It’s a pity that she doesn’t have any scissors in her hand now, but only a heavy hatchet.
After using the heavy hatchet to chop a few snails, she felt her hands getting sore and swollen. She couldn't stand it anymore and muttered to herself, "I'm really not meant for this kind of work."
It seems that the only option is to conscript young men.
Although there were a few children around her, it seemed inappropriate to let them play with swords and guns. She looked around and saw Akagi and Mufeng talking to each other, but she didn't bother them. Turning back, she saw Aunt Cao and Aunt Qingshi sitting on the fence with several other elderly sisters, chatting animatedly.
Well, evening is always the time when everyone is most leisurely, so let’s not disturb them now.
She threw the hatchet directly to Xiaopang: "Xiaopang, cut off the snail's buttocks according to my method just now. Cut off more, and then I will teach you a game."
Before Xiaopang could react, Xiaohua picked up the hatchet with a look of disgust on her face and said, "Let me do it. He looks so silly, he doesn't seem like someone who can do this kind of work."
Xiaopang was so blatantly despised by Xiaohua.
Xiaohua was very clever and dexterous. After watching Jiang Xue cut the snail's butt once, she skillfully picked up the hatchet and started cutting quickly.
Xiaohua helped cut the snail buttocks while Jiang Xue went to the thorn wall and broke off a sharp thorn. She picked up the snail Xiaohua had cut and, with a deft poke, removed the meat from the shell. She set the shell aside.
Xiaopang was moved by what he saw, so he broke off a sharp thorn and imitated Jiang Xue to pick up the meat in a professional manner.
By the time Xiaohua had cut up twenty or thirty snails, Jiang Xue had picked out all the meat, then took the empty shells to the river, washed them clean, and strung them together with a hemp rope by the river.
Before it got dark, Jiang Xue took a chisel and drew a few squares on the ground, then habitually wrote the numbers 1-9 in the squares.
After the grid was drawn, she briefly explained the rules of the game and then demonstrated it.
He threw the skewered snail shells into the box marked '1' and jumped up on one leg.
Jiang Xue's sudden and unexpected action made everyone gather around to watch in curiosity.
After the demonstration, Xiaohua couldn't wait to imitate her and started dancing.
But she had just thrown the snail shell when Jiang Xue said, "It didn't fit into the grid. Try again."
Xiaohua picked up the snail shell and threw it again.
Jiang Xue shook her head: "You have to start from grid number one."
Xiaohua became more and more addicted to the game and threw it again.
"Remember, when you hop on one leg, your foot must not touch the ground. If it does, you'll have to start over again."
Xiaohua stumbled through the dance once, and Jiang Xue nodded: "Not bad, that's how we play it, you guys go ahead and play."
The children in the tribe suddenly screamed and scrambled to play with it.
"Line up!" Jiang Xue shouted angrily, "If you want to play the game, you have to follow the rules. Come one by one."
As soon as Jiang Xue spoke, the children dared not act rashly anymore, but who would be the next one was the focus of their argument.
Jiang Xue decided to be a good person: "How about this, you guys play rock-paper-scissors."
She made three hand gestures. "This is what I just said: rock, paper, scissors. Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, and book beats rock. Remember, if you lose, you lose. No cheating allowed."
Jiang Xue didn't know that she originally used rock-paper-scissors to make her children quarrel less when playing the game, but it was after she announced the rules of rock-paper-scissors that the tribe began to use rock-paper-scissors to resolve differences almost every day.
For example, when they had a dispute about where to go hunting or who should go to the fields, they would use this method to resolve it. Later, whenever they had a disagreement, they would use this method to perfectly resolve the dispute.
Of course, this is a later story.
Xiaohua jumped twice in a row, and both times she jumped perfectly to the top grid in one go. When she was tired, she threw the snail shell to Xiaopang.
Xiaohua ran to Jiang Xue excitedly and said, "Sister Xue, how did you know about this game?"
Jiang Xue smiled and said, "I know a lot of games. I'll teach you how to play shuttlecock later."
"Kicking shuttlecock? What is that?"
"It's a fun game, but it's not ready yet. We don't have chicken feathers or the right fabric, so we can't make the shuttlecock for now."
In fact, Jiang Xue had made a misunderstanding. Shuttlecocks do not necessarily need chicken feathers and cloth to be made.
For example, you can use local materials, such as discarded animal skins, wrap them with some soil, tie the opening with a hemp rope, and then use a knife to randomly cut the excess animal skin a few times. As long as it looks like the real thing, it can be considered a shuttlecock.
A look of disappointment flashed across Xiaohua's face. "Sister Xue, what does this shuttlecock look like?"
Jiang Xue was suddenly stuck.
She used the old method. She picked up a stick and drew a simple version of a shuttlecock on the ground: "It looks like this. If you really want me to explain how it is made, I really don't know how to say it."
Xiaohua tilted her head and looked at the shuttlecock on the ground: "This is the shuttlecock." She looked up at Jiang Xue, "Sister Xue, please make a few for us!"
Jiang Xue shook her head: "I told you, we don't have the materials right now, so we can't make it."
"But it looks simple to me!" Xiaohua pouted and shook Jiang Xue's arm: "Good sister, just help us make a shuttlecock!"
Jiang Xue was so pestered by her that she had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Okay, I told you I don't have the materials right now. If it's hard to kick after making it, you can't blame me."
"No blame, no blame." Xiaohua's eyes lit up, and she quickly flattered Jiang Xue: "Sister, you're the best. I definitely won't blame you."
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