Travel through prehistory with a commissary

The patriarch died, and there were wailing in the tribe.

The solemn voice of the old priest sounded amidst the low sobs: "Nineteen spring and autumn years ago, the patriarch led us to escape from the temple, from the heavy offerings and labor.

"Now he's dead, and he's closed his eyes.

"As the messenger from the Kingdom of God said, he will not leave us, he will be in the sky, protecting us and our tribe.

"Everyone heard the patriarch's last words, the tribe was handed over to Shuo, and our new patriarch was born."

In the weeping and solemn tone, Yu Xin faintly felt a hint of sacredness, and it was not until the old priest looked at him that he realized that the so-called envoy of the Kingdom of God was referring to himself.

The old patriarch's prestige in the tribe is very high. People these days don't know how to act, and they don't have those complicated etiquettes. The crying comes from the most sincere feelings in their hearts.

"Wu Yan hasn't come back for three days. Let's wait for two more days. If he doesn't come back, we will bury him first." The old priest discussed with Shuo what happened next.

Shuo nodded, no objection.

They did not move the old patriarch's body that night. In the early morning of the next day, Shuo led the tribe to cut bamboo and trees, built an altar, and moved the old patriarch's body up.The people in the tribe picked many flowers and put them around the body.

Although the patriarch is dead, he still has to eat.

After setting up the altar to stop the spirit, Shuo mobilized his troops and left with his hunting team.Today he also brought two boys who are about to grow up.

Ming is not yet of age, a little lonely.

"I'm only six years old, and I can't go hunting until I'm ten." On the way to collect, Ming told Yu Xin.

The Youhao family did not have an exact calendar, and had no idea of ​​the month and year. Their method of calculating the date mainly relied on the change of the sun and the moon and the changes of the four seasons.Day and night are one day, one full moon is one month, and the cycle of spring and autumn is one year.

There is no concept of summer and winter here. They collectively call the time between snow melting and leaves turning yellow as spring, and the time from yellowing leaves to snow melting is collectively called autumn. In terms of where they live, spring is longer than autumn. .

Therefore, the age of a person is also relatively vague. There is no exact date of birth. The most I can remember is after the second full moon in autumn, which is very vague.

After hearing Ming's words, Yu Xin's mouth twitched.

The 1.3-meter six-year-old is not only good at climbing trees to dig out bird eggs, but also has a clear understanding of who likes whom and who hates whom.

Ming didn't notice Yu Xin's emotional changes, and he said, "But Shuo started hunting when he was nine years old. He is tall and has great strength."

"How old is Shuo now?" Yu Xin asked.

From a visual point of view, Shuo should be in his 20s, but it is difficult to judge the age of people here with modern eyes, such as Ming.

Ming counted with his fingers, and then said: "17 years old. He was 13 years old when my mother died, and I was already six years old, so he was 17 years old."

"Your mother?" By the way, it seems that the person who is calling mother now is not his own mother, and besides, Shuo is underage?

"Well, my mother is also like Shanyue, she is a very powerful huntress. Shuo said." Ming said, very proud, "Grandpa Mu said that Shuo is very similar to her."

"Shuo looks like her?" Yu Xin asked back. If you want to say like her, Shuo should also look like her father. What is the logic of Xiangming's mother?

Ming nodded firmly: "Really, because Shuo was also born by my mother."

It turned out to be the case.

Ok?

"Shuo was also born to your mother? Are you and Shuo's brother?" Yu Xin was so shocked that his voice broke.

Ming blinked, unable to understand why Yu Xin was so excited, he nodded: "Yes, brother. I will become very strong like Shuo in the future."

Yu Xin recalled the interaction between Shuo and Ming, Ming liked to be with Shuo very much, but Shuo was no different from other children to Ming, but then again, Ming was also sticky to herself and Shanyue. Attitude.

"Then why don't you live with Shuo?" Yu Xin asked him.

Ming asked, "Why do you want to live together?"

Yu Xin: ...

Yes, it was he who had forgotten the wonderful kinship here.

Because the tribe is small, the people here are more or less related, and Yu Xin has heard a lot about it.For example, Grandpa Mu is the brother of Mian's mother, and Ding's mother has had many men, so he has a bunch of half-brothers and sisters.

People with the Hao family don't have the concept of marriage yet. Children are usually given to the mother when they are born, and if the mother doesn't want to raise them, they will be raised by the tribe. Everyone is used to it.Children also do not have the awareness that they must live with their mothers and fathers. Sometimes they may be closer to other elders in the tribe than to their biological parents.

Occasionally, someone in the tribe would give birth to a child with a passing safari, and the child would belong to the woman without exception.

Since Shuo and Ming are not close to their biological parents anymore, it is normal that Shuo and Ming are not close to each other.

"Who is your father?" Yu Xin asked again.

Ming shook his head: "My mother said she didn't know."

Yu Xin: ...

The circle is so messy.

Two days after the patriarch's body stopped, Wu Yan's hunting team still hadn't returned.

The weather was getting hotter day by day, and the old priest was worried that the smell of carrion would attract vultures, hyenas and other animals to attack him, so he decided not to wait for the witch flame, and cremated it directly.

They piled firewood around the dead altar, poured it with precious tallow, and set it on fire.

The altars are all made of bamboo and wood, which are very flammable, and the raging fire quickly burned.

The atmosphere in the tribe was not as heavy as Yu Xin expected, and many people even danced around the fire where the corpse was burned.

Yu Xin asked Ming to know that this is their ceremony, and important people will dance this kind of dance when they die, which is a kind of honor.Ming also said with a longing face that he hoped that when he died, the tribe would also dance this kind of dance.

Yu Xin was busy poohing in her heart, long life and long life.

The ceremony of sending off (let's say so) the body lasted all night, and the ceremony ended when the body was burned and the fire was naturally extinguished.Then they put the ashes and plant ashes together in a piece of animal skin and wrapped them into the depths of the large cave where they lived.

Yu Xin lived here for a few days and knew that the cave was very deep, but he was timid and never explored how deep it was.

This time he came in with the people of the tribe, and he realized that after passing through the residential area, the cave developed all the way down. cave.

Shuo and the others put the wrapped ashes on a flat ground in the cave, and then pressed a huge stone on it.

Near the tomb of the old patriarch, there are other similar tombs, which should belong to other deceased clansmen.

After the old patriarch was buried, the people of the tribe went to eat something, and then they were ready to go out to gather and hunt.

Yu Xin first took the collection team to collect firewood in the forest. They usually go to the sunny forest in the south to collect firewood. Compared with the forest in the north, it is warmer and drier here. The trees are also rich in oil and burn well.

The people in the collection team have been equipped with a bamboo basket, which can collect a lot of firewood at a time, enough for the tribe to use for two or three days.

After picking them up, they went to the river to catch fish and fill them with water.

The team members all went to work, and Yu Xin didn't have to work. He leaned against the big rock on the shore, drowsy.

When he was about to fall asleep, a restlessness in his dream woke him up.Yu Xin opened her eyes and realized that she was really agitated. The members of the collection team who had been filling water and chatting by the river all gathered together, and then filled it with a normal pig bladder and threw it on the rocky beach. .

Yu Xin walked over quickly: "What's wrong?"

Mian with a big belly stood outside, and immediately said, "It's Ye Heli, they're injured, it's a serious injury."

When Yu Xin came over, everyone moved out of the way. As soon as Mian finished speaking, he immediately saw Ye Heli covered in blood.Both of them are members of Wu Yan's hunting team, and Wu Yan's hunting team has been out for six days, which is rare.

"Did something happen to Wu Yan and the others?"

"Meet a saber-toothed tiger?"

"Where did we get a saber-toothed tiger here?"

"Shuo has never met before."

The members of the collection team were whispering, and the atmosphere was a little anxious.

There was a wound on Ye's chest from the left shoulder to the lower right abdomen. It was very long, and the flesh was turned outward. Yu Xin had seen similar wounds on other members of the hunting team. It was cut out with a bone knife made of sharp teeth of wild animals.

Sometimes they are accidentally injured by their partners during hunting, but they are all small wounds, so big ones are not like accidental injuries.

In addition, he also has a lot of injuries on his arms and legs, but they don't seem to be fatal.

Li's fatal injury was on his head, and his head was still bleeding, as if someone had slapped it hard with something.

"What happened?" Yu Xin squatted in front of them and asked.

These two people are the jumpiest in Wu Yan's team, and every time there is a conflict with them, these two are the most diligent in throwing ridicule.

Both of them were seriously injured, their eyes were half open, they opened their mouths and let out a few breath sounds, but they couldn't hear anything clearly.

Yu Xin glanced at the people around her, a little hesitant to use her abilities.

Shuo went hunting.

When the old patriarch died, the old priest was beside him. He should have seen something, so you can ask him to cover it up.But Ye Heli was so badly injured, not to mention whether their sudden recovery would be suspicious, even the journey from the river to the tribe might have killed them.

While hesitating, Ming called out cautiously: "Xin."

"Huh?" Yu Xin was thinking about how to save people, so he only said perfunctorily. He swept his eyes habitually, but found that everyone was looking at him.

Ming seemed to be the elected spokesperson, and he said cautiously: "Xin, can you let them speak? When the old patriarch died last time, you also let him speak, didn't you?"

Although they were not in the cave on the day the old patriarch died, they still saw a little bit outside the cave.

The old patriarch was speechless at the time, and Yu Xin's palm was placed on his chest, which shone slightly, and then he suddenly spoke two words clearly.Ye Heli obviously had something to say, so everyone felt that maybe Yu Xin could also help.

However, the matter of the old patriarch was too bizarre, Shuo and the old priest didn't mention it, and they didn't have the courage to mention it in front of Yu Xin.

Although Yu Xin looks weak, he taught the tribe to eat bamboo fruit, weaving bamboo baskets, fishing, raising rabbits and pigs. He is the most knowledgeable person in the tribe, even from the kingdom of God No matter how kind he is, they still have some respect for him and dare not be casual.

And Ming has a good relationship with Xin, and they are children, maybe Xin won't be too angry if he asks.

After some consideration, Naruto became everyone's spokesperson.He was cautious not because he was afraid of Xin, but because he was a little uncomfortable with such a sudden burden, and he was afraid that he might do something wrong.

Ming's words caught Yu Xin by surprise.

When the old patriarch died last time, although the rest of the tribe were not close, they were not too far away. It was normal to see something.Given the atmosphere in the tribe where secrets cannot be hidden, those who did not see it that day must have known it through various channels.

In other words, his abilities have been known to the tribe to some extent, and even accepted.

After trying to understand this, Yu Xin let out a foul breath, feeling a little relieved.

He smiled at Ming and the others: "Leave it to me."