Farming in Primitive Society

Chapter 42 Fighting Spirit
After lunch, everyone continued to be busy, weaving bamboo baskets to make cassava starch, peeling the skin vigorously, nuo cutting into pieces, Amei helped to put it in the stone mortar, Can and Yu pestle, Mu Xiaohua used the pestled cassava The cloth cut from the clothes is wrapped and rubbed in water.

Everyone worked together, and it took about two hours to process all the cassava, and finally filtered the cassava pulp twice, and let it stand overnight.

"Xiao Hua, what should I do with the dregs?" Yu asked, holding half a pot of cassava dregs.

The cassava residue that has been separated from the starch has no food value, but it can be used to fill the stomach when food is in short supply, but because there are bitter cassava and sweet cassava in this cassava, Mu Xiaohua thought for a while: "Drain it Bar!"

"It's a pity to throw it away!" Yu looked at so many cassava residues, which could eat several meals.

"I can't eat it anymore." Mu Xiaohua spread her hands regretfully.

"Okay!" Yu poured out the cassava slag, and Mu Xiaohua asked Lie and the others to move the cassava slurry into the cave, put it in a cooler place, clean up the front lawn, and clean up what needs to be done later to make cassava starch Finish.

Once you're done with one thing, move on to another.

Mu Xiaohua weaves a pair of straw sandals for Lie Ye. Lie, Can and Yu go up the mountain to cut wood and come back to make barrels. In addition, Mu Xiaohua asks them to find small wood back to make clogs.

"What are clogs?" Nuo asked first after hearing Mu Xiaohua's explanation.

"It's also worn on the feet."

"The cattail grass can be used to weave straw sandals, but what to do with the wood? Carve?" Everyone was amazed.

Mu Xiaohua smiled, "Wood is only used to make the bottom." Then she explained the method and shape of the clogs to them, which attracted a lot of surprises.

"Wood can also be used to make shoes, Xiaohua is amazing!"

"Xiao Hua, why are you so smart? Can you come up with so many things?"

Mu Xiaohua just laughed, and after listening to everyone's praise, she felt that it was almost done, and said: "Okay, let's go to work!"

Can and the others left, Nuo learned to weave bamboo baskets, and Ah Mei followed Mu Xiaohua, and when she weaved straw sandals for Lie, she also learned. Originally, she didn't want to learn, but seeing that everyone else was busy, she played alone. I also joined the ranks of compilation without any interest.

"Xiao Hua, is the bamboo basket made in this way? This one is really difficult." Cheng Bian chatted with Mu Xiaohua while weaving the bamboo basket in his hand.

"The general techniques are similar, but there are still big differences. The weaving method of this kind of bamboo basket is relatively rough, and there are more delicate ones that are more difficult to weave. By the way, we can also weave back baskets, bamboo baskets, and fish baskets for sale. .”

"Can you make up?" Cheng asked pleasantly.

The others also looked at her with astonished expressions.

Mu Xiaohua coughed lightly, and shook her head: "No, I only know how to weave bamboo baskets. Others know the shape and general weaving method. If you really want to weave, you have to study it."

Mu Xiaohua thinks that it can be used in a wider range than other backpacks, so it is very necessary to study and make it up.

After weaving strong straw sandals, Mu Xiaohua made a measure for Ah Mei. After the measurement, she began to sew a dress for her. Ah Mei was very excited and sat next to Mu Xiaohua to watch her cut and sew.

"It turns out that the dress is sewn like this!" Ah Mei looked at it and sighed, "It's much easier than weaving straw sandals and bamboo baskets."

"It's quite simple, do you want to learn it? After you learn it, you can sew by yourself." Looking at Amei's bright eyes, Mu Xiaohua asked.

In fact, the sewing of dresses is very particular about the design and tailoring, but Mu Xiaohua's materials are limited now, so the sewing is the simplest. It can be said that there is no particular attention at all, and it is naturally simple. Anyway, under such conditions, it can be almost worn.

"Okay." Ah Mei nodded firmly, her eyes full of fighting spirit.

Mu Xiaohuabian taught her to sew: "Actually, this is just a pattern, you can still think of it yourself, and sew it out yourself if you think of a beautiful pattern."

"What other styles are there?" Amei asked in confusion.

"For example, you can sew a few more belts on the clothes, sew them on one side, or sew a flower on them, or they can be longer or shorter, and the skirt can be sewed straight or into other shapes. , cut a lace, tassel or something."

Ah Mei listened carefully, nodding receptively while listening, "What is a tassel?"

"The tassels are one by one like this." Mu Xiaohua explained while gesturing.

"Oh!" Ah Mei was stunned, "I know, it's like the ones hanging on the altar, right?"

"Well, yes." Mu Xiaohua smiled and nodded.

The creativity of people's ideas is always infinite. Ah Mei soon had her own ideas and told Mu Xiaohua excitedly. Mu Xiaohua listened carefully and gave her own opinions from time to time. The two had a pleasant exchange.

In the past, Ah Mei had nothing to do every day, she was extremely bored, and she was thinking about finding something fun to play with all day long, but now she finally found something interesting and she was very happy.

"In the future, I can sew beautiful dresses for my grandma, my mother and my aunt, and my sister-in-law is about to give birth to a baby. I want to make small clothes for the baby."

Amei's sister-in-law named Aqiao stayed at home and married her two elder brothers. Although they failed to give birth to a child many times before, they never gave up. Now Aqiao has been pregnant for more than nine months. They are very concerned about this child. I am looking forward to it very much, if it still fails this time, Aqiao probably won't be able to give birth in the future.

I don’t know why Mu Xiaohua’s heart skipped a beat when she heard Ah Mei mentioning this. There is always a bad feeling. People in modern times know that close relatives cannot marry. It’s not just an ethical issue, but more importantly, close relatives get married. Unable to raise the next generation because of various serious genetic disorders.

When Mu Xiaohua finished sewing one set of dresses, Can and the others came back, and Amei took the animal skins that could make two sets of dresses. Yu asked Mu Xiaohua to go out and have a look at the wood she brought back to make clogs, and Amei took over from her. Mu Xiaohua told her to "be careful" and walked out of the cave.

The wood that Yu brought back, Mu Xiaohua, was not recognizable. The wood was rougher than that used for bowls, and smoother than that used for barrels.

After confirming that the wood is available, Mu Xiaohua and Yu carefully described the style of the clogs. After a short break, Yu started to cut the wooden blocks, and Chan and Yeol also started to make wooden barrels after a rest.

Although there is no rush to use the wooden barrels, I will make them if I have time. After all, it takes time to make wooden barrels.

When everyone was very busy, a woman hurried over, her expression was very anxious, her eyes were full of panic, she ran outside the ground and saw Mu Xiaohua, they asked eagerly: "Where is Cheng? Cheng them Woolen cloth?"

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