Beginning Backpack [Farming]

The crucible, which had been aired all night, was sent to the pottery kiln for firing in the morning. After Shen Huaijin woke up, he led everyone to repair the kiln body of the crucible kiln without stopping, and crushed some new glass raw materials.

When they were working downstream, the sub-beasts in the tribe also came in and out, transporting the collected food, mostly taro, radish and other food.

And the six longhorned beasts also left the valley early to look for food.They have to store a lot of fat in their bodies to lay a good foundation for long-term sleep, so as to prevent them from starving to death before the next water season.

Shen Huaijin raised her arm and wiped the thin sweat from her forehead. She realized that the season was approaching, and they had to speed up. First, let all the members of the Dahe Tribe live in warm brick houses as soon as possible, and second, to allow enough time for Forage and stock up on food for the cold season.

After being busy until noon, Li brought a freshly baked crucible and sent it downstream.

It happened that a lot of glass raw material powder had already been prepared, so we didn't delay any longer.Shen Huaijin estimated the amount, and the orcs poured the raw materials into the crucibles in batches, put the crucibles into the kiln one by one, set them up, ignited the coal, and blasted the air until the fire in the kiln changed from weak to strong, and then closed the kiln. Door, continue blasting and heating.

The bellows that Rin brought back the day before came in handy.In order to allow the kiln to reach the required temperature, the air inlet of each crucible kiln is equipped with two bellows, and the orcs responsible for blowing the air work together, the flames in the kiln become more vigorous, and the color changes from deep red to orange. Apparently the temperature is also gradually rising.

It was already hot in the afternoon, and the high temperature coming from the kiln steamed the surrounding air into a billowing heat wave, and the orcs who kept moving could start to sweat profusely.

Fortunately, there are other orcs in the tribe, and everyone can take turns.

Rin, who had just been replaced, shook his sore arm, walked to Shen Huaijin who was carefully observing the color change of the flame, and asked, "Jin, how much does this kiln need to burn?"

Shen Huaijin recalled it for a while, and then said after confirming, "I guess it will be burned until at least this time tomorrow, and we have to see the specific situation at that time."

Firing takes a day and a night, which means that the blowing wind has to last for such a long time, but after hearing this, Rin didn't care about the length of time, just nodded, "Okay, I understand, everyone will come in rotation, and it won't be done until tomorrow afternoon." question."

Shen Huaijin took another look at the bustling crowd, and saw that everything was normal and he didn't need to worry about it, so she patted Rin's shoulder, "Rin, I'm relieved to have you watching here. Then I'll go to the square first Do other things."

"Okay, go get busy."

Shen Huaijin looked at several kilns again, and then walked back to the square.

The sub-beasts were packing up the collected food by the stream. Seeing Shen Huaijin coming, An warmly greeted them, "Jin, how is the glass on your side?"

Shen Huaijin shook her head, knelt down beside him, took a radish that was covered in wet mud and rinsed it together, "It's still early, to reach that temperature, at least until tomorrow."

"It's too slow, it's not as good as pottery." Yang muttered on the other side.

Shen Huaijin smiled helplessly: "The difference between pottery and glass is too great. Besides, when the kiln temperature is up, the next few batches can still be fired faster."

"Speaking of which, I really want to know how to turn stones into light-transmitting glass." An put down the things in her hands, her face full of anticipation, "Jin, let me touch the glass windows of your house." It’s been a few times, and it gave me an indescribable feeling, it’s so interesting.”

"Don't worry, you'll see it soon." Shen Huaijin raised her eyebrows slightly, "At that time, everyone will try the process of blowing glass. It's really fun after you get started."

"Then it's settled." An hehe smiled, and moved the washed radishes back to the center of the square with the Asian beasts, waiting for distribution.

Seeing a basket of radishes dripping with water, Shen Huaijin stroked his chin thoughtfully.When the sub-beasts turned back again, he subconsciously asked, "Ann, are you okay for a while?"

An scratched her head in a daze, "It's okay, Jin, is there anything we need to do?"

"Yes!" Shen Huaijin nodded, raised her chin, and signaled everyone to look at the water stains along the way, "It's not convenient to run back and forth so frequently to wash things, and when everyone moves into a new home, the distance will be even further. I think it is better to build a bamboo path to divert water to the square now, and it will also be convenient for everyone to do their usual washing."

Usually, the sub-beasts are responsible for washing and washing. Although the stream is not far away, it is a burden to carry heavy objects back and forth. When Shen Huaijin said this, everyone naturally accepted it and said, "Jin, then we are Don’t we have to chop bamboo first?”

Shen Huaijin shook her head, "No, I still have a lot of carefully selected old bamboos in stock, so just use those and save some time."

Seeing that everyone was still hesitant, Shen Huaijin teased: "Okay, I'll use it this time, and I'll just cut it off and return it to me next time. Do you want me to follow you out of the valley to find the old bamboo and then carry it back? "

After his teasing, everyone laughed embarrassedly, and followed him to fetch the bamboo without any burden.

The sub-beasts often travel between the two sides of the stream, and they have already seen Shen Huaijin's bamboo path clearly, and now they are very organized.Everyone split the thick and uniform old bamboo in half, and chiseled off the internal bamboo joints little by little to facilitate the flow of the stream.

Shen Huaijin drew a route from the drop of the stream to the center of the square. The distance is about 30 meters, and it is conservatively estimated that at most ten old bamboos will be enough.

After preparing the bamboo strips, we found dozens of strong Y-shaped branches of suitable heights and carefully inserted them on the planned route.Under the premise of stability, starting from the drop of the stream and ending at the center of the square, a change trend from high to low is formed.At that time, the bamboo path will be erected on it, and the water flow will be smoothly guided to the square under the action of gravity.

After inserting the branches and digging a ditch from the center of the square to the stream, everyone put bamboo strips on it, and carefully tied a dozen turns with bark ropes from each household to prevent them from falling off.

Once the bamboo path is connected, the stream at the drop will flow down the bamboo path until it reaches the center of the square.

Shen Huaijin carried a bucket, and easily received a bucket of water on the spot.He looked back at everyone with a smile in his eyes, "How about it, is it really convenient?"

As soon as the bucket was moved away, the stream water falling from the bamboo crossing returned to the stream along the ditch without splashing the surrounding land at all.

"Convenience! Convenience!" Everyone squeezed next to each other and came to the bamboo crossing, washing their hands and splashing water, yelling loudly: "When the time comes, just wash your hands or wash a small object, and you won't have to go all the way. .”

The raised water splashes showed colorful colors under the sun, reflecting the joy of the sub-beasts and Shen Huaijin's comforted appearance with arms folded.

The orcs Li and his party just came back from hunting, and saw that the square changed a lot. The silver-haired orc was the first to throw the huge prey behind him, and moved closer to Shen Huaijin, "Jin, you are quite fast."

"It's trivial."

A little pride appeared on Shen Huaijin's face, which made the other party laugh softly.Seeing this, he couldn't help but glared sharply, "Stop laughing, what kind of prey are there today?"

"The gray-horned beast, and two big-eared beasts."

Shen Huaijin wrinkled her nose, said in a drawn-out tone with a frustrated expression, "It's these again, I'm almost tired of eating them, isn't there any other prey to hunt here?"

He paused sharply, his eyes froze, and he shot straight at the longhorn herd returning to the valley after a full meal.

"Ang?!" The longhorn beast suddenly felt murderous and looked around in a daze. It was a little confused about the situation, but it scared the orcs downstream.

"Hey!" Rin shouted loudly, "Dayi, what's the matter with you?"

"Ang!" We don't know!

Shen Huaijin choked speechlessly: "...It doesn't have to be."

Li sighed in frustration, and said in a low voice, "How about I catch two aquatic creatures?"

Shen Huaijin's eyes lit up, "What kind of fish are you catching? Now is the time for fat crabs! Li, have dinner early today, how about we catch crabs tonight?"

Seeing that Shen Huaijin was interested, Li Ye breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Okay, then let's go get the distribution first."

A lot of figures had gathered there just now, everyone was waiting to distribute the food, when they saw Shen Huaijin and Li coming over, they greeted them repeatedly.

Shen Huaijin probed in, and saw two plump big-eared beasts at a glance.Looking at the huge beast leg, he thought of the ham he had marinated last year, which was already very beautiful in color, recalling the smell of wax lingering at the tip of his nose, he quickly pulled it hard, "I want the queen of the big-eared beast!" leg!"

Li tilted his head slightly and asked, "Are you planning to pickle the ham?"

After receiving Shen Huaijin's affirmative answer, he discussed with the other orcs in unison, and finally brought the four hind legs directly.

Shen Huaijin was very surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward to help carry one, the weight was indeed not small, "Why are there so many?"

"Anyway, cured ham can last for a long time. I saw that you are so greedy, so I exchanged two more with other orcs, so that it can be marinated at once and save effort."

"It's really good." Shen Huaijin laughed happily.

When the hind legs were fresh, Shen Huaijin and Li started to deal with them as soon as they put them down. First, they trimmed the fat and cut it into a neat bamboo leaf shape. After melting, put the animal leg skin face down on the bamboo frame in the pot, and put it in a cool and ventilated place for the first pickling.

Afterwards, the two ate some simple supper, took rattan baskets, shrimp pots and flashlights, and left the valley when it was getting dark, and came to the big river.

After setting up more than [-] shrimp pots one by one, the sky was completely dark, so I turned on the flashlight and set it on the branch, the light was facing the river bank.

Gradually, some crabs crawled out of the hole on the river bank sideways and gathered towards the light.Shen Huaijin and Li Yanji quickly grabbed one after another.The two changed places several times in a row, and after catching a lot of crabs, they returned home satisfied.