Beginning Backpack [Farming]

After the herd riot was over, the valley was littered with corpses.

Microbes can survive for a long time in a low temperature environment. Shen Huaijin worried that after the cold season passed, these animal carcasses would rot and pollute the water source. Therefore, after the coldest period of time, he asked the tribe to pile up the carcasses and burn them. Don't eat these beast carcasses privately, after all, looking at the ferocious appearance of these beasts, you don't know what kind of virus bacteria are on them.

The tribe is not short of food to survive the cold season now, so it shouldn't take such a risk.

Shen Huaijin attended Ya's funeral. According to the customs of the Beastman Continent, the burnt ashes should be scattered into the nearby water, and the soul will follow the direction of the water, and finally walk into the embrace of the beast god.

He also saw Ye's partner again at the funeral. This orc lost a lot of weight, but his eyes regained his senses. When he saw Shen Huaijin, he nodded and apologized to him for what happened that day. The same was true for other orcs who were sad .

Shen Huaijin didn't take this to heart at all, he could understand the emotions of these orcs.For a long time, they have put themselves in the position of protectors, but in turn let their partners get hurt because of themselves, which will undoubtedly cause anger and resentment.As long as they finally understand, it's not a problem for him to be wronged for a while.

The two sides looked at each other and smiled.

As the coldest period of the cold season passed, Shen Huaijin finally didn't have to stay in the house all the time, and planned to use plant ash to make some cement blocks to try the effect.

It just so happened that he kept the ashes of the plants and trees that he had burned all the time. Originally, he wanted to use them as fertilizer to raise the land, but now he can use them for experiments.

Shen Huaijin then picked a snowy day and entered the work shed with Li.

He took a bucket of water, mixed plant ash into the water and stirred evenly, poured out the water containing dissolved potassium carbonate, the remaining paste was a mixture of calcium carbonate and calcium hydroxide, kneaded it into balls, dried it and put it Put it into the fire and burn it into a yellow hot shape.After taking it out and cooling it, put it in water to digest it, stir it evenly, and grind the previously burnt pottery into powder as aggregate and mix it in until it can be shaped.

Shen Huaijin took two stones and used homemade cement as an adhesive to build them together.The weather is not good, so you have to dry it in the shed for three days before seeing the effect.

Although the matter of the beast tide is important, there are still three years to go. As long as Shen Huaijin works hard, he will not worry about not being able to build a city wall in three years. After a period of self-precipitation and Li's company, he is no longer anxious.The people in the tribe were affected by him, and they were no longer as panicked as they were then.

After all, most members of the tribe are "young people" who have never personally experienced the beast tide, and the big shaman usually keeps silent about the past, so everyone has no deep understanding of the danger of the beast tide. They have a natural optimism.This actually fell into Shen Huaijin's hands, after all, he didn't want to live in an atmosphere of tension and fear every day.

Shen Huaijin, who had regained her mood, could finally focus on food.

The hot pot base that was specially boiled before the cold season has been idle until now after making a hot pot. Shen Huaijin decided to make a spicy hot pot today to appetize.

Because after the coldest time, there were already cold-resistant fish swimming under the ice surface of the stream, Shen Huaijin asked Li to dig a few more holes in the ice, only to see fish with insufficient oxygen jumped out of several holes, Shen Huaijin Quickly grab them one by one.

These fish were large in size and had few spines. Shen Huaijin spent half noon making two pots of fish balls with them, and two pots of meat balls as well.

He took a large earthen pot and put it on the stove, boiled it with animal oil, spread vermicelli on the bottom layer, then layered vegetables such as fish balls, meatballs and radishes, and spread thinly sliced ​​animal meat and mushrooms on the top layer, and finally Add water to submerge ingredients.

Li added firewood to it, and Shen Huaijin steamed two more bowls of custard.

When the clay pot is bubbling and the ingredients are cooked, the custard is also ready.Shen Huaijin tasted the saltiness and felt that it was just right, so he turned off the fire, and the two of them brought a whole can of Malatang and two bowls of custard into the house.

The ingredients are layered and cooked to perfection. Shen Huaijin first picked some fish balls and meatballs, and he also picked a fish ball to try.The original white and tender fish balls are stained with a little red soup, the color is attractive, and it bounces gently on the chopsticks.

After cooling down, Shen Huaijin carefully bit the fish balls into his mouth, only to feel that it was soft and tender, and it melted in his mouth.He picked up another meatball, and there was even a splash of soup in one bite. The taste was strong and delicious.

He rubbed his powder and narrowed his eyes with satisfaction.

The orc has a big appetite, and he doesn't have a cat tongue like Shen Huaijin, but he slowed down specially because of the other party.He chewed some meatballs, and his whole body was a little hot. While bragging about the deliciousness, he brushed back the silver hair on his eyebrows, revealing his sharp eyebrows.Shen Huaijin saw it, and felt that he looked gangster and cute.

"Are you going to let me cook every time?" Shen Huaijin joked.

Li chewed a few radishes in his mouth, chewed them, swallowed them, and replied solemnly: "You can do it if you do well, but I will wash the vegetables and cut the meat for you, and I will wash the dishes and jars for you."

Shen Huaijin smiled, "You are sensible. If you can live such a peaceful life all the time, cooking is not a tiring thing."

Li put down his chopsticks and took Shen Huaijin's hand on the table.

"If the cement doesn't work, let an orc carry a sub-beast on his back. Even if we run away, we can still go to a safe place. And we all believe in you. After you appeared, you have brought many benefits to the tribe that could not have happened otherwise. Something happened."

"That's called a miracle."

Li stood up, walked to Shen Huaijin's chair and squatted down, hugging him in his arms.

"Then you are my miracle too."

Three days passed quickly, and Shen Huaijin was about to formally inspect the effect of the cement.

Judging from the appearance alone, the cement made of plant ash is dark gray after hardening, and the surface is in the shape of fine particles, and the two stones have been firmly bonded together.Shen Huaijin asked Li to use his hand hammer to transform into a beast-shaped clap, and even hitting the ground did not hurt the cement at all, but a little crack appeared on the two stones he picked up at random.

Shen Huaijin was very pleasantly surprised. It seems that the adhesion and hardness of the grass-wood gray brand cement are very good. The next step is to look at the water resistance.

He put the whole piece of the experimental product into the bucket again, waited for a day and then observed whether the properties of the cement changed.

A day later, it was still the same "torture" as usual, and Shen Huaijin's homemade cement withstood all the tests very well.

Shen Huaijin invited Yan and the others to tell the good news, and asked Li to test the hardness of the cement again.

"This is... cement?" He pointed at the gray part connecting the two stones, "It looks almost like a stone. Did we use this to build the city wall?"

Shen Huaijin shook her head, "Of course not."

Shen Huaijin asked Yan and Lin to watch, while he and Li worked together to re-demonstrate the process of making cement.

"You said it's this thing, and it will turn into that kind of cement?" Yan looked at the still soft mixture, and obviously couldn't believe that it would turn into that kind of hard cement that couldn't be easily knocked with even a sharp force. broken cement.

"Use cement to stick two stones together. Just wait for three days, and it will look like what you see. This is still in the cold season when the weather is bad. Calculated according to the hot season, it can be done in less than a day." Success, it's only a matter of time before we build the walls out of stone and cement."

Yan believed in Shen Huaijin, and he said happily: "Then let's start building the city wall after the cold season!"

Shen Huaijin hesitated for a while, but still shook his head, and pleaded: "Li, there is actually a better way to make cement, but I haven't found the raw materials I need yet. I hope you can give me a year to look for it. If we find it, we can build a more stable city wall. If we can’t find it, we still have two hot seasons, and it’s enough to rebuild a city wall with this kind of grass-wood gray cement.”

Yan asked, "Is this cement not hard enough?"

Shen Huaijin said: "This kind of cement is hard enough and viscous enough, but what we need is not a city wall that can only withstand the beast tide once, but a barrier that can protect the tribe forever. If possible, I hope to build the best one at a time. .”

Yan was moved by Shen Huaijin's words, "Jin, I believe in your ability, just do as you say. I'll show this piece of cement to Xiu. He has been ill for too long. I hope this thing can make him happier. Get well soon too."

"Is Xiu sick?" Shen Huaijin asked anxiously.

Li nodded, looking serious.It seems that Dawu's situation is indeed not very good.

After Shen Huaijin sent Yan and the others away, she felt complicated.The good news is that he made useful cement and had time to prepare better ones.What is worrying is that the big witch is seriously ill. Although Xiu has not asked about things for a long time, but as the first and only big witch after coming here from the Dahe Tribe, Xiu is indeed the spiritual leader of the tribe, and he has also given Shen Huaijin a lot of help, both tangible and intangible. Once something happened, Shen Huaijin and the tribe would be very sad.

Li stood aside and asked, "Are you feeling sad about the matter of cultivation?"

Shen Huaijin nodded, "I thought that Xiu fainted at the time was just too tired. I didn't expect to get sick. I didn't notice it. It was my problem."

He patted him on the shoulder, "Don't blame yourself too much, the situation at that time was special, and you could only take care of the injured orcs and sub-beasts first. But since this is the case, let's go and see and repair together, it happens that I have been there for a long time Didn't see him."

Shen Huaijin nodded, he prepared some taro paste, custard and side dishes as souvenirs, and crossed the bridge with Li to visit Xiu.

When the two of them knocked on the door and entered the room, Xiu was still sitting on the bed, talking to Han with a smile on his face. There was Shen Huaijin's concrete stone next to the bed, and it seemed that he already knew the good news.

Seeing someone coming, he smiled even wider, and asked Shen Huaijin and Li to sit down on the bed. He held Shen Huaijin's right hand on his forehead with both hands, and prayed a few words in a low voice before chatting with them.

It's just that Xiu's voice is very weak, and Shen Huaijin needs to work hard to barely hear what he is talking about.

After bidding farewell to Xiu, Shen Huaijin became more worried about him.

He rested his head on Li's shoulder, soaking up the warmth of the opponent's body.

"The great witch is not sick."

"He's just getting old."

Sometimes, though, aging is scarier than disease.

The author has something to say: the plant ash version of cement was inspired by watching the video at station b. The Australian brother successfully made it with plant ash. He didn’t test the hardness and viscosity. Reduce the difficulty a little~

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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!