After arranging ten Uzbek workers, Xu Chen took Gu and Ju up the mountain with tools to dig yams.
Building the wall can be done slowly. As long as there are enough stones, one month is enough for him to complete the work. In addition, he also needs enough lime to build the wall. The kiln is also stepping up the firing. There is no rush for these, so he can only do the same thing.
Follow the progress.
In the past few months, Xu Chen had already visited all the nearby hillsides. Although he still couldn't find the place by closing his eyes, he still clearly remembered the locations of several large yam nests that he had noticed before.
Primitive people did not eat yams. It is not that yams cannot be eaten, but that yams grow deep in the soil and cannot be dug out without tools.
Coupled with the current climate conditions and natural environment, plants are prosperous and animals are abundant and diverse. As long as they gather and hunt diligently, there is no shortage of food. Therefore, these primitive people do not need to go to the thankless digging of yams to satisfy their hunger.
However, in order to appease Mother's worries, he decided to dig out a nest of yams to let her know that the food reserves would not be reduced just because there were ten more people.
These wild yams are rich in starch and have great medicinal value. They can be used as food and can replenish qi and strengthen the kidneys.
According to some Taoist and medical classics in China, long-term consumption of yams can lighten the body, keep the body healthy, and prolong life. It is one of the favorite foods of the hermits who cultivate immortality.
Now these yams have grown for who knows how many tens or hundreds of years. If they really can become immortals if they are eaten, Xu Chen would probably be able to lift a whole cave together.
However, these yams grew really deep. It took the three of them a full day to slowly dig out a nest of yam rhizomes with the main vine as thick as an egg. They also took advantage of the relatively steep terrain to dig out half the size of a furnace.
of a pit.
Although the workload is heavy and I am as tired as a dog, the rewards are mind-numbing.
Just this nest of yams far exceeded Xu Chen’s estimated profit.
As yams as thick as an arm or even as thick as a calf were dug out from the soil, and a large number of long and short yam tubers slowly piled up on the hillside, Xu Chen became more and more astonished and pleasantly surprised.
This nest of yams was not the largest he found, but it was relatively close to the foot of the mountain and the best place to dig.
But the yam rhizomes buried deep in the soil were like endless layers, one on top of another, with the rhizomes crisscrossing the soil like pythons, so the area excavated by the three people could only continue to expand.
As the sun slowly set towards the west, around four o'clock in the afternoon, the three of them finally gave up.
The digging is not finished yet, but it is indeed impossible to dig anymore.
The pile of dug yams weighed at least three hundred kilograms.
The three of them were too tired to lift the hoe, and they were also so hungry that their chests pressed against their backs, and their energy was completely exhausted.
"Let's go, carry these yams down the mountain first!"
After resting for a while, the three of them carried baskets full of yams down the mountain.
However, they could only carry a few dozen kilograms at a time, so the three of them had to carry them back and forth four times before finally carrying all the dug yams down the mountain.
By this time, the sun was almost setting, the hunting group had returned, and the people who were moving rocks, cutting trees, and laying bricks were finishing their work and returning to the kiln.
Mother Ba took a few women to carry all the animal skins harvested from today's trade back to the cave for storage, and then carried a lot of oats, beans and other grains. When she saw Xu Chen and the others carrying so many yams back and forth, Mother Ba's mood
His worries suddenly turned into joy, and he hugged the three of them and praised them thoroughly.
Yams are edible, especially when roasted, they are soft, glutinous and fragrant, with a sweet taste. Adults and children love to eat them. It is equally delicious when cooked with porridge, stew, meat and stewed with bones.
In the past, Xu Chen dug up a small nest to store medicinal materials. He only said that it was difficult to dig. He would wait until winter to get it slowly. Muba and others did not pay too much attention. There was no shortage of food this year. Since it was difficult to dig, there was no need to dig.
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But she didn't expect that when she was worried about the lack of food due to the large number of people, Xu Chen would dig out so much in one day.
This large pile of yams alone was enough to feed the entire tribe for several days. Together with some other miscellaneous grains and hunting harvests, whether roasted or boiled, they perfectly made up for the food shortage.
Mother Ba is happy, and naturally the whole tribe is also happy.
Muba's mood has been a bit unstable recently, and the tribe has actually been a little cautious, but today the Uzbek people not only took the initiative to exchange a large number of animal skins, but also harvested so many delicious yams for food, so the entire kiln factory was turned upside down at sunset.
The atmosphere was lively, with everyone laughing loudly in front of the campfire and exchanging some news between the two tribes while waiting for dinner to begin.
Under Xu Chen's careful instructions, Feng and his hunting team worked hard today and gained quite a lot.
A wild sheep, a pig badger, and two hares, the total amount of meat is nearly a hundred kilograms, and if you remove the skin, meat and internal organs, it still weighs several dozen kilograms.
Part of it is sent up the mountain to be eaten by those who stay on the mountain.
Part of the meat is processed on-site at the kiln. The hare and badger are smaller and grilled directly. The meat of the wild sheep is chopped into minced meat and boiled. The remaining meat bones are smashed into pieces and put into clay pots for slow cooking.
Simmer.
Some yams were peeled and cooked together with minced meat, and some were directly thrown into the campfire with the soil on them and grilled.
As the rich aroma of food began to spread in the evening breeze, everyone's mood became more and more enthusiastic.
Especially the ten Uzbek people who stayed behind looked at the steaming clay pots and sniffed the increasingly strong aroma of food. Their Adam's apples were twitching and they were swallowing saliva.
In the past, they looked down upon the Ba people.
The number of people is small and poor. There are only a few dozen people in the entire tribe, and most of the men are weak. They are almost the weakest among the five tribes.
However, at this meeting of witch masters, the Ba tribe made a splash, completely overturning their despised status by other tribes. Instead, they overcame the Uzu tribe and became the target of all tribes' enthusiastic pursuit and fawning. Xu Chen's reputation was even close to surpassing that of the great witch.
Cooking food in earthen pots is now a specialty of the Uzbek people. Other tribes can only envy them. But starting from today, they can also eat this hot, soft and fragrant food every day, and enjoy what other tribes cannot enjoy.
treatment received.
When bowls of hot whole grain porridge topped with minced meat were delivered to their hands, and after taking a few mouthfuls of fragrant and delicious food, these Uzbek people burst into tears.
The dogs are too hot.
But even if it was burned to death, I couldn't bear to spit it out.
Some people even begin to feel that as long as they can eat these hot and delicious foods every day, it doesn't matter what the pottery is, even if they are exhausted, it is still worth it.
Seeing these Uzbek people enjoying the delicious food and having lively interactions with the Ba people, Xu Chen was secretly happy.
A few bowls of porridge, a few pieces of roasted yams, and a few broken pottery can fool a group of strong laborers. This is definitely a good deal. As long as they are satisfied with their current life, they can then be used as livestock.