In the cold winter, I spent my days leisurely catching birds, fishing, hunting, and polishing and making various tools and weapons.
Chi Shao took the time during this winter to draw many animal skin scrolls recording tribal events, and Jiang Xuan also initially drew a rudimentary map.
During this period, many frail tourists fell ill. Although they were treated by Lao Wu and Chi Shao, due to limited conditions and shortage of medicines, two people unfortunately died of the illness.
There were also two members of the Vine tribe who were accidentally seriously injured by wild beasts when they went hunting. Fortunately, they were carried back to the tribe in time and luckily saved their lives.
When Jiang Xuan's bamboo tube calendar recorded the 396th day of the first year of the establishment of the Teng tribe, the long-hazy sky finally ushered in the sunshine.
At the beginning of the Southern Wilderness, the temperature slowly rose and the ice and snow melted rapidly.
"Wow..."
"Bah bang bang!"
The ice cubes on a big tree fell to the ground due to melting, turning into broken ice, and the low-hanging branches were lifted up again.
Jiang Xuan sat by the bed, looked at the old calendar bamboo tubes, frowned and muttered: "How come there are three hundred and ninety-six days, one month longer than the earth."
Jiang Xuan scratched his head, feeling that making a calendar was not that simple for the first time.
The interval between two ice and snow melts is thirteen months, but this is not very accurate. After all, the weather is not static every year.
Sometimes the winter may be longer, sometimes it may be shorter, no one can tell.
"Forget it, no matter what, keep recording. I hope that after a few more years of recording, I can find some patterns."
Jiang Xuan also knows that it is not easy to create any kind of calendar. It will take decades or even longer to record and correct.
What Jiang Xuan can do is to record the date and climate changes that occurred during the period as completely as possible. As for whether this calendar can be successful, no one knows.
Jiang Xuan put away the old calendar bamboo tubes, then found an unengraved bamboo tube, and carved the first line of words on the top: January 1, the second year of the Teng Tribe, the ice melted.
"It's been a year."
After carving the words, Jiang Xuan put down the bamboo tube and small stone knife, feeling very complicated.
It has been a year since the establishment of the Vine Tribe, plus the half year before the establishment of the Vine Tribe, it has been a year and a half since he came to this world.
Sometimes, he feels particularly lucky.
Although he traveled to this primitive and dangerous world, he survived successfully and established a tribe.
From the beginning with nothing, to the accumulation bit by bit, to the current scale, only you know the hardships.
At first, he often thought of the wonderful world in his previous life, where materials were abundant, science and technology were developed, and people could enjoy many conveniences.
But as time went by, the number of times he thought about his past life gradually became less and less.
The feasting, bustling traffic, grievances and hatreds of his previous life gradually became blurry in his mind.
But the things that people and things in this world have experienced become increasingly clear.
"Being the leader of a primitive tribe is actually not bad, right?"
Jiang Xuan smiled and then stopped thinking about those past things.
This world, this primitive jungle, and this vine tribe he established with his own hands are what he can have now.
As for the world that cannot be returned to, let it be a thing of the past.
Jiang Xuan calmed down, put away the new calendar bamboo tube, then opened the door and walked outside, bathing in the long-lost sunshine.
Other members of the Vine Tribe also walked outside, with smiles of relief on their faces.
The cold and unbearable winter has finally passed.
"We survived!"
In front of a house outside the Vine Tribe, more than a hundred tourists burst into tears of joy. They hugged each other, roared, and celebrated their new life.
"Survived..."
Nepeta held his wooden mace, and his eyes were slightly moist.
At the beginning of this winter, no one could have imagined that more than a hundred tourists could survive in a small tribe.
Nepeta was even mentally prepared to starve to death and freeze to death.
But because of Jiang Xuan and the Vine tribe, they miraculously survived, and they did not become emaciated due to hunger. They had food to eat throughout the winter.
In one winter, only two people died of illness. This can be called a miracle even in some relatively large tribes!
Jingjie raised her head, looked at the huge ancient stone mountain vines, and then walked towards the bamboo house where Jiang Xuan and others lived with firm eyes.
He only has one thought in his mind now, that is to stay in the Vine Tribe and join the Vine Tribe!
After a while, Nepeta found Jiang Xuan who was basking in the sun.
"Chief!" Jing Jie looked a little nervous.
"It turns out to be Nepeta, what do you want from me?"
"Chief, you promised before that as long as we can survive until spring, you will let us join the Vine Tribe. Now we have survived."
Jing Jie looked at Jiang Xuan uneasily, nervous and expectant.
Jiang Xuan glanced at the tourists, then nodded and said, "I did say that, you and the tourists can stay in the Vine Tribe."
"However, it will take time to become a true Vine Tribe member."
Nepeta hurriedly said: "As long as I can join the Vine Tribe, I am willing to wait as long as it takes."
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "As long as you are loyal to the tribe, joining the tribe will be a matter of time, don't worry."
Jingjie nodded heavily, he was very confident in himself.
Jiang Xuan added: "The snow has just melted now, and ice cubes are falling from the trees everywhere. You should check them first, and don't run around to avoid being injured by the ice cubes."
"Okay, I'll be there right away."
Nepeta took the mace and quickly returned to the front of the house, cleaning up all the tourists who were too excited and running around.
"Do you want to be hit by ice? If you dare to run around again, your legs will be broken!"
Under Nepeta's scolding, the tourists finally slowly regained their composure, and then stayed in the open space to bask in the sun, not daring to run around anymore.
That night, the cold north wind turned into a warm south wind, and the snow on the trees and on the ground melted faster.
Two days later, the ice and snow on the trees disappeared without a trace, and most of the snow on the ground melted.
The stream flowed happily again, and the ice on the river melted, and large chunks of ice were washed away with the river water.
In the ponds opened by the Vine tribe, the tenacious fish began to swim again.
After three days of warm southerly winds, tender grass sprouts sprouted from the ground, and hibernating animals in the forest also reappeared.
The entire primitive jungle once again shows its vitality.
The only unhappy person in the Teng tribe is Dajiao, because in winter, there was insufficient food, and many of the animals he had tamed were eaten, and there were not many left.
Jiang Xuan came to the front of the cave and comforted Dajiao: "It doesn't matter. If you eat it, we will catch some and raise it back."
"I think those flightless unicorn birds are very good, maybe easier to tame than colorful pheasants."
"There are also gray rabbits, they breed very quickly."
After hearing Jiang Xuan's words, Dajiao's mood finally improved a lot, and he enthusiastically discussed with Jiang Xuan which animals were suitable for domestication.
In the field, Gan Song once again started digging the ground with his bones.
He only has one arm, and his hunting ability is not as good as others, but in terms of planting, except for Jiang Xuan, everyone else in the Teng tribe is not as good as him.
Last year's harvest gave Gan Song a lot of confidence. This year, he decided to open up more fields and plant more grains and vegetables!
In the jungle, the hunting team of the Vine Tribe set out again. Compared to the cold winter, they still prefer the spring forest, which is full of vitality and has many prey.