Chapter 106: Muddy Top and Stone Scythe



Shang stood on the low wall inside the fence, holding the rope in his hand.

I saw someone below hanging a bag of mud on the wooden hook at the end of the rope, and then he started pulling the rope.

There is a bump on the rope every half meter or so. This is to increase friction so that the person pulling the mud will not get blisters on his hands from pulling for too long. It can also save a lot of effort.

Shang was already strong, and now he had spent half a winter in the Qingque tribe, where he had good food and drink, and he continued to consume salt, which made him even stronger.

He exerted a little force on the rope, and the 'ash bag' filled with mud left the ground. He pulled it up alternately with both hands a few times, and the ash bag rose to the top of the wall.

Shang lifted his right hand holding the rope upwards, and the entire gray bag flew over the wall.

He did not let go, but kept this posture and turned half a circle, then bent down and put the gray bag on the ground.

There was no need for anyone to come and take it. Shang, who was already familiar with this job, loosened the rope, and the wooden hook came off the rope strap on the ash bag. Then he gently lifted it with his hand, and the hook came back.

Similarly, he didn't need to worry about the ash bag placed below, as someone would carry it to the side of the deer pen and hand it to the person on the ceiling of the deer pen who was applying mud on the fence.

Shang turned around and let the empty rope hang down to the outside of the wall again.

The people carrying mud here have not come here yet, so he can take this opportunity to look around.

Standing on this low wall, the view is very broad. Because there are no trees blocking the view, Shang can see the river at a glance.

By the stream, there were a few small figures moving.

Shang knew that those were a few minors in the tribe who were getting food for the tribe.

At the beginning, Shang was really shocked.

Because according to his idea, after the arrival of spring, the most important thing the tribe needs to do is to go out hunting.

After a winter of consumption, there was not much food left in the tribe.

And when he was in their tribe, he always led everyone to do this.

However, the decision made by this tribe surprised him greatly.

The Son of God and his companions did not rush to go hunting, but instead gathered a large number of people from the tribe to start building a roof for the deer pen, which Shang thought was completely unnecessary.

As for the task of obtaining food, it was left to several minors in the tribe.

These minors did not carry harpoons, but instead walked towards the creek with some things he had never seen before.

This is what they use to catch fish?

Shang had a look of bewilderment on his face.

Just when he was beginning to worry about the possibility of going hungry at night, a minor who had gone to the river earlier came back.

There were several fish in the fish basket on his back!

Shang was extremely shocked. He thought that the speed of fishing was already very fast in winter, but he didn't expect that the speed of fishing would be even faster after the ice and snow melted!

Even now, Shang still finds this incredible.

You know, in their original tribe, all adults had to work together to get enough food, and they would still go hungry from time to time.

In today's tribe, the most important task of obtaining food is not done by the strongest adults, but is handed over to several minors who, if they were in their tribe, would basically be in a state of eating for free!

As for the strongest adult people, they were doing things that had nothing to do with obtaining food.

The key point is that the food obtained by these minors cannot be eaten by the people in the tribe...

Shang didn't know how to express his feelings.

When he knew that all these were methods taught by the Son of God, he only had greater respect for the minor.

“Pah, pah.”

The eldest brother and junior brother Sha and others on the roof pasted the mud in the ash bags onto the fence.

According to the instructions of the Son of God, the mud was about as thick as one of their fingers.

After each piece of mud is applied, they will pick up a wooden stick that is about three meters long and four centimeters in diameter and split in the middle. Two people will each hold one end and rub it back and forth on the newly applied mud to make the applied mud smooth.

You need to be extra careful when doing things on the roof of the deer shed because there is a risk of falling off.

Therefore, the people up here are all relatively agile, and they all follow the instructions of the Son of God, trying their best to walk on the wooden beams. Even if there are no wooden beams, they have to step on the rafters and not just step on the fences.

Although the area of ​​the deer shed's roof is not small, the labor force of the Green Bird Tribe has also increased by nearly one third, and the tools for digging have also been greatly improved, so the work of applying mud to the fence is also progressing rapidly.

However, it was completed in just six days.

After the completion of the project, Han Cheng assigned half of his staff to go out and harvest the grass that could be used to cover the roof.

It is not too difficult for the Qingque tribe to obtain this grass.

Because there was a lot of this grass growing on the hill where they built the cave.

The hill where the Qingque tribe's cave is located has more rocks than soil.

With less soil, it is unlikely that towering trees will grow on it, so the vegetation on it is mainly low bushes and this kind of barren-resistant grass, similar to the thatch in later generations, which is now officially called thatch by Han Cheng.

Ordinary grass will deteriorate after a severe winter, but thatch will not, because it grows hard naturally and has a layer of fine and shiny skin on the outside of the poles, which greatly reduces the erosion of rainwater.

Of course, if you think about it in detail, if you want to make a roof, it is better to use the thatch harvested and stored in autumn, but for the current Qingque tribe, this condition is obviously not met.

Besides, this is a roof for deer, not for humans, so it can be used as is.

It is very tiring to harvest thatch by hand, and your hands will hurt after a long time.

After everyone had been working on it for half a day without much success, Han Cheng, as their son of God, once again used his intelligence and talent, and thus, the stone sickle was born!

The making of a stone sickle is not complicated. It only requires a thin stone knife, a stick with a diameter of about three centimeters and a length of fifteen to thirty centimeters, and a rope.

When making it, first split the thicker end of the wooden stick into a crack about three or four centimeters in diameter, and then insert one end of the stone knife horizontally into the crack of the wooden stick.

The thinner side with the cutting edge faces downwards, and the angle between the stone sickle and the wooden stick is about seventy degrees.

After adjusting the position, tie it tightly with a rope, and a stone sickle is ready.

Of course, such a stone sickle is much heavier than the iron sickle of later generations, and it will make your arms more tired when using it, but it is also much more convenient and labor-saving than simply folding it with your hands.


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