Self-clothing and adequate food and clothing through crossing

Soon they got a few big bundles and dragged them over. Shang Chen, Dad and the others simply peeled them here, and quickly peeled enough to fry two large pots. At this time, some people who went home to make lunch also came They came over one after another, without further ado, they jumped down immediately, and the river suddenly became lively. The adults peeled the chicken heads, and the children peeled the chicken heads and rice to eat.

After eating at noon, everyone felt that it tasted good. Although it was not as juicy and crisp as lotus root, it was still delicious.That night, the patriarch yelled fiercely and told the news to all the clansmen. Taking advantage of the fact that the sesame seeds had to wait a few days before they could be harvested, he happened to have a little free time to do this. The more the better, the better.After working for four days, each family got a lot, and the rest of the clan didn’t care about it. If you like, you can do whatever you like. There are many chicken head lotus in other rivers, especially no one has ever fished them. No need to worry about running out of money.

Shang Chen succeeded in two things. First, that litter of chicks has grown to half a large one. Later, Shang Chen’s family laid two more litters of chicks, and the youngest one was 20 days old. , basically there is no need to worry, a total of [-] eggs were born from the three litters, ten died, and there were exactly [-] left. Shang Chen was so happy that he couldn't sleep for several days.Another good thing is that turtle eggs and goose eggs have also been successfully made into preserved eggs. Together with duck eggs, the three kinds of preserved eggs have different tastes. very good.

This was a bit unexpected. Originally, Shang Chen thought that the taste would be inferior, but he didn't expect that the preserved eggs made of goose eggs and turtle eggs were not inferior at all.Therefore, many families made these three kinds of eggs into salted eggs and preserved eggs, and kept the eggs to eat fresh. Later, everyone went to the beach twice, and now it is basically once a month, but everyone keeps them every time. The next part of the eggs will be given to the turtles to lay their eggs. The little turtles eat a lot now, so of course they can't do it all. Even Long Che and the others will intentionally leave some of them every time they go to a few mountains to collect eggs.

After these days pass, everyone will start harvesting sesame seeds, and there is no need to pick them home immediately after they are harvested.Instead, we need to tie sesame seeds into small handfuls and form triangles, then tie the tops with straw ropes, and hang them in the ground until they dry up. After that, the work will be much easier.Just take a piece of thicker leather and spread it on the ground, then hold the sesame seeds in one hand and tap lightly with a stick in the other, and the sesame seeds will fall from the pods like rain.

After a few days, you have to tap again, until all the sesame seeds in the pods fall out after three times.After knocking the sesame seeds every time, there will be a lot of sesame seeds inside the skin, and there will be some leaves and small flying insects mixed in. The leaves need to be carefully sifted out with a dense sieve and discarded. Finally, the insects in the sesame seeds only need to be dried for one day It will automatically fly away and become clean.

At this time, all the crops in the field need to be harvested one after another. For example, ginger garlic, taro, sweet potato, purple potato, and corn are all in their ripening season. Besides, many fruits are also in their ripening period.So the patriarch and elders convened everyone to discuss and decided to divide everyone into several teams to work separately according to the nature of the crops and the distance of the location, and strive to return these hard-won precious grains to the warehouse as soon as possible.

For example, Shang Chen, who harvests sesame seeds, only needs to go to the field to do it carefully on the first day, and then he can let go after giving instructions.The good thing is that in such a large piece of sesame, the sesame that was ruined by the Kapi beast is Bafang sesame, and the rest are Sifang sesame.Although there are not many of them, there are still some seeds left. At worst, you don’t want to eat all the Bafang sesame seeds harvested this year. If there is no shadow of Bafang sesame seeds, it will be embarrassing.

Therefore, Shang Chen urged everyone to reserve this piece of Bafang sesame alone as the seed for next year, and the rest of the sesame can be eaten as you like, or squeezed for oil.Because the harvesting of sesame is relatively simple and does not require a lot of effort, it cannot be dried quickly like other crops, so it can only be harvested slowly one by one, and the sesame field is right behind the tribe.So only five disabled orcs and three strong orcs were sent to lead a group of old people and half-grown children to cut sesame seeds in an orderly manner and set up airs.

As for the corn, it’s very funny. At the beginning, the group of children who used corn as a weapon recommended themselves to break the corn, which made the adults dumbfounded. In the end, seven orcs and a dozen men led a group of children to break it. Corn is gone.Speaking of it, it’s not bad to let these children break the corn. One is easy to break the corn, and the other is to tie the corn leaves wrapped with corn cobs one by one, and then hang them on the window or on the rope until the sun shines. until dry.The orcs were in charge of picking the corn back, the man took the half-grown children to break the corn, the younger children were in charge of peeling off the leaves of the corn and tying them up, and three weak people like Baokang's father were in charge of picking up the corn one by one. Hang it up to dry.

Ma taro and ginger and garlic are just next to the tribe, and there are not many of them, so this part is left for the end. When you have time, you can dig it out with a little surprise.

There are two groups of people, one group of men and eight orcs are in charge of picking cotton, the cotton is also picked in batches, the first time there is a lot, the third time there is very little, this job is not heavy, just need patience A lot of cotton can be stuffed in a bag, so this work is some delicate work, arranged by some underage boys in their 20s and some older elders.

Some of them are arranged to pick some fruits, and then make dried fruits or store them in the basement, such as apples, oranges, pears, red dates, wolfberries, persimmons, longan, grapefruit, etc. There are more or less, even if they cannot be stored, But it's good to eat fresh, and you can't waste it.

Among them, persimmon can be pressed into persimmon cakes, longan can be made into longan, wolfberry and red dates can be stored and eaten at any time after processing, grapefruit, apples and oranges can be eaten slowly in the basement, and orange peel can be used as seasoning after drying. , is tangerine peel.Shang Chen wanted to make pears, oranges, and apples into cans, but he didn't know if it would work, but he had to wait until he had time to think about it. If he didn't have a glass bottle, he would try it with a ceramic jar.

The rest were digging sweet potatoes and purple potatoes, which took some effort. Except for the orcs who were sent out to hunt and patrol, the rest came to dig.Sweet potatoes and purple potatoes have a lot of land, and each of them has grown a lot, and they are still very big.Not only the sweet potatoes and purple potatoes have to be picked back, but all the vines have to be picked back as rations for the animals, or if anyone wants to use the sweet potato leaves to make some sauerkraut.In short, if there is nothing left, we have to get it back.With the addition of iron hoes, the speed is much faster than last year. When all the picks are picked up, they will be divided into various houses and hidden in the cellar. Even next year, they will be intact.

These things, Shang Chen only specially instructed some details that need to be paid attention to, and did not personally participate in them. He was alone with the two pregnant fathers in autumn and winter and this summer, tinkering with candles and black kernel grass, and sometimes gave pointers at home or Help put the returned things in a proper place, or dry them and return them to the warehouse one by one.

The success of Shang Chen's cloth and candles is not his own credit, he just followed what the book said.Candles are a semi-solid substance that is mixed and matched with a special resin and animal fat in a certain proportion and boiled in a pot.Then put it into a small wooden model, which has three rollers rubbed with black kernel grass, and finally let it solidify naturally into candles.The candles made are longer and thicker than before, ensuring that one candle is enough to burn all night, the effect is very good, there is no smoke, no dust, no smell, and the flame is bright and natural.

First of all, go to the forest to find this resin and bring it home, heat it in a pot until it completely melts, and filter it with a cloth towel until the impurities, leaves and other dirty things in the resin are cleaned up.Then put the animal fat into the resin, heat it thoroughly and stir it evenly, and wait until it cools to a semi-solid state before scooping it into the small model.Although there are ready-made methods and finished products in front of us, the matching of proportions, the mastery of the fire and the heating time are all required to be very precise and meticulous. Even if there is a slight difference, it will not be successful. The whole room is full of lampblack, or the brightness is not enough, it is not ideal in short.

There is no way, there is neither a watch nor a measuring device here, and there is no thermometer or anything. I can only explore slowly according to my own estimation. Therefore, this thing is easy to say and difficult to measure. I have done it over and over again. , took a lot of Shang Chen's mind.Finally, we have to come up with a simple method to teach everyone, otherwise, even if everyone understands it, they may not be able to do it in the end.

Fortunately, this kind of resin is not rare. It can be found not far from the house, beside the vegetable garden, and there is also animal fat, so the material is relatively worry-free. This makes Shang Chen secretly relieved. If this material is very rare , I am about to worry, I have to say to myself, there is nothing else here, except that there are so many trees of all kinds, everything that one expects to find.

It took Shang Chen three days to finish making the candles. The appearance of the candles brought vitality to the Flying Tigers, and it was no longer a dark savage life.They can still do some work, and if there is something that won't make them blind, and the partners and boys at home are no longer blind, the orcs feel more at ease.That night, all the clansmen came to the assembly hall to look at the candles. The patriarch, the six elders, and the priests lit the candles happily. They looked at the bright room without blinking. It was good to stare at the candles. .They also specially gave Shang Chen and the others rewards—rice and paddy. Of course, this will not be realized until the paddy and wheat come out.

At the meeting, it was also said that each family should get a little more resin in advance and store it. As for the animal fat, there is no need to worry. Every family has it. When there is nothing to do in the cold season, you can make more candles. It will not be useless during the busy farming season in the coming year.This summer, autumn and winter, and the two pregnant fathers, who are studying with Shang Chen this time, a total of five people will teach everyone while making a lot of candles and distribute them to each household. Of course, the study time It's night, you know it's very busy now.

With the successful precedent of candles, the patriarchs gave great hope for the arrival of cloth and cotton-padded clothes and trousers. They were full of confidence, and their work enthusiasm increased sharply. Wherever they went, there was a scene of harmony and harmony. Chen's depression and depression before he came are completely incomparable.