After entering the bird tribe, I want to farm

Bai Wu and the others dug up more coal than expected.

The coal seams were dug out and piled up into hills on the plain.

These black hills rise from the ground and look very shocking.

The only thing that made Bai Wu feel a little regretful was that the coal they dug didn't have any big chunks of coal.

Most of these coals are mixed with soil to form a layer of coal soil.

Maybe this batch of coal was buried too shallow, and after weathering, it was deposited with the soil and became what it is now.

Although the quality of this batch of coal is not very good, it is still a very happy thing to be able to dig coal.

Especially since they are about to usher in a cold winter, they are so lucky to have enough coal for heating.

The Bai people celebrated for three days.

Everyone got up to dig coal in the morning, went hunting or gathering in the morning, and came back to dig coal in the afternoon. Everyone was so tired, and they celebrated for so long, which was enough to show how happy everyone was.

As important figures, Bai Wu and Nan Yao ate dinner in the tribe for three consecutive days.

They seldom sing and dance with the young people in the tribe. After dinner, they feed the animals at home, go up the mountain to take a bath side by side, and occasionally have mutual aid activities.

After experiencing fatigue and relaxation, Bai Wu can often get a good night's sleep.

The coal is mixed with soil and cannot be burned directly. Baiwu taught the Bai people how to make briquettes.

The dug out coal is roughly screened, and the large pieces of coal and stones are picked out, and then a small amount of water is added to moisten the slime, and then the slime is compacted with a special mold to form a piece of briquette.

Bai Wu has seen others make briquettes and is very familiar with the process of making briquettes.

He did some research, and he and Nanyao made a honeycomb coal press out of wood.

They popularized this small device, and the efficiency of Bai people's pressing coal was greatly improved.

The tribesmen worked together, and soon, the briquettes they pressed were drying everywhere on the mountain, at the foot of the mountain, by the river, and in the field.

The Birdmen are very good at reading the weather, and they are never wrong in predicting when it will rain.

They safely leave the briquettes outside to dry.

The wind in autumn is very dry. Honeycomb briquettes have relatively low water content and are small in size. It can basically dry out after two or three days outside.

Everyone took back the dried briquettes and stacked them into walls, and covered them with curtains woven with hay to keep out the dew and hoarfrost.

The coal to be used in winter is stored in a coal wall.

The friendship between the nine tribes of the Niao tribe is very good, and there are Nanyao and Baiwu in the middle. The Bai tribe has a lot of coal, and they are not stingy. As long as the tribes exchange things, the Bai tribe is willing to exchange.

It's just that people from all major tribes dig coal by themselves, and it's not easy to carry it back after digging.

Carrying coal is hard work, but it is the fuel for heating in winter, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a life-saving straw.

None of the eight major tribes was lazy, and they all brought their things to the Bai people to exchange coal, and then learned from the Bai people the technology of suppressing briquettes.

All major tribes have their own special products, most of which are food supplies.

The Bai people collected the supplies from the brother tribes, and specially divided [-]% of them into Baiwu and Nanyao.

Nan Yao is a priest, and all major tribes will enshrine good things from the tribe to him.

Bai Wu is a wise man in the tribe. This time he discovered that coal can be burned, and the subsequent production of briquettes is all due to him, and the supplies should have been shared with him.

The clansmen have no objection to this division.

As for coal, there are plenty of coal fields, and the two of them can dig as much as they want, and there is no special allocation for this.

After Bai Wu received the supplies from the tribe, he was very happy. When he was happy, he returned most of them and let the tribe keep them.

Coal is such an important material, and everyone is very happy that there is no conflict because of it.The Bai people still remembered him, and specially sent him so many supplies, which made him even more happy.

It's just that there are four members in their family, and there are only five members in Nanyao. They don't need so many supplies, and it would be a waste to stay with him. It's enough for the clansmen to have that kind of heart, and he has no shortage of supplies.

After Ya received the reply, he led the tribe to send them more briquettes.

Baiwu has a lot of domestic animals and a lot of food to prepare daily, so the amount of coal needed is indeed relatively large.

This time he didn't refuse.

Chuan and Mo Dai went back to the tribe every day to make briquettes with everyone.

When they hunted and gathered, they also followed the tribe.

Bai Wu herself doesn't like to follow the tribe, and usually stays with Nanyao.

They tend to come back earlier.

On this day, Nan Yao and Bai Wu beat a big ox, and they carried the ox back before the sun set.

The two handle the cow together.

The cow was a bison, and they had to skin it first, then disassemble the cow into its parts, and spread it out to dry out the acid before processing it further.

The weather is already very cold now, and the wind that blows is the dry north wind. The beef does not need to be marinated with too much salt, and it can be dried directly into beef jerky if it is hung under the eaves.

Bai Wu planned to save a small portion to eat, and make the rest into beef jerky.

They have enough supplies this year, so they can make some beef jerky as a snack in winter.

Handling beef is a laborious task, and Bai Wu has relatively little strength, so she stood by and helped Nan Yao.

Nan Yao's hands were fast and steady. He took the small knife he usually used and easily divided the cow into parts.

His small knife, which is not as long as the palm of his hand, can remove even the hardest bones along the joints and bone seams, all thanks to his superb decomposition technique.

Bai Wu had seen him handle many prey, standing in front of the huge pile of beef, he was still shocked by his techniques.

Nan Yao divided the beef into various parts and put it away, leaving a large cowhide.

He needs to do a preliminary treatment of the cowhide first, let it dry for a few days, and then tan it.

Bai Wu stared blankly at the side and never left. Nan Yao turned to look at him, his eyes became gentle, "Will you wash the cowhide with me?"

"Okay. No, wait, let me stew the ox head first."

The ox head is really too big. Generally, they don’t remove the meat directly from the top. Instead, they clean the ox head and put it into a large stew pot, add water, salt and spices, and start to stew.

After several hours of stewing, the beef will be deboned, and it will be much easier for them to remove the beef. It can be fried or mixed at that time, and it is also very convenient to make other dishes.

Nan Yao said, "You go and get the spices, and I'll wash the cow's head."

"Okay, stew in a big stone pot? The stone pot is big enough."

"The stone pot is too heavy, so stew it in an iron pot and put it on the stove that burns coal."

In the past few days, they built a new coal-burning stove with stones.

There are grates in this stove, and a chimney is specially added so that the soot will not smoke people.

When they make stews, it is much more convenient to burn coal than firewood. Put a few briquettes in it and it will last for a long time.

They stewed it here, went down to wash the leather and brought it up, the fire should not have been extinguished.

Burning firewood is not good, you have to watch the firewood from time to time, otherwise it will go out soon.

Bai Wu nodded in agreement, turned around and ran to the utility room to get the spices.

These few days are relatively busy, he is at home every day, but he hasn't come to the utility room for several days.

As soon as he entered the utility room today, Bai Wu smelled a special smell.

It should be - the smell of wine?

The big vat of their home brewing has been moved to the utility room.

The big vat contained bitter grass seeds. Bai Wu looked at it when he moved the vat last time. It also smelled of alcohol, but the smell was relatively weak.

He didn't know how long normal wine should be brewed, and he had no relevant experience. After thinking about it for two days, he simply re-sealed the tank with wet mud to let the bitter grass seeds inside enter the anaerobic fermentation environment again.

He had forgotten about the big tank after it had been in the utility room for a long time.

Looking at it today, I don't know whether the wet mud sealed on the side of the wine tank was dry and fell down naturally, causing the smell of wine to leak out, or whether one of them accidentally knocked off a piece.

In short, the smell of wine in this tank of wine came out.

Immediately, Bai Wu couldn't care about the spices, and hurriedly pushed aside the soil on the edge of the wine vat, and took off the straw curtain and the vat cover.

When they were brewing wine, they put the bitter grass rice into the tank and pressed it tightly. The top was evened out, and a round hole was punched out in the middle with a wooden stick.

Now the round hole is filled with pale white juice, and the bitter grass rice is also floating in the juice, even the rice grains are swollen and soft, looking like a vat of porridge.

The most important thing is that this vat of juice exudes the smell of wine, there is no mold or damage, and it seems that the brewing has been successful!

Bai Wu turned her head and looked around, wanting to take a container to scoop up some juice and taste it.

He looked at it several times, but he didn't see a suitable container, so he simply leaned the straw curtain in his hand against the wall, ran back to the kitchen, and wanted to bring a clean bowl to scoop up the wine.

Nan Yao was cleaning the bull's head, watching him running around, "What's wrong?"

"Our wine seems to be brewed! Wait a minute, I'll scoop some out and taste it first!"

"You won't let me taste it together?"

"Then come quickly!"

Bai Wu searched the kitchen for a while, but couldn't find a bowl that made him feel at ease—he was afraid that there would be oil or bacteria on the bowl, which would contaminate the wine when scooping it up.

He scratched his head anxiously, Nan Yao walked in from the outside, "What are you looking for?"

"Find something to scoop wine. When you don't use it normally, there are so many tools at hand that there is no place to put them, but now you can't find any of them. Forget it, don't look for it, let's just lift the jar and pour it into the bowl."

"Wait." Nan Yao pulled him back, took a bamboo tube from the window sill and stuffed it into his arms, "Use this."

There are already a lot of bamboo in their backyard, and they also try to cut it down and develop it into various utensils.

This bamboo tube with a handle is a newly made utensil.

They have just been made, and after cleaning, they are hanging on the window sill. The white wu was originally intended to be used for scooping oil, but now it is just right for scooping wine.

Bai Wu happily pulled Nan Yao's wrist, "Let's go."

They ran to the utility room, and the wine tank was turned on for a while, and the smell of alcohol in the utility room became stronger.

Bai Wu carefully scooped out two bowls of wine without bitter grass seeds.

The wine was served in a black pottery bowl, and it was a cloudy white color with a hint of green.

Bai Wu didn't hesitate at all, scooped it out, and went directly to take a sip.

The wine is cold in the mouth, followed by a slight bitter taste, which is still a little irritating, like the stimulation of soda, I scratched my tongue a little, and the taste of the wine is relatively light, after swallowing, there is still a little lingering sweetness.

It's a bit like beer, and a bit like soda, I really can't tell what it tastes like.

The cold wine enters the throat, and it can be clearly felt that it has fallen into the stomach pouch, and then a little heat arises.

It felt very strange.

Bai Wu narrowed her eyes and took another sip.

After drinking, he turned to look at Nan Yao.

Nan Yao lifted the bowl slightly, "It's kind of weird."

"But it's delicious?" Bai Wu raised his chin slightly and smiled, "If you drink it with grilled meat or other meat with chewing fruit, it must taste very refreshing."

Nan Yao thought for a while, then nodded in agreement, "I guess so too."

"Come on, let's have a toast to celebrate the brewing of another wine."

Nan Yao didn't seem to understand why.

Bai Wu stretched out her hand to grab his wrist, and moved his hand towards her, at the same time, she greeted the wine bowl.

The two bowls collided with a crisp "ding".

The smile on Bai Wu's face widened, and he bent his eyes, "Cheers."

Nan Yao understood, and when he was about to take back the bowl, he gently passed the bowl over and touched it again, "Cheers."

Bai Wu took back the wine bowl and took another sip, with a smile on her face.

He couldn't tell whether it was the laughter brought about by wine, or the laughter brought about by drinking with Nan Yao.