87 Experience life
Early the next morning, Li Tianyang and the others got up from the bed with difficulty with a pair of red eyes, and accompanied by Ma Yao, they met the patriarch of Biyong again, and this time, they saw the face of the cottage. Standing in front of the flat dam on the hill, Li Tianyang and they could even see the indigenous residents who got up early on the muddy road.
Because it is not as reasonable as Tanmen's later planning, the houses here are scattered in various places on the hilltop, so the area seems to be a bit large, so in addition to a wooden wall near the mountainside to protect the houses above the mountainside, the houses below the mountainside are built in the woods at will. Roughly speaking, the natives here include young and old, and I am afraid that there are at least one or two thousand people, at least six or seven hundred houses under the mountain.
In order to feed such a large group of villagers, many hunting teams will disperse into the forest for more than 100 miles every day in search of food. Today, Li Tianyang and them want to experience the daily life of the natives, follow Lahok and their team, and go around the primeval forest.
On the way here yesterday, although Li Tianyang felt Ma Yao's skills, he didn't see them in person after all, and after setting off today, they could really see this group of children of the forest, flexible and agile. In Li Tianyang's eyes, the woods with deep roots and leafy leaves are the culprits that prevent them from discovering their prey, but the natives can distinguish the subtle differences from the dark green and find traces of the prey; The criss-crossed, fishnet-like vines always oppose Li Tianyang, but it is a convenient mode of transportation for the natives, and they go from one end to the other in a rippling way.
Of course, what is indispensable is the archery skills of the natives, with only the simple bows and arrows in their hands, separated by a few zhang or even more than ten zhang, they can always bring them a fatal arrow after finding their prey. Even Ma Yao and these young natives have extraordinary skills in their hands, and the teenagers in the camp often compete and bet with each other, basically the natives can pick out any person, and they can throw Li Tian to raise them a lot.
Seeing this, Li Tianyang couldn't help but be a little afraid in his heart, if he had fallen out with this group of natives at the beginning, just the archery skills revealed in their hands would have brought great harm to Li Tianyang, not to mention that in this forest, their geographical relationship is like a fish in water, as long as they fight the autumn breeze around Li Tianyang and them from time to time, it will be enough for Li Tianyang to have a headache.
Fortunately, none of this happened, and Li Tianyang's relationship with these natives has gradually become harmonious with the exchanges in the past few months.
Luck didn't seem to be on the natives' side, and until noon, apart from a few small animals such as lynx and foxes, there was really no valuable prey. Seeing that everyone was also a little tired, Lahok stopped by a small stream and let everyone rest for lunch.
The dry food is smoked and roasted jerky, which tastes a little dry and difficult to chew, and at the same time, it is accompanied by some potatoes exchanged for Li Tianyang's camp, which is considered today's lunch.
"Do you have to travel a long way every time you go out to hunt, Uncle Lahouk?" Li Tianyang was biting the jerky with his hands while chatting with Uncle Lahoke, who led the team.
"Yes, there is no way, there are fewer and fewer prey around the stockade, so we can only run farther away to hunt!" Lahok replied as a matter of course.
"Then you haven't thought about growing some food?" Li Tianyang has always been puzzled about this matter, speaking of which, the natives of the Zhuluo Mountain Society are not very aggressive, and they also go to the coast from time to time to trade with the people in the immigrant villages to exchange some daily necessities, why haven't they thought about farming!
"The people in our village don't have enough time to hunt, so they don't have time to play with those useless things! Besides, don't the women in the village also grow some food, and they have so much food in a year, which is enough for people in a village as big as ours to consume. Lahok looked at Li Tianyang with eyes like an idiot.
Li Tianyang shook his head helplessly, as far as the little land planted by the women in their village was just to reclaim a piece of land between the open space in front of the house and behind the house, and plant some local species, at most, the area of a vegetable garden, how could it be compared with the fields on the mainland. However, looking at Lahok's eyes, Li Tianyang knew that no one would necessarily believe them what he said now, so he didn't say anything more and shut up obediently.
While they were resting in this primeval forest, the patriarch Bi Yongze was sitting with several clan elders from last night discussing Li Tianyang's group.
"What do you think of this group of neighbors?" Although Bi Yong is old, the words he says have not become weak at all because of his age, and he is still so majestic.
"I think it's good, don't say it, there are a group of good young men everywhere, and Ma Yao and they have also brought so many rations to the village these days." While sorting out the silk clothes that Li Tianyang sent them yesterday, the old man Dahai spoke for Li Tianyang.
"I think so." "Hmm."
One by one, the clan elders who received the benefits of Li Tianyang also agreed with Dahai's point of view.
"You old guys!! Are you confused by these things sent by others?? Bi Yong's tone was not angry and arrogant, so that a few clan elders who were still immersed in gorgeous costumes retracted their thoughts and looked at Bi Yong.
"How long have they been here, and they have taken away the young people from the stockade, and if they stay any longer, will there still be people working and hunting in the cover?" Bi Yong looked at a few people with hatred: "What does our village live on?" Hunting!! That's how we've lived since ancient times, but if you look at the young people in the village, what are you learning when you go down the mountain now, put down your good weapons and don't use them, take a piece of wood and dig in the soil to eat, this thing will cut off our roots! ”
"Big brother, you're not right, we don't hunt for a living, they grow food in the land for a living, but in a different way." After all, the old man Dahai had a good impression of Li Tianyang and them, and at this time he also defended them a few words: "Besides, look at Ma Yao boys, every time they go down the mountain for a few days, they bring back things to the village in large bags, and they don't stay in the village for long, why make such a fuss!" ”
"Hmph, I'm making a big fuss, I'm just afraid that if I don't remind you earlier, you will all forget what your ancestors have passed down!! Don't talk about these juniors, look at yourself, it's only been a few months, you have lost the fur on your body and replaced it with this flashy thing, what is this for!! The more he talked, the more angry he became, and Biyong couldn't wait to tear off a pair of their old men and throw them away and burn them.
"My old man doesn't like to hear what the patriarch says, half of my body is buried in the soil, old man, what's wrong with wearing a look, you don't like to wear it as a patriarch, even we are not allowed to wear it!!" A clan elder couldn't stand it anymore, so he turned around and left the patriarch's house: "It's really unreasonable, people are kind enough to send Li Guo, and they also send something wrong." ”
"That's it, if you want to blame, you should blame your precious son, if he hadn't taken the lead, how could there be young people running down the mountain and messing with these people!!" The other clan elders also parted unhappily and returned to their homes, leaving only two clan elders who did not make a sound.
"Big brother, I didn't say you, you've been in the mountains for a long time, you should go out for a walk!" Dahai sighed and slowly left.
"I'm really angry, these old guys, they only see a little thing in front of them, and they can't even think of the future disaster!!" Bi Yongwu sighed sadly at the remaining two clan elders.
"Look at it, patriarch, now in the village, who doesn't yearn for those strange and practical things in people's hands, even if you say it, no one will believe it." The two could only comfort the frustrated old man with a bun on their faces.
The noon sun shone in front of the house, but the three old men did not feel the slightest warmth, but more from the bottom of their hearts of loss and coldness.
Today it is estimated that there will be no three watches
(End of chapter)