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When he returned to the cave, the hunting team had not returned yet. Before it got dark, Wu Yue found a stone to sit on at the entrance of the cave and began to study the vines.
The winter vines were dry and pliable, and looked like they could be woven into objects without much further processing. He took the vines in his hands, gestured with them, and began to recall.
His hometown is rich in bamboo. When he was a child, the security guard at their orphanage knew how to make bamboo strips. Under his skillful hands, the bamboo strips would soon become baskets, backpacks, and winnowing baskets.
Although what I have in my hand is not bamboo, I think the principle is the same!
First, take a few thicker and shorter vines and place them crosswise to form a skeleton. Then find a longer and thinner vine, fold it in half, and use one of the skeletons as the starting point. Put half of the vine on top and the other half on the bottom, pass through one skeleton and cross it. After exchanging the upper and lower parts, pass through the second skeleton. Repeat this operation to form a stable structure between the vines.
After all, he had never practiced it before, and the unevenly thick rattan was not as easy to use as the smooth bamboo strips. It would fall apart from time to time. Wu Yue tried for a long time before he slowly figured out the trick.
Everyone in the cave regarded him as the so-called messenger of God and paid close attention to his actions at all times. Seeing him tinkering with some vines, they were naturally filled with curiosity.
Finally, Yun, who had spoken to Wu Yue quite a bit today, came over and bent down to ask, "Lord Divine Envoy, what are you doing?"
"Basket." Wu Yue, who was fighting with the vines with a frown on his face, said casually, "You saw the container I used to store the white roots just now, right? A basket is similar to that. You can use it when gathering food after you make it, but I'm not sure I can make it yet."
"Sir, can I try it?" Before Yun could say anything, the little tree that had been following him suddenly spoke. He had been feeling itchy in his heart as he watched the vine flying in Wu Yue's hand.
"Okay." More people means more strength. Wu Yue simply took out a large pile of rattan sticks and said, "Everyone can try it. I'll tell you the general method, and the finished product will be yours."
Now that there are many people coming here, I have nothing to do anyway, and it is an unparalleled honor to receive guidance from God's messenger!
Unfortunately, most of these primitive people had never done any fine work, and their struggle with the cane was even more intense than Wu Yue's. However, Xiaoshu, this quiet and honest child, was very patient. After repeated attempts, he actually managed to form an ugly basket in his hands.
Wu Yue was overjoyed, but after searching the entire space, he couldn't find any snacks suitable as prizes. He could only pat his head and praise him: "Xiao Shu is really smart, well done!"
The little tree almost jumped up with joy, its little face flushed red.
He liked this kind and gentle messenger of God very much, and he was so happy to be patted on the head by him!
Wu Yue also worked hard to weave a basket, and at this time the quick-moving Xiaoshu had already weaved the second one, which looked much more beautiful than the first one.
After praising Xiaoshu again, Wu Yue studied it some more and added handles to these semi-finished products with rattan, and carefully fixed them with strong fur cut into strips.
Try lifting it up. Hmm, the load-bearing capacity should be enough as a tool for picking plants.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Wu Yue put away the vines and stopped Xiaoshu from weaving anymore, as it was too harmful to his eyes.
Just then, the person in charge of patrolling outside informed that the hunting team had returned and brought back a lot of prey!
Everyone who hadn't eaten a full meal for a long time was very happy. They all ran out of the cave to greet them.
Wu Yue also came out of the cave. From a distance, he saw four or five men carrying large pieces of prey on their backs. When they came closer, he could see that it was an animal that looked a bit like a goat.
It just doesn't have a goatee, and its horns are longer and thicker than a goat's.
Someone nearby pronounced the name of the animal, which probably meant jumping sheep.
Xiao was very happy today. Although jumping sheep had little fat and were agile and difficult to catch, making them not good prey, there were many of them in this forest.
In the past, it would have been difficult for them to deal with these jumping creatures on the cliff with only stone axes and bone spears. But this time, with sharp weapons, except for some time spent on ambush and siege, they easily killed five jumping sheep!
Seeing Wu Yue from afar, Xiao smiled and raised the Tang sword in his hand towards him.
Wu Yue was very happy to see the good harvest. Now he finally had food, so he waved to Xiao in a good mood.
As soon as the five sheep were carried into the cave, someone came forward to deal with them. With the knives provided by Wu Yue, they easily separated the fur and meat, took out the good meat and the heart, liver, etc., cut them up, and roasted them on skewers over the fire. The remaining bones and intestines were thrown aside, and the heads were also thrown into the fire to burn.
"Don't you want those anymore?" Wu Yue wondered.
"There's no meat on them after they're roasted, and they stink. We don't eat them when there's plenty of food." Xiao frowned with some disgust. Their tribe lived a good life, and they never ate things like intestines and ribs. At most, they would smash open the roasted leg bones and suck the marrow inside.
The same goes for the head; only the fatty part of the brain is worth eating.
"Give it to me then." Wu Yue said. Although there was not much meat on these fat jumping lamb ribs, they could be chewed for fun if they were thrown into the pot and boiled. It would also be nice to add some wild vegetables and cook a pot of soup.
As for the intestines, the jumping sheep is a herbivore, so their intestines should not be very dirty. They can be cooked and eaten after careful cleaning, or they can be made into sausages if there is a good harvest later.
Thinking of sausages, he hurriedly asked, "Where is the blood of the sheep?" He could use it to make blood sausage.
Xiao was very calm: "We drank some and lost some."
Wu Yue was completely stunned. Only then did he truly feel that he was living in a primitive tribe that ate raw meat and drank blood.
After a long while, he finally spoke with difficulty: "Well, that... I suggest you don't drink animal blood directly. There are bad things in the animal's body. Drinking blood and eating raw meat directly is not good for your health..."
Xiao didn't like the strong smell of blood to begin with, and today he had everyone drink blood together to replenish their energy. After hearing what the messenger said, he nodded and said, "Okay, we won't drink it anymore."
Wu Yue added, "But there's no need to waste the blood. It can still be eaten if cooked. You can bring back the blood you release next time." He searched through the space and found something that could hold liquids and was easy to carry.
Foot bath tub.
Since it was new anyway, Wu Yue handed it over calmly, and at the same time took out the foot bath sea salt that was also delivered: "By the way, here is another bag of salt, but it's a bit coarse and needs to be ground."
Although it is sold as foot bath salt, its ingredients are simply sea salt and should be edible.
Xiao was overjoyed. He took the five-pound bag of foot bath salt and examined it through the transparent plastic bag. He then exclaimed in admiration: "This salt is really good. It looks so white and clean!"
It seems that their technology for extracting salt is not very advanced. Wu Yue sighed in his heart again.
Xiao opened the salt bag, grabbed a handful, and sprinkled it on the roasted meat one by one. He handed the rest back to Wu Yue and asked him to keep it. "Salt is very precious. It's better for you, the envoy of God, to keep it."
Wu Yue nodded, added some salt to the soup pot, sat by the fire and looked at the barbecued meat that was blackened by the smoke, and felt that he seemed to have lost his appetite again.
Suddenly remembering something, he took out a pack of Y Province specialty chili powder from the space. This express delivery seemed to be purchased by someone from Y Province who was studying away from home. In addition to five packs of chili powder, there were also some Y Province specialty snacks.
The snacks had been distributed long ago, and this chili powder came in handy. It is not only chili, but also a mixture of various other seasonings and spices. It tastes very delicious.
Sure enough, the barbecue sprinkled with chili powder immediately became fragrant, making everyone swallow their saliva.
After finally grilling a smaller piece, the griller didn't even bother to eat it himself and handed it to Wu Yue. Wu Yue pushed it away twice before taking it. Although the meat was smoked very black, it looked cooked.
Feeling relieved, he opened his mouth to take a bite, but suddenly he was stunned.
He quickly took out the bag of chili powder that had been opened but not yet used up. He poured the powder in the bag into his palm, looked at it carefully, and then was ecstatic.
The chili powder is not ground very finely, so there are a lot of chili seeds in it, whole, raw, and plantable chili seeds!
This is really great news for him, a person from Y Province who loves spicy food!
"What's wrong?" Xiao also got the roasted heart at this time, and asked when he saw that he was behaving strangely.
"The seasoning I sprinkled on the meat just now had a lot of seeds in it," Wu Yue said with a smile. "I just discovered that too. I thought salt would be the only seasoning from now on."
Xiao looked at his satisfied smile and was suddenly stunned for a moment, but it was only for a moment. He didn't understand what was worth being happy about. Then he came to his senses and opened his mouth to take a bite of the barbecue.
Then he immediately understood why Wu Yue was so happy.
It was so delicious! It had an unprecedented rich flavor, a bit stimulating, but very fragrant and delicious!
The primitive leader, who lacked language, didn't know how to describe the numbing, spicy, fresh and fragrant feeling. He just grabbed Wu Yue's hand and said, "You said there were a lot of seeds, right?!"
Chili powder not only conquered Xiao, but also conquered these primitive people. Some people shouted that eating this thing made their bodies warm, some people shouted that their mouths felt like they were on fire but they still chewed the barbecue in big mouthfuls, and even Xiaoshu liked it very much.
This barbecue was an unprecedented delicacy for primitive people, but it was still very unpalatable to Wu Yue.
Dry, hard, smelly and mushy.
So after eating a small piece, he declined the meat offered by others. He walked to the pot, picked up a rib, gnawed the bits of meat on it, and then scooped some wild vegetables from the pot to eat.
Not to mention, the wild vegetables stewed with bones taste pretty good. For example, white root tastes more like radish after being cooked, and tastes quite like mutton stewed with radish.
At first, the primitive people thought that Wu Yue was gnawing on the bones in order to save meat for them. Immediately, someone stepped forward and said that the messenger of God should eat more meat and give him the bones to gnaw on.
Wu Yue was stunned, then shook his head. What a joke! This soup is much more delicious than that barbecue...
It just so happened that everyone still had the disposable cups they had used to drink porridge from before, so Wu Yue asked everyone to bring the cups over and scooped some porridge for each of them. It was cold, so drinking some soup would warm their stomachs.
Everyone who tried the soup was amazed.
Because they had no pots, they had never cooked soup before. They originally thought that the porridge and congee they had before tasted so good because of the ingredients given by the Lord God, but they did not expect that the soup made from ordinary animal bones and plants could also be so delicious!
Wu Yue took the opportunity to say, "Many things can be cooked. For example, animal heads don't have much meat when roasted, but if you cook them, the meat is basically still there. There are also plants. Some plants are not good for the body when eaten raw, but they can be eaten after being cooked. Everyone can try cooking them in the future."
Having said that, he paused and looked at the pot. Well, it would be a bit difficult to feed a hundred people with just one pot.
Iron is very precious, so we have to focus on making weapons. It seems we should also consider firing pottery.
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