I am a Primitive Man
Chapter 615 – turning the tables
“#￥G!”
After searching for a while, the leader of the Huang Guo tribe, whose hands and feet were numb from the cold, finally decided to lead his people back to the tribe.
The food they had gathered was still very little. With a lot of water added, it could barely be enough for the tribe to have a meal.
But he couldn’t search any longer. If they kept looking, the hunger-stricken tribe members would likely freeze to death in the icy wilderness.
When the people who had come with the leader heard the order, they let out a long sigh of relief.
Finally, they wouldn’t have to suffer here anymore!
With their meager harvest, they quickly turned toward the tribe, moving much faster than before, the leader included.
As they neared the tribe, their pace slowed.
The leader of the Huang Guo tribe looked at the pitifully small amount of food they had collected and thought about the people waiting in the cave, starving and hoping for enough food to survive. He found it hard to continue walking.
He didn’t want to see the young ones in the tribe crying from hunger, nor did he want to see familiar faces die from starvation, only for him and others to resort to eating those who had died…
But the painful truth was he couldn’t find enough food…
If the weather continued to be this cold, the things he feared most would soon happen.
And based on the current trend, the cold weather would likely last for a while.
At this moment, the leader of the Huang Guo tribe thought again of the other tribe, the one with all the good supplies and the message they had sent him.
If those people were here now, he would choose to leave with them and go to that tribe, which sounded even better than the best dreams…
But all of that was impossible now. Those people had already left; based on experience, it would be a long time before they returned.
By that time, many of his people might have already died from hunger and the cold…
With a heavy heart, the leader of the Huang Guo tribe suddenly stopped. He rubbed his aching eyes with stiff hands, thinking he had seen something wrong.
After rubbing his eyes, he blinked hard twice, and the sight of the deer and wolves still before him didn’t change.
Were those people from the other tribe?
Had those people from that tribe come back now?!
The leader of the Huang Guo tribe was filled with disbelief.
It wasn’t just him. The other members of the tribe, who were numb from the cold, were also filled with disbelief.
Hadn’t they already left? How could they have come back now?
After the disbelief came overwhelming joy because those people from that tribe were always so generous and kind, whenever they showed up, they always brought food.
After a moment of stunned silence, the leader of the Huang Guo tribe quickly quickened his pace toward the cave.
As he passed the deer and wolves, the leader slowed his pace, worried about being attacked by the wolves.
What beautiful deer and wolves! Despite the cold weather, they still had such thick fur. How great would it be if they could kill them and have some meat to eat?
It wouldn’t even take much. If they could kill half of them, it would be enough to get the tribe through this challenging period.
Eating meat every day without being overly frugal would be a rich way of life.
This sudden thought made the leader’s heart skip a beat.
But those people from the tribe clearly wouldn’t let their group kill these deer and wolves for meat.
The leader of the Huang Guo Tribe thought with some regret. His momentary excitement quickly faded and was replaced by a feeling of discouragement.
If only he could kill all those people from the other tribe…
Then these deer and wolves, along with the precious salt, pottery, and long-lasting food they carried, would all belong to his tribe!
The leader of the Huang Guo Tribe trembled slightly, his heart pounding wildly.
Those people from the other tribe were so friendly; they surely never expected that he would bring people to kill them.
Moreover, they were inside his tribe’s cave, completely unguarded, and there weren’t too many of them…
The more the leader of the Huang Guo Tribe thought about it, the more excited he became. Fear and excitement intertwined, causing his already cold, trembling body to shake even more violently.
If he didn’t kill them, his tribe would run out of food, and everything they could trade would disappear. They would have no choice but to follow them and join their tribe to survive…
Usually, no tribe leader would want to lead their people away from their caves, abandon their familiar land, and head to a strange place to join another tribe.
Attachment to one’s homeland has existed since primitive society—partly out of affection for familiar places and partly due to fear of the unknown.
“Back already?”
A voice came from the cave entrance. Shang, Mao, and the other members of the trade caravan, upon seeing the people from the Huang Guo Tribe returning from afar, came out of the cave.
With them were the women and children of the Huang Guo Tribe who had stayed behind to guard the cave.
At this moment, the Green Sparrow Tribe’s trade caravan seemed more like the tribe’s masters, while the leader of the Huang Guo Tribe and the others, returning after searching for food, seemed like guests from afar.
The voices and movements at the cave entrance startled the leader of the Huang Guo Tribe, breaking his daydream of eating venison.
He turned to look at the entrance, where strong people, still holding yellow, strange weapons, stood. His previously heated excitement quickly dissipated.
Looking at the firm, energetic Shang and the others and then turning his gaze to the women and children around him—weak from hunger and cold after a whole winter without enough food—the leader’s heart trembled again.
In this situation, his tribe’s people might be unable to beat these strong individuals.
He stood still for a while, collected his thoughts, and then led his people to approach Shang and the others who had taken on the role of hosts.
The young members of the Huang Guo Tribe glanced at their returning leader and saw the meager harvest. A sense of relief rose within them.
Luckily, these kind people had arrived; otherwise, they would have gone hungry today and tomorrow.
“￥%@#…”
The young ones quickly suppressed these thoughts and began cheerfully shouting.
They were announcing that Shang and the others had kindly offered to cook food and treat the Huang Guo Tribe’s leader and his people.
Their voices were filled with joy, and they even spoke with pride, as if the food prepared for the leader had a part of their effort in it.
The adult women who had stayed in the cave were in a similar mood.
They smiled and told the Huang Guo Tribe’s leader about the kindness and generosity of the Green Sparrow Tribe members…
Upon hearing about the food, those who had accompanied the leader back were visibly excited, utterly unaware of the strange atmosphere.
The leader of the Huang Guo Tribe pushed aside the thoughts that made him tremble and followed everyone back into the cave…
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