Survive in the beast world

Fortunately, Baihu still winked a little. Now that everyone has just come back, it is the time when they are in a hurry, and the female next to him is obviously a little uncomfortable. It seems that there is still some prestige among young people, or can everyone understand Baihu's protection?

In short, after Baihu said hello, these young people laughed and laughed and dispersed. A chestnut-haired female was still turning around and looking at Li Shizhen curiously. Companions dragged away.

Li Shizhen saw that these two females have the same chestnut hair and maroon eyes, which are very similar to Lan Amu, and their appearance is almost exactly the same with each other, but their temperament and expression are very different. They should be Lan Amu's child?That should be a relative of Baihu?

The white tiger didn't seem to care about the two females who left. He turned his head and rubbed against Li Shizhen triumphantly, with an expression of "Well done, let's praise Wo".

Li Shixuan smiled, is it really because of the appearance? Why is it so easy for this big cat to be so cute after transforming into a tiger?Forget it, this big cat still has a conscience, he really doesn't like being surrounded by people, he scratched the big cat's chin, and then the two of them packed up the things to be transported and prepared to transport them to the warehouse.Baihu's clothes were also put away by Li Shizhen, and he was going to take them back to his room later.

Probably because the north is warmer and the south is colder, many of the stone houses built are in the north, and the warehouses are basically in the south, close to the Taniguchi, so things can be transported without any trouble.

In the warehouse, the Eminems were halfway through packing, and they seemed to be discussing something in surprise.

Li Shizhen and Baihu also went over to have a look, but Li Shizhen was also taken aback. It seemed that these two teams really brought back a lot of amazing things this time, except for many ivory, large pieces of fur, hard animal bones, There are even large pieces of fish bones, a lot of salt, and even a small amount of cloth and pottery.

It seems that the salt in the valley should be brought back when the annual team returns, and these animal skins, ivory, and animal bones should be brought back for processing and turned into weapons and tools.As for the cloth and pottery, the Amu who stayed behind in the surrounding valleys seemed to have never seen them before, so it was obvious that they brought them back this time.

Li Shizhen is even more curious about the origin of these things. Obviously, no one in the valley knows how to make pottery and weave cloth, and Li Shizhen himself does not know how. If you let him explore, maybe give him some time, he can also rough After getting some clues, after all, pottery is made of clay, and the raw material for weaving comes from cotton, linen and silk, which is mainly woven from warp and weft threads. Li Shizhen still knows this.

But look at the smooth surface of this yellow pottery. Although the patterns on it are simple, they are very finely crafted. It is obvious that the craftsmanship is extremely mature. The fabric feels like hemp and cotton, light and soft, and it is estimated to be very breathable and sweat-absorbing. Wear it in summer It is indeed much better than animal skins.If Li Shizhen is allowed to develop these things, I am afraid that he may not be able to achieve this level in a while.

The Eminems are all admiring these exquisite things, and the Eminem of the Tiger Clan is introducing the benefits of these objects and how they got them at that time.Li Shizhen finally understands that these are the things that the Tiger Clan exchanged from the far east. It seems that there should be a more advanced civilization over there, which not only can make pottery and weaving cloth, but also hold elementary exchanges Activities, these things, are all returned by the Tiger Clan in exchange for animal skins and prey.

Ah Mu from the Tiger Clan said that the pottery is good-looking, but it’s not as durable as wood. I don’t know why the leader changed it. As for the soft fabric, it’s good to wear in summer, but it’s a pity that it’s too little. The other party wanted too many prey, so he didn't want to exchange more. He probably couldn't even make a piece of clothing, and he couldn't bear to wear it.Amu of the wolf tribe next to him shook his head vigorously, saying that this fabric would be better if worn in the north where they were hunting, not to mention warm, it would not be as durable as animal skin.

Li Shizhen's head was full of black lines when he heard it, and when he saw Ah Mu around him nodding in agreement, Li Shizhen was silent. These things that marked the level of civilization in the history of human civilization were so despised. The place of origin of things mourns in silence.

However, Li Shizhen suddenly reflected on why the people in the valley must recognize these things?They can't make pottery by themselves, so they can be exchanged without being broken. Even in the valley, they need to be used carefully. The significance of being a luxury is far greater than a practical one.And for those tribesmen who are going to hunt, orcs often eat raw food in order to rob food from other predators, and females often eat it immediately after roasting the food. For them who need to move frequently For me, bringing pottery is simply a burden.

The fabric is even more so. Although it can absorb sweat and be soft in summer, can it be warmer than animal skin in winter?That Eminem is right, they often hunt outside, and the orcs keep their animal shape for a long time, why do they need cloth?When hunting in the wild, any branch would be torn apart with a single hook. Li Shizhen's tattered T-shirt is the best example, which is far less durable than the Tyrannosaurus leather jacket he wore later.

Before mastering the technology of these things, or in the immediate stage, these things themselves really don't mean much to them.

Why are their inventions emphasized in that way in history? Li Shizhen pondered silently. He suddenly realized that he was stupid, because these things are things that people can only think about when they are full of food. , because they reflect people's living standards, but it does not mean that having them can directly improve living standards.

In the current hunting stage of the life of the orcs, developing productivity, finding more food, or producing more food is what needs to be done.Thinking of the Golden Finger novel I read at a certain point, the male protagonist used to make pottery, pour some fabric and conquer everything, Li Shizhen smiled unkindly.

Bai Hu looked at Li Shizhen's expression from surprise to dumbfounding, to the unkind smile at the end, shaking his tiger head helplessly. This female is like this sometimes, and she doesn't know what to think, immersed in her own The expression in the world is also very rich.

After watching for a while, everyone dispersed to do their own things. After all, so many people just came back and needed to rest after a long journey, and the Amappa in the valley needed to arrange to clean up their residences, and they had to prepare for this at night. Dinner for many people.

Li Shizhen and Bai Hu also went back to the house by themselves, Li Shizhen had accumulated a lot of questions, and was about to ask Bai Hu carefully.After the white tiger washed up as usual, he changed his human form and got dressed.

Li Shizhen looked at him suspiciously, and couldn't help asking: "Am Lan or Amu Yu, which one is your Amu?"

Bai wiped his wet hair, turned to look at Li Shizhen with a sly smile: "Guess?"

Li Shixuan: ...

Why does this guy's bad taste come back as soon as he changes his human form!

Bai handed the animal skin in his hand to Li Shizhen, with an expression on his face that I will tell you if you wipe my hair.

Li Shixuan: ...

Why did this guy get thicker after changing his human form? !In the tiger form, it was cute anyway, but now in the human form, it's just a joke!

Li Shizhen reluctantly took the animal skin and let Bai sit on the bed. He stood up by himself and resignedly wiped the old man's hair.

Li Shizhen's hands are much lighter than Bai's own. He does things meticulously. He slowly blots the water dry before starting to wipe. His movements are slow and regular.

Bai Xi squinted his eyes contentedly, and finally said slowly after a long while: "I was not born in the valley, I fled to the mouth of the valley when I was a child, they rescued me on purpose, raised me up, they are all my mothers. "

Li Shizhen was originally focused on wiping Bai's hair, and listening to him by the way, but after Bai finished speaking, his actions could no longer continue.

Li Shizhen slowly moved away the animal skin. Under the bright firelight, he could see the messy white hair, the lazy expression and a pair of clear blue eyes between the messy forehead. Those eyes stared at him, as if straight Looked straight into his heart.

Li Shizhen would never have imagined that this white tiger was not even a child of this ethnic group, but was just adopted by them.His hands trembled slightly, and Yang Apa's words and Lan Amu's words seemed to be circling in his mind.

"Look, this is Bai who came to the clan. I still remember what he looked like at that time."

"No, it's really fast. At that time, the little guy was not much older than Ah Shi."

It turned out that this was all about the little white tiger being adopted by the valley.At that time, he was only a little older than Ah Shi, and he had to trek alone in this vast snowy field. A child had to survive alone in the snowy field, and had to face hunger, cold, and even predation like terrifying beasts alone. Or, to be able to survive in vain requires not only wisdom and courage, but also the blessing of God!

Li Shizhen felt his heart ache a little, and his calm and clear eyes made him unable to speak for a while.No matter what kind of consolation, it will obviously be powerless in the face of the real pain. He thought that the family love that Bai was born with, turned out to be the generosity of the two kind mothers. They not only gave Bai a place to stay , and even gave Bai double maternal love and care.Seeing their true feelings revealed when they reunited, who would think that they are not the biological mother and child?

Because of this, Bai would have left silently back then. He had already owed such a great debt of nurturing to the valley, so how could he let the four Apaams work hard for him when he grew up; Will miss this place that much after leaving.Just for this sincere family love that is given without asking the reason, even if thousands of miles away, wandering wanderers will always miss their homeland forever.

If it wasn't for them back then, wouldn't the little white tiger not even be able to be adopted by the valley, and he, Li Shizhen, wouldn't have had the chance to meet the person in front of him.Li Shizhen's eyelashes had a little moisture, and he blinked quickly to make his vision clearer.

Bai has grown up in such a healthy and peaceful way that even if he couldn't transform into a human form for a while and was exiled in the south, he was also a powerful jungle king at that time. Although he was lonely, he never exiled himself.

And the current Bai, Li Shizhen stared at the pair of open, clear blue eyes, the current Bai can already face his past openly, and even tell his past like this, he is already an upright and capable person. It's time to face the man who bears everything.

Everything is fine, isn't it?Bai has returned alive to the valley that saved him and raised him.Maybe not every story has a good beginning, maybe not everyone has a lucky birth, but as long as we don't exile ourselves, one day, at least our hearts can be so open and bright.

As for what made him need a person who was exiled in the snowfield at a young age, where are his parents, real relatives, and clansmen? Li Shizhen looked at the pair of open and clear eyes in front of him. He was extremely sure, as long as he asked, Bai would definitely tell him.

But those memories that may be painful or regretful, Li Shizhen doesn't want Bai to recall them again in his life, Li Shizhen can't bear it, and he doesn't want to mention it from his own mouth.Li Shizhen suddenly felt that those things were no longer important, now that Bai was here, that was enough.

Bai didn't miss every expression of the female in front of him. However, Bai saw the shock, pain and sadness in the female's eyes. In the end, he unexpectedly saw a big smile. His black eyes were as deep as if they had been washed by water vapor. And clear, as if all injuries can be tolerated and healed, as if all the past can be deeply buried, Bai stared at this person, this smile, and these eyes fascinated.

Bai had long since stopped caring about the past, so he was able to say it so frankly, but he cared that the female in front of him knew his past, so he would rather tell it by himself.When he told everything, Bai was not uneasy.However, he did not expect that the person in front of him could give him so much tolerance and surprise.

Bai Qing couldn't help stretching out his arms to embrace Li Shizhen, and he hugged the person in front of him tightly. It turns out that there is really such a person in the world who can share his pain, bear his past, and have a heart-to-heart with him. At that moment, put down all those heavy things and move forward calmly.It turns out that there really is such a person in the world who doesn't care about those things, and only sees himself, only himself.

Bai sighed softly, it turned out that he was even luckier than he imagined, God gave him back everything he owed him all the time.

Li Shizhen was slightly taken aback, he hesitated, but in the end he reached out and gently embraced Bai in his arms.

At this moment, it seems that there is something that Li Shizhen has been avoiding and trying to ignore. Li Shizhen understands that he may no longer be able to escape or ignore it.

It seems that since that day, some tacit understanding has been quietly growing, but neither of them mentioned it. Time still flows quietly like a calm river, but some people silently wash away traces in their hearts.

Back in this safe valley, the orcs relaxed their tense nerves outside, and no longer had to be on guard all day long. One after another, the males all switched to human forms, and Li Shizhen rarely saw them dangling in the valley. The old tiger snow wolf and so on, but there are many young and strange faces.

The return of so many young people is obviously beneficial to Li Shizhen. Many young people will inevitably have more frequent exchanges when they gather together. They are different from the old people in the valley. They are more quiet and just work quietly. Young people like to join in the fun, and everyone is curious about the female brought back by the white tiger.

Li Shizhen and Bai's surveying work has also been widely watched, but these young orcs are very friendly, and they didn't bring any trouble to Li Shizhen's work. Instead, they would help out from time to time.At this time, the fir fruit is still immature, and the young males have a lot of leisure time to squander except for hunting with the hunting team led by Chiapa and Qingapa. Already drummed up, others are more than happy to blend in with the work.

After coming and going, Li Shizhen also became familiar with these young people, such as the twin sons of Lan Amu, a pair of females who are about the same age as Li Shizhen. The elder brother is called Ache, and the younger brother is called Aman. Ah Mu speaks without haste, calm and gentle, but Ah Man, probably because she is a female and the youngest child in the family, has a bit of straightforward energy but does not make people feel arrogant.

The two best males of Bai, Li Shizhen can also be called by name now, the one from the tiger clan is called Yong, he is a very bold man, he does his work neatly, and the one from the wolf clan is called Xiao, who is also a thoughtful man. He was flexible, and besides Bai, he was the one who reacted the fastest in the crowd.

At the same time, he is familiar with the language, which is used from morning to night. It is difficult for Li Shizhen to be unproficient. At least now there are no obstacles to daily conversations.

With the advancement of measurement work, the simple counting class opened by Mr. Li Shizhen has also spread among the young people in the valley, but there are always endless questions: "Ah, why is one horizontal and the other is horizontal?" How about two horizontal lines, three horizontal lines, and four horizontal lines?" Xiao Yong was the first to discover the problem.

"..."

"That's right, it's so strange." Aman is the one who always feels that there is a problem with everything.

"Then use four horizontal lines..." Li Shizhen silently supported his forehead. He should be thankful that he didn't teach Arabic numerals, let alone numbers above five.

"Then how about one more four, how do we write this, one more horizontal line, if it goes on like this, won't it be a bit too much?" Ah Che has a more thoughtful and considerate personality.

"Then use a vertical..." Li Shizhen felt that the bottom line of his compromise was constantly being refreshed. It was obviously "1", but it should be used as "five" or something. Don't be too tragic.

Bai Zai, who watched the whole process, folded his arms and laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up. When he was learning numbers, Li Shizhen didn't have such a good intention to make any corrections. Seeing that Li Shizhen was embarrassed by various problems and could not Without stepping back step by step, Bai silently felt that his hard study years seemed not so hard anymore.

Yong is relatively simple and honest, everyone says it is what it is, he just listens to it, but he doesn't let it go.Actions speak louder than words. Li Shizhen, who has been tired of all kinds of problems, said that he is more fond of this style of work. As for watching the party or something, go shi, shi!

Fortunately, it’s just teaching counting. After measuring, they learn and use it while learning. They are all young people with flexible minds. The progress is still very fast. It's okay.Li Shizhen also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately it was just counting, if he was to teach multiplication and division or something, let him die first.

In this regard, the fashionable old man Yang Apa, who has basically understood the basic functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, is happy to see the results. He even took a few young orcs who can count quickly to teach A Shi and the others to count.Now Ah Shi and the others have more partners, except for a few who were just born and brought back, there are also a few little males who were taken out by their parents when they were a little older. Although there is a difference in age, they learn to count and so on. They can be caught together.

As for Yang Apa, who keeps pace with the times, he has developed an extremely deep interest in writing, and Li Shizhen, who is tortured, feels that he should not have shown Yang Apa his leaf book in the first place.

It's a pity that I didn't know anything earlier.

However, Li Shizhen was even more amazed that this old man who devoted his whole life to recording work resolutely devoted himself to the work of creating words after knowing the meaning of words.

According to Yang Apa, in the knotting work passed down from generation to generation in the clan, marks are sometimes used. What kind of knot represents what meaning, some have clear marks, and different tribes have different marks. .

When Li Shizhen pointed to Ye Ziben and read his plan aloud and analyzed his plan to him, this scene gave Yang Apa great inspiration, why not use the marks used in the knot record and the things recorded The pronunciation corresponds to it, so it is more convenient to record and understand.

Facing this old man who burst out with great enthusiasm, Li Shizhen silently withdrew his impatience. Seeing this old man working at his desk on the animal skin until late at night, Li Shizhen felt that no amount of admiration was enough Express his respect for the old man.

He saw with his own eyes how hundreds of symbols and pronunciations representing important events in the valley were organized in an orderly manner, and how the old man worked hard to deliberate and determine their specific meanings and pronunciations.Perhaps this is just the beginning, and it cannot even be regarded as the creation of characters in the full sense. It is just the birth of a symbol system, but the characters have already taken shape, and this spark of civilization has become brighter.

Li Shizhen is deeply aware that he has been a bystander of history. Even though he has given many suggestions, he cannot deny the fact that even without him, this ethnic group will develop its own symbols and even characters sooner or later. .

Sooner or later, there will be such a respectable recorder who will feel that knotted knots are not accurate enough and not rich enough. He may also have an inspiration and think of recording daily speech with symbols, and then use these symbols instead of knots to record events. Make the whole record more accurate and rich.Furthermore, when the productivity develops to a certain stage and words are needed, these symbols will explode with powerful force, and words will be derived.

Just like Newton discovered the law of gravitation, Li Shizhen just made an apple, not Newton himself.Even without that apple, as human history develops and science continues to develop, if it is not this Newton, there will always be a Newton who will discover the law of gravitation, and if it is not an apple, it will be an orange that inspires him to discover it.

This is the inevitable law of the development of civilization, and it is also the great inertia of civilization's progress. We are all but a small fish in this torrent of history.Powerful and wise people are nothing but bigger fish. Sometimes, their strenuous leap can indeed stir up waves, affect the surrounding fish schools, and lead them to swim faster, but if they do it alone It would be too childish to change the direction of the entire torrent.

However, during the discussion with Yang Apa, Li Shizhen also realized that even if they are just a small fish, the waves they make are very important to the fish around them.Maybe the effect of this wave cannot be seen in a short while, but in this way, the front wave pushes the back wave, layer upon layer, who can predict that this is not the beginning of a great torrent?

Whenever he saw Li Shizhen and Yang Apa having heated discussions, Bai always smiled and said nothing. He had studied Li Shizhen's writing and knew the meaning of this work. For these two people who devoted themselves wholeheartedly, His attitude of waiting silently and preparing all the utensils for them is enough to explain everything.

When more and more people were added to the survey work, the progress was also greatly accelerated. Finally, when Yang Apa completed the initial sign work, Li Shizhen, Bai and a group of young people completed the work amidst cheers .

The final results are rich. Not only did they measure the area of ​​the valley, Li Shizhen and Bai also drew a map of the valley.This map has now become a treasure in the valley. This is the first time that everyone knows what the valley that has lived for so many years looks like.Everyone's favorite thing these days is to find out where you are on a map, or find out where a place is on a map.

According to rumors, Chiapa and Qingapa almost had a fight over switching the map to a beast shape, and it was the two Amu who persuaded them to do so.The big cat was reprimanded several times in two places with its ears held up. In desperation, it had to work together with Li Shizhen and copied a few copies. Apa also sent a copy, and that's when it stopped.

However, after conducting several random samplings and estimating the approximate unit yield and total yield of pine nuts, Li Shizhen and Bai found that the situation was very pessimistic. This year's pine fruit production was really reduced.Even the fir fruit left over from last year has one-tenth of this year's expected output.

After Li Shizhen counted the number of people in the valley and conducted this small census according to males, females and their respective ages, the final result of the estimated use of Congguo was placed among the three highest decision-making Apas in the valley. before.

If people continue to consume like this according to the current food intake, the old and new fir fruits can only last for [-] days.We must know that last year's fir fruit production not only supported the entire snow season, but also supported the remaining elderly and children in the valley to the present, and this year's snow season does not know how long it will be.