Traveling through ancient times to farm and build infrastructure

Chapter 321 Chapter 321 Discovering Wild Silkworm Cocoons

Yao Xiaoqing thought that there would be no accidents in Su Gu this year, so it should be a good harvest year.

In this era when the harvest depends entirely on the sky, she is very grateful to God for giving everyone a meal.

Walking to the kiln, the woods on the other side of the spring have been cut down, and everyone is digging out the underground stumps with hoes and shovels.

Yao Xiaoqing saw everyone prying up a tree stump with the size of a small table on top.

Going over to the wolf, he said, "In the future, when we dig such a tree stump, we'll dig it out, brush it with tung oil and put it in the dam. It's just right for everyone to eat barbecue and place dishes and chopsticks for seasoning."

The wolf looked at it and nodded with a smile, "It's better to have a good eye. Last year we opened the wasteland to the north. We dug a lot of tree stumps like this, and all of them were split up and burned as firewood."

Yao Xiaoqing said: "It's not that I have a good eye, it's that everyone didn't think of going there. In the future, if you see a tree stump that looks good and you like, it's good to move it home and put things in the house."

Everyone nodded after hearing this, and Ah Hei pointed to the big tree in front of him, "I like that piece, it will look good in our yard after moving it back home."

The wolf smiled and waved, "Move back if you like it."

Yao Xiaoqing looked around and walked back slowly, thinking that autumn has come, and the salt in the Wuxian tribe is gone, and it is not a problem for those people to be short of salt for a long time.

She went to the side of the Jiangli paving road and saw that the road leading to the pier by the river had already been paved with stones and clay and then hardened with mortar. A group of men were sweating profusely with their shirts off.

Seeing her coming, Jiang Li wiped the sweat off his face, and stepped forward with a smile, "Xiao Qing, how is Su Gu doing?"

"The growth is not bad." Yao Xiaoqing looked at the paved road, "It should be better in another month!"

Jiang Li nodded and led her to the shade, "What's the matter with you?"

Yao Xiaoqing looked at him, "I was wondering if the autumn fair should be held? Also, should we make some salt and exchange it for them? If so, what price should we set?"

Jiang Li said with a smile: "If you want to open the show, we can open it, and let people take a rest for the big show. You should also dig out more salt and stock up."

"I remember that all your salty salt has been filtered without impurities. Wuxian's salty salt is simply incomparable with yours. The price doesn't have to be cheap, and they are definitely willing to exchange it."

Yao Xiaoqing nodded with a smile, "What you said makes sense. I'll go back and talk to Father and see what he thinks."

"Okay! I'm off to work." Jiang Li said softly.

Yao Xiaoqing glanced at him, "Yes! I'll go back and ask someone to cook your favorite braised dried bamboo shoots."

Jiang Li nodded with a smile on his eyes, watched her go before going to work with a shovel.

Heiba ​​smiled and abducted him, "Boss, we have braised dried bamboo shoots tonight!"

Jiang Libai glanced at him, but still didn't speak.

Da Liang smacked his lips at the side, "Boss, I just harvested the wheat, I want to eat big meat buns."

Yu waved his hands and said, "You don't even know how to eat it. The best thing to eat is braised pork head meat. Just thinking about it makes your mouth water."

"Brothers," Dayang shouted, "Stop talking about it, or my stomach will growl."

"Let me touch and see if there is a doll in it."

Heiba ​​ran to touch his stomach, but Dayang hurriedly hid on the side of the cart, and everyone watched the two of them circle around the cart, some shouting and cheering, some laughing.

Jiang Li looked at the rambunctious boys who looked like children, raised his hand and said, "If you continue to make trouble, it will be dark. If you don't pave this section of the road today, a bonfire will be lit at night for you to rush to work."

"Get to work." Heiba ​​and Dayang also stopped fighting, and everyone threw their arms aside and started working.

Yao Xiaoqing went back to the tribe and discussed with Yaohu the autumn fair. When the price of salt and salt came out, he saw Xiongniu and Mufeng leading the cattle back to the tribe.

"Xiaoqing, look, this is the worm's nest I found at the foot of the mountain."

Yao Xiaoqing took the bull and handed it a silkworm cocoon about the size of a thumb.Silkworm cocoons are grayish yellow, not as big and not as white as mulberry cocoons.

She pinched the silk on it and pulled it out, and a silk as thin as a hair came out.

She looked at the bull in surprise, "Brother, where did you find this? How many?"

Xiong Niu shook his head, "Not many, there are twenty or thirty of them in one tree, and they were found on the leaves of the green bar tree at the foot of Yanshan Mountain."

Mu Feng said from the side: "Xiaoqing, it's not a green stick tree, but a tree that looks like a green stick tree. The fruits on the tree are similar to the green stick fruit."

Yao Xiaoqing looked at the sky, "It's already late today, let's go to the mountain to have a look tomorrow morning."

Xiong Niu nodded, "Okay, let's unload the salt."

Yao Xiaoqing held a dozen or so cocoons, wondering if they were a kind of wild silkworm eggs?

She has only seen silkworms eating mulberry leaves, but never silkworms eating green leaves.

Thinking of the camphor silkworm cocoon mentioned by Jiang Li, I thought it was nothing strange.

She took the cocoon to find Jiang Li, hoping to get the answer from him.

Jiang Li picked up a silkworm cocoon and looked at it for a while, "The silkworm cocoon on the acorn tree? I haven't heard of it, it's probably a cocoon made by a wild silkworm! Can you see if it works?"

Yao Xiaoqing nodded with a smile, "I think it works!"

Jiang Li said with a smile: "It's fine if the wild silkworm can be used, let's collect some cocoons and try it out."

"I'll go to the forest to collect some tomorrow morning." Yao Xiaoqing said happily.

Jiang Li looked at her with a smile, "Let's go back together, we have to call it a day."

Yao Xiaoqing nodded, and the two walked back together.

The next day, just after dawn, Yao Xiaoqing took Shan'am and a dozen or so little girls, and followed Mufeng and the others into the mountain.

After walking for about four hours, I arrived near the salt mine.

Mu Feng and Xiong Niu took them to the forest, pointed to the green bar tree and said, "Xiaoqing is right here, don't go too far, call us if you need something."

"Got it, go get busy!" Yao Xiaoqing said without looking back while looking at the woods ahead.

Mu Feng smiled and shook his head, and left with Xiong Niu.

This is a kind of tree that is somewhat similar to the green bar tree. She thinks it should be the same tree species, but the shape is different.

Walking into the woods, she found cocoon-like things hanging on some leaves.

Yao Xiaoqing stepped forward and pulled a silkworm cocoon about the size of a thumb from a branch.Thinking that this forest should be able to collect a lot of cocoons.

Seeing her looking at the cocoon in her hand in a daze, Shan Amu smiled and said: "Xiaoqing, the worms inside are edible, peel them off and burn them on the fire to eat, they are delicious."

Yao Xiaoqing turned to look at her, "Mum, have you seen this kind of cocoon before?"

Shan Amu nodded, "I used to collect food in the forest, and my stomach was uncomfortably hungry. It doesn't matter if I find bugs or wild fruits in the forest, as long as it can fill my stomach."

(End of this chapter)