Man Ze became proud: He is indeed the smartest person besides Yu.
Liushui calmed himself down and said sincerely, "I thought so too. But if I had been asked to answer right away, I wouldn't have been able to do it so well. It was Yan's words that helped me sort out my thoughts."
If someone asked him, he might have insisted that he had thought so from the beginning, just to save face in front of the tribesmen. But facing Yu's clear eyes that seemed to see through people's hearts, he couldn't bring himself to say that.
Yu is so smart, she must know what is going on when she asks like that.
Liushui had the instincts of a wild animal. He subconsciously felt that Yu's opinion was more important than the opinions of the entire tribe combined. He didn't want to lie to her.
Qiao Yu was very satisfied with his answer.
She nodded, a smile appeared on her face, and said, "Liushui and Mansuan were the first to answer correctly, so each of them will be rewarded with a bowl." As she said that, she handed two pottery jars to the two people.
Liushui and Man were very satisfied with Qiao Yu's evaluation and happily took the pottery jar.
Yan pursed his lips tightly, feeling very regretful.
He actually had the opportunity to answer right away, and he had a clear idea from the start. But he hesitated. After all, Yu had previously rejected his face, so he had to be more reserved and not appear too pushy. As a result, he lost the opportunity.
He stared at Qiao Yu, hoping that Qiao Yu would ask him the same question.
He didn't care about the pot. He knew that since Yu had cooked it, his grandfather would definitely have one in the future. If he really didn't have one, he could trade him for some dried meat. He just wanted to show off in front of Yu, so that Yu would know that he was actually very smart, no worse than Liushui and Man.
During this time, Lu persuaded him, saying that Yu didn't want to marry someone else, but didn't want to marry anyone, so the failure of their marriage wasn't his fault, but Yu's own. Yu was the tribal leader and held a high position, so it wouldn't be good for them to get too upset. He asked him to find an appropriate opportunity to smooth things over with Yu.
If Yu asked him now, he wouldn't feel embarrassed when he saw Yu in the future.
But Qiao Yu didn't even look at him. After filling the pottery jar with Liu Shuihe, he continued to take out the remaining pottery.
To test the firing conditions of the earthen kiln, she made two large pots, half a person's height and one meter in diameter, and also made lids for them. If these three large pots are successful, she will make a few more in the future, which will be convenient for making broth during the tribe's celebrations and gatherings.
As soon as she pulled out the large clay pot and explained its use, the entire tribe was thrilled. Elders like Shan and Lu nodded repeatedly, praising Qiao Yu for her thoughtful consideration.
"I've thought about this before, but I just didn't know how to do it." Shan said with emotion, "I didn't expect that this problem would be solved in Yu's hands."
A good leader must consider how to improve the cohesion of the tribe. Dancing around the campfire is one way, but a better way is to have a meal together. Food is the most important thing for people. Although everyone can barbecue together, it is not as lively as drinking soup from a clay pot.
Although Shan did not have a clear understanding of this, he subconsciously felt that something was missing from the bonfire party.
Qiao Yu carefully checked the large pottery jar and found no cracks. The whole pottery jar was intact and a happy smile appeared on his face.
The first step of pottery making was accomplished. As for whether these pots would last, whether they would crack when put into the fire to cook, or whether they would break after a few uses, we would have to use them to find out.
However, the next two large pottery jars did not continue to surprise her. One had a tiny crack, and the other was directly broken.
"Very good, very good." Lu Jian Qiao Yu looked at the two broken pottery jars with a frown on his face, and quickly comforted her, "We didn't expect you to succeed so easily."
In fact, it’s not that I didn’t expect her to succeed the first time she did it, but that I didn’t think she would succeed at all.
The Sun Tribe has been making pottery for several years, exchanging it for a large amount of supplies every year. It can be said that the Sun Tribe's growing strength is largely due to this pottery.
The previous generation leader Heshan also discussed with the elders how this pottery was made, but he had no idea how to make it.
They really didn't expect that Qiao Yu would succeed, and succeed at once.
Lu looked at Qiao Yu as if he were a rare treasure. The slight dissatisfaction he had felt towards Yu over his grandson's marriage had disappeared. With Yu, he was once again full of hope for the future of the tribe.
Qiao Yu didn't hear what Lu said at all. He looked up at him confusedly, smiled politely, and said to everyone, "Okay, it's getting late, everyone should go do what they need to do."
Everyone looked at the sun that had risen to the middle of the sky, and quickly found their teammates and set off in a team.
Xiaoxi and Yeji carefully carried the pottery back to the tribe.
Originally, Qiao Yu wanted to put the pottery in an empty cave in the south, but Shan Helu and others were worried and insisted that she move it back to her own cave.
Anyway, their cave is quite big and can easily hold a bunch of pottery.
"You will divide these pottery into half. What do you plan to do with the other half? Let everyone exchange them for meat?" Shan asked.
Since we are going to trade the ugliest ones, we have to keep the rest of the tribal pottery for ourselves.
"Yes," Qiao Yu said, "The large pottery jars are for the tribe, and the rest will be divided equally among the nine of us. We'll split half based on our contributions. As for the pottery that the tribe gets, I'll keep half as a reward, and let everyone exchange the other half for meat."
She pointed to a medium-sized pottery jar and said, "This pottery jar can be exchanged for meat the size of ten men's fists." She then pointed to a bowl and said, "This pottery jar can be exchanged for meat the size of three men's fists. The eight women, as well as those who received rewards, must exchange their pottery for others, and the amount agreed upon by the tribe must be traded. No private bidding is allowed."
The tribe had no units of measurement and no concept of money. Everything was measured and traded by the number and size of pieces of meat.
The reason for setting a fixed price is to prevent people from thinking that the pottery is particularly precious and driving up the price, which would increase conflicts among tribal members. Her pricing takes various factors into consideration and is considered to be within a very reasonable range.
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