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Chapter 156
It has been three months since Grandma and the old people left.

The originally cheerful, excited, and confident Dahe Tribe suddenly fell into a depressed, silent, and sad atmosphere. Even the little lynx and the newborn baby were infected by the depressed atmosphere and became less noisy.

It is very common for the old man to leave in cold weather, but the tribe never thought that this would happen to grandma, they are used to grandma's existence, as long as grandma sits in her exclusive seat, even if Not talking, also makes them feel at ease.

But now, that position has been vacated forever, and everyone's hearts seem to be vacated accordingly, which is very unreliable and uncomfortable.

However, life still has to go on. Lanhua encouraged the people to say: "Grandma said before she left that she would always watch us. She must not want to see us as we are now. If you want grandma to be proud of us and happy for us, We should cheer up and live a better life! This is what Grandma wants to see!"

Zhang Tian also said: "If you want to say something to grandma, you can pray while looking up at the sky, grandma will hear it."

Everyone walked out of the cave, and the sky was full of stars, as if they were even brighter.

They prayed to the sky, not so much as a prayer, but as expressing their thoughts and expressing their sadness.

Speaking out is the best way to express the emotions accumulated in the heart.

As time passed, the clansmen gradually regained their spirits, and the atmosphere in the cave gradually warmed up.

The little lynx grows very fast, and in just a few months, it has grown to the size of a large pet cat in later generations.The three big cats have stout bodies, well-developed limbs, and vigorous skills. They were pioneers in eradicating rats when they were young. Now that their skills have increased greatly, rats are no match for them.

Recently, they have been trained by the two-legged mother. They have developed a habit of bringing the mouse to the mother every morning, barking, trying to wake up the mother who loves to sleep late, and claiming credit for the reward.

As soon as Lin Yu opened her eyes, she saw seven or eight dead mice with their heads tilted and their mouths slanted. A whole family of mice was lined up neatly under her eyelids. Suddenly, their faces paled, and they screamed in shock. They jumped off three feet like an electric shock high.

The three lynxes also jumped up in fright. Seeing their mother running away, they quickly picked up the spoils and chased after them, begging for attention and praise.

"Don't come here!"

Lin Yu shouted in despair, and everyone laughed.

After several morning chases with the three cats alone, Lin Yu finally got used to the filial piety of his sons and daughters.

The three babies born in autumn are all healthy. Mint's milk is insufficient, and her son Tao Puhua is also helping to feed them.Unfortunately, Puhua's last child gave birth to a deformed child. While sucking Puhua's milk, Tao also accepted her mother's love that had nowhere to rest.

The early development of primitive people may be the result of the co-selection of man and nature. The babies of later generations are breastfed for at least half a year before weaning. In tribes, mothers start to add complementary food to their babies after breastfeeding for three or four months. .

Raising offspring is the most important homework for a girl who is about to grow up. Lin Yu and Yuanwei always follow the mothers and learn how to raise them.

Iris teased Tao in Mint's arms. Tao stretched out her white and delicate arms, spread her short and cute five fingers, grabbed her sister's slender and strong fingers, and giggled.

Inspired by maternal love, Iris couldn't help saying, "I wish I could feed her!"

Mint smiled and said: "Although you have menstruation, you are not a mother. Only mothers can secrete milk. However, we are going to start feeding Tao ordinary food to see if he can eat it. The baby's food needs to be handled separately. It's something you can do."

"How to do?"

Iris sat up straight, full of interest.

"Tao's deciduous teeth are not yet able to chew, and everything that goes into his mouth must be soft enough to help him swallow and digest. Grain should be ground as fine as sand and boiled in water, and the same goes for dried meat, Grind it into powder first, then boil it into a paste, chew the vegetables before feeding him. Is there any oak fruit left?"

Oak trees can be found everywhere in this area, so the oak is the most abundant nut in the tribe's stockpile.

"A few days ago, there were still a bunch of them left. Thanks to the presence of lynxes, there were no nasty mice stealing them. Although there were not many collected, it was enough for us to survive the cold weather."

"Take some, remove the bitter part, grind the rest and cook with the meat, um... put a little salt. Tao, your life is so enviable, there is still salt to eat, Where did we get salt when we were young?"

Mint lightly squeezed his son's soft red face, his eyes overflowing with love.

Who said no?This cold day is obviously colder, but life is better!

Thinking that her baby would also be born in such favorable conditions, Iris couldn't help showing a happy smile, and walked briskly towards the place where the food was stored deep in the cave.

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"One, two, three, four... 61, 62, 63!"

"A total of 63 clansmen, plus three babies."

"63 plus three, uh... three plus three makes six, a total of 66 people!"

Xiao has already mastered counting within one hundred and simple addition and subtraction operations. Numbers over one hundred are too large. Usually, he rarely encounters such a large number of things. At least he has not encountered them yet. Numbers within one hundred are enough for the vast majority of cases,
After several months of continuous observation and recording, he finally found the law of the moon's change.

"The moon does not become round according to the mood! No matter how high the moon is or not, it will become round every 30 days or so!"

Adults are generally quite ignorant. They have more or less understood the concept of numbers these days, but most of them only stay within ten. Xiao had no choice but to take out the knots he used to record time and compare them one by one. so that everyone can understand.

But new problems followed.

"What's the purpose of the moon doing this?" Xiao Xiao asked.

"Do you still remember the story of Chang'e flying to the moon?" Zhang Tian said, "The moon became round because Chang'e and her brother Houyi met in the sky. They could only meet once every 30 days. After they separated, the moon also became incomplete. When we meet again next time, the moon will become round again. This phenomenon is mentioned in the knowledge handed down by Fu Xi, and I taught you about it."

Xiao thought for a moment, then asked in an uncertain tone: "Repeat, repeat?"

"Exactly. Everything in the world is changing every moment, just like the black and white in the Taiji diagram. They transform into each other, blend with each other, and are endless, but this change is not without rules."

Zhang Tian paused, and suddenly asked: "How do we distinguish between today and tomorrow?"

"When the sun sets, the day ends, and when the sun rises, a new day begins."

Speaking of this, Xiao woke up suddenly, and said excitedly: "The setting and rising of the sun is also repeated, and the cycle goes back and forth, just like the change of the moon's waxing and waning!"

Zhang Tian smiled, who wouldn't like a student with such a high understanding?

"Because of this law, we call the rising and setting of the sun a day, and the process of the moon from waning to full is called a month. You have discovered that there are 30 days in a month."

Xiao suddenly realized that knowledge was everywhere in their usual life!

He was excited that he had found the law of the change of the moon, but at the same time he couldn't help thinking: Is there a cycle that is longer than the change of the moon's waxing and waning?

When he had this question, he had already thought of it.

"The alternation of cold weather and warm weather is also repeated, repeated, right? So we can use this to record our age."

Zhang Tian was a little surprised.He originally planned to guide him to discover the law of the alternation of seasons after the migration, because the four seasons here are not clear enough, spring and autumn are short and summer and winter are long. Although there are rules to follow, such rules are obviously not helpful for the formulation of future calendars and agricultural guidance. .

However, since Xiao mentioned it by analogy, he had no choice but to nod and said: "That's right, the alternation of cold and warm is called a year. As for how many days a year is, and what laws are contained in it, you can start after we migrate to a new home. Record it."

"it is good!"

Xiao is looking forward to the upcoming migration even more, and can't wait to start exploring the unknown rules immediately.

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Time passes day by day.

The life in the cave lacks changes, and the scenery outside the cave is even more unchanging. At first, it was nothing. After a long time, the tribe's ability to perceive time gradually weakened, and there was a sense of confusion that I didn't know what night it was.

Except for Xiao Xiao who was keen to observe the moon's waxing and waning, and Zhang Tian and Lin Yu who consciously recorded the time, everyone else was living in a muddle.

But everyone faintly felt that compared with the past, this cold day seemed a bit too long.

So they believed in the guidance of their ancestors even more, and believed that migration was imminent.

Finally, the lingering cold winter breathed out his last breath, and reluctantly gave way to Miss Chun.

The weather showed signs of warming up, the sun was getting hotter and hotter, and the snow on the branches was the first to melt, and then the snow covering the ground also began to gather into clear water, trickling through the mountains and forests, and pouring into the rivers in the valley.

"Warm weather is here!"

The children rushed out of the cave with cheers, and opened their arms to welcome the long-lost warmth.

Everyone was also bathed in the golden sunshine, stretched their waists, and exhaled the stale air accumulated in their hearts.

Lin Yu counted the orthographic numbers on the notepad. At this time, five months have passed since the first day of their "retreat"!

Fortunately, both she and Zhang Tian had experienced the hardships of being locked up at home and not being able to go anywhere, so they would not be driven crazy by the long winter.

However, early spring is like a fickle lover. After a few days of warming, the temperature plummets again. The cold spring reminds people of the fear of being dominated by the cold weather, but everyone knows that this is the last of the cold weather. struggled.

The warmth in the air was about to move, Miss Chun seemed to finally realize that she was late, and she was late for a long time, so she didn't care about dressing up, and took her younger sister hurriedly out, picked up the skirt of the long skirt, very unladylike When running comes, you can use it as soon as you come to speed up the process of recovery of all things.

As if it took only one night, the snow disappeared, and the earth revealed its majestic tawny face. The layers of broad-leaved forests competed to take out green buds, and the tall and burly coniferous forests shed their dull coats and became bright and moving.

Sparse green grass sprouts leaflets vigorously from the damp soil, and first buds poke out their heads stubbornly from the branches of shrubs and trees. After a long winter, life finds a way out again, even if it is only for one day, they must work hard bloom.

The chirping of insects re-occupied the mountains and forests, flocks of birds returned together, the blue sky was awakened by the golden sunshine, and pieces of clouds floated leisurely into the distance.

Along with the warmth comes the humidity.

The water flow formed by the melting of ice and snow turned the soil in the forest into slippery mud, and water seeped out as soon as you stepped on it. Lanhua led the tribe to build a stone wall at the entrance of the cave to prevent snow water from pouring into the cave.

But the muddy mountain road could not dissuade the tribe from going out of the cave. They took off their shoes and socks, and stepped on the cold muddy ground with bare feet, feeling the long-lost and palpitating touch.

The slow pace of life began to speed up, and the busyness and excitement gradually replaced the silence and dullness of winter.

The tribes agreed to meet after the pregnant woman gave birth, and the extremely long cold weather indicated that the pregnant woman's delivery period was approaching, leaving them little time to prepare for the migration.

The women went into the mountains to collect the first twigs and shoots, and the men exercised their muscles and bones, brushed up on hunting skills, and prepared to make a big one.

During the days of living at home, Zhang Tian used the materials obtained from Dongshou to make a new batch of horn bows, a total of twelve. At this time, they were distributed to men who are good at archery, and of course Qionghua with a big belly is indispensable.

The three horn bows that were replaced can still be used, so he didn't throw them away. After a while, the weather will get warmer, and he will take a few strong men to the Big Tree Tribe to get salt. He can bring two horn bows then as a gift.

The remaining one, he plans to leave it to Gu, that kid has good archery talent and deserves a good bow.

The men were extremely excited, especially the hunters who had just started with horn bows. It was not their turn to update their weapons last time. Now they are updated to the latest version at once. They are so happy, stroking the smooth bow like a woman, happy Not from ear to ear.

It is inevitable to practice your hands when changing shotguns.

A row of tree targets stands outside the cave.

The hunters lay down for a whole winter, and even the handle of the tiger's head was slightly unfamiliar. The first three arrows missed the target, not to mention the others, who were completely uncertain of the strength of the new bow, and the arrows flew all over the sky. .

Three arrows were missed, Hutou felt that his face was dull, he clearly felt that the new bow was stronger than the old one!

He took a deep breath, opened his bow and set his arrow again, carefully felt the power coming from his fingertips, and carefully aimed at the tree target in the distance.

Let go of your fingers, and with a soft sound, the arrow sank into the tree target!

He closed his eyes, recalled the arrow just now, and firmly remembered the feeling of every inch of muscle in his body. When he opened his eyes and shot again, the arrow was right.

The fishing group brought all their equipment and marched towards the valley with arrogance and arrogance.

Zhang Tian carried the fishing rod and hummed a little tune, and followed the crowd down to the river, passing through green and round hills, and came to the familiar backwater bay.

The bushes on the shore are mottled green, and occasionally small flowers boldly poke out their small faces from under the melted snow to show their smiles, and pieces of broken ice that fall off bump and flow by, drifting away with the torrent.

Build a fire and fish!
(End of this chapter)