Traveling through the primitive world: I was a priest in the tribe

Chapter 182 City 2

Chapter 182 City 2

Old Man Shi's cave was relatively small. Ah Hua replaced the light for him, but he basically never turned it on. The room was dark, and except for the kang, there were miscellaneous items piled everywhere.

There were wild vegetables that he had dug and dried, as well as berries, corn, pumpkins, and some animal skins and clothes, all of which were dirty. When Aqing first moved in, he didn't care about these things, thinking that it was good to have a place for him to stay.

But after living there for a few days, he went to Jilang and Ahua's house and found that although there were many things in their house, they were all neatly arranged. So he started to clean up in the same way.

Old Man Shi was unwilling at first, but Aqing was a child after all, so he couldn't say anything. After two days, he also helped to clean up the house.

So Ji Lang and Xi Shi entered Old Man Shi’s house after a long time. They were a little shocked to see the tidy house with the lights on.

The last time I came, there was a musty smell inside and Ji Lang left after staying for less than two minutes.

Ah Qing was squatting in front of the stove boiling water. In front of him were two wooden barrels filled with some underwear.

He quickly shook his injured hand and asked, "Priest, why are you here?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Just do your thing." Ji Lang looked around and pointed at the clean shelves in the room, the neatly stacked packages of dry goods, and the food separated by wooden boards and placed in different "compartments". "Did you clean all this?"

Ah Qing sat down, took a wooden stick and pounded the dirty clothes in the bucket, nodded, "There were too many things before, and it was hard to find them all piled together."

What a talent, Ji Lang sighed in his heart. If he were to go back to the 21st century, he would definitely be a master of induction. It is said that a good induction master can earn a very high daily salary.

Old Man Shi was not there. He must have gone into the yard.

"It's like this, Aqing. The hunting team is planning to go to the Yanshan tribe. As you can see, our Taoli tribe is rich in supplies and has everything we need, but we just don't have enough people. Can you go back and help us ask the remaining people in your tribe if they are willing to come here?" Xishi said as he squatted beside the stove and warmed himself by the fire.

In fact, with their current strength, they could just capture the people back directly, but Ji Lang didn't want to do that as it would easily sow the seeds of disaster. It would be better if they came willingly.

Xishi continued, "We have definitely made enemies with the beast trainer, and we will not let the remaining ones go this time. When the time comes, without the beast trainer and the beasts, you will only have a few people in the Yanshan tribe, and I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on. It's better to make plans early."

Aqing nodded, "I know, I'm willing to go with you." In fact, he had told these people last time that the remaining people were basically women and half-grown children, and the men in the tribe had basically died in conflicts with different tribes.

If it were the warm season, many tribes would be willing to take in a dozen women and children. After all, there is plenty of food outside, and as long as they are diligent, they can feed themselves. But this is the cold season, and if there are not enough food reserves, no tribe would be willing to take them in.

The food in the Yanshan tribe had already been eaten up by the animal trainers and there was not much left.

If they rely on themselves, they may not survive this cold season.

So now Aqing is grateful in his heart. Humans are very strange species. Even though they have fought for a handful of wild vegetables or a wild fruit before, with so many people competing for the few foods, sometimes they wish those people would die so that they would have enough to eat. But when the time comes, they can't just watch them die.

He was even a little happy, as if he was no longer alone now that he had someone to keep him company.

The last time people from the Baiyun tribe came, they dug a few more caves in the outer courtyard. Now they are full of food, so we have to ask them to clean them up in advance. A dozen people will squeeze into two caves first, and then make plans when the warm season comes. Now the ground is frozen hard, so it’s difficult to dig a cave, let alone a cave.

When Ah Qing came, he only had a tattered animal skin. When he left, he was wearing strange clothes and holding a shiny long knife in his hand. He climbed up the salt mountain in a few steps. The other people who were hiding in the cave and looking out almost didn't recognize him. It was less than two months old, and that skinny man who barely had the strength to walk, who was thought to have been eaten by the beasts long ago, actually came back.

There were not many animal trainers and wild beasts left in the tribe. Qing Jiu and his hunting team were able to eliminate most of them with wooden guns outside, and the rest were forced to retreat into the cave.

The cave was easy to defend but difficult to attack, so the hunting team simply started a fire and a pot outside to cook.

A Qing also took advantage of this time to rush to Yanshan with a few friendly hunters.

"Is that Aqing?" A head popped out from the crowd. The person who looked younger than Aqing stared at the entrance of the cave and asked softly. His throat was hoarse and rough, as if he had been seriously injured and was leaking air.

Ah Qing took off the black bag on his back and poured out all the dough and buns inside without caring about the dirtiness. "It's me. I brought food for you."

Before he finished speaking, a dozen people immediately surrounded him and scrambled for it.

He had carried the steamed buns all the way and they were now frozen into lumps of ice. But these people picked them up and started eating them immediately, not caring about the dirt stuck on them.

There were two women who arrived late. They were a bit old and couldn’t grab the things, but they didn’t dare to do anything. They could only sit by and watch pitifully, swallowing their saliva.

"Give it to me." Ah Qing stretched out his hand to a man who looked stronger than anyone else here. He was a middle-aged man.

Seeing that the man didn't respond, Aqing squatted down and patted his shoulder gently, "Anan, I'm Aqing. I brought back a lot of food. They won't be hungry in the future. Can you share the buns you hid with them?"

Anan gnawed the steamed bun silently for a while, then reluctantly took out the two lumps of ice hidden in his arms.

Actually, Aqing should call this man uncle. He is the son of Aqing's grandfather's younger brother. He was originally a very powerful hunter, but in his first conflict with the animal trainer, he was knocked down and hit on the head by a wild beast. Since then, he has been a little abnormal.

Originally, the trainers wanted to force him to go out and fight, but every time he would either run around or hurt his own people. Later, after being severely beaten by the trainers, he was locked up on the salt mountain and dug salt with the women and children.

He didn't recognize anyone, but whenever he had food he would always share it with Aqing and he only listened to Aqing.

If it weren't for him protecting her, Aqing would have starved to death long ago.