foodie female primitive society daily life

Chapter 17 Potato Fish Soup and Pottery

Several men carried a large pot of water back to the tribe with wheezing.The stone pot is already quite heavy, and with the addition of water, it is no wonder that even the strong primitive people find it difficult.Anyway, today's harvest is quite big, and the potatoes dug can last for a while, so there is no need to rush to find food for the time being.

So in the afternoon, she planned to find out if there was any soil suitable for making pottery around.If pottery is fired, it will be much more convenient, and there is no need to worry about carrying water.What's more, I have to quickly burn out a bathtub.She is not as open as the primitive people, just take off the grass skirt, jump into the river, and it's over.

She doesn't have the hobby of having others watch her take a bath. Besides, she doesn't have such a good physical fitness, and washing with cold water can guarantee that she won't catch a cold.So it's better to burn a big basin as soon as possible, and take a hot bath happily.

Zhou Shan is quite familiar with a series of processes of pottery making, because she was very interested in this at the beginning, and went to a pottery bar to learn pottery making.After studying for a long time, I gradually became familiar with the bar owner, and naturally knew a lot of tips about choosing clay and some simple methods for making pottery.

In fact, red loam soil is the best for making pottery. The fired pottery is not only less prone to cracks, but also very forbidden.But if you can't find terracotta clay, you can use some finer underground soil.

There are too many things that are lacking in the tribe now, and we can't spend too much time looking for red clay. We can only find some other soil and burn some for temporary use.

Zhou Shan was in a daze thinking about the pottery burning, and only recovered after Ling poked her.Seeing the people around her looking at her worriedly, Zhou Shan's heart warmed. "It's okay. I was thinking about something just now. I'm used to being in a daze when I think about things. Okay, let's prepare lunch! There's a lot of work in the afternoon."

Zhou Shan cut the potatoes into pieces and put them away, and then divided the fish into pieces, so that everyone can share them in a while.After the water boiled, Zhou Shan put the fish and potatoes in, and grabbed a handful of chopped green onions to remove the fishy smell.During the period, Zhou Shan picked more than 20 potatoes, wrapped them in a layer of mud, and put them under the fire.When the potato fish soup is finished, the baked potatoes will be cooked.

When the soup was ready, everyone gathered around the stone pot with their stone bowls without Zhou Shan saying anything.After eating the potatoes in the soup, everyone was overwhelmed by the fragrant and glutinous taste.Ah, I didn't expect this kind of soil lump to be so delicious.

After drinking the soup, it is estimated that the baked potatoes are almost the same.Zhou Shan took a wooden stick and picked all the potatoes out.Knock off the outer layer of soil, and a rich fragrance immediately wafts out.Zhou Shan tasted it, um~ it’s not bad, but it would be better if it had salt.After eating unsalty food for several days, the bird was almost fading out of her mouth.

Everyone, look at how cheerful Zhou Shan is eating, you and I follow Zhou Shan's appearance and eat with gusto.Especially the elderly and children are simply irresistible to this kind of fragrant and glutinous food.

After eating, Zhou Shan told the female leader about the pottery, and wanted her to ask the clansmen if they had seen sticky soil.The female leader attached great importance to this matter. If the pottery Shan mentioned was really fired, then there would be no need to go to the river to fetch water every day in the future.

Listening to Zhou Shan's description of the appearance of clay, she always felt as if she had seen it somewhere.Hmm~ Where is it? "By the way, I remembered. There is the kind of sticky fine soil you mentioned by the river. Children used to go there to play with mud."

"Really, it's great. It won't be long before we can use light earthenware instead of heavy stone pots. There will also be no need for several people to take turns using earthenware bowls."

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go now, the sooner the pottery firing, the better. Do you need to call a few more people?"

"No, if there is this kind of soil by the river, you can just burn it there, so as not to have to transport the soil back and forth, which is too troublesome. Just find a few dexterous women. And it is impossible to burn the pottery today. You have to first Knead the pottery, and then put the pottery blanks in a cool and ventilated place to dry them, otherwise they will crack. The pottery blanks can be fired only after they are dry in the shade.”

After hearing this, the female leader immediately called a few women who were usually careful at work, and dragged Zhou Shan to the river in a hurry.When they got to the river, Zhou Shan squatted down and looked at the soil under the eager eyes of the female leader.

Well, it is still very suitable for firing pottery. The soil is very fine and there are no impurities.And because it is by the river, the soil is mixed with some sand.Pottery made from this kind of sandy soil will be very strong.It seems that there is no need to use red loam, which is already excellent.

There is no slow wheel here, so I can only rub the strips by myself.Zhou Shan found a few strong branches and asked everyone to dig out enough soil, then began to teach them how to make wire rods.Zhou Shan made a few appearances first, and asked them to learn to cook some simple and commonly used pots and bowls first.

The few people the female leader found are still learning things very quickly, and the pottery that comes out after finding the handle is getting better and better.Zhou Shan carefully placed the plated pottery in the sun to dry, and trimmed it after it was half dry.

Seeing that everyone is getting more and more proficient, Zhou Shan went to work on her bathtub.Woooooo~ She will be able to take a bath soon, it's not easy.

Everyone was busy all afternoon, except for the ones that were really unusable at first, there were still a lot of pots and pans.Today the weather is still very good, the sun is very strong.The crockery on the plate was almost half dry.After moving the pottery under a big tree to dry in the shade, everyone talked and laughed and went back to the tribe.

Tomorrow I have to collect more firewood, and it will take almost a day and a night to make pottery.If they run out of firewood and turn off the fire halfway, then their whole afternoon's hard work will be in vain.

A few people heard the shouts of people before they arrived at the tribe, thinking that something happened, they hurried to the tribe in fright.When they rushed to the tribe, they were relieved to see that several people were doing well.But before he recovered, he was frightened again by the big wild boars and tigers piled on the ground.

Oh my god!What's the matter with this thing, when did these things exist in the tribe?ah!They won't go to the depths of the forest!

The female leader and the other women all turned pale with fright.After other people explained it, he breathed a sigh of relief. It would be good if he didn't go.Several men in the distance saw Zhou Shan, and all ran to Zhou Shan excitedly.

"Shan, the trap you mentioned is great. Two big guys fell into it at once. You know, no one has ever caught a piebald beast. I must dig a few more tomorrow!"

"It's better not to dig too much. If you catch too much, you can't eat it and let it go bad." Several people had to give up this idea when they heard it made sense.Woooooo~ I'm so sorry...
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