Jiang Li and Muba moved the hanging hammer to hit the wooden block. Bang bang bang, the hammer made a deafening impact sound. After the oil cake was hit and squeezed, the golden rapeseed oil flowed in through the holes left by the pressed wood.
A large vat was buried under the pressing wood.
The oil cakes in the pressing pond also flowed out with the rapeseed oil, and gaps were exposed. Jiang Li added the prepared wedges to the pressing chamber, squeezed the wooden blocks placed horizontally in the pressing chamber to squeeze the oil cakes, and more golden rapeseeds
The oil flows out from the holes at the bottom of the camphor wood.
When the oil in the tank is almost full, scoop the oil out again and pour it into the large tank on the side to settle.
Yao Xiaoqing and others scooped the rapeseed oil into the gauze to filter out the impurities. The rapeseed oil exuded a strong fragrance. She thought it might be due to the soil and water quality. The rapeseed oil was obviously better than that of later generations, and the color was also different.
More transparent than those of later generations.
Yao Xiaoqing and his men dug a large earth pit in the open space of the livestock house for the oil left over from the oil extraction. They put a straw curtain on the bottom of the pit, added an appropriate amount of water to the oil, stirred it, and then filled the pit into the earth.
Then cover it with a straw curtain and leave it for a while before adding it to the pig food to feed the pigs.
After the sugar and oil were pressed, it was time to sow the seeds for winter wheat. After everyone exposed the selected wheat seeds to cool down, they began to sow the seeds.
With last year's experience, Yao Xiaoqing no longer worried about the wheat seeds getting damaged and sown all the wheat seeds that had been selected several times and put them into the fields. This time, more than 100 acres of winter wheat were sown.
Shishan and his people built the wooden houses into five rooms and three houses in a row according to the methods taught by Yao Xiaoqing. They also imitated the Yaoshan tribe and set up canteens and warehouses.
The tribes who migrated to the river valley finally built all the wooden houses before the first snowfall. The mountains and forests in this area were also visited by women who did not want to go hungry, and mountains of green bar nuts and pine nuts were collected.
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With good luck, I also dug up a lot of kudzu, yam and some taro, as well as some root foods.
The people sent by the Yaoshan tribe taught them to pound the green bar fruit into a pulp, filter it and then dry the filtered fruit powder in the sun.
There are only a few small tribes in the south. After the wooden houses are built, they stand sporadically in the river valley, just like the small villages of later generations.
When Mu Feng and the others came back from hunting, they brought back not much prey. Yao Xiaoqing felt that the wild animals on the mountain had fled to the forest where they felt safe because of the earthquake.
At night, after everyone had eaten, they gathered in the cafeteria to talk.
Mu Feng said: "When we got there, we found that the valley was gone, all the bamboo shoot-like hills were gone, and there were very few prey on the mountain."
"Alas!" Yao Hu sighed, "Forget it if you don't have any. Let's farm hard next year."
Muba nodded, "Yes! Farm the land well and there will be food."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and shook his head, "Farming depends on the weather, won't our second crop of millet produce no harvest at all?"
Achun smiled and said: "Xiaoqing, you can't say that. Our millet stalks are chopped and fed to pigs, sheep and cows. They all like to eat them. A few sheep gave birth to babies in the past two days, and two sows also gave birth to babies."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Yeah! It seems to be of some use." She turned to Shan Amu and said, "Amu, next year we will scatter the grass seeds we found in the open space outside the wall, and we will have no worries.
There’s no more fodder.”
Shan Ammu nodded several times, "Okay!"
Yao Hu said to Yao Xiaoqing: "Xiao Qing, last year you said that after the first snowfall, you would sacrifice to the dead tribesmen and your brothers and sisters. Last year, we didn't have time to fight the giant bear. Let's do it this year. Let's do it this year.
Yes, we have also done this together with those in the tribe who should be paired up to start a family."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at Mu Feng with a smile, "Brother, let's take care of Ah Xing's affairs together!"
Yao Hu smiled and nodded, "Okay, tomorrow I will go to Shishan and talk about bringing Ah Xing to the Yaoshan tribe."
Pigs and beans, springs and taro...and those men and women who have found their lifelong partners long ago, are all happy to look at the person they like.
Seeing their sweet looks, Yao Xiaoqing said with a smile: "Father, I plan to give the knitted cloth to the girls who are going to be matched and get married, so that they can make new clothes and pants by themselves, and we can give them to them in a decent way.
Hold a family ceremony."
Yao Hu smiled and said: "Okay, after a year of hard work, we defeated the black bear and the big witch, we should be happy."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at Douzi and the others with a smile, "Okay, everyone who wants to be matched should sign up with Shan Amu. In a few days, we will receive the fabrics. I will draw a new outfit for everyone to wear on the day of the matching ceremony."
The men and women who had not yet started a family cheered for joy, and those who had a family looked envious, "Oh! If I had known, we would have started a family later."
Everyone burst out laughing.
"Really!" Yuzi happily pulled Yao Xiaoqing, "Xiaoqing, what kind of new clothes will you draw for us?"
Yao Xiaoqing said with a smile: "Draw beautiful new clothes. From now on, this new clothes will be used as new clothes for men and women of the Yaoshan tribe to get married."
Yao Hu nodded happily, "Okay, let's hold a good one and invite the leaders of Shishan and several small tribes to have fun."
"Yes, leader!" Everyone agreed happily.
Yao Xiaoqing went to the Qingshan tribe the next day and asked Jiang Li to give them the clothes they would wear when getting married there.
Jiang Li readily agreed and drew a black robe decorated with red piping.
"The wedding dress style of the Zhou Dynasty was adopted by the Jin Dynasty. Officials embroidered the red piping with gold threads with various auspicious patterns, while ordinary poor people used golden silk threads to embroider them."
Yao Xiaoqing thinks it looks better than the bright red dress of later generations, "Yes, black with red is the most dignified and elegant. Just do it like this."
Seeing that Yao Xiaoqing liked it, Jiang Li nodded happily, "I'll draw two more pictures and send them to you tomorrow."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Okay! You draw slowly and I will go back."
Jiang Li sent Yao Xiaoqing outside the door and watched her walk away before going back to pick up the charcoal and start drawing again.
Yaohu took Mufeng and an ox, and the bamboo basket on the rack contained dried meat, animal skins, pumpkins, and brown sugar and white sugar prepared by Yao Xiaoqing, and went to the Wuxian tribe.
Shishan welcomed him in happily, "Brother Yaohu, why do you have time to come here today?"
Yao Hu smiled and said: "Winter is coming, Xiao Qing said that he will hold a matching ceremony for the men and women in the tribe who should be matched. Let's take Ah Xing to the Yaoshan tribe."
Mufeng unloaded the food and sugar on the rack and handed them to Ah Xing. He handed the brown sugar and the white sugar in the small jar to Ah Xing, "These things are called sugar and they can be soaked in water to drink."
Azing blushed and nodded, carrying Tang into the house.
Mufeng saluted Shishan, "Uncle Shishan, I will be good to Ah Xing." Yao Xiaoqing taught him this, and even his ears turned red after he said it.
Shi Shan looked at the two people and the shy Ah Xing, and nodded reluctantly, "Originally, I thought that on the day Ah Xing and others were rationing Mu Feng, I would bring her animal skins and food. An earthquake would affect the good beasts in the tribe.