In the morning, as soon as Shao Xuan walked out of the door, he saw Lang Ga running towards him, out of breath.
"Xuan, go to the river! Quick! "
Lang Ga's face was red, not sure if it was because he was too tired, or because he was too excited.
"What's wrong?" Shao Xuan was confused.
"Fish fence! Fish fence! "Lang Ga did not say much, but pulled Shao Xuan and ran towards the river.
Early in the morning, Lang Ga went to the riverside to check on the fish fences. Based on his experience in the past few years, he certainly knew that there would be a big wave by the river last night, and thought that maybe something would be trapped there. But in the past two days, no one came to Shao Xuan because they were not calm. Today, when he couldn't wait to check the fish fence, he found that there were many aquatic creatures in the fish fence!
Not only the big-headed piranhas, but also many other creatures that he had never seen before!
At that time, Lang Ga was so excited that he checked the fish fences one by one. Later, he asked some patrolling soldiers to help him kill the fish that had almost escaped from the fish fences, but the fish trapped in the fish fences hadn't been killed yet. Because of his excitement, he only paid attention to the creatures in the fish fences. Lang Ga did not remember until now, so he immediately went to find Shao Xuan.
Last night, the river rose again and returned to its original state, as if the abyss two days ago was just an illusion.
When Shao Xuan came to the river, there were many people around the fish fence. Some of them were warriors who were responsible for patrolling the river bank, and some were people who came from the mountain foot district to check out the situation. The children in the orphan cave were also craning their necks.
People were curious, and they loved to watch the fun. At the same time, they also knew that as long as they set up such a fence at the right time, many good things could be stopped.
When Shao Xuan came over, he saw a one-meter-long clam, which had been pried open and chopped into pieces and put aside.
"I met that this morning, and it almost escaped. Fortunately, it didn't run very fast." Lang Ga chuckled. "That thing's shell is really tight. It took me a lot of effort to pry it open."
After pushing the crowd away, Lang Ga excitedly pointed at a fish fence and said to Shao Xuan, "Xuan, look, there are a lot of preys here! A lot of prey that I've never seen before! "
As a hunter who had hunted for more than ten years, Lang Ga was naturally just like the other warriors. He was interested in many new prey and had already started to dissect some in the morning.
Shao Xuan jumped onto a stone pillar of a fish fence and glanced around.
There was something in every fish fence, and most of them were big-headed piranhas, which were all lifted up by the waves.
Lang Ga was not interested in those big-headed piranhas, so he only kept two of them as a token. After discussing with Shao Xuan, he gave the rest to the people from the mountain foot district and the children in the orphan cave. After all, Lang Ga was not short of food, and he didn't care about this kind of fish. Shao Xuan didn't need it either.
Lang Ga held the long spear and poked the piranhas out of the fish fence one by one. Every time the spear went down, a fish would be pierced through. With a flick of the spearhead, the piranhas would be picked out and thrown aside.
The onlookers only wanted to see if the fish were back. If they were back, they could continue to fish in the following days. They didn't expect that they could also get some benefits from watching the fun. When they saw Lang Ga throw the fish aside, they all rushed up to grab them.
There was no water in the fish fence, and there were many dead fish inside. They all killed each other. The blood that flowed out when Shao Xuan poked the fish made the fish fight even more fiercely.
Shao Xuan saw many strange fish. Some had long and narrow eyes, some had flat bodies like manta rays, and some were like pufferfish, which swelled into a big ball and pushed the other fish to the side.
Shao Xuan even saw some shrimps and crabs, but they looked different from the shrimps and crabs he saw in his previous life. They were not as big as the other fish. Well, even if there were big shrimps and crabs, the fish fences couldn't trap them. Even if they were here yesterday, they would have already run away.
"How about this one? I think it's edible. "
"Hey, this one is good! It looks fierce. Even if it's not edible, take it out and play with it. "
"Look at that fish, it changed color with a poke!"
"…"
There were many onlookers around. Shao Xuan was watching when he heard Lang Ga shout, "I think I've seen this one before when I was hunting, but it didn't look like this."
Shao Xuan looked over, and when he saw the creature Lang Ga was talking about, he was immediately amused.
Oh, there's a turtle!
To be exact, it looked more like a snapping turtle. When Shao Xuan looked over, it was biting the tail of a piranha next to it, directly tearing off a large piece of meat from the tail.
Shao Xuan pointed at the snapping turtle with his spear and said to Lang Ga, "Keep that for me, I'll cook it when I get back!"
"Okay, I'll keep it for you." Lang Ga was overjoyed by the day's harvest, and he didn't care at all about this thing that he seemed to have seen before. He didn't care whether the fish he caught in the fish fence could be eaten or how much energy they could provide. He just felt a sense of accomplishment when he was surrounded by so many people, just like when he was walking on the Path of Glory for the first time.
See, besides setting ground bows, I also know how to set traps to catch fish!
Lang Ga was instructing people to run errands, and many people from the mountain foot district came to Lang Ga to learn from him. Lang Ga, who was standing on the stone pillar of the fish fence, had not stopped talking since he came here.
Shao Xuan looked around, and he didn't want to steal the limelight from Lang Ga. Although these prey were shared by him and Lang Ga, he just wanted to see what other creatures there were in the river besides the piranhas. Shao Xuan let Lang Ga deal with the rest of the things in the fish fence, except for the turtle and a few fish.
Shao Xuan squeezed out of the crowd and walked along the river bank.
In a small forest near the river bank, many branches were broken, which should have been caused by last night.
When the river rose, there should be big waves, and the river bank was obviously washed away, so the things in the fish fence might have been blown away by the waves.
There were no broken branches on the shore, nor were there any floating objects on the river.
Shao Xuan walked to the forest, broke off a branch, and threw it into the river.
The branch floated on the river, rising and falling with the waves. But after only one breath, the branch sank, and after a short while, a series of bubbles rose up, like burps after a full meal.
Those wood-eating insects also came back.
During the rainy season, those insects might have followed the river beasts downstream, or like the long-tailed frogs, they had other places to go. But after the full moon, the river rose, and they came back.
If his speculation was correct, Shao Xuan felt that if there was a boat between the end of the rainy season and the full moon, they might be able to safely row in the river.
During that time, the river seemed to be very turbulent, but it was only the big-headed piranhas that were active. This was the so-called "when the tiger is absent, the monkey is king". Without many natural enemies, it was no wonder that the piranhas were so active during that time, and could fight for a long time with just a little bit of blood.
Shao Xuan could not confirm whether the truth was as he speculated. Unfortunately, this was only once a year. If he wanted to confirm it again, he could only wait until next year's rainy season.
Back in the wooden house, Shao Xuan wrote down today's observations and his own speculation in a secret notebook. After writing, he carefully rolled up the animal skin roll, tied it with a leather rope, and put it in a stone box. After sealing it, he moved the stone box to the corner under the bed.
There were many things recorded in the animal skin roll, and Shao Xuan could not let other people in the tribe know about it. The information inside could cause panic, and could also bring more unnecessary trouble. Now Shao Xuan's ability was limited, and he could not bear the possible consequences, so he could only hide it.
"I hope one day I can use it." Shao Xuan whispered.
Was there only such a tribe in the world?
Today, the people in the tribe, as well as their predecessors, had only come into contact with people in their own tribe. They had never seen other tribes. When they talked about other tribes, it was like people in his previous life talking about aliens. They were too distant, and only existed in legends, but they had never come into contact with them.
Where were the others? Who were they? Shao Xuan could see some of them from the murals in the stone room in the cave.
But how could he meet people from other tribes?
Maybe he had to go further through the dangerous forest, or maybe he just had to cross the river at the foot of the mountain …
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