Chapter 47 Cang Li led his five cubs back to the mountain…
Cang Li led the five children back to the cave, set up the pot, and took out the shrimp, crabs, shellfish, and fish from his backpack. After cleaning the seafood, he added oil to the pot, stir-fried the shrimp heads until they turned red, added ginger slices to remove the fishy smell, then poured in hot water, added rice, and started cooking porridge.
Once the porridge is almost cooked, add sliced abalone, prepared oysters and scallops, then shrimp, crab leg meat, and finally salt and chopped green onions. A pot of seafood porridge is now ready, with an enticing aroma.
The five kids watched with their mouths watering. During the time Cang Li was away, Ji Hejie cooked, but it wasn't as good as Cang Li's cooking, and the kids were really craving it.
Once the porridge was cooked, Cang Li ladled it into an earthenware pot, placed a long wooden spoon inside, and said to the children, "It's hot. I'll stir-fry some chili radish as well."
The five children waited obediently to the side, their eyes following Cang Li, reluctant to leave.
When Cang Li finished tidying up and came over, the porridge was no longer lying there. Cang Li called out to Tai Qing, who was not far away, "Daoist! Come and eat."
Taiqing glanced back, then slowly walked over and sat down. Ji had already served porridge to Cangli and Taiqing, and then served porridge to Jie as well.
A large pot of porridge was eaten clean by the six people. It was their first time eating seafood porridge, and it was so delicious that their tongues almost fell off.
Everyone ate until their bellies were round, and holding their bellies, they said to Cang Li:
"Sister! I want to eat this delicious porridge again tomorrow!"
Cang Li smiled and patted everyone's stomachs, saying, "Okay, I'll cook for you again tomorrow."
Everyone chuckled like mice, because she loved her older sister the most, and she was overjoyed that her sister was back!
Lying in his familiar bed at night, Cang Li sighed comfortably. Living by the sea wasn't very comfortable; the sea breeze was too strong, it was too dark, and it was too quiet. It was much better to be home. The sound of his kids snoring next to him was so reassuring.
Cang Li lay there for a while but couldn't fall asleep. She remembered that she had been busy drying salt and fishing at the beach and hadn't checked what she had unlocked in the gathering shop. She had given so many kinds of fish to the collector and so many plants on the shore; there were definitely enough to unlock in just a few hours.
It seemed like she hadn't looked at the shop like this since the birth of the human race. Cang Li opened the shop and saw that the eighth page was open.
After clicking directly on page eight, Cang Li saw the products there.
[Edible Food Compendium (10 points) is not currently available for redemption]
[Herbal Compendium (10 points) is not available for redemption at this time]
[Pottery Firing Method (10 points) - Limited to one purchase]
[Fire Avoidance Map (Free Gift) Limited to one purchase]
[Sun-Shooting Bow (60 points) - Limited to one purchase]
[The Five Elements Stone Distribution Map (10 points) can only be purchased once.]
[Currently, there are 345 collection points remaining, with a total of 970 collection points and 604 collection points already used.]
Cang Li was full of questions. She understood the first three items; they were probably refreshed because she was thinking about the survival of the human race. But what was the fourth one? A fire-avoidance map? Cang Li remained silent, ignoring this free item that had appeared for the first time. When she saw the Sun-Shooting Bow and the Five Elements Stone Distribution Map, Cang Li's expression became serious.
Both of these things have been updated. Was her worry too much? Did even the data collection system notice it?
Cang Li frowned. She had exchanged everything she could in the collector, except for the Xuanyuan Sword, the Education Ruler, and the newly unlocked eighth page.
Based on her previous experience with redeeming items, the items refreshed in the store are usually what she needs most.
The question is, why does she need the fire avoidance diagram? Has she never seen a pig run even if she's never eaten pork?
Cang Li felt that the data collector might be malfunctioning.
As for the two that are temporarily unavailable for exchange, Cang Li couldn't figure out why. Why couldn't they be exchanged? Wouldn't it be perfect to exchange them now and use them right away?
Cang Li was too lazy to think about things she couldn't understand. She put aside the annoying online store and fell asleep. She had a lot to do tomorrow: sesame oil and rapeseed to make oil, salt to be distributed, the autumn harvest...
Before he could finish thinking, Cang Li fell into a deep sleep. He had finally had a good night's sleep in the past two months. When he was alone outside, Cang Li was always half asleep and half awake, afraid of being attacked by wild animals.
The next day, Cangli woke up late. When he got up, Taiqing had already finished his teachings and gone to various tribes to spread his teachings.
Cang Li didn't see Tai Qing. After asking Ji Hejie, he learned that for the past two months, Tai Qing had been going to various tribes every day to teach Taoist arts, so that the humans could feel the influence of etiquette and become more civilized and polite. If someone was talented, they might be able to enter the Tao and cultivate after listening to the teachings.
"But the Taoist priest doesn't accept any disciples!"
Ji Hejie proudly told Cang Li that the Taoist priest does not accept disciples, but that he does not accept any of them.
Cang Li understood that Taiqing's purpose in coming to the human race was to spread his teachings. Once the Human Religion was established and Taiqing became a saint, and this matter was settled, Taiqing would probably leave and return to Kunlun.
After a moment of distraction, Cang Li patted his trouser leg, stood up, and said:
"Let's go, time to get to work."
Ji and Jie immediately carried their baskets on their backs, and pulled Er and Yu along. The others had already been holding Cang Li's hand and letting Cang Li lead them.
After going down to the field, Cang Li checked the condition of the wheat ears and estimated that they could be harvested in another half month. He also planted a lot of cabbage, sweet potatoes and potatoes in the field. The chili pepper plants grew very large. Cang Li marked a few chili pepper plants that had turned red and planned to save them for later. The amaranth and fire grass were also ripe.
Cang Li asked:
"Why aren't those two crops harvested when they're ripe?"
Jie scratched his head: "Because we didn't know what it was, and we were afraid of damaging my sister's things, we didn't dare to take it. We were thinking of waiting for my sister to come back."
Cang Li looked at Jie with amusement: "Let's go, let's cut it down, and I'll teach you how to spin silk and weave cloth to make clothes later. Otherwise, when it gets cold, everyone will freeze to death without clothes to wear."
The man's eyes lit up, and he asked curiously again:
"Sister, can those two kinds of grass be made into clothes? Like the ones we're wearing?"
Cang Li thought for a moment and explained, "It can be woven into cloth to make clothes. It might not be as comfortable as what we wear, but it's better than grass skirts. If you stuff it with cotton, it can also keep you warm. It's a very useful plant."
Jie: "Sister, you're amazing!"
Cang Li patted Jie and Ji on the head: "I will teach you, and then you can teach your clansmen."
Both kids nodded like chicks pecking at rice; they liked to learn what Cang Li knew.
The three men harvested hemp and fire grass. Er led the others and Yu to tie the two harvested crops together with straw ropes and set them aside.
After noon, many people gradually arrived from that side. Each tribal chief brought three to five people with him. Cang Li saw them from afar, tidied up, and took the five children to the open space. The tribal chiefs were familiar with each other, and this time they spontaneously lined up with their people to wait for Cang Li to speak.
Seeing that the open space was full of people, Cang Li asked:
"Have all the tribes sent representatives?"
Baiyun Shangqian said, "Great Chief, everyone has arrived."
Cang Li nodded, took out baskets of salt from his backpack, and said to everyone:
"This is salt I brought back from the beach. Last time you said you didn't have any strength when you were working, it was because there was no salt in your food. So you were salt-deficient. If you don't eat salt, you won't have any strength. Of course, you can't add too much. Add a little when you cook, according to your taste. If you like it salty, add more; if you don't like it salty, add less."
Cang Li knew that these people wouldn't understand if he explained that the body was lacking salt, so he simply said that not eating salt would make him weak, and that this way everyone would pay attention to their body's salt intake.
After speaking, Cang Li took out a pot, lit a fire on the spot, and stir-fried a dish to demonstrate how to use salt. After finishing, he invited the tribal leaders to come up and taste it.
One pot of food was tasted by all one hundred tribal chiefs, and then it was all gone.
After tasting it, the leaders' eyes lit up.
"Chief! What is this wonderful stuff? It makes the food taste amazing with this in it!"
Cang Li smiled and said, "Salt, it's called salt. I brought back a lot. Each tribe will take two baskets back in a while. For now, everyone should harvest the grain in the fields. After the harvest is finished, I have something to tell you."
"Yes! Don't worry, Chief, we will harvest and store the grain properly. Lord Ji and Lord Jie said that after the harvest, the weather will get cold and it will snow. We need to prepare for winter."
Cang Li thought that these primitive humans were indeed simple, obedient, and intelligent, making them very easy to manage.
After saying that, Cang Li didn't waste any more words. He directly asked Da Shan Shi Tou and Bai Yun to watch over the distribution of salt. Each tribe received three baskets, no more and no less. The rest were left in the large cave where food was stored for emergencies.
The chiefs led their tribesmen back to the tribe with the salt in high spirits. Their chief was truly amazing, leading them to live better and better lives!
After the tribal leaders left, Cang Li followed Da Shan, Shi Tou, Bai Yun, and others to the large cave where the grain was stored. She wanted to check on the grain stored in the cave.
The large cave was not far away. Da Shan Bai Yun and about ten people lived at the cave entrance to guard the stored grain, mainly to prevent it from being destroyed by wild animals in the mountains.
Since Nuwa created humans, the barrier here has been removed, and wild beasts that were not originally here have gradually come over.
This change has both advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that wild animals are more likely to attack people, while the advantage is that the Cangli can organize hunts so that the tribesmen can have meat to eat.
Cang Li sat at the entrance of the cave, intently teaching a dozen or so people how to make a human-powered oil press using bamboo and wood. People can't live without oil, and she couldn't produce that much oil by herself, so she had to teach them; it was a survival skill.
Cang Li also obtained the pottery firing method. After teaching how to press oil, she would first test whether the pottery firing method was feasible. If it was feasible, she would teach everyone how to fire pottery. In winter, people could live near the kiln for warmth, as long as they were careful not to cause fire.
The young men and women who followed along were very serious. They were created by Nuwa herself and were among the most talented. All one hundred of them entered the Dao, learned things faster, and worked very efficiently.
Cang Li was also willing to teach more. After guiding these people to make dozens of oil presses, Cang Li clapped his hands and said:
"That's about it. You're all very skilled at it. After the harvest is finished, go to the various tribes and teach them how to make this, and then teach them how to use it to press oil. Adding some oil when cooking is good for their health."
Several people stood up and nodded: "Okay, we understand. Don't worry, Chief, we will do this seriously these next few days and will definitely live up to your expectations!"
Cang Li nodded in satisfaction, then went into the cave with her hands behind her back. Last time she went there, Da Shan and the others were busy tidying up, so Cang Li didn't cause any trouble. Now that it was tidy up, she could go and see if anything was missing. Cang Li always thought about how to help the human race live better. She was also planning ahead and wanted to find a higher place where the water wouldn't flood to store food.
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