Since the main body of the hat still has to be woven from branches and bark, the material cannot be greatly upgraded, and the tribe does not have good tools to make it perfect.
So Shi Ban took a different approach and took some thatch from Song Xuan and inserted it into it. Thatch is relatively easy to trim. If inserted in it, it can cover most of the gaps, although it cannot be as tight as the coir raincoat. , but with the cooperation of the two, there is still no problem with ordinary rain.
As for the hole on the top of the head that could not be completely closed, Shi Ban sewed a piece of animal skin on the outside to cover it, so that there were not many places where rain could leak.
Since they only made changes to the original places, the production was very fast. In the evening, both of them had already completed the parts they were responsible for. Several seams of the coir raincoat were completely rubbed against the skin and flesh. Xuan also tried his best to make them as soft as possible. Some of them couldn't be made well, so they were covered with animal skins.
After making it, Song Xuan put it on directly and tried it on.
The materials selected are relatively light, so this set is not heavy, even lighter than a winter animal skin jacket. However, it will definitely increase some weight after getting wet, but even so, it should not affect the movement too much.
"Ouch!"
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The other people in the tribe were shocked when they saw that Song Xuan was suddenly covered in a pile of thatch. The room where Shi Ban and the others worked was not large, and it was filled with all kinds of wood, so Song Xuan usually doesn't make things there.
So he and Shi Ban came to the main house. Everyone usually worked and ate in the main house. The sky was already dark, so Song Xuan naturally attracted everyone's attention.
"Angel, what is this?"
Seeing Song Xuan suddenly become like this, everyone around him was very curious about the coir raincoat and bamboo hat. Since Song Xuan didn't say much to others when he made it, most people didn't understand its purpose.
"To keep out the rain!"
In fact, in the eyes of everyone in Tengshe, the rain is not something that affects the movement too much. If it is not very big, everyone will generally treat it as nothing happened and just do whatever they need to do.
If it rains heavily, it's best to hide. If you're in a tribe, just find some other things to do, especially if it happens during hunting time, which can be regarded as a rare leisure time.
Polish your weapons, replenish arrows, and summarize your experience during this period. Although most of the tacit understanding is slowly developed during hunting, time is also relatively tight during hunting, and communication between everyone is also limited. Not too much, but we can discuss it with each other at this time.
Of course, the long rainy season must still make everyone feel a little worried, but no matter what, the set made by Song Xuan does not seem to be something that can be used flexibly.
Although it is not heavy to wear on the body, it still looks a bit intimidating. Song Xuan, who was originally relatively tall, has grown several times now, especially except for his bare legs, which are all covered, making him look Especially mysterious.
But it didn't look very convenient, and it's no wonder that everyone thought this way. Song Xuan walked a few steps in it. Although it wasn't heavy, it still had a sense of restraint after all.
However, coir raincoats and hats are not originally prepared for hunting and gathering. When it rains, the gathering team is fine. If the rain is not heavy, the fruits will still be there, but the prey will not be outside in the rain.
And even if it is made lighter, it is unrealistic to wear it for hunting.
This is mainly to prepare for planting. The growth period of rice will inevitably encounter seasons with abundant rain. Although there is not much rain in the rainy season this year, it has come back.
Based on the state of affairs in the past two years, I think there will be many such times in the future.
You can't go out to dredge ditches in the rain every time. It is very necessary to have such a set of equipment.
After briefly explaining the function to everyone, Song Xuan didn't waste any time and strode straight out.
Everyone was a little disappointed when they heard that this thing was not useful for daily work. However, resting when it rains has been a habit since ancient times. At most, they just felt sorry.
However, Shi Jiu and Shui Wu looked at the coir raincoat with extra thoughts. At least this outfit was very good for bluffing people.
Seeing Song Xuan walking out, others dropped what they were doing and followed him.
At this time, the rain outside has not decreased. According to the time, it should not be time for the sun to set yet, but at this time, due to the cover of dark clouds, it has begun to get dark outside.
Song Xuan didn't talk nonsense. After walking out of the door, he got into the heavy rain.
Listening to the sound of raindrops hitting the raincoat, it even felt a little pleasant.
Crackling~
These thatches have been completely dried by the tribe, so the movement is not small, and with the wind, there is also a rustling sound.
Just standing in the rain, within just a few breaths, the rain started to drip down the coir raincoat and bamboo hat. However, because it was woven in several layers, Song Xuan touched it back and found that it was still very dry inside. , and there is no rainwater leaking in from the connection, but after all, the time out is still short, so I can only stand for a while to see if there will be any impact later.
After a while, Song Xuan felt that water began to leak from the top of his head, but the effect was completely beyond Song Xuan's expectations. More than ten minutes had passed since he stood in the rain, but so far, only It just feels like a small area on the top of my head is wet.
However, because the connection with the raincoat is not particularly good, the neck is wet from the dripping rainwater. If you want to completely cover it, you can only tilt the hat slightly, but this will not cover your face. Living.
But this is just a minor problem. It can be solved by making slight modifications and expanding the brim of the hat. Even in its current state, it is not a problem at all.
After all, it rained so heavily that it was unrealistic to not get wet at all.
Then Song Xuan simulated the movements during labor. As expected, the rain began to come in as soon as he moved, but it would not affect the movement, and no matter what, it was definitely much better than being directly in the rain.
Usually when it rains like this, basically you can't do anything. Everyone can only stay inside the tribe, and you have to walk faster even when walking between houses. Otherwise, if you stay outside for a little longer, you will be soaked in the rain. .
After struggling outside for half an hour, Song Xuan returned to the house.
As soon as they saw Song Xuan coming in, everyone gathered around him.
The rainwater dripping from the raincoat directly wet the ground in a large circle, and everyone gradually began to doubt the practicality of the raincoat.
songs He lay down directly, and the other side was slightly fluffy.
However, the effect is quite obvious. If you go out without wearing anything, your hair will be almost wet as soon as you go out.
Before everyone could show their surprised expressions, Song Xuan then took off his coir raincoat.
The outer layer of thatch of the coir raincoat has been completely wet, so the weight is much heavier than at the beginning. Fortunately, the inside is not too wet and is still within the acceptable range.
Therefore, since the weaving was relatively dense, Song Xuan also deliberately reduced the distance between each layer, so the water leakage was not bad, and it mainly occurred at the connections.
However, except for the wetness on the neck, it is not obvious elsewhere.
The weather was relatively hot, and Song Xuan was shirtless, so everyone could tell at a glance whether he was wet or not.
Shi Meng still didn't believe it and stepped forward to touch it.
"Huh!"
When a grown man came to touch him, Song Xuan was naturally very disapproving and moved sideways very dexterously. He knew very well where he was wet.
"Haha~"
Everyone just smiled knowingly when they saw this. With Shi Meng's actions, it was impossible for anyone to put it on his head and let him touch it.
"Angel, it seems pretty good!"
"You don't even look wet at all!"
"..."
Although it is not very effective for everyone, the rainproof effect is obviously quite good.
Even if you don't use it at ordinary times, there are still usage scenarios for the hat, especially now that the weather is so hot. If you have such a thing outside, it will definitely be a lot easier, and if it's just a little rain, , can also be slightly blocked.
Ignoring the people talking around him, Song Xuan pointed out a few leaking places during the test to Shi Ban. Although they had already been knitted, it was still possible to insert some thinner things, even some hair. Block it a little.
Song Xuan is quite satisfied with the current results, so even a slight improvement is fine.
As for the problem of the brim, it is not that easy to change it now. Forcibly connecting it will only be counterproductive. Anyway, this one can be used now. It will be better to make it larger during production later.
Therefore, there are still a few areas that need to be improved, but after all, it is woven, so it is very easy to modify. Song Xuan lengthened the shoulders, and several connecting areas were also thickened by two layers.
I hurriedly hurriedly and slowly changed it before dinner, but there was definitely no time for experiments today. The sky was completely dark at this time, and it always gets dark so early on rainy days.
What made Song Xuan feel the most uncomfortable was that just when Song Xuan was preparing to dress for an interview in the fields the next day, he didn't expect that the heavy rain that showed no signs of abating yesterday stopped completely today.
This was just made, so it was no longer useful.
But fortunately, the rain doesn't stop all the time, and he took advantage of the rainy time, so it doesn't have any impact. Now that the matter has come to this, Song Xuan can only comfort himself in this way.
After stopping for three days, it finally started to rain again, but the rain was not heavy. Song Xuan was wearing clothes, so he worked outside for a long time. When he came back, he was not very wet, and most of the places were dry.
Although it failed to show its power when the rain was at its heaviest, the effect is pretty good so far. At least it won't be inconvenient to go out if it rains in the future.
The weather is so hot now, even if it doesn't rain, Song Xuan will bring a bamboo hat, at least take a walk outside, so that he won't be directly exposed to the sun.
Looking at the rice that was gradually getting fuller, Song Xuan also asked Shi Ban to make some more bamboo hats so that they could be used during harvesting, so that they would not be exposed to the sun like when they were transplanted.
Although there is a lot of rain this year, the planting time is more reasonable than last year, so the rice still grows very fast, and it should be harvested in less than a month.
Song Xuan also told Shi Meng and the others about the approximate time. Everyone will work hard this month, and then it will be the official day of harvest. It seems that the output will not be particularly low at the moment, and then the tribe will not need to pay too much attention. Worried about food.
The harvest scythes were almost polished in winter, so there wasn't much to worry about.
Walking in the fields, Song Xuan suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a threshing floor missing in the tribe. After all, there was so much rice, and if it was slowly separated by hand like last year, it would take the year of the monkey and the horse and the moon.
And this year Song Xuan also wanted to make full use of the straw, otherwise he wouldn't have let everyone polish so many saws and sickles in order to get the rice off by falling down after harvesting.
However, although beating is easy, it still requires a venue, and it cannot be done directly in the field.
And when you hit it, it will definitely splash everywhere. If you don't use something to block it around, it will be inconvenient to clean up when the time comes.
If you want convenience, you must get a small piece of land on the edge of the field. This way you don't need to move too far. But it's only because Song Xuan was too greedy during the reclamation and left almost no free space. At this time, It is not easy to carve out a completely flat land again, and we can only do it on the tribe's side.
Song Xuan has seen that kind of box-type threshing machine. Although the principle is similar, the millet can be left directly in the large wooden box, and the wooden box can also be transported. It can even be slightly modified to become mechanized. In the tribe It is not easy to make a large wooden box, let alone anything else.
Although the production technology has improved a lot in the past two years, due to the constraints of the tools, there is still no big breakthrough in carpentry work, it is just a little more precise than before.
Now it has reached the limit of what it can do with bare hands. If you want to do better, you will definitely need some cutting tools.
So Song Xuan simply gave up the idea of moving. Since he couldn't move, he made it fixed. Anyway, there was still a large open space here in the tribe.
At worst, it could just be surrounded by wood, just like a house without a roof. Once the door is closed, you can bang it as much as you want inside, and the rice won't splash everywhere.
This was very easy for the tribe to do. Song Xuan even put a layer of grass mud on the surrounding wooden walls, dried it and burned it with fire. At least now it seems that there are no obvious bulges. Although it is not very smooth, at least there are not so many gaps.
If there are gaps, the rice can easily get in, and it will definitely be troublesome to clean up. After all, the current yield is not particularly high, so the less unnecessary waste, the better.
After finishing, Song Xuan asked Shi Ban to sit on two stools. Of course, these stools were definitely not used for making people, but for beating rice.
This directly uses the mortise and tenon structure that is now relatively mature in the tribe. Although the holes are made with charcoal fire, after all, Shi Ban has done so much and is now very proficient. Basically, there will be no big problems. error, so the wood is very tight after being put together.
After all, it has been beaten thousands of times. If it is not so tight, it will be inconvenient to use.
Looking at the rice fields opposite, and then looking at the threshing house with only one room, Song Xuan always had the illusion of a small horse-drawn cart, and then built another one next to it. The two rooms should be almost enough. And this is only for temporary use. Since this year there is no consideration for next year, it will definitely be set up in the field.
"Angel, Shi San is about to give birth!"
Just when the second threshing house was about to be built, Shihua ran back to the tribe like the wind and brought a very shocking news.
This year the tribe's first baby, belonging to Teng She, will finally be born.
Although a lot of people have been added to the tribe, Yangyang and the others couldn't even eat enough in the winter. When they came here, they were all very thin and hungry. Naturally, no one was pregnant. And according to them, there were some who were pregnant last year, and they were also hungry in the winter. I'm so hungry.
There were two women belonging to Blackwater who gave birth to children in the spring, but their luck was not very good, and only one survived.
Shi San was already pregnant before winter, so she gave birth relatively early. Although Teng She would not deliberately control the time of pregnancy, she would still pay attention to it.
Although the body is relatively strong, everyone seems to know that it is still a bit dangerous when you first get pregnant, so most of the pregnancies are usually in late autumn or winter.
This way, Teng She can have more time to recuperate. After all, Teng Snake's living conditions have not been that bad most of the time for so many years.
It seems that last year's dozen or so pregnant women have also reached the time to start "harvesting".
As the first child of Teng She, she must still pay some attention to it. This is also a long-standing tradition in the tribe. Whether the first child goes well or not is of great significance to Teng She. Although Shui Yun and the others have also completely He is a member of Soaring Snake, but the previous Blackwater Tribe did not seem to have this rule.
Not long after Shihua came back, several people came back with Shi San.
The tribe has also made preparations, but the conditions are very limited, nothing more than some hot water.
In this era, it is very common to give birth to children in the wild, but after hearing about it several times, Song Xuan made a request to everyone, that is, they must return to the tribe to give birth to children.
The conditions inside the tribe will definitely be better, and there won’t be so many dangers.
Even if everyone is physically strong, they will be somewhat weaker after giving birth.
Proper nursing care is also necessary. Although the child has not been born before, Song Xuan has made preparations. The tribe also has a separate delivery room. Of course, after the child is born, there is a nursery.
According to Song Xuan's plan, if there are only one or two children, the mother can still take care of them, but if there are too many, it is better to feed them in the tribe. At most, a few women can be left to feed them in the tribe, so that those who go out to work do not have to be distracted. .
Song Xuan can't help much when giving birth to a child. The women in the tribe are more professional than Song Xuan in this regard.
It was not as difficult for primitive people to have children as Song Xuan had seen on TV before. They often had dystocia and so on. It was only more than two hours after Shihua came back that the baby's cry reached Song Xuan's ears.
The voice is very loud, and the body is relatively healthy. Although they are working until they give birth, the nutrition in the tribe is still very sufficient, and they also deliberately take care of these pregnant women and will not let them do too heavy work, even picking. They were also allowed to pick only the bottom part of the fruit, and they did not have to climb up and down like other people.
Song Xuan rushed to the door as soon as he heard the cry, and happened to bump into Shi Hua. Looking at the wrinkled baby, the corners of Song Xuan's mouth split unconsciously.
The baby has been washed with warm water according to Song Xuan's request. In the past, the tribe did not receive such good treatment. The most it could do was wipe it with animal skins.
Since there is no pot, there is no hot water for washing, and you can only use cold water for scrubbing. The weather is warm enough, but if it is winter, it will be a bit cruel.
Although her body was strong, Song Xuan still let Shi San recuperate in the house. However, by dinner time, Shi San was no longer much different from ordinary people. Song Xuan could not even see any sign of having given birth to a child from her face. .
The birth of every new life is a very grand event for Teng She, so the dinner is usually more sumptuous than usual.
Although the hunting team did not come back, Song Xuan also asked Shi Yan to catch a dozen rabbits. Rabbits reproduce very quickly now, so there is no need to be too frugal.
After eating and drinking, the two witches also held a small sacrificial ceremony. Although not many people were required to participate, the ceremony was still very grand.
Seeing the baby sleeping peacefully on the altar, everyone laughed unconsciously.
The most important purpose of such a sacrificial ceremony is to allow newborn babies to receive blessings from the gods, hoping that they will grow up healthily.
After all, the mortality rate in this era is too high, so we can only rely on the blessing of God.
Thirteen only rested in the tribe for one day. On the third day, he hugged the baby and returned to the collection team.
There is no such thing as confinement in this era, and it is routine to work since birth. It is very rare among the surrounding tribes to have more than one day of rest.
However, seeing that Thirteen's body didn't look strange at all, Song Xuan agreed. Women's bodies in this era are still not that delicate. Of course, there is also pressure to survive.
No matter what, a person who has just given birth is definitely no better than an ordinary person, but a long rest is obviously not in line with the survival laws of primitive society. If you don't work, you can usually only go hungry. Although Teng She is slightly better, the traditional concept also requires Time to change.
