"That's why I'm looking for new food," Qiao Yu said. "Hairy yams grow underground. If you don't know how to identify them, even if they're near the tribes, you might not be able to find them. They're not precious, not nearly as valuable as meat. If you're willing, you can find them, so they won't be targeted. They're perfect for exchange."
Shan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slightly: "But we have to make sure it's not poisonous."
"It's natural."
"By the way, I heard from Shu that you made something called a trap to catch wild animals?" Shan's eyes lit up when he mentioned this.
"Yeah." Qiao Yu knew that if he didn't explain in detail, Shan would definitely remember it in his mind, so he briefly explained the principle to Shan.
Shan was, after all, the smartest person in the tribe. He understood Qiao Yu's explanation immediately and became more and more interested.
"Alas." He sighed deeply, his face full of regret. "It's a pity that my father is a useless man, otherwise I would definitely go up the mountain with you tomorrow to see if the traps have caught the wild animals."
Qiao Yu comforted him: "When we come back, you will know the same."
Shan nodded and said nothing more.
Qiao Yu knew that his disability was something he needed to slowly come to terms with. As long as he didn't commit suicide, his psychological problems would gradually improve as the tribe's situation improved and he made contributions to the tribe. There was no need to worry too much.
"Okay." She stood up. "I guess Hei and the others will be back soon. I'll go out and take a look."
She went next door and called Lin to come and look after Shan, and then she went out.
As soon as she came out of the cave, she saw Hei's group coming back. They had hunted a deer, three goats, three rabbits, and two pheasants.
Except for two pheasants, the others were dead.
Qiao Yu's eyes lit up as he looked at the two pheasants.
Seeing her like this, Man felt relieved.
You have to know that they spent a lot of energy to capture these two pheasants alive. They didn't have a mission to capture them alive. The reason why he proposed to capture the pheasants alive was, firstly, to establish prestige for Hei in the team and compete with Qinglang for the right to speak; secondly, it was also to show goodwill to Yu.
You know, Qinglang strongly opposed spending time and energy on this at that time, but naturally his opposition was ineffective.
"Can we raise these pheasants?" Qiao Yu handed over a handful of pheasants. "I remember they don't eat meat."
"Yes, yes." Qiao Yu took the pheasant and said with a smile, "I was just thinking about how to catch a few pheasants alive. I didn't expect you to catch them. That's great."
Seeing that their efforts were recognized by Yu, everyone in the second hunting team, except Qinglang, was very happy.
Qiao Yu used a bone knife to cut off the pheasant's wings and tail, and tied two long vines to them. Then he went to the cave and handed them to Mang.
She instructed, "Take them out during the day and tie them under a tree, letting them eat insects and grass seeds. At night, take them back to the cave and feed them some yams."
"good."
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Primitive people worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. In late autumn, the sun sets early and the sun rises late, causing Qiao Yu to wake up early.
She washed in the stream and was about to return to the cave when she saw a group of people talking in low voices in the open space.
She was startled, thinking something had happened, and hurried over, only to see that these were all members of their first hunting team.
"What are you doing here?" she asked. "Why so early?"
"Waiting for you. Yu, hurry up, let's go and see if there is any prey in the trap." someone said.
Qiao Yu couldn't help but laugh. He took a quick look and found that everyone in the team had arrived. He asked, "Are you all up so early because you want to see the prey?"
Everyone nodded.
"Okay, wait for me to put the things away." Qiao Yu raised the bamboo tube and poplar branch in his hand.
When she traveled back to the primitive society, she was so miserable that she could only break willow branches to brush her teeth. She didn't even have the green salt used for brushing teeth in ancient times, so she could only brush her teeth dry.
After putting her things away, she grabbed a handful of dried meat and set off with everyone.
The closest trap to the tribe was by the river east of the village. Animals would come there to drink, making it a good place to set a trap. Qiao Yu headed straight there after leaving the village.
When they were still some distance away from where the trap was set, they heard a struggle.
"There's prey."
Everyone was so surprised that they went over to take a look and found that a doe had been trapped. Beside the doe, there was a fawn running back and forth anxiously, which was obviously the doe's calf.
Seeing someone coming, the mother deer called out anxiously, and the fawn was frightened and ran to the side. But it didn't run far before it stopped and looked over here.
Qiao Yu saw someone holding a bone spur and moving towards the deer, and quickly called out, "Don't move."
As she spoke, she looked at the doe's condition.
She had chosen a resilient vine and used it as a noose, the kind that tightened the more the deer struggled. The doe was trapped at the knee of her right leg, and because she struggled so hard, blood was oozing from the area where she was trapped.
Qiao Yu took another vine and put it on the doe, then untied the vine on its legs.
She named two people and said, "Take this deer back and give it to Mang. Have him ask the witch to take a look. If it can be saved, keep it; if not, kill it."
She raised her chin towards the deer and said, "Be careful not to scare the deer. It's best to let the deer follow you back to the tribe."
The two agreed and asked, "Shall we come back to find you later?"
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