through the absurd and primitive

Chapter 26 Born in the Primitive "Socrates"

Li Mo took a deep breath, and saw the man in the black long coat come up to him, saying that it was a long coat, it was because he was wearing a black, no, it should be more brown-black animal fur coat, Wrapped under his knees, this man looks like a Chinese character face, deep eyebrows, phoenix eyes, and a thin body. If it is not long hair but the shape of a Confucius scarf, he really looks like those ancient old masters. Age is about thirty years old.

He stood in front of Li Mo and the others, and a man who was shorter than him whispered in his ear, and the man in black showed a frown.

"It's you who made the mountain god angry?" The man said with a serious face, but Li Mo felt that he was not aggressive.

Li Mo gave the others a reassuring look, then smiled and took a step forward.

"Hello, respected leader of the Wanxiong Tribe, we are just wanderers passing by, and we did not make the mountain god angry."

"What proof do you have?"

"Then, is there such a situation where rocks and trees fell from the mountain before?"

The man in black thought for a while, "Yes"

"Then have you seen us?"

"I've seen two." The man in black looked at the slightly dangerous Batu.

"Then have you seen such a situation before seeing them?"

".Have."

"You see, the mountain god got angry before we came, he wouldn't pay attention to people like us, and after we came, he let us see his power, I can guarantee that even if you kill us, the mountain god will still will be angry."

"Oh, then tell me, how can the mountain god not get angry?"

Li Mo thought for a while, and was about to speak out.The man in black opened his mouth.

"Are you trying to say that the mountain gods rarely get angry in winter and summer, or do you mean that our Wanxiong tribe will anger the mountain gods when we live here?"

Li Mo was startled, this person is really strange.

"Look, sir, you know the mountain god better than I do. I think you will definitely let innocent people like us go. May the Almighty God bless you."

"Oh, you seem to be going over this mountain, but why should I let you leave here for nothing?"

Seeing him looking at the animal skin with the iron spear hidden in Yingbai's waist, Li Mo secretly thought badly.

"Dare to ask, Sir, what is the question that you think about the most?"

"kindness?"

"I saw that the leader is very smart, and he is very similar to a priest before me. I admire that priest very much. When I see you, I think of him."

"Oh? Where is he?" The man in black finally showed a happy message, as if he wanted to find like-minded friends.

"He has returned to the embrace of the gods." Li Mo is also a strong opponent who can lie with a red face.

"That's it... ah" I saw the man in black showing a slightly disappointed look.

"I thought I could talk to your priest. I always wonder why there are two giants in the sky?" The black man shook his head with a knowledgeable expression, which made Li Mo's heart twitch. , Big ah, it is the sun in the sky.

"The King of Heaven and Earth Tiger!"

"?"

Seeing a group of people staring at her blankly, Li Mo broke out in cold sweat, and the man in black frowned, not knowing what to say.

Hey, so it's not a time traveler.

This man in black is actually thinking about why there are two suns hanging in the sky, and thinking about the changes in this world. Such an eloquent spirit makes Li Mo laugh and cry. Isn't this the "Socrates" who was born in the primitive world? , I can’t get enough to eat, are you sure it’s really good for you to have such an inquiring spirit.

"Our former priests have a very interesting set of things. I don't know the clever leader, would you like to know?"

"Oh?" The man in black smiled and said, "As long as I keep you guys here, I'll know."

When Batu and Yingbai heard this, their hairs stood up, and they held the iron knife hide in their hands.

Li Mo laughed out loud.

"I know that an excellent leader would not do such a thing. Besides, I think you look very similar to our priests, and you are also very smart. I admire you very much."

The man in black thought for a while, and then said.

"What conditions do you have?"

"I just hope that you, the leader, will allow us to pass through your territory and climb over this mountain."

"Boss!" A man next to him who was slightly taller than the man in black ran up anxiously.

"What are you doing? They are intruders, kill them!"

"Shut up, ah Chun, I'm the leader!" The man in black roared angrily, and the man had no choice but to back away through gritted teeth.

When the man in black asked Li Mo and the others to go to the tribe, they didn't notice the man's fierce look.

"My name is Blue Bird. What's your name?"

Li Mo was stunned, Blue Bird, this name reminded Li Mo of one of her favorite female writers, such a literary and artistic name.

"Hi, my name is Li Mo, this is my husband Yingbai, and the other two are Batu and Dahe."

"Oh."

Li Mo and the others entered the Wanxiong Tribe, where there is a small mountain, full of low stone holes, probably dug by the Wanxiong Tribe themselves.

The men and women of the Wanxiong Tribe seemed to respect Jade Bird very much. As soon as Jade Bird came in, everyone nodded to him, but Li Mo seemed to see a trace of helplessness in Jade Bird's eyes.What surprised Li Mo was that the Wanxiong tribe also used fire. Li Mo had asked Batu before, and it turned out that some tribes outside had already learned how to use fire, but Batu learned how to use fire from other tribes secretly. of.

Those men and women still looked like they couldn't get enough to eat, because many of them were hungry and yellow, and those men were thin and weak. It was estimated that hunting was done in groups.

Qingniao invited Li Mo and the others to his cave. The decoration inside was very simple. There was only a big animal skin and a dry wooden stake outside. Li Mo thought to himself, this is really the simplest leader he has ever seen. .

"When did you tell me that funny thing?"

"Now, this thing of mine is called arithmetic."

"Arithmetic?" Qingniao narrowed his eyes, motioning Li Mo to speak quickly.

"Let me talk about a topic first, Blue Bird. For example, there are twenty people in your tribe, and then two women gave birth to three children. Later, the men of the tribe brought back seventeen women from outside, and the last seventeen women Each gave birth to a child, so, now, how many people are there in your tribe?"

After Qingniao heard this, her eyes widened, and then she started counting her own fingers, and Batu who was next to her started counting. Except for Li Mo, Li Mo almost laughed out loud because of the pained faces of the people around.

"This, how exactly is this calculated." Qingniao thought for a while, and immediately ran out. After a while, Qingniao brought back a pile of small stones, and then began to transfer them bit by bit. Li Mo squinted her eyes. Bluebird is really smart.

Li Mo felt a strong gaze, saw Da He looking straight at him, Li Mo nodded at him, signaling not to panic.

"Not enough, not enough." Qingniao finished counting those small stones, but still couldn't count them, so she couldn't help but ran to Li Mo's side.

"This, how is it possible to count this, you can only count it if everyone stands up!"

Li Mo waved her hand and asked Jade Bird to sit down.

"Actually, this is a very simple matter. Our priests created arithmetic for convenience. Before doing arithmetic, we must learn numbers." Li Mo took a branch from the ground, and then started on the dirt. Write 1, 2, 3.

"You see, this is 1, which represents one person, and this is 2, which represents two people. Then you can combine the numbers to get the number you want. Just like the question just now, among twenty people, three children are born, that is Add twenty to three, add seventeen to the seventeen women brought back, and add seventeen to the seventeen women who gave birth to seventeen children. Add these numbers together, and you get 57 people.”

Li Mo felt that after she had finished speaking, the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and when she turned her head, she saw everyone looking at her in shock, and the blue bird rushed up and grabbed Li Mo's hand.

"How, how is it possible, what a great thing this is, these symbols can be spliced ​​at will, and the number of people can be counted! How could it be, how could it be?" Qingniao excitedly circled around the room, picked up a small stone, After a while, I lay down and looked at the numbers Li Mo painted on the soil.

"Blue Bird, Blue Bird!" Li Mo looked at Blue Bird and quickly stopped him. "Blue Bird, I will teach you the ten-digit arithmetic."

"Really? Li Mo, you really want to teach me."

"Yeah, this is us, ahem, our priest invented it, but he said that he hopes to pass it on to people as smart as him. Look, this is it." Li Mo waved his hands, showing a face of encounter. To the appearance of Bole.

"Really! Thank you so much, Li Mo, this is really amazing!" Blue Bird murmured.

Ying Bai looked at Li Mo worriedly, and Li Mo smiled slyly at him.

Until the evening, Yingbai stayed by Li Mo's side with a face of resentment. There was no other way. Li Mo needed to teach Qingniao, so he could only teach one-on-one. What was even more helpless was that there were two students beside him who were listening with gusto. Figure and big river.

Until very late at night, Jade Bird was still alone on the ground watching those numbers jumping around.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Mo went to look for Qingniao. He actually stayed up all night, looking at those numbers.

"Blue Bird, we should go."

"Ah, Li Mo, are you leaving? There are still some things I can't understand." Ignoring the low pressure emitted by Yingbai, Qingniao asked with dark circles.

"Qingniao, we are in a hurry, if we still pass by here, how about we come to see you again?" Li Mo looked at this man, and felt that her teacher plot was really rampant.

"Ah, that's such a pity." Seeing Yingbai and the others' resolute faces, they had no choice but to say embarrassingly, "Okay, I'll take you away."

Qingniao took Li Mo and the others all the way to the other side of the mountain before Qingniao stopped.

"Thank you Jade Bird, we will meet again when we have the chance." Li Mo smiled at Jade Bird.

"Alright Li Mo, thank you for teaching me arithmetic, your priest is really a great person!"

Li Mo twitched the corners of her mouth in embarrassment.

"Yes, then we're leaving. There will be a later date"

"There will be a period later? Does this mean we can meet again in the future?"

Li Mo was surprised at first, and then laughed heartily.

"That's right, there will be a period later, Blue Bird!"

"There will be a time later!" Zhao Limo and the others waved vigorously.Until they couldn't see Li Mo's shadow, Qingniao still watched in place, never leaving for a long time.

(End of this chapter)