Chronicles of Primordial Wars

By the time Shao Xuan returned, all the children in the cave had returned from the river. Today's harvest was good. If you look at the unstoppable smile on their faces, you can see that there are two groups more fish than anyone else.

“Xuan, someone just came to you to change things. You're not here. They'll come back tomorrow.” Said the slaughter sitting beside the straw rope.

In the past, the slaughter in the cave was relatively small, long and thin. During this time, a lot of people came down and let go, and people became more and more spiritual.

“Okay, I get it.” Shao Xuan nodded.

Someone in the tribe should be moved again, want to go fishing, explore experience and come and find Shao Xuan to exchange the kind of black blocks that can float on the water.

At night, the moon hanging on both sides of the sky became darker, and the moon teeth were thin, only to see that it was not a bright arc. Looking out from the vent, it was pitch dark near the hole, all you could hear was the wind screaming outside the hole, and the noise made by the night swallows flying in and out. Winter is coming, the night swallows are not spiritual, they were not so loud when they used to fly.

The next few days, whether it's the children in the cave or the people down in the mountains, as long as the sun goes down, they can run to the river and try to pull it while the river is not frozen.

Probably the tribes have never had an idea about these fish before, and there are plenty of fish in the river, and so many people are here all the time to pull fish, and one day there aren't many fish. These fish are extremely fierce but not intelligent and easy to pull, and as long as you have the know-how, the amount of fish you pull is slowly rising.

Fortunately, the fish were pulled smoothly for several days without the appearance of a touchy creature.

Until one morning, when Shao Xuan took Caesar to dig for stoneworms in the gravel field, he found that there were fewer stoneworms and only three were dug in half a day.

The fish by the river was suddenly scarce, and the stoneworm threw it for a long time to pull up only one fish that was not too big.

This seems to augur well for children in caves and tribes alike.

“Xuan, why is this happening?” The children in the cave stared at the grass rope on their hands and broke their hearts.

“Because winter is coming.” An older child said he had heard people say that by winter, a lot of prey will be hidden, you can't find it, and they won't come out again until winter is over. That is why the tribes do not like winter, which is full of the repression brought about by difficulties.

Seeing the other children still stared at themselves, Shao Xuan sighed, "That could be the reason. Because in winter, stone worms will no longer appear on the surface, but will go deep underground for the winter, warmer than the surface. The cannibal fish on the banks of the river also leave the shallow waters of the shore, swimming deep into the river, to areas that do not freeze in winter. So we can't catch stoneworms, we can't pull fish. ”

Shao Xuan's words fell and the cave filled with a depressing atmosphere.

In the impression of many children in the cave, winter is cold, dark, sometimes sick and unconscious, I don't know, just so confused to sleep, at lunchtime, people wake up to eat something and continue to sleep confused, I don't know outside day and night, walking corpses like flesh. It's usually nothing, now suddenly I think back, and look at the sunshine of the recent fishing, it's not good to be in a good mood.

There are also children sitting in the corner grieving with newly pulled fish this afternoon while grieving and touching their heads. Just with the staring dark-red eyes of the boss on the broken fish head, and the cracked mouth filled with fine pointed teeth, how does this person think the fish is weird, if it was placed in that peacetime in Shao Xuan's previous life, such a person would definitely be labeled “* *” and “psychologically distorted”, but here, it's too normal.

Shao Xuan covered his face, his gaze moved away from that side and stopped looking at the person holding the fish in the corner with grief.

The hay used for sleeping in the hole these days has been moved out and exposed by Shao Xuan. Even the fur exchanged has been washed and well prepared. However, no one can remove the shadow of the coming winter. The past experience left too deep an impression in the hearts of the children in the hole, so the sun can hardly shine.

It's only noon, and the sky outside has become gloomy.

As Shao Xuan pondered what to do in winter, he sat by his stomach and walked over.

“Ah Xuan... I... I want to... think...”

It took half a day for my stutter to make myself clear.

Stubborn also had a sister, who had lost both parents that year, and when she was sent to the cave, her sister was also adopted by a family in the hillside. Tribes pay more attention to girls, and those who adopt girls receive more tribal subsidies.

Most people in this tribe will awaken the power of totem. Boys will basically wake up around the age of 10, not too late, not more than 15, which is why these children in the cave and those living near the foot of the mountain usually eat and sleep regardless of other reasons, because they do not need much effort, as long as they do not starve to death or die ill, they will naturally become totem warriors at their age.

Fewer girls awaken than boys, and nearly a third of them will not awaken for life. However, tribes do not treat them that way. On the contrary, girls are treated much better in tribes than boys, so even as orphans, some families are willing to take in girls, and that is why a girl living in this cave does not, but with handles.

Stubborn wanted to visit his sister before winter arrived, send him a fish, buckle from his own share, he came here to seek Shao Xuan's opinion. Since Shao Xuan fished with the children in the hole, his status has been indestructible. As long as Shao Xuan agrees, the two oldest children will not disprove even if they do not want to. Now, Shao Xuan will also be asked about something.

Stubborn kowtow said what he meant and stood there anxiously rubbing his fingers. He feared that Shao Xuan would refuse, and looked at Shao Xuan's eyes with caution.

“Sure, just come back before dark.” Shao Xuando.

“Thank you, Xuan!” Running back and dragging a fish out of the hole with excitement.

Seeing a stutter happily dragging a fish away, Shao Xuan smiled. “He didn't stutter when he thanked him. He seemed excited. Perhaps as soon as he was excited, the stuttering problem changed. ”

Shortly after stutter left, Moore's mother came back. The reason is still the same as before, to take Moore up the mountain, unfortunately Moore doesn't like it, even if it's his mother's soft and hard bubbles don't loosen up, and he's probably had a lot of trouble with that kid on the mountain the other day.

Finally, Moore's mother left behind a thick fur sweater and some dried meat before leaving with tears.

In the afternoon Gert sent food to bring Shao Xuan some meat jerky, along with a beast leather blanket and a dress.

“This is from Mac, and the clothes are from Langa.” Gert said, "They're busy today. The witch says it's winter. Everyone's checking the house to prepare for other things. Ask me to help with the delivery. ”

Mike's hunting team returned yesterday and completed the last outing of the year before winter arrived. The harvest was very good. Yesterday Shao Xuan saw the prey they carried or pulled, enough to survive this winter, not to mention that many of the hunting team still have food at home, and winter will not be hungry. The hunting team fighters who returned yesterday all had a relaxed laugh.

Shao Xuan picked it up and looked at it. The meat jerky was fresh and the meat was good. The blankets and clothes were better than the fur he had changed over the past few days.

It's impossible to say not to be moved.

“Thank you, Uncle Gert, and thank Uncle Mac and Langa for me. Oh, right. ”

Shao Xuan dragged two fish over and asked Ge to help bring them to Mai and Langa. Shao Xuan would like to express his gratitude even though he knew that the prey they had harvested this time was enough for the winter. The two fish belong to Shao Xuan's own share, and the rest of the group will naturally have no problem with it.

“Hey, you're not afraid I'll cut the fish off.” Grid threw the fish into an empty stone cylinder and lifted the cylinder off with one arm.

Since the witch said that it might be winter tomorrow, Shao Xuan told the rest of the cave that the fur had been split, what should we do without him saying more? The children still know how to protect themselves.

That night, the sky was dark, and the first two days you could see a little bent moon teeth, which you can't see at all today.

It's depressing.

Shao Xuan woke up frozen in the middle of the night, feeling like lying in ice and snow, freezing and shaking. Strangely, when I woke up, it wasn't that cold.

Sitting up, Shao Xuan pulled the thatch blocked in the vent a little, and the cold wind that was suddenly penetrated gave the ice a spiritual effect.

Winter is officially here.

The onset of winter changed the lives of the children in the cave, except to eat and sleep. The temperatures outside the hole are low and they can't do anything when they wake up, they can only sleep and look forward to the next time they wake up they will leave in the winter.

With food, the blankets covered on them are thicker, and they sleep comfortably this winter, at least more comfortably than they would have imagined in winter.

In the winter, Gert comes here as usual, sending food in cold storms and snow. Shao Xuan felt that there was no need to be so guilty. After discussing with Ge, Ge brought the amount of three days at a time, and then every three days. Now that the cave is not as confused as it used to be, Ge knows that Shao Xuan can control the cave and has no objection. He also left Shao Xuan an igniter to make Shao Xuan ignite properly.

In fact, winter is not without other things, such as people sent down by tribes to teach literacy. As always, every twenty or thirty days, someone comes by, as usual in winter.

On this day, it was the day when the teacher came again, and the day before, Ge brought Shao Xuan a message to prepare Shao Xuan. Save time for the children in the cave to fall asleep one by one and miss this rare learning opportunity.

So, when the old hunter responsible for teaching was wrapped in the skin of the animal, shaking the curtain into the hole, he didn't feel the warmth of the fire in the hole, and saw the child who was supposed to sleep on the ground, all sitting there in a shivering spirit, his eyes shining, and he saw him shaking hard.

Because he lived on the mountain, and there were other delays in the previous section. In detail, he had not come for nearly forty days, and he did not know much about what had happened in the lower mountain. Yesterday he went to Gert and asked about the situation in the hole during this time. It was just a routine question, but I didn't expect that in just 20 days, the hole had changed dramatically.

Yesterday, when I heard Gertrude put Shaw Xuan, less than 10 years old, in charge of managing the hole, the old hunter was still very dissatisfied. Isn't that bullying? Are the kids in the cave getting along? Before he went to teach in the cave, only Shao Xuan's child could learn seriously. This old hunter had a good impression of Shao Xuan.

He didn't believe it when he explained it. Now he sees the situation in the hole with his own eyes, it seems different...

With more than twenty pairs of rather unusual and enthusiastic gaze, the old hunter walked in rigidly, sat on the stone stool where he had sat before, pulled out a beast skin with a number in his arms, looked at the light of the fire, got it right, sure it was this beast leather roll, and cleared his voice.

“Cough, this, today, I'll teach you to learn a dozen numbers, listen, I'll read it first, cough, one, two, three...”

After reading it over, the old hunter felt that the atmosphere around him was a little wrong. He moved his gaze away from the animal's leather roll and looked up at it. He only saw that a circle around him had just become impatient with his eager gaze, some with obvious contempt.

That's just the beginning, isn't it? The old hunter was not happy, that's what he used to do when he came here to teach. Reading two numbers, these people owe even the heavens and the earth to go to sleep, angry with his old man's brain.

Just waiting to be reprimanded, the old hunter heard a child complain: "Let me listen to this if I don't sleep hard in the winter? ”

“Just one to ten? The old man can't. ”

“Yes!”

“Hey, old man, can you do it? Do you only know one to ten? ”

“Ah Xuan, if you can't, let the old man go and change. ”

“Yes!”

“Change! ”

“Change! ”

“Let him go! ”

Shao Xuan looked at the old man with the skin of the animal and found that the blue muscle of the old man's forehead was jumping suddenly.

It's so rare that the old hunters can't even imagine how much they love to learn.