The twilight of late autumn is always a little bleak, the wall gradually took shape, and huge figures lined up among the trees.

The fallen leaves and the wind chased each other, ran past the gate of the tribe, and the sweet smell of the fruit harvest came from a distance, as well as the almost overripe fragrance.The fruit trees outside the tribe have basically become forests. In the past, there was still a distance to go out, but now the tribe has expanded a lot of space outside. When the wind blows, you can smell the fruit fragrance when you stay on the treetops.

However, the number of rabbits in the tribe has changed from two to 23, and more than a dozen were eaten before. The long hair that is needed, if it is not big enough to be easily frightened to death, has almost no disadvantages.

The tribe built a new nest for them. There was a situation where rabbits dug a hole before. Uro thought they had finally reached the number and decided to dig a hole and escape. Unexpectedly, the rabbit just dug a hole along the grass nest and gave birth to a cub in it. It didn't mean to run away.However, the wild rabbits that were captured for breeding not only killed the cubs, but also escaped along the pothole. It was only when Amber blocked the hole that she vaguely understood the meaning of domestication and animal husbandry.

So in order to vent their anger and avenge the little bastard, they set traps and caught a lot of hares for dinner during that time-even children can do these small traps, no adults are needed.

And those two wolf cubs were deliberately raised in the house, and they were hugged and played by the children when they were young. After a few months, they grew up a lot.This is to train hounds to guard the gate. If the wildness cannot be completely eliminated, Yan Xiaowang will be in charge. He will take the two little wolf cubs out for a walk when grazing at regular intervals, hunting down hares, rats and other small animals. If a wolf wants to bite an animal in the tribe, he will be beaten up immediately.

The wildness of wolves needs to be worn out. These two can't be called dogs yet. When they grow up, they have to be careful. The name white-eyed wolf is not called for nothing. If it doesn't fit, they can only be killed for food.

Ulo, who couldn't lift his shoulders or lift his hands, was forced to retire. Of course, Hu Po didn't expect him to do heavy work, so as not to save his brain and exercise, but his body was overwhelmed.

Uro was then assigned to a basket.

"What do you mean by that?"

Wu Luo got up early in the morning, and before he had time to stretch his muscles and bones, Hu Po stuffed a straw basket over without a head. He was a little confused for a while, so he stood on the ground holding the basket and asked.

"Well—" Yan squinted, "I probably think you can only form a team with women to collect."

So after breakfast, Yan honestly held the basket that Wu Luo was holding, looked at the other party inexplicably, and asked Amber to ask for a big basket to carry on his back, and Wu Luo had a kind and happy smile on his face. "There are no injuries recently. Autumn is the harvest season. The weather is so good. Let's go collect together."

Yan "..."

The two little wolf cubs who were familiar with Yan Xiaowang's smell were scurrying around in the crowd, licking the woman's hand, and then the man's palm, trying to get a share of the pie, or taste the oil first.Dogs in rural areas are usually fed with leftovers. Dogs in cities will buy dog ​​food or cook for them. People in tribes eat enough to eat. Dogs are basically not fed with spoiled meat. , that is, everyone gave some rations, and some were boiled fish and animal offal.

These two little wolf cubs may be the first two living creatures in the world.

Amber hugged one of the little wolf cubs. After the food was enough, she got the most as the leader, and she was usually the one who fed the two wolf cubs.

Apart from Yan Xiaowang who has been training them, the two wolf cubs are closest to Hu Po.

The wolf cub whimpered and circled around Hu Po's legs, being hugged, he licked the oily residue on Hu Po's fingers with his tongue, and tried his best to cuddle up to Hu Po's body to act coquettishly.The spirituality of animals is neither high nor low. These two wolf cubs were raised by the tribe when they were just weaned. They instinctively got close to Amber who gave them food, and Yan Xiaowang who was afraid of teaching them a lesson. It really looks like a dog.

Let Yan go to collect together?

Amber is not blind. Of course, she saw that the basket she handed to Wuluo had been handed over to Yan. When this man came, it happened that most of the people in the tribe were injured. He collected many herbs by himself, so he kept Since then, she has simply let it go, and Sui Yan decides what to do for the day by herself.

His force is very powerful, since he is willing to be with the collection team, that is not a bad thing.

Amber only looked at it for a couple of times before turning her eyes back. Today, she still has to go to see how the seeds she planted before are doing. After the busy season of sowing, they will invest in the construction of the fence, and only go to water every now and then. Fertilization, the last time I saw it, some green seedlings had turned golden, and the dense rows were swaying in the wind, which looked very spectacular.

They pounded rice a few times to eat, but the amount was not much. After all, they had to save it for seeds. The few times they tried something new, they only took out a small portion, and the small handful had to be shared among dozens of people. , millet porridge can be diluted into plain water, and it doesn't taste as strong as broth after drinking it. Amber has tasted it, but she didn't taste the rice aroma that Wu Luo said.

Later, I boiled a few small pots of meat porridge, which tasted like soup. Occasionally, when it was boiled, I could taste some crispy hard lumps, but it was not filling, so I could only grind my teeth.

If the harvest is enough this time, I will taste the rice fragrance that Wu Luo has been mentioning.

The number of tribes has been increasing slowly, but things have also been increasing, whether it is pottery burning, fishing and hunting, farming or animal husbandry, etc., including building walls and houses, polishing weapons and tools, all these things need manpower.She didn't expect that things would get more troublesome after she was full. Amber thumped her head. She still remembered that Uro had said that someone came to spy on the tribe before, and these women were caught while mining salt.

The four women have become very honest. In order to prevent them from escaping, Amber kept them in the tribe to do heavy work such as cleaning animal excrement, sifting soil and mud, and sometimes helping to peel hemp and twist rope , They all worked honestly, which saved Amber a lot of heart.

But it is true in the first place, even if you run out, even if there are no wild beasts, you may not be able to return to your own tribe. Besides, there are only four of them, and the four of them may not necessarily be united. there is none left.

Humans, like animals, are inherently domesticable.

In the past, Amber would never have thought of connection, but over the past year, her thoughts have changed a lot, especially when she realizes that some things can be connected.

Just as water and mud can be mixed into clay, pottery can be obtained by burning clay.

Uro said that the people who peeked and the people who came to pick salt were probably together. They even met the people of the hill tribes in the spring before, but the people who picked salt and the people who peeked were unfamiliar faces. .If it is a tribe that walks along the water, it is useless for them to peek at the tribe, so it must be a tribe that is farther and bigger.

There are so many salt pickers, their tribe must be very big, this is very consistent, Hu Po’s tribe is very close to the salt field, when she asks the salt pickers to go out, she will choose ten people, more women, There should be fewer men, mainly for protection, and the hunting of men should not be delayed.

If she wants to send so many men and women to the salt field to collect salt, there must be a lot of people in the tribe, and the road is far away, otherwise there should not be so many men.

"Um……"

Amber tapped her head. She still remembered Uro's appearance when he analyzed the pros and cons. Many words sounded reasonable, but when it was her turn to think about it, she felt confused.

She couldn't stop thinking about the fact that women came from big tribes.

Forget it, let's talk about it when they call.

Amber freely took the newly polished bone knife and the basket on her back. When they went to see the seeds, they also had to check on the road whether there was any grass suitable for the herd to eat, including pulling out the weeds beside the seeds. , You can also catch some worms in the soil and come back together to make feed for the herd to eat.

There are many jobs in the tribe, but there are too few people. In addition, the four women cannot be assigned to work too far away, and some pregnant women are obviously seeing their days again.The men were either assigned to make fences, or sent out to find herds of long-fat animals. Basically, they each had their own places. Wu Luo and Yan were two free laborers who had been passive and idle for a long time in a small number of tribes.

It’s not that this kind of non-technical thing has never been done. When he first joined the tribe, Uro helped the tribe polish tools, but it didn’t take long before he burned pottery and officially transferred After acquiring high-level technical jobs, they then went to camp to help the tribe survive as much as possible.

"To be honest, although you may not believe it, this is really the first time I have gone out to collect, don't look at me like that, I have never gone out to hunt." Uro said with emotion, "I am an ordinary literati, but I majored in finance. After graduation, I sat in offices and airplanes, and I didn’t do too much hard work anyway, so I was afraid of death after coming here, basically I can’t go out, so I don’t go out, so as not to be eaten by wild animals.”

Yan glanced at him, and said without the slightest contempt, "I can tell."

For some reason, Uro suddenly felt a little heartache.

The people who collected were all acquaintances. Jin and Jie chattered ahead to open the way, while Fufu and Shu chatted at the back. Fishing was off for the past few days, and the manpower in this area was basically divided into weed drying and picking. fruit.Originally, Li was also coming, but unfortunately she just gave birth not long ago, she was still a pair of twins, and almost died during the delivery process. Fortunately, Fuda Mingda didn't really shut up that breath, but her body was also weak, which led to the recent activities Basically nothing to do with her.

Whether it's Wu Luo or Yan, both of them have nothing to do with the word obstetrics and gynecology. Yan can barely find some herbs for Li to drink, but the only doctor Wu Luo can order is to drink more fish soup and broth .

According to Li's own idea, she can get out of bed to work after a day off, which almost scared Wu Luo and Yan to death. She has seen a reckless pregnant woman, but she has never seen such a ferocious woman, so she can only be forced to rest for a few more days.

Even according to Yan's understanding of the world, women's bodies are not strong enough to get out of bed immediately after giving birth. If it weren't for the lack of productivity, they should have had more time to rest.

Fortunately, there are a lot of jobs in the tribe now, so it is not possible to accomplish nothing with less labor.

The collection team consisted of thirteen women, including Wu Luo and Yan who made up the numbers, and made up a team of 15 people. The three mounts had to be released to eat. Originally, these three were also taken care of by Yan Xiaowang. Later, with Yan's acquiescence, become public property.Liu Jun was assigned to the patrol team, the big horned deer was responsible for grazing, and Dahei had been going out with Hu Po recently.

The three mounts had heavy responsibilities, so Yan could only walk on his own legs when he came to collect this time.

The fruit forest is not very far away from the tribe, and the wildfire has caused many animals to move. This autumn, the fruit is more lush, falling golden on the branches, and the sun is also full at this time, leaking like a colorful flower. painting.The wind is still blowing, and waves are swaying layer upon layer on the canopy of the tree. Occasionally, a few fruits fall down, open their skin and flesh, and blow out a sweet smell along the wind.

"Oh—" Qing whispered, "I fell a lot, this time I came late."

Recently, the tribe is busy, and the animals are less active. There is no concept of calendar in the tribe. We can only judge the season of autumn ripening based on experience and feeling cold. Normally, food vacancies will come earlier, and half-green fruits will be picked. I went back to put them ripe, and now I saw that many fruits had fallen, and some of them were still rotten. I couldn't help but feel very distressed, so I hurriedly picked up the fruits that looked good at the bottom and put them in the basket.

"This forest can be used as an orchard if cultivated." Wu Luo said slowly, "It's a pity that the mountain fire is too far away. Even if you visit it regularly, you don't know how much harvest there will be."

"Well..." Yan's approval was only halfway through, and he suddenly froze. Some short trees were okay, and some taller trees couldn't be handled by human hands, so they had to climb up to pick them up. It didn't take long. Several of the women have disappeared without a trace.

Jie poked her face out from the golden leaves and called out loudly, "Wu, don't you climb up to pick it up?"

She tilted her body, and half of the baskets were so low that both of them could see them. There were a lot of fruits on the tree. She picked half of the baskets. She only needed to climb two or three more trees to complete today's task.Yan was fine, he was used to things between mountains and fields, he just watched Wu Luo standing there dumbfounded with interest, waiting for his reaction.

"Aren't you going to pick the fruit?" Wu Luo changed the subject angrily and asked Yan instead.

Yan slowly said, "I can climb trees, there's no rush."

Wu Luo almost wanted to roll his eyes, the autumn wind was still slightly warm, the light leaked out, the leaves were like the finely cut window paper in the hands of a girl, trembling, he smacked his mouth, feeling like the tip of his tongue tasted To this golden honey smell.Probably the spring breeze is intoxicating, the autumn wind is charming, Wuluo stroked his hair uncomfortably, not wanting to show that he is useless, and said helplessly, "I will stay below to meet you, anyone who wants to exchange baskets with me, just come to me, don't be shy, You're welcome, I'd love to shine for you."

When he said such shameless words, women laughed from the woods. When they collected amber, they mostly followed the amber, or walked together, and work was work. How could they think of so much? One-liners, most of the jokes are low.

"Witch." Qing jumped down from a tree four or five meters high, she was steady, she didn't even see the slightest fear, and Wu Luo was taken aback for a moment, she exchanged her basket for Wu Luo, hehe He smiled and said, "Look down and pick up the fruits on the ground, there are a lot of them inside."

The fruit inside was barely broken.

Uro took it over in trepidation and said, "Oh—okay."

As soon as he took a step, he crushed a fruit hidden in the fallen leaves with one foot, and remained silent for a while.

Qing failed to see his rare ugly appearance, took the empty basket and changed to a tree to climb up, so Wuluo retracted his feet silently, and asked someone to break off a branch and throw it down, intending to use it as a stick to scare the weeds and surprise the fruit. Otherwise, one will be trampled as soon as it is gone, and there is no need to fertilize until next year, and it will be enough to moisten the soil this winter.For a while, the women broke seven or eight branches and threw them down, and they didn't forget to pick off the fruits on top. The crackling made Wuluo jump to the ground in a hurry, and stepped on two rotten fruits, almost feeling desperate.

"Damn, do you have any objections to me!"

Wu Luo was hit several times, neither painful nor itchy, but he couldn't bear it on his face, so he said angrily.

The only response to him was the laughter of the fruit forest. The slender and nimble figures of the women were quickly hidden by the golden leaves, and sometimes their limbs protruded from the treetops, revealing sinuous and beautiful lines, like agile snakes , and like elves growing on the treetops, they easily picked the fruits and put them into the baskets, silently getting busy.

Uro didn't get a response, so he could only give up if he couldn't find the leading murderer. He sighed and picked up a stick at hand and rummaged through the fallen leaves. As time passed, the small basket Qinghuan gave him was slowly full, and he subconsciously looked up to see if the others were still busy, and when he looked up, he saw Yan Zheng standing on the top of a tree looking at the sky.

The man was still holding that ridiculous little straw basket full of fruits in his arm. He was standing quietly on the top of a tree and meditating. Wrapped by people, he lowered his eyes, with a quiet expression, as if he was listening to the world, and he seemed to have just woken up from a dream, looking a bit like a fairy.

As a mature man, Uro thought about it, found a stone and threw it immaturely.

Of course, it was impossible to hit Yan this time. He just knocked lightly on the tree, causing an innocuous little shaking, but it still woke Yan up. He suddenly opened his eyes and glanced down, like a pair of cold animal pupils, Uro, who was called to provoke first, was taken aback by surprise.

Can't tell if it's shock or heartbreak.

"Have you finished picking it up?" Yan quickly returned to adulthood, his beautiful black eyes were stained with broken light, and the scorching sun melted into water waves for him, leaving the wreckage under the long eyelashes, revealing a half-truth and half-false warmth, Ask him slowly, the voice is still hoarse, like a thirsty traveler in the desert.

Wu Luo then brought up the basket for him to watch, Yan took a few glances, and found that they were all inferior fruits, the skin was broken, and the wet flesh could be seen, so he chuckled lightly, and replied to him, "According to your ability, I'm afraid I can't bear it." I can't support it."

In the past, the fruit forest was the main source of food for the tribe. The women came to pick it every day. No matter how fast they grew, they would inevitably be picked up as monks. This year, there were many things, and they bought a lot of new things. The food turned to fish. As for meat, the fruit has become a condiment, and with the autumn harvest, there are many more than in previous years.

In less than half a day, everyone had picked the baskets they had brought, but there were still a lot of fruits left on the tree.

Sumire got greedy, and said reluctantly, "I knew I would have brought more baskets, and I couldn't hold so many with my hands."

Thinking about it, it was a long time ago that picking them by hand and holding them with animal skins, Jin couldn't help but look at the Uro who came with them to pick them.The other party was picking out the fallen leaves from the fruit, with a focused expression, as if a little upset, frowning and talking to Yan about something.

Only Wu dared to speak loudly to him.

Jin sneaked a glance at Yan. Although he didn't look at her, she still felt a little scared. Her fear of this man seemed to be planted in her bones. She couldn't tell when it started, but she knew it was indelible.

What are they talking about?

Jin was a little curious, no matter in the past or in the future, it was difficult for anyone to stop a curiosity from happening, not even herself, so she took her own basket and basket and quietly approached, the two of them had no secrets No matter how loud the voice was, she heard Wu Luo hastily bit off a sound, as if answering something, but Yan smiled and said, "I am willing to support you."

This doesn't sound like a big deal, Jin thought, raising them is like raising rabbits and silly beasts, they will be killed and eaten when they grow up.

But Yan shouldn't eat people, so why did he raise witches?

She was just wondering why her heart was pounding because of this sentence, and even this sentence was not meant for her.

But this is not easy to do.

The work he does on weekdays is enough for him to eat, even if a little more comes out, it is not enough to feed another person, let alone a man, the child grows up slowly, and he needs to eat more.

Jin couldn't help but look at Yan twice more, she knew that this man could indeed support Wuluo, and of course there were witches in the tribe, that was because witches could heal them and do many things they didn't know, some things even The leader doesn't understand.Because Wu has his own things to do, he doesn't have to do these things.

It happened that Uro saw Jin's face turned around. Although he knew that these people couldn't understand Yan's jokes at all, he still felt a little hot on his face. Then he said in a bad mood, "Is your rustic love talk too old-fashioned? You didn't watch too many girls' movies back then."

In fact, he suspected that Yan was out of his mind. The incident in the shopping mall happened not long ago, and they originally planned to kill each other, but now they have become so relaxed, maybe it's not because of schizophrenia.

Yan smiled without saying a word, he said slowly, "Probably a little."

"what?"

"ill."

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