After eating the delicious mutton stew, everyone sat down to eat and chat.
Yang Dashan's wife sighed and said, "We don't have much salt. We have to keep traveling. We can't survive without salt."
Yang Erzhuang's wife also sighed, "Yeah, who knew that I would leave home at that time? I only bought the salt twice a year. There wasn't much left. There wasn't even a single home along the way, and I didn't know how many more people would be there next." Only genius can emerge."
The men were also silent. They had never traveled far and were not familiar with this place. They only knew that Handeng City was to the southwest after leaving the mountain. They didn't know if there were any towns in the middle.
Li Hao looked at Wang Kun, who also shook his head. They came from the other side and had not walked this way.
I used to take the main road. If I hadn't met everyone in Yangjiaping, I wouldn't have known there was a hidden mountain road here.
After hearing this, Qingyan looked at the sheep bones piled on the ground and had some ideas.
Her father actually told her that the methods of finding salt in the wild were related to goats.
Dad said that usually where there are wild goats, you can follow the goats to find salt.
Although goats are herbivores, they also need to supplement their diet with salt.
They regularly lick salty rocks or soil.
So wherever wild goats pass by, you can find salt by just following them.
Moreover, salt is corrosive and generally cannot grow plants, so if a certain place is bare and has no vegetation, there is a higher possibility that it contains salt.
She told everyone this knowledge, and everyone looked at her with admiration.
Li Hao even praised: "Xue Meizi is really well-informed. We always thought that salt is extracted from salt lakes and seas. We didn't expect that there is salt in this mountain!"
Wang Kun and Wang Qian also nodded in agreement. This kind of experience is indeed rare, let alone a boudoir woman.
Everyone in Yangjiaping also praised her, "Miss Xue is worthy of everyone's family background. She is also knowledgeable, and we have gained experience along the way."
"Yes, yes, then should we go look for it now? This goat is active nearby, so the salt stone should not be far away."
"When you find a salt stone, do you just use it to cook something? Does Miss Xue know how to refine it?"
This question was asked by Yang Dashan. He thought more. He couldn't just pull a cart of stones or dirt on the road, right?
Everyone once again looked at Qingyan with expectant expressions on their faces.
Qingyan nodded, "I know the general steps, but I haven't done it myself. It may take a few more tries."
Li Hao smiled and said: "That's no problem. As long as you know how to do it and follow the steps, you will always succeed."
"Yes, yes, as long as you know how to do it, it's better than us not knowing anything at all."
After everyone packed up and saluted, they walked along the water pool for a while, found a slightly more secluded place than before, and unloaded the donkey cart for the women and Liu Sanli to watch.
The rest of them took their donkeys and baskets and went to the place where Li Hao and the others were hunting goats.
Qingyan was a little worried and asked Chou Chou to stay. She had the dagger she had put in her backpack before, so she was not afraid of encountering a wild beast.
Lan Hua took a few steps forward and grabbed Qingyan and said, "Sister Xue, you left Chou Chou behind. You have to be careful. I heard Master Dashan say that neither wolves nor wild boars can climb trees. If we encounter them, you guys Just hide in the trees.”
Qingyan rubbed her head in a funny way, "I understand. You should also be careful. If there is any movement, don't come out. Let Chou Chou take a look first before talking."
She didn't say that Chou Chou had encountered a leopard when he went to the coal mine last time. It was a good climber. If they encountered it, it would be more dangerous to climb a tree.
As for the wolf, Chou Chou said that he had asked about the wild donkey and had never seen it in the mountains. However, there were indeed wild boars, but there were so many of them, and that thing was just a snack when they came over.
Qingyan followed everyone to the west and walked for almost a mile. Li Hao pointed to a rock out of the mountain not far ahead and said, "Hey, that's where we shot the goat. We didn't pay attention at the time. Several goats seemed like It’s really lowering its head and licking something. I thought it was eating grass before, but now it looks like it’s just rocks.”
Yang Dawang also said: "It's true, I also remember it. This is not the salt stone that Miss Xue mentioned. What a coincidence."
Qingyan looked in the direction they were pointing. Sure enough, there were several large rocks. The ground was bare and there were no plants. It was in line with what she said before, that there was salt.
