"Salt? There aren't many in the tribe."
Yanyu wrapped a pile of taros in fur and held a roasted taro in her hand. She gnawed on it. Later, the lamb finally got his wish and ate a roasted taro.
Ruanyu held it, and when she heard Ruanzai asking her how much salt she still had, she did the math and gave a number that was unexpected by Ruanzai.
The life of wandering is not easy. There is not much food left, so you have to save some. Now it is not convenient to get some bacon and preserve the meat of the hunted animals.
Where are the salt mines?
If Yu Zai's memory of his own is correct, there should be rock salt around Xun Mountain and Kuang Mountain. Although it is not close to the sea, if rock salt can be found, it will undoubtedly solve another problem related to the livelihood of the tribe.
When it comes to a critical moment when you have to choose one, you would rather be short of sugar than salt.
Sugar provides energy and salt sustains life.
"Hum!"
When Kang shook his head and was held by Yuzai, when he heard Yuzai muttering to himself, he suddenly twisted his fat body, as if he wanted to do something.
Yanzai's eyes lit up, he put it down, and then asked Yanyu to bring some salt powder.
Ruanyu scratched his head secretly, pretending to be dumbfounded, and Ruanzai glared at him: "Don't think I don't know you shaved salt secretly."
Yuyu almost choked and stared, then Yuzai came close to him and whispered into his ear: "The old witch told me before, there is no one who has never hidden his salt secretly."
After being exposed, Yanyu was immediately dejected. She hurriedly took out a small leather bag from her waist and put some leaves as cushions inside. There were three layers inside and three layers outside. It was very well protected, and some coarse rock salt powder and rock salt granules. Just lay in it.
Dang Kang licked a mouthful of salt powder, then turned his head and arched towards the southwest.
“There’s rock salt in the southwest!”
Ruanzai's eyes lit up, but he quickly remembered that if he walked further southwest, he would soon be out of the Xunshan and Kuangshan ranges.
When Kang said it was quite far away from here, he hummed, and the pig's hooves danced for a long time before Yuzai roughly understood what it meant.
Yanyu took another bite of taro and muttered with some surprise: "Hey, this little pig is pretty easy to use..."
Dangkang raised his head and said, "Humph (yes)."
If it weren't for the fact that the pig's trotters cannot be akimbo, and they have to crotch for a while, the pig will be ruined.
Ruanzai touched the piggy's head, and Dangkang felt it was very helpful, and he started to moan. But then I heard Yu Zai sighing to Yu Yu, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that the distance is too far. We don't have extra manpower to mine now."
The soil has become a little dry after being licked by the tongues of fire, but the air is still moist. There is still a lingering cold air between the sky and the earth. Spring is coming and winter is not gone.
Today's ancients use the most primitive Yellow Emperor calendar, which is the most basic calendar. Compared with later calendars, it is not perfect and cannot tell people the time of farming, let alone establish solar terms and celestial phenomena. This is not Later, at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the Yellow Emperor calendar was perfected to compete with the Gregorian calendar.
Of course, the so-called Yellow Emperor's calendar also had different increases and decreases in different eras. For example, Emperor Yao also revised the calendar, but the calendar of Yao and Shun could not match the Xia calendar, and the Xia calendar was also the first and most complete calendar in ancient China.
Of course, one of the reasons for using the Yellow Emperor calendar is because the Central Plains worshiped the Yellow Emperor, the Yan Emperor. Each tribe also had its own calendar, such as the earlier Fuxi calendar and Shaohao calendar. However, although these have the name of calendar, they do not have the title of calendar. In fact, in general, the later lunar calendar was continuously improved on the basis of all previous calendars, but it has not been perfected to the extreme.
Yuzai decided that before the Waking of Insects came, he had to settle the calendar issue, cultivate and harvest accurately, and choose the appropriate solar terms for sowing. This was the top priority at the moment.
The most important point is that when everyone learns the solar terms and calendar, the people in the tribe no longer rely on one or two old farmers for guidance. After all, the elderly have poor waists and shaky legs as they get older. They can, to a certain extent, Transform experience into knowledge, and then learn and absorb it, and then it can be popularized.
The salt mine must be mined sooner or later, but for now it is important to return the taro to the tribe.
"There are lambs and dogs in the tribe...what do you call them? Why don't you call them Fatty?"
Yuzai named Dangkang half-jokingly, but of course the last person named him was "Porpoise".
The little pig was carried back to the tribe by Yu Zai. Together with a lot of taro brought by Yu Yu, the soldiers caught a lot of wild animals that escaped from the wildfire. Everyone returned with almost a full load this time. Naturally, they were very happy. When the people in the tribe heard that the little wild boar was actually the legendary Dangkang, the people headed by the old patriarch almost knelt down in front of Xiaodangkang.
With the old man in tears, the old patriarch touched Dangkang's head vigorously. The poor little pig suddenly felt a sense of danger. He groaned uneasily, fearing that the old man would eat him alive.
"God took pity on me, the Akafang clan, and gave me this divine beast!"
It was indeed a coincidence. Yuyu just set a fire, and an auspicious beast was burned out for him. He just set a fire, and this idiot actually brought back a bunch of food!
That thing called taro, the witch said, is an important food, and Wuyu is still chewing it. Although the aroma is not very good, under the current situation, it is definitely unbearable.
So there was someone in the tribe who was not convinced, and it was Shuizheng who had been his enemy since ancient times.
Yu Shu, who was born in the same year as Yu Yu, was very unconvinced.
"Wu, we also got something good today!"
Yu Shu shook out a bunch of purple snails, and Yu Zai knelt down to check. There were also some small fish inside.
"Yes, it's all food."
Yu Zai praised Yu Shu, and Yu Shu suddenly became happy, but when he saw the taro in Yu Yu's hand, he curled his lips again, rolled his eyes, and suddenly a bold idea came to his mind.
The distribution of fish in Zeshui, from the outside to the inside, must be from weak to strong, and there are only some purple snails in the outermost part of Yanzhize. The old patriarch once told not to get too close to the inner area of Zeshui, but Yushu did not Disapproval.
How can you get a big fish without taking risks?
Once you think of it, get ready to do it.
Yu Shu glanced at Yu Yu calmly, mentally gearing up to get something big back.
Snails are purple snails, of course they are edible, but there are swarms of fish and shrimps in the big swamp. Although it was not easy to catch in the Shanhai Age due to the crude tools and the size of the creatures, you can still catch a big fish. It can also support the tribe for a long time.
Of course, in this era, fishing is also risky. There may be something in Daze. If you lift it, you may not catch the fish but end up dead in its belly.
There were many strange beasts in the Age of Mountains and Seas, and the influence of the gods has not faded. Humans are extremely physically strong, and breaking rocks with bare hands is child's play, let alone those beasts that are stronger than humans.
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On the second day, Yuanzai continued to take Yuyu to cut down trees and burn mountains to open up wasteland, while Yuanshu continued to go to Daze to capture the wormwood.
Before leaving, Yu Zai suddenly saw Yu Shu carrying some fishing nets woven from old vines, and reminded him, "Have you figured out the depth of the water near Lianzhize?"
Yu Shu responded naturally: "I figured it out, Wu, don't worry!"
Yu Zai's eyes were calm, just looking at Yu Shu. Yu Shu felt that what she did was the right thing, and she felt confident. Yu Zai saw that there was nothing unusual about him, so she reminded him:
"Don't go near the deep water area. Go back quickly and be careful on the road."
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Yushu agreed, but the young man was young and energetic. He and dozens of people in charge of fishing quickly followed the dirt road cleared during this period to the edge of Lanzhize.
He immediately felt proud, feeling that his prey was all under the water waves.
"That idiot Yuyu is just lucky. It's all thanks to the lamb! When I go back after catching some big fish, I must let the witch praise me!"
