The warm sunshine shines on the earth again, and the ice and snow melt quickly.
"Squeak..."
The door of the bamboo house was pushed open, and Jiang Xuan, who was wearing animal skin clothes, animal skin pants, and animal skin boots on his feet, walked out of the bamboo house.
These animal skin coats, animal skin pants and animal skin boots were all made by them during the long winter.
They first cut the soaked animal skin into clothes, trousers, and shoes, then drilled a row of small holes in the animal skin with sharp stones, and finally sewed the animal skin together with thin ropes twisted from bark. Although the workmanship is rough and not very pretty, it can keep you warm.
"Wow..."
Behind the bamboo house, many bent bamboos dropped ice shards after the ice and snow melted, and then slowly rose up.
When the heavy snow fell, most of the bamboos were bent down.
Fortunately, Jiang Xuan cut all the bamboo in front and back of the house in order to build a bamboo house, bamboo bed, bathroom and toilet. Otherwise, the bamboo house might not be able to bear the weight of so many frozen bamboo tails.
"It feels so good to bask in the sun!"
Jiang Xuan basked in the sun and stretched. He stayed in the bamboo house for a whole winter. Although he had no worries about food and drink, he was almost going crazy.
Chi Shao and others also came out. Like Jiang Xuan, they were also wearing animal skin clothes, animal skin pants, and animal skin shoes.
Chi Shao said: "Winter is over and we can go hunting again."
Uncaria added: "You can also catch fish."
Shi Loach said: "Dig a pond."
Nan Xing said: "I want to go for a walk in the mountains."
Nan Xing's words evoked an idea that Jiang Xuan had been holding back for a long time.
He turned around and looked at the tall stone mountain behind the bamboo forest and the huge ancient vines wrapping around the stone mountain.
"Actually, I want to follow the ancient vines and climb to the top of the rocky mountain to have a look."
As soon as these words came out, the four of them all focused their attention on Jiang Xuan. It could be seen from their expressions that they were obviously a little moved.
Jiang Xuan saw this and said, "How about we wait for the snow to melt and climb up together to take a look?"
The four of them nodded with almost no hesitation.
Tribal people have an adventurous spirit, and climbing ancient vines on stone mountains is very attractive to them.
They also want to climb up to see what kind of scenery is around this forest.
The rocky mountain is so high that the snow on it is difficult to melt. If you want to climb up, it will probably take two or three days.
Jiang Xuan moved around the bamboo house for a while, then returned to the bamboo house, found a suitable bamboo tube, and carved the word "一" on the top of the bamboo tube with a sharp stone.
"The ice and snow are starting to melt today, let's just think of it as the first day of the new year."
"I don't know how this world works. For the time being, let's record it just like in the past life."
"From now on, carve a number on the bamboo tube every day. Thirty-one days will be the first month, and the next day when the ice and snow melts will be one year."
Jiang Xuan doesn't want to live in a muddle, so he wants to make a calendar for himself.
He even planned to engrave the solar terms into it. For example, the first rain this year would be designated as rain, the first thunder would be designated as the Waking of Insects, and so on.
This matter is very important, at least Jiang Xuan thinks so.
When people have a sense of time, they can arrange things more properly.
After carving it, Jiang Xuan solemnly placed the bamboo tube and stone beside his bed.
He will mark it every day and read it every day. In the future, he will make certain adjustments based on the actual situation to make this calendar more suitable for this world.
Three days later, the sun shone brightly, the ice and snow melted completely, the streams began to flow again, and the birds and animals in the mountains became active again.
Jiang Xuan and the other five prepared ropes, dried meat, and side weapons. With excitement, they walked through the bamboo forest and arrived at the foot of the stone mountain.
Tall and precipitous stone mountains, huge ancient vines.
The trunk of the ancient vine is like a towering giant tree, and its thick branches almost cover the entire stone mountain.
Everyone who sees the ancient vine will be shocked.
Jiang Xuan tied a strong bark rope around his waist, with a wooden hook tied to one end of the rope. When climbing the mountain, the wooden hook can be hung on the vines to act as a safety rope. p>
Others also have the same rope and wooden hook.
Jiang Xuan looked up at the ancient vines on the stone mountain and said: "Everyone, please be careful when going up. Remember to hook your hooks on the strong vines at all times. You would rather climb slowly to ensure safety."
Chi Shao and others nodded, they would not joke with their own lives.
"Let's go!"
Jiang Xuan took the lead in climbing up the ancient vine. The trunk of the ancient vine was very huge, and there were vine branches all over the stone mountain. When climbing, as long as you hold on to the vines and don't look down, it would be easier to climb up.
Uncaria, Nan Xing, and Shi Loach followed Jiang Xuan, and Chi Shao was at the end. If the people in front were in danger, she could find a way to save them.
The stone mountain is hundreds of meters high and very steep. If it weren't for this ancient vine, few people would be able to climb it.
The process of climbing up was relatively smooth, and there were no accidents. The vines all over the mountain gave them a place to hold their hands at all times, and the huge ancient vines climbed relatively gently.
Three hours later, Jiang Xuan and others climbed to the top of the stone mountain.
Jiang Xuan stood on the top of the mountain, holding on to the branches of the ancient vine and looking down.
It was already noon at this time, and all I could see was the rolling mountains. Various birds were circling in the sky from time to time. The scenery was very spectacular.
When a person stands on the top of a mountain, he feels that the earth is beneath his feet, and it is easy for him to feel ambitious and heroic.
Jiang Xuan turned back to look at Chi Shao and said, "Sister, do you still remember what I said?"
"What words?" Chi Shao didn't know what Jiang Xuan said.
"At that time, when we were on the way to escape, you said, if the tribe is gone, what should we do in the future?"
Jiang Xuan said word for word: "I say, the worst case is, we build a new tribe!"
Chi Shao looked at Jiang Xuan in shock: "Could it be that you want to..."
Jiang Xuan nodded affirmatively, then looked at Uncaria, Stone Loach, and Nanxing, and said, "Are you willing to build a new tribe with me?"
Undo said in disbelief: "Can... just the five of us be able to form a tribe?"
Jiang Xuandao: "There are only five of us now, but I promise that we will have more clan members in the future!"
Chi Shao, Uncaria and Shi Loach were all shocked by Jiang Xuan's words and didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Xuan, I am willing to form a new tribe with you!"
Nan Xing, the youngest, was the first to agree, because he didn't need to think too much, he only knew that he was living well with Jiang Xuan.
Stone Loach and Uncaria looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded together: "We are willing too!"
Jiang Xuan looked at Chi Shao again and said, "Sister, they all agreed, what about you?"
Chi Shao's expression was a little complicated. After winter, she was already fourteen years old and her thoughts were much more mature. In her opinion, a tribe of five people was like a child's farce.
But after experiencing so many things, she has an indescribable confidence in Jiang Xuan. Maybe, this small tribe can really grow in the future?
Finally, she nodded.
Chi Shao asked: "Since we are a new tribe and we need a name, what should we name our tribe?"
Jiang Xuan looked at the distance, and then at the ancient vines on the stone mountain at his feet. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Since we came to live here, everything has been going smoothly. We haven't even encountered wild beasts. I think we should have been affected by the ancient vines."
Asylum."
Jiang Xuan stroked the branches of the ancient vine and said: "In that case, our new tribe will be called the Vine Tribe. From now on, the ancient vine will be the patron saint of our tribe!"
Each tribe has its own patron saint, also called a totem god, which is the spiritual sustenance of the tribe and is very important.
It is said that the totem god of the tribe has miraculous abilities and can protect the people in the tribe. In the past, there were many legends about the totem god of the Deer tribe.
This ancient vine has been growing for who knows how many years. It is so huge that everyone who sees it with their own eyes will be extremely impressed and can easily regard it as a god.
Since Jiang Xuan decided to establish a new tribe here, what could be more suitable as a totem than this ancient vine?
Chi Shao said: "Okay, we will be called the Teng tribe from now on. Xuan, you will be the leader of the tribe!"
Without waiting for Jiang Xuan to answer, Chi Shao asked the three young men again, "Do you agree with Xuan being the leader of the tribe?"
"Agree!"
"Agree!"
"Agree!"
The three teenagers already admired Jiang Xuan, and it was Jiang Xuan who proposed building a new tribe. How could they disagree?
Chi Shao smiled and said to Jiang Xuan: "Xuan, everyone agrees."
Jiang Xuan was silently moved in his heart. In fact, in terms of strength, Chi Shao was more suitable to be the leader, but Chi Shao gave it to him without any refusal.
Jiang Xuan solemnly nodded and said: "Okay, from now on I will be the leader of the Vine Tribe, and I will do my best to develop our Vine Tribe!"
Everyone laughed, and they began to look forward to the day when the tribe would grow stronger.
After staying on the rocky mountain for half an hour, they climbed back down along the ancient vines and returned to the ground.
Jiang Xuan stood in front of the ancient vine and carefully carved a pattern on a big stone next to it.
What he carved was a reduced and simplified version of an ancient vine.
"From now on, this pattern will be the totem pattern of our Vine Tribe!"
Jiang Xuan announced this very important matter and asked everyone to remember this totem pattern firmly. It will be engraved on all the territories of the Vine Tribe in the future.
He found a kind of moist brown soil at the foot of the stone mountain, and carefully painted this new totem pattern on the faces of Chi Shao and others.
He asked Chi Shao to draw the totem lines on his face.
After drawing the totem pattern, Jiang Xuan, wearing animal skin clothing, stood in front of the ancient vines and led everyone to pray to the totem god of the tribe, asking the vine god to protect this new tribe.
I don’t know why, but after completing this simple ritual, the five of them could clearly feel their wandering hearts slowly settling down. Perhaps this is the benefit of having spiritual sustenance.
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Thanks to the book friend "It's hard to come up with a name" for the reward.