Chapter 4: Traveling back to the ancient times and turning that place into a matriarchal society (Part 4)

Hu Xiaomeng told her about the discovery of dogwood, including how to pickle fish.

"Xi, you are amazing, you know everything.

But I can’t take this dogwood fruit, you picked it with great difficulty.”

Seeing his companion handing him a handful of dogwood fruits, Ganwa took a few steps back and waved his hands repeatedly.

I don't have anything in my house that I can exchange with her, so I can't take something as precious as hers.

"It will be useful for pickling meat later. I'll take you to pick it next time. It's not something valuable."

Hu Xiaomeng stuffed it into her hand without saying anything. She had just secretly put a lot of dogwood fruits and young buds into the space in the mountains, and there were plenty of them in the space.

After Ji Mo came out with his bow and arrow sharp, he felt a chill in his heart when he saw the fish bones on the ground. Not even a piece of fish meat was left for him.

He could only return to the cave with a tasteless taste and pick up two wild fruits to eat.

"We're going out to pick some food now, and you can dry the dogwood fruits in the sun.

Remember to clean up the cave so I can sleep more comfortably at night."

Hu Xiaomeng took the sharp arrows that Ji Mo had sharpened, told him what to do, and then walked towards the forest with Gan Wa and his group.

"Xi, you and Ji Mo are both acting strangely today.

He actually agreed to your request just now, and actually took the initiative to take the dogwood fruit to dry in the sun."

Seeing this little sister so tough for the first time, Ganwa looked at her in disbelief.

She didn't expect that the hot-tempered Ji Mo would listen to her so much today. If it were in the past, he would have beaten her.

“Of course we have to divide the work, and I prepare most of the food at home.

What use is there for me if he doesn't do any work?

You must remember that when women are in charge, society will progress faster!"

Looking at these hardworking women who silently contribute to their families, Hu Xiaomeng conveys his ideas to them.

"Xi, what is society? Is it edible?"

Another little friend looked at Hu Xiaomeng in confusion. What this friend said today sounded very fresh.

"This..., of course, can't be eaten. Society is the sum of the relationships between living things and the environment...

In short, if women are in charge of the household, both we and our families will have a better life and won’t always be hungry.”

Based on the explanation in the encyclopedia, Fox Xiaomeng briefly explained it to everyone.

Everyone nodded repeatedly after hearing this, it was indeed the case.

Otherwise, if the family relied on the men who only went out hunting every ten days or half a month to support themselves, they might not be able to catch any prey, and the whole family would starve to death.

[Master, there's a small salt marsh ahead. According to the encyclopedia, the salt you need is there.]

When his master and a group of women came to the forest, Ling Guoguo went into the forest first to explore the way.

After you have a harvest, hurry back to report to her.

Ganwa and his friends were still thinking about what their companions had just said, and when they looked up they seemed to see a red fruit.

But it disappeared in the blink of an eye, and I thought I was seeing things.

"I'll take you guys to find some good food, so that our meat and fish will taste much better in the future.

You can also add some when cooking wild vegetables, so that the vegetables don’t feel tasteless.”

After hearing Ling Guoguo's words, Fox Xiaomeng happily led a group of companions to the salt swamp.

"Xi, you can't go there. People will die."

When several people arrived at the salt marsh, Ganwa quickly grabbed his companion and prevented her from getting any closer.

It is called the Land of Death, and some animals can never get out once they enter it.

Someone from the tribe fell in before, and no one could pull him back, so he was taken away by the god of death.

“Ganwa, don’t worry, you see it’s dried up now.

If I throw a stone there, it won’t sink in.”

Fox Xiaomeng was pulled by Ganwa and patted her hand soothingly.

But it would take a long time to produce so much salt. How could so much salt suddenly appear? Could it be a gift from God to her, the time traveler?

I walked over, picked it up and tasted it. It was salty.

Although it is not very pure, we cannot ask for too much due to limited conditions.

[Master, this is really amazing. When I came to this salt marsh just now, there was still some water on it.

I didn't expect that when I got back, I would tell you that the strong sunlight evaporated them in just a short while.

Ling Guoguo also thought this scene was magical, but following her master she had all kinds of adventures, so she was only surprised for a moment.

After Hu Xiaomeng explained the function of salt, several women also took some leaves and wrapped them and put them in their own bamboo baskets.

Fox Xiaomeng brought a lot of gourds and bamboo tubes into the space and shoveled all the salt in.

"It's so strange. There seemed to be a lot of white salt just now, but I didn't expect it to disappear so quickly."

After tying up the leaves filled with salt, Ganwa looked at the salt marsh that was mostly empty and exclaimed that it was magical.

"Maybe the sun is too strong and it's dried out. Let's go look for something else."

People in this era are really easy to fool. They believe whatever Hu Xiaomeng says.

Everyone continued to walk to other places, and suddenly a sound came from the forest.

"Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo..."

It turned out to be the call of a pheasant. Fox Xiaomeng picked up the bow and arrow and shot an arrow.

Soon the pheasant lay on the ground, flapped its wings a few times, and then became motionless.

Looking at the animal not far away, Ganwa and the others were puzzled. What had just happened?

"Everyone, don't just stand there, we have salt and dogwood.

Let's take this pheasant to the river, clean it up, and roast it over a fire."

Seeing several women standing there in a daze, Hu Xiaomeng spoke to wake them up and they all walked towards the river together.

After all, there are many people and little meat, so we should eat to our heart's content.

While Ganwa and his men were dealing with the pheasant, Hu Xiaomeng took two other people to the river and caught a few fish.

After handing the fish to others to deal with, he would instruct them on how to apply salt, young dogwood leaves and other ingredients to the fish and chicken.

After the fire was lit, everyone gathered around it, eating wild fruits while waiting for the big fish and pheasant to be roasted.

Soon, the tempting aroma filled the air, making everyone's mouths water.

"The fish cooks quickly, you guys eat first. I've already eaten today and don't want to eat fish anymore.

We'll share the pheasant later."

The fish was already grilled, but everyone felt they hadn't contributed much and were too embarrassed to start.

Hu Xiaomeng took the fish off the grill and let the girls share it.

After the pheasant was roasted, I could really taste the fragrance. Food roasted with seasonings is the food with soul.