Beginning Backpack [Farming]

The tribe has gradually become familiar with this method of food distribution. After all, as long as they don't be lazy, the stipulated share is still easy to achieve. At most, they have no savings.

Although everyone still eats together in the square, it is basically a family or a close relationship that will sit together and share food. There is a clear distinction between you and me.

Another benefit brought to Shen Huaijin by this food sharing system is that each member is allocated a certain amount of coarse salt.

As far as he is concerned, he can use the chemical knowledge he has learned to refine coarse salt into fine salt, so he doesn't have to endure the inevitable astringency in roast meat and stew.

Coarse salt generally also contains potassium chloride and magnesium chloride, which can be separated by using the different solubility of the three substances.

Shen Huaijin has refined fine salt, although he really wants to cook and eat by himself, but he doesn't want to appear too "independent", so in the first few days, he ate with An and the others in the square.Shen Huaijin didn't start to set up his own stove until some houses far away from the square had already dug pits for barbecue in front of their houses.

He used clay to build two stoves at the door of his house.Put a stone slab in one mouth, which is usually used for cooking or barbecue on a stone slate; put a pottery cooker in the other mouth, and use it to boil water or cook soup.

Shen Huaijin, who has built a pottery kiln, is already very familiar with setting up a stove, and it took only one morning to complete it, including setting up and drying.Because it was not time for meal, Shen Huaijin first tried to boil water in a clay pot, and the effect was not bad.

Now most of the members still eat in the square. After all, Shen Huaijin is not a native of the tribe. He is worried that if he eats alone on the other side of the river, he will easily alienate the tribe. Therefore, he decided that in the days to come, he will start the fire by himself in the morning, work during the day, and have dinner with him. People in the tribe eat together in the square.

His food source is no longer a problem.

Although Yan agreed that Shen Huaijin did not want the tribe's "offering", he sternly rejected the personal share that Shen Huaijin wanted to hand over. Therefore, now he can not only get a share of food belonging to the tribe members, but also keep all the food he collects for himself.Although he is weak and collects little food at one time, he also has a small appetite. The food distributed by the tribe alone is enough for him to eat, and there are even more.

There was nothing else to do in the afternoon, Shen Huaijin happened to burn two more jars of kimchi and came out. Seeing a basket of white radishes that Rong had collected for himself, he decided to try some pickled radishes. Recently, he was a bit tired of eating pickled young ginger, so he just wanted to change it. taste.

Shen Huaijin first peeled the radishes and cut them into thumb-sized cubes, put them in clay pots, and then added salt to marinate them.During this period, he ground the garlic, ginger, and licorice together with the rain, and washed and sliced ​​the lemon for later use.

Marinate the diced radish for about two hours, take out and drain the water, then add minced garlic, minced ginger, minced licorice and lemon slices, stir well, put it into a kimchi jar, and seal it with water.

The weather is hot recently, and it can be eaten after a day or two of fermentation.

Shen Huaijin collected the peeled radish skins and threw them into the aviary—thankfully, the wild birds seemed to be used to the comfortable life in the aviary and stopped screaming.

Seeing that the sky was about the same, Shen Huaijin stretched on the spot for a while, took some condiments such as onion and ginger, got up, crossed the bridge and walked to the square, Yu followed closely.

Inspired by the bubbling pot of boiling water at noon, Shen Huaijin planned to make fish soup tonight.

Li, An, and Lin were already waiting at their usual seats. Recently, the four of them became meal friends naturally, and Yu went back to eat with Rong.

Shen Huaijin told the three of them to roast some meat first, and then stew a few sweet potatoes. He picked up a harpoon left over from playing with it before, and while it was still bright, went to the stream to catch a fish weighing about two or three catties and came back.

The caught fish are scaled, gills dug out and viscera removed. After cleaning, they are salted for about 10 minutes.

During this period, Shen Huaijin took a piece of animal meat with a lot of fat and put it on a slate to boil oil. After the oil was hot, he put ginger slices and sautéed it until fragrant, then put fish on it, and fried it until both sides were golden.Then put the fish in clay pots, add appropriate amount of water, cover and boil, then continue to simmer over low heat until the fish soup turns milky white.After opening the lid, add salt, lemon slices and green grass, cook for about 5 minutes, and finally open the lid and add chopped green onion and serve.

This pot of milky white soup and the strong smell of fish in the air made several people greedy.

Shen Huaijin took out the pottery spoon that was burnt two days ago, filled four bowls of fish soup and distributed it to several people.

The fish meat is delicate and soft, and it melts in the mouth; the fish soup is full of fragrance and delicious, with some fresh taste of lemon; greasy.

In the end, several people each drank a bowl of steaming fish soup, sweating in the evening wind, feeling transparent and comfortable.

The new delicacy made Shen Huaijin feel that there are too few types of ingredients now.

He followed the collection team out of the valley these days, and he didn't know whether it was the inappropriate weather or bad luck. He couldn't find any familiar crops, so he couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.

He thought that when he hunted with Li Chugu before, he encountered two familiar herbs at once, so he wanted to go out with him to try his luck.

Seeing the lazy look of the silver-haired orc after eating, he felt that the other party should be in a good mood now, and asked tentatively, "Li, can I go hunting with you next time?"

I didn't expect to be rejected by the lazy one.

"Why!" Shen Huaijin asked.

Li lowered his eyes, with a look of indifference.

"It's too dangerous, I'm worried about leaving you alone on the grassland."

Shen Huaijin looked at Rin again, Rin was also serious, and replied the same.

"Can't it be like last time?" Shen Huaijin blinked and asked, "I just want to find some food on the way. I can hide in a tree while you are hunting, and there will be no danger."

Seeing Shen Huaijin blinking, Li felt itchy, couldn't help but stroked the other's hair, and said before the other party got angry: "It's also very dangerous to be on a tree. If a wild animal finds it, it will come and hit the tree. Then you run away." You can’t escape. Before, it was because the tree was seriously injured that you agreed to take the risk, but now the tribe has enough food, so there is no need.”

Shen Huaijin rolled his eyes and said, "If I can protect myself well, you have to agree to let me go with you."

Looking at the vivid expression on Shen Huaijin's face, Li Tuochi smiled meaningfully.

"Okay."

Shen Huaijin was overjoyed, she already had an idea.

He had been planning to make a bow and arrow to defend himself before. Since Li felt that he could be knocked down by wild beasts even if he was hiding in a tree, then with a bow and arrow, he shot the beast to death directly on the tree, so he could protect himself well.

The practice of bow and arrow is obtained by combining the materials in the USB flash drive with his own experience.

He spent two days wandering around the valley with the collection team, found a kind of hardwood tree, sawed a section of it and brought it back to the valley.

It's a pity that there is no hatchet, so Shen Huaijin had to use a saw and a stone ax to cut out the general shape of the bow arm, and then use a sharp knife to adjust it a little bit.

The finished bow arm needs to be dried to prevent rot. During this period, Shen Huaijin twisted four strands of bark rope into a bowstring.

The dried bow arm was dug out depressions at both ends with a dagger, and Shen Huaijin put his knees on the middle of the bow arm, bent it into an arch, and then tied the two ends of the bowstring in the depressions and tied them tightly.

Shen Huaijin took a look at the basically formed bow, continued to use the dagger to trim the asymmetry, and carved a shape in the middle of the bow arm for easy handling.

In this way, the bow is basically completed.

Shen Huaijin used the same material of wood to make wooden arrows. In fact, the effect of bamboo would be better, because bamboo arrows are light and tough. However, Shen Huaijin has never found a bamboo forest, so he can only use wooden arrows as the next best thing.

The cut wooden arrows were also dried with fire, and then Shen Huaijin tied the cut wild bird tail feathers to the arrow tails with bark fibers as tail fins.

After the bow and arrow was ready, Shen Huaijin tried it out immediately.

When he was on Earth, he was considered a fan of cold weapons. He had played with bows and crossbows before, so he was somewhat accurate.

The range of the self-made bow is still not enough. It should be more than enough to kill a wild bird within ten meters, but it is not enough to hunt some big beasts.Shen Huaijin didn't want to rely on it to hunt. After all, when he was hiding in a tree, shooting a few more arrows could still kill the wild beast that hit the tree.

Li led the team out to hunt, and Shen Huaijin couldn't discuss matters with him for the time being, so she continued to practice next to her house to increase her hand feel.After feeding the wild birds, Yu squatted aside, watching Shen Huaijin shoot arrows intently.

Shen Huaijin saw his curious and expectant face, and waved to him.

"Yu, you should try it too."

Yu was startled, and stammered, "Jin, I don't know how to use this, it would be bad if it was broken."

"This is called a bow, and these are arrows. We can use it to shoot some small prey, such as wild birds." Shen Huaijin explained, pulling him up, stuffing the bow and arrow into his hand, and teaching him hand in hand , "Hold the bow in the left hand, stand with the feet as wide as the shoulders... push the left shoulder, pull the right shoulder to draw the bow... the eye, the arrow and the place to shoot are in a line... that's it... release the arrow!"

With a sound of "whoosh", the wooden arrow hit the wooden stake that Shen Huaijin used as a target. Although it was only inserted obliquely at the edge, Yu was able to hit the target with his bow for the first time, which was already very good.

Shen Huaijin praised him a few words, and Yu's face turned red.

"What are you doing? Jin, have you made something good again?" An's lively voice sounded from behind.

Shen Huaijin turned her head and saw An crossing the bridge with a small earthen pot. She should have come to pick up the pickles and radishes that Shen Huaijin had agreed to give away two days ago.

Shen Huaijin explained: "There is indeed a new thing. This is a bow and arrow. It is used for self-defense, and it can also shoot some small prey, such as wild birds. Do you want to try it?"

An Xinxi quickly put down the clay pot, took the bow and arrow in Yu's hand, and asked Shen Huaijin to teach him how to use it.

After trying a few times, An was pleasantly surprised: "Jin, you are really smart. We usually come across some small wild animals that eat grass when we go out to collect, but we can't catch up with them even if we carry food on our backs. With bows and arrows, we may be able to catch them. Woolen cloth."

Now there is a lot of food that you can keep for yourself, and everyone's enthusiasm is very high.

Shen Huaijin saw his liking, and said with a smile: "I made this bow useful, so I can't give it to you. But if you like it, come over with the wood and bark yourself in two days, and I can teach you how to do it."

An said gratefully: "Jin, you are so kind to me, I can't let you teach me in vain, how about this, when I send Rin to hunt tomorrow, I will catch you two live wild birds, and I will bring you a basket of sweet potatoes. How about it?

Shen Huaijin nodded, he likes this kind of communication with back and forth.