It is not easy to traverse the wilderness

Seeing Rich's thoughtful expression, Song Lai got up and went to the pottery pot to look over the fish, and asked if the taste was good, the baby watched Song Lai go to the place where the smell was always coming out, and immediately Holding his own small bowl, he ran over patteringly, raised his own small bowl, opened a pair of watery eyes, "Father" saw that Song Lai's heart was about to melt, and picked the smallest one for her, Put it in a bowl and use chopsticks to pick out the thorns, let the baby take it aside and eat it by himself.

Oss has been eating in silence, only Song Lai looked up at him when he told the tribesmen to go to the valley to farm, and the rest of the time he was looking at the dishes on the table, seeing Song Lai gave the baby a The fish immediately jumped up like Xiao Xiao whose tail was stepped on. "Didn't you say that you can eat it at night!" "So I only gave the baby a small one." Song Lai looked helpless.

"Then I want a small one too." Oss tried his best to fight for his rights, "If there's no more, I'll just have one for the baby." Song Lai shrugged and turned around and put the lid on the pot.

Oss looked angrily at Song Lai leaving and was about to get up to serve it by himself, "If you make it yourself, then you can cook your own dinner." Song Lai's voice came faintly from behind, looking at Mao A steaming pot, and a sweet baby eating on the side. "Baby, do you want me to have a taste?" Oss bent down to look at the fish in the baby's bowl, the baby looked at Oss with difficulty, then at the fish in the bowl, silently turned his back to Ao s.

Rich finally couldn't stand it anymore, got up and pulled Oss out of the kitchen.After An Ye cleaned up all the food on the table, he took the bowl from the baby and started to tidy up the kitchen.

Song Lai took Rich to the Ao Valley, and then took him to see this large plain. The land here is very fertile. Although it is washed away by floods every spring, but fortunately surrounded by mountains, there is no cause soil erosion. "You can let everyone use some easy-to-live trees to delimit their own land, and then plant the vegetables they need in the land." "Trees?" Rich looked puzzled. "Well, trees can effectively fix the soil on the land and prevent it from being washed away by water, and I saw that the water in our valley is only knee-deep this spring, so it won't cause too much damage. As long as we dig the river Deep enough to prevent the water from flooding the land." Song Lai explained to Rich while leading him around.

"As much land as you want, you have to plant as many trees as you want, and then dig deep river channels with everyone. By this time next year, you will be on the right track." Song Lai explained the benefits of planting to Rich in detail. Let him know, and tell him all the problems that everyone may have.As for Rich, it's up to him whether to follow his own ideas or not.

"If, I mean, what should I do if I want everyone to listen to me and delineate my own land?" Rich suddenly asked Song Lai such a question. "In this way, you can divide according to some conditions, such as contribution to the tribe, such as the population of each family, which can be the conditions for you to allocate land." Song Lai was a little surprised by Rich's question. It seems that this child is still Very talented as a shaman.

Originally, Song Lai wanted to go out to collect it today, but it was a little too late for Rich's arrival.I can only take him wandering in the valley.Some green vegetables and some common fruits in the tribe are actually produced in the valley, unless it is something special that needs to be found outside the valley.Now that they were all out, Song Lai began to subconsciously look for the willow wormwood buds that can only be found in spring.

The willow wormwood buds from last year have already been eaten. Song Lai decided that he must prepare more to eat this year. After searching for a long time, he finally found a few small willow wormwood buds that had just begun to grow. Pick them up and eat them. It’s not enough to fit between the teeth, and I’m a little unwilling to give up. By the way, don’t I want to transplant it, so I just dig these few trees back and plant them.The heels of the Artemisia annua buds are a little like vines. When you dig along the heel, you can dig out a long strip. Every other section, there will be a small white bud with a slightly green tip. These buds grow up That's the willow wormwood buds.

They dug until Rich looked around the area, and when they had counted in their minds, the two went back. When they were about to reach the door of the house, Song Lai suddenly remembered that the fish he was stewing was not mushy when it was over. Quickly ran two steps into the kitchen, and found that Oss was eating vigorously with a bowl in his hands. An Ye was standing by the stove with the lid in one hand and a bamboo spatula in the other to gently stir it.There was sunlight slanting into the room, at that moment Song Lai felt that he might really fall in love with this ancient man.

Seeing Song Lai enter the room, An Ye smiled slightly, "It's time to eat, the fish you cooked tastes really good, I'll bring back some more red fruits tomorrow." An Ye put the fish out on a plate separately, Oss didn't come with them before Whenever Song Lai made new food, An Ye would always bring a plate to Oss. Now Gauss lives with them, and Rich is also here. This plate is... "I will send it to the patriarch. , you eat first." An Ye took the plate of fish and went out after finishing speaking, is this kid trying to slap the leader?Song Lai was thinking silently while laughing.

"An Ye always has a tribe in his heart." Oss squinted at Song Lai before beckoning Rich to sit down, what do you mean, I never think about the tribe.Song Lai looked at Oss with squinting eyes, thought for a while, and couldn't help laughing again, what kind of trouble is this feeling of discord between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Song Lai and the others had almost finished their meal before An Ye came back from the patriarch's house. "Why did you come back? Fortunately, I left some food for you, otherwise Oss would have eaten it all. You have to tell him that now that he is older, he can't overeat like this. It's not good for his health." Song Lai said While bringing food to An Ye, he complained about Oss's little black complaint.

After An Ye washed his hands, he patted Song Lai's head, "Don't touch my hands that I just washed for nothing." Song Lai took An Ye's hand and pushed him to the table for dinner. "What did you say to the patriarch, and you came back so late." Song Lai sat on the side and accompanied An Ye, "It's nothing, I just decided to go to the beach in a few days, and the patriarch asked me to ask if you need anything. Specially prepared, do you want to catch more of these herrings, the patriarch said the taste is not bad." After speaking, An Ye rubbed Song Lai's head habitually.

"Speaking of this, it's true. I'll talk to the patriarch myself tomorrow. By the way, do you want to go to the beach too?" Song Lai was not very willing to part with An Ye.Although the two of them have not made any real progress now, sleeping together every day is already a deep-rooted habit, and Song Lai really feels very uncomfortable if they want to be separated.Looking at Song Lai's tangled face, An Ye gently put his hands on Song Lai's face, "Listen, do you want to go to the beach?" That." Song Lai stretched out his hand to cover An Ye's, and gently rubbed his face against his hand, his tone full of aggrieved coquettishness. "Well, then let's not go." An Ye's eyes were full of smiles.

Early the next morning, Song Lai went out with the women of the tribe according to the original plan. In fact, at this time, the vegetables on the ground had not yet grown, and the vegetables he was looking for were usually on the trees, a kind of tender leaves from trees. The buds have the smell of Chinese toon, which Song Lai had eaten last year.I came out to collect it to see if this kind of tree can be planted by cuttings. In addition, I wanted to find out what everyone said first, to see if everyone had any ideas about growing vegetables in the valley.

The toon trees are usually outside the valley, but they are not very far away, but it still takes two or three hours to get there. "It would be nice if this tree grew in the valley, so we don't have to go so far." Song Lai said casually, pretending to be unintentional.Gan Zhi had been weaving at home all winter last year, and she paid a lot of attention to Song Lai. In her eyes, some casual actions and words of Song Lai could bring her a lot of benefits. Listening to what Song Lai said , I immediately thought about what would happen if this tree grew in the valley.

"Song Lai, can you let this tree grow in the valley?" Gan Zhi looked at Song Lai with glowing eyes, because her voice was a little bit sharp, and the women who were driving around couldn't help but slow down and looked at them. . "Uh, I should give it a try. I don't know the details." Song Lai didn't expect that one sentence would have such a good effect that everyone would notice him. "We can try planting the seedlings in the valley." Song Lai looked at the people around him and carefully proposed the possibility. "No, this kind of tree can't be soaked in water when you are young. Once soaked, the buds on the tree will rot, and you can't live at all." A woman quickly shook her head and gave the answer to Song Lai's possibility.

The crowd was a little unhappy when they heard this result, and continued to move forward in silence.Song Lai took a second look at the woman who spoke just now, what was her name.I just remember that she seemed to support two old people with a warrior in the tribe. This is very rare in the tribe. There are not many old people in the tribe. Some old people live alone. The elderly were included in each family only after the house was built, and their family supported two elderly people before that.

Song Lai walked up to the woman in a few steps, "What's your name?" Song Lai asked the woman softly.This woman is surprisingly clean. In the tribe, Song Lai finds everyone's hygiene unacceptable, but Song Lai is relieved when he thinks about the days they lived in the past. It affects the whole tribe, but there are very few people who are as clean as this woman. First of all, this woman's hair is braided, and the hair is not greasy and refreshing, and if you look closely, you will find that her body hair is not like other People are so dense, but compared with themselves, they are much thicker.

This is obviously a hairy primitive man who is trying to transition to a hairless man. "My name is Ye Li. Song Lai, the soap you make is very useful." Ye Li turned her head to look at Song Lai and answered him softly, and gave Song Lai a small compliment, which made Song Lai very happy. "Uh, you've also learned how to make soap." "Well, I called it petals first, and then it has a fragrance. Is it because you called it soap because it used to have petals?" Ye Li's words shocked Song. Lai was shocked that these ancient people knew how to add flower petals to handmade soap.Of course, the ancient people were much smarter than they thought.After lamenting the imagination and hands-on ability of the ancient people, Song Lai finally asked the most important words.

"How do you know that the buds of the toon tree will rot after being soaked in water?" "In the past, when I was in the original tribe, I planted it at the door, and when I came back in the second spring, I didn't survive." Ye Li read Eye Song Lai answered him seriously. "Could it be washed away by the water?" Song Lai continued to ask. "No, the old man in the family said that he had seen dead saplings. The buds rotted and the branches died." Ye Li replied to Song Lai with regret on her face.

Song Lai couldn't help but think of the tribe when he first came, that tribe was in a small basin, the terrain was very low, and when winter came, everyone went to Vulcan Mountain, and then waited for the spring flood to subside. Going back to the camp, so the water in that place may be deeper than this place. If it is assumed that the toon buds will not rot as long as they do not touch the water, then just dig some saplings that are higher than the knees.

"Are the toon seedlings alive?" Song Lai then asked Ye Li, "It's so alive, you don't need to worry about planting them, but you should plant less when you eat young shoots, although the few ones I planted did not survive the second. In the spring of last year, but the tree buds still ate all summer, you know that there was not as much food as now." Ye Li finally brought a smile on her face.

Summer toon buds are very bitter and have no spring fragrance.