Going through ancient farming to engage in infrastructure construction

Chapter 23 23 Food is not saved
Yao Xiaoqing went out with a dagger, cut off a few circles of bark on the big tree designated by Yaohu, and made nine rings for them to practice archery.

When they were done, they turned around and saw Yaohu and Dashi climbing up to the platform with wild ducks and eggs on their backs. They had post-harvest smiles on their faces.

Yaohu smiled and said, "Xiaoqing, Father and Uncle Dashi shot three wild ducks with arrows."

Yao Xiaoqing smiled and gave a thumbs up, "Amazing!"

Dashi also imitated her, and said with a smile: "Xiaoqing is amazing!"

Yao Xiaoqing looked at him and laughed, "You haven't eaten any food yet, have you? I made porridge and duck eggs, and after eating, let's go down the mountain to work."

"Okay." Yaohu gave the wild duck to Uncle Chong to clean up later, and told him to keep the feathers.

Yaohu was pushed by Yao Xiaoqing to the ditch to wash his hands before going into the cave to drink porridge and eat duck eggs.

Uncle Chong and the others also went to the side of the ditch to wash their hands. Everyone held bamboo bowls, "Sizzling..."

The fragrance from the bamboo bowl and the soft, glutinous and silky taste of the rice porridge made several people want to stop. They took a few sips one after another before taking a bite of the duck egg.

Yaya squinted her eyes and sipped the porridge. The children of several years old knew how to help with the work every day, and never cried when they were on the road no matter how hard it was.

Yun Amu looked at her and asked, "Xiaoqing, if only chestnuts could cook such delicious food."

Yao Xiaoqing wants to say that corn porridge is also delicious!It suddenly occurred to me that after the chestnuts here are crushed, they are eaten with their shells, and when I swallow them, my throat and eyes hurt.

"Shan Amu, when the millet is harvested, let's remove the shell. The porridge made from corn is also delicious."

Shan Amu looked at her and thought for a while, "Shelling? Xiaoqing, the chestnut shell is not like a duck egg shell, so how do you peel off such a small one?"

What Yao Xiaoqing thought was: how many millets can be grown from a few seeds?I'm afraid that when it is taken back, a bucket will not be full.

"There will be a way, and we will talk about it after harvesting more corn."

After Yao Xiaoqing finished speaking, he put down the bowl, and saw that the lard in the jar had been smelted. The oil residue and fat slices were fried until they were burnt and shiny.Hastily pulled out the firewood from the stove, stuffed it into the next stove, and covered the remaining fire inside with ashes.The suet oil and fat of a wild boar are refined into a large jar full of lard.

In addition to the wild boar harvested today, there are two large jars of lard after refining the lard, which can be eaten for a while.Mufeng and the others will definitely hunt wild animals and bring them home. It seems that they will burn more earthen pots to prepare.

Smelling the scent of lard, Yun Amu pointed to the lard in the jar and asked, "Xiaoqing, is this the lard you mentioned?"

Yao Xiaoqing swallowed the duck egg in her mouth, "Yes, it's lard, after the flowers burn a few more pots, and refine the oil from that wild boar today."

After hearing this, Hua nodded quickly, "I'll cook it later."

Yao Xiaoqing gestured to her and said, "Hua, you make a few such big ones for jerky and lard, and then make a few as big as wooden tubs. It's better to make more."

"Okay." Hua replied with a smile, turned around and went out to step on the clay.

Yao Xiaoqing told Yun'am and Shan'am, "The pot has just come off the stove, so it can't be placed on the ground. It needs to be padded with a wooden board, otherwise the pot will be broken."

Yun Amu and Shan Amu nodded, "I know Xiaoqing."

The fat intestines and pork belly in the jar are also cooked, exuding the aroma of barbecue powder.

Yaohu covered the tinder with ashes, stared at the jar for a while, and said to Yao Xiaoqing with a smile: "Xiaoqing, this is the kind of jar that the Dawu tribe uses to exchange sheep."

Yao Xiaoqing laughed, "Then we have three jars, that is three sheep."

Yaohu nodded seriously, "Yeah!" He laughed again.

Yao Xiaoqing asked Yaohu to make a few wooden shovels like the sappers of an engineer, and Shan Amu cleaned the pig's internal organs.

Dashi and Shan helped Shuibo and the others cut the wild boar into strips, and Yun Amu put the wild duck and meat strips on the stone board to dry the meat.

Yaohu quickly made a wooden shovel, Liuyun and Hua barbecued meat at home, fired clay pots, and everyone walked down the mountain.

Dashi walked a few steps, looked back at Yaohu after thinking about it, and said, "Leader, we used to eat food twice a day in the tribe, but we have to eat food three times a day here. Can we save food for the winter?"

Yaohu thought that the people who stayed in the tribe to work in the past only ate food twice a day in order to save more food for the winter, as well as change the magic medicine and salt.

But every winter, some people still starve to death because of insufficient food.Now three times a day, can we save food in winter?Is it Xiaoqing's arrangement to eat three times a day, or should she tell her what she thinks?
"Xiaoqing, tell Uncle Dashi why you arrange to eat food three times a day."

All eyes were on her.Yao Xiaoqing thought for a moment, looked at Yaohu and said, "Father, do you feel any difference in your work these days compared to before?"

"I know," Uncle Chong said with a smile, "I'm not as tired as before, and I'm not so hungry anymore."

Shui Bo looked at Yaohu, took a step forward, bent over him, and said, "Chief, in the tribe, the warriors could still eat enough. Those of us who can't go out to hunt often eat grass roots from hunger. Those who starve to death in winter are those who have not been able to hunt."

Shan Amu also nodded at the side, "Yes, leader, we are looking for food outside every day, and we are hungry every day, and we only get full when we come here. After eating, we are not tired from working, and we are full of energy."

Yao Xiaoqing looked at Yaohu, "Father, everyone is full and has the strength to work. They can find more food and are less likely to get sick. The gods said that food is not saved by saving, but by everyone's hard work and hard work. It is up to everyone to find and bring back what is harvested from the ground. As long as everyone is united, I believe we will save food for the winter so that everyone will no longer go hungry for the winter.”

Everyone is thinking: Yes!I can work hard when I am full, and it is not easy to get sick. I think I will be able to eat enough in the future, so I don’t want to be hungry.

Yaohu thought for a while after hearing this, looked at her confident smile, then looked at his clansmen, nodded and said: "The gods are very reasonable. Father will listen to you, and you will arrange the future meals. Everyone Did you hear what Xiaoqing said?"

Everyone said in unison: "I heard that, leader."

Only then did Yaohu turn his head to look at Yao Xiaoqing, "Xiaoqing, what do you think we should do next?"

Yao Xiaoqing pointed to the forest under the platform and said to Yao Hu: "Father, let's surround the entrance of the cave with the cut wood first, and then build the house. At night, we don't have to worry about wild animals entering the house and cave. We will come back later when we are free." Enclose the area below, build houses in it, and open up land to grow food."

Yaohu nodded after hearing this, "Okay, let's cut trees first." Yaohu carried an engineering shovel and led his clansmen with stone knives and axes to cut trees in the forest.

Yao Xiaoqing went back to the cave and took a small half of the pumpkin seeds, and a few chili seeds picked from the chili powder, took a wooden shovel, and went down the mountain with Shan Amu, who was carrying taro and yam. the land.

(End of this chapter)