This Is My Primitive Tribe

After making the tofu, Jiang Xuan prepared the dipping sauce and braved the heavy snow to bring a portion to Chi Shao, personally heating it for her with a bronze pot.

Ever since the Vine Tribe began producing bronze, many everyday items have changed, like the bronze knife for cutting vegetables and the bronze pot for cooking.

However, for now, only Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao can use these bronze artifacts; they will be gradually promoted later.

"This is called tofu. I made it with Black Pearl Beans. It tastes pretty good. Have a try."

Jiang Xuan placed the tofu in front of Chi Shao, looking at her expectantly.

Chi Shao picked up the chopsticks, gently picked up a piece of tofu, dipped it in some sauce, and then put it in her mouth.

"Mm, it's very tasty."

Chi Shao ate another piece, and indeed, it tasted quite good.

Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Eat more, after you finish, I'll make it again next time."

Chi Shao nodded and ate a few more pieces, then put down her chopsticks.

"Why did you stop eating?"

"I still have some medicinal powder to finish here. I'll eat it later during meal time."

Chi Shao sat down by the fire pit and started grinding herbs again. She needed to crush several kinds of herbs and mix them together to make a medicinal powder highly effective for healing.

She's always like this, busy and bustling.

"Sister, I have an idea. I wonder if you would be willing."

"Go ahead."

"I want you to take a group of apprentices and teach them to recognize herbs, process herbs, and treat illnesses and injuries."

Chi Shao frowned slightly but said nothing.

The inheritance of witch doctor skills has always been something only a Witch can learn. Even if it were to be taught, it would only be taught to the next candidate for Witch, according to the tribe's rules.

Now, Jiang Xuan wants to break these rules.

Jiang Xuan continued, "Sister, this is how I see it."

"Our tribe is getting bigger, and the people are increasing. Relying on you alone, even if you don't rest, you can't handle everything. You can't just spend every day grinding herbs and seeing patients, right?"

"If you take a group of apprentices, it would be different. Tasks like handling medicines and grinding powders can completely be left to them, and you just need to supervise."

"That way, you won't be so tired, and if our people get injured or sick, they can be treated promptly, too."

"In the future, we could even open a specialized Witch Hospital, where all the sick and injured tribesmen can go. With many witch doctors treating them, they won't have to wait too long."

"Sister, what do you think of my idea?"

After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he looked at Chi Shao expectantly. Actually, this idea had been hovering in his mind for a long time. He had previously arranged two people to help Chi Shao, but Chi Shao didn't teach them witch doctor skills.

Chi Shao was silent for a moment and said, "Let me think about it."

Jiang Xuan continued to persuade, "Sister, have you thought about where your witch doctor skills came from? The Old Witch taught you, right?"

"Have you ever thought about why the Old Witch taught you and why he carved the Great Wilderness Hundred Herbs Map?"

"If witch doctor skills are not allowed to be learned by more people and are only in the hands of a few Witches, then once something happens to the Witch or the tribe, the experience accumulated by this Witch throughout his life will be lost, and even generations of accumulated experience will lose their inheritance."

"Only by allowing more people to learn can witch doctor skills truly be passed on and carried forward."

Jiang Xuan was not only referring to witch doctor skills but also to many other skills as well.

Because those who mastered these skills were afraid that once the skills were passed on, they would affect their livelihood, they were very cautious in choosing a successor and often only passed them to one person.

However, this way of inheritance carries great risks.

For example, the Mosquito Tribe, Crow Tribe, Mantis Tribe, Fierce Bird Tribe... when they were wiped out, the witch doctor skills and healing experiences accumulated by successive Witches disappeared with their deaths.

Even those tribes with long traditions can't guarantee that every Witch wouldn't have accidents, right?

As long as one Witch suddenly has an accident, at best the inheritance is incomplete, at worst the inheritance is broken.

This is undoubtedly a huge loss.

If the witch doctor skills are spread, it would be different. The more people who know them, the greater the chance they'll be passed down. As long as everyone doesn't hide anything, the accumulation of experience will definitely be faster than single inheritance, and the development of witch doctor skills will also speed up.

Sooner or later, witch doctor skills will benefit everyone.

After hearing Jiang Xuan's words, Chi Shao was silent for a moment, then said, "You are right. Starting tomorrow, I will choose some tribespeople and try teaching them."

Jiang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's great, sister. I'll help you grind the herbs."

Jiang Xuan went over and sat on a low stool by the fire pit, helping Chi Shao grind the herbs.

Chi Shao looked at the side of Jiang Xuan's face, with mixed emotions, because she felt she was increasingly unable to understand Jiang Xuan.

Perhaps, it's because he has grown up.

Chi Shao lowered her head, no longer thinking about it, but focused on grinding the herbs.

She had never doubted Jiang Xuan, nor did she want to doubt him.

...

Outside the Vine Tribe, Feng Chao, carrying a bag of grain, struggled through the snow to where the Wanderer resided, then knocked on the door of a simple wooden hut.

"Hoo-hoo-hoo..."

As the door was opened, the cold wind immediately rushed into the house, sweeping away the little warmth gathered inside, making the people inside shiver from the chill.

After entering the wooden hut, Feng Chao quickly closed the door, and only then did the people inside breathe a sigh of relief.