Beginning Backpack [Farming]

Go to market?It was the first time Shen Huaijin heard of this.

He pushed his shoulders hard and gestured for him to explain with his eyes.

Li whispered: "The tribes on the Eastern Continent will go to the market in the middle of the hot season every time, and the off season will end. The Dahe tribe usually uses a lot of animal meat, animal skins, and animal bones to go to the market In exchange for salt and some crockery."

Shen Huaijin asked, "Where is the market?"

He replied sharply: "The market is not fixed. There are four major plains in the Eastern Continent, and the four major plains take turns to hold fairs, and they are all held by the largest tribe in each plain. However, the Shihuoyuan in the north are all medium-sized tribes, and the largest one was not selected, so If Shihuoyuan is set up, it will not be fixed in one tribe."

Shen Huaijin was speechless, and asked: "There is a long distance between Yuan and Yuan, so how long will it take?"

Li shook his head and said, "I haven't been to the fair either, you can ask Rin, he has been there several times." Then, Li motioned to Rin to explain.

Rin took over the conversation and said: "It is true that there is a long distance between Yuan and Yuan. Every time there is a fair, there will only be three tribes from the original participating. The tribes of the Wild Wind Plain in the east and the Tianhe Plain will go to the market. Because the wild beast jungle in the middle is extremely dangerous, no tribe is willing to take the risk to pass through it. If the Stone Fire Plain in the north wants to detour, then they will not be able to return to the tribe before the cold season."

"Even so, from Linshanyuan to Tianheyuan to go to the market, we spend most of our time on the road. In order to exchange for more salt and pottery, we have to stop halfway to catch more wild animals. Jin, it's okay With you as a witch in the Great River Tribe, we can go to the market this time with ease."

Shen Huaijin rolled her eyes, and asked curiously: "Then what should I do if the tribe in Shihuoyuan can't go to the market this time and can't get what they want?"

Rin explained: "There are traveling merchant orcs who travel in the Eastern Continent three seasons a year. They will exchange suitable items on the road, and rush to the original place where they cannot participate in the market during the off-season, then exchange the items, and borrow them there." A place to spend the cold season, anyway, no tribe will drive them away."

Shen Huaijin suddenly realized, "It seems that there is really no shortage of traveling merchant orcs."

Li suddenly got up and left, Shen Huaijin froze for a moment, looked at An and Lin strangely, but saw that they both shook their heads helplessly, but didn't say anything.

He asked about the specific situation in the market, and knew that the most common products in the market were all kinds of animal derivatives and stone tools, and the most expensive ones were pottery and salt.

Shen Huaijin asked: "Will there be any tribes in the market who will exchange plant fruits or seeds?"

"The fruit is not easy to preserve. There are occasional people in the market, but not many people exchange it. I have never heard of the seeds."

Shen Huaijin nodded to make it clear.

Shen Huaijin actually wanted to go out with him to see the world, but he had only been in the tribe for two months, and he hadn't even settled the matter here. need something.

Because there were only five days to prepare, the tribe immediately became busy again, and everyone seized the time to hunt and tan.Shen Huaijin also burned three batches of pottery in a row.Because it was intended to be exchanged, the three batches Shen Huaijin burned were all clay pots of the same size, which can be used as cooking utensils or for storing things at ordinary times, and are very practical.

When Shen Huaijin was burning pottery, Li Ye often came to help him. Seeing that he had returned to normal, Shen Huaijin couldn't take the initiative to ask him why he was unhappy at that time, scratching his head and scratching his head, so he found another topic:

"Li, do you know what kind of place Tianheyuan is? Is it very different from Linshanyuan?"

Li thought for a while, and replied: "I heard from Yan that Tianheyuan is hotter than Linshanyuan, and the fruits are very big and sweet. There is also a river so wide that you can't see its edge. Connect with the sky."

Shen Huaijin thought that it might not be the river, but the sea, and he asked, "Do the tribes in Tianheyuan have a lot of salt to exchange?"

Li raised her eyebrows, not surprised that Shen Huaijin could guess this, "You know so much."

He obviously looks like he has come to the Eastern Continent for the first time, but he can say a lot of things that other people in the tribe don't necessarily know.

Shen Huaijin thought that it really was the sea, and she must visit it if she has the chance in the future. It would be even better if she could eat Shanghai products.

On the day Lin set off, Shen Huaijin took out 35 clay pots.Twenty of them were given to the tribe by him for exchange, of the remaining fifteen, ten were for Rin to exchange for other supplies, and the remaining five were for Rin and other orcs who went out to the market. labor charges".

After Lin knew about it, she declined and said, "Jin, I should do things for the witches of the tribe. You don't need to give me another clay pot."

Shen Huaijin shook her head and insisted: "The journey is long, and it will not be easy for you to carry it all the way. Five pots are nothing. Besides, I still have something to ask you."

"You said."

Shen Huaijin took out a few pieces of bark, and asked him to draw rice, pepper, sugar cane and cotton on the inner layer with charcoal.

He asked: "If you see these kinds of plants in the market, you must exchange them for me. If the clay pots are not enough, I will borrow them from you. I will compensate you when you come back. If you don't have these plants, you will see them. You can also exchange some edible fruits, and as for the remaining clay pots, just replace them with salt for me."

Rin nodded, understanding.

This team of orcs who went out to the market all used double rattan baskets, which were carried one behind the other when in human form, and tied on the back when in animal form. If people run more steadily, there will be no problems.

Watching Lin and his party of orcs go away together with the tribe members, Shen Huaijin felt a little relieved.It doesn't matter if he doesn't find the seeds he wants, at least he can get back a lot of salt.The tribe doesn't have much salt, so every time he wants to pickle something, he has to ask An Heli for it, which is really troublesome.

After Lin and the others left, the tribe returned to tranquility, and Shen Huaijin began to consider building a charcoal kiln.

He burned three batches of pottery in a row a few days ago, which consumed a lot of wood, which was really troublesome.It just so happens that the shed is big enough to build a charcoal kiln.The method of building a charcoal kiln can also be found directly from the USB flash drive, and it is said that it can be used many times.

Together, Shen Huaijin and Yu stacked up a large amount of wood vertically, from small to large, from short to long, as densely as possible, so that more and better charcoal could be burned, and finally a pile with a diameter of one meter and a height of about eight Ten centimeters come in a conical shape.Then add water and fiber to the clay, paste it little by little, and the thickness is about one palm width.Shen Huaijin left a small opening on the top, and dug eight air intake holes around the bottom.

Let it dry in the shade overnight. On the second day, Shen Huaijin lit the tinder with a flint and put it into the kiln through the hole at the top. Because there are air holes at the bottom, an upward airflow will naturally form inside the kiln, and the fire will go against the airflow. burn in the direction downward.The downward movement of the fire consumes the oxygen in the updraft, so that the charcoal already burned above will not continue to be burned to ashes.

Once the flame can be seen through the air intake, it means the fire has burned to the bottom and the air intake can be sealed.

After the eight air intake holes were sealed, Shen Huaijin also sealed the top hole.In this way, the kiln can still burn for a short period of time, and then wait for the next day to cool down naturally before opening the kiln.

Yu asked curiously from the side: "Jin, why are we burning wood? Wood ash is useless."

Shen Huaijin smiled and said, "It's not about burning wood ashes. We burn half of the wood into charcoal and save it. It's fast and convenient to burn things in the future, and it can be used for other purposes." But Yu's words also reminded him that plant ash is useful. There are also a lot. He should look through the information to see how he can use it when he has time. It is a pity to lose the ash left by burning so much wood.

There was nothing else to do after that, the two returned to the square, the hunting team had just returned, and it was the big-eared beast that they hunted, and everyone was distributing food at this time.

Shen Huaijin poked Li's lower back and said, "It needs to be fat."

Li turned back to look at him, "It's not like you don't like fat food." Every time, I would leave the greasy pieces for him to eat...

Shen Huaijin said: "There are other uses."

In the end, Shen Huaijin got the fattest piece contentedly.

He didn't want to eat fatty meat, but wanted to boil some animal oil for cooking.His parents love to boil lard at home, and they usually put three drops on wontons at home, not to mention how fragrant it is.

Shen Huaijin cleaned the animal fat and cut it into small pieces. After blanching the bleeding foam, remove it, put it back into the pot and add cold water, turn on high heat and boil until the water dries up.When the oil starts to come out of the fat block, lower the heat, stir fry from time to time, cook slowly until all the oil comes out, and when the oil residue turns golden, you can take out the oil residue and add a little licorice juice before the animal oil solidifies That's it.

There is no need to find another container for the boiled animal oil, just store it in a clay pot.

Shen Huaijin was not willing to waste the remaining oil residue, so he fried a plate of oil residue stir-fried vegetables with green leafy grass, and the taste was not bad.

While eating, An was very curious as she watched the originally transparent and yellow animal oil in the pot slowly solidify into white.

"Jin, what is the use of this animal oil you boiled? Can it be eaten directly?"

Shen Huaijin wanted to eat it straight away, so he wouldn't get tired of it, and said: "This animal oil can be used for cooking, and it's the same effect as I usually boil fresh animal oil on a stone slab, but this kind of processed animal oil can be kept for a longer time. , It’s also convenient for me to cook vegetables.”

An nodded and said, "Jin, you still have more ways to do it."

Shen Huaijin smiled modestly, "It's nothing." After all, he comes from a country with great food.

After dinner, Shen Huaijin put the animal oil directly at Li's place.He has been firing a lot in the square recently, and it is inconvenient to walk back and forth with a can of animal oil every time he eats.

Recently, the sky is getting darker and earlier, and the full moon has long been hanging high. Seeing this familiar moon, Shen Huaijin's thoughts that had been silent for a long time came alive again.

Standing on the bridge, he turned his head to look at Li who said he was going to take him back to the house, and many complicated emotions flashed through his heart.

For some reason, Shen Huaijin stood on tiptoe, rubbed the other party's silver hair that looked extraordinarily soft under the moonlight, looked at the other party's surprised expression, and said softly, "Good night."