[Ting Yu] Abandoned in the wild

12. Cannibals

In order to avoid unnecessary panic, their next conversation was transferred to Handa's home. Only the old priest, Handa, Lue Shang, Mike, and Ah Ting participated.Zhiyuan said that he would take Xiyu to take the things brought back by Lueshang and the others back to their stone house to help tidy up and store them. Seeing the two of them together, Chen Ting nodded in agreement with his wife and children and left his side, turned and entered the house .

After sitting down, he remained silent, quietly listening to other people's discussions, but also summed up the key to the problem.The reason why the Lue Chamber of Commerce wanted to stay here on purpose is because the object of their discussion this time was the culprit who caused their own leg to become lame. The simple explanation is that the man who was Ah Ting at that time agreed to the tribe's collective hunting team , to help them hunt some food on the other side of the forest near the cannibal tribe.But he didn't expect to be ambushed there, Ah Ting's ankle was bitten by a wild beast, so he limped one leg.

"The place we went this time was the southwestern part of the Yinla tribe. In order to avoid the cannibals, we took a detour from the other side for a day and a half to get there. However, what people did not expect was that the Yinla tribe had already There was a small-scale attack by cannibals, and a few females and children were lost." Mike had an angry and sad expression on his face when he said that.

Since the beginning of the wild world, men and children with totems on their chests have been a rare group of people in human beings.In every tribe, they are the most entitled to protection and care.On the contrary, they are also the most willing targets for other tribes to plunder and kill, which will fundamentally destroy a tribe.However, with the reproduction of human beings and the progress of civilization, the principle that only development is the real strength has become more and more firm among the various tribes.As a result, the act of growing stronger by killing each other gradually withdrew from the stage of history, and the tribes agreed with each other to maintain a stable living environment.But outside of this rule, there is a powerful but greedy race that ignores everything and still relies on continuous plundering and killing to satisfy their greed. That is the headache for all tribes-cannibals.

The old priest frowned deeply, and said: "They have always gone hunting through the forest during the summer season when animals hibernate and snooze. Why is it so much earlier this time?"

Everyone has always known the habits of cannibals, and many ways to deal with them have been summed up from generation to generation.In previous years, in the late spring and early summer, the tribes would reduce the number of hunts and begin to limit the range of activities of females and children.Some less capable tribes will even send the female and the child to a secret hiding place until the cannibals return to the other side of the forest after summer.

Lue Shang and Mike looked at each other, and said with a serious expression: "According to the Yinla tribe, the cannibals did not take any food this time, and their targets were very clear when they broke in, and they were children and females. "

When everyone heard his words, their faces became ugly. 'No food is taken, only females and young are taken. 'From this simple sentence, what they got was enough news to shock the entire tribe.They knew very well in their hearts that the cannibals didn't take any food, and what they took away this time was their food.Relying on the meat of animals for a winter can no longer satisfy them. What they need is more tender and delicious human meat from children and females.

"How did the leader of the Yinla tribe decide?" Handa's face was gloomy, and his voice was slightly flustered.

Lue Shang sighed and said, "They have already given up on these females and their children."

As soon as this remark came out, the room was instantly enveloped in dull silence, and everyone lowered their heads to savor the meaning of the word 'giving up'.

"Ah Ting, what do you think?" The old priest cast his eyes on Chen Ting, who had been silent all this time, and seemed to have a lot of expectations for his thoughts.

Chen Ting raised his head and saw that everyone was looking at him. He touched his chin and said, "Since the cannibals have left the forest early and regard females and children as their main targets, why don't we prepare in advance? Control the children and females in the tribe to the center for better protection."

He has observed the buildings of this tribe, and the structure of the houses has been faintly defensive. Most of the stone houses of single men living alone are distributed at the outermost edge, and then the stone houses of married families are closest to the inner side of the tribal square. It is the thatched hut of the female who lives alone, so that in the event of an attack, at least the weakest can have enough time to escape.

"Yes." The old priest nodded, and said to Handa beside him: "What Ting said makes sense. At present, there are only seven or eight females in the tribe who have no one to take care of. The newborn and young children reach There are as many as twenty, it is best to start controlling their range of activities in the near future, don’t let them go to the fruit picking task that was decided before, and replace them with men without totems.”

With a straight face, Handa replied coldly: "Got it."

As the quasi-leader of the tribe, the priest didn't ask him for his opinion when something went wrong. Instead, he believed in Ah Ting, who had become a useless person. This alone was enough to embarrass him.

Suddenly, there was a sound outside the door.Everyone was stunned and looked at the door of the stone house, and Handa hurried to the door to have a look.The things they discussed before are definitely not suitable for spreading to the outside world, otherwise, once the people in the tribe know about it, it will definitely cause panic.

The moment the animal skin curtain was lifted, they heard Boni's voice from a distance, "Go away, go away."

Handa looked over, and saw that Boni was chasing away the little wolf that had been kept in captivity, which was Ning Zhiyuan's pet.He frowned, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

"It's all right." Boni came in with a wooden plate, smiled at everyone, and passed Chen Ting alone, "I'm worried that you are thirsty, so I brought some water."

Several other people nodded their thanks, took the water and drank it one after another, and then began to say goodbye.The priest still had his own work, and Lueshang and Mike had to go back to their home to sort out the prey for the past few days. A Ting was worried about Xiyu and A Zhan, so he naturally followed them.