When Qinglang heard Qiao Yu's words, he knew he couldn't use this excuse to attack her. He was extremely unwilling and asked, "How did you know someone would attack? Didn't this happen in previous years?"
Qiao Yu still ignored him and asked everyone, "You think so too? You also think it's okay and there's no need to send men to guard the tribe. Everyone should go to the trade fair?"
Everyone she stared at shook their heads subconsciously.
"What do you think, Shanshi?" Qiao Yu asked by name.
She had asked Man and learned that although Shanshi had been relatively close to Qinglang recently, he no longer agreed with Qinglang when he complained or spoke ill of her. This meant that he could be brought to her side.
Now is the time to split up the Green Wolf clique.
"I..." Shanshi glanced at Qinglang subconsciously and said through gritted teeth, "I think we should keep some people in the tribe and not let them all go."
"Why?" Qiao Yu asked.
Shanshi thought for a moment and said, "To prevent the situation you mentioned from happening."
"Do you think that the situation I mentioned may happen or may not happen?" Qiao Yu asked again.
Shanshi nodded: "Yes."
"Do others think so?" Qiao Yu glanced around and finally his eyes fell on Man.
Man hadn't figured it out at first, but when he heard Qiao Yu's question and saw her encouraging look, an idea suddenly occurred to him and he said, "It will definitely happen."
"Tell me in detail." Qiao Yu gave him an encouraging smile.
"Those refugees or small tribes will undoubtedly be waiting along the roads near the Sun Tribe, observing the tribes heading to the trade fair. Their original intention was to see if there were any potential prey. Now that they see the strong men from our tribe heading to the trade fair, each carrying so much, it's safe to assume our tribe must have a lot of meat this year."
At this point, Man's initially unclear thoughts became clearer, and his tone grew more confident. "The number of people in our tribe is roughly known to the other tribes, just as we know how many people there are in other tribes. Now that all fifty men in our tribe have gone to the trade fair, aren't the only ones left in the tribe old men, children, and women? Even if there are any able-bodied men, they're few, aren't they? A tribe with no men but plenty of meat will definitely not risk robbing the able-bodied men attending the trade fair. Instead, they'll turn around and attack our tribe."
"When the time comes and we come back, we might see the scene Yu just described." Having said that, Man's voice became low.
That kind of scene is scary to think about.
Not only the hunting team, but everyone in the tribe was there. The women and children who had understood Man's words were terrified. Some even grabbed at their men's hides, pleading with them to stay.
Shan looked at his daughter in the center of the crowd, feeling both proud and ashamed.
To be honest, if Qiao Yu and Man hadn't mentioned it at this time, he wouldn't have thought of this.
"Hei, Qinglang, Yan and others are all strong and intelligent people in our tribe. I kept them in the tribe, firstly to prevent the situation Man just mentioned from happening, and secondly because besides them, there are other people in their family who will go to the trade fair." Qiao Yu's voice rang out.
Everyone thought about the people who stayed behind and realized that, just as Qiao Yu had said, everyone had gone. For example, his father had gone into hiding in the Yan family, while his eldest son, Menghu, had gone to the Qinglang family. Menghu was fifteen years old and had just joined the hunting team in the summer, originally assigned to the third hunting team. His younger brother had gone to the Hei family.
With Hei, Qinglang, Yan and others staying in the tribe, their sense of security has been greatly enhanced; if Yin, Menghu and others were allowed to stay in the tribe, the safety of the tribe would still not be guaranteed.
Yu divided the tribe's strong and powerful men into two groups, ensuring the safety of both the trading team and the tribe. This was very thoughtful.
"Before we had rattan baskets, we could only carry our belongings on our backs, and we could only carry a limited amount. Now we have rattan baskets, we can carry them on our shoulders and carry more. Only one person from each family is needed."
At this point, Qiao Yu glanced at everyone and said, "Also, I've repeatedly emphasized that each family should save enough meat for the snow season, so the amount of meat each family can trade is actually not much."
The food supply during the original snow season was far from sufficient. Although she had hunted a lot of prey after becoming the leader, the period was extremely short, only a little over half a month. The extra prey in this half a month was only enough to make up for the original food shortage, and it did not allow everyone to have much more meat to exchange.
In order to ensure they could survive the winter safely and avoid being noticed at the trade fair, Qiao Yu emphasized to each team when leading them hunting that they should not take too much meat out for trading.
She also gathered the women and emphasized this to them during her time spent searching for edible plants.
"We all listen to Yu." Cang spoke first.
He was one of the people who stayed in the tribe. He had a younger brother who was twenty years old and was also a bachelor. He did not separate from him. This time, Yu sent his younger brother to participate in the trade fair and left him in the tribe.
As soon as Cang Yi spoke, the others quickly responded and echoed: "We have no objection."
"Just do as Yu says."
Qiao Yu made his words so clear that no one objected. Even if Qinglang, Yan, Hei, and the others were reluctant, they had to obey the arrangement and stay in the tribe. Otherwise, if anything happened to the tribe, they would be blamed.
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