Chapter 831: Island in the Lake



The witch sat on the donkey cart, feeling the scenery on both sides slowly moving backwards. He looked at the tribe getting farther and farther away in his field of vision, and the people standing in front of the tribe to see them off gradually getting smaller. He no longer felt the worry he had before.

At this moment, he felt very calm.

What the Son of God said was absolutely right. He and others really needed to give the younger people in the tribe some opportunities to be independent, to let them gain experience and to grow.

Only when they grow up and there are more and more people in the tribe who can take on responsibilities, will the tribe become more prosperous.

It is not terrible to do poorly or make some small mistakes now, because the Son of God and I are there to back you up, so no matter how bad it is, it can’t be that bad.

If I don't train the people in the tribe now, then when the time comes, once there are no more of us...

Of course, the main thing is that if I am gone, can Shitou be a good enough to be the next wizard? After all, the Son of God is still very young, not much older than Shitou.

It seems that when the tribe performs sacrifices in the future, I should let Shitou personally perform the sacrifices with me.

While riding in a donkey cart along the Bronze Highway heading west, Wu secretly made this decision in his heart.

The donkey cart moved forward. As it got farther and farther away from the tribe, the scenery on both sides became new and novel to Wu, Yuan and the other eight people who were coming here for the first time. They had left the familiar place and were walking in an unfamiliar place, looking at everything with a sense of novelty.

Wu had never been on such a long journey before. As far as he could remember, the farthest journey he had ever taken was when he and his eldest brother went to a place far away from the tribe and picked up the Son of God who had fallen from the sky from the wild.

At this time, he put his worries aside and sat in the donkey cart along the Bronze Highway. He was particularly happy. This was a feeling he had never experienced before.

Especially when he thought that this was also the place of their Qingque tribe, he felt so happy.

Han Cheng sometimes rode in a donkey cart, but more often he walked because he felt that riding in a donkey cart was less comfortable than walking.

Of course, this is without getting tired.

Little Pea was so excited as it was his first time experiencing such a scene that he ran around Han Cheng with his short legs, shouting excitedly.

When he was tired of running, he would ride on the panda Tuan Tuan and let the panda Tuan Tuan carry him, and he would continue to shout and scream there.

After Wu and Yuan had been riding the donkey cart for a while, they would get off and walk along the cart for a while to stretch their legs.

Little Xing'er, who was held in Sister Bai Xue's arms, stared up at the sky with her dark eyes.

Whether it is the white clouds floating in the sky or the birds flying across the sky, they can all attract her attention.

Fu Jiang followed Han Cheng and walked forward, carrying the three squirrels on his back, not sure whether he thought it was a pine tree or his mother.

All in all, this is a very strange team. There are people, donkeys, deer, dogs, pandas, and three squirrels in the team.

In the early summer breeze, the team moved forward. Han Cheng turned his head to look at Wu who was sitting side by side with Yuan on the donkey cart, Bai Xuemei who was holding Xiao Xing'er in another donkey cart, and his son who was riding a panda beside him. He couldn't help but smile, with joy coming out from his heart.

This is the right way to relax! Take a leisurely walk with the people you care about, without worrying about someone always taking you to places where you need to spend money, tricking you into buying fake goods, and making all kinds of sarcastic verbal attacks on you if you don't buy.

I went out to relax, but it turned out to be a mess...

In the evening, the group arrived at the newly built Tongfu Inn, put down their belongings, and unloaded the deer and donkeys from the cart.

Some people went to prepare meals, while others went to feed the animals.

Wu Ze looked around the courtyard, unable to conceal the joy on his face.

This is also their tribal place and something that belongs to their tribe.

Even in a place so far away from the tribe, there are things belonging to the tribe!

After seeing Tongfu Inn, Wu really wanted to visit the Tongshan residential area.

The newly built Tongfu Inn is of such a scale and style. I really wonder what the Tongshan residential area, which has been run by the tribe for so many years and has so many permanent residents, looks like.

Hearing others talk about it is never as good as seeing it with your own eyes.

At this moment, Wu felt very regretful that he had not come out for a walk until now.

Fortunately, the Son of God pulled me out. Otherwise, if I waited until I was old and died, and did not leave the main tribe to come and see these things that belonged to the tribe, it would be a real pity.

Because of the arrival of Han Cheng and others, the Tongfu Inn, which had originally seemed deserted, suddenly became lively and full of people.

As night fell, everyone went to rest. The wind blew, and the sound of pine waves could be heard all around. The intermittent sound of copper bells rang out from time to time in the night, together decorating the night.

This was the sound made by the donkeys and deer with copper bells tied around their necks, either ruminating or walking, making the whole night even quieter.

The next morning, everyone packed up and left Tongfu Inn. After plugging the gate with branches, they continued westward along the Bronze Highway.

While walking, Han Cheng looked back and saw the Tongfu Inn becoming empty again and gradually disappearing among the pine trees. Suddenly, some scenes from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio came to his mind.

A deserted mountain, an ancient temple, a solitary lamp, a down-and-out scholar reading by the lamp, and in the middle of the night, a beautiful female demon appears...

It’s exciting just thinking about it.

However, Han Cheng felt that such a thing could not be achieved. Not to mention the question of whether spirits could be created in prehistoric times, the mere fact that fairies could transform into human form was enough to give people a headache.

It is said that the transformation of fairies into human form also requires certain reference objects, such as the rabbit spirit in "The Legend of the New White Snake".

If that's the case, the beautiful female fairy probably looks similar to Zhuang, Ruhua and the others...

This is really exciting...

The sixty-mile journey was all flat road. They set out in the morning, and when the sun was still setting in the afternoon, Han Cheng and his party came from Tongfu Inn to Longmen Inn which was under construction.

Seeing Han Cheng and his group, the people who stayed here were naturally very happy. Especially when they saw a witch in the team who was traveling so far for the first time, they were extremely happy.

They spent so much energy to build these things, and of course they hope that more people in the tribe can see and use them.

At night, several bonfires were lit at the Longmen Inn, where many stones that would be used to build the bridge were placed.

A few unfortunate wild ducks were skewered on tree branches and roasted, sizzling with oil, and the fish soup simmering in a large vat exuded an aromatic aroma.

This place is close to the river. A short distance north is Wild Duck Lake, the largest lake Han Cheng saw after arriving here.

With so many rivers and lakes, fish are of course indispensable. When building bridges and the Longmen Inn here these days, people in the tribe put some fish cages they brought with them into the water to catch fish.

When Han Cheng and his team came this time, they also brought a large number of unused fish cages from the main tribe.

These will be lowered into rivers and lakes to catch fish later.

With the support of these fish, we can save a lot of food when building bridges nearby.

The fish here were not caught last year, mainly because when the road was built last year, the old primitive people had not yet joined the Greenbird Tribe.

Moreover, the old primitive people and the road construction team of the Green Bird Tribe headed by Gu basically completed the handover here. Under such circumstances, Gu and his team certainly could not take out the fish cage to catch fish.

After all, a fish cage is not a particularly complicated thing. If others see how to catch fish with it, it will be easy for them to imitate it.

If the old primitive people saw and learned this at that time, it would not be easy for the Feng Tribe and the neighboring Feng Tribe to join their tribe.

Now they have all joined the Qingque tribe, drunk the Qingque wine, and are members of the tribe. Of course, there are no such taboos.

The dinner was a bit like a party and ended later than usual. The main reason was that the old men in Wu’s tribe left the tribe and came here.

People in the tribe respect witches very much.

Although the role that the witch can play in the tribe has become smaller and smaller since the birth of the Son of God, the people in the tribe have never diminished their respect for this old man.

This is partly because the most respected Son of God in the tribe has great respect for the witch.

Since the Son of God behaves like this, the rest of the people naturally dare not disrespect him.

On the other hand, the witch's love for the tribe can be felt by everyone in the tribe, and the witch is also very decisive. On weekdays, when the Son of God is around, he seems lazy, but at critical moments, especially when the Son of God is not in the tribe, the witch can take charge of things.

He is a truly responsible person.

The bonfire went out and everyone began to rest.

Wu lay in the makeshift camp, with his head sticking out, looking at the starry sky with his eyes open.

There were insects buzzing all around, and in the darkness not far away, the occasional sound of a fish cutting through the water could be heard.

这样静静的看了好久,脸上一直带着一些微笑的巫,才慢慢的睡去……

第二天早上,巫和韩成他们一起去收昨夜下到河里的鱼笼。

“有鱼!有鱼!”

巫伸手拉着一根拴在岸边的绳子,而后慢慢的往岸上拉,随着鱼笼被拉动,钻进鱼笼之内的鱼开始不安的游动起来,连带着鱼笼上的绳子都被扯得一动一动的。

感受到这些的巫,兴奋的喊叫起来,而后手上加大了力道。

没用几下,沉入水中的鱼笼被巫拉的露出水面,鱼笼里面的鱼在努力的跳动着,想要挣脱牢笼回到水里,重新享受**。

这可惜这样的事情是不会发生的。

“哈哈……”

巫没让别人帮忙,自己动手将鱼笼提了上来,往岸上走了几步,距离水有一定的距离之后,将鱼笼翻了过来,将里面的东西都给倒了出来。

一时间这里出现了活蹦乱跳的场面。

除了七八条大大小小的鱼之外,还有半透明弓着身子侧躺在地上使劲蹦的虾。

黄鳝也有两条,还有两只巴掌大小的老鳖,以及满身疙瘩的癞蛤蟆。

这一鱼笼的收获,可谓是非常的丰盛了。

看着这样的场面,巫高兴的合不拢嘴,如同一个小孩子一样,和边上跟着的一些未成年人一起动手捡拾这些东西,那股收获之后的欢快劲就别提了!

空了的鱼笼重新下到水里面,继续去收其余的鱼笼。

随着众人的动作,一个个在水里呆了一夜的鱼笼被拉出来,满满的收获装在了一个个肚大口小的鱼篓之内。

这些鱼虾,足够在这里的修桥梁建造房子的人今天吃了。

巫很兴奋,跟着的大多数人都非常的兴奋,因为自从部落前面的小河里面的鱼虾数量变少之后,他们已经很久没有从河流里面一次性得到这样大的收获了!

韩成同样兴奋,只是兴奋之后又有一点无奈。

因为他发现,随着青铜高速逐渐被完善好之后,有临近青铜高速的野鸭湖,以及湖泊周围诸多大大小小的河流在,青雀主部落边上的那个鱼塘,一下子就变得鸡肋了起来。

不过这样带着一些矫情的无奈,只存在了一会儿就消失的无形无踪,完全被开怀所取代。

这样的一个湖泊和周围的这些河流,可是能抵得上许许多多的土地的!

到时间部落里真的遇到了什么灾难,导致部落里的食物严重不足,单单是靠着这些湖泊与河流,就能将这样的灾难给扛过去!

将早晨的收获处理好之后,韩成、白雪妹、巫、圆等这一行人离开正在施工的龙门客栈,朝着北方走去。

他们这是要前往北面的野鸭湖。

“扑棱棱~”

“嘎嘎嘎~!”

众人的到来惊动了生活在这里的诸多野鸭,以及其它的一些水鸟。

一阵儿‘扑棱棱’的振翅声响起,众多的野鸭飞起,如同一片腾空的乌云。

飞出一段儿的距离之后,就噗噗通通的落在距离岸边有一定距离的水里,看着岸边的这群不速之客,一边嘎嘎的叫着,一边忽闪两下翅膀,还有的则钻入水底,过了一会儿之后,从别的地方钻出水面。

巫看着眼前这大片的水域瞪大了眼睛,好一阵儿都说不出一句话来。

不仅仅是巫,所有第一次见到野鸭湖的人,都忍不住的瞪大了眼睛。

因为眼前见到的这一幕实在是太令人震撼了!

这样宽广到一眼望不到边的水域,是他们从来都没有见过的!

在见到野鸭湖之前,他们从来都没有想过,哪个地方能够有这么多的水汇集在一起。

纵然是原来生活在火部落、被韩成沿着大河一路带回来的小童养媳白雪妹,这时候也是一点都不平静。

因为大河的水再多,河流再长,宽度终究有限,绝对不会出现眼前这种一眼望不到边的景象!

“这里面该有多少鱼啊!这里面该有多少鱼啊!”

震撼了好一阵儿的巫,打量着这宽广的水域开始喃喃自语,一开始的时候韩成还没有听清,后来凑得近了才听清楚巫念叨的是什么。

巫果然是一个合格的原始人,看到这大片的水域之后,第一时间想到的便是能够从这里面给部落逮到多少的鱼,而不是如同韩成一样,为眼前的景色所震撼,欣赏过了美景之后,才将之和吃的联系到一块。

“蛋!蛋!野鸭蛋!”

在众人或是为这样的景色、或是为这碧波之中生活的诸多的鱼而感慨的时候,一个未成年人惊喜的喊叫了起来,手里高高的举着两个绿皮中带着一些麻点的野鸭蛋兴奋的直跳脚。

这喊叫声打破了众人那种震撼的状态,不少人开始用手里拿着的棍子拨开边上的草丛,想要从中找到惊喜。

韩成将小杏儿从白雪妹的怀里接了过来,白雪妹带着小豌豆立刻就也投身到了寻找野鸭蛋的这一活动之中。

虽然已经是两个孩子的娘了,但此刻快活的依然如同没有长大的孩子。

那模样,看起来很像第一次见到雪的南方人。

韩成抱着小杏儿跟在后面,嘴里跟闺女说着自己也不懂的话,满脸都是笑容。

虽然父女二人谁都搞不明白对方说的是什么,甚至于连自己说的是什么也不知道,但是不可否认的是,他们之间交流的非常愉悦。

“巫,我们去里面的岛上去看看吧?”

下午的时候,坐在湖水边上,吃了一些烧野鸭蛋,和一些烤鱼之后,韩成看着野鸭湖里里面的一处岛屿说道。

这个岛屿距离湖泊的南面不是太远,韩成目测估计大约有不到二里地的距离。

远远望去,对着韩成他们的这一面多山石,山石后面有林木,不时会有鸟雀腾空而起。

这座岛屿在去年对地形进行勘测的时候,韩成他们就已经发现了,不过去年因为比较赶时间,就一直没有上去过。

现在时间比较悠闲,韩成就升起了到上面去看看的心思。

对于这样的提议,巫自然是同意的,因为现在他已经在心里将野鸭湖当作了自己部落私有的东西。

既然是自己部落的东西,那自然有必要好好的了解一下,这就跟他在部落的时候,总是喜欢用脚步去丈量部落里的土地一样。

这是一种类似地主老财一般的心理。

这个决定作出之后,韩成、巫他们就往回返了,毕竟这么远的距离,是不可能游过去的,需要先造木舟或者是木筏。

返回去之后,韩成就让修建房屋的人暂时停下,来到湖泊这里,从周边砍伐树木建造木筏。

之所以是木筏而不是木舟,是因为木筏的要求比较低,比木舟更为的好制作。

在这些人开始制作木筏的时候,韩成也没有闲着,同样是拎着斧头叮叮当当的敲打个不停。

随着他的动作,一截截碗口粗细的木头段被绳子紧紧的连接到了一起。

这东西是韩成制作的原始版救生衣。

虽然简陋,不过因为韩成用的都是桐树之类非常轻的木材,所以浮力还是非常好的。

做好之后,有人穿着亲自下到齐腰深的水里,然后蜷缩起腿,整个人都可以被带的漂浮起来。

人多力量大,再加上经过这些年的锻炼,部落的人,在许多东西方面都有了一个很大的提升,所有隔了一天之后,这里就出来了四只大木筏。

每一个的木筏宽度都达到了两米有余,有三米多长,木筏的周围还有用细一些的木头搭建出来的围栏,能够最大程度的防止人落水。

前后两侧各树立起了一个树棍,上面斜挂着船桨。

因为木筏子造的大,所以也就显得格外沉重,好几个人也没能将之抬起来,憋得脖子脸通红的沙师弟他们,就准备叫更多的人来木筏。

又加入了六个人也只不过是刚刚将之抬起之后,韩成喊停了继续加人的举动。

而是让人找来制作筏子剩下的圆木,每隔开一米五左右的距离放置一根,从木筏子这里,一直排列到湖泊边缘。

同时让人用木杠将木筏的前端撬起,隔开塞进两根圆木。

做好这些之后,再招呼人对木筏进行推拉。

原本很是沉重的木筏,一下子轻省了许多,在众人的推拉之下一路咕咕噜噜的滑动到了湖水里。

在木筏入水之后,这里的许多人都忍不住的发出欢呼。

他们的神子再一次动用了智慧解决了难题!

同时,他们也从智慧而神子这里,又学会了一种解决问题的方法。

有了第一次成功的经验之后,剩下的三个木筏下水也就容易了,运用同样的方法,没多久之后,便已经入了水。

木筏入水之后,并没有直接往野鸭湖深处滑去,而是先在浅水区做了实验,确认木筏好用,没有什么安全隐患之后,才开始正式的航行。

第一波乘坐木筏往湖中岛屿进发的人,韩成做了一个筛选。

The elderly, children, people who are not strong enough, or people who have no experience of riding bamboo rafts or wooden rafts on water were not taken with them.

Moreover, a number of weapons such as rattan shields, bows and arrows, and bronze spears were placed on the raft.

After all, they had never been to the island in the lake before, and they had no idea what was there, so they must bring weapons with them.

In addition to these weapons and primitive life jackets, the raft also contained a number of large split wooden boards and several rolls of hemp rope.

These two things are also prepared for people who accidentally fall into the water.

Once someone falls into the water, a wooden board will be thrown over to them for them to hold on to, and then a hemp rope with a small piece of wood tied to one end will be thrown over to pull them over.

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