Reborn stone tools to farm

For some reason, Tang Zheng suddenly raised her head and said hesitantly, "Grandmother, what does this mean?"

Sighing slightly, the old grandmother's eyes gradually took on some deep meaning, which made Tang Zheng feel flustered.

"I don't know if I can survive this snow season. There must be someone in the clan who can speak."

"Hehe, what did the old grandma say?" Tang Zheng laughed dryly, the topic was so heavy that she couldn't breathe, and forced to laugh: "It's early, the old grandma still wants to see that the clansmen live a good life, No worries about food or clothing, watching Hazel grow up, taller than a bee, and watching..."

With a smile on her face, the old grandmother listened quietly to what Tang Zheng was saying without interrupting, until she really didn't know what to say before she said, "I'll show you something."

Getting up from the ground with some difficulty, Tang Zheng hurriedly got up to give her a hand. The old grandmother patted her hand and led her into the cave.

Relieved from the incoherent speech just now, Tang Zheng looked at the hunched figure walking in front of her who was only a little taller than her, and followed quietly step by step.

The first warmth that came here was given by the old grandmother. She took care of her and gave her her own meat. It is obvious that the age of forty is already coming to an end. Compared with modern life, life is cut in half Longevity, a deep sense of powerlessness made her breathless.

"These are all the things in the family. This snow season will be much better than before." Stopping in front of a pile of baskets, the old grandmother could hear a little satisfaction in her words.

Looking along the trend, everything is neatly stacked.This was Tang Zheng's first time entering the innermost part of the cave. The cave was not big, and he could see some things piled up in the innermost part from the outside, but it was the first time he had such an intuitive understanding of the tribe's supplies.

Most of the baskets in front of me are mushrooms and taro, and other fruits are in the minority.There is a pile of leather on the ground, which is the kind he is wearing now, and there are quite a few of them.Some animal teeth or animal skulls, some with dark green or black lines, are obviously special props for doing something.

After Tang Zheng took a rough look, the old grandmother led her a few steps to the side, knelt down and stroked a stone slab leaning against the mountain wall, her movements were solemn.Tang Zheng had seen this slate before. It was the one with the totem representing their tribe, and it was the belief of the whole tribe.

"Come."

Pulling Tang Zheng and squatting down, the old grandmother struggled to move the large stone slab, and through the light coming in from outside the cave, she could clearly see many vertical lines and simple pictures engraved on the mountain wall.

"We used to be a very big tribe. At that time, the wood tribe was bigger than the stone tribe and the river tribe. They didn't have to worry about food and clothing. Everyone lived happily until a heavy snow destroyed all happiness. .." The old grandmother pointed to a picture with many small figures drawn with lines. Following the story in her mouth, she slid her fingertips down to a picture, and her voice echoed in the cave, becoming more ethereal, distant and long.

The heavy snow was continuous, and the land was frozen but did not stop. The people at that time hid in caves and wanted to wait for the heavy snow to go away. However, the ice spreading from the north finally forced them to migrate south. During the long journey to avoid natural disasters, people of the tribe kept falling down, and when they finally arrived here, they were already seriously injured.

Later, due to various problems, the number of people continued to decrease. At least there were only nine people in the tribe. It was not until the previous grandmothers took power that they gradually stabilized and recuperated. There is such a wooden tribe that Tang Zheng sees now. .

The story is not long, but Tang Zheng listened to it very engrossed. The long sense of time is always her favorite.

After talking about the history of the entire tribe, the old grandmother slowly pointed to the side of the mountain wall carved with thin and dense vertical lines, and said with a smile: "Look, all the people in the tribe are here."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this Tang Zheng became interested: "Which one is me?"

"Hehe, let me have a look." The old grandmother rubbed her fingertips on the stone wall and looked down, pointing to the third row from the bottom: "This is you, you were born in the rainy season, after this snow season is over, draw a line and you will see it." You can carve your own mark on the front."

In an instant, Tang Zheng understood that this was the birthday and age list of all the people in the clan. The line engraved with it was exactly his own age. Every time he was born, the old grandmother would add a line behind it, and he could claim it when he was ten years old next year. own mark up.

Out of curiosity, Tang Zheng pestered the old grandmother to ask where the marks of several people were. As a result, Silly Apprentice Shan was only 19 years old, Feng was 16, and Tan was only [-] years old.

This looks too anxious!She thought the mountain was already 23 four.But Zhi's age was not wrong, she was exactly 13 years old, probably because she didn't go out often and her age didn't matter.

Some marks are run through by horizontal lines, which should be members of the clan who have passed away, but there is a special symbol in front of one mark, which is longer and rare in it. Tang Zheng counted carefully, 36 notches, it should be It's the old grandma.

Thinking about it, Tang Zheng asked directly, "Grandma, is this you?".

"Yes, Hazel is really powerful."

The old grandmother chuckled and praised Tang Zheng for being smart, but Tang Zheng was not happy at all.

36, what a young number.

Tang Zheng clenched her fists secretly, to see if this snow season is really that scary, the experience of tens of thousands of years can't even be preserved personally!

"Hazel?" Seeing her dazed again, the old grandmother waved her hand in front of her eyes.

"Ah?" Tang Zheng scratched the back of her head embarrassingly. Just as she was about to say something, she glanced at the animal skin aside, and suddenly a thought entered her mind. She got up and ran: "Grandmother, wait for me !"

Before the old grandmother could react, Tang Zheng had already run back, holding the leather she had tanned for the first time in her hand, and stuffed it into her hand as she sat down: "Look, how is this leather. "

This piece of skin was Tang Zheng's first tanning. Afterwards, the surface was polished with pebbles. It was soft and smooth, and it was very comfortable to touch with the warmth of the campfire.

"Okay, it's better than anything I've ever seen." The old grandmother praised it without hesitation, stroking it repeatedly, and couldn't put it down for the texture of her hands.

Tang Zheng raised a confident smile, and said, "Then we, like the Stone Tribe, also exchange cooked skins for raw ones?"

Hearing that the old grandmother put away her smile, she pondered for a while before she opened her mouth and said: "In the past, the Stone Tribe didn't know how to tan leather, but a tribe that was as small as us. I wanted to change it, and so did Tao, but... "

"I know." Tang Zheng interrupted the old grandmother, and stretched out her hand to grab the one on the pile of leather on the ground: "We can use this to exchange, go to the small tribe behind the mountain to exchange."

Tang Zheng naturally understands the reason why everyone is innocent, but she is guilty. She has never thought of exchanging the pottery and animal skins she made, at least not now. Every new technology will attract the jealousy of others. , if this kind of unreasonable disaster is caused, it is definitely not something they can bear.

The old grandmother was obviously taken aback by Tang Zheng's proposal, her thumb rubbing back and forth on the smooth leather seemed anxious.She never thought about the possibility of taking out all the leather to keep out the cold in exchange for raw hides. There are too many variables on the road, and there are too many arrogant tribes. This must be a big adventure!

Tang Zheng could see the old grandmother's worries, and she was also very nervous after putting forward this idea, sweating slightly while holding the leather palm, waiting for the old grandmother's answer with burning eyes.

After a long time, the old grandmother breathed a sigh of relief, smiled lightly and said, "Hazel, you don't look like a child."

The unexpected reply made Tang Zheng's back stiff, and he said half-jokingly, "Hehe, I also want to grow up to be an adult all at once."

This time it wasn't just the palms, the hairs on the back of the neck stood up, and the scalp was numb.

"It seems that your ancestors have really had a great influence on you." The old grandmother changed her tone, and said with a sense of loss: "Everything here is given to you, so you can do whatever you want, I believe in you."

"Yes, old grandma, then I'll go out first."

"Go."

Before she had time to think about the meaning of the old grandmother's words, Tang Zheng just wanted to escape from the cave quickly. Just now, she felt a guilty conscience. She didn't dare to look into the old grandmother's eyes. She was afraid that her body had already changed core.

After running out of the cave, the cool wind blew and woke up a little bit. Thinking of the actions just now, Tang Zheng couldn't help but burst out laughing, shaking his head, laughing at himself for being too sensitive. I won't embarrass her, let's be realistic, she is more useful than the previous one, isn't she?

"Hazel, what are you happy about?" Zhi, who was sitting at the entrance of the cave, was attracted by her laughter, and asked curiously towards this side.

"It's nothing, you're busy, don't chat with Tan all the time." Recovering his senses, Tang Zheng said while flirting and glanced at Tan, blushing with embarrassment.

"Got it!" Zhi puffed up her face pretending to be angry, and then couldn't help laughing.

After chatting with Zhi and the others for a while, Tang Zheng turned around and went back to the cave. The old grandmother was still packing up the clan's supplies, and she was a little surprised to see her come back: "What's wrong?"

"I want to talk about the previous things."

"Okay, tell me." The old grandmother put down the things in her hands and looked very interested in Tang Zheng who was sitting in front of her.

"The harvest in the clan has been good these days. The weather is cold, and the meat can be eaten for a long time after being smoked. I want someone to quickly exchange the leather for it." After organizing the conversation for a while, Tang Zheng said again: "The basket is no better than pottery and leather. It’s okay to exchange a few lesser ones, and the fruits eaten during the snow season should be enough, Tao and the others, I want to stay and do other things.”

"Okay, tell them tomorrow, I'll listen to you." The old grandmother agreed readily, as if she was going to hand over the whole tribe to Tang Zheng.

"Grandmother."

"Ok?"

"You can still live for many fruit seasons!" After saying that, Tang Zheng ran away again.

Looking at the figure that quickly disappeared at the entrance of the cave, the old grandmother couldn't help but find it funny.Standing up and straightening your waist, the warm sunlight came in from the opening of the hole, and stroked the string of nicks that belonged to you next to you, gently and nostalgic.

Maybe I can really add a few more.

The author has something to say: The last ice age began 11 years ago and ended 9600-9200 years ago, covering the Northern Hemisphere, centered on North America and Europe.

The ice age will definitely cause global cooling, so the four seasons in the article are considered a bug.

_(:з」∠)_ I know that I write slowly, thank you for not despising me, and set a range for yourself, if you can’t do it every day or even every other day, it won’t exceed two days.