Chapter 22: Waiting
In the days that followed, wall training was the norm, and under Rurik's command, many children began to do more complex training.
But they're still kids, they've got huge potential, and they're still terribly weak.
Now Rurik is still a little worried that he is too young, and his only appeal is to recruit the existing group of peers.
There are also many children over ten years old in the tribe. They disdain to go to the hills, but are used to playing "games" by the sea, venting their strength on the gravel, and they always go back to their homes with a wounded face. .
That kind of fighting alone is the ancient tradition of the Ross tribe, and the best among them will have a particularly loud name.
The Ross worship the strong!
Let's talk about the strong, what is the strong? From Rurik's point of view, the bravery of a single man is a must. Those who can tame a group of warriors obediently and train a group of stragglers into a whole are really strong. The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))
Not only that, a good leader has reason to intervene in the affairs of the entire tribe. The greatest duty of a leader is to ensure the survival of the tribe, followed by the happiness of the tribe.
Rurik has been in this fjord since he was born, and he has never left Rossburg.
Through the observation of the Ross tribe, he can estimate the situation of the entire European continent in this era. The cruel reality is in front of him. The tribe is too poor!
People are poor, and they use simple tools for production and life. Although there are excellent boatmen and blacksmiths, the manufacturing process is not outstanding, so the daily necessities made are relatively simple.
With these simple tools, neither fishing nor planting is easy, especially in the warm season, growing hardy vegetables on barren land on the hillsides, the harvest is always very poor due to technology, variety and climate.
The Ross tribe grows some onions and cabbage, as well as some other hardy vegetables, but they don't know how to fertilize, and they don't even bother to water. If they can cultivate more intensively, the output must be better.
Perhaps for them, intensive farming is superfluous.
They are poor people themselves, never rich and therefore easily satisfied. They are also valiant heroes of the sea. Compared with intensive cultivation and meticulous cultivation to enhance their craftsmanship in order to increase labor output in all aspects, it is better to control a long ship to go south and loot the weak tribes.
But the problem came again.
The days of waiting slowly turned into torment, everyone wanted to believe that they would be fine, and as time passed, it was inevitable that people would have to worry.
The pressure of the people began to build up, and many began to seek the help of the priests.
One cloudy morning, Rurik got up sleepily, he pushed open the animal hide door of the wooden house, and the world he saw was dark.
"Is it going to snow?"
A chill came, he subconsciously retracted the tent, and then boldly stuck out his small head. The people of some tribes that he saw, moving their bodies covered in animal skins in the dim world, actually slowed down towards the priest's spired wooden house. walk.
"Mom! There are many people outside, what are they doing?!" Rurik turned his head and asked.
"Have you found it? They want to find a revelation."
"Is it about when Daddy will be back?"
Nia smiled slightly, and continued to use a knife to cut the venison that had been marinated for an unknown time: "You are so smart. Don't look anymore, it's cold outside. If you're curious, I'll take it to you after dinner."
"Okay."
For meat, Rurik still prefers fish, especially herring.
The Ross tribe has a very wild way of eating, that is, after the fish scales are cleaned with a knife, the dirty fish is removed, and finally the fish head is cut off. After the raw fish is washed, it is put directly into the mouth without any cooking.
This way of eating is too pure, and Rurik has never tried it. However, the grilled herring is really delicious, and the bubbling and fragrant fish oil can flow saliva just thinking about it.
In addition to fish, wild venison is usually eaten more. It is these venison that have an indescribable monster that tastes good when cooked and marinated.
Rurik ate a small piece of venison and drank a small bowl of soup with onions boiled by his mother and some unknown wild vegetables. While this meal is filling, it's packed with protein and extremely low in carbohydrates.
Perhaps a thousand years from now, this meal will be promoted as a weight loss meal. Now, it's really a compromise of the Ross tribe for nature. If they can, they choose to eat bread every day on the spot, even if it goes bad.