Beginning Backpack [Farming]

After resting for a while at noon, Shen Huaijin drank a glass of water after waking up, and decided to make some leather bags out of the processed leather in the afternoon.

The previous skins were stored after drying, Shen Huaijin took them out this time and shook them in the sun.He drew the size on it with a charcoal pencil, and then cut it little by little with a sharp dagger.

These leather bags are not small, and the average size is about two meters square. A piece of leather can make four or five small bags, and two or three large bags.

Shen Huaijin made the simplest clamshell messenger bag, the leather cover was fixed with wooden buttons, and the leftovers were used to make straps.

He tore the hemp cane into strips and sewed it with the largest needles.Although the leather is tanned and soft, it is more difficult to wear than ordinary cloth. Fortunately, Shen Huaijin's needles will not be worn out, otherwise I would really be reluctant to use them to sew these bags.

Li Pei was at the side making wooden buckles, he did it very quickly, Shen Huaijin simply asked him to make more and save them for later use.

In the afternoon, Shen Huaijin used a piece of leather to make two large, two small and four cross-body leather bags, one of which Shen Huaijin wanted to give to An and Lin.

The four of them would still have dinner together in the square most of the time, and Shen Huaijin took advantage of dinner time to send out two messenger bags.

"Ann, I just made some leather bags and I'll give you two."

"Hey." An was stunned, he handed the roasting meat to Rin, wiped his hands on his animal fur vest, took two leather bags, and touched them carefully, "Is this also animal skin?" ? There is no hair at all, it feels so smooth and soft.”

Shen Huaijin carried it on his back and explained: "This is treated several times with lime water and fish oil. The animal hair and grease have been removed, and the leather has become soft and waterproof, and it is not like ordinary animal skin. The bag will break after one or two years of use, and this kind of leather bag will not be a problem after being used for ten times.

"Usually it's very convenient for you to store things at home or carry them out to collect them."

An Wenyan asked anxiously: "Is your lime used to make these leather bags? It's too precious and I can't take it. You should keep it for yourself, so as not to touch dangerous things like lime again."

Shen Huaijin said helplessly: "You are too nervous, as long as you are careful, there is usually no problem with using lime, and lime water has other uses, so I might not use it. As for these two bags, you can take them. I will return them later. Sometimes I need your help. Although it takes a long time to make the leather, it is not precious to be able to make multiple leathers at a time."

He changed the subject and said: "I still have a lot of leather waiting to be made into leather bags. If any sub-beasts see the bag you carry and like it, you can ask them to come to me directly to exchange it. Two baskets of food can be exchanged for a small bag. How about exchanging a basket of food for a big bag?"

An Guozhen was no longer in a hurry to refuse, he thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, I will explain it for you, so as to save you from being busy with this and collecting."

Shen Huaijin said: "The food can be given to me in installments, as long as it is replenished before the cold season comes."

After all, there are only such a few members of the tribe, and they can't refuse their debts. Besides, Shen Huaijin is now considered the great witch of the tribe, who would dare to lie to him.

Although An had a lot of excuses at first, she really liked the two messenger bags, and ran back to her room with the things without thinking about dinner, making the other three feel helpless.

The moon was thin and the stream was tinkling. Shen Huaijin and Li Jue walked on the bridge in the evening breeze. Li took Shen Huaijin's hand and caressed his fingertips red from being worn all afternoon by needles with some distress.

"The leather is still a bit hard. Next time you want to sew a bag, let me do it. After watching it all afternoon today, I probably know how to sew it."

Shen Huaijin didn't struggle, "It's not a big deal, it's the first time I didn't have the skills to sew, and it will be fine after that. Besides, I don't plan to sew any more in the next two days, and I'll talk about it when the Asian beast comes to change the bag."

As for the leather jacket and so on, he also plans to make time later.

"The most important thing now is to separate the female animal in the animal enclosure from the other cubs. I plan to milk the animal, otherwise it would be a pity to feed it for so long."

Sternly said: "It's simple, I can finish it in half a morning."

Shen Huaijin nodded, maybe he will be able to milk the milk tomorrow.

Knowing that Shen Huaijin cared about these hairy beasts, Li Guo got up early the next day and came back after chopping some bamboo.When Shen Huaijin got up, he was splitting bamboo.

Shen Huaijin half-closed her eyes and dried the bamboo shoots that had been brought into the house at night before going to find Li.

"Is it made of bamboo?" Shen Huaijin asked with a yawn.

"Well, the shape of bamboo is relatively fixed, and it is also convenient to make."

Shen Huaijin sighed: "Bamboo has many uses, and bamboo can also be used as raw material for papermaking."

Li was used to Shen Huaijin saying some new words that he didn't understand from time to time. While splitting most of the bamboo into four pieces, he asked, "What is paper?"

Shen Huaijin rubbed her chin, "The effect is similar to the bark I usually use for painting and writing, but it needs to be whiter and thinner for writing. Speaking of which, we have lime now, so we can make paper."

In this way, he can also make some toilet paper by the way, and his sense of happiness will definitely be greatly improved.

Li picked up the bamboo stick and walked towards the animal enclosure, "In this case, let's make some paper when we have time, so as to save you from walking around with the bark in your arms."

Shen Huaijin thought it was right, he followed Li to the animal pen, and instead of just watching him work, he took a wooden shovel and dumped all the excrement in the animal pen into the cesspool next to the vegetable field. Fermentation, these are the natural fertilizers that Shen Huaijin usually uses.

Li moved quickly, and as expected, it took half the morning to divide the animal enclosure into two halves with bamboo slices. After Shen Huaijin separated the mother animal from the cubs, she fed them grass and fruit peels for a long time before calming them down. .

Seeing that the female beast has calmed down, she is obediently eating.Shen Huaijin then brought a bucket, scrubbed the hairy beast's breasts and his own hands with warm water, and began to milk the animal.

It was also the first time for him to do this kind of thing, and he couldn't make up his mind several times. Fortunately, the hairy beast was docile and cowardly. It didn't run away or attack him, but it was a little impatient.

Shen Huaijin tried a few times, but she really squeezed out the milk, and the milky white milk was squeezed into the clean bucket in clusters.

A hairy animal was milked for about 5 minutes on average, and a small half bucket of animal milk was squeezed out in total.Shen Huaijin's barrels are not small, and he thinks the output is extremely high.

The freshly squeezed animal milk couldn't be stored for long, so Shen Huaijin decided to eat it at noon.

He has a lot of ginger on hand, just to make ginger milk.

Ginger milk is a traditional delicacy in his family. It can be made with ginger, milk and a little sugar. The ingredients and steps are very simple.

Shen Huaijin took a few pieces of old ginger, peeled them, washed them, chopped them, mashed them into ginger paste, and squeezed them into a bowl of ginger juice for later use.

Pour freshly squeezed animal milk and sugar cubes into the pot, heat to a full boil and continue to cook for 3 minutes before removing from the heat.In fact, animal milk will lose some nutrients when it is boiled for a long time, but Shen Huaijin is afraid that if it is not cooked properly, if there are germs, his "crisp skin" constitution will not be able to withstand it.

Leave the boiled milk away from the heat for about 5 minutes to allow the temperature to drop slightly.Shen Huaijin estimated the amount of animal milk, so Li took out ten bowls, poured some ginger juice into each bowl, Shen Huaijin poured the animal milk from a high place, and poured ginger juice into it.

After that, be careful not to stir or shake the milk in the bowl, and it will solidify into ginger milk after standing for about 5 minutes.

It was hot at noon, so Shen Huaijin asked Li Da to pour two buckets of stream water into the basin, and put ten bowls of ginger milk into it one by one.

After cooling down, the two each took a bowl to taste.Ginger milk iced in stream water is more smooth and tender, with a mellow and smooth taste, a perfect blend of sweet and slightly spicy, and a unique flavor.Because the raw material is ginger juice and milk, it is not only rich in nutrition, but also has the effect of warming the stomach and superficial heat.

It happened that there were a lot of ginger milk, so Shen Huaijin decided to give a bowl to each of the elders in the tribe.Because there was no little follower like Yu around, Xi and Hei were too busy practicing hunting with the orcs, and they didn't often run to his side, so Shen Huaijin and Li had to send them off in person.

Shen Huaijin gave Shi a bowl. Although the old orc looked a bit "twisty", Shen Huaijin still liked his straightforward and outgoing personality.

What's interesting is that before leaving, Shi refused to ask Jiang Zhuangnai for nothing just like last time. He had to hold Shen Huaijin and refused to let him go, and gave him a stone ax before giving up.

He held the stone ax and said with a smile: "I can take it away if you want, but I can't ask you for anything else when I send Jiang Zhuangnai next time."

After hearing what he meant, the old man blushed, waved his hands and said, "I know, I know, let's go back quickly. We will always remember your kindness to us old orcs and old Asian beasts."

Of course Shen Huaijin knew that when the herds of beasts were restless last cold season, he was made things difficult by some orcs, and the old people stood on his side to speak for him, and he also thanked the old people for their trust in his heart.

He smiled and said goodbye to Shi.

When Shen Huaijin was walking on the road, Yang and the other two beasts stopped him.The scar on Yang's face has recovered very well and is no longer visible, but his temperament has obviously changed, he is no longer aggressive, and he looks more stable.

Shen Huaijin asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Yang opened his mouth and said, "Jin, the few of us want to exchange that messenger bag with you, is that okay?"

It turned out to be "business".

Shen Huaijin nodded, "Of course. Ann told you, the small bag is exchanged for two baskets of food, and the large bag is exchanged for three baskets of food. Just give it before this cold season."

Yang didn't expect him to agree so readily, and there was a smile on his face, "I want a big one and a small one."

"Jin, I want a big one."

"Jin, I want two small ones for me and my partner."

The two sub-beasts behind Yang also spoke one after another.

Shen Huaijin agreed one by one, and agreed to deliver the goods within two days.

Shen Huaijin didn't delay after returning, took out the needle "thread" and started sewing a new bag.When Li saw that he had to replace him, Shen Huaijin had no choice but to ask him to make a thick needle out of a big fishbone, and also help out.If the leather bags made are of good quality, they will be exchanged, and if the quality is not good, they will be kept for their own use.

However, Li still showed his ingenuity, except that the stitches of the first bag were not dense enough, the next two small bags turned out to be pretty good.

With his help, Shen Huaijin completed all the orders in one afternoon. He put the package away carefully and planned to deliver the goods the next day.

The two of them were so absorbed in their work that they forgot the time. After realizing it, they realized that it was getting late at night, so they hurriedly collected the bamboo shoots that were drying.

Because it was agreed with An and the others before that if they were too late to go to the square for dinner, they could just let them solve it by themselves, so now they don't have to go to the other side of the stream, just do something at their doorstep and solve it.

The two ate scrambled eggs and roasted animal meat, and had a cup of scented tea, and the day passed like this.