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

Ji Lang, who was standing beside the wooden board, was daydreaming. The three remaining little men sitting on the table were still stretching out their little hands to count. Since their fingers were not enough, they used their knuckles.

Write down your answers on the wooden board according to the time.

Ji Lang walked over and first saw the wooden boards of Xiaoman and Wu. Wu's handwriting was straighter, while Xiaoman's was crooked, but it was clear that they were both 27. Ji Lang nodded and said, "Go ahead."

The two of them got up and went out with happy faces.

Ji Lang moved closer to Chuan who was sitting in the innermost seat. The child was still young, and Ji Lang originally wanted to wait a few years before teaching him. However, Chuan was not afraid of anything and insisted on learning. The main reason was that everyone was learning except him, so he didn't bother you to play with him.

But after he had studied with him for a few days, Ji Lang discovered that this child was also very talented and could memorize the multiplication table faster than some adults.

Seeing Ji Lang's action, the little guy subconsciously covered his hand to answer, as if he was not sure, but Ji Lang had already seen it.

On the not-so-smooth wooden board, there was a line of crooked words: "20+3+4=2034"

Jilang: ...

I have memorized the multiplication formulas quite well, but I still find addition and subtraction a little confusing.

Ji Lang patiently analyzed the answer for him. The little guy knew that his answer was wrong. After all, numbers over 100 were very large numbers for them. How could there be such a string of numbers? But he didn't know how to calculate, so he simply wrote it down like this. When Ji Lang explained it to him, the little guy was also confused.

I touched his little head. After all, he is only 4 years old. It’s good enough that he can write one, two, three, four. The rest can come slowly.

"Although you didn't calculate this problem correctly, but seeing that you have memorized the multiplication table very well and attended class very seriously, I will let you pass today. Go find Ye Ling to eat some fruit." After Ji Lang finished speaking, the little guy had already rushed out.

I always feel that if the water he released these days could turn into snowflakes, it would be even more outrageous than the avalanche I saw in the outer courtyard last time.

After a while, Feng came in with a small plate of fried fruits, followed by a group of followers.

Ji Lang had been holding the black wooden stick for half a day, and his hands were now black. The same happened to the little ones the whole afternoon, so their hands must have been dirty. "Did you wash your hands?" Ji Lang asked as he scooped hot water from the pot on the stove. He was thinking in his mind that this was not okay, with hands being black every day. He should make something like disposable gloves that would not affect the flexibility of his fingers and would not dirty his hands.

"No, we didn't use our hands." Xiaoman came over, revealing a mouthful of gaps in his teeth when he smiled. The little guy had lost two of his upper teeth in the past few days, and his speech became even more unclear. He also liked to grin and laugh foolishly every day. Ji Lang would always be amused by him.

Trying to suppress his smile, Ji Lang added more water to the basin and said, "Then wash your hands before eating."

In a short while, the basin of clean water turned black.

Ji Lang had no choice but to change the basin to a clean one, and several people washed it again before sitting at the table and quietly starting to eat the fried fruits.

This fried fruit cake was made by Ji Lang and Ye when they were bored a few days ago. Ji Lang was responsible for the taste and texture, while Ye fried it by himself. I don’t know if it’s because of the unique taste of the flour of the fruit cake or because he hasn’t eaten it for a long time, but Ji Lang always feels that the one they made is crispier and sweeter than the one he ate when he was a child. It has a bit of fried texture but not greasy, and it tastes even better after it cools down.

Everyone liked it very much. Later, Ye simply fried two clay pots and put them in the kitchen. Since the weather was cold, there was no need to worry about them going bad, so they usually ate them as snacks.

After making this, Ji Lang started thinking about whether he should try making spicy strips. However, he couldn’t do that now because they didn’t have much chili powder left and had to use it sparingly. They could have harvested another wave of the chilies they planted last time, but unfortunately the windy season came and many chili plants were uprooted and blown away.

The peppers that Jilang harvested were all green peppers, so he could only save them for seeds and wait until the next warm season to plant them again. By then, he would have to plant more and plant earlier, so as to dry more red peppers to eat later.

"Don't eat too much. We have dinner soon." Ji Lang warned the boys, and he couldn't help but take two and put them in his mouth to chew.

Several people were eating fried fruits and warming themselves by the fire in the house, feeling very comfortable. Suddenly, Liefeng and the puppies in the doorway started barking wildly. Ji Lang lifted the door curtain and took a look, and Xishi also ran out of the house in a hurry, with a rare look of panic on his face.

"what happened?"

Xishi picked up the long knife in the doorway, turned around and shouted to the people working in the potato kiln, "Qingge, Guoqi, Azhou, Xiaoying, come out quickly, there is a situation." Then he turned to look at Ji Lang and said, "Something is coming, a large group." His brows were furrowed.

Ji Lang could see from his expression that this could be a big trouble.

Xishi first walked to the door and looked outside. Seeing nothing unusual, he pushed the door open and led the quiet dogs out first. He walked to the bamboo wall and looked down. His scalp immediately went numb.

They were apes, in groups of hundreds, all standing at the foot of a distant mountain, a dark mass. When they heard the cries of Liefeng and the others, they turned around and looked in this direction.

This creature is very similar to humans, but cannot speak and likes to eat its own kind. It is more like a mute cannibal.

They are brutal and smart, and will not easily give up their targets. And most importantly, their groups are usually large, ranging from dozens to hundreds.

This scene is quite creepy. There are only a few of them here, and they seem to be outnumbered. In the distance down the mountain there is a group of apes, all looking at them, and no one knows what they are planning.

Ji Lang patted his chest and said, "Fortunately, the mountain road below is covered with snow. It would not be easy for them to come over if they wanted to."

After all, this group of guys doesn't seem to be easy to talk to.

Ji Lang's eyesight was not as good as Xi Shi and the others. At a glance, he could only see a group of black dots standing motionless in the snow. He had no idea what these apes were doing.

Xi Shi’s frown did not relax, “I hope these apes don’t settle nearby.”

The food composition of orangutans is very complex. They will eat anything that can move, whether it is humans, tigers, bears, mice, insects, or fish. They will also not let go of any non-poisonous flowers, plants, or trees. Moreover, if a group of orangutans is large in number, they will only plunder savagely. As long as they are there, that place will soon become lifeless. When food becomes scarce, these orangutans will choose to migrate and find a new place to settle down. In this process, if food is scarce, they will also eat their own kind.

Xi Shi explained to Ji Lang that if this group of apes chose to settle nearby, they would not only face the risk of conflict with the apes, but would also have to leave sooner or later. After all, the speed at which resources grew could not keep up with the speed of destruction by the apes.

Aren’t these just locusts, Ji Lang thought.

I didn't expect that the apes here are so different from what I knew.

And so cruel.

Although he knew before that monkey groups were not good people.

I hope these guys will give up and leave this place as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. This group of apes chose to stay nearby, as if they were going against Jilang.

After a few days of observation, they found that they also divided the work and cooperated with each other. Every day, two to three groups of more than a dozen apes would go out, and the rest would stay in the mountains. Ji Lang and his friends couldn't see where they were hiding, but they would see groups of apes coming out of the mountains from time to time.

And it is obvious that this group of guys not only want to stay here, but also want to drive away or hunt down the Taotie tribe.

Every time the orangutans went out, they would try to get closer to the courtyard, although they were always discouraged by the thick snow.

But if this goes on, once they really settle here, the snow will eventually melt, and then a head-on conflict with these guys will be inevitable.

With the current number of people in the Taotie tribe, they have no chance of winning even if they launch a sneak attack, let alone a head-on conflict.

Moreover, these apes not only have the intention to come to the courtyard during the day, but sometimes at night, when he is asleep, he can even hear the roar of Liefeng and the puppies. At first, Ji Lang was always worried that something might happen from time to time. Now, when he hears the barking of dogs in the middle of the night, he knows that this group of apes is restless again and must want to get closer under the cover of night and try to find an opportunity to come to the courtyard.

Fortunately, the avalanche blocked the foot of the mountain completely.

Maybe the group of apes initially thought that they had other routes and needed to go out to find food and hunt, but after watching them for more than ten days, they found that this group of people usually only appeared outside the yard, and different people observed them.

They probably sensed that this group of people had no way to deal with them, so they became even more unscrupulous when they went out, including occasionally getting closer at night to try to find a way up the mountain.

Xishi went out for a look early in the morning, and when he came back to eat, he seemed to be thinking about something.

Ji Lang wondered if he had seen something when he went out, so he asked, "What did you see? Why do you look so worried?"

Although Xi Shi was holding a bowl and chopsticks in his hands, he hadn't eaten a single bite of rice. He was still thinking about his own ideas. He took a while to react before speaking, "The group of guys came closer last night. They might have crawled over on the snow. The traces are very obvious. At this rate, it won't be long before they find their way down the mountain. So I'm wondering if there's any way to drive these apes away."

"Are they afraid of fire?" Ji Lang remembered that when he watched people and nature before, most wild animals had a natural fear of fire.

Xishi nodded, "Of course they are afraid, but the problem is that we can't go down the mountain. There is no dry firewood that is easy to burn in the mountains. If we light a fire from such a distance, they won't be afraid at all."

At this time Qing Jiu, who had been sitting quietly, suddenly spoke up, "I thought of an idea last night. Ji Lang said before that in a snowy mountain like this, any loud noise can trigger an avalanche. I want to try to trigger another avalanche to get them away from here." When they went out for the last time with their skis some time ago, Ji Lang had repeatedly reminded them that even if the skis were very fast and exciting, they should try not to shout and it was best not to crash into trees, as this could easily trigger an avalanche. Qing Jiu took note of this.

When I was in the Taoli tribe, I had encountered avalanches in the cold season, but at that time I didn’t know why this phenomenon occurred. I just thought it was accidental. Some people even thought it was a punishment from the mountain god.

Ji Lang's eyes lit up. This was a good idea.

"Then how do we trigger it, by shouting?" Feng asked, even looking eager to try.

Jilang: ...

"That should be possible, but I can make a megaphone so I can save some energy when I shout."

Feng didn't know what a megaphone was and looked confused.

It is called a loudspeaker, but in fact it is just two large speakers wrapped with a moisture-proof mat.

Fortunately, snow has been falling during this period, and the snow on the opposite mountain has become thicker. Their loudspeakers may not be easy to use, so they can only try to trigger an avalanche on the opposite mountain. It would be best if it could cause avalanches on the nearby mountains. If that fails, it can at least serve as a deterrent.

No one wasted any time, and in the afternoon, a group of people came out of the yard carrying two large loudspeakers.

There was a light snow outside. The wind was not strong, but it was still cold.

Several people stood by the bamboo wall and looked outside. It was endless white, and they could not see any trace of the group of apes.

Feng picked up a loudspeaker, which Ji Lang had taught him how to use. He raised it to his mouth and shouted, "Ah - you little bastards, get out of here now."

Jilang: ...

No, they can’t understand this. Isn’t simply shouting enough to satisfy you?

Ji Lang was complaining in his mind.

"Limen Gudan---" Xiaoman's childish and crisp voice, following Feng's slightly low voice which had passed the voice change period, spread far away and even echoed.

Okay, you learn quickly.

However, the two men cursed for a long time, and only occasional pieces of snow rolled down from the opposite mountain, which did not cause a large-scale avalanche.

But many apes in the distant mountains had already come out and were standing at the foot of the mountain, looking over here.

Every time Ji Lang saw the scene, he found it very strange.

In the white snow-capped mountains, a group of black shadows stood motionless, looking over from a distance.

I rubbed my arms. Although I didn't get the goose bumps, it still provided some comfort.

Seeing that the two little ones' shouting was of no use after a while, Qingjiu took the loudspeaker from Xiaoman's hand. The little guy was already tired and out of breath, and leaned on Jilang's legs to rest.

Ji Lang touched his little head with amusement.

"Ah----" Qing Jiu shouted expressionlessly. His calm and emotionless voice echoed in the valley. The scene was a little funny for a while.

Feng's trumpet was also taken over by the brothers Zhou and Xiaoying. The brothers shouted wildly and in a rhythmic manner. More and more apes came out from the mountain in the distance. Ji Lang couldn't help thinking that it would be a bit embarrassing if they couldn't trigger an avalanche after shouting for a long time.

It's embarrassing to think that after all the effort, nothing happened.

Fortunately, God is on their side this time.

The sudden avalanche made Ji Lang a little frightened. He didn't expect it to come so quickly or on such a large scale.

It might even have started in the distant mountains. Standing in the yard, Ji Lang and his companions could only see the snow floating like thick smoke in the valley, and the herds of apes running out in panic.

Some black spots ran farther and farther, while others disappeared in the vast snow waves.