Mrs. You has no way of knowing what the final discussion between her father and third uncle was.
After seeing that her daughter had fully recovered, Mrs. Zhao put down her work at home and handed the young lady over to her two concubines.
She organized nine women from the three major families of Zhao, Zhang and Xian in the "big pit".
On the 20th day of the seventh lunar month, we plan to take girls of appropriate age from each family to the outskirts of the primeval forest to conduct on-site teaching on wild vegetables, plant roots, wild fruits, herbs, etc.
Duration: ten days!
There is no way, their tribe has no land suitable for planting, so they rely on picking wild vegetables outside the forest to make a living.
No matter how favored the young lady is at home, she must learn these advanced life skills before getting married!
With such a good opportunity to go out, Mrs. You certainly couldn't care about anything else. She happily started to prepare according to the preparation list provided by her mother-in-law.
Water bladder, soft cowhide mat, cold iron knife, flint and steel, red salt...
Although there is no rule in the "Big Pit" for young ladies not to leave the house, it is because the danger factor of the virgin forest is too high.
Usually, the most they can do is walk around the huge pit in front of and behind their own house.
The twenty-eight young ladies of the right age were like birds out of their cages, not to mention how happy and happy they were.
Qing Yishui is tall and has strong arms and legs.
There are not many girls who grew up eating meat. They are all carrying half-meter-long machetes, which is quite intimidating.
The Xian and Zhang families had the most marriages, and the cousins gathered together to chat.
The Zhao family is also Madam You's serious maternal family. Now they have three cousins and four cousins. When they look alike, they can be ranked among them immediately.
Not only does the eldest princess have no name, but the other little ladies in the tribe also don't have names. They are called by their rankings.
Her third cousin, who is eight months older than her, is from her second uncle's family. When she came up, she asked with concern: "First cousin, are you feeling better?"
Cousin Ninth, the youngest, held her hand curiously and looked up and down: "Cousin, what kind of fruit are you eating? Does the fruit taste good?"
The aunt who led the team from the Zhao family slapped her daughter on the head: "Your eldest cousin has diarrhea after eating it, and you are still asking if it tastes good! If it tastes good, you will have a pot of it too. ?”
"Hey hey hey, I'm just asking. I'll definitely avoid him next time I meet him." Cousin Ninth stuck out her tongue naughtily and winked at the sisters.
The cousins gathered around Mrs. You, and they continued to talk for two quarters of an hour about the fruits that gave her diarrhea, what they looked like, how they tasted, and what their reactions were after eating them.
From the "big pit" to their destination, they passed through twelve large pits.
Mrs. You screamed repeatedly in her heart, her face was calm and calm.
Oh my God, my God!
Every giant pit, looking down from the pit mouth, is a sheer cliff with no bottom.
Some houses have huge pits built close to the houses, and fences as high as one person are built around the pits!
Moreover, there is a man-made trail on the cliff of each pit that can lead to the bottom of the pit.
There are several large and small caves on the cliff about five or six feet high from the bottom of the pit.
These caves were carved out by generations of ancestors using cold iron chisels. The smallest ones can have three rooms and two living rooms.
These cave houses are the winter residences of the villagers in the "big pit"!
After all, the thermal insulation performance of houses made of civil structures is not strong. During the two months of winter every year, everyone will move to potholes.
After reviewing her memories, Mrs. You was thinking about: How was such a large-scale crater formed?
Is it a prehistoric dinosaur stampede? Or a planetary collision? Meteor falls on earth?
This will happen in later generations, which is incredible!
A natural landscape can be developed. The villagers only need to sit and collect tickets, cook some tea eggs and sell them to tourists to make a fortune.
The picture is too beautiful, I dare not think about it, I cannot think about it.
Just thinking like this and occasionally chatting with the sisters, the thirty-eight of them walked for about an hour and arrived at the foot of the mountain.
The sun is already so high that my back will sweat even if I bear a little weight.
However, as soon as we entered the edge of the forest, the heat was quickly relieved, and it was cool under the towering trees that blocked the sky.
As the wife of the village chief, Mrs. Zhao gave everyone a speech before entering the mountain:
"Before you come here, your mother-in-law must have told you something! You can't run around alone in the mountains. Take the cold iron knife, be careful not to cut yourself or others, and don't panic when you encounter wild animals... "
They are all girls who grew up in a "huge pit". My father and brothers hunted every year, and some of them were injured or even died!
He knew a lot about what was going on in the forest, and the ladies all nodded obediently.
Except for the one with the big mouth, Ms. You.
She was stunned again!
Remembering is one thing, seeing is another.
What kind of trees are these?
It’s too big!
Some leaves are as big as small open umbrellas.
The African baobab trees I have seen in TV documentaries are not as thick as the trunks in front of me!
I raised my head so much that my hat fell off, and I couldn't see the top of the tree.
It’s numb, it’s numb!
I really want to cut down one tree and count its growth rings, how many rings there are!
"Why are you standing there in such a daze? Come on, catch up." Mrs. Zhao grabbed her silly daughter and wanted to tie her to her waistband!
Although as the wife of the village chief, she bears the main responsibility of leading the team on this trip.
However, her most important task this time is of course to personally teach her daughter.
My daughter is so spoiled that she doesn’t know how to do ordinary housework, so she has to learn better in other skills, right?
She is about to get married, so there is no reason for a mother not to worry!
Her silly girl still kept raising her neck and could fit a wild egg in her mouth: "Mom, these trees are so big! How long does it take to burn a tree down?"
"Have you forgotten the rules left by your ancestors? The trees in this forest cannot be cut down. If the trees are cut down, the wild beasts will have nowhere to go. If they all go down the mountain and enter the tribe, we will suffer."
Well, there seems to be such a saying.
Their ancestors quite understood that man and nature coexist harmoniously!
Although it was at the outermost edge of the forest, experienced women did not dare to enter hastily.
The one who walked in the front was Mrs. You's aunt. She took a long stick and beat her first.
"Rustling" There was a lot of movement in the tall grass.
While pumping, I told the little ladies:
"There are the most venomous snakes in these two months. Don't walk into unbeaten grass easily! Don't step on the soft soil when you see it. There may be an ant nest underneath..."
(End of chapter)
