Chapter 785: Each tribe has a great harvest (1 update)
The people of Linshui tribe have been upset for a long time because of the autumn harvest. The one who was most upset was Chief Yao Shi of Linshui tribe.
His wrong decision resulted in the fact that the labor of more than 500 people in the entire tribe in one year was not as much as the harvest last year.
If this winter is as long as last year, or even longer, then these grains will definitely not be enough to consume, and then someone will starve to death.
This made everyone in the tribe panic.
Fortunately, Chief Yao Shi immediately asked the hunters in the tribe to go hunting in groups, so as to collect more prey before winter, and if they were processed well, they could also be used as food in the winter.
Yao Shi had already reacted quickly. There were indeed many good hunters in the Linshui tribe. Hunting was not difficult for them. Soon, the prey soothed the hearts of the tribe members.
However, the sudden arrival of winter still caught the people living in this mountain forest off guard.
Everyone hurriedly moved from the wooden house to the cave to avoid the cold.
This year's winter came a month earlier than in previous years. In addition, there were 10 newborns in the Linshui tribe, and food became scarce again.
Winter came quickly and lasted for a long time, which made the Linshui tribe face the crisis of food shortage all the time.
In order to save food, everyone only ate one meal a day, but even so, the food was consumed at a visible rate, and everyone became more and more panicked.
An old man looked at the weather and thought that this winter would be longer than last year. Seeing that the granary was almost empty, the tribesmen were even more panicked.
At this time, the third patriarch suggested that everyone go to the surrounding small tribes to borrow food, but the chief, the first patriarch and the second patriarch all opposed it.
First, borrowing food was too embarrassing, and second, they knew their attitude towards people who borrowed food in previous years. They were worried that they might be retaliated against, so no one was willing to do it.
The third patriarch looked at his own tribe members who were so hungry that they were pale and thin, and even the newborn babies were crying with hunger. He really couldn't bear it.
The third patriarch wanted to persuade the chief and the other two patriarchs again. He was worried that the discussion was too intense and that it would have a bad impact on the tribesmen, so he chose to go at night. He
didn't know that when he arrived at the chief's cave, he saw the three people gathering together to grill meat. They were eating so much that their mouths were full. It was obvious that they were definitely not hungry in this winter.
The third patriarch thought that his own tribesmen were starving, and the elders in the tribe saved food for the children, but their chiefs and tribesmen actually gathered together to steal food! !
The third patriarch was furious and ignored Chief Yao Shi's invitation to eat meat together, and started to curse.
"Yao Shi! As the chief of our temporary tribe, you don't care about your people, and you are even stealing food here!! Do you know how hungry your people are? Do you know how many people will be less hungry because of this meal of yours?"
The third chief was so angry that his voice was broken. He could even smell the blood in his throat.
Yao Shi glared at him. He had been unhappy with the third chief for a long time. He shouted loudly, "What are you shouting for? I am the chief, the head of the entire tribe. The Linshui tribe can have its current size because of me!"
"I have worked so hard, so what's wrong with eating more meat?"
Yao Shi said righteously, thinking that his words made a lot of sense.
The chieftain echoed, "That's right! We work so hard on weekdays, and when spring comes, there are so many things in the tribe that need us to arrange. If we don't eat more and fall down in winter, who will be in charge after spring?"
The second chieftain, whose mouth was full of greasy food, nodded, "Third chieftain, come and eat something too. Look at how thin you are. I say you are too rigid. We are the chieftains and the chiefs. How can we be treated the same as those tribesmen? For example, can those tribesmen do what we do?"
The third chieftain looked at the three people with disappointment, as if he had never known them before.
He was filled with grief. No wonder the three of them were against borrowing food from the surrounding small tribes. It turned out that they had never been hungry from the beginning to the end!
Not only that, the suffering of the tribesmen was nothing in their hearts!
"How could you do this?" The third patriarch simply couldn't accept it!
At this time, the tribesmen who heard the noise also rushed over. Looking at the situation in front of them, what else did they not understand?
Combined with the questioning of the third patriarch just now, the tribesmen naturally felt very uncomfortable.
They were starving, but the chiefs and the patriarchs were eating and drinking here!
This obvious contrast made the tribesmen present extremely disappointed.
Under the scrutiny of the crowd, Chief Yao Shi, the first patriarch, and the second patriarch still didn't think there was anything wrong, and they didn't even feel a little guilty.
The third chief sighed, "Since there is still meat, let's invite everyone in the tribe to eat together! Let's fill everyone's stomach with some fat!"
"How can that be done?" Chief Yao Shi objected immediately.
"There are only a few of these precious prey left. There are so many people in the tribe. If we eat them together, each person may not even get a bite! It's useless at all! It's better to leave them for us to eat. As long as we can survive this winter and wait until spring comes, we can continue to lead the entire tribe to live!"
Chief Yao Shi spoke righteously and solemnly.
"What do you mean it's a waste to give it to the tribe members? These prey were all brought back by the tribe members! Without them, would you be able to eat this meat?"
The third chief questioned coldly, but the three people opposite him were not moved at all.
The tribesmen standing in the cave were also very depressed.
"Third Chief! Stop talking nonsense here! What qualifications do you have to teach us? If you want to borrow food from the small tribes around, go ahead, no one will stop you!"
The big chief was angry and shouted.
The third chief was extremely disappointed, "I'm going to borrow food, and then you guys will squander it when I bring it back?"
Chief Yao Shi said, "Since you are borrowing food on behalf of the entire tribe, you should share it with everyone when you bring it back."
The third chief had never seen such a shameless person!
"Then let's split up!" He really couldn't communicate with these people!
"I will take my people out of the tribe! Find another way out!"
"Hahaha! Split up? Third Chief, who do you think you are? Just one word from you will make people follow you and leave our tribe? Where can you go? In this long winter, you don't have a cave to avoid the severe cold. I dare say that you will freeze to death outside within three days!"
The first chief really thought that this person in front of him was a bit unrealistic!
"Third Chief, it's so late, why are you fussing about it! Split up the family? How many people are there in your tribe? Do you think you are the chief? Whatever you say will be responded to by the tribe members? You should go back and pack up and go to bed!"
The second chief was also not optimistic.