Opening the door curtain, there was already a layer of white snow outside. Although it was not thick, the temperature had actually dropped. Wrapping up the animal skin tightly, Song Xuan silently got back into the house.
After adding a few sticks of firewood to the almost extinguished fire, the house soon became warm again. After cutting down so many trees, in addition to getting more than a dozen houses, a large amount of firewood was also harvested.
Although these wood cannot be used for construction, they are perfect for burning firewood. After drying, there are a lot of them in every house, and the ones in Song Xuan's house were carefully selected by everyone.
Not only is the length appropriate, but it also produces more fire with less smoke, and is very resistant to burning. Although the house has vents, due to technical reasons, they are not made too large. The experience will be much better if there is less smoke.
Dong dong dong~
"Angel, it's time to have breakfast."
After a while, Shi Meng knocked on the door frame and called Song Xuan to come over for dinner.
Although Song Xuan was not very hungry yet, he thought it would be noon soon and there were no snacks here, so he still had to eat some.
Shi Meng outside the door was obviously caught off guard by the heavy snow. The animal skin on his body was still the same as when he worked yesterday. Although it was convenient, it was not thick.
At this moment, he was rubbing his hands together and when he saw Song Xuan coming out, he showed his signature silly smile again.
"Hey~ God, winter is coming"
A few months ago, everyone in Tengshe was very afraid of winter, but now everyone is smiling. Without the worry of food, primitive society is still very relaxed.
Although there is no need to hunt in winter, there is still a lot of work to be done. Weapons and tools have to be remade, and the accumulated animal hides have to be processed. After simple tanning, they all have to be divided into large pieces. Clothes, bedding, and other items were cut into animal skin ropes.
The application of rope in Tengshe can be said to be quite extensive. It can be used for making tools, weaving fishing nets, and even building houses. This time building the house has completely consumed the inventory of the tribe, and now it is natural to replenish it on a large scale. batch.
The fishing team will definitely have to expand next year, and the demand will be very large by then. The demand for animal skin ropes is still quite huge. However, although animal skin ropes are not particularly easy to use, they are very troublesome to make. ah.
It is not easy to cut animal hides to thumb width, especially in this era when only stone tools are available. A skilled woman's achievements in a day are also quite limited.
No matter how sharp the stone knife is, it will be very difficult to cut through the flexible animal skin, but Teng She's tools are only made of stone and bone, so she can only make do with it.
I heard that the Black Feather Tribe has a sharper and more durable stone, but Teng Snake obviously cannot enjoy this kind of stone.
Seeing that everyone was really moving slowly, Song Xuan also took a stone knife and tried to cut it. The animal skins in the tribe had only been briefly processed. Although the grease on them was scraped off, they were still a bit hard. Song Xuan cut them with one knife. It goes up, leaving only a faint white mark.
He just used a few forceful blows, but he didn't expect that the edge of the stone knife would be crushed. Looking at the stone knife in his hand that was completely useless, Song Xuan was also very speechless.
According to this progress, I am afraid that the tribe will spend a lot of time cutting up the hides. Of course, in winter, everyone usually has nothing to do, so this is just a way to kill time.
However, Song Xuan also has some other ideas. He has already made preliminary plans for the future Teng She. Not to mention other things, the rice must be arranged, and the planting tools must be prepared in advance. It will definitely be too late to do it first.
The Mandarin in the tribe also needs to be improved. Until now, most people only know some commonly used words. It will be disadvantageous if something is urgent. Take advantage of this time to learn more, and it will naturally be easier to communicate in the future. Quite a few.
It's not that Song Xuan doesn't want to learn the language here, Song Xuan also deliberately memorized some of it. At least if he speaks slower, he can still understand the general idea.
If it goes deeper, there is not much need. After all, even different tribes in the same area have quite different words. Last time I visited the Blackwater Tribe, sometimes I still had to use gestures to understand.
In this case, it is necessary for everyone to learn a mature language. This will eventually evolve. Instead of evolving into ABC, Song Xuan is more familiar with the square characters. Of course, there is definitely no Song Xuan's bird language. Factors of poor study!
There are still many things that need to be done in the tribe, and it would be too much of a waste to waste all your time on this.
After staring at the stone knife and thinking for a moment, Song Xuan tried to put the knife on the fire to roast it. Although Teng She's stone knife was rough, the second half was still covered with some animal skins. Song Xuan folded two more branches and sandwiched them. It's not hot either.
When Song Xuan felt that the temperature was about the same, he quickly took a piece of animal skin and tried it. As soon as Song Xuan put the knife on it, a small hole appeared in the animal skin. Following Song Xuan's movements, the animal skin in his hand was quickly cut. Split it up.
However, Song Xuan also discovered that the efficiency was good at the beginning and it was easy to cut, but after the stone knife gradually cooled down, the effect was not so good.
Even so, it is much better than hard sharpening, and the requirements for the blade are not so high, and you don't need to cut it a few times before polishing it.
"Hua, come and see how it looks like dividing the animal skin like this"
Seeing that this method was quite feasible, Song Xuan quickly called on the people around him to stop what they were doing and demonstrated it again.
"Hey! Is this okay?"
"As expected of a divine envoy, he can think of such a method!"
"This way, it will be much faster to separate the hides in the future."
Although it was unanimously approved by everyone, Song Xuan was still improving the method. After heating the stone knife, he quickly made several cuts on the animal skin, using the initial high temperature to make the cuts.
The purpose of this is naturally to ensure the width of the animal skin strips. If you divide them bit by bit, the edges will not be so neat.
And after making the slit, even if the stone knife is not warm enough, it can be cut quickly with an ordinary knife. Calculating it together, it even takes about the same time as reheating.
Heating the stone knife before cutting can also better control the cutting width. In the past, even if the skin was fixed with wooden nails around the skin, the narrowest skin strip cut out was only two fingers wide. This width was a bit reluctant to use for fishing nets.
Now as long as you are careful, you can even control the width to within one finger. Animal skins of this width are most commonly used in the tribe.
With the new technology, the speed of cutting animal skins in the tribe has been greatly increased, and a large amount of inventory in the cave has been moved out and made into various useful things.
In order to save firewood, everyone worked together in one room. The main room in the middle was spacious enough for dozens of people in the tribe to work, so it was naturally the best place.
Although it was a bit dark after being closed, a bonfire could provide lighting. Seeing that everyone was together, Song Xuan began to work as a Chinese teacher.
I found a stone slab and stood it on the firewood pile, then picked up two sticks of charcoal from the campfire, and a small classroom was formed.
The main force in the classroom is naturally the children in the tribe. Compared with adults, they do less work, especially those children under the age of five or six, who are basically just helpers.
Teaching children in winter means being idle, and children should be more malleable.
"Fish", Song Xuan pointed at the words on the blackboard and read.
"Fish, fish, fish", the little primitive people below read it three times.
Song Xuan doesn't teach too many things in a day, usually only four or five commonly used words, and then lets them practice on their own, and also teaches their parents, which is not much in the first place, and they have to read better in a cave. Again, adults don’t have to learn to write, so they learn it pretty quickly.
The little primitive people also had to practice writing. In this era, there was naturally no paper and pen, so Song Xuan made them several "sand trays". In fact, it is more reasonable to call them earth trays, which are a small area surrounded by stones, and then Cover it with fine soil and use a small stick as a pen to write directly.
And after writing like this, you can smooth it directly, and it’s no big deal to continue using it. You just need to add a little fine soil to it regularly, because these little primitive people always beat them with sticks as they write.
As for children, Song Xuan understood them very well. When he saw it, he would be a little strict and ask them to write well. However, Shi Meng would not indulge them every time. When he saw that they were not serious, he would fry the meat on a bamboo board.
Shi Meng also learned the skill of hitting the palms from Song Xuan. Although Song Xuan emphasizes happy learning, it is also based on learning. This study class has a small test every morning, which is mainly about the content learned the day before. If you fail, I'm going to get slapped on the palm.
Song Xuan was only strict in his studies, but Shi Meng was different.
Not good at writing or typing.
If you don't obey, you will be beaten.
Even if you don't eat well, you will be beaten.
A group of little primitive people suffered a lot at the hands of leader Shi Meng. As for the instigator, Song Xuan, he even laughed out loud when he saw them being beaten.
