Then Song Xuan demonstrated again, picking up a piece of meat from the plate and stuffing it into his mouth along with the rice:
"It won't be bland if you eat it this way. Eat rice and meat together!"
"Hey, it's true!"
"It seems like even the meat isn't salty anymore!"
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Now that there is no shortage of salt in the tribe, everyone is no longer as economical in processing meat as before. Putting a little more salt will naturally make it easier to store, especially when the weather is hot.
Although the meat has been preserved, the taste is not that good. Eating a whole piece of bacon is not comfortable in the stomach, at least it is not nearly as good as fresh meat.
Now that we have rice, the two perfectly match each other. This way, eating rice does not look bland, and the marinated meat is not as salty as before.
However, there wasn't much rice in each person's bowl. People like Shi Meng, who had a big belly and mouth, finished the rice in two or three mouthfuls, smashed their mouths, and walked over again holding the bowl as if they still had more to say.
When Song Xuan served them food, he knew that this amount would definitely not be enough for them to eat, but now there was almost nothing left in the pot. Song Xuan had to scrape the rice off the rice bowl to get this bit.
However, the pot of porridge did not move much. Song Xuan pointed at the porridge and said:
"Go, hit that one!"
But Shi Meng didn't seem to be interested in the white porridge, and said to Song Xuan, the rice cake at the bottom of the pot:
"Angel, isn't there something else?"
This crispy rice was originally a small gift left by Song Xuan for himself. Although the rice tastes very good, the crispy rice cooked in this pottery pot does have a unique flavor, especially although it is the first time to cook it, it is not burnt at all. But seeing Shi Meng's interest at this time, he had no choice but to break off a little bit and hand it to him:
"Try it~"
Looking at the rice cake in his hand that was only big enough to fit between his teeth, Shi Meng curled his lips, seemingly complaining about Song Xuan's stinginess, but he still stuffed it into his mouth and started chewing.
Although the crispy rice cake that had just come out of the pot was not completely crispy yet, it was "crunchy" when chewed. Feeling the completely different texture, Shi Meng's eyes suddenly widened.
"Well! God, this is delicious!"
"fragrant!"
After saying that, he shoveled a large piece from the pot and put it into his bowl. Song Xuan didn't have much to say when he saw this. As long as he was interested, at least for now, it seems that everyone is not against rice and porridge. The reviews given by people who have tasted the porridge are also quite good.
Especially after eating a bowl of porridge, my body quickly warmed up and I even started to sweat slightly in the room.
"How about yours? My... porridge... tastes pretty good."
"Really? Let me try it too."
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It was the first time for everyone to eat, so they were sharing their feelings while eating. Moreover, Song Xuan was not prepared to directly challenge the status of meat, so most people were relatively easy to accept it.
"Angel, do you really no longer need to hunt in the future?"
Chewing the crispy rice cake, Shi Meng finally remembered the cake that Song Xuan had painted for her before. She thought that the divine messenger was deceiving him before, but now after tasting it, she realized that what Song Xuan said was not wrong at all, although It was his first time eating it, but he had completely accepted it, and he still felt like he hadn't eaten enough.
The breeding industry in the tribe has also been growing and developing. Maybe one day, Teng She will be able to have enough food without having to crawl into the mountains.
"Yeah, but not hunting at all!"
After all, there are abundant resources in the mountains and forests, and leaving the treasure house unused would be a greater waste. At least for now, breeding is not as efficient as hunting.
If you want to satisfy the consumption of hundreds of people just by breeding, the scale must be quite terrifying, but with rice and breeding, the need for hunting will be greatly reduced.
As long as the scale is established, Shi Meng and the others won't have to dig into the mountains for many years. When the time comes when hunting is not so easy, they can just come back directly.
But what is certain is that it will be difficult to go hungry again in the future.
By the time we ate the last three pots, everyone had plundered them cleanly.
Seeing everyone's confused looks, Song Xuan had no choice but to agree to continue eating tomorrow.
After pounding so much rice, naturally it cannot be eaten in one go. Even though I cooked a lot today, I only used less than half of it. If the rest is used to cook rice, I can probably cook three pots of it. , but if you are cooking porridge, it is not a problem to let everyone eat freely.
Although the meal had been finished, everyone still sat together and started thinking, especially when they thought about the huge piece of land opposite the tribe that had been cleared.
What a huge scale it would be if all rice was grown. Although this rice is not very delicious, it is definitely not unpalatable. At least it can be easily filled with meat and is delicious. The process of going down is quite enjoyable.
The most important thing is that most people in the tribe have experienced the process from planting to harvesting rice. Although it is not easy, it is much easier than going out to hunt.
However, it will take at least a year for rice to become a staple food, and it will take at least half a year for it to mature every year.
After eating rice, most people understood Song Xuan's previous behavior. No wonder he was willing to use pottery and salt to exchange seeds with other tribes.
Especially Shuiyun, for a moment, he felt like he had lost a lot of money. After all, this thing was discovered first in their tribe and was pointed out by Song Xuan. If he didn't realize the importance, he wouldn't talk about it later. Dianpidian took the initiative to find a lot of them.
However, seeing that he is now a member of Teng She, it seems that he is not so much at a loss. Isn't he taking advantage of this?
Song Xuan was quite satisfied with everyone's reaction. At first, he was worried that people would not accept it easily, so he made a lot of meat, but in the end, the rice was not enough.
As long as everyone does not resist, we will be more motivated to work on rice matters in the future, especially next year's reclamation and planting, which are quite large-scale matters, and it is not something that Song Xuan can complete with a dozen people. Yes, hundreds of acres of land require the mobilization of the entire tribe to complete it in a short time.
Just cultivating those lands would probably take more than half a month.
From the current point of view, rice has become the staple food among the tribes, which should be achieved within one or two years. At least if everything goes well, if this batch of rice is planted next year, the food recovered should be able to meet everyone's daily consumption. As long as After another year of hard work, I don’t have to worry too much about eating.
Of course, the prerequisite for accuracy must be good weather. Even in primitive societies, natural disasters are common. Last year's heavy rains, for example, had a considerable impact on the surrounding tribes. As for drought, although it does not happen often, according to the water witch That said, he has experienced it in his life.
As the oldest person in the tribe, the Water Witch has naturally experienced more than others. However, since the Blackwater Tribe has always settled on both sides of the river, drought has not had a great impact on them, at least over the years. There are no rivers that stop flowing due to long periods without rain.
So for him, the drought was just a slight impression, and because the river water became shallower, fishing became relatively easier. It was also true that the Blackwater Tribe's situation that year was actually better than It was better in the past, so he remembered this.
This is indeed the case. As long as it is not an extreme drought, floods will have a more profound impact on the tribes on both sides of the river.
The same is true for growing rice. It is not easy to cut off the flow of a river. As long as you are prepared, think about it. If it is not an extreme drought, although the impact will be there, it will not be particularly big. But floods are different. Everyone has obviously felt that there has been more rain in recent years and the weather has become colder.
So what we need to worry about is too much rain. However, although the expanded rice fields are also in the river, the terrain is even higher than the tribe's current level. It is definitely not easy for the flood to flood to this extent.
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Later, Song Xuan cooked porridge twice more, which was very welcomed by everyone. The only drawback was that the quantity was too small. Even when cooking porridge, each person only had a small bowl.
Song Xuan also knew that this was definitely not enough for everyone to eat, but the rest should not be thrown away. It had to be used as seeds. Now it was just for everyone to taste it in advance.
"Angel, when will you eat next?"
Seeing that some of the children were still unsatisfied, Song Xuan could not refuse directly. He could only agree to them and do it again after spring. However, although they did not eat enough, the children were still very sensible and knew that the rice was reserved for seeding.
"If it's not enough, forget it. The leader said there will be endless rice next year!"
He rubbed Shi Feng's head affectionately. Shi Feng was the relatively stable one among the group of children. Although he was young, only ten years old, his behavior was like that of a young adult.
Now in the entire tribe, even the children only know that the tribe will plant rice on a large scale next year, and they are all ready to prepare for the planting.
At least in the past, Song Xuan told him to get it done if he needed anything. Now he has started to ask Song Xuan in advance and then started to prepare. Song Xuan did not dampen everyone's enthusiasm. He talked about all the farm tools such as hoes and sickles. out.
These can be made in advance when time is not tight now, especially the sickle, which is still very useful for harvesting rice. In the past, the scale was small, and the small stone knife held in the hand was used. Although it is convenient to make, it is not efficient. But it's not that good, especially the large amount of straw that can't be used. In the end, it can only be burned on fire to be used as fertilizer for the next year.
