Sai, who was lying on the side, wiped his face. He didn't care about his swollen face and the blood coming out of his nose. Instead, he looked at Shao Xuan with hatred. He couldn't see clearly what Shao Xuan had picked up from the ground, but he was sure that they were good stones, which could at least be exchanged for food for a few days.
Shao Xuan could feel Sai and Zhan's gaze, but he was used to it. After picking up some things, he looked at the sky. It was past noon, and it was time to go back. Today's harvest was enough. Although there were some good stones here, Shao Xuan was too weak to pick up too many. It might not be a good thing for him to keep them.
His strength was not enough now, but in the future, when the so-called totemic power was awakened …
Shao Xuan called Caesar back and made sure that the kid named Ye, who was dragged away by Caesar, was still safe. Then he left with the stones wrapped in animal skin.
When Ye, who was dragged away by Caesar, staggered back, he saw Sai lying on the ground with blood on his face, and Zhan huddled beside him.
Sai, who had recovered his breath, ordered Ye and Zhan to hurry up and see if they could find any good stones to exchange for food. At the same time, they were cursing and shouting that they would beat Ye up next time, and that they would rob Shao Xuan of his things.
What they didn't know was that not far from them, there were warriors who had witnessed what had just happened. However, after Shao Xuan left, those warriors also left one after another.
"Who was that kid?" A young warrior asked the person next to him curiously.
"You mean the one with the wolf? I think his name is Xuan, from the cave at the foot of the mountain. As for the wolf, it belongs to the Shaman. Don't even think about it! "The older warrior warned. He didn't know why the Shaman did that, but he didn't want to know. He only knew that he couldn't rob the Shaman of his things. As for the kid Xuan, in his opinion, he was just helping the Shaman raise the wolf.
The young warrior scratched his messy hair, which was full of stone chips, and said, "How could I steal from the Shaman? Hehe, I just think that kid is interesting. When he awakens his power, I'm sure he won't be too bad. We can recruit him into our hunting group.
"It's still too early to say that. We'll have to wait for another two or three years. I think the kids on your side of the mountain are not bad. As for the kids from the caves … "The older warrior shook his head. He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone knew what he meant.
The distribution of the tribe was roughly divided into three levels. Basically, the stronger the warrior, the higher the level, closer to the top of the mountain. The mountaintop was also the center of the entire tribe. It was said that the tribe's fire pit was at the top of the mountain, the coldest part of the mountain.
In the eyes of many warriors, the kids from the other side of the cave awakened their totemic powers later than the kids who lived at the foot of the mountain, and their talents were worse. Even if those kids were old enough to awaken their totemic powers and could go out to hunt, they would not let those kids join their own hunting teams. Teamwork was the most important thing in a hunting team. Any weak part of a team could bring unexpected and tragic consequences.
On his way back, Shao Xuan didn't know what those warriors were talking about, nor did he know what those warriors thought of him. But he had already guessed that there were people around. He had heard a lot of things, so he guessed something.
Although the warriors in the mountain didn't pay attention to the surroundings during training, they were still very sensitive to the movements around them when they were resting. The noise here would definitely attract some warriors. When Zhan shouted for help in the wild, there were probably several warriors around. It was just that those warriors wouldn't easily make a move.
And Shao Xuan also knew that as long as it wasn't too serious, those warriors would just watch, and wouldn't interfere. Just like just now, when Shao Xuan smashed the wooden stick on the ground, judging from the strength, if it hit any vital parts, Sai and Zhan's lives would be in danger. Those warriors would definitely make a move, and Shao Xuan would leave a bad impression in their minds, which would be detrimental to Shao Xuan's future survival in the tribe. Therefore, that strike was just a warning and deterrence from Shao Xuan to Sai and Zhan.
Shao Xuan returned with a full load. When the patrolling warriors and the guards in charge of guarding the edge of the residential area saw Shao Xuan's bulging animal skin bag, they just asked a few questions. They didn't rob Shao Xuan's gains today, because they didn't care about Shao Xuan's things.
Returning to the gravel ground where he practiced martial arts in the morning, Shao Xuan picked up two stones from the stones he picked up today, and then buried the rest. He didn't have time to deal with these stones now, and it was even more impossible to bring them back to the cave. There were a group of "wolf cubs" in the cave, who would snatch and bite anything they saw. Therefore, Shao Xuan never hid food in the cave, nor did he exchange it for food.
After hiding it well, Shao Xuan sat on the ground to rest. Climbing the mountain and beating people had consumed a lot of energy.
Shao Xuan looked at the rolling mountains in the distance, and then turned back to look at the residential area of the tribe. He looked at the houses at the foot of the mountain, which was the lowest level of the tribe. He lowered his head and looked at his fist, which was still stained with dried blood. It had only been half a year, and he had already become a barbarian like the aborigines. The pressure of survival really accelerated this kind of assimilation.
What was it like in the civilized era? Shao Xuan dreamed about it a few times at night, but those images were getting more and more blurry. It was clearly less than a year ago.
Although this place was a little better than the uncivilized primitive barbarians that Shi Qi had mentioned, it wasn't much better.
In the past, even if he saw parents beating their children, Shao Xuan would go up and mediate. When the adults beat their children seriously, Shao Xuan would even fight with them. He wouldn't hurt the children, but now?
Of course, the environment was different, and the children in the tribe were not the same as those he had met in his previous life. Even if they were of the same age, their personalities were poles apart. Take the children in the children's cave for example. Even if they were scared this time, next time when it came to food, they would still decisively come up and fight for it. Moreover, each of them would be more ruthless than the last. When their emotions were stirred up, they would not be as restrained as Shao Xuan. They would throw stones or swing wooden sticks. If you couldn't beat them, you would suffer a big loss. For example, although Zhan was trembling like that just now, and looked very scared, next time, he would still swing his stick or throw stones at Shao Xuan, and follow Sai and the others to fight for Shao Xuan's things.
God knew that when Shao Xuan woke up in the cave for the first time, it was time for the cave to distribute food. Facing the wolf-like gazes around him, Shao Xuan thought that he had fallen into a wolf's den. They were all children, and the oldest was only 13 years old. Most of them were six or seven years old.
Savagery was contagious.
After a good rest, Shao Xuan took two stones of good quality to a stoneware craftsman and exchanged them for four palm-sized jerky. Two of them were boneless, and the other two were boneless. The boneless jerky was all given to Caesar, and Shao Xuan ate the boneless jerky himself. The remaining jerky was exchanged for a small piece of cheap animal skin. Winter was coming, and he had to prepare more things in advance.
When he returned to the children's cave, it was time for the tribe to distribute food every day. The people in charge of transporting food had already prepared today's food, and put it in a big stone vat. Only the warriors who had awakened their totemic power could move such a big vat.
The tribe would be responsible for the food in the children's cave until the children in the cave awakened their totemic power. After that, they would leave the cave and build their own houses.
Meat was also part of the food provided on a daily basis, but not much. It was barely enough to sustain the basic life of the children in the cave. After all, it was not easy to hunt for meat. In addition to meat, most of the time, there were plants, such as the red hairy fruit that Shao Xuan saw now.
It was a kind of arbor tuber, brown-red in color. There were many thin roots on the outside of the tuber, which looked like fluff. The big ones were similar to the pumpkins that Shao Xuan had seen in his last life, and the small ones were the size of an adult's fist. This fruit tasted like potatoes, and was easy to fill up. The only thing that troubled Shao Xuan was the aftereffect of this fruit.
In terms of efficacy, the red hairy fruit had the effect of adjusting the gastrointestinal function, and dredging the intestinal Qi. To put it bluntly, this fruit was good for ventilation. Also, the red hairy fruit had a special feature. If you ate only these red hairy fruits and did not eat any meat, the ventilation effect would be especially obvious. But if you ate some meat, the reaction would not be so strong.
Most of the kids in the orphan cave only ate and slept. Their daily food sources were all distributed by the tribe. Only a few of them would go out to find ways to get extra food. That was why the air quality in the orphan cave plummeted every time they ate the red hairy fruit. That was the ecstasy.
Shao Xuan's face turned green.
"Hey, Xuan!"
Ku, who was in charge of distributing food, trotted over when he saw Shao Xuan. He handed a piece of cooked red hairy fruit to Shao Xuan. It was quite big, obviously bigger than the ones given to the other children in the cave.
Ku was one of the oldest children in the cave, thirteen years old. Besides him, there were two other children who had reached the age of thirteen, but they were not as strong as Ku. Therefore, Ku had been appointed to be in charge of the cave, helping to distribute food every day. The advantage was that he could get more food, so he grew stronger, unlike the other children living in the cave.
However, Ku didn't talk much with the other children in the cave. He was always outside during the day, and only came back when it was time to eat. He didn't talk much with Shao Xuan either. Now he came over with a big piece of food. Why?
Shao Xuan looked at Ku, and took the red hairy fruit.
Ku was in a good mood, and even a little excited.
"Xuan, I'm going to the mountainside tomorrow, and I'll stay there for the whole winter. I'll leave the cave to you." Said Ku.
Shao Xuan almost threw the red hairy fruit in his hand when he heard this. Ku didn't care about the things in the cave. He should let the older children take over. There were two thirteen-year-olds, and several twelve- and eleven-year-olds. Why did he choose him, who was less than ten years old?
Ku didn't have the final say on who should be in charge, so Shao Xuan asked, "Who said so?"
Ku pointed at the man who was in charge of transporting food every day. He was leaning against the stone vat, swinging his toes and picking his teeth casually.
Looking at the children who were fiercely fighting for food, Shao Xuan really wanted to grab the man and ask, "Delivery man, are you f * cking kidding me?!"
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