to the death."
Qiao Yu glanced at everyone and asked, "Are you willing to be slaves?"
Everyone thought of the slave life Shuiyue had described, which was worse than death. They all shuddered and shouted, "No!"
"Since you are unwilling, then we will fight them at the risk of our lives," said Qiao Yu.
"But we are not very strong. How can we defeat those men?"
"That's a good question," Qiao Yu said. "Starting tomorrow, after breakfast, when you hear the bamboo whistle, gather in the open space. I'll teach you some boxing and kicking techniques. With these skills, even if you're not as strong as a man, you can still defeat him with your moves and cleverness."
The women's eyes lit up: "Really?"
"Really." Qiao Yu nodded. "Then we'll work together to protect our home. We don't need to rely on men to protect ourselves. We can do it on our own."
The women were filled with enthusiasm after hearing what she said, and they all said, "We will definitely practice hard with Yu."
“Practicing will be very hard.”
“We are not afraid of hard work.”
Seeing that the women were as energized as if they had been injected with chicken blood, no longer having the fearful and helpless expressions they had just had, but were full of fighting spirit, Qiao Yu nodded in satisfaction.
"If we practice well, can we go hunting in the mountains?" someone asked.
"Sure." Qiao Yu said, "Once you've trained well, anyone willing to go hunting in the mountains in the spring can sign up."
"Oh, that's wonderful! I'd like to see them show off in front of us when we kill more than the men."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Although Qiao Yu had established a women's hunting team, not everyone could join. After all, if someone wasn't physically fit and would just cry and run away when they encountered prey, they would only hinder the team and cause more casualties.
Therefore, the selection process at night is extremely strict, and those who are weak will not be accepted.
Now that they knew that even if they were not strong enough, they could still defeat men, go hunting, and even protect their homes, the women were so excited that they couldn't help themselves and couldn't wait to start practicing.
"Okay, everyone should go home," Qiao Yu said. "Except for those who are pregnant or elderly and in poor health, I hope everyone else can come. As for the children..."
Qiao Yu paused, waiting for everyone's attention to be on her, before continuing, "I plan to set up a kindergarten in the tribe and have a few older or weaker women take care of the children. This way, everyone won't be constantly burdened by the children during training and work. As long as you stay close to the tribe and go back once in a while to feed the baby, it won't affect anything else you can do."
As soon as Qiao Yu said this, the women's eyes lit up even brighter: "That's great."
After the meeting, the women naturally couldn't help but discuss it excitedly and even told their husbands about it.
The men were so upset when they heard this that they sent Man to tell Qiao Yu: "Yu, the men also want to learn martial arts."
Their original training consisted of practicing command and discipline, spear throwing, and archery. They had not learned the "kung fu" that Qiao Yu mentioned.
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