"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.
这事情只要想想，他就觉得心里不舒服，反倒是不如现在，让黑石部落的首领和自己一起挨冻比较好。
“#￥5WE！”
正在树皮抖索的身子想着这些事情的时候，忽然之间有人坐了起来，嘴里这样说着。
这话的意思是，他饿了，想要吃东西。
这样的话出口之后，瞬间就得到了好几个人的回应。
当这几个人响应了之后，原本看起来已经睡着了的人，纷纷从地上坐了起来，嘴里说着饿了，满是渴望的看着他们的首领。
“#￥￥@E……”
黑石部落的首领原本是想要动手打人的，但是看到这么多的人都是这样之后，便又将抬起的手放了下来。
他开口朝着众人说着一些话。
意思是他也饿了，但是部落里储存的食物不够多了，要是再跟之前那样吃，等不到冰雪融化，他们部落里的食物，将会变得更少，只怕许多人都会死。
黑石部落的首领开口这样说之后，黑石部落众人的情绪，没有之前那样的高涨了。
“￥%DRR！”
就在这个时候，再次有人开口。
他的意思是，部落里的食物不够吃了，可以去抢其余的部落，将他们的食物，还有人抢回来吃掉。
当明白了他的意思之后，情绪显得有些低落的黑石部落众人，顿时就变得兴奋起来。
是啊，他们还可以去抢其余的部落的啊，前两年的时候，他们还这样干过，现在怎么就将这个事情给忘记了？
当即众人便纷纷开口，表达了对这个绝妙主意的支持。
树皮却没有说话，反而是缩了缩脑袋。
这不是因为他不饿，而是因为比起现在的这种饥饿，他更加害怕外面的寒冷。
毕竟此时裹着皮毛和众人一起带着洞穴之内，并且围着火堆还这样的冷，要是出去了，那滋味该是如何，只要想想，他就觉得浑身发冷。
“*EDR……”
黑石部落的首领，也想到了寒冷，当即就开口和众人说这件事情，他的意思就是，最好不要这样这样做。
但此刻黑石部落的众人，都非常渴望得到食物。
因为对食物非常的渴望，所以他们对黑石部落的首领所说的寒冷就没有在意。
一个个还是说着想要吃食物，说自己等人饿的难受，再这样可能就会饿的非常瘦弱，要是哪个部落的人，再这样的情况下，不服从他们部落，他们很有可能就打不过了云云。
这样说了一阵儿之后，黑石部落的首领，终于下了攻打一个部落的决心。
这样的决定做出之后，部落里的众人，顿时就高兴的欢呼起来，为他们将要吃饱肚子，不再挨饿而高兴。
看到部落里的众人这样高兴，黑石部落的首领也比较高兴。
对于在这个时候前去攻打别的部落，他虽然比较担心，但这样的事情以前的时候在冬天也做过，除了外出的时候会受冻受罪之外，其余的倒也没有什么。
因此上想了一会儿，就也不再想这件事情了。
而是从存储食物的地方，弄出来了不少的食物，分给众人吃，这让众人变得刚加喜悦。
这类似夜宵一般的一餐吃下去之后，众人觉得舒坦多了，觉得身上也暖和了，晚上睡觉的时候，也睡的比较安稳香甜。
第二天一早，黑石部落的人便已经起来了，一部分开始收拾东西，另外一部分人则用火烤着黑石部落首领拿出来的那些食物。
这一次，黑石部落首领拿出来的食物更加的丰盛，每一个人都分到了充足的食物。
特别是那些要和他一起，外出攻打其余部落的人，更是吃的撑的慌。
在吃过这些食物之后，黑石部落的首领，更是拿出一些皮毛，让准备外出的人，将之再裹在身上。
这些皮毛，一部分是原本储存起来的，另外一部分，则是从那些这次不用出去的人身上扒下来的。
一切准备就绪之后，黑石部落的首领率先走出了洞穴，其余身上包裹着厚厚皮毛的人，跟在后面鱼贯而出。
刚一来到外面，众人就忍不住齐齐打了一个寒颤。
在洞穴之内的时候，就觉得里面足够冷了，但从里面走出来之后，才发现外面要比里面更冷。
“E#$%！”
黑石部落的首领大声的给部落里的众人说着话，让留守在洞穴的人，守好洞穴，等着他们回来，然后便踩踏着厚厚的积雪，带着武器和食物，深一脚浅一脚的朝着远处走去。
同去的人，紧紧跟随。
随着他们的呼吸，大量的白气出现，并渐渐的在他们的胡子、眉毛以及前面的头发之上，凝结出来了一些冰花。
留下来的树皮，看着这遍地都是的积雪，以及黑石部落首领等人喷出的白气，忍不住再次激灵灵的打了一个寒颤，只觉得浑身都是冷的。
目送黑石部落首领他们离开之后，树皮和其他留下来的黑石部落的人返回洞穴。
昨天晚上挑选今天外出的人的时候也有说让树皮一起前去。
前去的话，等到攻破其余部落，并带回食物之后，在今后是可以多吃上一些的。
但树皮还是没有去。
这一方面是因为外面实在是太冷，与承受那样的寒冷比起来，他宁愿少吃一些东西，挨一点饿。
另外一方面就是，不去的话这段儿时间就不用跟黑石部落的首领呆在一块了。
这会让他感到浑身的轻松……
寒风呼呼的刮着，直往人的衣服里面钻。
明明已经捂的非常严实了，但这些无孔不入的寒风，总是能够找到一些缝隙钻进来，将人的身子吹得哇凉。
这还不是最令人难受的，最令人难受的是露在外面的脸还有手，被风吹着如同刀割一样，极其的难受。
在这一刻，踩着冰雪带着人艰难跋涉的黑石部落首领，忽然有些后悔出来走这样的一趟了。
不仅仅是他，随着他一起出来的一些人，这时候也有些后悔了。
因为这实在是太受罪了！
滋味一点都不比在部落里挨饿好。
当夜晚降临的时候，他们的这种感受就变得更加强烈了。
纵然是他们寻找了一处低洼的背风处，还升起了一堆火，并且往腹中送了诸多的食物，可还是一样顶不住寒冷的侵袭。
有人蹲在火堆旁，伸出手烤，只觉得手上又疼又痒，非常的难受。
当天晚上，不少的人都没有怎么睡着。
第二天早上的时候，黑石部落的首领带着这些人继续出发，。
和昨天从洞穴离开的时候相比，这些人现在显得很是萎靡，那股子振奋劲头，差不多被这寒冷与厚厚的积雪给消磨干净了……
画大饼这样的事情，大约是每一个领头的人都与生俱来的本事，就比如现在。
“#￥5EC！”
同样难受的黑石部落首领，开口提高声音给部落里的众人鼓劲，告诉他们，等到了那个部落之后，他们就能好好的睡上一觉了，还能吃到极为丰盛的食物。
这样话出口之后，显得低落萎靡的众人，顿时就来了一些精神，就连走路也有劲了……
当夜晚再一次来临的时候，包括黑石部落首领在内的人，都觉得非格外难受，这种难受之中，还夹杂着一些恐惧。
因为按照以往的行程来看，此时的他们已经该到达那个距离他们部落比较近的部落了。
但是现在，他们连那个部落的踪影都没有看到。
这不是因为那个部落和他们部落之间的距离变远了，而是因为有着厚厚积雪的缘故，使得他们的速度变慢了。
以往的时候，两天就能走完的路程，现在两天的时间已经走不完了。
他们本来就已经被这寒冷折磨的不轻，现在又遭受了这样的事情，又冷又是恐惧之下，士气显得非常低落。
福无双至，祸不单行。
黑石部落首领他们觉得，他们此时的处境已经很是凄惨了，结果到了后半夜的时候，更加凄惨的事情发生了。
已经停止寒风再次刮了起来，温度也似乎也比之前变得更低了，众人都被冻的瑟瑟发抖。
第二天早上起来之后，有两个人不知道什么时候已经冻死了。
这样事情，让黑石部落的人觉得恐怖，有人升起了不再往前去，就此往部落里返还的念头。
但是黑石部落的首领没有同意。
因为此次出来，他们从部落里携带出了不少食物。
而且因为知道他们这次外出一定会给部落带回去大量食物的缘故，留在部落里的人，吃起食物来，也一定没有之前节省。
他们的食物本来就不怎么够，又经过几天这样的消耗，就变得更加不够了。
要是这个时候返回去，他们部落的情况将会变得极其糟糕，很有可能将会有更多的人因为饥饿和寒冷而死去。
于是他亲自动手，将这两个被冻死的人身上包裹着的皮毛给扒下来，让其余人裹在身上。
并用其中一个人，当作了他们的早餐。
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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