Prehistoric Widows Survival [Farming]

Lu You entered the tent, observed Jiao's expression carefully, thought about how to speak, and finally started with a common topic: "Jiao, have you eaten yet?"

Jiao sat on Lu Yi's wooden bed, his expression was a little cold, but after hearing Lu Yi's question, the lines on his handsome face softened slightly: "Not yet."

Lu You thought for a while: "Then let me prepare something to eat."

Considering that Jiao had just come back and didn’t know how he tasted, Lu Er didn’t make soybeans or millet, but chose a piece of meat and roasted it on the fire, and didn’t add onion, ginger and garlic for seasoning, trying to give Jiao the most familiar experience.

But for some reason, Jiao's expression seemed to become even worse.

This made Lu You puzzled, but he was a little happy in his heart: Does Jiao's appearance mean that he is not very satisfied with himself?

The two shared a piece of barbecue, and it was getting dark after eating.

Lu You packed up the kitchen utensils, coughed, and looked at Jiao: "Jiao, I think we can talk."

Judging by the angle's attitude tonight, he probably doesn't have a good impression of himself, so breaking up now might be a good match.

Through the somewhat dim line of sight, the expression on Jiao's face seemed a little stiff: "What are you talking about?"

"About the two of us..."

Before Lu You finished speaking, Jiao immediately interrupted him: "It's too late, let's talk tomorrow."

Contrary to what Lu You imagined, Jiao appeared in front of Lu Wei as a "Jiao" for the first time, and his heart was far from being so calm, and he even wondered if this sub-beast had doubted his identity.

As soon as the words came out, Jiao seemed to feel that his tone was a bit too rough, so he pursed his lower lip in annoyance, and lightly glanced at Lu Er from the corner of his eyes, seeing that Lu Er didn't seem to be angry, he breathed a sigh of relief, and added forcefully: " Go to bed first."

There are almost no lighting tools in this world. At night, we can only rely on the moonlight and the sparks in the bonfire. It is okay to see the general outline, but it is really not appropriate to discuss things seriously.

Lu You thought for a while, then nodded: "That's good."

When it comes to sleeping, there is a problem - Lu Er's wooden bed can only sleep one person.

Lu Er looked at Jiao and sat on the edge of the wooden bed naturally, thinking that the soft fur on the bed was all left by Jiao, and said generously: "You can sleep on the bed."

The hidden meaning of this sentence stunned Jiao, and his brows furrowed: "Where do you sleep?"

Lu Er walked to the side of the tent, took out the other animal skins left by the horns he had tidied up, and replied, "I'll just sleep on the floor."

If he and Jiao can "divorce" smoothly tomorrow, then he can move out and ask them to help build a new tent.At that time, the wooden bed can be taken away by himself, and now it will be just for one night.

Jiao subconsciously looked at the wooden bed he was sitting on, opened his mouth, and looked slightly aggrieved under the cover of the night.

——Didn't you sleep together?

——Obviously we were together before!

After he returned to the tribe as a horn, the other sub-beasts and orcs in the tribe did express the warmest welcome to him, and some people were so excited that they cried;

But the expression of this subbeast has been very flat, as if there is no joy at all!

Obviously when he was still a kitten, he was kissed, hugged and rubbed every day...

But now?

The intimacy is gone, there is only an ordinary piece of barbecue for dinner, I haven't talked to myself at all, and there is no sign of the same bed I have been looking forward to for a long time!

Jiao felt a little aggrieved, and couldn't help thinking: Could it be that he crushed the orc from the Xiaoshi tribe to death in front of this sub-beast, scaring him?

Although the sub-beasts in the tribe admired the strength of the orc, his sub-beasts were different after all.

——I knew that I should send this sub-beast back first, and then go back and crush that bastard to death.

Thinking of this, Jiao's heart was full of pity for himself, a fragile and kind sub-beast, and the expression on his face improved a lot.

His partner, if he doesn't feel sorry for who?Just give him a little buffer time.

Thinking of this, Jiao stood up, walked to Lu Wei, took the animal skin in his hand, and pointed to the bed: "You sleep there."

Lu Er was a little confused, so: "What about you?"

"..." Jiao shook the animal skin in his hand reluctantly, "I slept on the floor."

"Why?" Lu Er was a little surprised.He saw that Jiao was sitting on the bed, thinking that Jiao liked that bed very much.

Jiao pursed his lips and found a suitable reason: "It's too small."

Lu Er compared Jiao's almost 1.9-meter-high height with his two-meter-long bed, thinking that young people like Jiao might not sleep very honestly, and accepted this statement.

Most of the orcs are simple-minded, and they basically don't know how to be polite. Lu You has been in the country for half a year, and he has almost gotten used to the straightforward character of the orcs. He didn't think that Jiao was being polite, so he nodded: "Okay then."

Jiao held his breath, suppressed the cold expression on his face, and watched helplessly as Lu Er climbed onto the bed by himself. His seemingly slender waist was wrapped in soft and thin animal skin. He turned around a few times to find a comfortable position, and took a quick breath. It became calmer.

And he himself can only spread the animal skin in his hand on the ground and lie down on his back. Even through a layer of animal skin, he still feels that the ground is cold and hard. "The cat litter is more comfortable than here.

Obviously before turning into a kitten, even if he slept directly on the ground, he would not feel any discomfort. When he was hunting outside, he encountered many harsher environments.

Jiao couldn't help turning around so that he could see the quiet figure on the bed.

For him, he could see everything in the tent clearly just by the faint light of the fire in the stove.

Lu Wei's sleeping posture, he has seen it countless times when he was a Xiaomi.He has been lying on his back, with his hands neatly placed on his lower abdomen, and has remained motionless throughout the night.

When Jiao used to go hunting with Yong and the others, sometimes it was too late to sleep outside.

When sleeping outside, they have to take turns to watch the night. During the night watch, Jiao also saw Yong and Lie's appearance when they slept.

Yong would roll when he fell asleep, and would often roll on Lie's body; Lie subconsciously pulled him into his arms and hugged him to sleep together; looking back later, the two of them changed their positions.

Sometimes when Jiao dreams about galloping and hunting on the grassland, when he wakes up, he will find that he has deviated from the position when he fell asleep.

Jiao blinked and looked at the sub-beast that was as motionless as an old tree once it fell asleep.

--And you?Where do you come from, why does it seem that nothing can make you fluctuate, even sleep is so regular?

If he hadn't rushed here today, his sub-beast would have been taken away by those bastards from the Xiaoshi tribe.

Thinking of this, Jiao felt a little remorse: If only he hadn't escaped a few days ago.

When he rushed over following a strange breath, that's when the damn snake took Lu Er away.

Before he rushed over, did his sub-beast suffer or be wronged?As an orc, it is his shame not to protect his sub-beast well!

That's why he crushed the lifeless snake to death in a rage!

At that time, he was full of thoughts about being able to prove himself in front of his sub-beast, to prove that he could protect him... But he forgot that his sub-beast was different from other sub-beasts, and maybe he couldn't accept such a thing.

I hope that after waking up from sleep, his sub-beast can regain its previous enthusiasm for him...

Although he didn't fall asleep holding the sub-beast sweetly as he imagined, but being in the same room with this sub-beast, Jiao still felt a sense of security that he hadn't felt in the past few days.

But this distance is still a bit far.

Jiao sat up carefully, walked carefully to Lu Wei's bed, ignored the animal skin, lay down on the spot, imagined the sweet life in the future, and fell asleep contentedly.

……

The next day, when Lu You got up, she touched the pillow subconsciously, but she still didn't touch the familiar and warm kitten, and a trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes.

Four or five days have passed, and Lu You's longing for Xiao Mi has become more and more intense. When he thinks that his Xiao Mi may still be wandering outside, unable to eat enough and sleep well, he feels a little anxiety in his heart.

Rubbing her eyes and getting off the bed, Lu Er stepped on a hard body.

Looking down, Jiao, who was sleeping on the left side of the tent yesterday, rolled under his bed at some point, and he stepped on Jiao's leg when he got out of bed.

Jiao Jiao seemed to wake up after being stepped on by Lu Er, and was looking at him with his sleepy eyes open.

Lu You quickly apologized: "Sorry, I stepped on you."

Jiao's expression seemed to be not unhappy: "It's okay."

After waking up and taking a shower every day, Lu Yi was about to tentatively talk with Jiao about the relationship between the two of them, when he heard some commotion outside the tent, and when he went out, he happened to meet a sub-beast from the pottery making team, and saw a scene in front of them. Liang: "The leader is back, Lu Er, Jiao, go and have a look!"

Teng and Yong ran all the way back.

When the Xiaoshi tribe attacked the Redwood tribe, most of the orcs in the tribe went out to fight. One of the orcs in the shape of a gray goose saw that the situation was not good, so he changed into a beast and flew directly in the direction where they were going to exchange salt for help. I met Teng and Yong who came back from the salt exchange, and informed them of the attack on the tribe.

Teng and Yong entrusted the trolley and the salt on it to the orc named "Speed", and then the two of them changed back into their animal forms and rushed back overnight.

When they made the worst plan and came back, they found that the matter had been perfectly resolved—Jiao returned safely.

This news surprised Teng even more than everything was safe in the tribe. He briefly asked about the tribe's situation and found that although Lu Er was seriously injured and unable to get up, Lu Er had arranged everything in an orderly manner, and there was no major disturbance in the tribe.

This surprised and delighted Teng, and hurried over to find the two of them.

Seeing that both Jiao and Lu Wei were safe and sound, Teng was completely relieved, and asked with concern: "Jiao, where have you been these days?"

Lu You also looked over curiously.

Jiao originally prepared his speech, but when he met Shang Lu's eyes, his body froze slightly, and the expression on his face became tense, looking a little serious: "My leg was injured and I couldn't move, so I found a nearby place to heal the injury. just came back."

"It's so serious, it will take half a year to heal?" Teng looked a little worried, looked at Lu Er next to him, his eyes lit up, "You don't know yet, Lu Er is now a witch doctor, let him take a look for you .”

"No, it's recovered."

Seeing Jiao being so sure, Teng felt relieved, patted Jiao on the shoulder, and said with emotion: "Then don't worry...you and Lu Er live a good life, you don't know, everyone thinks you are dead, and Lu Er still refuses Accept the other orcs, and keep saying you're the only one!"

Lu Er: "..."

——Father, don't make trouble for me, okay?

After hearing Teng's words, Jiao Jiao's tense face eased down, and he glanced at Lu You next to him, and said seriously, "Don't worry, I will treat him well."

Hearing this, Lu Wei felt his eyes go dark: he still wanted to quickly divorce Jiao Jiao before he knew what he said to keep out trouble, because he was afraid that Jiao would develop such a "responsible" mentality.

He doesn't want and doesn't need to be responsible, not to mention those words of "not marrying unless you are a king" are just for show.

It's just that now Lu You can't say that directly, and can only watch Teng and Jiao over there and Weng and his son-in-law get along with each other with some headaches.

Lu You even regretted it a bit. When he first changed his personality, he should have changed to Huawei's willful personality, so that even if he suddenly said "I don't like characters anymore", there won't be too many people doubting her.

Teng patted Jiao on the shoulder in relief, and took Jiao and Lu Wei to the tribe to learn more about the situation.

Lu Er happened to want to show the wounds of the orcs who were injured yesterday, and went around with them.

First, he went to the tent where Lie was the most injured.

Lie refused to accept Ya Beast to take care of him yesterday, and it is still the same today, Lu Wei is very helpless: "Lie, what are you worried about, your wound will open if you move now, and you will feel very uncomfortable if no one takes care of you."

Teng opened the tent and came in: "Is Lie having trouble again?"

The gray wolf lying on the ground saw Teng, its lead gray eyes lit up, its ears pricked up, and it let out a "owwow".

Teng seemed to know Lie very well, and he patted the uninjured part of Gray Wolf's body reassuringly: "Yong is back, and I will ask Yong to take care of you."

Gray Wolf made a submissive "Woo" sound from his throat, and the wolf's tail wagged slightly to show his agreement.

Apart from Lie, the one who was seriously injured was Kang, who was a gray mongoose in animal form.Kang is the nemesis of snakes, not afraid of snake venom, but was targeted by the orcs of the Xiaoshi tribe, and even had a leg broken.

Lu Er helped him put on the splint yesterday.Yashou, who had pursued Kang before but was scared off by the snake, volunteered to take care of Kang, changing his dressing and feeding him every day.

Coming out of Kang's tent, Lu Er happens to see Jiao talking to Huawei's mother-in-law.

The middle-aged Asian beast asked worriedly: "Jiao, didn't Huawei come back together?"

Jiao looked up at Lu You, and replied without hesitation: "He won't come back."

Huawei's mother-in-law was taken aback: "Why?"

"He said that if he can't stay in the tribe, it's better to go to the Xiaoshi tribe." Jiao Jiao said very calmly without blinking his eyes.Not to mention Huawei's father-in-law, even Lu Er almost believed it.

Hanao's mother-in-law thought that there was no need for the corner to lie, and accepted the result with a sigh.

——Even if Huawei is gone, he still has two cubs to raise.

Lu You looked at Jiao and dismissed Huawei's father Mu with a few words, and slightly raised his eyebrows: This Jiao...doesn't seem very different from ordinary simple orcs, does it?

……

Although the invasion of the Xiaoshi tribe was very dangerous, and the orcs suffered various injuries, no one was killed, and Lu Er was rescued by the miraculously returned horn, and everyone's faces were not depressed.

But now there is still a troublesome problem.

Most of the orcs in the Redwood Tribe were injured, and only three or five were left capable of fighting. The whole tribe suddenly lost their food source.

The prey in the warm season has not been released for a long time, so each household does not have much meat, and it will be eaten within a day or two.

Fortunately, there are a lot of soybeans that were put away not long ago, and they can last for a while.

The first people who planted with Lu Yi had sweet white root vegetables in their small vegetable garden, and they also harvested two crops of soybeans; those who didn’t believe that Lu Yi didn’t grow soybeans at first, but were forced by Teng to start reluctantly. The orcs who farmed regretted their past.

Compared with the most primitive hunting and gathering, the biggest advantage of agricultural harvest is actually stability.

Harvesting two or three crops of grain a year can deal with such accidents.

Now the only orcs in the tribe who are completely healthy are Teng, Jiao, Yong, and Suo who came back after struggling to push the cart full of salt on the third day.

The fast fighting power can't be counted on at all, and the other three healthy orcs negotiated to take turns to go hunting with two people, leaving one person to stay behind, and try to catch as many prey as possible.

As for the sub-beasts, Lu You simply gathered all the sub-beasts together, and said with a serious expression: "The orcs in the tribe can't hunt now, and they need to recover from injuries and supplement food. Have you thought about what to do?"

The sub-beasts looked at each other, and one sub-beast said timidly: "The leader and the horn can hunt, right?"

The other sub-beasts also responded.

Teng and Jiao have always been the two undefeated pillars of the Redwood Tribe. In any accidents before, they were the two who supported the tribe from collapsing.

"There are only two or three of them. Is there enough food? What if they are also injured?" Lu Er knew that the concepts of these sub-beasts were muddled and unformed, so he patiently followed the instructions, "We have hands and feet, why are we standing here? ?"

"We can go out and gather fruit every day..."

"How many fruits are left near the tribe?"

The sub-beasts thought about it for a while, their faces turned pale, and they stopped talking.

The safe zone near the tribe is so big, and it has been so long since the warm season, most of the fruits that can be collected have been collected, and there are not many left.

"In addition to collecting, we still have a lot of things to do." Seeing the anxious and confused expressions on their faces, Lu You knew that they already knew the urgency of the current situation, and straightened their expressions, "I have Some suggestions, see if you are willing."

Lu Er's suggestion is simple:

First, the farm work in the fields cannot be neglected. The corn has just been planted and needs patient care, watering, fertilizing and weeding.The growth of these corn determines whether they can have sufficient food in the dry season after the warm season.

Second, the injured orcs need food, and it should be as easy as possible to digest. The soybeans stored at home now, as well as the prey they hunt in the future, must be cooked carefully.

Thirdly, although there is not much food near the tribe, it is better to collect as much as possible - but the eyes should not be limited to the fruit, there are many food that even sub-beasts can obtain through skills or tools, such as Mang belt After looking at two or three sub-beasts, he brought back a large piece of sweet honey.

Many of these jobs were taken by the orcs in the past, but now they fall on the heads of the weak sub-beasts, which makes them hesitate.

In the previous production model of the Redwood Tribe, the sub-beasts were only responsible for some leftovers. Even for the planting brought by Lu Er, the main agricultural work was undertaken by the orcs. Only when they were too busy would they ask the sub-beasts to help.

Now all the orcs are paralyzed and unable to move. If the sub-beasts take over their work, the workload may increase by more than ten times.

Lu You didn't urge them, and quietly waited for their answer after finishing his suggestion.

Man can save only those who are willing to save themselves.

Lu You can let go of his spirit water ring without any scruples. The spirit water is full of energy, and it is no problem to supply the injured orcs until they recover their hunting ability.

But he won't do it.

After coming to this world for half a year, he has gradually figured out the characteristics of the social structure of the orc world, at least the Redwood Tribe.

Most of the pressure in life is basically on the orcs. Because of their frail bodies, the sub-beasts are basically only responsible for procreation. They are bound by the most basic rules of the tribe, and everything else is left to their own devices.

The orcs will raise their own sub-beasts and cubs, and even if they don't do anything, they can still get food from the tribe that guarantees they won't starve to death.

The same is true for some orcs who are not very good at hunting.

When the food shortage really came, the old orcs and the old Asian beasts with weak physical strength were the first to be abandoned. Young people hardly need to worry about starving to death.

This also leads to unconscious laziness, greed, jealousy and other emotions brewing among many idle and ignorant sub-beasts and orcs, and finally people like Huatail are born, leading to tragedies like green ears.

Lu You has always felt that if you can't work hard for life, you won't have the love for life.

So when he promoted planting, he always wanted to close the gap between different orcs, orcs and sub-beasts, and let everyone participate in the construction and development of the tribe.

Labor unlocks human intelligence.

But Lu Er is not the real father and mother of the Redwood Tribe, and he cannot always lead them forward. They need to understand that they want to move forward, so that Lu Er can guide them to the soil of civilization.

If these ignorant sub-beasts and those simple orcs are only willing to stay in the primitive and ignorant quagmire, Lu Er will not force it.

The Redwood Tribe needs to rely on their own efforts to embark on a better path.

A long silence lingered among the sub-beasts. They remembered the ease they had when they didn’t need to worry too much about food, and also remembered the hard work they had to start building toilets, burning pottery, and farming after Lu Er became a tribal witch doctor. , Sometimes there will be blisters on the hands, which are painful and itchy when touched.

When they couldn't bear the pain of working at first, they also scolded Lu Er in their hearts when they tossed and turned in the middle of the night, and complained why the orcs at home didn't do more work and asked the sub-beasts to work hard.

If they accept Lu Wei's suggestion, they will work harder in the future, and many of the hard work borne by the orcs will fall on their shoulders.

If you don’t accept it, maybe there won’t be a big problem—Teng and Jiao are very strong. They are the pride of the Redwood Tribe. They can catch a lot of prey and feed the whole tribe. They just need to take care of the orcs at home... …

On the one hand, it is an easy and certain road, on the other hand, it is hard and unpredictable.

If it was half a year ago, they would have chosen to go home without hesitation and wait for them to hunt and distribute food, right?

--but……

Baixu recalled the surprise when the white root vegetables he planted with his own hands germinated;

Zitong recalled his pride when he grabbed the orcs who secretly defecated in the bushes and dragged him to the toilet they built with their own hands;

My ears think of the joy when a not so round pottery bowl was born in my hands;

Some sub-beasts also remembered their secret envy and admiration for Lu Er's ability to support themselves and others by himself;

There are more sub-beasts, thinking of the numbing and crispy feeling in their hearts when the yellow beans were poured into the grass basket, it almost made them forget the blisters on their palms when weeding and sowing. Pain, each other can see the sweet smiles on the faces of the companions on the threshing floor, which are different from their previous smiles, even if they eat the most delicious prey, find the most delicate flowers and shells. make them feel...

Satisfy.

The sub-beasts bit their lower lips, and their previously ignorant and confused eyes gradually became firm.

Lu You smiled slightly: "Then let's assign work."