Yaohu listened to Shishan's happy chatter and remembered his mood when he saw the pumpkins and grains from the harvest for the first time. He lay happily on the bed and stayed awake all night with his eyes open.
Thinking about how good it is that Xiaoqing, her mother and two brothers are still there, no longer need to go hungry, no need to worry about giant bears coming to plunder..., but they are gone..., the gods also feel that he has never done anything bad.
Only then did he teach Xiaoqing those things and let her come back to help them...
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Jiang Li finally made a dou that he was satisfied with, and took it to Yao Xiaoqing. After asking around, he found out that she was leading someone to install pumpkins on the mountain.
He turned around and went to the mountain, and saw a few old men walking up the mountain carrying baskets of old golden pumpkins. The platform at the entrance of the cave was full of baskets.
The wooden shelves above are hung with green and white tender winter melons of all sizes, as well as old winter melons covered with white ash. Some are even tied with ropes to prevent the melon vines from being unable to bear the weight of the melons.
The creeping plants against the wall have golden and pink flowers, exuding a strong fragrance. Every lane in the tribe is full of such flowers. He remembers Xiao Qing saying that this kind of creeping vine can repel mosquitoes.
"Abo, how is this year's pumpkin harvest?"
"Acai said it was not as good as last year. There were more seeds left last year and a lot of them were recovered." Old Abo said cheerfully, "We opened the ditch this year and we can harvest more pumpkins next year."
"Yes, the more you sow, the more you will reap." Jiang Li helped lift the basket into the cave.
I saw that the area that collapsed during the earthquake had been leveled, and pillars had been built with bricks to support it.
Yao Xiaoqing turned around and saw Jiang Li, putting down the pumpkin in his hand, "Is Shengdou ready?"
Jiang Li smiled and nodded, "Yeah! I'll ask Uncle Shan to make a few more according to this size and put them out for later use."
Yao Xiaoqing took the product and weighed it, "It's so light, you made it from cork!"
"Yes, so much food takes a lot of time. The lighter the bucket, the easier it will be for you."
"It's better that you are careful. Let's go to the entrance of the cave to talk so as not to block them."
The two of them walked to the entrance of the cave. Jiang Li saw her sweating profusely and said softly: "Agenbo has already tied up the bamboo raft. I plan to take people to hunt in the opposite mountain early tomorrow morning."
Yao Xiaoqing frowned after hearing this, "I heard that the water in the river is very fast. Can a canoe get there?"
Jiang Li smiled and shook his head, "It's okay. I learned how to maneuver the boat when I was leading the troops, and I brought them all over after a few trips back and forth. There are really too few wild animals here this year, and there are many beasts on the opposite side.
In autumn, when the animals are fat, we can hunt more and bring back some, and we can save some."
Yao Xiaoqing could only nod, "Just hunt along the river. Don't be greedy and go deep into the mountains. Who knows if there are prehistoric beasts in there. If you encounter one, it will be too late to escape."
As she spoke, she thought of those hill-like monsters in movies.
"You're still waiting for me here." Jiang Li smiled slightly, "I can't bear to be the feed for ferocious beasts."
Yao Xiaoqing blushed, "Anyway, you can't go wrong with being careful. If you go tomorrow morning, you have to pack your things today. It's hot, so you have to bring salt, as well as things to prevent mosquito bites, diarrhea, and heatstroke...
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Jiang Li picked up Sheng Dou and followed her. He only heard her clear voice and didn't hear anything about what she said she wanted to prepare.
After returning home from the mountain, Yao Xiaoqing turned to look at him, "Who are you going to take into the mountain? Do you still want to call You Lu?"
Jiang Li thought for a moment, "Mu Feng is going to take Zhi's team into the mountains to collect salt. I will bring Mu Ba, Leopard, Dashu, Bull, and Amon, and the rest will stay in the tribe. You Lu,
Just call them!
"Shishan and Youlu are both good people, and we can feel relieved to have them as allies. Even if other large tribes migrate here, the two families together will have a fighting strength of thousands of people, and we will be less stressed."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "I saw that the father and son looked pretty good. Shishan seemed to like taking advantage, but after taking things from me, he always returned the salt that he thought was the most valuable. You Lu also returned
They are the lecherous scoundrels of later generations. People should not be judged by their appearance."
Jiang Li smiled and said: "You know a person's face but not his heart. Only after getting along for a long time can you understand a person's nature."
"That's right!" Yao Xiaoqing looked at him with a smile, "You go arrange the warriors who will enter the mountain, and I'll go arrange the necessary items."
Jiang Li looked at her with a smile on his face, "I know." After saying that, he rubbed Yao Xiaoqing's head and turned around and walked away.
Yao Xiaoqing touched her messed up hair and felt depressed for a while. Why did she like to rub her hair? She was not a child of that age.
The two of them went their separate ways, and Jiang Li sent someone to inform You Lu that he had gone outside to dry himself.
Ada saw him coming and stepped forward with a smile, "Chief Jiang Li, the canoe is ready. Come and take a look, is it okay?"
Jiang Li smiled and said, "I can rest assured that Adab will do his job."
After hearing this, Ada happily followed him to the canoe, "This thing looks really nice when it's done."
Jiang Li smiled and nodded. The canoe he led people to dig had a pointed upward pointed head and a square tail. The bilge was all chiseled flat. The whole canoe had an open pointed end and a slightly upward pointed end.
, the stern of the boat is open wide and flat, and the traces of charcoal burning on the inner wall have been smoothed with a chisel, revealing the original lines of the wood.
The bottom of the canoe was also burned with charcoal fire. He used the carbonization method mentioned by Yao Xiaoqing. He found that after carbonizing the wood, the color of the wood appeared more primitive after being planed.
"That's right!" Jiang Li nodded with a smile, "I'll go to the river to see if Argenbo has tied the bamboo raft properly. You go and pull two carts over and pull the boat to the river."
Ada smiled and said, "Agen and the others have already tied up the bamboo raft. I heard that they even carried a few big rocks up the mountain."
"Then let's pull the canoe over now."
Jiang Li picked up the paddle that had been put aside and put it into the cabin, and tied the rope he had prepared to the canoe.
A man led the ox and pulled the cart over. Everyone worked together to lift the canoe, which was more than ten feet long, onto the cart. The ox pulled the canoe to the river.
From a distance, I saw Ashuo and several others, putting their baskets filled with grass aside and using nets to catch fish and shrimps on the bamboo raft.
Ada went over and shouted loudly: "Those little things, if you don't come down quickly, they will fall into the river and be washed away by the water, or they will be eaten by big fish."
Ashuo and the others ran back with smiles on their faces, "We didn't go into the water, we won't fall in."
Ada said with a tigerish face, "Go back quickly and be careful. I'll tell you, mother, don't cry when I hit you."
Jiang Li looked at the scoundrel looks of the few people and shouted: "You are not allowed to come on the bamboo raft again. If you find any of you on the bamboo raft, you will be punished to live on it and you will not be allowed to go ashore."
Several people stood up straight and said, "We won't go there anymore."
Ada rubbed A Diao's head and said, "Hurry up and carry the grass back."
Several children got off the bamboo raft and ran away in a swarm.