Survival in Primitive Society

"Drew, Cortez, why are you here?" Apparently, the excited expression on the face of the visitor when he saw Cortez and Drew was so obvious.

Before Drew could speak, Cortes frowned at the half-grown child who ran up to him with a look of excitement and excitement, "Who are you?"

Such a hot face but a cold ass response did not dampen the other party's enthusiasm at all. The fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy patted himself on the chest excitedly and said, "I'm Rion, Rion, remember? Two years ago Haruhiri, we have seen it before." Then he hurriedly took out an animal tooth from his clothes and waved it expectantly at Drew, "Do you remember this? You gave it to me, and I kept it carefully Let's go!"

Looking at the animal tooth that had become smooth due to frequent rubbing, Drew's memory finally came up with some small fragments about the child. With the memory, Drew's expression changed from initial puzzlement to a hint of Not sure, "Are you the... the kid who said he wanted to learn how to hunt with me?"

"That's right, that's right." Hearing what Drew said, the boy's eyes lit up, he nodded his head, and smiled brightly, "It's me, it's me."

As soon as Drew said this, Cortez also had a memory, but looking at the prey carried by the man behind the boy, his expression was still a little ugly, "Even if you know each other, you can't steal our prey, right? There are marks on it. Don't you know the rule that your prey can't move?"

"What? You guys shot these prey?" Cortez's words stunned Lean for a moment, and then explained apologetically, "I'm sorry, we really don't know."

"You can take it if we don't hit it?" Cortes snorted.

"I'm sorry..." Seeing Cortez's unhappy face, Lian lowered his head and muttered.

Seeing this, the old man on the side stepped forward and said, "Alva, Gener, Bob, return the prey to Drew and Cortes," his expression became stern, "I let you go hunting, no Let you steal other people's prey, you really let me down!"

The old man's stern words made the four of them bow their heads in shame. Lean, who was standing at the front, watched his partner put all the prey in front of Drew and Cortes, then pursed his lips and moved forward to them. He bowed, "I'm really sorry, anyway, we took your prey, this is my idea, I know it's bad, I'm willing to accept your punishment."

Seeing Rin's stubborn look with a hint of nervousness and grievance, Cortez couldn't utter those questioning words, and just snorted again and turned his head to the side, while Drew stepped forward and asked , "I heard that your tribe suffered a lot from this shock?"

Hearing Drew's question, Lean glanced at this strong man who had always been like a hero in his heart. Thinking of the tragedy of the tribe in this disaster, his eyes turned red, "Yes, who are we when the earthquake hits?" I didn't prepare for it, so many people were swallowed by the ground that suddenly cracked like that, and some people were crushed to death by the thick tree trunk..." Speaking of this, Li En's tone was already crying, and tears were also in his eyes. "I, I went hunting with my friends, and I just escaped in an open place. When I ran back to the tribe, I realized that my parents also left forever in this shock." In the end, there were only a dozen or so surviving members of the tribe, some of them were elderly, and most of the young and middle-aged were injured. The tribe was destroyed, and we had to find another place to settle. Originally The partners who were responsible for hunting were also unable to find food for the clansmen because of their injuries. We could only have a full meal. Later we came here, and we were assigned to see your hidden prey in the forest. , We are really hungry. The other tribes may not have eaten for a long time. I, I really don’t want to eat for nothing. In the future, when my partners and I recover from our injuries, we will hunt the same amount of prey. I'll go back..." After speaking, grievance, sadness, uneasiness, and all kinds of emotions came to my heart, and the young man who had been stubbornly holding back tears finally cried out.

Listening to the young man's narration, the trace of unhappiness on Cortez's face disappeared. He seemed to remember the impact of the shock on his tribe, and there was some sympathy in his eyes. Drew sighed and stepped forward to touch the boy. He touched the head of the boy who was crying with clenched fists and hanging his head, and then patted his shoulder, "You are a man, be strong."

Such a simple sentence made Rian cry even more sadly. He hugged Drew tightly and said in a crying voice, "I told my parents, I will also become a powerful warrior like you, and I will fight for them. Return the fattest prey and bake the most delicious barbecue for them, but, but why, why do you want to take my parents away like this, why the gods don't let them see me achieve my goal? Why?"

Facing the crying boy in his arms, Drew opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, and just patted the boy on the back.

After crying bitterly, Lien finally vented the sadness and mourning that had accumulated in his heart for the past few days. Seeing that Drew's chest was wet with his own tears, he felt a little embarrassed.

Seeing Rin who finally showed embarrassment, Drew smiled understandingly, reached out and rubbed his hair again, turned his head and looked at Cortez, and Cortez stepped forward and cleared his throat and waited for everyone After all the people's attention was on themselves, he said awkwardly, "Although you broke the rules by stealing our prey privately, it is understandable. We also feel very sorry that you have encountered such a misfortune," said Cortes lowered his head and pulled out two smaller prey, then pointed to the remaining prey and said to everyone, "You should take these prey and eat them first, it is more important to keep your body healthy."

As soon as Cortez's words fell, everyone except Drew looked stunned. They did not expect that Cortez and Drew would be so generous to give themselves the prey they had worked so hard to hunt, even from the very beginning. The old man who was so calm was a little surprised, but he was the first to come back to his senses. He stepped forward and put his hand on his heart, and solemnly saluted Cortez and Drew, "I Dear friends, thank you for your generosity and kindness, we will always remember your help."

Drew smiled and waved his hands, "It's okay, no one wants to encounter such a misfortune. In the face of such a disaster, we should unite and help each other to support each other."

"That's right," Cortes, who was on the side, also said, "The more this happens, the more we have to work hard to survive."

"When my partner and I recover from our injuries, we will surely kill the same amount of prey and return it to you!" It was Lean who spoke at this time, and the teenagers behind him had the same determined expressions.

Drew grinned, "I'm looking forward to that day, I know, you can do it," Drew turned his head and asked the old man, "I haven't asked yet, what should I call you?"

The old man smiled kindly, "My name is Greg, and I am a priest in the tribe. You can call me Uncle Greg."

"Okay, Uncle Greg," Drew nodded and said, "I would like to ask you, where are your people now?"

Greg turned around and pointed to several huge boulders not far away, "They are waiting for us there."

Drew glanced in the direction Greg was pointing at, and nodded, "So that's the case, why don't you send someone with me to get the tinder now."

Seeing that Drew still remembered this matter, Greg naturally agreed. Seeing that Lien knew Drew and Cortes, he sent Lien to follow Drew to get the fire, while he led the others After carrying Cortes on his back, he thanked their prey repeatedly and left.

Just as Drew was about to take Lien to his cave to get fire, Cortes said to Drew, "Hey, buddy, I'm going back to the cave first, Lilian is waiting for me, come back later Looking for you."

After what Cotes said, Drew also remembered that when the two of them were negotiating with the people from the other tribe, they saw Lilian standing in the yard looking towards this side. He must have been a little worried, so he nodded and said, "Yeah." , you go," he said, looking at a small prey in Cortez's hand, and then said, "If you don't have enough, go get some from me."

"Understood, this prey is enough for Lilian and I, and there are vegetables given by Wei'an in the cave, don't worry," Cotes said, waving his hands, and turned to leave, "Let's go first."

Seeing Cortez walking towards his own cave, Drew also smiled and said to Ryan, who was a little cautious at first, "Let's go."

"Yeah." Ryan responded and followed Drew forward.

After the two walked for a short distance in silence, Li En, who was still a half-grown child, finally couldn't help his curiosity and asked, "Is this your tribe?"

Drew turned his head to look at Ryan who was looking up at him curiously, smiled and shook his head, "No, this is not my tribe, but this is my home."

Obviously, Lean didn't understand, and tilted his head to look at Drew, "Isn't your home your tribe?"

Drew liked this stubborn but childish boy very much, and explained patiently, "This is my own home, only me and my relatives, and my friend Cortez lives there." Speaking of which, Drew pointed to the direction where Cortez left.

Lien thought about it quietly after hearing this, and then there was a sympathetic expression on his face, which made Drew a little puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Lien bit his lip and asked cautiously, "You, you and your friends live here because your tribe suffered the same misfortune as ours?"

Unexpectedly, Ryan would come to such a conclusion because of his own words, Drew was a little bit dumbfounded, "No, of course not, I..." Originally, I wanted to talk about my tribe, but in the end Drew changed his mouth, "The tribe is very good , although some people got hurt, it's not a big problem. I live here because I like it, my relatives like it here, and we feel very happy living here."

Lien still didn't understand, "Shouldn't they live with the clansmen?"

Rin's question made Drew stunned for a moment. Thinking of that night, Drew's smile faded a little, and he just said softly, "Sometimes it's not like this."

Seeing that Drew's expression was not as clear as before, Lien felt sensitively that his problem might have made the other party unhappy, so he lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't want to upset you."

Lien's apology brought Drew back to his senses. He looked at the guilty child's side face and shook his head, "This has nothing to do with you, no need to apologize."

But Lien still stubbornly believed that it was his own fault that made Drew a little unhappy, so in the second half, Lien became a silent gourd, and he didn't speak at all, and Drew seemed a little helpless about this.

Xie Wei'an just came out of the cave when Drew led Lien to the gate of the fence. Xie Wei'an had been playing with Dan Qi in the cave before, so he didn't notice what happened outside, so when he saw De When standing next to Lu was a curious and restrained young man, Xie Wei'an froze for a moment, and looked at Drew questioningly.

Of course Drew noticed Xie Wei'an's eyes, he smiled at Xie Wei'an comfortingly, stepped forward and said softly, "This kid came to borrow kindling from us, I'll go in and get it for him, and I'll explain the rest to you later."

After hearing this, Xie Wei'an took another look at the young man who was standing awkwardly in the yard, and nodded.

Drew went in and quickly took out a torch, and handed it to Lien who was standing there looking at the yard, "Here, go back quickly, don't keep the clansmen waiting."

"Thank you." Li En looked curiously at Xie Wei'an, who looked a little different, took the torch, then saluted the two of them, turned around and left the yard, and ran towards the place where his tribe settled down.

Drew watched Lien's back disappear into the hills before he stepped forward to close the fence gate, turned around and put his arms around Xie Wei'an's shoulder and said, "Let's go in and talk."