Traveling through ancient times to farm and build infrastructure

Chapter 214 Chapter 214

The rain stopped for two days. After the autumn rain, the sky was blue and the weather became dry and cold.

Several teams of the hunting team consulted with Yaohu, and they planned to take the warriors into the mountains to hunt again before winter came.

Yaohu nodded, "It's good to go again, this time don't go into the deep mountains. Walk along the hills by the river for four or five days, and you will see dozens of them in a row, like bamboo shoots just emerging from the soil. small mountain bag."

"There is a valley surrounded by mountains in the depths of the forest. In the past, there were wild boars, cattle, musk deer and long-haired sheep, as well as wild beasts such as big cats and black bears. This time we will go to 45 warriors, and then call Jiang Li and the others. There are more than 50 warriors, even if they encounter big beasts, they will not be afraid."

Shan said: "Chief, the ones there are hard to find, I'll take them there!"

"Okay, you can follow along and watch a little bit." Yaohu thought for a while and nodded in response.

Mu Feng, "Father, we are carrying the wound medicine made by Xiaoqing, as long as the injury is not fatal, we will not be afraid."

Yaohu looked at them sternly, "Uncle Shan will take you together to the Qingshan Tribe to see if Jiang Li and the others will go. If they don't go, you don't want to go there."

A group of people responded in unison: "Yes, leader."

Yaohu led them to gather people together, ordered 45 strong warriors, and let Mufeng, Muba, Leopard, and Dashu lead them to set off.

Yao Xiaoqing packed up the wound medicine, water bottle and food for Muba.

Everyone sent them out of the tribe.

Mu Feng and the others waved their hands and strode towards the Qingshan tribe.

As soon as they walked to the river, they saw Jiang Li walking towards this side with Hei Ba and the others.

Mu Feng looked at them carrying baskets and weapons, "Jiang Li, did you come to ask us to go hunting?"

Jiang Li smiled and nodded, "Yes, let's go into the mountains before the weather cools down."

"My father said..."

Jiang Li thought it was okay, "Okay, let's go upstream along the hill." Dozens of men walked upstream.

After Mufeng and the others left, Yaohu led a dozen people and led the oxen to the mine. He planned to dig some ore back and pile it there to refine ironware slowly in winter.

Yao Xiaoqing took a few women, moved the rabbit fur and wool out of the warehouse, boiled hot water, washed them with grass ash and saponins, carried them to a thin layer and spread them out in the yard to dry in the sun for a whole day. can be dried.

After washing, the sheared wool of long-haired goats is particularly soft and smooth to the touch.Yao Xiaoqing thought about using wool to make wool quilts and wool cushions after the cloth was woven.

Taro and Douzi and several women are busy making paper every day.Shan Amu took a dozen women and began to sew animal skins for winter.

Yao Xiaoqing drew the blueprints and handed them to the old uncle of the construction team, and asked him to lead people to build a paper-making workshop under the wall.Clay and oyster ashes are used to paste the large vat for boiling bark, and a chimney is built.

In the workshop, a few stepping stones are placed to make pulp, and a row of soaking pools and water tanks are built. The sewage is discharged through ceramic pipes and picked up into the mountain pit to be dumped.

After arranging the layout in the paper workshop, she went to the greenhouse.

The warm shed is six meters wide and about ten meters long. The roof of the shed is placed on a piece of wood at a distance of one foot, and the highest point is only two meters high.Inside, two rectangular vegetable gardens were built with stones, which were covered with mulch mixed with soil more than one meter thick.

Ah Chun was passing by carrying the fodder, and saw Yao Xiaoqing walking over, "Xiaoqing, the roof is not covered with thatch, and it will leak when it rains."

"If it is covered with thatch, the vegetables inside will not be exposed to the sun, so we can only cover it with straw curtains." Yao Xiaoqing said with a smile.

Only then did Ah Chun understand, and said with a smile, "I thought it was like this."

Yao Xiaoqing took Leopard Amu and weaved more than a dozen straw curtains with cattail grass. After weaving, they reinforced it with bamboo slices, and then sewed them together with rattan string.

The straw curtains were woven, and the scrolls for rolling the straw curtains were still missing. Yao Xiaoqing thought of bamboo poles.After checking in the firewood room, I found that all the moso bamboos were stored in it.The bottom of the moso bamboo pole is too thick to be used for scrolling.

Yao Xiaoqing thought for a while, and thought of a kind of bamboo called hard-headed spring.This kind of bamboo is more than ten meters long, with straight and thick bamboo poles, only two to six centimeters in diameter.Best for building trellises, picking straw and making farm tools.

She found Ah Chong and went to the bamboo forest together. After walking around in the bamboo forest for a long time, she finally found a few clumps of hard-headed springs.

"Finally found you!" Yao Xiaoqing looked at the stiff smile with a murderous look on his face, "Uncle Chong, this is what I want."

Ah Chong held it and shook it a few times, "Xiaoqing, this bamboo is slender and slender, which is different from the ones we cut back before."

"This kind is good, and it's the best for rolling straw curtains."

Ah Chong nodded, "It's fine if you say yes."

Yao Xiaoqing picked out a few slender hard springs, picked up a machete and began to chop.Ah Chong shaved off the branches on the bamboo pole, and the two walked back carrying them.

Ah Chong looked at the tender bamboo in the moso bamboo bush, "Xiaoqing, are there any bamboo shoots in winter?"

Yao Xiaoqing glanced at him with a smile, "Yes, do you want to eat bamboo shoots? There are still dried bamboo shoots in the tribe. Go back and soak some and use them to roast meat."

Ah Chong shook his head and smiled, "I think there is little food in winter, so when there are winter bamboo shoots, let's dig some back."

Yao Xiaoqing thought that the winter bamboo shoots are a product of the south. "It's too cold and the winter bamboo shoots won't grow. If it's as cold as last year, I'm afraid they won't grow either."

Ah Chong nodded, "Forget it's cold, let's take a look if it's not cold. Ah Yun is still thinking about digging bamboo and planting it next year!"

Yao Xiaoqing, "We set up a greenhouse, and we can grow leeks, garlic sprouts, wild vegetables, and cabbage, so we don't have to worry about running out of vegetables when it's cold."

"Well! I have to chop more firewood and go back to store it. I think it's better to cook the fire with green stick wood. When I go back, I will take people to the forest and chop more firewood and store it."

Yao Xiaoqing felt that Uncle Achong and the others were just like her grandparents in her previous life, they couldn't take a day off.

"The firewood shed at the foot of the mountain is already full, so don't get too tired."

Ah Chong said cheerfully: "I'm not tired, everyone said that after coming here, their hair has turned black."

Yao Xiaoqing laughed after hearing this, "This is a good thing, it means that your body has become stronger."

Two hours later, the two returned to the tribe and had lunch.Yao Xiaoqing took Bao Amu and carried two bamboo poles to the warm shed, wrapped the bamboo poles in the grass curtain, tied them with ropes, and finally tied a long rope on both ends of the bamboo poles.

Several women stepped on the bamboo ladder, lifted the grass curtain to the top of the greenhouse, and covered it.

Yao Xiaoqing and Bao Amu each pulled a rope, and the bamboo pole was rolled up to the roof of the greenhouse with the straw curtain.

"Okay, we can grow vegetables when it's cold."

Leopard Amu nodded repeatedly, "Xiaoqing, let's dig a mound of leeks first and plant them in it, so we can pick them up when it's cold."

Ah Chun came over and said, "Xiaoqing, the greenhouse is close to the pigsty, so I don't need to cook the pig food alone from now on."

Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said, "Okay, let's dig leeks."

(End of this chapter)