Each season here lasts for six months, which is equivalent to 24 months in a year. Damn, now I finally understand why people here consider living to 50 a long life.
Compared to modern people, living to 100 is definitely a long life. In other worlds, a year only has 12 months, but in this world, there is twice as much time.
However, if the living environment is better and people live longer, wouldn't that be equivalent to twice the lifespan of people in other worlds?
It seems I need to move towards this goal.
She took out her sharp divine weapon and started digging hard from the left side of the cave. Sure enough, it did not disappoint her; magical artifacts were indeed different.
Make the weapon smaller and dig hard at the wall. In less than five minutes, you can dig a big hole.
Just as I was about to continue digging, my stomach suddenly started growling. I thought for a moment, when does the little girl usually eat?
She was stunned for a moment. In the little girl's memory, they ate something when they went to collect food in the morning, and then everyone returned after the sun went down. They all gathered in an open space, where the older women who couldn't do heavy work helped cook, and everyone lined up to wait for their share.
Food was also distributed according to rank. Those who worked hard at hunting would eat more. Women, who had to gather resources and bear children, would also eat their fill, though less than the young and strong. The children and the elderly ate the least.
No one felt it was unfair. The children thought they could eat more when they grew up, while the elderly felt they had eaten so much good food before, so now that they were old, they should save some for the younger ones.
Overall, the tribe was quite loving; no child starved to death, and at most, some died from illness.
All the children were raised by everyone in the tribe, but when they couldn't go out in winter, they ate differently.
Autumn is the harvest season, and everyone has to hand over half of what they find to the tribe.
This was to prevent the elderly and children who were unable to survive from starving to death. During the winter, they were able to survive thanks to the food delivered in the autumn.
No young adult or woman would object, because they all know that they will have to rely on others to support them when they get old.
Qing thought this method was good. Everyone gets old eventually, and when she gets old, she can also enjoy the benefits of the tribe.
Overall, the people in the tribe are quite united. As long as they don't betray the tribe or slack off, they can stay in the tribe peacefully.
Of course, nowadays no one would say they're lazy; everyone is very hardworking and just wants to fill their stomachs.
It's summer now, and although there's more food and it's a bit better than in spring, it's still much worse than in autumn.
In the spring, people here rarely go out hunting. Although they don't understand other things, they know that animals need to reproduce to ensure a continuous supply of prey to feed the tribe.
I glanced at the sky outside; it was only around three or four in the afternoon, and there were still several hours until dinner.
I quickly grabbed a steamed bun from my spatial storage and started eating. After finishing, I rinsed my mouth immediately. There was no way around it; the people here have incredibly sensitive noses.
If they are discovered when they go out, they will say that they are hiding things, which is not allowed. Half of them must be handed over in the fall.
After eating their fill, they focused on digging the cave. By nightfall, the shape of the cave was already visible.
Qing planned to enlarge the cave. Considering the six months of winter and the six months of spring, especially the difficulty of finding food in spring, he decided to enlarge the cave to store more edible food and firewood.
However, he didn't dare to open the caves on the left and right sides too big, in case the neighbor next door was also opening a cave and it broke through.
However, a larger cave could be dug at the back of the mountain, since no one lives on the back side anyway.
"Green~"
Just as they were digging the soil with great enthusiasm, they heard the sound of Qing.
At first, I didn't realize it, but then I realized it was someone calling my name, and that's when I understood.
After thinking for a moment, she realized who the person calling her name was. She quickly realized it was the little girl's best friend, the girl named Chun, and hurriedly responded.
"Here I am, Chun. Is something the matter?"
Spring went straight into the cave, carrying a stone bowl filled with a greenish, gooey substance.
When Qingyi saw this thing, and it brought back the little girl's memories, her face turned green.
This is our usual dinner. We boil the leaves we pick until they're soft. If we catch any game, we also put the meat in to cook together.
You can imagine how bad it tasted. She really wanted the time-traveling woman to come over soon, at least the food would improve after she arrived.
Moreover, after the time-traveling woman arrives, she will also build a kang (heated brick bed), which will reduce the mortality rate of the elderly and children in winter.
Although she understood a little, she preferred to remain silent in order to maintain her public image. She never believed that people from the same hometown would be moved to tears when they met; she was more worried that they might stab her in the back.
"Is your stomach still upset? I saw you didn't go to pick up your dinner, so I brought it over for you."
Can Qing say that he was so engrossed in digging that he forgot?
"Thank you, Chun. I was thinking of digging two more holes during my rest days, so I forgot about eating."
"You've cleaned this cave much better now. I've told you before to be cleaner, but you wouldn't listen. It's much cleaner now, doesn't it look more comfortable?"
Hearing Chun say this, he also knew from the little girl's memories that the little girl would rush around looking for food every day, and would fall asleep when she got home, exhausted.
She simply wasn't in the mood to clean the cave, or perhaps the young girl didn't care; she was fine with any place to stay.
“I didn’t have time to clean before, and I didn’t even have time to find food. I was thinking of digging two more caves in the next few days. Autumn is coming soon, and I was thinking of stocking up on more things so that winter will be easier.”
"Qing, you should find a man soon! It's too hard for you to spend the winter alone. It's so cold, I don't know if you can make it through. It would be better to have a man with you, and he can help you prepare food for the winter."
Unexpectedly, Chun said the words "find a man" in a very serious manner, without the slightest embarrassment. Searching through my memory, it seems that she really wasn't embarrassed at all, just like eating and drinking, a very normal thing.
"Spring, I'm not in a hurry. When I can't take it anymore, I'll find a man."
Even though she tried her best to imitate the original owner, there was still a moment when she felt very awkward. She really couldn't treat finding a man as a normal thing as eating and drinking.
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