Yao Xiaoqing thought that this year's millet crop would be a bumper harvest if nothing unexpected happened.
In this era when the harvest depends entirely on God, she is extremely grateful to God for giving everyone a meal.
When we walked to the earthen kiln, we saw that the forest near the spring had been cleared, and everyone was digging out the tree stumps from the ground with hoes and shovels.
Yao Xiaoqing saw everyone prying up a tree stump with the top the size of a small table.
He walked over and said to the wolf: "When you dig a tree stump like this in the future, cut it out, brush it with tung oil and place it in the dam. It will be just right for everyone to have barbecue, place the dishes, chopsticks and seasonings."
The wolf looked at it and nodded with a smile, "Xiao Qing still has a good eye. Last year we dug into the wasteland in the north and dug a lot of tree stumps like this. We split them all and used them as firewood."
Yao Xiaoqing said: "It's not that I have good taste, it's that no one has thought of going there. When I see a tree stump with a good shape that I like, I can just move it home and put it in my house."
After hearing this, everyone nodded repeatedly. Ah Hei pointed to the big tree in front of the village, "I like that piece. I can move it back and tidy it up. It will definitely look good in our yard."
The wolf smiled and waved, "Move back if you like."
Yao Xiaoqing looked around and walked back slowly, thinking that autumn had come, the salt in the Wuxian tribe was gone, and it was not a problem for those people to be short of salt for a long time.
She went to where Jiang Li was paving the road and saw that the road leading to the riverside dock had been paved with stones and clay and then hardened with mortar. A group of men were working shirtless and sweating profusely.
Jiang Li saw her coming, wiped the sweat from his face, and stepped forward with a smile, "Xiaoqing, how is Su Gu growing?"
"It's growing pretty well." Yao Xiaoqing looked at the paved road and said, "It should be fine in another month!"
Jiang Li nodded and led her to the shade of the tree, "What do you want?"
Yao Xiaoqing looked at him, "I'm wondering if the autumn fair should be held? Also, should we make some salt and exchange it for them? If so, what kind of price should we set?"
Jiang Li said with a smile: "If you want to open a market, we can open it. Just let people take a rest. You have to dig out some salt and stock it up."
"I remember that your salt is all filtered and has no impurities. Wu Xian's salt is simply incomparable to yours. The price doesn't have to be cheap. They are definitely willing to exchange it."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "What you said makes sense. I'll go back and talk to my father and see what he thinks."
"Okay! I'm going to get busy." Jiang Li said softly.
Yao Xiaoqing glanced at him and said, "Yeah! I'll go back and have someone make the braised dried bamboo shoots you like."
Jiang Li nodded with a smile and watched her go before picking up the shovel and starting working.
Heiba smiled and turned him around, "Chief, we have braised dried bamboo shoots tonight!"
Jiang Li rolled his eyes at him but said nothing.
Daliang smacked his lips and said, "Chief, we just harvested the wheat. I want to eat big meat buns."
Yu waved his hands and said, "You don't know how to eat it. The most delicious thing is the braised pork head. Thinking about it makes me drool."
"Brothers," Dayang shouted, "stop talking, or my stomach will growl."
"Let me touch it and see if there is a doll inside."
Heiba ran to rub his belly, and Dayang hurriedly hid on the cart. Everyone watched the two people circling around the cart, some cheering and some laughing.
Jiang Li looked at the men who were noisy like children, raised his hands and said: "If you continue to make trouble, it will get dark. If we don't pave this section of the road today, we will light a bonfire at night to keep you busy."
"It's time to work." Heiba and Dayang also stopped fighting, and everyone started to work.
Yao Xiaoqing returned to the tribe and discussed with Yao Hu about the autumn fair. When the price of the salt exchange came out, he saw Xiong Niu and Mu Feng leading the ox back to the tribe.
"Xiaoqing, look, this is the insect nest I found at the foot of the mountain."
Yao Xiaoqing took the bull and handed it over, a silkworm cocoon about the size of a thumb. The silkworm cocoon was a little grayish-yellow, not as big as a mulberry silkworm cocoon and not as white.
She pinched the silk on it and pulled it, and a hair-thin silk came out.
She looked at the bull in surprise, "Brother, where did you find this? Is it a lot?"
The bull shook his head, "Not many. There are twenty or thirty on one tree. They were found on the leaves of the green bar tree at the foot of the Salt Mountain."
Mu Feng said from the side: "Xiaoqing, it's not a green bar tree, it's a tree that looks like a green bar tree. The fruit on the tree is similar to the green bar tree."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at the sky and said, "It's already late today. Let's go into the mountains together tomorrow morning."
The bull nodded, "Okay, let's unload the salt."
Yao Xiaoqing held a dozen cocoons and wondered if these could be a wild silkworm species?
She has only seen silkworms eating mulberry leaves to preserve their survival, but never seen silkworms eating green leaves.
Thinking of the camphor silkworm cocoon mentioned by Jiang Li, I didn't think it was 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, "A silkworm cocoon on an acorn tree? I haven't heard of it. It's probably a cocoon made by wild silkworms! Can you see if it can be used?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "I think it can be used!"
Jiang Li smiled and said, "As long as wild silkworms and domestic silkworms can be used, let's collect some cocoons and try them out."
"Tomorrow morning I will go to the woods to collect some and bring them back." Yao Xiaoqing said happily.
Jiang Li looked at her with a smile, "Go back together, we have to call it a day."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, and they walked back together.
The next day, at dawn, Yao Xiaoqing took Shan Amu and a dozen and a half-year-old girls and followed Mu Feng and the others into the mountains.
After walking for about four hours, we arrived near the salt mine.
Mufeng and Xiongniu took them to the forest, pointed at the green stick tree and said, "Xiaoqing is right here. Don't go too far. If you need anything, call us."
"I know, go and get busy!" Yao Xiaoqing said without looking back as he looked at the woods in front of him.
Mufeng smiled and shook his head, and walked away with the bull.
This is a tree that is somewhat similar to the green bar tree. She thinks it should be the same type of tree, but with a different shape.
When she walked into the forest, she found cocoon-like things hanging on some leaves.
Yao Xiaoqing stepped forward and pulled a cocoon about the size of a thumb from a branch. He thought that he should be able to collect a lot of cocoons from this forest.
Seeing her looking at the cocoon in her hand in a daze, Shan'am smiled and said: "Xiao Qing, the bugs in this are edible. Peel them out and burn them on the fire. They will be delicious."
Yao Xiaoqing turned to look at her, "Amu, have you seen this kind of cocoon before?"
Shan Amu nodded, "I used to collect food in the forest, and my stomach felt uncomfortable. No matter if I found bugs or wild fruits in the forest, as long as it can fill my stomach."