【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 286: Primitive Tribe Chieftain Mother-in-law 6

He Miao returned to the tribe, and Yun Xi continued searching with her two daughters. They didn't find much, but they did see a persimmon tree, and they picked all the red ones and took them home.

"I'm going to collect fruits next year too, and leave the hunting team to Cherry and the others. Otherwise, it would be such a waste to look at so many edible fruits on the map but not have the time to pick them."

"Host, don't talk. There are several purple Ganoderma lucidum in front of you."

"Wow! Let me go take a look." Yun Xi walked near a dead tree and found three graceful purple Ganoderma lucidum, which she quickly put into her bag.

"Come on, I'll take you to find something to eat. The prey has become smart and hard to catch." Yun Xi looked towards the south, "There seems to be bamboo over there! Let's cut some bamboo first."

Yun Xi simply watched the video while weaving a bamboo basket. Tao Xing and the others gradually widened their eyes and hurriedly followed suit to learn.

"Okay, three of you, you're making it up too."

When they had finished weaving, the three of them went straight to a walnut tree, and after filling their bags, they reluctantly returned.

Tao felt distressed, "So this can be eaten, then before..."

Xingle said optimistically, "It's okay. It's not too late to know now."

A few days before the arrival of the coldest day, Yun Xi took four people and ran all over the mountains, bringing walnuts, chestnuts, pine nuts, persimmons, and oranges to the cave.

When the first light snow fell, Yun Xi was taking everyone to bathe. There was a fire in every cave, boiling hot water all the time. Yun Xi took out soap nuts and asked everyone to wash their bodies and hair. Of course, the hair had to be cut off, which was very convenient and could also prevent fleas and insects.

Xingyueshu and the other six people from Langyawei also washed the animal skins and changed into clean ones. Although everyone still had brown skin, it looked much better to them.

At this time, Lian was almost recovered. After being washed, she looked pretty good and gentle. For fear of being accused of being a freeloader, Lian wrapped her whole body tightly with animal skins. She went out to cut bamboo every day and came back to weave bamboo products.

The two caves were filled with firewood, food, animal skins and bamboo products.

It was snowing and they couldn't go out, so the tribesmen were restless. Xingyueshu and the other two went out to fetch water and fill four large earthenware jars. Langyawei and the other two were chopping wood, Hemiao was cooking, and Yingtaoxing was learning how to make wooden doors from Yunxi.

Find some good-looking dry wood, split it into long strips, and use rivets to assemble it into a wooden door like a puzzle. There is no iron connection, so it can only be leaned against the entrance. It's okay and can block a lot of wind.

"We already have more than fifty bamboo baskets, Lian. No more weaving. Let's start processing the mountain products."

Yun Xi took out the walnuts and other nuts to clean. The green skin of the walnuts could be peeled off, and the chestnuts needed the thorns on the outside to be knocked open, as did the pine nuts. Winter was long, so she could take her time cleaning and eating them at the same time.

Although I always feel insecure and always want to fill the cave, I still force myself to rest. The original owner's body is considered the strongest, otherwise I wouldn't be able to accept the position of chief. But no matter how strong she is, she is still thirty years old. Especially before, she was not well fed or clothed. The injuries she suffered were unhealed. Her body has many hidden injuries. Not to mention, was Ying twelve years old when she gave birth? How scary! The original owner was lucky to have given birth so early without any problems.

Ying suddenly said, "Mom, I want to have another cub with the wolf."

"Ah? Oh, there's no one in the cave next door, you guys go ahead." Yun Xi looked at the tribesmen, "If you want to have a baby together, I don't object, but you have to wait until Tao is about the same age. It won't be possible too early."

Tao asked, "Mom, there are too few males in the tribe."

Lian looked up and said, "Chief, my tribe used to exchange males with other tribes every winter and then exchange them back in the spring."

"How many people were there in your original tribe?" Xing asked her, turning her head.

Lian stretched out her hands and feet, wiggling her fingers and toes. "There are so many."

Yun Xi was silent for a moment. This was more people than her own tribe, so why was it called a tribe? Oh, now I remembered, her own tribe used to have a lot of people, with thousands of people at its peak, but it had declined.

The reason for its decline? Inbreeding. Yes, inbreeding.

A group with a large population is called a tribe, and a group with a small population is called a clan.

Yun Xi thought of the wolf. He was an orphan that was picked up, so she was not worried about close relatives. However, Ya and Wei were close relatives. At this moment, their eyes were red and it seemed that they did not want to be separated at all.

"They are still young, let's talk about it next year." Yun Xi said: "Let's see if we can discuss and choose a place to reproduce. Besides, you are my people, I won't let you go to other tribes."

What if they don’t want to come back after they leave? There are only a few people in the tribe.

That day, Yun Xi taught everyone how to make cloaks with animal skins, and Lian chatted about a legend.

"Humans rarely live in the north. It's too cold. Without fire, you can't survive the winter."

Yun Xi looked at her, "Why is that?"

Lian said mysteriously, "It's said that after the discovery of fire, humans lived very well in the south. But then one day, a half-human, half-beast monster appeared. More and more monsters appeared, and humans tried to drive them away, but they were killed in return. Finally, humans had no choice but to flee north, and the monsters didn't chase them because they were afraid of the cold."

“If it hadn’t been for the fire in the north, I would never have come to the south.”

Yun Xi frowned and searched the original owner's memory carefully. Monster...

"I remember now. The previous chief told me that unless something unexpected happens, never migrate south."

Everyone was silent.

The tree didn't understand, "But we're here, and nothing seems to be happening here? We haven't seen any signs of monsters."

Xing scratched his head, "I've definitely never seen it."

Yun Xi had never seen it before, only animals, but this legend should not be nonsense. After all, her tribe and Lian's previous tribe had nothing to do with each other, so how could the same legend appear?

"I hope everything is okay. Aren't there several tribes in the north? When spring comes, I'll go to the south to explore, or go to those two tribes to ask." Yun Xi was a little nervous.

He sniffed and whispered, "Should we block the hole?"

Yun Xi raised an eyebrow. "The door is quite thick, but there might be danger. Starting tomorrow, everyone will live in one cave, and the other cave will be sealed first."

"Listen to the patriarch."

"System, are there really monsters?"

At night, lying on the animal skin, Yun Xi felt uneasy.

System: "I scanned this continent and didn't see any monsters. We're traveling through a primitive tribe, not a beast world."

"Yes, the beast world? Could these half-human, half-beast monsters be beastmen?" Yun Xi's brain was working rapidly. "Come to think of it, after taking a bath, I observed that we don't look like primitive humans at all. Our facial features are not like those of apes at all. Could we be descendants of beastmen?"

System: "Orcs? This time I'll expand the scope to investigate."

After a long time, the system still said it didn't see it.

"Maybe the orcs all turned into wild beasts in winter, so I can't see them. I'll scan them again in the spring."