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Chapter 54 Take what you need
Knowing that Song Guo came here to exchange salt for food, both Miao and Kui were a little surprised. They immediately understood that the situation of other tribes was worse than theirs. At least they still had enough grain to survive the cold weather.

Miao and Aoi looked at each other, Miao got up and walked deep into the cave.

The territory occupied by the Yougu tribe is far away from the valley camp for hunting giant beasts. It is probably the farthest among all the nearby tribes. However, the cave they found is very good, spacious and dry, and there are two caves in the depth of the cave. One hole is in charge of Kwai, and the other is used to store various materials.

Song Guo's knowledge of the Yougu tribe is limited to the rumors passed down by the ancestors.

The only time he came into contact with a member of the Yougu tribe was at the tribal meeting a long time ago. At that time, he was just an adult, and he did not perform well. , gave him a gentle night, and completely transformed him from a boy into a man.

He and the Yougu tribe only had such a little contact, and he was very nervous before he set off. Now that he is not as vicious as the rumors said, he is no different from other tribes except for setting fire to the mountain, which is disgusting, and he is a little relieved.

Not long after, Miao came out from the depths of the cave, holding a black "stone" with irregular shapes in his arms.

The members of the Big Tree Tribe looked at each other, puzzled.

It wasn't until Miao approached that they were surprised to find that the stone was hollow!
How much time and effort did it take to polish the stone to this point?Isn't it fragrant to use tree barrels and animal skin bags directly?

Song Guo showed surprise on his face, and his clansmen couldn't help but slander: These people are probably not smart enough, they are indeed the product of inbreeding...

Seeing the reactions of the guests, Miao patted the surface of the stone and said with a smile, "This is called a clay pot, and it is a gift from the earth."

Pinecone smiled politely, he had never heard of this kind of thing, and he was not interested in it, he came for food, this so-called clay pot was filled with black granular crystals, although he didn't know what it was , but obviously not among the food.

Miao took out a small piece of black crystal, took it to his mouth and licked it to show that it was not poisonous, then handed the black crystal to the pine cone, and motioned him to taste it with his eyes.

I didn't know the pine cone, so I took it and licked it, my face suddenly became a little ugly, and I muttered: "So you have salt..."

This black thing turned out to be salt?The people of the Big Tree Tribe were very surprised, it was completely different from the salt they had imagined, and they asked the pine cones to come and lick them, and it really tasted salty.

Miao laughed and said, "Didn't your ancestors tell you that we stopped buying salt from other tribes a long time ago?"

In fact, the salt source of the Yougu tribe is rather special, a by-product of slash-and-burn farming.

Many plants contain salt. For example, the roots of walnut trees are good salt-making materials. After burning them, such black crystal salt will be precipitated.

However, the output of this salt production method is very low, and only a large area of ​​burned mountains like the Yougu tribe can obtain enough salt.

Song Guo sighed softly, stood up and said, "Excuse me."

Since the other party has salt, there is no need to waste words.

"Don't worry."

Miao grabbed his arm and motioned for him to sit down and talk about things.

"We really don't need salt. If you want grain, you can replace it with something else, such as...meat."

Miao had to admit that Kui's judgment was correct. Although the grains harvested this time were not as good as before, they were much more resistant to hunger than ordinary plants, and the current amount was more than enough to survive the cold weather.

He planned to keep only the reserves for the winter, and exchange the surplus grain for meat, so that the problem of insufficient meat would be solved.

As long as you can survive until the warm weather, you are not afraid of running out of food.

The members of the Big Tree Tribe laughed at each other, Song Guo said: "To be honest, we also need meat. Recently, the forest has become cold and hunting is difficult. Everyone's situation should be similar. Maybe the few tribes living near the grassland will a little better."

"I understand." Miao said, "but you can go to the valley camp to hunt giant beasts, but we can't. Now the forest is getting colder than before, and the maple leaves will definitely fall earlier than before, maybe in these few days .”

When the fiery red maple leaves fell, it was the day when the nearby tribes left for the valley camp. This has always been the case. The Yougu tribe had participated in winter hunting, so they naturally understood the rules.

Song Guo understood: "You want us to exchange the meat of giant beasts with you for grain... But there are not many hunters in our tribe who are qualified to hunt giant beasts. I'm afraid we won't be able to get enough meat for the two tribes to survive the winter. Once we arrive, it will be very difficult to transport them back from the River Valley Camp.”

This is indeed a problem... Miao rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "In this way, we can give you the grain. In return, when you go to the valley camp, you need to bring our hunters. With ability, how about it?"

"This……"

"Don't worry, we old people will definitely not go. The juniors in the tribe have never been to the river valley camp. It is impossible for people from other tribes to know each other. If you say that you are a hunter from your tribe, no one will doubt it."

The people of the Big Tree Tribe frowned, and they were not happy to let the people of the Wicked Tribe mix into their own tribe and be with them, but they also knew that sometimes they had to do it in order to have a meal. Do something you don't want to do.

Song Guo thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said: "No, the hunters of our two tribes add up to too many, almost catching up with those big tribes, they will definitely be suspicious."

Miao said "Well", knowing that what Song Guo said was reasonable, he rubbed his chin to think, but couldn't think of a way for a while.

At this time, Aoi, who had been silent all this time, said, "Then let another tribe join us and disperse our hunters into two tribes, so that they won't attract attention. You also said that it's abnormally cold now, everyone They are all short of meat and food, but we have plenty of grains, and we can barely eat enough for three tribes to survive the cold weather, and I believe that any tribe will not refuse."

Song Guo couldn't help but look at Aoi a second time. He didn't know Aoi's identity. Except for those big tribes, no other tribes had a similar position as a priest. He just vaguely felt that this woman's status was not low. During the period, Miao and she exchanged views several times with their eyes.

He must admit that Aoi's views are very insightful, just like their neighbors, the Great River Tribe, as long as they are given a little grain to prevent them from gnawing on the bark, they will definitely accept this proposal with joy and beating gongs and drums.

(End of this chapter)