The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 696 Ants
In addition to adding eggs to some foods to supplement animal protein, milk can also be added. Ling Xiao specially sent people to find milk-producing animals, whether it is cow’s milk or goat’s milk. Supplementing animal protein can also increase calcium. People are better.

We must know that in the eyes of many people, Chinese people are not tall. In fact, a big reason is malnutrition. It is not easy to survive. How can they grow tall and strong?In later generations, the behavior of drinking milk was vigorously promoted, which made people's height soar.

As a person from later generations, she really wanted to add milk to food, but she knew that she might not be able to find it, because people in ancient times didn't drink much milk, especially the milk that is known to the public in later generations basically has no place to find it.

And this is determined by the status of cattle. For a long time, cattle have been an important means of production in the family, working in the fields or in the transportation industry, while beef cattle for food and cattle for milk production (that is, everyone The well-known black-and-white flower) has not yet appeared.

Even the nomads in the north mainly drink goat's and horse's milk, not cow's milk.In the end, I found some milk powder from afar and added it to the food.

As a precaution, Ling Xiao asked Huanlang to eat a small amount of milk powder first, to make sure he was lactose intolerant, otherwise it would cause diarrhea and other symptoms.Later, it was determined that Huanlang was not lactose intolerant, and he could add some every day to make him grow taller.

Huanlang was accompanied by his sister and grandfather after he moved in, and he became healthier. He and Ling Xiao stayed together all the time, and he didn’t go out because of his filial piety. After a long time, he gradually disappeared from the fear of losing his relatives. , became lively.

Of course, that period of time still caused some shadows in his heart. Ling Xiao naturally saw these problems, but pretended not to notice them. She taught the children how to exercise their bodies, hoping that the shadows would recede after a long time.

While Huan Lang was a little disappointed when he knew he couldn't go out, he still wanted to see more, but eventually learned to compromise and find some fun in his daily life.

For example, he took people to the yard to watch the ants move, watched the little creatures hurrying and working hard to stay alive, and this was the first time he observed a species up close.

In the beginning, Huanlang just watched the ants busy working, and then he wanted to join in, so he started to create obstacles for the ants, either cutting off the way of the ants, or putting some food near them, to see how they looked for more More food, and he tossed the ants like this.

After Ling Xiao saw it, he didn't immediately tell Huanlang what was wrong with it, but told Huanlang to pay attention to the situation when eating, so as to prevent food from leaking and ants would come to find food.

In addition, Ling Xiao told Huanlang that you can bully ants at will regardless of how small they are. You must know that ants can bite people. After hearing this, Huanlang widened his eyes and bit people?He didn't believe it.

Ling Xiao smiled slightly, grabbed an ant, and told him that ordinary ants do not pose a great threat even if they bite, because they are not poisonous when they bite.

But it will secrete formic acid, which will cause redness and swelling in the parts bitten by ants, and some people will be allergic, and some people will have severe allergic reactions, so Ling Xiao still doesn't want Huanlang to touch those ants.

She knew that the ants that Huanlang was interested in observing belonged to ordinary ants, not powerful ants. Even so, don't take the ants lightly. Although the ants are small, they have a very strong physique and strong bite force.

An ant can lift things dozens of times heavier than its own body weight, which shows that ants are strongmen.It is only because the mass of an ant is too small that human beings can crush ordinary ants, and there is no danger in killing ants.

Generally, the ant's weapon is its own big teeth, and the bite force is not low. If you give some ant acid by the way, and the number is larger, people generally don't care about ants.

But it does not mean that other members of the ant family are easy to bully. In fact, there are still many masters in the ant family, and their development direction is much different from that of ordinary ants.

What I didn't expect was that the evolution of the ant family is moving towards becoming more ferocious. The top five ant species are the most powerful. In addition to the large teeth of ordinary ants, they also evolved pincers or poisonous stingers. (1)

Among them, the famous marching ants rank fourth, and fire red ants rank third, both of which are very ferocious. It is said that the ferocious ants that rank first are called bullet ants. Same thing.

Maybe it won't die, but it will definitely make people feel pain. Some people even say that if several bullet ants bite, people will die of pain.This kind of pain will be firmly remembered in the depths of my mind, and I will not dare to touch it easily in the future.

Do you still think that ants are all weak after knowing this news?Don't think that ants are easy to provoke, Ling Xiao asked Huan Lang's people around him to pay attention to the situation, and not to pay too much attention to ants.

At the same time, in order to distract Huanlang's attention, he decided to buy some birds, especially birds like starlings who can learn human words, which are more likable. I hope that Huanlang will stop thinking about ants after he has a new sustenance.

Huan Lang knew that Ling Xiao didn't like him playing with ants very much, so he didn't torment the ants very much. He started teaching mynah how to talk when he got a new pet. This was quite interesting to him.

The little bird needs to eat, drink, and sleep, and at this time it needs to be given enough food, and even he will find worms to feed the mynah. He is busy all day, and he has no chance to be depressed.

Mrs. Liu started to attend classes again after staying at home for half a year. After this period of cultivation, he came out of the situation of the death of his daughter and son-in-law. With his two children to accompany him, he had new motivation.

The two children still need him as the eldest father to support them well. Whether it is the granddaughter's marriage or the grandson's engagement, the parents need to come forward. He naturally wants to live.

And during this period of time, the He family also came to the door and wanted to take the two children away, but the old man was unwilling. He had seen through the face of the He family, they were a group of egoists.

Naturally, he would not think that the He family would treat his children well, and would most likely find ways to make his two children serve as cattle and horses, for example, making his granddaughter a concubine in order to send his children to officials and make a fortune.

concubine!Do you think he, a man from the common people, doesn't know the rules of the big family?In many cases, concubines are not the same person in the eyes of the host and hostess, they belong to the goods, and belong to the slaves who serve them.

In this case, the concubine needs to bow her knees to the mistress, the mistress eats, the concubine is serving the vegetables, the mistress is ready to rest, the concubine needs to kneel down to wash the mistress' feet, just like a maid serving the mistress.

The old man knew very well that his granddaughter was not suitable for being a concubine. To be a concubine, one must first be submissive and not assertive, but he could see that the granddaughter was too assertive and would never bow to the mistress.If she had to be a concubine, she would definitely have a chance to get back with revenge. The old man was a little anxious.

The biggest hidden danger is the things cut off from the child. In the old man's heart, the whole body is a complete system. As a result, something went wrong. Although I don't know what happened, there is a problem.

During this period of time, Liao Jiyi also asked his friends about the situation. Several disease doctors said that the child might have a physical defect. Although they didn't know what it was, they didn't feel very good.

Some people guessed about the childbirth. After hearing the news, the old man's face turned livid. Others quickly reassured him that maybe it wasn't, but the old man really hated He Wuniang to death.

Thinking that his granddaughter would have a very difficult life in the future, the old man didn't know what to say. At first he didn't want to admit this reality, but the more he thought about it, the more frightened things would happen.

How to do?A woman who may not be able to bear children for the rest of her life will never have a good life, even if she is a wife, let alone a concubine.

The reason why they think of being a concubine is because after the granddaughter and the others became filial piety, the Yang family fell in love with the granddaughter. Unfortunately, the family status is not high, and the father and mother are also deceased. The position of the main room will be given.

The old man understands very well that the marriage of the wealthy family requires the right family. After knowing that his granddaughter is ill, he has no confidence and is even more unwilling to talk about the future of the children.
Because he understands the difference between wives and concubines very well, once the position of wife and concubine is determined, the concubine will not dare to be insulted by his wife, no!Should not be able to resist.

This is a rule of etiquette, and it belongs to the rules that everyone must abide by. There was once a novel in which there was a concubine who was very skilled. just hit.

Later, thieves came to this family's house, and when they were about to lose money, it was the concubine who beat the thieves out.Only then did the mistress know that the concubine was very capable, and she was a little scared and asked why the concubine didn't resist. The concubine said: She is just a concubine and cannot resist.

Later, the family lived together harmoniously. The concubine in this story is the most popular example of a concubine in the eyes of those people, but would the old man think that his granddaughter belongs to this kind of person?Won't!This is obviously not the kind of good-tempered person.

But he also knew that if a woman was unable to bear children, she would be at a disadvantage in the marriage market. Basically, no one would like this type of woman, and it would be best to be a stepmother, he sighed secretly.

However, she found that her granddaughter had no shadow, and she still faced the future with a smile.Sometimes she would put on a clean beard and lead Huan Lang to farm.

Master Liu didn't say anything when he thought of his granddaughter's situation, let her live happily!The reason why he said this was because he could see that it was a mess outside.

His son-in-law died in the riots, and his daughter also died because of her husband's death. During this period of time, the world is really chaotic. Some people think that they can control the world, but they will eventually find that everything will be out of control .

Mrs. Liu is very worried, what will happen if the world goes into chaos?He is old, and it will be very troublesome if he needs to escape. He feels very good seeing his granddaughter exercising, and he must have a good body to live these days.

Fortunately, the granddaughter thought very clearly, so he finally hid all the problems in his mind, waiting for him to die. It is best not to let others know about the granddaughter's physical defects.

Sometimes he would talk to his granddaughter and talk about his thoughts. As for Huanlang, he was really too young to understand. On the contrary, she soon discovered that his granddaughter was very smart, just like a little adult.

The old man was surprised at his granddaughter's precocity, but then he thought it was good. Although he wanted to work hard to live, he had been living very tired all these years and felt that he could not stay with the two children for a longer time.

Therefore, he was very happy to see such an intelligent granddaughter. If the two children were so immature, then he had to use his favor and ask the Yang family to help him raise the children.

He is not willing to do this, because it is not easy to repay the debt of favor, and once the matter of the Yang family is involved, the two siblings who have been favored by the Yang family will be very troublesome.

If this is the case, it is possible that one day in order to repay the Yang family, the old man does not want his granddaughter to take him in order to pay off the debt, so it is very important for him to be capable.

Ling Xiao could naturally see what the old man was thinking. In fact, if it weren't for her arrival, this old man would only have a few years to live, and he would still be living a very difficult life, but had to work hard to live.

After knowing this situation, she made up for the old man, so that he can live for two years without disease and disaster when he is alive, but no more. The old man's foundation is very poor, and it is more about spiritual persistence .

Ling Xiao took Huan Lang to exercise well, and after the three-year filial piety period expired, Master Liu did not let the two children continue to observe filial piety, let the two children get rid of the obedience, and took the two children to go out to study.

Therefore, Ling Xiao also got to know some girls from the Yang family. After all, ethnology is a place where all the children of the Yang family can go. There are many girls who look down on Ling Xiao.

Most of them are people with strong class concepts, who feel like the descendants of a teacher, what qualifications do they have to be with them?Although I can't drive him away, I don't like talking to Ling Xiao, and I feel superior when talking.

Ling Xiao was not at all unhappy about this. In the society that has been advocating that everyone is equal in the future, there are also superior people, so it is normal for superiority to occur in a society with clearer classes, and there is no need to be angry.

However, Yang Juan, the eldest daughter of Yang's family, has a different attitude. Although she is not very old, she is very gentle. Ling Xiao can feel her kindness, so she reciprocates the kindness, and the two become friends.

During this period of time, Ling Xiao was wandering around Yang's house with Yang Juan, and found that there were horses here, and his eyes lit up when he saw it, which is really rare.She plans to learn how to ride a horse, so that she can't explain why she can ride a horse when she needs to ride a horse in the future.

Of course, she also hopes that Yang Juan will learn a bit, because the outside is too chaotic, even if there are people around Yang Juan, it does not mean that she will not be in danger, riding a horse will increase the chance of survival.

Yang Juan nodded after hearing this. It didn't take long for Ling Xiao to learn how to ride a horse. The people on the side couldn't believe it. You must know that there are no saddles and stirrups now.

Yang Juan was really envious after seeing her little friends meeting. Fortunately, Ling Xiao soon started to take her to ride a horse, and finally let Yang Juan learn to ride a horse. She was very happy, and many Yang family members were very envious.

You must know that horses have always been controlled by the northern nomads. They are used to riding horses to rob the property and people in the Central Plains.

Therefore, in people's lives, horses are basically invisible, unless they can be seen by military generals. More people, including but not limited to children of aristocratic families, make ox carts.

Don't look at the slow-moving ox carts, but not every family has ox carts. There are too many people, not to mention ox carts, and they don't even have much land.

People who can buy cattle can at least guarantee food and clothing. It is considered a good family to have an ox cart in a commoner's house. Mrs. Liu also raises cattle at home, which is the family's property.

Ling Xiao found an opportunity to look at Mr. Liu's savings. Speaking of which, Mr. Liu's money is not very much. At first he spent a lot of money to train his son-in-law, and later because of the death of his daughter and son-in-law, his family property decreased a lot.

After knowing the family background of the old man, Ling Xiao had to think about how to earn more money. One must have money to live in this world, and life would be relatively difficult without money. I'm afraid he couldn't even eat a piece of meat.

Thinking of the possibility that she might not even be able to eat meat, Ling Xiao felt sad, she didn't want to live this kind of life, that kind of life was really too hard to live!How to make money without being suspected by the old man?You must know that the old man is old and mature, so she dare not act rashly.

However, she still feels that it is okay to make her life more comfortable, and the old man will not have too many ideas, so she will work hard in this direction first.

After transmigrating, she found that the food eaten by the original owner is not very common in later generations. She is very prepared for this, as there have been similar situations in the previous world.

After some investigation, Ling Xiao determined that the staple food included millet, rice, and wheat, but lacked corn and sweet potatoes, as well as many vegetables, fruits, and peanuts.

If you compare it with later generations, you will find that the current food production is not high. Ling Xiao remembers that there is a plant that was also grown as food in the beginning.

This aquatic plant will grow black seeds, that is, wild rice or Diaohu, which was also one of the food of the ancestors in the early years. Later, people called the six grains: scorpion, millet, millet, sorghum, wheat, and wild rice. The last food.

People are constantly planting rice, millet, wheat and other grains, and find that the yield per mu of these grains is improving, but wild rice has not improved much at all, resulting in its low yield, and eventually people give up wild rice.

And after this plant is no longer grown as food, people remember that if the plant is infected with smut, it will develop in another direction, and what is harvested is not food, but a delicious dish, that is water bamboo.

　(1) If you don’t check, you don’t know. If you check, you will be shocked. Seeing how powerful the top few in the ant population are, you will only doubt life.

　　It is said that red fire ants have invaded the country during this period of time. Once found, report it immediately, and do not catch it yourself.

　　
　
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