On the way back, Dashi told Yaohu the situation, "Chief, the Shenmu tribe no longer threatens us."
Muba said: "Chief, I think something is wrong with the people of the Shenmu tribe. They are small, dull, and don't have many warriors. Such an old tribe should not be like this!" He originally thought that the Shenmu tribe was very prosperous.
tribe.
Yao Hu said: "That's why they don't mate with foreigners." He recalled what Mao had said when he took over as leader: if men and women of the same tribe pair up, the gods will punish the tribe, and the women will give birth to many deformities.
Leopard listened and said to the side: "Chief, let's take people over quickly and occupy the territory of the Shenmu tribe."
After hearing this, Yao Hu thought for a moment and said to Leopard: "It shouldn't be a problem to occupy the Shenmu tribe. The problem is that we can't hold such a large territory!"
The big tree laughed at the side and said: "Leopard, we just occupied a big piece of this land under the river bank and occupied the Shenmu tribe. I think we should forget it!"
The facts are there. Anyone with any brains knows that the Yaoshan tribe simply does not have the extra manpower to occupy the Shenmu tribe.
Leopard glanced at the big tree, nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, we can't even see this area along the river." When he thought about Muba, he didn't want to keep such a group of people.
Yao Xiaoqing thought for a while and said: "Father, I think their leader is a bellicose. It's better to get rid of that leader and find someone among them who is not belligerent to take charge of the Shenmu tribe. We can just go and check it from time to time."
Already."
She didn't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and felt that as long as the dangerous person was eliminated, last night's sneak attack on the Shenmu tribe killed and injured some warriors. The remaining people had difficulty finding food to support the women and children, and they were unable to do anything to seek revenge from the Yaoshan tribe.
Yao Hu nodded and said: "This is a good idea. Let's discuss it after you have eaten the food."
After several people had eaten their food, Yaohu had already gathered the working warriors in the cafeteria. When everyone learned that they had fought a battle with the Shenmu tribe, they all gave a thumbs up and praised them.
Yao Hu told everyone what they had just discussed on the road, "You guys also tell me, should we occupy the Shenmu tribe?"
Quan stood up and said: "Chief, I think Dashu is right. With our small manpower, we can't even occupy the area along the river. Why go to the mountains of Shenmu Mountain!" He felt that living by the river was better than living in the mountains.
Comfortable.
Shan stood up and said, "Yes! I think we will follow what Xiaoqing said. Let's send more people to kill that leader, so they won't dare to trouble us again."
"Chief, we are busy working in the tribe every day. We are too busy, so why go to the mountains?" said the spear.
Someone else said: "Yes! What's so good about Shan'ao!"
"Okay, let's do what Xiaoqing said." Yaohu said, turning back to Yao Xiaoqing and said, "Xiaoqing, I'll leave the Shenmu tribe to you. Let's go and have a rest for the day. We will take people to the Shenmu tomorrow morning.
tribe."
"Yes." Yao Xiaoqing and Mu Feng responded in unison.
Yao Xiaoqing took a bath, took a bamboo chair and sat under the eaves of the corridor, leaned on the back of the chair, squinted his eyes, and waited for his long hair to dry, thinking about the stream he saw on Shenmu Mountain and the water in it.
Even the insteps are gone.
She squinted her eyes and looked at the scorching sun. If it didn't rain, there would really be a drought. She got up after sleeping for a while and went to the river to see. How was the water in the river?
Taro walked into the yard carrying the grass on her back and saw Yao Xiaoqing sleeping on the bamboo chair. She walked quietly upstairs and spread the grass in her basket to dry in the upstairs.
When she returned downstairs, she saw Yao Xiaoqing looking at her with a smile.
Yuzi walked over with a smile, "Xiaoqing, I went upstairs to dry the grass."
"Is there still much grass by the river?"
Yuzi nodded, "The water is shallow, and there is a lot of green grass by the river. Yesterday, Chong Bo and the others netted a dozen ducks and came back. There were also a lot of fish and shrimps in the puddles by the river. We got a lot of them back yesterday.
, dried fish and shrimp."
Yao Xiaoqing stood up and said, "Let's go to the river and have a look."
"Okay! Uncle Chong and the others are still gathering fish and shrimps by the river!"
Yao Xiaoqing went into the house and took a hat to wear. The two went to the river and saw several cattle from the tribe grazing by the river.
Looking from a distance, I found that the water in the river had become much shallower, and the exposed beach area in the middle of the river was more than twice as large as this time last year. There were waterbirds and wild ducks playing on the opposite river beach.
Several old men in the tribe were carrying bags of silk bags, catching fish and shrimps in shallow puddles. Ah Chong covered the sun with his hands, looked at the two people walking towards him, and said with a smile: "Xiaoqing is back!"
"I've been back for a while." Yao Xiaoqing looked at the middle of the river, "Uncle Chong, I think if it doesn't rain, we can go to the other side of the river."
Uncle Chong shook his head, "The water in the middle is very deep. We plan to build a bamboo raft and go to the other side of the river to collect duck eggs."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded and said: "No one has been to the other side of the river. You should bring snake medicine to avoid snakes and insects." She thought that as long as there was water in the river, there would be a way to water the crops.
"Uncle Shui, what did you pick up?" Yuzi asked.
Yao Xiaoqing looked back and saw that the basket on his back was full of big river mussels, "Hey! So many river mussels!"
"Hey!" Uncle Shui laughed, "The river is shallow, so we caught a lot of these things from the puddles and fed them to the chickens and ducks. The chickens and ducks grew well, and even the wild boar liked them."
Don't you like it? The mussel meat is seasoned and tastes delicious when fried!
Yao Xiaoqing suddenly remembered that someone used river mussels to cultivate pearls. "Uncle Chong, when you smashed the mussel meat, did you find anything like pebbles in it?"
Ah Chong shook his head, "We all chopped up the meat with stone knives and fed it to the chickens and ducks, but we didn't find any stones."
Yao Xiaoqing and Yuzi took off their straw sandals and played by the river for a while. They walked back carrying the shrimps in the bucket and saw the round-faced woman walking towards the river with the Lingque tribe.
Tuozi said to Yao Xiaoqing: "Xiaoqing, that woman is the daughter of the leader of the Lingque tribe. Her name is Douzi."
"Xiaoqing, she came to you to see her father!" Zhi said loudly.
Taro Zi looked at Pig and curled his lips and said, "You brat, why don't you come over here and tell me!"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "Let's go faster, they may have something wrong!"
Zhi strode over, smiled at the two of them, took the barrels from their hands, turned around and walked back.
Douzi quickly ran to Yao Xiaoqing, panting and bowing to her: "Qingsha, please, look at my father." She shed tears as she spoke.
Yao Xiaoqing advised: "Don't be anxious, tell me slowly, what happened to your father?"
Douzi cried and said: "Not long after my father came back from hunting, he became thinner and thinner. His belly slowly bulged, as if he had a baby in his belly. He couldn't eat anything today. The warriors in the tribe went hunting.