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Chapter 30 Common Ancestry

Today's hunting and gathering is also a bumper harvest.

In the past, with javelins and slings, or by throwing stones directly, only seven or eight birds could be killed a day.

Hunting sharp animals such as hares, rats, and ferrets is more time-consuming. It is not the best way to pounce on them and catch them hard. The best way is to track them all the way to their caves and smoke outside the caves, so that they can be settled steadily. .

As for large herbivores such as forest horses, forest deer, and gazelles, they are not common in this mountain area, and everyone is happy when they encounter them, but we can't expect such good luck every day.

This is also because the strength of the tribe is relatively weak, and the territory it occupies is not satisfactory.

In fact, further to the west, the hills gradually transform into grasslands, where millions of hectares of herbaceous plants grow. It is a paradise for large herbivores, and many large tribes have settled nearby.

Of course, even Grandma is not very clear about these things. The farthest places she has been to in her life are tribal conferences and mammoth hunting valley camps, and she has only heard sporadic words from other tribes. .

Grandma has lived in this cave all her life, guarding the land left by her ancestors, and she has never encountered any real crisis.

The shortage of food a few days ago made her very nervous, but it was not without solutions.

That story she told the children, the coldest winter she ever lived, the old people died, that was one way.

Another way is to use the women in the tribe to exchange food with other tribes. Those big tribes are willing to exchange a lot of food for a young woman who has no blood relationship, but this is the worst way. All the tribesmen in the tribe are her How could she be willing to send her child to suffer?
Fortunately, the problem has been solved.

Now we have bows and arrows, mainly because of the tiger head archer. No matter how deep the hare hides or how high the bird stands, as long as it is within the shooting range, it is almost impossible to escape.

Taking a step back, there is still that wild woman.

Grandma's impression of wild women is not bad, but her personal likes and dislikes are irrelevant compared to the survival of the tribe.

Although she doesn't often express her opinions, most of the time she just smiles and looks at the noisy children, but she has already thought of everything in her heart.

The women collected a large number of plants, half of which were unknown to them, and Zhang Tian could only recognize a small part of them.

It used to be too old-fashioned, and now it's a bit overkill.

Hutou and the others caught three live rabbits, and the women decided to use them to test the poison.

Lin Yu saw the savages use bamboo to build a simple fence on one side of the cave wall, circled a small area, and threw the three hares into it. He thought that they had suddenly enlightened and were going to try to domesticate wild animals.

Taking a closer look, I found that the three hares were marked separately, as if to distinguish them. I also saw that the women fed the hares with different flowers and plants, only a little bit of each flower, and then opened these flowers and plants separately. The food that the hare eats is put in a pile.

The women were discussing enthusiastically and speaking very fast. She could only understand individual words, but she couldn't string them together and couldn't understand the meaning.

But she already had guesses in her mind.

"Lanhua, you... are you... in..."

She tried to speak a complete sentence, stuttered for a while, chose to give up, and waved her hands to gesture.

Lan Hua understood, smiled and nodded: "Yes, we are imitating our ancestors and tasting herbs."

Lin Yu smiled.

Isn't the opportunity here?

She knows most of the plants collected by the women, and not only does she know them, but she also knows their functions and uses.

She immediately said, "I know!"

The voice was a little passionate, and the women all cast surprised glances at her.

Orchid is unknown, so: "What do you know?"

Lin Yu patted his chest, held his head high and said, "I, Shennong!"

"puff!"

Zhang Tian, ​​who had been standing on the sidelines not far away, really didn't hold back, and spewed out a mouthful of water.

"I'm fine...you continue!"

Zhang Tian held the bamboo cup and turned to leave. He originally wanted to come and guide the work, but now seeing Lin Yu pretending to be Shennong, he knew that she was going to make a move.

With her here, Zhang Tian can make his horn bow with peace of mind.

The women looked at each other, Lan Hua frowned slightly, and said while gesticulating: "Shen Nong is our ancestor, what does it have to do with you?"

You don't have to understand it, you can tell by the expressions of the women that they scoff at it.

Lin Yu took out a large white bell-shaped flower from the bamboo basket, which was nearly one meter long. It was very conspicuous in the basket, and the smell was very unpleasant, which she noticed early on.

The flower name Datura, the whole plant has a deadly poison but can be used as an anesthetic or sedative if used properly.

Immediately afterwards, she rummaged through the bamboo basket and found an umbrella-shaped fungus, the size of a palm, with an olive-green cap and white flesh. It smelled like carrots. This one alone was enough to kill a person. , is the dead man's cap fungus known as the King of Bacteria Poisoning.

Seeing oak and beech growing in this area during the day, she thought that this poisonous fungus often grows in these two kinds of woods.

She pointed to the mandala and the death cap fungus in her hand, opened her mouth to eat, then rolled her eyes, stuck out her tongue, and groaned in pain.

No translation needed for orchids, everyone understands: these two plants are poisonous and will kill you if you eat them!

Everyone's heart shuddered, and their faces were dignified, but they did not believe Lin Yu's words.

The orchid and the red flower took the two plants in her hand and fed a hare respectively.

The hare retreated again and again, refusing to eat.

The two looked at each other, seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

Beasts have the most keen intuition, and their appearance has proved that Lin Yu's words are true.

However, this alone is not enough to convince the public.

The two grabbed the hare, opened its mouth, and forcibly fed it.

The toxicity of these two plants is fatal to humans, and it is unbearable to the little hare. After a while, I saw one hare upside down as if drunk, and the other A hare lay sleepily on the ground, motionless.

The remaining lucky hare immediately hid away, watching in horror as its brothers panted in agony and finally breathed their last breaths.

The women turned pale with fright, Lan Hua and Hong Hua hurriedly threw away the poison in their hands and washed their hands repeatedly with water.

"use this."

Lin Yu handed them the soap. She mixed turpentine in the soap, which has a certain antibacterial ability.

The women surrounded her, chirping and asking: "How do you know it's poisonous? Do you know all these flowers and plants? Did your ancestors teach you? Did your ancestors also taste the herbs?"

The orchid conveys the problems of the women.

Lin Yu patted his chest and said seriously: "I, the descendant of Shennong! We have a common ancestor!"

(End of this chapter)