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Chapter 57
"Why don't you sing?" Zhang Tian asked with a smile.

"cough……"

Why else?Of course it's because I remembered that there was someone guarding the wall outside... It's not that she's timid, well, she's really not timid. In this barren mountain, wild forest, and pitch-black darkness, there is a trustworthy person guarding her outside. A lot of peace of mind.

Lin Yu was a little embarrassed, and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you, I asked you to help at such a late hour."

"Small matter, didn't you bother to find peppers for me? You and I are living here, so we should help each other."

"Ah."

The atmosphere was slightly awkward. After a brief silence, Zhang Tian asked, "What do you think of that wicked tribe?"

"Slash-and-burn farming, they may be the first batch of people engaged in agricultural production, which is of great research value."

"perhaps?"

"According to the mainstream view in the academic circles, the present era is the beginning of primitive agriculture, but who knows, if an even older site is dug up in the future, proving that people have been engaged in agricultural production before this, the existing conjectures and theories will be destroyed. It was all overthrown. That's why I said that there is no truth in archaeology, and after studying for so long, even the origin of human beings is not conclusive."

"Isn't it African in origin?"

"This is a very famous point of view, but it is not the only point of view. There are also many scholars who believe in the theory of 'multi-regional evolution'. They put forward evidence from different stone tool traditions in different places, human bone morphology, reproductive isolation, etc., and believe that people from all over the world have Evolved locally, the scholars of these two factions were at odds with each other."

"Then which faction are you?"

"I think both views are reasonable, and both are biased. I personally prefer the evolutionary path of African origin, mixed breeding, and multi-regional evolution."

Zhang Tian was taken aback, and asked suspiciously, "Why do I think that you just mixed the views of the two schools?"

"That's not true, I have a basis, okay! Judging from the genetic map, Homo sapiens did rise in Africa and also came out of Africa, but in the process of going global, our ancestors didn't just know that the party was the same and fought the differences. Absorbed and merged races from all over the world, so in the body of modern people, there will be genes of various races..."

Discussing his field of expertise, Lin Yu talked eloquently and eloquently, as if he was giving Zhang Tian a professional class in archeology, just the sound of rushing water and those snow-white feet dangling under his nose Ah, it always distracted him, and he couldn't listen to it.

After taking a comfortable hot bath, Lin Yu felt reborn.

She changed out of the modern clothes she had been wearing for more than half a month, put on a colorful bird fur coat, picked up the tree trunk, lifted the curtain and walked out of the wooden house.

Zhang Tian, ​​who was showing her off, looked her carefully, and gave a pertinent evaluation with a smile: "Now you are like a primitive."

For the next two days, the clansmen also went into the wooden house and took a bath one after another. After the rubbing, all of them were flushed, and their bodies felt lighter by several kilograms, and they felt windy when they walked.

Lin Yu joked that his territory had become a public bathhouse.

However, after the clansmen have taken this bath, the next bath may have to wait until the spring of next year.

Under Zhang Tian's suggestion, the men added some furniture to the "bathroom", tables, chairs, shelves...all new things they had never seen before.

After the wooden house was built, Lin Yu took up the post, shouldering the duties of a wizard.

She took the collected medicinal plants to the wooden house for processing, and taught Bai the basic knowledge of pharmacology. Bai is a smart child and learns quickly.

Many members of the clan sought her treatment privately, including grandma.

Grandma is the longest-lived person in the tribe. The old people of her generation and even her children have passed away one by one, but she is still full of energy, her eyesight is not deaf, and her speech is clear.

No matter in which era, the long-lived people are always awe-inspiring, as if the majesty of a person will also increase with age.

Everyone in the tribe grew up under the watchful eye of their grandma. They have listened to stories told by their grandma since they were born. After so many years, grandma still has a calm and wise image, so that the tribesmen have never heard of it. I thought that she would also be sick and suffer from pain.

Only Grandma knows that her physical condition is not good, very bad.

In front of the clansmen, she will never and will never show her painful and weak side, that is not what she should look like as a mother.

So a few days ago, when Lin Yu quietly asked about her condition, she just smiled and said nothing. It was not until the wooden house was built that she made up an excuse to come to the wizard for treatment.

Finding that Bai was also there, Grandma's expression was slightly hesitant.

Lin Yu supported Grandma's arm, and said: "Bai is a wizard's apprentice, and she must abide by the wizard's rules. She will not tell anyone what happened in this wooden house."

Bai Yong nodded vigorously, and said seriously like a little adult: "I swear to the sky, I won't say a word to outsiders!"

Swearing to the sky was naturally taught by Zhang Tian to the clansmen. He declared that the ancestors in the sky would always pay attention to the swearers, and if they violated the oath, the sky would send severe punishment.

Grandma laughed dumbly, raised her hands as rough as tree bark to caress her white and black hair, and sat down on the chair.

She was not used to sitting on a chair for the first time, but sitting like this, her feet didn't seem to hurt so much.

"Bai, go and make a cup of willow bark tea for grandma."

"it is good!"

Standing on tiptoe, Bai took the bamboo tube engraved with willow tree patterns from the shelf, skillfully poured out the willow bark, mashed it, added purified water, and heated it on the fire.

Lin Yu listened to his mother about her discomfort, and checked her teeth and other parts of her body.

Grandma's symptoms were much more complicated than she expected. Rheumatism and dental disease were just the lesions that appeared, and they seemed to be the mildest.

The more she listened, the more surprised she was. She couldn't imagine what kind of pain Grandma endured in her life, and at the same time she felt powerless. Grandma had been ill for a long time. With her half-assed medical skills, it was really difficult to cure Grandma.

After Grandma finished speaking, seeing Lin Yu hesitated to speak, she smiled and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it, and I can accept it."

Lin Yu thought about the wording, and said as tactfully as possible: "Your illness is very complicated. I can't guarantee that I can cure it. We can treat it one by one. Let's start with the toothache."

At this time, Bai Duan brought willow bark tea. Willow bark is rich in salicin, which is the main component of aspirin and has the effect of relieving pain and reducing inflammation.

Grandma drank the tea and suddenly felt that the toothache seemed to be relieved a little. She said happily, "It's amazing, my tooth was cured so quickly!"

Lin Yu shook his head and said, "This is not treatment, it's just pain relief. If you want to stop suffering from toothache once and for all, there is only one way - to pull out the tooth."

"Pull it off!" Grandma recoiled in fright, "I'd better drink tea, this tea is very good."

(End of this chapter)