The Big Bear Tribe had always been exchanging salt with the Green Mountain Tribe, but now something has happened to the Green Mountain Tribe and it has been occupied by other tribes, so it is more troublesome for the Big Bear Tribe to exchange salt.
But no matter how troublesome it is, the salt must be changed.
Salt can make people in the tribe stronger, reduce the risk of illness, and preserve food... Now the Big Bear Tribe can no longer live without salt.
In this case, they have to find a new tribe willing to exchange salt with them. They can even exchange salt with the people who occupied the Qingshan tribe.
Xiong He expressed his thoughts.
Xiong Qi said dissatisfiedly: "Chief, they killed people from our tribe, and we still have to exchange salt with them?"
The tribe that occupied the Qingshan tribe was called the Giant Tiger Tribe. It was said that the tribe leader's beast form was a very powerful saber-toothed tiger.
When the people of the Big Bear Tribe went to exchange salt, they had no idea that the Green Mountain Tribe had already changed people, so they were very polite. As a result, the people of the Giant Tiger Tribe started attacking them without saying a word and killed several of them.
Those people were brought by Xiong Qi, and many of them had a good relationship with Xiong Qi...
Xiong Qi, who had just been praising the beautiful wreath on Xiong Ye, immediately became angry when he heard what Xiong He said.
"The Giant Tiger Tribe occupied the Qingshan Tribe and should have also obtained the Qingshan Tribe's salt exchange route... If we don't exchange salt with the Giant Tiger Tribe, which tribe can we exchange with?" Xiong Hedao.
"We can bypass the Giant Tiger Tribe and exchange salt with the people who gave the salt to the Giant Tiger Tribe!" Xiong Qi said, "Otherwise, we can go and exchange it with the Creek Tribe who exchanged salt with us last time."
After they were attacked by the Giant Tiger Tribe last time, they finally exchanged salt with the Xiaoxi Tribe not far from the Qingshan Tribe.
"That's fine too." Xiong He said, "As long as we can exchange it for salt."
Xiong Qi heard this and said, "I will lead the team again this time. I will definitely get the salt back!"
"We need more salt, and it would be best if we have a stable channel for salt exchange." Xiong Hedao.
"No problem!" Xiong Qi said.
"Who is willing to go to exchange salt this time?" Xiong He asked again.
Xiong Qi was injured when he went out hunting with Xiong Ye before, but they were all superficial injuries. He has been eating and drinking well in recent days, and his injuries have healed a lot. It will take another ten days to change the salt before setting off, so he still leads the team.
Except him...
Xiong Ye, who put the wreath given to Zhou Ji by the priest on his neck, stood up and said, "I'll go too."
Zhou Ji's face changed.
Kumano's injuries were much more serious than Xiongqi's, especially his broken leg.
Although Kumano has been recovering well these past few days, his injuries may not be fully healed in another ten days.
Of course, the main reason why Zhou Ji changed his expression was that the Salt Team was very dangerous.
At this moment, Zhou Ji even regretted letting Kumano's injury heal too quickly.
There are many people in the tribe who are as active as Kumano. After Kumano responded, several more people took the initiative to offer to exchange salt. Most of these people have no burdens at home, and some have experience in exchanging salt before, such as Niu Er, who is one of them.
Xiong He said: "Okay, I will discuss it with the priest and then select a few people to go."
The tribal meeting ended here. After it ended, Xiong Qi found Xiong Ye and said, "Xiong Ye, are you really going? This time we are going to exchange salt differently from the past..."
In the past, when the salt-exchanging team went to exchange salt, even if they encountered danger, it was not great. But this time it was different.
Everything they face this time is unknown, and no one knows what they will encounter.
"That's why I should go." Kumano said, "I found that I have become much stronger recently. With me around, everyone will be safer."
The last time the salt-exchanging team went to exchange salt, Kumano actually wanted to go with them, but he didn't go in the end because he had to hold a partner ceremony with Shi Li.
But he was fine this time. Even if he had some injuries, they should be healed in ten days.
Salt is something that concerns the survival of the entire tribe. Kumano feels that he should participate no matter what.
As for danger... staying in the tribe, they will still encounter danger when going out hunting, and they don't stop hunting because of the danger.
"You've gotten stronger?" Xiong Qi looked at Xiong Ye in surprise: "Xiong Ye, you're amazing. You've gotten stronger again. If you keep going like this, it won't be long before you become the strongest person in the tribe!"
Xiong Ye was a little helpless - Xiong Qi really was... he could always praise him no matter when!
When he first heard it, he felt a little embarrassed and a little excited, but now when he heard it, he felt a little awkward.
"Xiong Ye." Zhou Ji called out, "Let's go back."
"Okay." Xiong Ye responded and followed Zhou Ji back.
Zhou Ji didn't even smile just now. He knew Zhou Ji must be unhappy, but even so, he still had to go and change the salt.
Without salt, the tribe cannot store food. If they cannot store food, how will they survive the winter?
If we can't even prepare food for the winter, then I'm afraid a group of elderly and weak people will be eliminated every winter.
The Big Bear Tribe used to have few people because of this, and Kumano didn't want to see such a scene.
Speaking of which, Zhou Ji is also a weak person.
However, it is certain that Zhou Ji will be worried about him.
When they got to the cave, Xiong Ye said, "Zhou Ji, don't worry, I'm very strong, nothing will happen to me..."
"Not long ago, you almost got into trouble." Zhou Ji said.
"That was an accident... Actually, if there were more people, I would be fine even if I encountered such a situation," said Kumano.
"Do you have to go?" Zhou Ji asked again.
"I'm going." Kumano was sure.
When Zhou Ji saw Kumano's expression, he knew that Kumano was determined to go.
He didn't say anything, just took a pot and started boiling water.
Seeing Zhou Ji start to boil water expressionlessly, Xiong Ye inexplicably felt guilty and said, "Actually, accidents can happen everywhere... If I go to exchange salt, I will definitely bring back a lot of salt... Is there anything you want?"
Zhou Ji cut a piece of ginseng given by the priest and threw it into the water, and then threw in some herbs he had found in the past few days.
Kumano vaguely felt that something was wrong.
An unpleasant smell wafted out of the pot. Various herbs were boiled together to produce a large bowl of black water. Zhou Ji scooped the water into the bowl with a long-handled spoon and handed it to him: "Since you are going, you should take good care of your injuries and take medicine!"
"You clearly told me before that I don't need to eat it!" Xiong Ye said. The herb called ginseng was given by the priest. On the first day, Zhou Ji boiled water and gave him a bowl of it to drink. He found it very unpalatable and didn't want to drink it. Then Zhou Ji never let him drink it again, saying that it was okay for him not to drink it.
As a result, now Zhou Ji actually wants to give him drink again!
Not only that, Zhou Ji also added some other messy stuff in it!
When Kumano saw the bowl of black stuff, he wanted to retreat.
"You're going to change the salt, so shouldn't you take better care of your health?" Zhou Ji asked, pushing the bowl of medicine over.
Xiong Ye drank it all with a bitter face, and then felt a strange taste spreading in his mouth...
He looked at Zhou Ji expectantly - the last time Zhou Ji let him drink the ginseng soup, he gave him a candy.
It is said that the candy is made from the water of the sweet potato stalks and dried in the sun. It is very, very sweet. Unfortunately, Zhou Ji only gave a small piece. Now...
Zhou Ji stuffed something into Xiong Ye's mouth.
Kumano took a bite subconsciously, and immediately frowned because of the sourness - it was really too sour, really too disgusting!
Zhou Ji didn't give him candy, but instead gave him a very sour fruit!
Kumano frowned in sourness.
It was already dark, and the cave was very dark, but Zhou Ji could still see Xiong Ye's expression clearly. He sighed and stuffed a candy into Xiong Ye's mouth: "Eat it."
Xiong Ye smiled immediately, and Zhou Ji said, "Go to bed early."
Xiongye went to bed obediently. When he felt Zhou Ji also got on the bed, he hugged him in his arms and went to sleep.
The weather was fine the next day.
The tribe picked up too much meat a few days ago, so they haven't gone hunting in the past few days. Even today, they still haven't gone hunting - Xiong He and the people in the tribe started to process animal skins and various shells.
Dinosaur skins, arthropod shells, and scales from certain dinosaurs can all be exchanged for salt, and they picked up a lot of them a few days ago.
Now they have to sort this out.
The people in the tribe were still busy, and Xiong Ye also dragged his injured leg to help. Seeing this, Zhou Ji went to the priest.
"The Beast God appeared in my dream last night." Zhou Ji said.
The priest looked at Zhou Ji in surprise. It was already enviable that Zhou Ji had received the gift from the Beast God before. Now... Zhou Ji said that the Beast God had appeared in his dream?
Why didn't he encounter such a good thing?
Why did Zhou Ji receive so much love from the Beast God? Is it because he is good-looking?
Or maybe Zhou Ji is lying?
The priest frowned: "What did the Beast God say?"
"He said that our tribe will encounter some troubles in the future, and he is willing to help... He made all the earth eggs in the tribe mature." Zhou Ji said.
"This... this is impossible!" said the priest. The Beast God is so busy, how could he care about their tribe?
"I don't know if it's true...let's go outside the tribe and take a look?" Zhou Ji said.
When encountering this situation, of course you have to look outside the tribe.
The priest led Zhou Ji out, and as they walked he said earnestly, "You did have a dream, but it's not necessarily true. I once dreamed that I became younger, but it was all fake."
Zhou Ji didn't say anything.
The priest took Zhou Ji and soon arrived at the place where the tribe grew earth eggs.
Their tribe said they were planting, but in fact they just let the earth eggs grow freely. They didn't even apply fertilizer in the past, so the earth eggs grew smaller and smaller.
Recently, following Zhou Ji's suggestion, I applied some fertilizer to the earth eggs, but they still didn't grow well.
At this moment, when Zhou Ji and the priest went over, the members of the collection team were pulling out weeds - this was also the suggestion made by Zhou Ji.
"Priest, why are you here?" The captain of the gathering team was a little surprised when he saw the priest.
"I have something to do." The priest said, but he didn't tell Zhou Ji about his dream about the Beast God - if this matter was told and it turned out to be false, it would not be good for Zhou Ji.
However, the priest didn't say anything, Zhou Ji said: "I dreamed of the Beast God last night, and the Beast God told me that he made all the earth eggs in our tribe grow up."
The leader of the collection team: “…”
The leader of the collection team said: "Priest, Zhou Ji said he wanted to fertilize and weed. So let's do it. It won't hurt the eggs anyway. But what he said is too nonsense, isn't it? I just saw that the eggs are very small!"
Recently, the priest has attached great importance to Zhou Ji, and Zhou Ji has become very popular, but the captain of the gathering team still doesn't like him very much.
Zhou Ji is just a talker, they are the ones doing the work, why do the priests only pay attention to Zhou Ji?
Moreover, whether it is smoking meat or fertilizing and weeding, these may not be effective!
Of course, the captain of the collection team was unhappy at the moment, mainly because she felt that Zhou Ji was lying - she had seen those earth eggs in the morning, and they were still very small!
When the priest heard what the captain of the gathering team said, he looked at Zhou Ji helplessly. Zhou Ji took it seriously just because he had a dream. Now he was so embarrassed!
Zhou Ji said: "I believe in the Beast God."
Zhou Ji's expression was very serious, and the captain of the collection team was also skeptical. But at this time, Yang Ying said: "He is talking nonsense. How could the Beast God go to find him?"
After Shi Li left, Yang Ying and Yang Su's life was pretty good.
Xiong He was too busy to take back their cave, so they picked up a lot of meat these days and everyone could eat as much as they wanted.
But all this is temporary.
They knew that their future days were destined to be difficult.
Under such circumstances, they naturally didn't like Zhou Ji—Shi Li was taken away by Zhou Ji's father!
Of course, Yang Ying dared to say this now because she had just secretly dug up an earth egg, which was only the size of a fingernail.
Zhou Ji had told the priest a lot of things before, and the priest revealed some to the people in the tribe, but not too much.
Firstly, the time is still short and there is no obvious effect from what Zhou Ji said. Secondly, Zhou Ji himself is too lazy to say it.
At this moment, many people said: "Zhou Ji, everyone dreams, but you should not take dreams seriously!"
"You had a good idea for smoking meat, but how can eggs grow in advance?"
"We saw them when we were weeding, and they were still very small."
…
Someone even said to the priest: "Priest, even if you like Xiong Ye, you can't believe everything Zhou Ji says."
"I think Zhou Ji's suggestion to apply fertilizers may not be correct. In some places, after applying fertilizers, the eggs withered instead."
"There's no point in weeding, right? The eggs are always growing together with the grass."
…
The priest has given them a lot of tasks recently, and it is said that Zhou Ji and he discussed them together... Everyone in the collection team has opinions.
There is no point in pulling weeds... we can't take them home and eat them.
"The Beast God likes me very much, he won't lie to me." Zhou Ji said.
Everyone: “…”Isn’t this too shameless? If the Beast God really likes you, would you not even have a beast form?
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