Seeing their happy faces, Yao Xiaoqing came out of the workshop with a smile and went to the breeding room. After looking around, he went to the weaving room.
Leopard Amu showed her the collected silkworm cocoons and told her that the silkworms could not survive at home. She took the rest to the mountains and put them on leaves. She did not know whether they were alive or dead.
However, more silkworm cocoons were collected this year than last year. By the end of the year, everyone will be able to cover themselves with a light and warm silk quilt.
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "There are more cocoons than last year, which proves that some silkworms have survived. There are still some silkworm pupae left this year and they will be taken directly to the mountains to be stocked next year."
Leopard Amu smiled and said: "I know, I will choose some after the collection is finished in autumn."
"Okay, I'll go to Yun Amuna to have a look."
Leopard Amu smiled and sent her out.
Yao Xiaoqing arrived at the canteen, and Yun Amu took her to see the squeezed rapeseed oil, "Xiao Qing, we don't have to worry about running out of oil in the future."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at her with a smile, "Is everything okay in the tribe?"
Yun Amu smiled and said: "Acai took care of some restless people."
"Oh!" Yao Xiaoqing raised his eyebrows and said, "Who did something bad?"
"The woman named Qiu of the Qingshan Tribe, when leader Jiang Li left, he asked A Cai to replace her at the beginning of the gathering. She stole the sickle and tried to run away, but A Cai caught her and moved her far away."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Amu did the right thing. People like this should not be soft on her."
What Yun Amu didn't tell her was that she hid quietly in the leader's house in the autumn night, slept naked on the kang, and was carried by the leader and thrown into the yard. The leader felt embarrassed and refused to tell her.
They also felt embarrassed. Xiaoqing left and left the women in the tribe in their charge, but there was someone hiding in the leader's house, and no one knew about it.
Fortunately, it was that bad woman. What if she was an enemy and harmed the leader?
The two came out of the oil workshop, and Yao Xiaoqing wandered to the earthen kiln. They saw a mountain of baked bricks and tiles, and the walls had all been completed.
Ah Chongbo told her, "Xiaoqing, we have enough bricks and tiles. I plan to take people to dig out the white mud and bake the things you mentioned last time."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Okay, try making some bowls first and bake them how you like."
"What do we like?" Ah Chong was a little worried after hearing this, "Xiao Qing, why don't you draw a look for us?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and shook her head. She felt that the simple and natural patterns they liked were the most beautiful and original.
"Uncle Chong, look at it. If you like ears of corn, you can draw them on them and burn a set with ear of grain patterns. Uncle Chong likes pea flowers, so just burn a set of pea flowers. In short, what do you like?
Just burn it to whatever it looks like."
Ah Chong looked at the grains and grains, thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "Xiaoqing, our paintings are not good-looking, please don't laugh at us."
"I promise not to laugh." Yao Xiaoqing said: "When the time comes, we will select the best set that everyone thinks looks good and use it for sacrifice."
Ah Chong nodded happily after hearing this, "Okay, I will take people to dig out the white mud tomorrow."
Yao Xiaoqing went to the mountain and told Chun Amu about the price reduction of salt. The tribesmen who heard the news came to exchange for salt.
At dusk, Jiang Li and Xiong Niu returned to the tribe. Everyone learned that someone had been in the mine, while Mu Feng and Lang stayed on the mountain with two teams of people.
Before dawn, everyone heard footsteps approaching.
Big Cat saw that many trees on the mountain had been cut down. "Meng, they found us. Look, they have cut down a lot of big trees here. Do you want to build a wooden shed to guard them?"
He raised the torch fiercely and frowned at the wood piled there. "It's possible. Let's get more quickly and go back. It would be bad if they catch us."
A group of people hurriedly went down to the mine. Mufeng and Lang came out of their hiding place and said, "Stay here. They like to dig salt, so let them dig as much as they can."
"Yes!" The warriors stood guard at the entrance of the cave with machetes.
Big Cat and Meng in the mine heard the voices at the entrance of the cave and hurriedly led people back to the entrance of the cave. They saw that the entrance of the cave looked like daylight.
Everyone looked dumbfounded, and the warrior turned to look at the two men with livid faces, "What to do? They blocked the way out."
Mufeng stood there and said coldly: "Meng, you thief, why are you still standing there? Go in and dig for me, and I will let you out when you are satisfied."
The wolf took it and cursed: "Jackal! You move here, the Yaoshan tribe teaches you to collect fruits and build wooden houses. They also give you pumpkin seeds in exchange for them and teach you to farm. You come to steal our salt, you are
A bunch of heartless jackals.”
Meng Yin roared angrily: "If you don't let us out, you can't come in to collect salt."
"Hahaha, we are worried that we can't dig salt!" Mu Feng and everyone laughed, "The Yaoshan tribe is not afraid if they don't collect salt for ten years. You can just live there eating salt!"
The big cat looked at the entrance of the cave, "Warrior, what will it take for you to let us out?"
Mu Feng said sadly: "Hurry up and work. When you are happy, I will let you out."
The big cat's heart sank, "What about our food and water?"
Mu Feng looked at him and said, "If you do well, there will be food and water for you. If you don't do well, just eat salt!"
"Yes, we will work hard." After hearing this, the big cat picked up the stone hoe and led the tribe towards the cave.
Suddenly I saw the big cat working, so I had to pick up the hoe and lead people inside.
Mufeng smiled and said to the wolf: "Someone is helping to dig out the salt. Now we just have to free up our hands to build the house."
The wolf nodded, "Mufeng, Xiaoqing said before that Meng is not a good person. There are still elders from other tribes, but there is no elder from his tribe."
Mu Feng said solemnly: "It seems that those old people either starved to death or were abandoned by them. When giving food, give him less and let him taste the feeling of hunger."
The guarding warrior nodded and took note.
After four or five days, when Big Cat and Fierce Warrior still hadn't returned, Aguo started to panic. She knew in her heart that they must have been captured by the Yaoshan tribe.
But she didn’t dare to go to the Yaoshan tribe to ask for people, and she didn’t know where to find people. She didn’t know where they dug salt?
It wasn't until a few days later that the warriors sent by Big Cat to deliver salt came back and went to the mountains to find them, only to find out that they were locked in a mine digging for salt.
Aguo found the Yaoshan tribe and begged Yao Xiaoqing to let Meng and Da Mao go, but Yao Xiaoqing didn't even see her.
I only know that other tribes exchanged hoes and sickles from the Yaoshan tribe, and harvested millet and beans quickly and well.
She went around shouting that the salt of the Yaoshan tribe was dug out of the soil. Yao Xiaoqing also told those people that the salt was indeed dug out of caves. If you have the ability to find it, just go find it.