The Caveman Made Me Awesome

early morning.

Several children with spears practiced sparring in the open space, and the tribe's adults worked at the entrance of the cave, giving them a glance from time to time.

The children had been playing for a while, their heads covered in sweat and dust.

One of the children stopped the offensive, and the spear stood up and said to the other partners: "I'll take a rest first and drink some water."

Another child immediately said, "I'll go too!"

In the end all the children decided to take a break to drink water first.

The children ran to their respective adults, asked for the water bag, put down their spears, and gulped down the water.

The child with dry mouth drank most of the water in the water bag in one breath, and the rest of the water fell down on the top of his head, wiped it with his hands, wiped off all the stains on his face, and shook his head again. , ran back to the clearing, picked up the spear and continued to fight.

Washing one's face with water was an extravagant act in the dry season of the Tushan tribe in previous years, but at this moment, no adult expressed rebuke.

After all, as long as anyone thinks of the fifty large tanks full of water in the cave, they will feel that using such a small amount of water is nothing more than a trifle.

With those fifty jars of water, even if the tribe stopped fetching water, it would be enough for this dry season.

The chief and Ye Xi stood at the entrance of the cave and saw this scene.

A look of relief flashed in the chief's eyes, and he said to Ye Xi with a sigh: "Thanks to your method, no one should die of thirst in this year's dry season."

Ye Xi: "I would also like to thank Cangpan and Tu for their trips to fetch water."

The soldiers carried wooden barrels back and forth between the lake and the tribe without stopping for ten days before filling up all the fifty water tanks in the tribe.

"And uncle Yong who helped me hunt the spinosaurus, the craftsmen who made the water tank overnight, the warriors who were looking for stone tanks everywhere, and with them, the tribe can now be free of water."

The chief laughed: "Yes, there are credits, but your credit is the greatest, this cannot be denied."

Thinking of something, the chief sighed again: "Unfortunately, the meat of the beasts promised to you has not been fulfilled, and the hunting team has not found the whereabouts of the beasts."

The matter of rewarding Ye Xi's beast meat was mentioned to the chief, and he asked him to let the hunting team pay more attention to the whereabouts of the beast. Unfortunately, more than half a month later, the trace of the beast still did not appear.

Ye Xi was a little disappointed, but he comforted the chief and said, "It's okay, there's nothing I can do about it, I'm not in a hurry."

At this time, a tribal warrior with gray mud all over his body and oil paint on his face hurriedly walked over from the outside.

Ye Xi recognized that this was the warrior Graybeak who was stationed at the edge of the tribe.

Gray Beak saluted the chief and said quickly: "Chief! There are four people from the Yellow River tribe outside, requesting to enter the tribe to trade food."

Is there someone from the Huangzhu tribe?

The chief nodded to indicate that he knew: "You tell them I'll go right over."

Gray Beak took the lead and hurried out.

"Huangzhu tribe, what are they doing?" Ye Xi asked the chief.

"It must have come in exchange for salt."

Knowing that someone outside the tribe was waiting for him, the chief was not in a hurry, and ordered the tribesmen to immediately put away the water bladders filled with water, and clean up the traces of water on the ground.

After the tribe was cleaned up and no traces of water could be seen, the chief said to Ye Xi, "I'll go over there." He walked towards the tribe's whistle.

Tushan whistle.

Very conspicuous, a group of people standing at the whistle that seemed out of tune with the Tushan tribe.

These people are burly and imposing, wearing cool snakeskin on their bodies, and the weapons in their hands are all snow-white bone weapons. The cutting edges are obviously finely polished, and they gleam coldly in the sun.

Even more exaggerated, one of them was riding on a huge brown bear. The giant bear was obedient and very obedient.

They are the people sent by the Huangzhu tribe for this transaction.

The chief was not affected by their luxurious lineup in the slightest, and greeted them with a hearty smile on his face: "Why do you have time to come to our Tushan tribe today? Welcome! Qi Shang, I haven't met you along the way. What's the danger?"

The giant bear saw a powerful man approaching and let out a low growl threateningly at him.

Xi Shang patted the giant bear on the head, turned over and jumped down, saluted and replied with a smile.

"Naturally there is no danger, and more Tushan chiefs are concerned."

Qi Shang is the leader of the Huangzhu tribe who came to the Tushan tribe this time, and is also one of the warriors in the Huangzhu tribe who is usually in charge of transactions.

The chief asked tentatively, "Who are you here this time?"

Xi Shang smiled slightly: "I came to exchange salt for something."

When the chief heard this, he was relieved, and he just came to trade: "Okay, we welcome, everyone, please come in."

The three Huangzhu tribesmen behind Qi Shang stood motionless as if they hadn't heard it.

Waiting for Qi Shang turned over and stepped onto the giant bear, and indifferently instructed the three of them, "Let's go." The three men followed behind the giant bear and walked towards the Tushan tribe.

Ye Xi, who was sitting on the big wooden stake, suddenly saw a man riding a huge brown bear into the tribe.

What a big bear! Ye Xi was surprised that such a big bear was willing to be a human mount!

Looking at the warrior riding on the giant bear, there are two fire patterns in the center of the totem pattern on the left chest.

He's a second-level fighter!

Everyone in the Tushan tribe surrounded them when they saw that there were outsiders coming over.

A female tribal person came over with four purple ling fruit and walked to them.

The chief pointed to the Zilingguo in her hand and said to Xi Shang, "Leader Xi Shang, this is the Zilingguo that the tribe just picked up two days ago. It's hard for you to come from a long way, so let's eat some first."

This female tribal person has dust on her body, and the palm of her hand holding the purple ling fruit also has black dirt.

Xi Shang frowned slightly, the light of disgust flashed across his eyes, but he did not take Zilingguo.

He didn't speak, and the three Huangzhao tribesmen didn't move either.

Let the woman stretch out her hand and hold four purple ling fruit.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

The chief's face darkened at first, but then he laughed loudly: "Hahaha, since a few distinguished guests are not satisfied with Zilingguo, then put it away."

Seeing this scene, Ye Xi laughed secretly in his heart.

Our chief is skilled enough.

Zilingguo is indeed very difficult to find, and it is naturally justified in terms of etiquette when it is presented to distinguished guests.

However, this woman is too dirty. At present, the tribe does not lack water for bathing.

It seems that the chief has long been prepared for the arrival of these trade messengers. In order not to reveal that the tribal water is abundant, it has been arranged for a long time.

Ye Xi also saw that although these four people looked polite, ever since they entered the Tushan realm, there was a faint arrogance in their eyes that could not be concealed.

However, people do have the confidence to look down on the Tushan tribe. Just seeing that the Tushan people are wearing straw skirts, while the Huangzhu tribe is wrapped in cool and comfortable snakeskin, they have reason to be arrogant.

Looking at the bone ornaments worn by others are so exquisitely made, while the bone ornaments worn by Tushan warriors are rough, such a comparison really makes Tushan extremely poor.

The other party was obviously stronger than Tu Shan, and the chief's arrangement was shrewd and careful enough to make Ye Xi secretly cheer.

I just heard the chief continue to say: "Several, how much salt did you bring this time, and what do you want to exchange?"

Xi Shang: "Nine Bears, unpack the bag and let them see."

The warrior named Jiu Xiong put down the animal skin bag he had been carrying, and untied it on the ground.

There is naturally salt in it.

These salts seem to weigh about three kilograms, and the quality is very poor. The salt is white and yellow, and there are many dirt particles in the middle.

"A lot of salt, how long will this last!"

"Yeah, but the quality seems to be worse than what they brought last year."

There are people from the Tushan tribe whispering around.

Xi Shang said to the chief: "These salts are exchanged for a thousand catties of fresh meat."

Ye Xi's eyelids twitched, three catties of salt would be exchanged for a thousand catties of meat, why not grab it? He also specified that he wanted fresh meat, that's it.

The chief frowned: "The quality of this year's salt is much worse than last year's, and there are too many clods in it."

Xi Shang said: "These soil particles are fine, just let the female slaves of your tribe sort them out."

Ye Xi raised her eyebrows, since she knew that the soil grains could be sorted by female slaves, why didn't they sort them when they were in the Huangzhu tribe, and trade the salt mixed with so many soil grains directly.

Seeing the calm and calm appearance of the four of them, as if they were certain that the deal would not be stale, Ye Xi was thoughtful. Could it be that salt is monopolized by the Huangzhu tribe? Is that why they are so reckless?

The chief was silent for a while: "A thousand pounds is too much, it is impossible to exchange so much."

Xi Shang's eyes flashed brightly, and he said with a smile: "For the sake of our tribe's frequent trade, I can take a step back, nine hundred catties, how about it?"

Ye Xi frowned at the bottom of his heart, the Huangzhu tribe was sure that Tu Shan would exchange it.

"No, if you pick out the soil particles in the salt, the salt will be reduced. Nine hundred catties is still too much."

The smile on Xi Shang's face gradually subsided, and he kept staring at the chief.

The two confront each other.

After a long time, Qi Shang's voice turned indifferent: "Since Chief Tushan is unwilling to exchange, then leave."

After speaking, Jiu Xiong put away the salt bag and walked to the giant bear first.

The crowd on Tu Shan was a little flustered, so they just left? What about the salt? It only comes once a year. They can't live without salt.

The chief has not moved.

Xi Shang had already mounted the giant bear and walked straight out with the other Huangzhu tribesmen, seemingly unrepentant.

"Wait!" cried the chief.

Xi Shang continued to walk back as if he didn't hear it.

"Nine hundred catties are nine hundred catties!" the chief shouted helplessly.

Only then did Xi Shang pat the giant bear to stop it, and then jumped off the giant bear with a smile on his face: "This is the choice of a wise man."