Going through ancient farming to engage in infrastructure construction

Chapter 220 Chapter 220
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Yes, in the bushes at the foot of the mountain, let's dig them out tomorrow morning."

"Got it," Yaohu chased her away with a smile, "Go back and change your clothes."

"Hey!"

Yao Xiaoqing went back to take a bath, changed into thicker clothes and came out. Thinking of the wheat seeds in the wheat field, it was raining so hard, so I had to go to see if the field ditches were dredged. If there was too much water, the wheat seeds would be soaked. broken.

She went to the wheat field with the hoe, and saw Shan Amu and two women, already busy in the wheat field.

Seeing her reaching the edge of the field, Shan Amu waved at her, "Xiaoqing, you don't need to go to the field, it will be fine."

Yao Xiaoqing turned to Shan'am, "Amu, it rained heavily and it became cold immediately, can the kudzu vines be peeled?"

Shan Amu laughed and said, "I'd have forgotten if you didn't tell me, let's go back and have a look."

Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "OK."

Shan Amu came up with a hoe, and the two walked towards the ditch.

After a heavy rain, the water in the ditch also rose a lot.

Shan Amu scraped off the mud on the leather shoes with a bamboo blade, and the two went to the pond along the side of the ditch, only to see the water in the pond rushing out. fish in.

"Yaya, Asen," Shan Amu shouted, "Have the cows and sheep that you herd been herded back into the pen?"

"Hurry back." Yaya ran up to the two of them with the copying net, and looked at them with a smile, "Qinggu, Damu, we caught several big fish."

"Achunbo and the others went to the river to get fish cages?" Yao Xiaoqing suddenly remembered that after the heavy rain, the water in the river must have risen, and it would be troublesome for Achunbo and the others to get fish cages by the river.

"Qinggu," Asen came over with a bucket, "don't worry, it started raining before they left."

"Oh!" Yao Xiaoqing nodded and saw that there were already four or five big fish in the bucket, "You two stop playing in the water and bring the fish back quickly."

"Understood." After the two agreed, they carried the bucket and left.

Shan Amu picked up a bundle of kudzu vines from the ditch with a hoe, and saw that the green skin on the kudzu vines had been washed away, revealing the gray-white kudzu skin.

Shan Amu laughed and said, "Xiaoqing, it's better to soak the kudzu vines in the ditch, it doesn't have a strange smell, the ones that were retting in the ground last time can make people spit out."

"I'll get the baskets, let's pick them up and cook them again, pick them up and clean them, and then peel off the thin gray skin of the kudzu vines, wash them and dry them, and you'll be able to tear out strands of flax."

"Did the Ge Masi be made in the same way last year?" Yao Xiaoqing said.

Shan Amu thought for a while, "I saw you boil the bark, so I thought about it. Also, the boiled bark is soft, but the uncooked one is hard."

"Okay, what do you think is done well, let's do it."

"Okay! I'll go back and pick baskets." Shan'am left in a hurry.

Yao Xiaoqing rolled up his trouser legs, stood on the bluestone slab bridge built on the ditch, hooked the kudzu vine with a hoe and lifted it up.

After a while, Shan'am and Achunbo came over with grappling hooks. Together, they scooped up all the kudzu vines from the ditch in a short time.

After running back and forth several times, I picked all the kudzu vines back and steamed them in a big tank.

Looking at the off-white kudzu vines taken out of the tank, Yao Xiaoqing thought about putting some lime in it, and the kudzu vines with lime added would be whiter after cooking.

Everyone was so busy until it was dark that they steamed the kudzu vines and picked them up to the side of the ditch.

Straighten the kudzu vines and put them in the ditch, press them down with stones, and pick them up in the morning to peel the kudzu vines.

After eating dinner and returning home, Yaohu walked around the tribe and came back, "Xiaoqing, the kiln has been turned off. Do you know if the tools have been formed tomorrow morning?"

Yao Xiaoqing is very confident in the mold she made, "Father, don't worry, it will definitely be formed."

Yaohu nodded, "Okay, you can go to rest!"

Yao Xiaoqing's head touched the pillow and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Yao Xiaoqing and Yao Hu went to the refining room together, and the molds in the furnace had already been cold.

Yaohu carefully picked up the pliers, pulled a long mold out of the furnace, and put it on the ground, "Xiaoqing, take a quick look at what's inside?"

Yao Xiaoqing opened it and saw a saw blade inside, "Father, this is a saw." She picked up a hammer and smashed the mold, and the saw blade fell out of the mold.

Yaohu laughed happily, "It's really done, it will save a lot of trouble in the future!"

"Yes! Especially this kind of saw blade, I can't think of any way to make it."

Yao Xiaoqing smashed all the molds clamped by Yaohu, hammers, files, chisels, etc. were all formed, and the axes and planers only needed to sharpen the edges.

"Okay! I have to go and see if the kudzu has been rinsed. Today I have to peel the hemp and dig the melons!"

Yaohu waved happily, "Go! Let me do it here."

Yao Xiaoqing nodded, went to the ditch, and saw Shan'am and several women standing on the stone bridge, picking up Gema and putting them into baskets.

After a night of rinsing, Ge Ma has been washed clean.

Shan Amu looked up, "Xiaoqing, Ah Chong and Ah Chai are waiting for you to dig soil and melons in the cafeteria!"

"Okay, I'll go right now."

Yao Xiaoqing went back and got up from the cafeteria with a shovel, took Ah Chong and the others with baskets, shovels and hoes, and went out together towards the mountain.

When we arrived at the bushes with soil melons, we first collected the soil melon seeds, and then started digging the soil melons.

A dozen or so people ran back and forth twice and it was afternoon.

Before dusk, all those melons were taken back and piled up in the warehouse.

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Jiang Li and the others were busy on the mountain until the afternoon. He calculated the weight of each person, and took a dozen people down the mountain to harvest. However, it took more than an hour for each person to return to the rock with a prey.

Everyone was so busy until it was dark that they packed up all the prey and put salt on the cowhide.

The bone of the short-tailed tiger was put into the back basket, and the others were hung on the rocks in the cave with the help of ropes.

Mufeng looked at the mutton fat, butter and animal fat thrown there, and thought that Yao Xiaoqing needed to make soap, so he said to Shan: "Uncle Shan, let's take those oils back, Xiaoqing needs to use them to make soap. Woolen cloth!"

Shan nodded, "Okay, there are so many of us, and each of us will carry a little more, so we will take it back."

Muba also said at the side: "Uncle Shan, let's take the lamb tripe and lamb intestines back, and the stewed radish can also be eaten for two meals."

Shan laughed after hearing this, "I think you want to take everything back with you. Otherwise, let's wash it out first, and take everything you can take with you when you leave."

Xiong Niu shook his head again and again, "Forget it! I'm so tired and can't take it away, how distressed I am!"

Jiang Li said with a smile: "Everyone, don't worry about washing, each person can take all of them with a little extra."

After hearing this, Xiong Niu said happily, "If we can't take it away, Jiang Li will carry it all by himself."

Jiang Li smiled and nodded calmly, "Don't worry, I can definitely take it away."

After hearing this, everyone picked up, washed all the food they liked and could eat, and they didn't finish their work until midnight.

After sleeping until dawn, I got up and put things into the back baskets, each of which was full.

A group of men held a weapon in one hand and a wooden stick in the other, walking along the cliff towards the mountain.

(End of this chapter)