We made you the chief, and now you've become the world's chief?

Chapter 45 This "gift" is too outrageous!
Xia Minghao took the basket and immediately began to examine it.

First, take out all the wild vegetables and white mushrooms; of course, these should be left.

The second is quartz.

The purpose of quartz is to grind it up and mix it into the clay, which makes the pottery more compact and significantly increases its hardness.

That's how it should be in theory, but Xia Minghao hasn't had time to fire it yet, so it's not quite certain what the pottery with added quartz will look like.

He thought there was nothing else and was just about to check the other baskets when Xia Minghao's gaze was immediately drawn to a red phantom hidden underneath.

This is……

Five or six bright red fruits with slightly wrinkled surfaces were hanging on the branches of a shrub.

The top of the fruit is still pointed.

Like, it’s so similar!

Isn't this a chili pepper?
Aside from the wrinkled surface, it's smaller overall and looks about 90% similar to a small chili pepper.

"This will make your mouth hurt and your stomach burn if you eat it."

"My lips are burning!"

The women started talking all at once about how they had eaten this stuff when food was extremely scarce.

Burning? Painful?
Isn't that just spicy?

Spicy is the way to go!

"Did any of you feel unwell after eating it? Did anyone get sick after eating it?"

It's now basically confirmed that this thing tastes like chili spiciness.

But still unable to confirm whether it was as non-toxic as real chili peppers, they asked the women of the Wu tribe.

The women clearly thought about it for a moment, then shook their heads.

"Not sick, not dead, but in pain."

Hearing the U tribe woman say this, Xia Minghao finally felt relieved and looked at the small, red chili pepper again.

Finally, some seasoning!
Although this is only a small step in terms of diet, it is a giant leap from survival to life.

Seeing Xia Minghao so excited, even happier than before, they all expressed their confusion.

Why would I be so happy about something I can't eat?

Setting the string of chilies aside, Xia Minghao quickly began checking the other baskets.

But nothing inside satisfied him anymore.

However, finding chili peppers today is already a huge harvest.

Just as I was thinking about whether to reward the Wu tribe with another pottery jar today, I saw Wusa smiling as he handed over the pottery pot in his hand.

Oh, and there's also the matter of this earthenware pot.

When Xia Minghao saw the chili peppers earlier, he forgot to ask the group of women why they were carrying the earthenware pot, and why they were acting so cautiously, as if it contained some kind of treasure.

Could there be another surprise?!

"Here, take this. I won't exchange it for anything."

Give it to me? And you're not planning to exchange it?
Isn't this just giving it away?

Surprisingly, these primitive people nowadays have some understanding of human relationships and have figured out how to give gifts.

Since it was a gift, Xia Minghao was even happier.

He certainly hoped to have a deep friendship with the Wu tribe, since he relied entirely on them to explore the forest; they were essentially his eyes.

"Thank you. Um, what I mean is, I'm very happy that you gave it to me, and I really like you guys."

The women repeated what Xia Minghao said, looking as if they understood but didn't quite.

Xia Minghao didn't explain much. This kind of feeling was too complicated to express in words. He could only wait for them to gradually understand.

I don't know what's in this earthenware pot. It doesn't seem very heavy, and it looks like it's filled with soup or liquid.

Xia Minghao was stunned when he put down the earthenware pot, opened the lid, and saw what was inside.

It was just a pot of white water at the bottom!
What the hell is this?

He set the lid aside, picked up the earthenware pot, and brought it close to his nose to take a careful sniff.

A faint, sweet sensation filled my nostrils; at first glance, I couldn't detect any particular smell.

After taking several deep breaths, Xia Minghao finally felt a sense of familiarity.

It seems to be milk?
奶！
The milk itself isn't important; what matters is whether the milk comes from a cow or a sheep!

If we have cattle and sheep, then we have animal husbandry!

With a glint in his eyes, Xia Minghao looked at Usa.

"What did this come from? Does it have horns on its head?"

Seeing the chief of the Xi tribe so happy after giving them so much, Usa was also happy. This was something she had come up with with great difficulty, something the U tribe had but the Xi tribe didn't.

I was expecting Xia Minghao to drink it, but I never expected him to ask such a strange question.

The group looked at each other, and finally all looked at the woman who had joined the group today.

She was partly responsible for contributing to this gift.

But she doesn't have horns, so why would the chief of the Xi tribe ask that?

That's strange. Why are they all looking at the same person when I ask them questions?

Xia Minghao, puzzled, also looked over.

Seeing that the woman, who had become the focus of attention, looked shy.

Wait a minute...

Replenish! Redeem!
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Even as he watched the women of the Wu tribe leave, Xia Minghao still felt a chill run down his spine.

Thank goodness I didn't taste it.

The flame of civilization has just been lit and has not yet illuminated any brilliance.

They knew it was the U tribe, especially Usa's good intentions.

He wouldn't blame him, but that didn't stop Xia Minghao from feeling a great sense of responsibility.

Ethics and morality certainly cannot be achieved overnight.

Even if you list out rules and regulations and force them on these primitive people, it will probably not be very useful and may even cause a lot of inconvenience.

The economic base determines the superstructure, and social consciousness is one part of the superstructure, which is constrained by the material base.

This is what is meant by "when the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they are well-fed and clothed, they know honor and shame."

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As darkness fell, walking through the woods became even more gloomy.

The women of the U tribe stared wide-eyed, while Usa was still wondering why the chief of the Xi tribe wouldn't accept his gift.

At that moment, the newly joined woman, who had made a significant contribution to the gift, suddenly spoke up.

He was clearly somewhat timid.

"Usa, may I eat more meat? I've collected gifts, and I'm worried the child won't have enough to eat."

"We need to go back to the tribe, distribute the meat to the Great Mother, and everyone can eat the same amount of meat."

Usa casually remarked, as if it were a familiar topic, that this was the natural thing to do in her view, given that she was once the matriarch of the U tribe.

This is the original communal ownership system that has remained unchanged all along. The fruits of everyone's labor are distributed equally by the tribal leader, thereby ensuring the survival of each member to the greatest extent possible.

This is also an inevitable result of the adaptation of the relations of production to the development of productive forces.

The woman who asked to eat more meat felt a little uncomfortable when she heard Usa say that, but she didn't say anything more.

Just when everyone thought the matter was over, another voice rang out from among the fifteen people.

“We gave meat and pottery to the Great Mother, but the meat she gave us was not enough to satisfy our hunger.”

These words were like a stone thrown into a river, creating ripples in everyone's hearts.

“We walk a lot, and it’s even more tiring for us to find things for the chief of the Xi tribe. They walk less, so they don’t get tired.”

"We were given meat, but we only had one bite to eat."

The complaints grew louder and louder among the fifteen people. Usa looked at the women, not knowing what to say, so he simply remained silent.

The women complained for a long time, but seeing that Usa did not respond, they finally gave up.

As the sun set, the women of the Wu tribe finally returned to their village.

After they had all put their things down, they realized that the other members of the Wu tribe were quite different.

No one spoke, and even the baby stopped crying.

The deathly silence was broken only when the Great Mother's voice rang out.

"You, leave. You are no longer women of our Wu tribe."

Usa's eyes widened, and disbelief filled the eyes of all the women.

They were actually expelled!?
(End of this chapter)