Chapter 123 Excited Great Witch
The largest cave on the mountainside, the witch, supported by two girls, was standing at the entrance of the cave, waiting with a wooden stick that was longer than her body.
After a winter, the witch seemed to have become older.
Her hunched body could hardly be stretched straight. Although it was already March and the climate was already hot, she was still wearing the animal skin that was mopping the floor. Her dry face had an old and old aura, as if life would disappear at any time.
Hearing the sound of talking and talking on the mountain road, the witch's face became a little more relaxed. When she saw her mother Ba and a group of Ba people, especially when she saw Xu Chen, who was talking and laughing in the crowd, was deeply trapped and turbid, her eyes suddenly became much brighter.
In the past six months, the Wu tribe is almost the same. But judging from the news that the tribe who went to exchange goods and brought back as hired workers, the changes in the Ba tribe are changing with each passing day and can only be described as earth-shaking.
Especially the kind of big houses described by the tribe members that can live in many people.
What are the walls, mud bricks, walls, beams, doors and windows, roofs, beds, yards, all of which are new words. It is impossible to understand just by a group of people's simple gestures.
However, although she was confused and could not imagine the appearance of the house, it did not prevent him from using his tribe's excited expression that was almost worshipful and his excitement and Chenga's excitement, knowing that all the changes in the Ba tribe were still related to this young man named Chen.
No one has ever thought about moving from the mountain to the mountain, because it is a huge challenge for ethnic survival and safety.
Humans have lived in caves for generations.
However, as the Ukrainian tribe becomes stronger and the population increases, there are no more caves in this habitable valley to accommodate all tribe members. Opening up new territory is a very urgent problem at the moment.
The so-called territory of survival for primitive people is not food, but residence.
Compared to hunger due to lack of food, the living safety of ethnic groups is more important.
Only with sufficiently safe living and habitat can reproduction and development be discussed, otherwise we can only take our tribe members to wander in the wild.
And the price of wandering is a dead end.
It is said that the ancestors of the Wu tribe wandered from a distant place. The tribe almost died and finally found this valley full of caves as a habitat. After countless years of reproduction, they finally gained a foothold and grew stronger.
The reason why the ancestors of the Wu tribe left their habitat to wander and survive was already very vague. According to the pattern of the ancestors left in the cave, it was because they angered the gods and brought their anger. The earth was shaken and the mountains were shaken and the fire came to the earth. The entire earth was trapped in the sea of fire, burning down their homes that they lived for generations, and they had to be forced to wander.
Now, the Wu tribe has developed strong enough, but the valley chosen by the ancestors has reached a point where it is overwhelmed, and all the caves are crowded with people.
This forced the Ukrainians to expand their living space around them and find more safe habitats.
This is also the reason why many Ukrainians want to annex the Ba tribe.
If not, the conflicts within the Wu tribe will become more and more large.
This is an extremely realistic problem. The great witch naturally knew it very well. But she was also worried that once the Ukrainian tribe annexed and occupied the Ba tribe, the other small tribes would be even more unstoppable in the face of the downstream threat.
Therefore, after she heard that the Ba people built a large yard at the foot of the mountain and dozens of people moved to the foot of the mountain, the Dawu felt that the problem she was most worried about suddenly had a different solution.
If the Wu tribe could also build a large number of houses at the foot of the mountain like the Ba tribe, then the most core problem of the Wu tribe's survival will be completely solved.
As for food, as long as men and women work harder, this valley and the river beach outside are enough to support everyone.
Especially now, we have clay pots, and weaving nets and fishing from the Ba people.
It can be said that the food, second only to the living problems, has also been greatly improved.
She had also eaten fish balls and sashimi, and it was indeed soft, tender, fragrant and smooth.
Although the method does not seem complicated, in the eyes of the Great Witch, if you do not have strong wisdom, you would never think that fish can be eaten like this.
Although she hadn't eaten a group of people who came back from working as a hiring worker in the Ba people, how delicious the pickled sashimi was.
But he believed that no one lies.
Chen's magic is far beyond her understanding and imagination.
Because of this, when the tribe members finished talking about the houses of the Ba tribe, the great witch immediately summoned the heads of the Wu tribe and the leaders of various tribes to discuss the matter of starting to repair houses at the foot of the mountain.
Although most tribal leaders still had various doubts, including the patriarch who did not agree to live at the foot of the mountain, under the insistence of the great witch, they could only express their support. Each cave arranged a few young and strong men to participate in the largest construction project in the history of the Wu tribe. Under the leadership of a group of half-baked hired workers who returned from the Ba tribe, they began to burn wasteland, dig trenches, build walls, log wood, and lay bricks at the foot of the mountain...
Everything seemed to be going well at the beginning.
However, troubles followed one after another.
The stone walls built inexplicably will collapse.
The mud bricks were not dried yet, but after a few spring rains, they turned into mud again.
Digging a lot of wooden hoes and stone hoes damaged.
The logging damaged countless stone swords and axes.
Some tribe members were bitten by poisonous snakes while cutting trees.
Some tribesmen were crushed while building walls.
In short, under the endless troubles, this huge project was seriously disturbed. Some people in the tribe began to say that houses were cursed by gods and were not suitable for living. If the Wu tribe continues like this, they will definitely be punished by gods. So the tribe began to panic, and many people were unwilling to participate in the house repair again.
After nearly a month of delay, the construction of the house at the foot of the mountain completely turned into an unfinished project.
Although a group of hired workers who have returned from learning from the Ba people still do not want to give up, their ability to build houses completely lost the ability to build houses under the influence of various comprehensive factors such as no house construction plan, no material recognition, and missed brick-building season.
When the Ba people built a house, everything looked orderly under Xu Chen's arrangement. They picked up stones, laid bricks, dug trenches, built walls, logged wood, burned lime, collected thatch, made various supporting tools, wooden ladders, wooden racks and arms, etc., were well prepared, and they were not panicked.
But in the Wu people, all the steps and processes are in chaos.
A group of hired workers did not have Xu Chen's ability to coordinate, nor did they have the popularity and prestige of Xu Chen following the Ba people.
Not only do they quarrel with each other because of different ideas, but also a large group of tribe members who arranged to come to help were called and drunk every day. After being called back and forth with no clues, conflicts inevitably occurred.
Since the house was repaired, there were people fighting on the construction site almost every day.
Although the Great Witch was full of hope for the house, she finally had to temporarily suspend the project as she looked at the chaotic situation and the endless accidents, as well as the fear caused by the sacred curse of the tribe.
But even so, she still saw Xu Chen's meeting even more powerfully through the grand scale and various complex processes of repairing the house.
Although the house was not repaired, she did not see any signs of the so-called gods being angry or angry.
The reason for the failure is that they did not understand how to rub ropes and weave straw sandals and baskets, lacking Xu Chen's careful guidance.
In fact, in her inquiry and observation, she had already understood the mystery of the house, and it was composed of the simplest stone, mud, wood and thatch. It was similar to a tent, but the structure was more complex and the scale was larger, so it was more troublesome to create.
As long as Xu Chen can provide guidance in person.
She believed that the Ukrainian tribe could also build the house, so that the tribe would no longer have cracks due to the crowded living environment, nor would they have any fights with other tribes for their territory.
At this moment when I saw Xu Chen, the great witch actually felt an excitement and excitement that I had never felt before as a witch. She went up with a long crutch and almost didn't react.
"Wuga~"
Seeing that the great witch had changed her usual steady state and actually came out of the cave to greet her, not only was the Ba people shocked, but even Mother Ba and Xu Chen, who were still poaching, felt a little flattered.
The last time I came, the great witch looked like she was about to be idled.
After not seeing each other for a few months, the Great Witch seems to be getting older.
The sunset is hunched and weak, covered with animal skins that are mopping the floor, and the hair is white, dry and messy. It is trembling all the time when walking. The dark skin is as dark as tree bark, but the eyes are filled with inexplicable excitement and joy, as if it is a new vitality.
"witch!"
Mother Ba quickly jogged up, holding the big witch tightly with both hands, and tears couldn't help but flow down.
In terms of blood relationship, the Great Witch is her aunt.
Although they are two tribes now, in the eyes of the Great Witch, the Ba tribe is still part of the Witch clan. But she knew that the Ba tribe did not belong to the Wu tribe. His mother told her before she died that she would never return to the Wu tribe. Only the Great Witch still regarded the Ba tribe as her closest relative, and her purpose was just to protect the Ba tribe.
Perhaps the great witch still felt guilty about what happened back then.
But death is everywhere, how can one blame someone?
Especially a fair and just old man like Dawu.
Even though my mother was unwilling to forgive the Great Witch until her death, Mo Ba still knew very well that the matter was just an accident and could not be blamed on the Great Witch.
As she gets older and leads the tribe to survive longer, she becomes more and more able to understand and understand the great witch’s difficulties.
Although she had been following her mother's words and did not return to the Ukrainian tribe, she was full of gratitude to the old man.
If it weren't for the Great Witch, the Ba tribe's territory might have been occupied by the Wu tribe long ago.
The Ba people who have lost their habitat may have only one result in extermination.
Seeing her coming, the Great Witch came to greet her so enthusiastically and excitedly, which shows that her concern and love for her have never weakened.
Chapter completed!