Jiang Li, Hei Ba and the others were packing up things, including chestnuts, dried meat, and pine nuts, and packed them into about ten baskets.
Heiba pointed at the pine nuts and said, "Red leaves, such a big piece of food has nothing but the shells. What do you do with collecting it?"
Hongye smiled and said: "The Yaoshan tribe collected a lot. Yun Amu said to go to the river to get some fine sand and fry it in a stone pot. In the winter, if there is nothing to do, just sit on the kang and slowly peel and eat it."
"Oh! Then we have to find a stone pot." Hei Ba looked at Jiang Li, "Chief, ask Qing Sha to help us burn a few pots!"
"Not just jars, but also water tanks." Hongye clapped his fingers, "Look where we live, there is one water tank in the kitchen, two, and at least three water tanks in the bathroom and toilet."
Jiang Li glanced at Hongye and said with a smile: "Okay Hongye, after living here for a few days, you will learn to count things."
Hong Ye was a little proud, "Chief, Yun Amu taught me, and she even taught me how to make food!"
Jiang Li smiled and nodded, "Okay, you will cook our food from now on."
When Qiu saw Jiang Li praising Hongye, she glared at her with jealousy. She walked up and bumped Hongye deliberately. Hongye staggered and almost fell to the ground.
Jiang Li looked at her coldly and said coldly: "Qiu, I remember I told you that if you want to live in the Qingshan tribe, you must stick to your duties and don't think about things you shouldn't."
"If you don't abide by your duties in the future, I will drive you out of the tribe. This is my last reminder. I hope you will remember it."
Qiu was stunned for a moment, and looked back at Heiba with red eyes. Seeing that he didn't even look at her, she lowered her head and said, "I remember, and I won't do this again."
Jiang Li glanced at Heiba, turned around and went upstairs.
Da Liang turned Hei Ba's hand mischievously, "Why don't you help her today?"
Heiba snorted coldly, "When we took her in, she was not like this."
Daliang glanced at Heiba and said, "Then you were still protecting her before."
Heiba whispered: "I won't do it again."
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The morning breeze blew by, and waves of coolness hit. Yao Xiaoqing took the medicine and went to the medical room with Yao Hu.
Shi Shan and You Lu had just finished their breakfast, looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "Leader Yao Hu, Qing Wu, we are about to set off."
Yao Xiaoqing opened the medicine and put it on the table, "Chief Shishan, boil these herbs in water and drink them. Change the powder once a day. Be careful not to open the wound."
Shi Shan responded with a smile: "Okay, I will ask someone to bring animal skins and food in exchange for pumpkins when I go back."
Yao Hu smiled and nodded, "Okay."
You Lu bowed his head to Yao Xiaoqing and said, "Qing Wu, you saved my life. If you need me in the future, just send someone to bring me a message."
Yao Xiaoqing avoided it and replied: "I am a witch doctor, and saving people is what I should do."
After hearing this, Shi Shan nodded repeatedly, "We have remembered your kindness, Qing Wu."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled politely. The father and daughter sent Shishan and his son to the gate and watched them walk towards the mountain.
Yao Hu smiled and said, "Let's go back and help Jiang Li move things."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Bring a few oxen out, put them on the racks and move them over."
"good."
Jiang Li, Muba and the others carried baskets and arrived at the entrance of the cafeteria. They saw several large vats placed in the open space. There were about a dozen large and small jars in the vats, as well as two baskets of charcoal and a basket of golden corn.
A basket of pumpkins.
Yao Hu looked at him with a smile, "Jiang Li, these things are prepared for you."
Jiang Li gratefully saluted Yao Hu and Yao Xiaoqing, "Thank you! Thank you!"
Yao Hu waved his hand and smiled heartily, "Ah Chong went to take the ox, and the basket and vat were placed in the bamboo basket, and they were moved there in one trip."
"Okay." Jiang Li agreed readily.
"The scalpers are coming." Ah Chong's voice rang.
Ah Chong and Hei Ba put the carrying racks in place, put the big vat into the bamboo basket, and the six oxen took most of the things away.
Everyone sent Jiang Li and his party to the gate, and Yao Hu and Dashi went to the Qingshan tribe together.
Yao Xiaoqing took Taro Zi and several others to fish out the ramie stalks soaked in the ditch and peeled off the ramie silk.
A few days later, the weather gradually turned cooler, and the bast of the paper mulberry tree had been soaked. The greenhouse was also built, and soil was being filled inside.
Yao Xiaoqing found a large vat, brought taro and beans, cleaned and chopped bast, added plant ash and lime, put it into the vat and steamed it.
Ah Chong and the others took turns helping to light the fire, cooking day and night for five or six days. They fished out half of the fibrous paper mulberry bast from the large vat, washed and filtered it, and beat it repeatedly with a stone mortar to make pulp.
Remove the impurities in the pulp, pour the pulp into the pool and add water. The pulp in the pool becomes floc after being soaked in water.
Yao Xiaoqing and Douzi took turns using wooden sticks and pestles to stir evenly, and finally added a liquid made from fir bark to make the pulp stick together and facilitate separation.
Then he put the bamboo curtain in and gently swayed it back and forth a few times to make the paper pulp interweave on the bamboo curtain into thin sheets of wet paper. Yao Xiaoqing tried a few times before he successfully poured the wet paper onto the stone slab.
She made dozens of them in one breath, and her gestures became more proficient, but her hands were still sore. Looking at the wet papers stacked together, she couldn't wait to see what the finished product would look like.
Seeing the bluestone on the ground, Yao Xiaoqing rolled his eyes and said to Yuzi, who was stepping on the forge to make paper pulp, "Yaozi, lift that stone slab to the small kiln and add some firewood to heat the stone slab."
"Okay!" Yaozi called Douzi, and the two of them washed a piece of bluestone with water, carried it to the entrance of the kiln, put it away, and started to heat the stone.
"Xiao Qing, the slate is hot."
Yao Xiaoqing put down the bamboo curtain, carefully lifted up a piece of wet paper and spread it on a heated bluestone. After baking for a while, the first white paper in history appeared in front of her eyes.
Although the thickness is uneven, it is still white and translucent. This is the first piece of paper she has made with her own hands.
"There is paper! I made the paper!" Yao Xiaoqing smiled proudly, "Haha! I will never use bamboo pieces again."
Douzi and Yuzi looked at the white paper in Yao Xiaoqing's hand curiously, and they looked at her with stars in their eyes.
Yuzi looked at the paper in Yao Xiaoqing's hand that looked like white clouds in the sky, "Xiaoqing, can I touch it?"
"Here." Yao Xiaoqing happily and proudly gave the paper to Yuzi.
The two happily looked at the paper over and over for a while, "Xiaoqing, do you really want to use this to wipe your butt?" The two looked reluctant. Leaves and bamboo strips can be used to wipe their butts. This one is too much.
"Yes!" Yao Xiaoqing nodded vigorously.
Yuzi held it carefully, "Xiaoqing, I'm a little reluctant to wipe my butt with something like this!"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and knocked on her, "If you can't bear it, just use bamboo chips. I don't want to use bamboo chips anymore."
She thought of the women in the tribe who would stay at home during the days when their period came, not even daring to go out. Now that she had paper, when she finished weaving the cloth, she would make some menstrual belts for them.