Finally, Lin Xiao saw Zhan and Ge coming to the cave and looking at the hill-like straw sandals with golden eyes. Lin Xiao had no choice but to collect the corresponding meat from the two of them and gave them twelve pairs of shoes, and then continued with They were given eight more pairs of shoes on credit, making up twenty pairs of shoes for them to take to the tribe.
Lin Xiao clapped his hands and said to the two children: "Remember what I said, you can't take out all these shoes at once, you have to take them out separately and slowly, but if you find someone in the tribe trying to weave straw shoes, You must tell me in time and we will replace all the straw sandals with meat!"
Zhan and Ge nodded, especially Ge. He knew that only by taking it slowly could he, a Bahrain child, have meat to eat every day. If he exchanged straw sandals for meat at once, once there was too much meat, the tribe would not be able to give them all the meat. Child.
"Don't worry, I know!" Ge nodded solemnly. He hoped that the tribesmen would not discover these straw sandals too early, so that they could eat meat for a few more days.
Like yesterday, they went down the mountain together, and agreed to do business every day in the future at an uninhabited place not far from the Bahrain tribe. Lin Xiao and the others brought straw sandals, and Zhan Hege brought meat. Both parties were very satisfied with this.
The two children, Zhan and Ge, thought that they finally no longer had to carry so much meat while climbing up the mountain, while the three of them, Lin Xiao, also thought... they no longer had to carry so much meat up and down the mountain.
They separated before getting within a few hundred meters of the Bahrain tribe.
Lao Ao blocked the sun in the sky with his hands, and sweat dripped down his forehead. Lao Ao couldn't help but pout, secretly complaining that the sun was too hot.
As he was thinking, he suddenly heard footsteps. Old Ao suddenly looked up in the direction of the sound. He rubbed his eyes and saw the three teenagers each holding something wrapped in leaves. His heart twitched. , I thought to myself: It's not meat again, is it? These three little ronin just recorded several contributions yesterday!
However, he soon discovered that what these three people were holding was indeed meat, and it was also high-quality meat.
He stared at the three little ronin in amazement, wondering how such thin arms and legs could get meat every day.
After helping Lin Xiao and the others weigh the meat, he suddenly noticed that these three people all had "shoes" on their feet. He learned this weird pronunciation early this morning and heard it from the mouths of other totem warriors. Tribe There were several totem warriors inside who exchanged with traveling merchants outside and got shoes.
Noticing that Lao Ao's eyes were on his feet, Lin Xiao suddenly realized his mistake. How could the three of them wear shoes? It's easy to expose them in this way. The meat may have exposed them in the first place...
Lin Xiao subconsciously pulled his feet back, but Lao Ao did not let them go, and still asked about the shoes, "Where do your shoes come from?"
"What's this called a shoe?" Lin Xiao looked confused and continued, "We picked this up, we don't know who lost it!"
Lao Ao was excited. He didn't have that much meat to exchange with traveling merchants, but he also wanted a pair of shoes. After all, the totem warriors in the tribe wanted something. If he could put on a pair of shoes, he would definitely become the center of attention. .
Seeing Lao Ao's expression, Lin Xiao immediately guessed what the other person was thinking, and he said smoothly: "Uncle Ao, we can exchange."
Lao Ao was silent for a moment and shook his head, "I have nothing to exchange with you. These meats belong to the tribe, not mine."
Lao Ao was obviously a little frustrated about this. Just as he was helping Lei carve 6 contribution marks, he saw the strange Ronin showing him a sly smile and whispered: "Uncle Ao, if you carve one more contribution mark, I will How about I give you my shoes?"
"This... this..." Lao Ao looked at his shoes and then at the wooden board in his hand. He felt like the guy in front of him was like an evil god, tempting him to commit a crime!
After a not difficult inner struggle, Lao Ao silently made seven notches, and Lin Xiao directly gave the other party his shoes.
Tribal people can also be bribed!
Before leaving, Lin Xiao carefully observed the people around him. He suddenly realized that most tribesmen would not go out in hot weather, so the straw hat had no meaning to them. It seemed that his straw hat was destined not to look like Straw sandals are also marketable.
As for the tribe's totem warriors, Lin Xiao was still very disappointed. This time he also saw these legendary warriors.
After completing a transaction, Lin Xiao and the three returned to their home in the mountains together. This time, the few pieces of meat they left had animal skins. This was left behind intentionally by Lin Xiao. He told Lei to peel off the animal skins for processing. Simple handling.
Handling animal skins is a skill that everyone, whether tribesmen or ronin, knows.
After today, Lin Xiao got the treated animal skins from Lei's hands. Lin Xiao pinched the treated animal skins into the soles of Lei and Lie's shoes. When faced with the new shoes, both of them were stunned. "What's the point of doing this?"
Lin Xiao smiled and said: "With this layer of skin, your feet will be less likely to be injured."
The sun was shining brightly. After Lin Xiao and the others traded with Zhan, they took the meat they got today to the Bahrain tribe.
Lin Xiao was in a good mood, but Lie beside him was not happy. He grabbed Lin Xiao's hand worriedly and asked in a low voice: "Axiao, the meat is getting less and less!"
"Okay, don't worry, there will be meat to eat." Lin Xiao patted the kid on the head and said, "I promised you I won't let you go hungry!"
After such a period of time, Lie became much stronger than before. Lin Xiao seriously suspected that the little kid was malnourished before, because Lie suddenly jumped up and grew a lot taller.
They took the meat they got and went straight to the Bahrain tribe.
Lao Ao, who sees Lin Xiao and the others every day, is not surprised at all by the arrival of Lin Xiao and the others. Although Lin Xiao and the others have brought less and less meat recently, they can bring so much meat every day, which has made these people In his eyes, the status of the three people has skyrocketed. Maybe these three ronin will join their tribe in a while.
In fact, he had asked the patrol many times in the past few days and found that no one in the tribe had lost anything, so he felt relieved.
As usual, since the first bribe, Lao Ao has become immune to the problem of missing a pound or two, and he has become accustomed to rounding up the three people.
After staring at Lao Ao and carving the fortieth mark, Lin Xiao reminded Lao Ao: "Enough contribution!"
Lao Ao was stunned for a moment when he was reminded. He took out the wooden board Wu Zhu gave him and counted it for a long time. Then he nodded in confirmation. He took out a strange wooden sign from his room and handed it to Lei. , "This is proof that you participated in the blood and fire sacrifice."
Lin Xiao took a look. There was a strange symbol carved on this rough wooden sign. There was nothing special about it. This thing was easy to imitate.
"Thank you, Uncle Ao."
The three of them were about to leave. Lin Xiao felt as if someone was staring at him. He turned back subconsciously, but he didn't see anyone.
"Wait a minute," Lei glanced at the meat in his hand and said to Lin Xiao and Lie, "You guys wait for me outside the Bahrain tribe for a while. I'll be the last one and I'll be back soon!"
Lin Xiao nodded. In fact, he didn't like the Bahrain tribe very much. There was an unpleasant smell when walking inside, and there were all kinds of mosquitoes.
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Lei took the meat in his hand and walked to a house. He knocked on the door with his hand, and a tribal woman walked out of it. The woman was wearing animal skin, barely blocking the place where she should be. She stared at Lei: " What are you doing here? What do you want to do to deceive my man?"
Lei licked his chapped lips and said in a deep voice, "I didn't want to lie to him..."
The woman looked at him hatefully and said, "Huh, don't think I don't know. Last time you used a piece of junk to defraud my family of a piece of meat! You ronin..."
"Ronin?" A man who looked like a giant tower came from outside, "I used to be a ronin too!"
The woman looked unhappy, "That's not what I meant. I know you pity this boy because he was a ronin before, but he wants to ask you for help. Why? My brother didn't even ask you!"
Ta glanced at the woman and said, "He was exchanging something with me. That piece of meat was not given to him for free. I like that thing, can't I?"
The woman stamped her feet in anger, bit her lip, and finally said nothing. She knew Ta's temper.
Ta came to their tribe as a ronin, but before becoming a ronin, he was already a totem warrior. He was invited by Balin Wuzhu to join their tribe. Because his own tribe was destroyed, he had The wanderers around the Bahrain tribe were always gentle and would occasionally give them some food.
She was attracted by such a kind-hearted tower in the first place. Otherwise, as the daughter of a tribal leader, she could have chosen to marry another totem warrior.
Lei handed the meat wrapped in leaves to Ta and said, "Uncle Ta, this is meat. I want to exchange it for what's mine!"
Ta weighed the piece of meat and didn't ask Lei where he got it. He just said calmly: "It's a lot."
"I'll give you more to eat!" Lei smiled silly.
Ta ignored him, but found something from the house that Lei had pledged to him. He put the small thing in Lei's hand and said, "Take it."
"Thank you, Uncle Ta!" Lei took the thing in his hand and showed a happy smile. Then he took out a pair of straw sandals. This pair of straw sandals was different from others. The shoes were painted with colorful patterns and looked like very nice.
He gave the shoes as a gift, originally to Ta, but he thought this thing was more suitable for Ta's wife, so he placed the shoes in Ta's wife's hands.
"For me?" Ta's wife was startled. As the daughter of a tribal leader, of course she has shoes, and her shoes are very special. There are some flowers on them, but compared to this pair of patterned shoes, they look a bit ugly.
Lei nodded and said shyly: "Thank you, I have made enough contributions to participate in this year's blood and fire memorial ceremony!"
Hearing this, Ta looked up at Lei in surprise, but he didn't ask anything and just said to Lei: "I wish you good luck."
Receiving Ta's encouragement, Lei nodded excitedly, "Thank you, Uncle Ta!"