Seven years after the establishment of the Teng Tribe, a giant crack appeared in the center of the original continent, like a heavenly sword, cutting the entire continent apart.
In the eleventh year of the Teng tribe, the continent continued to split, straits appeared, various disasters occurred frequently, and the name of the Four Great Wildernesses existed in name only. The Teng tribe called the divided continent the North and South Continent.
From the twelfth to the fifteenth year of the Teng tribe, the movement of the earth's crust became more frequent and violent, and natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods, and droughts occurred frequently.
Affected by frequent natural disasters, supplies in the north and south continents gradually became scarce. Tribes fought for survival. Small and medium-sized tribes mainly engaged in hunting and gathering were frequently established and disappeared, and large tribes also faced a serious survival crisis.
In the eighteenth year of the Teng Tribe, a drought lasted for more than seven months in the central part of the southern continent, and even the Nan River, which had extremely abundant water, dried up at one point.
The long-term drought resulted in the lack of grass and frequent forest fires. The original forests everywhere were burned by large-scale fires, and countless animals, plants and tribal people died in these disasters.
At the end of July, it finally rained in the south.
However, people did not feel happy for long before they discovered that a more terrifying nightmare had occurred - the heavy rain simply did not stop.
The rain lasted for more than five months, and the originally extremely dry land was suddenly flooded, and floods, landslides and other disasters began to occur frequently.
It was also from this year that the climate in the central part of the southern continent gradually changed from the previous four seasons of spring to extreme dry and rainy seasons.
The situation in the northern continent across the strait is not easy either.
The northern continent, which originally had four distinct seasons, has had extremely long winters due to climate change, even lasting up to ten months in some places. The ground is covered with ice and snow almost all year round, and even in the hot summer, the snow on the mountains is difficult to melt.
Under the influence of various natural and man-made disasters, food and safe territory have become more important than before, and even affect the survival of the tribe.
In order to survive, the tribes of the northern and southern continents began a long and brutal melee, and the rise and fall of tribes were much faster than before.
The once rich and prosperous Southern Wilderness has turned into a war-torn land where everyone is in danger.
Under the dual influence of natural disasters and wars, countless tribesmen died of starvation, freezing, disease, and battle, and the two continents of north and south almost became hell on earth.
In this chaos, only one tribe was able to maintain a relatively normal life amidst all kinds of natural and man-made disasters—that was the Teng Tribe! Thanks to the constantly improving planting and breeding techniques, as well as the grain seeds that Jiang Xuan had collected with great effort and that could adapt to various climates.
Whether it is the dry season or the rainy season, the Teng tribe can choose suitable seeds for planting according to the climate.
Although the harvest will be affected by natural disasters, thanks to the increasingly larger territory and the continuous iteration of advanced production tools, the members of the Teng tribe can basically survive.
Of course, it's just to survive.
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The nineteenth year of the Teng tribe, May 12, the rainy season.
Teng tribe residential area, a small courtyard in the bamboo forest.
“Rustle…”
Outside came the sound of rain hitting bamboo leaves. The sound of wind, rain, and the friction between bamboo leaves and branches was like a long natural concerto, playing non-stop.
In the room, Jiang Xuan placed a wooden barrel where the roof was leaking. Water drops fell from the roof and hit the bottom of the barrel, making a "tick-dong" sound from time to time, like knocking a wooden fish.
Jiang Xuan looked up at the puddle of water on the ground and said unhappily, "This rain is endless. When will it stop?"
The mud brick house where he lived was originally very waterproof.
However, there was a sudden hailstorm some time ago, which smashed many tiles on the roof.
Although the tribesmen made emergency repairs, due to the continuous heavy rain, some subtle cracks were not repaired properly.
Therefore, Jiang Xuan could only place a few wooden buckets at the leaking place to collect the water, so as to prevent the dripping rain water from flowing all over the house.
After placing the wooden barrel to collect water, Jiang Xuan walked to the fire pit, added some dry firewood into the fire pit, and then cooked lunch while patiently waiting for the person he had agreed to meet.
He didn't have to wait long before a figure wearing a straw raincoat hurriedly walked through the rain and bamboo forest towards the house.
Crescent, a black rhinoceros as big as a house, was half lying in the straw hut. It just glanced at the visitor, then looked away and continued to chew the grass fed to it by the children of the tribe.
On a cliff not far away, the purple eagle glutinous rice ball also looked over here, then lowered its head and continued to peck at its food.
In the bamboo forest, the man walked under the eaves, took off his hat and raincoat, revealing a handsome face - this man was Qingye from the Crocodile Tribe.
Qingye hung his hat and raincoat on the wall, and carefully cleaned the dirt off his legs and leather boots. Then he straightened his clothes and slowly pushed open the wooden door.
“Squeak…”
The bottom of the door hinge rubbed against the stone groove on the threshold, making a low, long sound, reminding the owner of the house that a guest had arrived.
Beside the fire, Jiang Xuan's face lit up with joy. He immediately stood up, walked quickly to the door, and asked Qing Ye, "Did anything go wrong on the road? Did you get wet? Go warm yourself by the fire."
"I'm fine, just my trouser legs are a little wet from the rain."
Qingye stepped into the house with the ground paved with blue bricks. Looking at everything familiar, he felt very happy. The fatigue brought by the journey and the rain was instantly swept away.
"You're so wet, you should change your clothes. It just so happens that the uniform factory sent me a few new animal skin clothes a few days ago, both men's and women's."
Jiang Xuan walked into the room, found three sets of women's fur clothes, and let Qingye choose by himself.
Qingye didn't hesitate and picked out a set of the simplest animal skin clothes, then went into the room to change.
After she changed her clothes and walked into the living room, Jiang Xuan had already set a table full of dishes and helped her serve a bowl of red crystal rice.
"Come and have dinner."
Jiang Xuan happily admired Qingye after she put on her new clothes and invited her to eat.
"good."
Qingye sat opposite Jiang Xuan, picked up the latest white porcelain bowl and the new animal bone chopsticks, feeling quite complicated.
Since the division of the North and South continents, various disasters have occurred frequently. Even large tribes can only save their lives, and it is even more difficult for the revived tribes and small tribes to survive.
Under such circumstances, life was difficult for each tribe. This seemingly simple meal could probably only be prepared by the Teng tribe with relative ease.
However, Qingye was not a pretentious person. Those thoughts only circled in her mind for a while before being thrown away.
The two ate and chatted, enjoying this rare gathering.
Ten years after the Vine Tribe's death, the Crocodile Tribe tried to steal the spoils from the rear of the Black Snake Tribe but failed. The two tribes became enemies and Qingye was ostracized by the Crocodile Tribe.
In the eleventh year of the Vine Tribe, the North and South continents split, and the Black Water Marsh was connected to the sea. Various huge and ferocious sea beasts appeared in the Black Water Marsh. The hunting risks of the Crocodile Tribe increased unnecessarily, and later they dared not go deep into the Black Water Marsh.
In the following years, due to the loss of the hunting grounds in Black Water Marsh and frequent natural disasters, the living environment of the Crocodile Tribe became even worse.
In order to survive, the Crocodile Tribe began to frantically plunder the nearby small and medium-sized tribes. Under the instructions of the witch, they sent a traveling team headed by Qingye to carry gifts to the Teng Tribe to repair their relationship with the Teng Tribe.
After that, this traveling team followed Qingye and traveled across the southern continent, obtaining a large amount of supplies and benefits for the Crocodile Tribe through fighting and trading.
After fifteen years in the Vine Tribe, Aoba regained the trust and reuse of the Crocodile Tribe, and was allowed to interact with the leader of the Vine Tribe, but she had to put the interests of the Crocodile Tribe first.
Later, Qingye and Jiang Xuan agreed to meet once in spring and autumn every year, and live together for five days each time to ease the pain of missing each other.
And today is the day they agreed on.
They spent a long time eating this meal, and almost talked out everything they had been accumulating for half a year.
When night falls, under the flickering firelight, the shadows of the two people gradually approach each other on the wall, and then they embrace each other passionately and linger... (End of this chapter)
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