"Dad~"
Looking at the empty bamboo sieve, Little Pea's mouth shrank, and he felt like crying.
The last three birds flew away when the bamboo sieve was lowered, and he didn't catch any of them.
"Don't be afraid. It's not scary to encounter difficulties. We just need to find a way to solve them. What's scary is not daring to solve them.
Can you think about why you didn't catch any birds this time?"
Han Cheng reached out and rubbed his son's head, continuing to comfort and guide him.
"Yes, it's too late."
Little Pea said.
"So what should we do next time?"
"Pull it earlier."
"That's right. Let's set up the sieve and continue to catch it. Sooner or later, we will catch it."
Han Cheng affirmed his son's answer, and worked with the little guy to decorate the place and grabbed some shriveled millet and scattered it under the bamboo sieve.
Then the two men, the dog and the panda returned to the bamboo forest and hid, waiting for the birds to come again.
While waiting, Han Cheng suddenly remembered a joke he heard from the older generation in later generations.
A woman was making quilts at home, but was too busy to handle it, so she asked her daughter, who had hardly cooked before, to knead the dough.
Then there was this conversation:
Daughter: "Mom, add more water."
Mother: "Add some flour to it."
Daughter: "Mom, you put too much flour in it."
Mother: "Add some more water."
Daughter: "Mom, you added too much water again."
Mother: "Put some more noodles in it..."
The cycle repeats itself.
Daughter: "Mom, the basin can't hold it anymore."
The mother was furious: "You damn girl! If I hadn't been covered with the quilt and couldn't get out, I would have beaten you to death today! (At that time, the quilt was sewn inside the quilt cover, and her mother sewn herself in and couldn't get out)
The reason why Han Cheng thought of this joke was that he was worried that Little Pea would go to extremes just like the daughter who kneaded dough.
While waiting, birds approached again and then came under the bamboo sieve to eat the millet.
Han Cheng looked at the situation on the sieve, then looked at Little Pea, without saying anything. He just watched Little Pea's operations quietly.
Little Pea looked at the bamboo sieve in the distance without blinking. He waited for a while and saw two more birds crawling under the sieve. He then pulled the rope in his hand suddenly.
The wooden stick fell down, the bamboo sieve buckled down, and some birds flapped their wings and flew away.
The two people, the dog and the panda ran out from here again and came to the bamboo sieve.
We caught quite a few this time, as many as four.
Little Pea shouted with joy, and Han Cheng was also smiling from ear to ear, even happier than when he himself caught the bird.
This silly son of mine is not as naive as that girl who kneads dough, so he is quite easy to teach.
With the successful experience of catching four this time, Little Pea has become much more confident.
I don't know if the little face was red because it was cold or because it was too excited.
Without Han Cheng saying much, the little guy quickly took action this time. He and Han Cheng set up the bamboo sieve again, and then ran excitedly towards the bamboo forest.
After this successful experience, the little guy looked at the rope more seriously and was not as nervous as before. He seemed much more confident.
Han Cheng couldn't help but smile when he saw this. This was the result he wanted.
How many birds Little Pea caught was secondary. What was important was that he wanted Little Pea to learn something by catching birds.
It's not just about some bird-catching techniques, but more importantly, some things that can have a positive impact on people's future behavior…
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
The leather drums that had been roasted by the fire were beaten by the people in the tribe, and the sound like muffled thunder spread in all directions.
The warriors of the Qingque tribe, wearing rattan armor and helmets soaked in tung oil over and over again, marched forward in neat rows on the snow, holding weapons in their hands.
This is the opening of the Qingque tribe's annual sports meeting, which is held after the hero sacrifice.
It is also the scene that makes people's blood boil and makes them feel the power of the tribe.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
When the archery and slingshot teams showed their power, and the main force consisting of the rattan shield team and the long spear team approached the straw men that were still standing, everyone shouted and killed with every step, and the sound even drowned out the rumbling of the war drums.
Accompanied by the continuous shouts of killing, these people all thrust out the bronze spears in their hands and stabbed fiercely at the straw man in front of them...
The military drills held in the name of honoring the heroes of the Qingque tribe, the sports meet that included various sports, the awarding of prizes, the freeing of slaves from their slavery status and the public issuance of citizen ID cards to slaves who had made great contributions to the tribe within the year, took two full days to be completely concluded.
However, the effect is very good. It not only cultivates the spirit of loving and protecting the tribe, but also inspires the martial arts spirit of the tribe members and allows them to maintain the martial spirit.
At the same time, it can inject fresh blood into the citizens of the tribe and let the slaves in the tribe see the light, so that they will work hard for the tribe in the days to come.
Two days may not seem like a long time, but for the Qingque tribe, it is of great significance. It can even be compared to the spring planting and autumn harvest, which have always been valued in the tribe and are the basis for the survival and development of the entire tribe.
Under the heavy snow, the cold seemed to have sealed off everything, but time was not sealed off at all, and it still passed by slowly and quickly at its inherent speed.
It seemed like a long time had passed, but it also seemed like just a blink of an eye, and the end of the eleventh year of Qingque had arrived.
All the happiness of the people was released on this day.
Delicious and plentiful food was brought out for free and picked up by everyone with chopsticks and put into their mouths.
Everyone became even happier with the delicious food.
As night fell, a bonfire was lit, and people who had eaten and drunk their fill, under the light of the fire, beat drums, struck gongs, and jumped and danced around the fire.
Abundance and joy filled everyone's hearts and shone on everyone's face...
In the north, inside the cave of the Blackrock Tribe.
As night fell, the already cold weather seemed to become even colder.
Even though there were fires burning, many people still felt cold.
The Blackrock Tribe at this moment seemed much more depressing than when the heavy snow had just fallen this year.
The relief I felt when I first learned that the snow would fall much earlier than in previous years has almost disappeared by now.
This is not only because the cold lasted too long, but also because the food in the Blackrock Tribe is not enough.
Judging from the rate at which food was consumed during the winters in previous years, the food stored by the Blackrock Tribe this year is enough for them to survive the winter.
But there is a saying that goes, "It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality."
Almost everyone, regardless of era, can easily fall for this trick.
Since the effects of Black Stone were gradually developed and the tribe was provided with large amounts of food using Black Stone weapons, the people of the Black Stone tribe have become more and more extravagant in eating food.
In particular, after they defeated the tribe where Treebark lived and obtained bows and arrows and fish cages, two powerful tools for obtaining food, some of the tribes that surrendered to them also possessed and learned how to make and use these two tools. As a result, the food of the Blackrock Tribe became more abundant and sufficient.
When eating, everyone becomes more confident, bold and unrestrained.
This kind of thing continued to happen, and the Blackrock Tribe's food storage continued to decrease.
A few days ago, the leader of the Blackrock Tribe suddenly discovered that more than half of the food stored in his tribe had disappeared!
This discovery surprised him.
From that day on, the leader of the Blackrock Tribe took less food when he went out.
It's said that the amount taken was less, but compared with the previous times when they didn't get the Blackrock weapons to survive the winter, it was much more.
So, the people of the Black Rock Tribe, who had not tasted the feeling of hunger for a long time, once again tasted this feeling that seemed to be far away from them for a long time.
This feeling is not pleasant at all.
It is precisely because of this that the morale of the entire Blackrock Tribe seems to be low.
Bark wrapped his fur tightly around his body, huddled together with the people around him, and lay on the hay.
The shaking cave illuminated by the jumping firelight seemed very quiet, so quiet that you could hear the occasional gurgling sound.
These are the sounds made by the stomachs of the people of the Blackrock Tribe who are sleeping here.
The bark itself would make these noises from time to time.
Such hunger was still within the tolerance range of the tree bark. What was most unbearable for him was the cold that could almost freeze his entire body.
Wrapped in animal skins, huddled together with the rest of the people on the still shivering tree bark, in this situation I once again thought of the kang of the Qingque tribe, and imagined how comfortable it would be to sleep on something like this.
Even Shupi wanted to take action again and try to build a kang in the tribe again.
But such thoughts were just thoughts, because every time this thought came to his mind, he would involuntarily think of the beating he received last year, which made him dare not try again.
In addition, there is another reason. If he really succeeded in making the kang, the first person to benefit would definitely be the leader of the Black Stone Tribe.
Whenever he thought about this, he felt uncomfortable. It would be better to let the leader of the Blackrock Tribe suffer the cold with him now.
"#￥5WE!"
While the tree was trembling with its body thinking about these things, suddenly someone sat up and said this.
What this means is that he is hungry and wants to eat.
After these words were spoken, they immediately received responses from several people.
When these people responded, those who seemed to have fallen asleep sat up from the ground, saying that they were hungry and looking at their leader with longing.
"#￥￥@E..."
The leader of the Blackrock Tribe originally wanted to hit someone, but after seeing so many people doing the same, he put his raised hand down.
He opened his mouth and said something to everyone.
What he meant was that he was also hungry, but the food stored in the tribe was not enough. If they continued to eat as before, before the ice and snow melted, the food in their tribe would become even less, and many people would probably die.
After the leader of the Blackrock Tribe said this, the emotions of the people in the Blackrock Tribe were no longer as high as before.
"￥%DRR!"
At this moment, someone spoke again.
What he meant was that if there was not enough food in the tribe, they could go and rob other tribes, take their food and people and eat them.
After they understood what he meant, the people of the Black Rock Tribe, who had seemed a little depressed, suddenly became excited.
Yes, they can also rob other tribes. They did this two years ago. Why have they forgotten about this now?
Immediately, everyone spoke up and expressed their support for this brilliant idea.
But Shupi didn't say anything, instead he shrank his head.
It was not because he was not hungry, but because he was more afraid of the cold outside than the hunger he felt now.
After all, he was wrapped in fur and trapped in the cave with everyone else, sitting around the fire and it was still so cold. He wondered how it would feel if he went out. Just thinking about it made him feel cold all over.
"*EDR..."
The leader of the Blackrock Tribe also thought of the cold and immediately spoke to everyone about the matter. What he meant was that it would be best not to do this.
But at this moment, everyone in the Blackrock Tribe was very eager for food.
Because they were so hungry for food, they didn't care about the cold weather that the leader of the Blackrock Tribe mentioned.
One by one they still said they wanted to eat food, saying that they were very hungry and would become very thin if they continued like this. If someone from another tribe disobeyed their tribe under such circumstances, they would most likely be unable to defeat them.
After talking like this for a while, the leader of the Blackrock Tribe finally made up his mind to attack a tribe.
After this decision was made, everyone in the tribe cheered with joy, happy that they would soon have enough to eat and no longer go hungry.
Seeing everyone in the tribe so happy, the leader of the Blackrock Tribe was also quite happy.
Although he was worried about attacking other tribes at this time, he had done such things before in winter. Apart from suffering from the cold when going out, there was nothing wrong with it.
So after thinking about it for a while, I stopped thinking about it.
Instead, he took out a lot of food from the food storage area and distributed it to everyone, which made everyone even happier.
After eating this meal which was similar to a midnight snack, everyone felt much more comfortable and warm, and slept more soundly and sweetly at night.
The next morning, the people of the Black Rock Tribe had already gotten up. Some of them began to pack up, while others were roasting the food that the leader of the Black Rock Tribe had brought out.
This time, the food that the leader of the Blackrock tribe brought out was even more abundant, and everyone got enough food.
Especially those who were going to go out with him to attack other tribes were so full that they felt uncomfortable.
After eating these foods, the leader of the Black Rock Tribe took out some furs and asked those who were preparing to go out to wrap them up.
Some of these furs were originally stored, and the other part was stripped from those who did not need to go out this time.
After everything was ready, the leader of the Blackrock Tribe walked out of the cave first, and the rest of the people wrapped in thick fur followed him out one after another.
As soon as they came outside, everyone couldn't help but shiver.
When I was inside the cave, I thought it was cold enough, but after I walked out, I found that it was even colder outside.
"E#$%!"
The leader of the Blackrock Tribe spoke loudly to everyone in the tribe, asking those who stayed in the cave to guard the cave and wait for them to come back. Then he stepped on the thick snow, carrying weapons and food, and walked towards the distance, one step deep and one step shallow.
Those who go together should follow closely.
As they breathed, a large amount of white gas appeared, and gradually some ice flowers condensed on their beards, eyebrows and front hair.
The remaining bark looked at the snow all over the ground and the white air emitted by the leaders of the Black Rock Tribe and others, and couldn't help but shiver again, feeling cold all over.
After watching the Black Rock tribe leader and his men leave, Treebark and the other Black Rock tribe members who remained returned to the cave.
When we were choosing the people who would go out today last night, we also mentioned that Shupi should go with us.
If we go ahead, we can wait until we defeat the other tribes and bring back food, then we can have more to eat in the future.
But the bark still didn't go.
This was partly because it was too cold outside, and compared to enduring such cold, he would rather eat less and go a little hungry.
On the other hand, if I don't go, I won't have to stay with the leader of the Blackrock Tribe during this period of time.
This will make him feel relaxed...
The cold wind was blowing and penetrating into people's clothes.
Even though I was wrapped up very tightly, the pervasive cold wind always found some gaps to get in and made my body feel very cold.
This is not the most uncomfortable thing. The most uncomfortable thing is that the face and hands exposed to the outside are blown by the wind, which feels like being cut by a knife. It is extremely uncomfortable.
At this moment, the leader of the Blackrock Tribe, who was leading his men on a difficult trek through the ice and snow, suddenly regretted taking such a journey.
Not only him, but some of the people who came out with him also felt a little regretful at this time.
Because this is really too much suffering!
It's no better than starving in the tribe.
When night falls, their feelings become even stronger.
Even though they found a low, sheltered place, built a fire, and filled their stomachs with a lot of food, they still couldn't withstand the invasion of the cold.
Someone squatted beside the fire and stretched out his hands to warm them, only to feel pain and itchiness on his hands, which was very uncomfortable.
That night, many people didn't sleep well.
The next morning, the leader of the Black Rock Tribe led these people on their journey again.
Compared to when they left the cave yesterday, these people now seemed very depressed. Their excitement had been almost completely wiped out by the cold and the thick snow...
Things like making big promises are probably something that every leader is born with, just like now.
"#￥5EC!"
The leader of the Black Rock tribe, who was also feeling uncomfortable, raised his voice to encourage everyone in the tribe, telling them that once they arrived at that tribe, they would be able to have a good sleep and eat extremely rich food.
After these words were spoken, the depressed and listless people suddenly became more energetic, and even walked with more energy...
When night came again, everyone, including the leader of the Blackrock Tribe, felt extremely uncomfortable, mixed with some fear.
Because according to previous itineraries, they should have reached the tribe that was relatively close to theirs by now.
But now, they didn't even see any trace of that tribe.
This was not because the distance between that tribe and their tribe had become farther, but because of the thick snow, which slowed down their speed.
In the past, a journey could be completed in two days, but now it can no longer be completed in two days.
They had already been tortured by the cold, and now they had suffered something like this. They were cold and frightened, and their morale was very low.
Good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes singly.
The leaders of the Black Rock Tribe felt that their situation was already miserable, but in the second half of the night, something even more miserable happened.
The cold wind that had stopped started blowing again, and the temperature seemed to be even lower than before. Everyone was shivering with cold.
When they woke up the next morning, they found that two people had frozen to death without knowing when.
This made the people of the Blackrock Tribe feel terrified, and some of them thought of not going forward and returning to the tribe.
But the leader of the Blackrock Tribe did not agree.
Because they brought a lot of food from the tribe this time.
And because they knew that they would definitely bring back a lot of food to the tribe this time, the people who stayed in the tribe would definitely not be as frugal with their food as before.
Their food was not enough to begin with, and after a few days of consumption, it became even less than necessary.
If they went back at this time, the situation in their tribe would become extremely bad, and it was very likely that more people would die of hunger and cold.
So he personally stripped off the furs that were wrapped around the two frozen people and wrapped the rest of the people with them.
And used one of them as their breakfast.
After eating, let the rest of the people drag another person and walk towards the tribe in their memory.
As they continued to walk, another person fell to the ground and never got up again.
Then she was dragged by her companions and slid on the snow...
"#￥ER!"
As they walked, the leader of the Black Rock Tribe kept encouraging the people in the tribe, saying that they were about to reach the tribe.
As a result, when it got dark again, they still didn't see any trace of the tribe.
The shadow of fear and death enveloped everyone in Black Stone...
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