From Chief to Ball

The people of the tribe were silent for a while. In the past, they had to go to the stream to drink water, but now they only need to reach out to take the clay pot; in the past, the prey could only be roasted, burnt and hard, and the bad ones could not be chewed, but now they can be boiled. ; There are more uses such as saying salt.

In the past, I thought all this was very natural, but if I really thought about it, I found that this inconspicuous thing was quietly changing everything in the life of the tribe.It's like the wind after the snow melts, inadvertently making the earth green.

The family members gradually understood what Chen Jian said, so they all approved his proposal.

The old grandmother suddenly thought that when she went down to see the rainbow yesterday, standing on the top of the mountain and looking at the village from the bottom of the mountain were completely different.Jian’s thoughts are like standing on the top of a mountain, and he is just standing next to the house. There is only an earthen wall in front of him, but he can’t see the grandeur of thirteen houses lined up in a row...

The quarrel was over, and the clansmen went back to sleep on the hot, smoked beds.The place where the old grandmother slept was covered with a thick layer of fur, which was very warm and flat. In the past, her legs would often twitch from the cold at night, but these days, she never felt any pain again.

All this stems from Jian, she thought.After Chen Jian made the pottery, she thought about telling him all the experiences left by her ancestors, so that after her death, the wisdom of the ancestors would not be cut off, and she would lead the tribe to survive.

But the village under the rainbow yesterday shocked the old grandmother's heart.

She is proud and happy, but sadly finds that her wisdom is old and unable to guide this new era.

It's time for an old and decaying tree to fall down. Give the saplings below more sunshine and rain to make them grow up—because those young saplings are all their own descendants.She doesn't want to be the tallest tree, she just wants her saplings to cover the whole land.

"After this tribal meeting is over, it's time for me to propose Jian to take my place, and the children will agree."

She thought silently, the hot kang warmed her legs, it was very comfortable and reassuring, and she finally fell asleep slowly.

In the morning, the clansmen had already prepared everything.

Each carried a wicker basket full of clay pots and bowls, dried fish and bacon, and some grass blades to keep them from breaking.

The men carried bows and arrows and quiveres made of bark.He holds stone spears and axes in his hand, many of which are drilled, which are stronger than those tied with ropes before.

Old people, children and women who are breastfeeding stay at home to look after the animals.

Yu Qian'er yelled to follow, but was scolded back by her mother by her braid, crying.

The family said goodbye to each other and walked down the hill towards the mountain in the distance.

The journey is long, and the people of the tribe walk with heavy loads, and it takes two days.

The wolf led the man to hunt in front, and when he came back there was no prey, but he howled from a long distance away.

"There are people from two tribes in front who are arguing."

He was in the mood of watching the excitement, and his face was full of excitement.The clansmen seldom encountered such excitement, so they all quickened their pace and followed behind him.

Before I saw anyone, I heard continuous shouting and cursing drifting over through the grass and trees.

Everyone pushed aside the grass, and the people from the two tribes who were yelling and scolding looked at them vigilantly, and they were dumbfounded for a while.

In the eyes of the two tribes, the hair of this group of people who appeared was strange.

The top of the woman's head looks like two snakes hanging down, while the man's hair is coiled into a hillock with a small wooden heel.

The person walking in the front was holding a stick, and on it was a piece of something they had never seen before, a black and white circle drawn in the wind, but there was an indescribable mystery about it.

The young man was carrying a weird thing on his back, and in his hand was a stick that looked like a crooked moon, with this rope wrapped around it.

The only things they recognize are the stone axes and spears in their hands, but their stone axes are not tied with ropes because they have holes.

The elders of the two tribes identified each other, and then they recognized the old grandmother and several older people, and their hearts were full of surprises.

When the tribe got together last time, this tribe was still the same as them, why did it become like this this time?

Although weird, the hair looked good, and it was smoother than my own matted, hay-like hair.

The old grandmother stepped forward to say hello.

Chen Jian stood behind and observed the two tribes. There were not many people. Men, women, and children all came. The total number was less than a hundred, and they were all dirty.

In the middle of the confrontation between the two clans, there is a dead stag.Several men were holding stone spears facing each other, and some had blood stains on their bodies.

The leaders of the two tribes stood up and said hello to the old grandmother.The old grandmother called Chen Jian and introduced the two chiefs to Chen Jian.

"Her name is Shitou, and she lives on the mountain in the upper reaches of the Tao River. The one here is Sophora japonica, last time her mother brought her people here."

When Huaihua heard this, she said in a low voice, "Mother is dead, she was bitten to death by a snake a few days ago."

After speaking, he cried a few times, and then looked at Chen Jian curiously like Shi Shi.

This is a simple ceremony, but it means a lot. The clansman who is introduced to the leader will make the next leader of the clan. Although the approval of the clansman is required, the old leader's suggestion about the successor is generally not refuted.

The first feeling of the two of them is that the other party is so young and a man. Can such a person lead the tribe well?When a man becomes the leader, how can the clansmen of the descendants be connected by blood?Can't this tribe want to mate within the tribe?

Chen Jian imitated the old grandmother, stretched out his hands to touch the other's hand to show friendship, and secretly observed the situation of the two tribes.

The tribe of Shitou has a larger number of people, and the tribe of Sophora japonica may have encountered some disaster. There are only 70 to [-] people of men, women and children, all of them are skinny and black.

After showing his goodwill, Chen Jian stood beside the old grandmother.

Huaihua wiped away the tears on her face, and shouted: "Your tribe came to judge, the deer caught by our tribe, but Shitou's tribe said that their people chased it first and beat our people !"

Not to be outdone, the people of the Stone tribe shouted angrily, "We have been chasing this deer for a long time, and it has no strength. Why is it yours?"

"You said it was chased by your tribe, but I don't believe it. What I saw was chased by our tribe."

As soon as the two sides mentioned this, they started to push each other again. Several women tore each other's hair and shouted curses.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of hand, Chen Jian's people stood there watching the joke.They consider themselves lucky that the days of hunting a deer in a day are long gone.

Chen Jian returned to his clansman and said, "Just like when we rammed the earth wall a few days ago, let's shout together and let them be quiet."

The clansmen stood together loosely, but as Chen Jian waved his hand, they roared in unison and slammed the wooden spears hard to the ground.

This is the habit of ramming a few days ago. When four people lift a ramming stone, they need to cooperate to swing it up. Every time they fall, they will shout.

It was the same this time, seventy or eighty young men let out a hey at the same time, and it sounded like tigers howling and wolves howling, which made people feel even more palpitating.

The confronting people of the two clans froze for a moment, and subconsciously clenched the wooden spears in their hands. The children were frightened by the roar and cried loudly, and the women hid behind their elder brothers one after another.

Although the clansmen stood loosely, the shout had somewhat of an air of discipline.Those two clansmen had never seen such a scene before, and they never dared to shout again.

Huaihua looked at the thin and weak clansman, and was startled when she heard the roar from the other side.

"These people also want to snatch this deer? No way! Many clansmen haven't eaten meat for several days..."

She is young and has just become the leader, but now she has to fight for the interests of the clan.

The yelling of dozens of people on the other side was really frightening, and the stone spears and axes that opened holes were also extremely frightening, but she still stood upright in front of Chen Jian and said, rolling her eyes, and said, "What? You want to snatch this deer? Alright, come with us, beat that guy Shitou away, half of our family!"

Shi Shi and the clansmen were also taken aback. The yells of this group just now were too frightening. It reminded them of the yelling of those hungry wolves on a full moon night, but they were more orderly than the wolves.

If the other party is really with Sophora japonica, his own clan can't beat him, so he can only leave.