newbobooks Chapter 156: See you again in the cold season 11
Chapter 156: See you again in the cold season 11
There was an empty area in the middle of the yard. Qingjiu and Aqiao both had weapons in hand. What would happen if a fight broke out and someone accidentally got hurt? The crowd, who had originally come to watch the fun, immediately shrank back.
However, Ji Lang and his companions stepped forward.
Qing Jiu looked over and nodded to Ji Lang as if to comfort him.
It’s one thing to know that this person won’t lose, but it’s another thing to not be able to help worrying about him.
Sa Shi patted Ji Lang on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, no one can beat him in a one-on-one fight, and it will be over soon." He was not saying this to comfort Ji Lang. There were four brothers and sisters in their family. Let's not talk about Wu who was still young, but in terms of strength, Guo Qi had the greatest strength, followed by herself. Although Qing Jiu's strength was behind the two, his mind and fighting methods were more stable and varied. When they were in the tribe, the hunters would practice with each other when they were bored, and she had never seen her second brother lose.
As the saying goes, family members understand each other. Ji Lang originally thought that the fight would last for a while, but Qing Jiu knocked the knife out of Aqiao's hand with the back of his knife, and then pointed the tip of the knife at Aqiao's neck.
"You lose, you can go now." Qing Jiu put away the knife, took two steps forward, and turned back to say, "You injured Amu and Dashu, you have to keep some of the fur and food as compensation to them."
"Chief, we know we are wrong, Han Ji. If you drive us away, we won't be able to survive outside." Fear finally appeared on Aqiao's face and he would no longer hold on. Among the people who had followed him to cause trouble last night, some also stood up.
"Yes, Chief, we know we were wrong and we won't do it again."
"If we get out now, we will really die."
They have become accustomed to living on a kang, but now they suddenly have to go outside and there is no cave or firewood. What should they do?
Qing Jiu still had a cold face, "You can stay. We agreed last time that whoever causes trouble will be beaten with a hundred sticks. You can choose whether to leave or be beaten with a hundred sticks. Also, if either Amu or Dashu can't hold on and dies, you will have to pay with your lives if you stay. Are you willing?"
These hundred sticks were used with sticks as thick as bowls. After a hundred hits, their legs would probably be broken. These people immediately became unwilling.
Not to mention that he would have to pay with his life. After all, Amu... was seriously injured. If something really happened and he had to pay with his life, it would be better to leave directly. At least there is a possibility of survival.
A few people stood in the yard, hesitating for a while, then got together and talked for a few words, and finally decided to leave.
Aqiao didn't expect that his impulsive action would lead to such a result. He put all the furs, quilts and clothes he had saved into Amu's cave, and also a lot of food he had stored. He was a smart and capable man, and when he was farming, he also planted a large area of corn, which he has now ground into corn flour and put in animal skin bags, a total of six bags, which he moved to Amu. He also gave part of his own pickled bacon and refined lard to Amu, and took the rest to Dashu's cave. Dashu had been moved to his own house at this time. Xiaoshu heard the noise and came out to see that it was Aqiao.
His eyes immediately looked like they were about to spit fire, "What are you doing here?!"
Aqiao didn't know why things turned out like this. He clearly just wanted Xiaoshu to look up to him in a more respectful way in the beginning.
"I...I'll bring you the compensation the leader asked me to give you." He said with a lack of confidence.
"Take it away! We don't want your things." Xiaoshu rushed over and kicked away the pieces of bacon he had placed at the door. She really didn't understand why this man wouldn't listen to her no matter what she said. She had said many times that she would not be his partner, and she had never accepted anything he gave her. Why did this man want to duel with Amu for no reason, and why did he even hurt her eldest brother.
Ji Lang and a few others were still in the yard. They looked over when they heard Xiao Shu's shout.
"What a guy! This is not the way to pursue a girl." Ji Lang sighed and shook his head. He doesn't respect the girl's wishes at all. It's a wonder he can succeed.
Qing Jiu took a look and then looked away, "It sounds like you are very good at pursuing." The two of them have been together for a long time, so he naturally knew what Ji Lang meant by this strange wording.
Jilang: ...
I am not I don't have.
He began to change the subject, "Are you really going to drive them away? They will really die if they go out in this kind of weather." He did not intervene when Gang Qingjiu said these things. He didn't know why, but he always felt that this was a bit like the original world, when adults educate children, dads have their own way, and moms have their own way. The best way is for both sides not to interfere with each other, not for the mom to always oppose when the dad is teaching, and not for the dad to always say nice things when the mom wants to educate.
"I've given them a chance. If they don't want to be punished, they can only leave. I know you're soft-hearted, but if people like this stay in the tribe, something bad will happen sooner or later, and no hunter will be willing to be their partner." Qing Jiu said. This was not a decision he made in anger. On the contrary, he was very calm. After going over everything from the beginning, he gave them two choices.
If you stay, you will be punished, or you can choose to leave.
If they are not punished, it would be unfair to Amu who is still lying on the kang, his life or death unknown. Moreover, if they can accept the punishment honestly, it means that they have realized their mistakes.
Ji Lang shook his head and said, "I'm not soft-hearted." He knew that this person was concerned about him and had become much more tolerant in many things than before.
But tolerance is not indulgence. The development of the tribe will never allow such people who have made mistakes and are unrepentant to stay. One bad apple spoils the whole barrel. If they stay, other people who work and hunt peacefully and obediently will feel resentment and fear.
"Little liar." Qing Jiu rubbed his hands together to warm them up before putting them on Ji Lang's cheeks. They were both frozen cold. "Go back. I'll take care of this. It's too cold today."
Ji Lang shook his head. "It's okay. I'm not cold. I'll go check on Amu and Dashu first."
Amu was still on Grandma Xue's kang. Last night, several people took turns taking care of him and Dashu. Grandma Xue and Xiaoliu went to sleep in the room where Pigeon and the others slept.
Dashu has been carried back to his house. His injuries were serious, but not fatal. He will recover with care.
But Amu had a head injury and several fractures on his body. His already seriously injured leg was injured again. It would take him a while to recover. Not only has he not woken up, he also has a fever. This is not a good sign.
Grandma Xue followed Ji Lang's example and rubbed white wine on the young man's forehead, armpits, and calves, hoping that his fever would go down as soon as possible.
Seeing Ji Lang coming in, Grandma Xue knew that he must be worried too. "Those blows on his head were a bit serious. It would be better if the fever went down. He has been running a fever all the time..." She sighed. Until this time last night, she had already given him several antipyretic pills and used all the necessary methods. She even dared not heat the kang, but the man showed no signs of going down in fever. She had to prepare for the worst.
And even if he gets better, with that leg of his... it would probably be difficult for him to go out hunting again. If it were in other tribes, for hunters, this would just be a slow death process, but Grandma Xue knew that here, at least he could survive.
Ji Lang moved to the kang and took a look at Amu lying on the kang. He was quiet. If it weren't for his still heaving chest, Ji Lang would have been afraid that he had died. Even though his face had been beaten, there were still obvious bruises and bloodstains. There was even a hideous wound extending from the side of his ear to the corner of his mouth.
He couldn't understand why he would be so cruel to his own people.
It's not some deep hatred.
When he was in the yard just now and thought that those people might die if they were driven out, he was a little hesitant. But after seeing Amu's expression, he suddenly felt that just driving these people away was the lightest punishment for them.
They should also experience the feeling of being beaten like this.
When he really saw Amu like this, Ji Lang realized that he had thought things too simply. He had lived in a world where everyone abided by the law for more than 20 years. He was subtly influenced and more willing to believe in the good side of human beings. But he neglected that the kindness of modern people was precipitated from thousands of years of cultural influence and historical heritage. In such a primitive world, many of their things and thoughts are just in accordance with their own feelings and emotions. They don’t need to consider whether it is right or appropriate, or what consequences it will cause. If they want to do it, they will do it.
Even though Ji Lang was lucky enough to meet a group of people who did not understand but were willing to follow or respect his ideas and practices, the tribe gradually grew larger and more people could not understand. Even though Ji Lang and Qing Jiu had emphasized many times that they should not be lazy and should not attack their own people, they still did their own thing, because they did not have the concept of following such rules set by the tribe in their minds and consciousness. Perhaps, they did not care much about the consequences of not following the rules.
They have their own rules, and perhaps each tribe is different. Qing Jiu handled this matter in this way to tell everyone that this is the consequence of not following the basic rules. The rules set in the tribe are not just talk. If other people have such ideas in the future, they must consider clearly whether they can afford the consequences of this matter. They will weigh the pros and cons more carefully, rather than relying solely on feelings and emotions.
Social development has never been leapfrog.
He took it for granted.
But it doesn't matter. In the process of exploration, people will definitely bump into things, prick their hands, and get injured. Leading a tribe is an unfamiliar thing for both Ji Lang and Qing Jiu. Maybe they will continue to make mistakes in the process, but he believes that everything will gradually get on track and they are always moving forward.
Before noon, Aqiao and his men had already packed up their things, including many baskets and animal skin bags of different sizes. Aqiao and his men were all Azhou's former partners, and they knew each other well. However, Xiaohei, although they were from the same tribe, they had basically no intersection, and he had no sense of existence. He was usually quiet, and Azhou felt that he was a person who was difficult to figure out.
A Zhou and Xiao Ying helped them carry the things down the mountain. Actually, A Zhou really didn't want to care about it. He just couldn't understand why they had to make such a fuss instead of just living a good life. But there was nothing he could do. After all, they were people from his previous tribe. Grandma Xue also asked him to help send them off. After all, after sending them off, he might never see them again in this life.
"After leaving the place where we killed the apes, there are a few safe caves halfway up the mountain. We stayed there when we went out for patrol last winter. You can stay there for a while and then find a better place before leaving." A Zhou said to A Qiao and the others.
Aqiao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, we got it. Grandma Xue and the other people in the tribe are left to you." He knew that he had done something wrong, but he didn't want to be beaten with a hundred sticks, so he had no choice but to leave.
Aqiao took a look at the yard that was crowded with firewood, noodles, stone millstones for grinding flour, and corn hanging on the wall, all showing everyone that this was a powerful tribe. During the time they had been here, the tools they used, the way they ate, and the food they stored were all things they had never seen before. But now these things had nothing to do with them from now on.
The group went down the mountain and climbed up another mountain. Aqiao walked in front. Based on their original walking speed, they reached the cave that Azhou mentioned in an afternoon. However, they had carried a lot of things this time, so they could not move so fast. They could only look for other places to stay along the way.
Ah Qiao took two steps ahead, so fast that the people behind him stopped and turned to look at them, "Hurry up, or we won't be able to find the cave before daybreak."
One of the team stepped forward and said, "Aqiao... When the leader went out last time, he found traces of people from other tribes. I remember the location. Xiao Hei said that we can go find people from that tribe."
"We don't know them and have never seen them. They will definitely fight when they see us, and it's the cold season now. No tribe is willing to take in people from other tribes." Xiao Bei spoke hurriedly before A Qiao could say anything. In fact, he really didn't want to leave the tribe. He was willing to be beaten, but the way Xiao Hei acted in the tribe was completely different from usual. He lowered his voice and had a sinister expression, which made him feel very unfamiliar and even scared. He could only obey.
Xiao Hei curled his lips, his expression showing unprecedented confidence, "What if we tell them that there is an extremely wealthy tribe with only a few dozen people? Do you think they will want to take it away? If these two sides fight, no matter who wins or loses, it will be a good thing for us."
If the Taotie tribe wins, then they can naturally occupy the position and food of that tribe. If the Taotie tribe loses, then based on their understanding of this place, there will always be a place where they can be used.
So no matter what, they are the beneficiaries.