usatvline Chapter 190 City 10
Chapter 190 City 10
Chapter 190 City 10
Jilang followed Xiaodou and soon dug a small basket.
It was a rare opportunity to get out, so everyone was very happy, especially the children. They quickly picked enough wild vegetables to eat and started running and jumping around in the field.
"Dududu——"
Such a happy and relaxed atmosphere was soon broken by a few urgent and short whistles.
Sa Shi, who was originally standing on the side of the mountain, immediately stood up and said, "Come here, adults take good care of the children."
She looked around nervously and looked at Ji Lang, "Confirm the number of people. Once they are all there, you lead the way back and I'll follow behind."
Ji Lang nodded quickly. This whistle was rarely heard, but everyone knew that it meant danger or even an attack.
He held Xiaoman in one hand and held the wooden spear in the other. His palms were slightly sweaty and he was unusually nervous.
After walking for just a few minutes, a group of hunters came running over, led by Ah Kuan, who had run away with Xiao Hei before and came back to be punished. "Priest, are you all right?"
"It's okay, what happened?" He looked back and saw that everyone was fine, with no signs of injury.
"When Guo Qi and I went on patrol, we found a group of people from other tribes in the territory. After we subdued them, they said that another group of people might have reached the vicinity of the tribe. So we hurried back because we were afraid that something might have happened to you." A Kuan looked at Sa Shi at the back of the team and made a safety gesture to her.
This was taught to everyone by Anan after he came. It is very useful. They learned from it and added some other commonly used ones, and let everyone in the tribe learn it.
As soon as I entered the outer yard, I saw five unfamiliar faces tied up tightly and squatting under a tree.
What was strange was that A'li, who had not gone out of the next yard, actually stood in front of them, cursing and with anger on his face.
This scene left everyone a little confused.
"What's going on?" Ji Lang walked to Guo Qi's side, "Is Qing Jiu not back yet?"
Guo Qi shook his head. "He took two teams of hunters and Xi Shi to look for the remaining people."
As for what was going on with Ah Li, he listened for a while and got a general idea of it.
Among these five people, there is one named Xiaotu, who is A'li's partner.
After the animal trainer occupied the Yanshan tribe, he drove the hunters of the Yanshan tribe out to fight with other tribes. After going out several times, Xiaotu felt that he would die sooner or later if he continued like this, so he discussed with a few companions and pretended to be defeated in a conflict with other tribes. Finally, he jumped into the river and floated along the river for a long time before daring to go ashore.
Later, the few of them discussed it and went to a small tribe that was closest to their tribe. The people of this tribe often went to the Yanshan tribe to exchange salt, so they were somewhat familiar with them. After hearing about the actions of the animal trainers, they knew that sooner or later the animal trainers would take action against them, so they took these people in first.
It was also because of Xiaotu and his men that this small tribe made preparations early and chose a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack to hide in, so that the animal trainers and the beasts did not get into trouble.
It is difficult to move during the cold season, and it is easy to be detected by the beasts. Xiaotu and his friends have been making preparations. After the cold season is finally over, they sneak back to the tribe and find nothing inside except a burnt cave filled with the corpses of humans and beasts.
It was obvious that the trainer and the herd had encountered a stronger opponent.
Not finding the bodies of the women and children, they speculated that they might have been abducted, so they began to look everywhere and finally found this place.
These people were not reckless. After encountering Guo Qi and his friends, they did not attack immediately. However, after the Taoli tribe had encountered cannibals and animal trainers, who were groups with bad intentions, they were still very wary of people who suddenly appeared in the tribe.
After Xiaotu and his friends found out that this tribe had indeed taken in a dozen people from the Yanshan tribe, they cooperated very well. They didn't mind being tied up and even took the initiative to explain that there were five other people. They hoped that the Taoli tribe would not accidentally hurt his companions.
It’s not easy to survive this, Ji Lang was about to sigh.
"Father!" A Qing, who was originally walking behind the crowd, finally squeezed to the front and shouted after seeing the familiar figure under the tree.
One of the people squatting under the tree shuddered when he heard the sound.
He stood up excitedly, "Ah Qing! You're still alive!"
"Father! You are alive too!" The young man staggered over and clung to the man with his hands and feet, his face flushed with excitement and joy.
Ah Heng was tied up and couldn't hug his cub. He could only rub his cheek against Ah Qing's furry head. The cub looked taller and stronger than when he was in the Yanshan tribe, which meant he was living a good life here.
"By the way, where is your...Mom?" Ah Heng just took a quick look in the crowd and didn't see anyone. Actually, he had some guesses in his mind, but he still asked with a glimmer of hope.
Hearing this, Ah Qing got off Ah Heng and lowered his head, as if he had made a mistake. "There is no food. Ah Mu gave me all the food. She had no strength and fell off the mountain when she was carrying the salt mine."
The tears fell on the still moist ground and merged into the soil bit by bit.
"It's not your fault. Cry, father is here." Ah Heng wanted to touch his head, but he was still tied up, so he could only look at his child with heartache.
Before the father and son wanted to say a few more words, a figure rushed over and almost knocked Ah Heng over.
"Ah Heng!" Anan recognized that this was his brother and was extremely happy.
Ah Heng didn't expect An Nan to be here too. She even looked a lot more normal than before. "An Nan, are you okay?"
"No, but Anan has remembered a lot of things from the past, but his temper is still that of a child. Just now when we went to pick wild vegetables, he held me down and wouldn't let me move in order to defeat me." Aqing immediately started to complain, as if the person who was crying just now was not him.
Over there, A'li was tired of scolding, so she sat on a stone bench used for washing clothes, wiping her tears and crying.
A Tu squatted beside her, his face full of apology.
Qing Jiu and his group came back soon, but the people they brought back this time were not tied up. The few people who were originally tied up had been released long ago and were sitting together, talking to the people who came from the Yanshan tribe.
Ah Heng stood up and walked to Qing Jiu and Ji Lang. "Chief, priest, thank you for saving my child and the people of Yanshan tribe. Ah Qing just told me that you need more people now. I am willing to lead everyone to join Taoli tribe."
He and the leader of the small tribe, who was a member of the team that was captured later, had discussed with each other that as long as the people in the tribe could live better, they were willing to become part of this big tribe.