Chapter 338 338 Entering the water and crossing the river
Jiang Li and a few men lifted the canoe into the water. He jumped into the canoe, held the oar in his left hand, and paddled the water with his right hand, and the boat slipped away from the bamboo raft.
He first paddled in the shallow water for a while, and when he could control the canoe at will, he paddled the canoe toward the middle of the river.
When Yaohu and Shishan came back, they happened to see the canoe paddling across the river. They saw Ada and the others standing on the bamboo raft, talking excitedly.
"Ada, is that Jiang Li?"
Ada turned back to look at Yaohu, "Chief, Leader Jiang Li is so powerful. Agen said he tried several times but couldn't push the bamboo raft to the other side."
Shi Shan gave Hei Ba a thumbs up, "No wonder You Lu often told me that the leader Jiang Li of the Qingshan tribe is very brave."
Yao Hu smiled and nodded, "He had already said that he was going to hunt on the opposite side. I was worried that the water would be too strong to cross. With a canoe like this to cross the river, I won't worry about falling into the water."
Everyone stood on the bamboo raft and watched in fear. Jiang Li steered the canoe to turn, and the canoe broke through the waves and paddled this way.
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Yao Xiaoqing took the flowers and Dongxue, put the salt into a backpack sewn with animal skin, pulled the lid of the animal skin over, and even if it rained, it would not penetrate at all, and melted the salt.
There are also raincoats made of sheepskin smeared with tung oil, which will not penetrate even if soaked in water.
Then prepare water bags, bows and arrows, spears, and machetes. Finally, go to the canteen to prepare seasonings.
A Diao and several others ran back to the tribe and said to Yun Amu: "Dam, leader Jiang Li and Adab carried a long object made of wood to the river."
Yun Amu patted the buttocks of A Diao and others, "A Gen said that you will drown if you go into the water, but you still dare to go, I will tell you A Mu later."
Yao Xiaoqing came over and looked at the group of people, "You are playing in the water again! I will let your mother treat you to fried meat with bamboo shoots later."
Ashuo hurriedly begged for mercy, "Qinggu, don't tell grandma, we promised leader Jiang Li that we would never go there again."
A Diao touched his buttocks and said, "Qinggu, stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots hurts like hell."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at his look and couldn't help laughing and said: "I won't tell you this time. Next time I go to Qinggu, I will drive you up to live there."
Ashuo glanced at her and said, "Qinggu, leader Jiang Li also said so."
A Diao told her what Jiang Li said.
Yao Xiaoqing then knew that Jiang Li had launched the canoe into the water, and hurried to the river. From a distance, he saw a group of people standing on a bamboo raft, and there were several people sitting on a canoe in the river.
After getting closer, she realized that Jiang Li had taken Yao Hu to the water in Shishan to paddle a canoe. She felt relieved when she saw the canoe moving steadily across the river.
When Yao Hu and Shi Shan got off the canoe, they still felt their hearts pounding. Looking at Hei Ba and the others who were excitedly clamoring to study with Jiang Li, they both felt that they were getting old.
The next day, Jiang Li took the warriors to paddle across the river to the other side.
After watching the groups of warriors being sent to the other side of the river by Jiang Li, and after he had safely landed ashore, Yao Xiaoqing went back and led his people to clean up the mountains and prepare for the start of the meeting.
Shanyang also came to Daji. Seeing that Yao Xiaoqing had packed up Daji, he thought that he should exchange for some salt this year. He was also worried that the price of salt was too expensive and they could not afford to exchange it.
He also wanted to exchange the dried meat with Yao Xiaoqing for some pumpkins and grow some pumpkins next year. Seeing Yao Xiaoqing busy at the market, he felt embarrassed to go up and ask.
Yao Xiaoqing saw him walking around in the market a few times and stopped him, "Chief Shanyang, what are you going to bring to the market in exchange?"
"Qing Wu," Shan Yang looked at Yao Xiaoqing and hesitated for a moment, "I, I want to ask you to go back with some pumpkins."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded cheerfully, "When spring comes next year, you can come to me to exchange pumpkin seeds."
"Thank you Qingwu!" Shanyang thanked him gratefully after hearing this, "Qingwu, do the Wuxian tribe want to come to the market to exchange for salt?"
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "If you want to come, this shed is a salt exchange shed. This year's salt is snow-white, and the price is the same as before. Three complete animal skins are exchanged for one bamboo tube of salt."
"Great!" Shanyang shouted happily, "I was worried that I couldn't afford to change it! I have to go back and pick out some animal skins to exchange for more salt."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at Shan Yang who was leaving in a hurry, and walked back with A Que.
As soon as Shan Yang walked to the mountain road at the south end of the market, he saw the rams of the antelope tribe leading people carrying animal skins and pumpkins towards the market.
"Chief Ram, do you also have pumpkins?"
The ram looked at him and narrowed his eyes with a smile, pointing to the pumpkin in the basket, "I changed a lot of seeds last year, and after the earthquake, I relied on pumpkins to survive the winter.
When the weather got warmer this year, I led my people to plant pumpkins, and the harvested pumpkins piled up into mountains. I came to Shishan to exchange for some salt and go back."
Shanyang looked at him enviously, "Chief Gongyang, Wu Xian also planted a large patch of pumpkins. If you want to exchange pumpkins for salt, I'm afraid you won't be able to exchange them!"
The ram was anxious, "Where's the animal skin? He will always want the animal skin!"
Shan Yang nodded, "The animal skins need..."
"That's good, I also brought the animal skins." Gong Yang said, looking at Shan Yang, "You also moved the tribe to the Ning River?"
Shanyang smiled with a bitter look on his face, "Yes! We moved here right after the earthquake. We caught less prey this year and didn't collect much food. We will starve this winter."
Gongyang looked at him and shook his head, "Shanyang, why are you guarding the Yaoshan tribe and not asking them to exchange for some pumpkin seeds? If you exchange pumpkin seeds, the Qingsha will teach you how to farm.
We also hunted less food this year. We used the method of planting pumpkins to grow beans, and the harvest was much better than before. We won’t go hungry this year. I also want to ask Qing Sha, how do you grow millets?"
Shanyang's intestines turned green when he saw him regretting it, "I have already contacted the Qingsha, and she promised to give us some pumpkin seeds in the spring of next year."
Gongyang looked at him, patted him, and comforted him: "You are close to the Yaoshan tribe. If you learn from them, you won't go hungry next year."
Shan Yang nodded, "We have to wait until next year." Seeing the days of Shi Shan, he felt very regretful. If he had heard what Yao Hu said... But what if!
Yao Xiaoqing learned that the ram had come to the market and returned to the market.
The ram happily showed her the tribe's newly harvested pumpkins, said a bunch of words of gratitude, and finally took out the biggest pumpkin and said it was specially left for her.
Yao Xiaoqing was really happy to receive such a unique gift. He took the pumpkin solemnly and asked Ah Que to get some gold medicine and herbs for treating colds.
The ram didn't expect that he just gave away a pumpkin, but received such a generous gift in return. He was so happy that he didn't know what to say.
After the two were polite, Gongyang asked Yao Xiaoqing, "Qingwu, when will the leader of Shishan come? I want to exchange some salt for my return."