When he thought of this, some very unpleasant memories came to Song Xuan's mind again.
Fortunately, although the discharged water is dirty and smelly, it is also a normal product of biodegradation. The slow discharge of small water does not have that big an impact on the environment.
Unlike the beasts on some small islands, it is not afraid of fish and shrimps knocking on its door in the middle of the night.
"Bah~"
Thinking of this, Song Xuan couldn't help but spit.
Seeing the gazes from all around, Song Xuan quickly restrained himself. Fortunately, this era was pollution-free, so there was basically no need to worry about ecological issues.
Although there were a lot of people, after a long time of digging, everyone still couldn't get all the hemp out of the pool.
Because the smell was so strong, I had to go out for a breather after working for a while, so after a long time, there was still some left in the pool.
But if we don't finish here today, everyone will definitely not go to eat, otherwise they will definitely eat like Shi Ban and have to vomit it all out.
Song Xuan had not eaten in the morning, and now he was even more hungry than before. The same was true for the others. Although Shi Ban came here full, he vomited everything out as soon as he came.
Seeing that there was not much hemp left in the pool, everyone speeded up.
The dirty water in the pool had been left all morning, and there wasn't much left at this time. Everyone worked hard for more than an hour and finally got it clean.
The next step is to find a way to get out the hemp fiber. That is the hemp that the tribe really needs.
This is not difficult. You can just take it to the river and wash it. Although this is the real source of the odor, it is already almost rotten. Plus everyone stirs it up in the pool. If it is only a small amount, the smell is still good. It's still within the acceptable range.
"Let's go back and eat!"
Although everyone's body was filled with stench, it didn't feel so strong after being far away from the pool.
After a brief wash, I went back to the tribe to eat and drink.
Originally, Song Xuan wanted to take the hemp to the main stream downstream for rinsing, but then he thought about it, not all of it had to be cleaned immediately anyway, and the river downstream of the tribe was gradually widening. It would be a problem to wash it directly here. Not big either.
Instead of spending a lot of effort to transport it downstream, clean it and then pull it up, it is better to solve it on the spot, which will save trouble.
"Let's go, each person brings two baskets!"
Naturally, the basket is to prevent it from being washed away by the river when washing. Although it is a lot of hemp, after all, the tribe needs more, and everyone has gone through a lot of hard work to get it. It is better not to waste it. .
"Look carefully, it's like this..."
Song Xuan demonstrated how to rub other things off the hemp. Although there was not much dirt on it, the smell was still very good. Fortunately, he took a long rest at noon, and after the morning's influence, everyone also I have slowly started to get used to it.
In order to leave as much complete hemp as possible, you should not use too much force when scrubbing, otherwise it will be easy to break the knot. Once broken, the quality will be much worse.
The basket on the right was naturally filled with hemp taken out of the pool. After it was washed, it was placed directly into the basket on the left.
The basket is also just right for draining the water inside.
The racks in the tribe have already been set up, and this one is very simple. Anyway, there are as many bamboos as you need, and any rack can be used.
When scrubbing, Song Xuan told everyone to arrange them neatly, otherwise if they were all tangled together, it would have a great impact on the subsequent steps.
However, the power caused by a dozen or so people washing together was still very powerful. Song Xuan saw with his own eyes a few small fish floating not far away.
After seeing it, I hurriedly asked everyone to disperse. Although the rain this summer was not as concentrated as last year, the total amount was quite large, so the current water level of the river was not low, and the flow rate was not slow. After spreading out, it would be very easy. It can be diluted quickly.
In the next few days, everyone struggled with the smelly hemp, and after three days, all the hemp was finally rubbed out.
It was made on the first day and has already been dried. As for whether there are any extra steps to strengthen the toughness of the hemp, Song Xuan doesn’t know. Now he can only use it directly, but fortunately the strength is still very good. .
Shihua came back relatively early in the past few days, and also kneaded out some threads and strings. The strength was still good, and it was no worse than the animal skin ropes in the tribe.
But the only drawback is that the rope in the tribe can be twisted out, but it is difficult to make it very long. Once it gets long, it starts to cause problems. It either unravels here or there.
Naturally, there are still some techniques that Song Xuan doesn't know. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that everyone's techniques are not very good. After all, they are new to making long ropes, but they are already very good at what they have done so far. At worst, they can also use knitting methods. At most, the efficiency is slower.
Now that hemp has been made, the animal skin ropes in the tribe have basically entered the end of their careers, and there will definitely be hemp to gradually replace them.
However, Song Xuan found that he seemed to have overestimated the yield of hemp. After drying all the hemp, it would only be half a house. Fortunately, as long as it was not particularly wasteful, it would not be a problem to harvest it next year.
Song Xuan also hopes that the harvesting method can be improved next year. If it is uprooted again, it will be a bit overwhelming. If it can be harvested multiple times, not to mention two crops a year, there should be no problem.
But this is just Song Xuan's imagination. After all, the tribe still plays with stones. Even if they make flowers out of these broken stones, they cannot be used to cut hemp.
Since there aren't many places for everyone to use now, Song Xuan didn't let Shihua and the others set aside time to rub some ropes.
Now is the time when all kinds of fruits are concentrated and ripe, so Shihua and the others are very busy, so they can only find time to knead some out. In the past, Shihua did this alone, so he had to teach others how to make it. Originally, the speed of making hemp rope was not very fast, so it became even slower. However, after everyone became familiar with it, the speed naturally became faster.
Since the tribe is surrounded by dense forests, there are many kinds of wild fruits. Song Xuan only knows a few of them. Most of them are peaches and plums. There are so many kinds of wild fruits here that Song Xuan can't even recognize them. .
Regardless of whether they are sweet or sour, as long as they are edible, Teng She will pick them all.
But even so, it is impossible to pick them all cleanly. In addition to limited abilities, it is natural to leave some for the surrounding beasts.
Not only do people rely on these fruits to fill their stomachs, but so do the birds and beasts, which are also an important part of their food chain.
And the spread of many wild fruits depends on these animals.
As for the Tengshe exclusive fruit forest planned by Song Xuan last year, it is currently not progressing very quickly, and only a dozen fruit trees survive so far.
Although a lot of them were planted, a lot of them died. I had no planting experience. After pulling them out, I just dug a hole and ignored them. Naturally, it is difficult to guarantee the survival rate with this kind of planting method.
Fortunately, the base planted is relatively large, otherwise it would be difficult to keep even these dozen.
But even if they are planted, it will still take a long time to wait for harvest. After all, what Teng She plants here are seedlings, and the largest ones are only as tall as a person and as thick as a forearm.
It wasn't that Song Xuan didn't want to move the mature fruit trees over directly. His ability was limited and he couldn't survive even if they moved them over. So when Shihua and the others came up with this idea, Song Xuan directly interrupted.
But later they also secretly planted many large and small fruit trees. In the end, only the largest one survived. After so much hard work, they could not see the harvest in the end. Now Shihua and the others are slowly losing too much. Much more motivation.
But the saplings are also a task assigned by Song Xuan. They have to work on it. They will find some and plant them every ten days.
Cultivating Teng She's own orchards is a matter of contemporary merit and benefit for the future. It may not be of great benefit to Teng She in a short period of time, but it will also waste a lot of manpower and material resources.
But when they grow up, as long as there are enough, they can still meet the soaring snake's considerable needs.
And the fruits are not just for eating directly. Just like making dried mushrooms, people cut the excess fruits and dry them directly in the sun. Although the taste and texture are basically lost, some are still left behind. When supplies are relatively scarce, The winter can also be used to improve the taste.
Especially some sweet fruits, although they look dark after being dried, they are also very popular when soaked in water.
Of course, this kind of welcome is definitely limited to winter. Now in this season, we can’t even eat ripe fruits, let alone those dried fruits.
Although Song Xuan also looked down on those dried black fruits, he would sometimes still crave them in winter.
Apart from these two methods, Soaring Snake currently has no other uses for it.
Of course, the ways to eat the fruits are very limited, but Song Xuan still wants to make full use of them. After all, the collection team will bring back hundreds of kilograms every day, which is completely impossible to eat.
Even if half of them are made into fruits, it will be far behind the speed of everyone's collection. Many of them are overripe before they are discovered by the collection team. If they are picked and not eaten in time, they will rot quickly. .
Many of these fruits are sweet and tangy.
So Song Xuan is now thinking about whether he can extract some sugar from it, although sugar cane and beets, the most commonly used raw materials for sugar extraction in later generations, have not been found around the tribe.
But there is probably a lot of sugar in these sweet fruits.
Regardless of the era, everyone loves sweets, but among the tribes they can only eat them when there is a big fruit harvest.
Even though there are dried fruits at the back, the taste is lighter after being soaked in water.
Of course, except for some people in the hunting team who are not afraid of death.
The surrounding environment is so good, so there is no shortage of species like bees in the mountains and forests. Sometimes if you are lucky, you can find some when you travel through the mountains.
Of course, most people would definitely not dare to provoke him, but there were exceptions in the tribe, and that was Shi Yong. This move alone made everyone admire him very much.
After discovering the hive, if the conditions are suitable and there are not too many bees, the honey-grabbing master will change his clothes and go into battle.
Although he was brave, it would still hurt if he was stung, so Shi Yong would also find some animal skins and wrap as much of the exposed parts of his body as possible.
Like the face and hands, although they cannot be wrapped in animal skins, they will be smeared with some mud.
Then came the real robbery. First, they found some semi-wet firewood, lit it and created a lot of smoke to drive away the honey, and then they robbed and ran away.
Although I will be bruised and swollen every time, the harvest is also very impressive, and a small jar of nest honey will definitely not escape.
But no one else dared to do such a thing. They couldn't stand being stung twice, let alone robbing the bees of their nest right under their noses.
Every time they saw Shi Yong come back with a bruised nose and face, the children in the tribe knew that they must have eaten honey this time.
Although the tribe can also obtain excess sugar in this way, after all, beehives are not easy to find, and there are even fewer suitable ones.
This method alone is definitely not enough. In addition to satisfying appetite, sugar is also a good way to replenish energy. As for whether fructose can have the same effect as white sugar, Song Xuan cannot guarantee it, but it is estimated that besides Apart from making Ivan bigger, everything else should be able to replace him.
Anyway, there are too many fruits to eat in the tribe. Instead of waiting for them to rot, it is better to make full use of them. When the time comes, the fruits that are particularly ripe or very sweet can be used to squeeze sugar. Generally, they can be eaten directly or made into dried fruits. , so that less is wasted.
It is not easy for Shihua and the others to carry hundreds of kilograms back a day. In this season, sometimes they can carry two to three hundred kilograms when they are small, and when they are big, everyone's basket is full.
Many of them were even broken on the road. When they came back, no one looked at them and just threw them all away.
Due to the large number of results, Shihua and the others basically don't bring too much food when they go out these days. The main thing they eat is these fruits.
Of course, although there are many fruits, not all of them are overly sweet, and most of them don’t taste that good. After all, they are in their wildest and most primitive state, so it’s okay to use them as a staple food, and with some A little bit of dried meat soup, filling the stomach is not a big problem.
However, if it is used to squeeze sugar, the sweeter the better. Fortunately, the quantity of this kind of fruit is not small, and at least dozens of kilograms are brought back each time. In addition to being relatively popular at the beginning, now everyone Some of them are tired of eating them, but of course there is also the idea of saving some for winter.
Song Xuan roughly estimated that there would be about fifty or sixty kilograms of fruit that could be used to squeeze sugar every day. Although the time for large-scale fruit harvesting was running out, the amount that could be used was still very considerable.
No matter how you squeeze out some sugar, it will always be good for the tribe. At the same time, Song Xuan also misses the feeling of eating sugar.
Now that you have thought of it, just get started. This is also Song Xuan's approach after coming to Tengshe, but you still have to make the necessary preparations.
First, Song Xuan found some special stones and customized some special basins. These two basins were smaller than what everyone usually used, and they also had many small holes at the bottom.
These small eyes are made of very, very thin branches.
The purpose of this was naturally to filter out the impurities in the juice. After the pot was burned, Song Xuan started Teng She's first sugar making.
Song Xuan is still very confident about this, but it is not difficult to squeeze out the juice and then evaporate the water in it. It is just a matter of more sugar and less sugar. Song Xuan does not know the specific sweetness of these fruits. , but he estimated that one pound of juice and one tael of sugar should be no problem.
Although it is not much, it is enough to supplement daily life.
So before going out today, Song Xuan made an agreement with Shihua to let them pack the sweeter fruits they usually eat separately when picking fruits.
This way you don't have to sort them separately when you get back.
Moreover, these fruits are generally relatively soft and can be easily crushed when placed together with other fruits. Many of them are wasted due to this reason.
With Song Xuan's advice, Shihua and the others not only paid special attention when picking, they also didn't eat too much at noon, and only picked a few that were completely ripe.
Shihua was also very happy to hear Song Xuan's idea. This way, the tribe would have something sweet to eat at any time, which would be very attractive especially to children.
Today's fruit was also very good. When we came back, the collection team carried two baskets, which added up to 1,560 kilograms.
"Angel, why don't you use them all to make candies!"
"Yes, everyone is tired of it anyway..."
"..."
Hearing everyone's request, Song Xuan was not polite. Although it seemed like a lot, if you really wanted to squeeze all of it into juice, it would be very good to get three to four kilograms of juice out of ten kilograms of fruit.
After all, not all fruits are juicy. Although many fruits contain enough sugar, they don't have much water. As for the kind of orange that can form a flood in later generations, it is completely unreachable.
Song Xuan estimated that even if he used all the fruit, it would only be three to four kilograms of candy in the end, so he simply accepted it all and it would look better if it was more.
These sweet fruits don't last long, so Song Xuan started taking action after the collection team came back.
After washing, they poured them into several large basins. The only advantage of these fruits is that the fruits here only need to be cleaned briefly. There is nothing extra except a little dust on them.
Although the fruits vary in size from large to small, they can basically be picked up and eaten directly.
After washing, squeeze out the juice. This step naturally requires a manual juicer. Squeeze the soft ones directly with your hands. Usually the effect is quite good. If you encounter something crispy, use two bowls to press it. That’s it.
So although it was said to be more than a hundred kilograms of fruit, Song Xuan only called five people and completed the preliminary juice extraction before dinner.
"Angel, it's time to eat!"
"You guys eat first, you'll be here soon..."
But even if Song Xuan told everyone to eat first, usually everyone would still wait for Song Xuan. Song Xuan also knew that, so he didn't delay much and started organizing quickly.
The first step everyone refers to is to pour the squeezed juice directly into a special basin, and the one outside the basin is for normal use.
So most of it has been filtered. Of course, there is still a lot left. At this time, it can be filtered out by rubbing it with your hands.
After two filtrations, there are only two pots of impurities left. Of course, there are still some of them.
Song Xuan did not waste any time. He washed several small basins and filtered them again. At the same time, he also filtered the ones that had been filtered. Of course, there were very few impurities in them, but even so, this simple Naturally, it is impossible to completely clean the filtration method, and it does not hurt to simply.
The final juice produced from more than one hundred kilograms of fruit was just over one basin. Song Xuan estimated that it was about forty or fifty kilograms. Song Xuan was a little surprised by the result. After all, the total was only one hundred, fifty or sixty kilograms. Kilograms of fruit.
Calculated in this way, the water content is almost one-third, but it is not too small.
However, when juices of different colors are mixed together, the color of the juice is not good-looking. Although most of the fruits are reddish, the final mixed color is brown.
But fortunately, the color does not affect the taste. Although it tastes weird, it is really sweet.
After finishing it, everyone felt that their hands were sticky, and some of their fingers were almost sticking together.
The next steps are basically the same as refining salt. Just use a low fire to slowly evaporate the water in it. As for how much sugar can be refined, it depends on the sugar content. Song Xuan feels that it should not be low.
When the meal was almost finished, the juice in the pot had already boiled several times. Fortunately, it was still early, so Song Xuan didn't turn down the heat. Boiling sugar still couldn't be the same as refining salt. Someone was watching. More secure.
Even if the salt is boiled overnight, it will have no effect. Not only is there a lot of water, but the quality will not change much due to fire. But sugar is different. If you continue to burn it after it dries, there will be nothing. Leftover.
So even if you stay up late, you must get these sugars today. When everyone takes a rest, the water in the pot still has not evaporated, but most people can't stay up at this time. After all, they don't have the habit of staying up late. The expectant child was already lying in the arms of his parents.
"You guys should go back to sleep first. We won't be here for long..."
Since everyone was dozing off again and again, Song Xuan sent them back. After all, refining sugar was not a particularly important thing in the tribe.
This is the icing on the cake. It is better to have it naturally. Otherwise, it will not have a particularly big impact on the production and life of the tribe. The reason why everyone is so curious is because they want to experience how delicious the sugar Song Xuan said is.
Although he has adapted to Teng She's life rhythm, Song Xuan can still endure it longer than others. After all, the work he usually does is not particularly heavy, and it is more of a mental activity. By the bonfire, he looks at the remaining With little juice left, Song Xuan touched the head of Wangcai who had fallen asleep beside him.
It was rare that the little guy didn't run out today, probably because he saw that Song Xuan hadn't rested.
