We haven’t finished eating yesterday’s pork, and there are still three pigs left untouched. These pigs also need to be pickled. Then we will sort out the prey that the hunting team brought back today, and eat those that are difficult to smoke first. If there are any left after eating, they will be pickled as well.
The number of people in the tribe suddenly increased by ten, and the food gap became larger and larger. She couldn't do nothing and not prepare anything just because the tribe still had some food.
When the people of the Bear Tribe saw Dashu and his friends going fishing, they followed them to watch the fun, even though they had never seen them before.
When they saw Dashu take out a fishing net, throw it into the river, and then pull it out, and there were dozens of lively fish in the net, they were so shocked that their eyes almost popped out.
"What is this thing that can catch so many fish in one go?"
Xiaohua puffed out her chest proudly and said, "This thing is called a fishing net. Sister Axue made it."
The people of the Bear Tribe immediately looked at Jiang Xue, who was sitting under the tree of the tribe, with admiration.
They had received care from Jiang Xue yesterday, and today they saw that they could catch so many fish with one net, which immediately raised their admiration for Jiang Xue to a higher level.
Xiaohua also realized the big sister's style: "What are you guys standing there for? Come on and help pick up the fish."
They woke up as if from a dream, and rushed forward to pick up the fish quickly.
Since they were planning to stock up for the winter, Jiang Xue no longer restricted their fishing. Furthermore, they had earned plenty of salt at the market this year, so they pickled whatever they could, whether fish or meat.
This is what Jiang Xue thought and did.
She had the fish killed, scaled off, and gutted, then she smeared salt on it and hung it under the eaves of the pigsty.
Then he led his men to build a simple shed near the pavilion where the pottery was stored. This shed was only temporary, not much different from a woodshed, except that it was covered with thick thatch. Once the shed was built and the fish were almost dry, they would build a fire inside to smoke the fish and meat.
In order to smoke the meat, Jiang Xue had to put her plan of going hunting with Mu Feng and the others on hold.
These days, they are very busy and tired.
Busy with fishing, hunting, cutting bamboo to make bamboo strips, twisting hemp ropes, and collecting firewood from the mountains.
Five days later, the tribe's first batch of smoked dried fish and meat had already been packed into backpacks and hung in a ventilated place at the entrance of the cave, and they began to pickle the second batch of fish in full swing.
Five temporary firewood sheds were filled with firewood, and even the walls of the pigpen were neatly stacked with firewood.
The pigpen was repaired and the toilet was also repaired as soon as possible.
Just like the pigpen, two toilets were built using stone mixed with mud. One was near the pigpen, and the other was next to the thorn wall to the right of the cave entrance. Each toilet had five squatting holes, and stone slabs found in the mountains were placed on top of them.
The toilet is designed with a separate pit and toilet bowl, which is more hygienic and convenient for people to use when they need farm manure in the future, without delaying them from going to the toilet.
It took them another five days just to repair the two toilets. The first three days were spent digging holes, cutting trees, and finding stones. In the last two days, with a command, the toilets were built.
After the toilet was finished, Jiang Xue ordered that everyone in the tribe must use the toilet to store fertilizer for the cabbages. Everyone was confused. Although they didn't understand Jiang Xue's intentions, seeing the toilet appear out of nowhere, they naturally followed her instructions.
In order to help the tribesmen have a good winter, Mu Feng and his companions go out early and come back late every day, and sometimes even spend the night in the mountains, which is quite hard work.
Their hard work was not in vain. The amount of animal skins in the tribe increased little by little in the past few days. Although a lot of food was consumed every day, a considerable portion of it could still be saved.
Of course, these meats cannot be wasted. Those that can be smoked are smoked, and those that cannot be smoked, such as offal, are eaten on the same day.
After Jiang Xue repaired the toilet in the tribe, she also started to go hunting in the mountains with Mu Feng.
At first Mu Feng disagreed with her going out, and Jiang Xue scoffed. No matter what Mu Feng said, she followed the hunting team with a backpack on her back. When she saw wild fruits that had not rotted or fallen on the road, she picked them and put them into the backpack.
Her persistence was not in vain. On the fourth day of following Mu Feng up the mountain, she actually found more than a dozen orange trees and hawthorn trees in the woods.
Although it was late autumn, and perhaps because the area was sparsely populated, no one had noticed. She carefully examined the fruits, each one was juicy and shiny. She picked one and tasted it. The oranges were sweet and sour, and the hawthorns were not her cup of tea. However, in order not to waste any, she still picked as many as she could and put them in her backpack.
Mu Feng is a good hunter. He is experienced, strong, and knows how to use tactics. As long as he sets his sights on the prey, he will never miss.
The number of animal skins in the tribe began to increase little by little. Now that the weather is getting colder and it rains frequently, animal skins have shown their greatest role.
The men went hunting for a few days in the front, and Jiang Xue hid in the back and picked fruit for a few days. After picking the fruit, she asked someone to send it back and then brought a few backpacks from the tribe to carry it.
This went on for three days before she had picked all the fruits from the trees, and the reward she got was quite generous.
First of all, there were fruits. She picked two baskets on the first day, five baskets on the second day, and brought back more than ten baskets of fruits in three consecutive days. Even if she didn't eat them, they would still be a considerable amount in the cave.
The second was that the places she chose to randomly check in for two consecutive days were all near that area, and she got a wooden loom and a pound of radish seeds.
She felt a little dizzy when she saw the loom.
She had no idea how to use such an ancient thing. Not only did Jiang Xue not know how to use it, she didn't even know what materials to use to weave the cloth, so she had to put it in the package.
But radish is a good thing.
There is an old saying that goes, "Eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer, and you won't need a doctor's prescription."
Just from this proverb, we can know how much the ancient people loved radish and ginger. However, she has not found any ginger yet. It seems that if she wants to get more good things, she still has to go out.
But she still managed to hold it back.
The cabbages in the field have grown to about an inch tall, and it will take some time before we can start field management. Jiang Xue looked at the radish seeds in the package and finally decided not to go out.
In order to ensure food during the winter, she had to plant the radishes early.
They chose a piece of land, still bringing Xiaohua and Aqing, and still using the primitive technique of poking holes with a stick. The three of them divided the work and it took half a day to plant the radishes.
After planting radishes and returning to the tribe, Chief Akagi of the Bear Tribe finally appeared in the tribe with his tribesmen, carrying animal skins and stone tools.
Their arrival made Jiang Xue relax her tense nerves.
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