I am a Primitive Man

Chapter 371: Catching the Deer Herd quickly

Many trees, like the hemp lying in the grass by the riverbank of the Green Sparrow Tribe, have become bare.

The earth is covered in dry yellow.

Amongst this dryness, there are occasional hints of green, with some frost-resistant grasses definitely facing the wind and frost.

The fighters braving the wind and frost have not been defeated by the severe cold but rather by the rough, green-dyed tongues of the deer.

Deer Lord is a rather unrestrained deer who wants to take advantage of the last opportunity to lead the deer herd outside for a stroll. Otherwise, it will be difficult to come out again once the heavy snow falls.

And they don't want to freeze in the icy snow either.

Deer Lord lowered his head and took a few bites of grass, looking at the Fu Jiang and their five little fortunes mixed in with his subordinates. He shook his head, making a loud sound as he flicked his ears.

Perhaps due to their long time together, the Fu Jiang and Deer Lord, old opponents, had already developed a tacit understanding. Sensing something in the air, the Fu Jiang no longer dug holes to catch moles with her butts up but instead suddenly turned around and pounced on Deer Lord.

Deer Lord was already accustomed to the Fu Jiang' moves and, seeing this, calmly lowered his head and resisted the Fu Jiang with the branches and antlers on his head.

As the two played around, they didn't notice that someone was quietly observing them from a distance, through the withered grass, their eyes filled with excitement.

Of course, they were excited.

All animals, including humans, needed to take advantage of the final moments before the heavy snowfall to search for and store food.

The difference was that some animals chose to eat the food they found, fattening themselves up and relying on hibernation to withstand the long winter, while others, like humans, stored the food they found and consumed it bit by bit.

As a member of humanity, Cao Geng was naturally no exception.

Today, he and his three companions were searching for edible food nearby.

Winter had arrived, and everything was desolate. Many fruits that couldn't be stored had already disappeared. It wasn't easy to find abundant food in such a season.

Cao Geng and his three companions searched for a long time but found very little.

In such a mood, a miracle happened: a large group of deer appeared in their field of vision.

Cao Geng and a few companions widened their eyes in surprise, and after the shock came immense joy.

If they could bring back these deer to the tribe, they wouldn't have to worry about food for the entire winter.

Excitedly, Cao Geng looked at the deer herd and couldn't help but touch his hair with his hand, where there were still some ashes that the wind hadn't blown away.

When they left, the oldest elder in the tribe had sprinkled something on his head, saying that with this, they would receive the blessing of the sky god.

Cao Geng had never really believed in such things because the old man often did this, and they had never seen the sky god bless their tribe. Otherwise, why couldn't the tribe's population increase?

But that was all in the past. Today, Cao Geng truly believed the words of the old man. If it weren't for the blessing of the sky god, how could it be such a coincidence to encounter such a large group of deer just as the heavy snow was about to fall?

A tribe naturally wouldn't consist only of them; some people were scattered in groups of three or four to the south, beyond their sight.

The four of them were the ones furthest north from the group.

After the brief excitement, Cao Geng prepared to send someone to the south to inform the others in the tribe to come over.

With so many deer, the four of them couldn't catch too many by themselves.

Why not call the other people from the tribe over and harvest together?

However, before they could execute the plan, Cao Geng changed his mind again.

Because the herd of deer had already turned back and was not moving slowly.

They were quite far from the others, and by the time they called them over, the herd of deer would have already disappeared.

In this way, they wouldn't catch anything.

With their wooden spears and stones in hand, they followed the herd of deer for a while as if they had discovered something before the herd of deer finally stopped.

After resting in the grass for a while and preparing to make a move, Cao Geng made a discovery.

Wolves!

There were wolves in the deer herd!

And not just one!

No wonder the herd of deer had just run away; it turned out a wolf pack had spotted them.

When this group of wolves charged out and attacked the deer herd, Cao Geng and his companions didn't notice or think much about it.

Being fierce predators, wolves were not easy to deal with, especially in packs. So Cao Geng and his companions lay low again, tensing up and waiting for the wolf pack to attack the deer herd before they would scavenge.

However, what puzzled them was that the wolves mixed in with the deer herd didn't immediately attack the nearby deer. Instead, both sides seemed to coexist peacefully.

Scratching his head, Cao Geng couldn't understand the situation. Why weren't the wolves hungry? Even if the wolves weren't hungry, the deer herd should have fled in panic when they encountered the wolf pack. Why were they now ignoring the wolves?

After observing this strange situation for a while, the situation finally took a favorable turn.

The obvious leader of the wolves couldn't resist any longer and pounced on the deer.

But what puzzled them even more was that instead of running away as expected, the lead deer, which should have bolted, lowered its head to meet the wolf's attack.

And after fighting, the herbivorous deer stood firm against the wolf.

Moreover, while the two fought, the other wolves and deer did their business as if nothing had happened.

Since when were the wolves so weak? And since when were deer so fierce?

What on earth was happening?!

Cao Geng, who had always considered himself one of the sharpest minds in the tribe besides the elders, now felt like his brain wasn't enough.

The tribe where Cao Geng belonged was not any of the tribes familiar to the Green Sparrow Tribe but a new one.

If it had been one of the tribes that regularly interacted with the Green Sparrow Tribe, they wouldn't have been as surprised by such a sight.

After waiting for a while in astonishment and seeing that the wolves were still unable to gain the upper hand, Cao Geng intervened to help the wolves. They would kill the deer together and then divide the meat.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, but this saying didn't quite apply here.

Even after Cao Geng had spoken a bunch of words that the wolves couldn't understand, expressing his stance, the wolf that had been bullied by the deer in the fight immediately got up and, along with five other wolves, stood up, bristled their fur, bared their teeth, and threatened them with aggressive growls.