Chapter 6: Salt mining (1)

Today was just the day when Li Feng went out to collect fruits. Li Feng carried his own homemade basket and held Bao Bei in his arms. Then he followed Li to a large open space in the center of the tribe.

It was the first time Li Feng had seen so many people in the tribe since he came here. Since he came here, he hadn't seen a lot of people. Even if he saw them, he went back to the cave. People who had lived in this tribe for a long time could communicate with each other without direct communication. This was also able to save them a lot of trouble.

The men and women of the tribe were all together but the men and women stood separately. The men all had a piece of animal skin directly wrapped around their waist. So did the women, but they also had one on their chest. Li Feng thought he would see a lot of genitals. Unexpectedly, all of them were covered up and the men and women of the primitive society realized this so clearly.

Li Feng looked at the men who were standing in two groups. He stood decisively with Li, even though he was still holding their child. Now that Bao Bei was asleep, Li Feng wanted to go out this time just to see if there was something suitable for Bao Bei to eat. Bao Bei was so small, he didn't know if he would have diarrhea if he ate fruit and broth every day.

The clan elder was a tall and strong man in his thirties. His hair was like that of the golden lion. However, the hair of the golden lion was golden, and the patriarch's was black. The patriarch's name was Zheng. He led the people to move to find this place and then decided to settle down here.

Li Feng thought that the clan elder was quite capable, at least the clan members survived the danger of migration under his leadership. Although Li had been injured, it was not fatal. Li Feng knew that there were several traces of being scratched by wild animals on Li's body. It seemed that it was very serious at that time. Fortunately, he was still strong and finally survived.

Clan Elder Zheng stood in front of the crowd and said, "Today, I'm going to talk about one thing while I'm going out to gather fruit." After a pause, he saw that all the people were listening carefully, so he coughed and went on, "That's the white crystal that our tribe found before, but later found it wasn't delicious, so we put it aside. But Li's partner used it to cook meat two days ago. It was delicious. Obviously, it's not suitable for eating directly. According to Feng, this thing is used for seasoning, that is, a little can be put in when cooking meat. I tried it and it's really delicious, but it's not suitable for many parties. There were a lot of these crystals now. Today, we'll pick some along the way, and then come back to try it. " After saying so much, Zheng felt a little thirsty, so he jumped straight to the end and said, "Okay, now we can start!"

Li Feng felt very strange to the people here. Among so many strangers, he was absolutely uncomfortable. He hugged Bao Bei in his arms, and then followed Li closely. Now the only person familiar with him was Li. He didn't want to be with so many strangers.

Just as Li Feng was walking behind Li with Bao Bei in his arms, a cute, baby-faced young man jumped over and said, "Hey, Feng, Congratulations, you have a lovely baby!"

The baby faced young man looked to be in his teens but his baby face made him look a few years younger. Li Feng knew him, his name was Ruo. He was close to Feng, and he had a lively disposition. He was quite compatible with the introverted Feng.

"Well, that... Thank you!" Li Feng stuttered a little. He still couldn't accept the birth of Bao Bei very calmly. Sometimes he even thought that this baby was not born from his body at all. How could a man give birth to a child? The world was crazy. There were women to do that.

"Wow, why are you so polite? By the way, what's this behind you?" Ruo touched his bare arm and pointed to the basket behind Li Feng. "I saw it just now. It's strange. What's it for?"

While Ruo was asking, a lot of people were listening with their ears up. They had seen this strange thing for a long time, but it was not their place to ask. Now some people who wanted to ask were naturally curious and wanted to know the answer.

Li Feng looked at the deformed basket that he had worked hard to make. This basket wasted a lot of hibiscus vines. He had tried many times, and his fingers were swollen, until he made one that didn't fall apart. This one still needed to be improved. But he had to go out to collect fruit today, so he could only carry it on his back. It was impossible to let hold things bigger than fruit. Reluctant to use it, he wanted to come back to continue to study it, and then teach it to the tribe after slowly mastering it. Now it was too shapeless and was not close at all. Some places were tight and some were loose.

"Oh, this is a basket I haven't mastered. It's used to hold fruit. I can't hold anything else since I have to hold Bao Bei." Li Feng was a little embarrassed. This was the most ugly basket he had ever seen. The one made by others had a figure, his were tight and loose, and then he looked at his own. His face was full of tears...

"Ah, really? This can hold fruit. Feng, you're so smart. Why haven't you made it before?" Ruo threw a stone in and found that the basket could hold a lot of things.

Li Feng tightened his hold on Bao Bei, explaining, "I don't think it is very good. It took a long time to make it. I was just trying... Trying..."

"Can you teach me? I also want to make one. With this, it will be more convenient to carry things. However, I want to make a bigger one for... Bu, so that he can carry a lot of things." Ruo was embarrassed when he talked about Bu. He had a favorable impression of Bu.

Li Feng knew that the distribution of men and women in this tribe was extremely uneven. In such a backward primitive society, women were always easy to die, especially when they had children and in winter, they were not as strong as men. Although they had hides, winter was still cold, and there was little food in winter, so many people often froze or starved to death, especially women and children.

It was for this reason that people without wives would also consider living with men. After all, it was better to live in groups and find a person to live with than to live alone.

"Okay, but I can't do it very well. I'll help you later. You can think about it yourself!" Li Feng readily agreed since Ruo was as simple as a child, straightforward and good as a friend.