The weather was hot, and the surrounding grass and trees were motionless, with their leaves wilting under the scorching sun.
In such weather, the road construction team of the Qingque tribe is still working.
Although they had avoided the sun's climax, they were still sweating profusely while repairing the road in the scorching sun.
The sun is the least of our worries. The most unpleasant thing is that the weather is so hot that it is almost suffocating.
Many men chose to go bareback, and some bolder women also unbuttoned the front buttons of their clothes.
It was just that the weather was too hot and humid. Even though they tried to wear as few clothes as possible, the sweat still kept pouring out. There were circles of white marks on everyone's clothes.
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that many of the people who were building the road had lost their appetite.
It was under such circumstances that several two-wheeled donkey carts drove towards this side along the built road.
There was a green bird flag on the donkey cart in the front.
"Someone from the tribe is coming! Someone from the tribe is coming!"
Even in such weather, the road builders couldn't help but cheer when they saw the fluttering green bird flag and the man driving the donkey cart.
"The Son of God knows that you can't eat because of the heat, so he asked us to bring some delicious food!"
As soon as the coachman met the road builders who came to greet him with cheers, he announced the good news with joy on his face.
After these words were spoken, the already excited crowd became even more excited.
"What delicious food? We are so hot that we don't even feel like eating..."
Someone asked.
"You'll know in a moment. I guarantee you won't get enough of this kind of food!"
The visitor spoke with a mysterious and proud look on his face, and even kept the secret.
Then they began to carry down the things pulled by the donkey cart.
The first thing to be carried down was a set of stone mills.
This kind of stone mill is different from the first stone mill made in the tribe. The bottom mill and the surrounding grooves used to collect ground soy milk and other things are carved from the same piece of granite.
Such a millstone is easy to move.
After the stone mill was moved down, there were two jars of peas that had been soaked in water since the start.
There were also three bags of dry peas, and some other food.
A few people found stones and other things, set up a platform under the shade of a tree on the roadside, and then placed the movable stone mill on it. After placing it firmly, they began to scoop the soaked peas into the mill eye and started grinding the peas in circles.
The road repair team was repairing the road while looking over here expectantly, waiting for the new food that the Son of God had sent to them to appear...
“Delicious! Delicious!”
"Anything else? Another bowl..."
When the jelly was made, someone scraped it into a basin with a bronze scraper, mixed it, and announced that it was ready to eat. Suddenly, the open-air canteen was filled with the sound of people slurping the jelly, mixed with people's vague exclamations of praise.
The people from the tribe were right, this is indeed a good food that can whet one’s appetite in this kind of weather!
"Hiccup~"
After Big Foot burped, he licked the corner of his mouth. After swallowing three bowls of jelly, he felt that all the pores in his body opened up comfortably.
Looking at the bags of peas packed in animal hide bags, Big Foot shook his head with some regret.
Big Foot was a slave from a semi-agricultural tribe. He shook his head not because he thought the jelly made from peas was not tasty, but because he remembered what happened before.
Before his original tribe was broken up, the current tribe did not have this kind of food called feed peas by the Son of God.
However, after the peas arrived at this tribe, under the leadership of the Son of God, they not only grew stronger than in their tribe, but they were also used to make such delicious food!
Even though he had seen with his own eyes how the people in the tribe used peas to make the delicious, appetizing and irresistible jelly, Big Foot still found it a little unbelievable.
You know, their tribe has had and grown this kind of food for many years, and there is no other way to eat it except boiling it in a clay pot with water.
But now the tribe uses it to make jelly that is not only beautiful but also delicious...
It was not just this person who had this idea. The rest of the original semi-agricultural tribes had basically the same idea at this time.
In this comparison, not only did they feel that their former tribe was far inferior to the current one, but they also had greater respect for the Son of God and a stronger sense of identity with the current tribe...
After eating the delicious and refreshing jelly, the road construction team members took a short rest and then continued to build the road with full enthusiasm.
The Son of God did not forget them. He prepared some delicious food and even had someone bring some from the tribe on a donkey cart a long distance to cook it specially for them.
Under such circumstances, what reason do they have not to repair the roads properly?
The gloomy weather also couldn't stop people from working hard to repair the road...
In the Qingque tribe, after making jelly, a delicious summer food, Han Cheng's happy mood did not last long before he was affected again.
It’s not because the jelly lacks various seasonings and is not flavorful enough, but because there is a problem with the rattan armor in the tribe!
Bo's craftsmanship is naturally impeccable, and the other people in the tribe who followed Bo to learn the craft also did not learn the "noble" quality of cutting corners.
The quality problems of the rattan armor in the tribe have nothing to do with their craftsmanship, but rather with problems in the subsequent maintenance.
Rattan armor is different from the rattan shields in the tribe. Rattan shields are usually only worn during training or a few times when going out to fight, while rattan armor is required to be worn by everyone in the road construction team when they start building the road.
This was an order issued by Han Cheng to prevent any unexpected events during road construction.
The people in the tribe naturally obeyed Han Cheng's orders. Except when they couldn't stand the heat, basically no one took them off.
Under the conditions of being exposed to wind and sun all day long and covered with dew from time to time, these rattan armors that were frequently worn by people gradually developed problems.
Compared to when they were newly woven, these rattan armors have begun to fade slowly.
This is not the most serious part. The most serious part is the edge of the vine armor.
When weaving rattan armor with rattan, the edges need to be folded in half with a large amplitude.
During this process, many vines will be twisted and cracked.
The cracked vine not only loses the protection of the bark, but is also divided into several parts. Its firmness and toughness will not be affected, but its ability to resist corrosion will be greatly weakened.
In the summer, these places are easily corroded by the wind and sun, the humid air, and the sweat.
Looking at the edge of the armor in his hand, where two vines had broken off after being pinched a few times with fingernails, Han Cheng's eyebrows twisted.
Lame said that he could repair the broken vine armor.
Han Cheng shook his head and disagreed.
Han Cheng knew how to repair the rattan armor, which was to pull out a part of the broken rattan and replace it with a new one.
This kind of rattan that was filled in later is naturally not as strong as the rattan that was woven in directly before.
This reason is secondary. The most important thing is that Han Cheng feels that doing so is really too troublesome.
The service life of the rattan armor is too short. Quality problems appeared in half a year, and various repairs were needed afterwards. This feeling is really bad.
If quality problems appeared after two or three years of use, it would still be within Han Cheng's acceptable range, but now there is only half a year...
The number of rattan armor in the tribe will eventually grow to several hundred. If we don’t find a way to solve the problem fundamentally, there will be more trouble later. We will have to arrange for special people to repair the rattan armor...
Han Cheng knew how to make rattan armor stronger and more corrosion-resistant, because in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Mr. Kong Ming wrote about it when he burned the Nanman rattan armor army.
That is to soak the woven rattan armor in oil, then dry it in the sun, and after it is dry, continue to soak it and dry it in the sun.
The rattan armor made in this way will become extremely tough and can withstand being chopped by knives and axes, and will not be exposed to rain, because when water falls on it, it will turn into water droplets and slide to the ground, and will not be able to absorb it at all.
Moreover, the rattan armor produced by this method has considerable buoyancy and can be used as a life jacket at critical moments.
The only drawback is that it is afraid of fire.
However, it is not easy to burn the Rattan Armor Army with fire. They need to be forced into a desperate situation first.
From this point of view, this kind of vine armor is indeed very suitable for the current Qingque tribe.
However, just knowing the solution is not enough because there is no oil in the tribe.
If there was oil, Han Cheng would have started processing the rattan armor as early as when it was made.
The oil used to soak the rattan armor is not ordinary cooking oil, but tung oil.
Tung oil is squeezed from the fruit of the tung oil tree. Even in later generations, it is still an important industrial oil.
这几年里，青雀部落和其余部落之间，利用新种子、石头来换取食盐、陶器这些东西的事情，一直都没有停止过，不过从这些果子里面，韩成并没有发现桐油蛋的影子。
对于桐油树以及桐油树的果子‘桐油蛋’，韩成并不陌生，因为他们那里的岗坡地上，就栽种过不止一次的桐油树。
不过大部分的桐油树都没有长成。
因为过不了两年，这些树就会被刨掉，然后重新栽种上其余的树。
在韩成的印象里，陆续栽种过的有栀子树、桐油树、枣树、梨树、栗子树。
要不用脂肪油试试？
没有桐油，韩成只能是将主意打到了脂肪油上面。
虽然知道，十有八九不会成，但在弄不到桐油的情况下，也只能是这样尝试一下了。
毕竟脂肪油里面也带着一个‘油’字，万一要是成了，那岂不是美哉？
于是，在接下来韩大神子就做出来了一个令部落里许多人都感到心疼的事情，那就是将半凝固状态的脂肪油用野猪毛制成的刷子，沾着一遍遍的往藤甲上面刷。
问过神子才知道，这样做是为了让藤甲变得更加结实耐用。
二师兄在一旁盯着这刷满油脂的藤甲，不住的往下咽口水。
对于神子说的涂抹油脂可能会让藤甲变得更为结实的事情二师兄并不怎么相信，因为他觉得自己能够将这藤甲这涂抹了油脂的藤甲给吃了！
往藤甲上刷油脂，然后再拿到太阳底下去晒的事情，韩成做了几天之后，就停止了。
这不仅仅是因为效果不好，而且还特别容易招蝇子，更为重要的是，这样做特别的费油脂！
动物的脂肪油，是部落里唯一的食用油，在部落里拥有很高的地位。
想要获得脂肪油，就必须把动物杀掉，然后捡肥的部分放入陶锅之中进行的熬炼。
但这个时候，能够把各种动物都给养成猪的饲料，青雀部落还没有，往往宰杀掉一只动物之后，也得不到太多的油脂。
并且除了用来吃之外，这些脂肪油还有一个用处，那就是烧开之后加上草木灰不停的搅拌，用来制造肥皂。
这事情同样也非常的消耗脂肪油。
在这样的情况下，就算是脂肪油真的对藤甲有着很好的效果，韩成也不能选择过多的用它来刷藤甲，因为这实在是太过于败家了！
简直就是青雀部落第一败家子了！
在这样的情况下，还不如直接安排一个人，专门进行藤甲的编织与修缮来的划算。
这样折腾了一圈，又重新回到了原点，有了损坏的藤甲还是让跛拿去修缮了，这事情让韩成颇为的郁闷。
不过郁闷归郁闷，在这样的情况下，除了郁闷之外韩成也没有其余办法好想，只能是继续郁闷了，直到不郁闷的时候为止……
在韩成因为给藤甲浸油的事情而郁闷不已的时候，在前方劳作的青雀部落修路队这里却出事了！
一场不大的秋雨落下，持续发威的秋老虎被赶走。
一场秋雨一场寒这句话说的一点都不假。
之前还很是闷热的天气，在秋雨落下之后，一下子就变得凉爽了。
这让这些在前方修路的人常舒了一口气，觉得浑身上下都是畅快的。
秋雨淅淅沥沥的下着，修路的事情暂时是没有办法进行了，劳累的修路队，迎来了难得的闲适时光。
修路队的人，大多都待在临时搭建的、充当工棚的半穴居圆形房屋之内，趁着这难得机会好好的补觉，让疲乏的身体得到一个好的休息。
不过这个世上永远都不缺乏一些精力旺盛的人，大脚以及另外两个人就是如此。
在其余人都休息的时候，他们则穿着蓑衣、带上斗笠一起出了临时搭建起来的工棚。
秋天到了，不少的果子都已经成熟，有的果子酸酸甜甜的很是好吃，大脚他们此次出行，就是想要寻找一些果子吃。
人是杂食动物，只吃一种食物的话，时间长了就会变腻，想要找些其余的食物来换换口味。
和大脚一起出去的，一人同为半农部落的奴隶，另外一个则是青雀部落的公民。
和一般的奴隶主与奴隶阶层之间的紧张对立不同，在韩成有意识的调节之下，青雀部落之间的这种对立并不明显。
相反，两个阶层之间的关系还挺和谐。
这点从一个公民、两个奴隶，三人一起去寻找果子上就能够看的出来。
不过这三个人今天的运气不怎么好，因为这处临时住所的周围，生长的果树并不多。
他们寻找了好一阵儿，也没有寻到几颗，一只小口袋都装不满。
在这样的情况下，大脚三人就开始往远离住所的地方前进了……
“回去！”
又往前面行走了搜寻了一阵儿之后，依然没有太多的收获，青雀部落的那个公民往回看看，层层叠叠之间早已经看不到临时住所的影子了。
这人回想一下自己等人走过的路程，再看看周围的环境，忽然间就升起了一阵儿的恐惧。
当下就出声招呼两个人随着他一起回去，不要再找什么果子了。
他的话刚刚出口，走在左前方的大脚就惊喜的喊叫了起来。
“果子！果子！好多！”
他一手拉着一棵不粗的树，一手指着前面凹陷下去的地方，扭过头来冲着青雀部落的这个公民以及另外一个奴隶，满是惊喜的喊了起来。
本来已经想要回去的两人，听到大脚的呼喊之后，暂时也就绝了回去的心思。
毕竟他们出来了这一趟，却没有什么收获，多少都让人心里有些不太痛快。
这时候听到前面出现了这么多的果子，自然是要过去看看的。
两人一前一后的来到了大脚的身边，伸头往前看去。
这里是一个比较陡的坡，落叶和草木掩映之中，掉落着诸多黑褐色的圆形果子。
个头不小，比四岁小孩儿的拳头都要大。
而且不少果子掉落在地上的果子已经裂开，露出了的果仁和脱去带刺外壳的板栗非常的像。
看到这一幕，赶过来的两个人也一下子就变得兴奋了起来！
这种果子里面的果实看起来和板栗形似，那味道因该也就差不多。
栗子、橡子、山核桃这些东西，可是这个时代的人在秋天的时候最喜欢收集，然后进行储藏的食物。
因为这些食物非常的耐储存，吃起来香不说，还非常的扛饿。
这时候一下子看到这么多的类似板栗的果实，他们要是不兴奋才是怪事！
当下三个人就拉着树木下了这个不算太陡的坡，心情非常愉悦的往随身携带的袋子里面捡拾这种果子。
没用太长时间，就将带着的三个袋子给装满了。
没有了装东西的袋子，三人只能是站在这里满是遗憾的看着还有许多的果实。
这样稍微了歇息了一阵儿之后，大脚找来石头，从地上捡起一颗果实就将之砸开了。
砸开之后就要往嘴里送。
“别吃！”
青雀部落的这个公民开了口，将其拦住。
一方面是部落里采集食物的时候，大都是遵循食物上交，然后再分配的原则，在获取食物的途中私自吃食物，一般都是不太被允许的。
另外一方面就是，今天发现的这种果实是他们之前从来都没有见过的，虽然和板栗非常像，但并不是真的板栗。
面对这种没有吃过的食物，最好还是不要轻易入口。
这是部落里的人，在之前的时候付出过生命的代价而得到的认识，在经过了韩成的强化之后，变得更加牢固。
栗子大脚以前的时候没少吃，放到火堆里烧烧很面，吃着更加的美气。
他觉得这种和栗子长得很像的果实，吃下去之后不会有什么危险。
但听到阻止之后，想了想还是没有吃。
几个人在这里又停留了一阵儿，就拎着这些果子，带着兴奋的上了这个不算太陡的坡，然后一路朝着临时居住区的而去……
“这么多？！”
和大脚他们想的一样，当他们三个拎着这么多的果子回到临时居住区之后，这满满当当的三袋子果实，顿时就引起了诸多人的注意。
甚至于不少睡觉的也都不睡了，询问大脚他们是在什么地方捡拾了这么多的果实，那里还多不多，准备也过去进行捡拾。
在众人的异常兴奋的时候，那个跟着去的青雀部落公民说出了这种果子没有吃过的事情。
领着修路队的人在这里进行修路的是原来的绿部落首领谷，在听说了这件事情之后，又仔细的看了看这诸多的果实，发现这种果实看起来跟栗子比较像，但确确实实不是板栗。
这种新食物当然不能直接大规模的食用，需要有人进行试吃才成。
他刚刚将这样意思表达出来，大脚就跳了出来，拍着胸脯表示自己愿意试吃。
On the one hand, it was because he stubbornly believed that this fruit, which looked very similar to chestnuts, must be as delicious as chestnuts. Even if it was not as delicious as chestnuts, it would not be poisonous.
On the other hand, Big Foot wants to contribute to the tribe as quickly as possible and become a citizen of the tribe.
Not long after joining the tribe, he witnessed a ceremony presided over by the Son of God himself, which freed slaves from slavery and granted citizenship cards. It left a deep impression on him.
And the longer he lived in the tribe, the more he accepted the Qingque tribe, and the more he wanted to join the Qingque tribe, become a citizen of the tribe, and bring his own ID card!
Since there was such a fearless person willing to taste the food, Gu of course agreed. However, before Big Foot tasted the food, under the guidance of the old man from the Green Bird Tribe, someone prepared some tasty food outside...