It is not easy to traverse the wilderness

I hurriedly went to find Rich's mother, Gan Zhi, and asked him to inform everyone to go out to collect lotus seeds and lotus roots the next day.Because the rain has stopped for more than a day, everyone can go out, so Song Lai doesn't want to procrastinate any longer. If the weather is cold, he can't go into the water. After all, rheumatism can't be cured in his previous medically prosperous place. What's more, in this place where there is a lack of medical care.

Song Lai found that the weather was getting colder and colder.It used to be stuffy in a buckskin suit, but now it looks cool in the morning and evening.Leading the women's army, they rushed to the place where the baby was picked up and passed.In the middle of the walk, Song Lai remembered that he and An Ye had walked for a day when they came, and it was night when they reached the place.Talked cleanly to Gan Zhi, Gan Zhi first asked Song Lai how much lotus root he needed to collect, and when he knew that there were a lot of lotus root that could be collected, he turned around to discuss with another person, and then talked to everyone, the result was What Song Lai didn't expect was that these song girls actually planned to spend the night outside. Song Lai had a headache, and he didn't bring any food for the baby.

After sending someone back to deliver a message to the tribe, Song Lai also asked him to send a message to An Ye to bring anything he could cook for the baby.Ask An Ye to send it to him tomorrow.As expected, it was already slightly dark when we got home to the place.Everyone spread the straw woven bags they brought to hold the lotus root on the ground, and then they all lay down and went to sleep.Hey, the baby on Song Lai's back started to cry, hey, he probably was either hungry or peeing, more likely, he was peeing and hungry again.

Song Lai was about to take down the wicker basket carrying the baby, but his back lightened, and when he turned around, the baby was already held in An Ye's arms.He also handed Song Lai a pottery pot and two fish, cleaned the fish by the water, then found a concave stone to break up the fish meat, put it in the pot to cook, and then went into the water to touch a few lotus root .Wash it, put it on a stone to grind it, and then pour it into the pot where the fish is stewed.The women who were already lying down quickly gathered around.Some small children were already crying for hunger.

Fortunately, the pot An Ye brought was huge, and the fish he caught were not small, so it was impossible to feed everyone, but it's okay for everyone to have some.In the end, An Ye asked Rich and his older children to go fishing, and when Song Lai finished the pot, they had already brought back a lot of fish, and after finding some branches, everyone would have one fish each. The ones were grilled by the fire.An Ye didn't even know where he dug up the sweet root!

Waiting for everyone to eat and drink enough, everyone gathered around An Ye and asked the men in the Wen tribe how they made their dinner. When they heard that they made their own barbecue and felt a little disgusted, they all laughed happily stand up.

Early the next morning.Everyone was about to go into the water to dig lotus roots. Song Lai first told everyone the skills of digging lotus roots, then pointed out what kind of lotus pods the children should pick, and finally mobilized everyone to find some strong long wooden sticks, waiting for everyone It was already noon after the busy work, so we let everyone go into the water to dig lotus roots.

Food has never been so easy to get. When everyone finds that they can dig out something to eat in the mud by bending over, and many, many people are unwilling to go ashore, and have been groping in the water.Song Lai still divided the women into three groups, one group went down to dig the lotus root, one group was responsible for washing the lotus root, and the other group was responsible for tying the big roots of the lotus root with straw ropes.Then hang on both sides of the long wooden sticks you found to make a simple pole.The three groups took turns to go into the water, saving them from getting sick if they stayed in the water for a long time.

Three or four bundles of lotus roots were hung on each side of the pole, and Song Lai sent An Ye back to the tribe.Then bring everyone to eat, or lotus root and fish soup, today I added some lotus seeds.When Song Lai was cooking, he specially asked the women to participate. After all, there are still so many lotus roots that everyone needs to eat. If you don't know how to eat them, it would be useless to go back so much.Another point is that Song Lai felt that although the primitive people had their own diet system, mainly meat, supplemented by fruits, and occasionally vegetables, it was unhealthy no matter how you looked at it.Believe it or not, when Song Lai first came, basically everyone stayed away when it got dark because they couldn't see.Symptoms of night blindness are common, because primitive people seldom eat offal.It is said that the way they ate at that time was just roasting.Then fruits and vegetables are eaten raw.

So Song Lai always consciously encourages everyone to eat cooked food and eat internal organs with restrictions.After all, some parts rich in vitamins are easy to be poisoned if eaten too much.Now because food is relatively more abundant in the tribe, everyone has begun to pursue some pursuits in terms of eating land, and the appearance of salt is added.Finally let these ancient people know that food can have many forms and changes.And it tastes good.

After dinner, everyone sorted out the lotus roots dug today. When Song Lai asked everyone when they were planning to go back, everyone looked at him in surprise and said, "If you don't get so much food back, what are you doing when you go back? Of course, the lotus roots here are almost the same." I just went back." Song Lai looked back in amazement, the lotus root dug in the whole afternoon was less than one-tenth, it would take a few days to dig all of it.

"We can't do this. If we dig too much, what will we eat next year?" "Isn't there still there in the distance?" After hearing this, Song Lai raised his head and looked into the distance, the lake was full of lotus flowers.Song Lai was speechless.

After arranging everyone to sleep, Song Lai began to calculate in his heart that it would take a few days to finish digging, but in the end he became confused and fell into a deep sleep.As a result, I was woken up by a noise in the middle of the night.Song Lai actually saw the patriarch!Ordinarily, it is not unusual to see the patriarch in a small tribe, but since Song Lai moved into this tribe, the number of times he has seen the patriarch can be counted on one hand.Now I saw the patriarch leading the men in the tribe to appear, are they because they can't bear no one to cook dinner?

The patriarch has the style of a patriarch. First, he went to the lake to see the stock of lotus root, and then asked about how much lotus root was left today. When he heard that there were about ten times as much lotus root, the patriarch was obviously very happy.He kept nodding, and then said something loudly.It doesn't look like you're here for dinner.

Song Lai saw An Ye in the crowd, and pulled An Ye aside, "You rested at home dishonestly, why did you come here overnight?" "The patriarch saw those lotus roots and asked me why you haven't returned yet, I said there are about seven or eight times as many lotus roots and lotus seeds here, and then the patriarch brought us here." Song Lai was even more speechless.Pulling An Ye, he moved a bonfire to another place, then spread the animal skins brought by An Ye, and went to sleep. As for what the patriarch and the others were talking about, it didn't matter to him.Sleeping emperor big.

The next morning, the patriarch took a group of men into the water to dig lotus roots, but they didn't know how to do it, so they broke a lot of lotus roots.Was ridiculed by the women.When it was close to noon, Song Lai suggested that the men should send the lotus roots, and the women would continue digging, which would be faster. This suggestion was adopted by the patriarch, and he was really laughed at by the women enough.

After a whole week of busy work, it was considered that the lotus root was picked. During this period, Song Lai returned to the camp early, and then he and An Ye began to prepare pottery, jars that could hold lotus root starch.The patriarch called three more people to help him, because there were too many bumped lotus roots, and they might not be able to preserve them for the winter.There are also lotus seeds that need jars to bloom.

When making the jars, Song Lai made two vats on a whim, and put a few wooden shelves near the kiln when building the kiln, because Oss told him that the recent meat was very slow to dry, and he was afraid Some are rotting.When Song Lai was sent away, he wanted to make all the meat preserved in the kiln into jerky.

More people work faster, waiting for all the people picking lotus root to return to the camp, Song Lai and their pottery have also been dried in the shade.Last time when Song Lai was making pottery, only women and children were there, but this time the patriarch was with Aussie.Everyone picked up branches and wood together, and three days later there was a large stack of branches and a huge shaft kiln outside the camp.

After two days of calcination and one day of cooling, Song Lai's pottery came out of the kiln again.Only one of the two huge vats succeeded, and was assigned to Oss by the patriarch.The other one was broken in the middle, and Song Lai took it back to use it as a bathtub for the baby.Some pottery pots were distributed according to the family, and some jars were also given to Oss. As a result, some broken pottery was distributed by the tribe.It is said that because the edge of the pottery is relatively hard, it can be used to scrape the minced meat on the bone and meat.

After the pottery was ready, everyone began to carefully sort the picked lotus root, put the intact lotus root aside, and packed it neatly and carefully in straw woven bags.The rest of the bumps and broken ones will be divided among families.But because there are too many people who just came back, many people can't eat that much. Song Lai taught everyone to make lotus root powder, and watched Song Lai flush with water, stir and separate the sediment.The women expressed confusion.So many days later, Song Lai discovered that the lotus root noodles of each family are different. If the understanding ability is good, the lotus root noodles at home will be white and greasy, otherwise they will be a little gray.

Song Lai also asked them to dry the leftover lotus root dregs of the lotus root flour, so they can be eaten in the future, and it is delicious after being fried and crispy.

Wait until the lotus root is processed.Song Lai also got a large bag of lotus seeds from the patriarch.When Song Lai was free, he peeled off the skin of the lotus seeds, then took out the bitter buds, dried the bitter buds and planned to make water to drink later.Put the remaining lotus seeds into the pot, add water, and cook slowly. When An Ye came back, Song Lai filled a bowl of lotus seeds for him.Then I fried a sliced ​​lotus root with fried meat in a pan.

It was the first time for An Ye to eat stir-fried vegetables, and it was strange.Seeing where Song Lai was eating lotus seed rice and vegetables, he followed suit and felt pretty good.

Song Lai ate the same meal as before, tears fell down unconsciously.An Ye was startled watching from the side, hurried forward, and gently held Song Lai's face. "What's the matter?" Song Lai didn't say anything, but hugged An Ye's waist tightly. "Are you homesick?"

Song Lai shook his head, lotus seed rice looks similar to rice but it is not rice after all. Since Song Lai came to this tribe, he has never seriously studied the crops collected by primitive women, and always hoped to find things he was familiar with before. , Subconsciously, Song Lai still felt that he was on the earth, and he could live as before.If there is no rice, use lotus seeds instead. You can eat stir-fried vegetables and rice.But after all it is different.After all, lotus seeds are different from rice, and this stir-fried dish lacks too much flavor.

Gently patted the person in his arms.pat his head. "What's the matter?" "Ann, will you always support me?" "Yeah"