Chapter 104 Sunburn
After the flour grass was dried, Jian Mo crushed it to remove the grains.
All the free beastmen and sub-beastmen in the tribe came to help. He originally thought that it would take several days, but with the help of everyone, it was completed in just half a day.
The flour grass seeds that were dried and threshed were more obvious than the flour grass seeds collected in the wild last year.
This batch of flour grass seeds are fuller, the shell is smoother and oilier, and the flour grass aroma and starch sweetness are more abundant. It may be because they collected the flour grass in time when it was ripe, or it may be because there is sufficient fertilizer and water, so this year's flour grass grows better.
Jian Mo folded a triangular package out of paper, put a handful of wheat grass grains in it, thought for a while, wrote "The first batch of wheat grass of the second year" on the outside of the package, and then put it in the box upstairs for storage.
He wanted to plant another batch of wheat grass, but wheat grass also has a dormant period, so it takes some time before it can be planted.
They didn't do much research on this dormant period, and he planned to try to induce the first sprout after half a month.
If the germination is unsuccessful, then try the second time after a month.
Jian Mo had been busy with wheat grass-related matters for several days. After he finally harvested and dried the wheat, and ground a batch of flour, he finally took a break.
In the morning, Jian Mo ate breakfast and slowly told Wu Jiong about his plan: "I haven't picked berries for a long time. I heard from Qing Kuan and the others that the berries outside are ripe. How about we go pick berries today? Pick some wild vegetable sprouts and see if we can pick some mushrooms. I haven't eaten fresh mushrooms for a long time..."
Halfway through his words, Jian Mo looked up and saw Wu Jiong looking at him intently. He couldn't help but reach out and touch his face: "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"
Wu Jiong: "No, I just want to ask you, you've been very tired lately, do you want to relax?"
Jian Mo was surprised: "Relax at home?"
Wu Jiong: "That's fine. The weather is hot now, and the lake outside has calmed down. In the past, some people would go swimming in the lake. If you want to go, I'll take you."
Go out for a swim, Jian Mo blinked, knowing that he had just thought of something wrong.
Swimming is also good. Jian Mo: "Which lake?"
Wu Jiong: "Any lake is fine. If you don't mind it being too far, let's go to Baishazhou."
Jian Mo remembered it as soon as Wu Jiong said it.
Baishazhou is at the junction of their Hepan tribe and Yigu tribe, and it is quite far from both tribes. He used to go there with Banming and a few others to dig out the eggs of the Violent Bird.
There shouldn't be many people there now.
Jian Mo became interested: "Then let's go to Baishazhou. You carry me?"
Wu Jiong: "Do you want to call other people?"
Jian Mo waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, just the two of us. I'll bring other people and Jiujiu next time." They
were going out to play today. After breakfast, Jian Mo specially took a few dry leaves and wrapped some snacks such as dried meat, and urged Wu Jiong to set off.
They didn't have to move with the tribe and could set off at any time.
Jian Mo rode on the giant wolf's back.
The giant wolf ran through the mountains and forests. The big white clouds of summer floated above the blue sky. The dark green giant trees were left behind them. The whistling wind blew over, ruffling Jian Mo's half-long hair.
Jian Mo felt extremely happy. He hugged the giant wolf's neck tightly and squinted his eyes to look forward.
The giant wolf ran all the way to the vicinity of Baishazhou.
They came out of the woods, and Jian Mo saw the big lake in front of him.
The water in the lake was fuller than in spring, and the color was a beautiful blue-green. Compared with the white sand on the shore, it looked more peaceful and beautiful.
Jian Mo asked excitedly: "How do we get down? Is there an undercurrent in the water inside?"
A smile flashed in the giant wolf's eyes, and he suddenly ran and took Jian Mo into the lake.
Jian Mo yelled "Ah——", feeling excited and stimulated.
The giant wolf paddled a few times and took Jian Mo away from the lakeshore.
Jian Mo felt that sitting on him was no different from sitting on a huge boat.
No, it was much more comfortable than riding a boat!
Jian Mo excitedly rubbed the giant wolf's neck with his cheek, stood up from his back, hugged his head, bit his ear with an "Ah-oo", and rested his chin on the top of his head: "How come you are so elegant even when doggy paddling?"
The giant wolf turned his head, his beautiful eyes full of smiles.
Jian Mo couldn't help it and kissed him on the lips again: "So handsome! I want to swim down too!"
Giant wolf: "Okay. Swim near me and don't sink into the water."
Jian Mo: "Okay, watch me!"
Jian Mo jumped into the water, splashing a lot of water.
The lake was very calm, with ripples only when the wind blew.
However, there was a big difference between the temperature of the water surface and the temperature inside the water. Jian Mo felt that the water on his chest was warm, while the water under his feet was cold.
He looked down and saw that the water in the lake was deep and dark, and he couldn't see the bottom at all.
He was so scared that his heart was beating faster, and he quickly raised his head and looked forward.
It was quite comfortable to swim in such a calm lake. Jian Mo swam a few laps and then lay on his back on the lake to bask in the sun.
The lake water was blown by the wind and slowly splashed towards the shore, making a rustling sound, which was very hypnotic.
He lay there while stepping on the giant wolf's body with his feet. He could swim a long way with just a light step.
The giant wolf kept swimming with him, staring at him.
Jian Mo felt peaceful and safe.
The water waves were swaying gently, he was embraced by the waves, and basked in the sunlight. When he turned his head, he could see the reflection of tiny rays of light from the waves hitting the shore in one corner of the lake. When he turned to the other side, he could see the huge and handsome white wolf staring at him.
It was so comfortable.
Jian Mo lay down for a while, swam for a while, and played with the giant wolf for a while.
Later, he felt uncomfortable with the wet clothes sticking to his body, so he simply threw all his clothes on the shore to dry them, and swam like this.
After playing for most of the day, Jian Mo was tired. He climbed up the shore with weak hands and feet, put on his dried clothes, and went to the woods with Wu Jiong to touch two Tyrannosaurus rex - this year's chicks have already hatched, so there is no need to worry about their reproduction, and they can be taken back to eat.
They were not in a hurry on their way back. They took a special walk in the woods and picked all the berries, wild vegetables and mushrooms that Jian Mo wanted, and then went back slowly.
Jian Mo was drowsy on the giant wolf's back and actually fell asleep halfway. When he was woken up after returning home, he still had a feeling of not knowing what day it was.
Jian Mo wiped his face, fortunately he didn't drool today: "I feel so relaxed, I'm sleepy."
Wu Jiong, holding the backpack, suddenly reached out and grabbed his wrist: "Why are your arms red?"
Jian Mo looked down: "Maybe it's from the sun."
Having stayed here for too long, Jian Mo had forgotten to wear sunscreen. Looking at his two red arms and then at his legs, he felt a faint pain and had a bad feeling in his heart, but he still comforted Wu Jiong: "It's okay, it will be fine tomorrow."
Wu Jiong frowned: "I'll get some medicine for you later and lick it."
Jian Mo: "Okay."
When Jian Mo just returned home, he didn't feel much about the sunburn, but after staying for a while, the red areas began to hurt.
The pain became more and more severe, as if it was not a sunburn but a burn, and he could feel his skin burning when he touched it.
Wu Jiong came back from picking herbs, and seeing that his skin was getting redder, he turned back into a giant wolf to lick him.
Jian Mo did not refuse and lay wilted in the yard. If he had known that the sun was so strong now, he would have applied some mud on his body for sun protection.
The giant wolf licked his bare hands and legs. After being licked, Jian Mo felt a little more comfortable, as if he had been wiped with a large ice pack.
The giant wolf's licking should be able to relieve this kind of common sunburn and external injuries. In the absence of medicine, they all treated wounds in this way.
Jian Mo understood them well and accepted this approach well.
Just when Jian Mo was licked to sleep, there was a knock on the fence.
He was startled and quickly pushed the giant wolf's head away, sitting upright and looking outside.
The giant wolf narrowed his eyes unhappily and turned to look outside together.
Qing Kuan and Ye Luo came in with backpacks, and seeing this, Qing Kuan showed the basket in his hand: "We are here to deliver herbs."
The giant wolf explained to Jian Mo: "There are not many herbs by the river, so I asked them to help pick some."
Jian Mo nodded.
Ye Luo asked casually: "Jian Mo, why is your face so red, is your face sunburned?"
Qing Kuan smiled mysteriously.
Jian Mo coughed lightly and said, "I'll go wash my hands and feet and prepare some herbal compresses."
After Jian Mo went to the kitchen to fetch some water and washed his hands and feet, he calmed down a little.
Wu Jiong had already turned back into human form and was chatting with Qing Kuang and Ye Luo. When he saw Jian Mo coming out, Wu Jiong waved.
Jian Mo walked over to take a look at the herbs they had brought back and found that it was an unfamiliar kind of herb: "What kind of grass is this?"
Qing Kuo: "It's the spirit cat tail grass. Legend has it that it was discovered by our spirit cat clan. It has some beauty effects. It's cooling when applied to the skin. It's just suitable for sunburn like yours."
Jian Mo: "That's great."
Wu Jiong crushed the clean herbs and applied them to the sunburned area of Jian Mo. Jian Mo really felt a cool sensation and the burning pain was instantly relieved.
He looked at the herbal paste on his arm in amazement: "This is really useful!"
Qingkuan: "Of course, it's most useful for treating wounds without breaking the skin. It's most effective for sunburns and insect bites."
Jian Mo: "I feel better, thank you."
Qingkuan: "You're welcome. There are herbs like this by the river anyway, so it's not a big deal. Where did you go to collect them today? Why are you sunburned like this?"
Jian Mo was embarrassed: "We went to Baishazhou to swim."
Qingkuan's face showed a mysterious smile again. Jian Mo wanted to say that it was not what you thought, but he didn't have much confidence, so he had to keep silent.
Ye Luo also saw it and looked at them with amusement.
Qingkuan and Ye Luo said goodbye and went back soon.
Jian Mo changed the herbs again in the evening, wrapped them in cloth, and applied them on his arms and legs.
Because of these herbs, he slept well at night. When he woke up the next day, the red marks on his body had almost faded.
This kind of spirit cat tail grass is so useful. After seeing it withering in the basket, Jian Mo couldn't help but say with regret: "Such a good herb-"
Wu Jiong came over and took a look: "This herb has a lot of juice and withers quickly. After breakfast, I will go to the river to look for it."
Jian Mo: "Use these herbs first, and see if I should find new ones when I come back in the evening."
As he said, Jian Mo rummaged around and found all the spirit cat tail grass that was not withered so badly, pounded it with a stone mortar, and applied it on his arms and legs.
After applying it, there was still a pile of it in the stone mortar, which was a bit of a pity to waste it.
Jian Mo grabbed a handful and held it in his palm, not knowing what to do.
The green medicine flowed out and dripped onto the ground along the back of his hand. He suddenly had an idea: "Has it been a long time since we made soap at home? Do we still have alkali?"
Wu Jiong: "Yes, do you want to make soap?"
Jian Mo: "Make a few pieces of medicine soap and try. Bring the filter cloth over, I'll squeeze the medicine first."
They had a lot of cloth at home, and Jian Mo put a few pieces of off-white cloth in the kitchen as filter cloth, and occasionally steamed buns.
Wu Jiong quickly found a few pieces of filter cloth, and then squeezed a large basin of medicine.
Jian Mo didn't expect that there was so much medicine, and was surprised.
All the materials at home were ready. They dissolved the alkaline water, boiled the animal oil, and then mixed the alkaline water, the medicine juice and the animal oil together and stirred vigorously.
The saponification reaction took place very quickly, and soon they had a basin of light green soap paste, which looked nice and smelled good.
Jian Mo was surprised: "It was a great success. This batch of medicinal soap should be good."
Wu Jiong found the soap mold, poured the soap paste into it, and smoothed it with a piece of wood: "We will know whether it succeeds after we come back in the evening."
Jian Mo: "It should be. I don't think there is anything strange in it."
They put the wooden boxes containing soap paste in a cool place to wait for it to solidify, and then went out.
When they came back in the evening, Jian Mo went to see the soap again, and it was almost solidified.
The soap paste turned into a light green soap block, emitting a medicinal fragrance.
After taking a little soap cream to wash his hands, Jian Mo found that the medicine juice did not affect the cleaning power of the soap, but the soap would slightly affect the effect of the medicine juice.
But it doesn't matter, it is also very good to use as a special soap.
He was almost tired of ordinary soap. It would be relatively comfortable to use a piece of cool soap in summer. It can also prevent insects and has a high cost performance.
Wu Jiong took a look at the soap and thought it was good.
But this soap cannot be used as medicine seriously, so he went to the river and cut a large basket of civet cat tail grass and applied it to Jian Mo.
Maybe it's because his physical fitness has improved after coming here, or maybe the civet cat tail grass is really useful.
When he woke up again, Jian Mo's arms and legs had regained their whiteness, there were no red marks, no pain, and the traces of sunburn had completely disappeared.
Jian Mo was reluctant to waste the remaining half basket of cat tail grass, so he squeezed out all the medicinal juice, put it into an oil-free and water-free ceramic pot to concentrate it, and then added light-flavored animal oil to stir it to make medicinal oil.
The medicinal oil was clear and cool, and it was put in a small jar, which was very convenient to use.
Jian Mo saw that he could not use it all, so he gave a jar to Qing Kuang and others.
When giving it to them, Jian Mo specifically emphasized: "This is a medicinal oil used to treat poisonous insect bites and redness and swelling. It cannot be used elsewhere, otherwise it may make you uncomfortable."
Everyone understood.
Qing Kuang laughed: "We don't usually try strange things."
Jian Mo said seriously: "That would be the best."
Min Dang sniffed the medicinal oil: "It smells good, I like this herbal smell."
Jian Mo: "I wanted to make an ointment, but the temperature in summer is too high, the medicinal oil can't solidify, and I can't find other materials, so I have to give up."
Qing Kuang: "Ointment?"
Jian Mo thought about it and described it: "We have a kind of material there, wax, adding it to the oil seems to make the oil into an ointment."
Jian Mo carefully described what the wax texture was like, and he compared it to beeswax.
Unfortunately, there are no bees here, and the green ant nest found before has nothing to do with beeswax.
After Jian Mo said this, everyone agreed to help him keep an eye out for this kind of wax.
Jian Mo thought for a moment and said, "It would be great if we can find it. In fact, it doesn't matter whether it's ointment or oil. But in winter, we use wax to make lipstick, which should be better than lipstick made of oil."
Last year, they didn't make lipstick, but only lip oil.
The effect of lip oil is relatively poor, and they have to keep reapplying it when using it.
Most people don't have the patience, so almost everyone's lips are dry and cracked in winter, especially the kids.
When it hurts, people will use oil to heal it, but it's not very useful.
The productivity here is underdeveloped, and people always endure some minor problems. It won't endanger their lives anyway, but it's just a little uncomfortable and inconvenient. After
Jian Mo finished speaking, everyone promised to help him find it more seriously.
Qing Kuang said, "This kind of medicinal soap and medicinal oil are very useful. Can we make a batch and exchange them with other tribes?"
Jian Mo: "Of course. The smell of the civet cat tail grass is quite obvious. If you want to exchange it, it is best to add some other materials to make it together, otherwise other tribes will soon guess what these medicinal soaps and medicinal oils are made of."
Other tribes still don't know how their soaps are made. After all, alkaline water and oil will produce saponification reactions, and everyone can't rely on life experience to guess.
Medicinal oil is much easier to guess, especially for the Mengshui tribe, which is a big consumer of medicinal oil, it can really be guessed quickly.
Qingkuang smiled: "Then let's find some fragrant materials to put in, can we use flowers?"
Jian Mo's mind moved: "Flowers are fine, berries are also fine, we can soak the skins of flowers or berries in oil to extract the fragrance."
Qingkuang: "Can it be done this way?"
Jian Mo: "In theory, it is possible, but I haven't tried it. We can try it. You see, soap actually uses a lot of animal oil, and the taste of the medicine inside has not changed much."
Qingkuang thought for a while: "In this case, we just need to choose some nice-smelling flowers. The red cardinal branches are blooming well recently. Do you want to go with us to pick red cardinal branches?"
Jian Mo had never heard of this kind of flower: "Have we never picked it before?"
Qing Kuo: "Yes, this flower is not edible and not very pretty. People passing by will not even look at it for a few seconds, and no one has told you about it. If you just want the fragrance, the red cardinal branch is good." Ye
Luo added: "The red cardinal branch can also be used to dye, the light red color will not fall off for a long time. It's just that when mixed with other flowers and plants, its red color will not be very obvious."
Jian Mo immediately said: "Then let's go for it, let's go and have a look."
There is also a jar of high-proof liquor close to alcohol upstairs in Jian Mo's house. If soaking in oil has no effect, he can also try to extract it with alcohol.
It's just that the cost of obtaining alcohol is too high, and we have to weigh it when the time comes.
If not, forget it.
Everyone talked one after another, and soon discussed the plan to pick red cardinal branches.
Qing Kuang said, "It just so happens that every tribe has a lot of food this season. Let's exchange some delicious food."
Every tribe has its own specialty. Although sometimes it is just berry stems and the like, which are not worth much, it is not difficult for them to make medicinal soap and medicinal oil. It would be best if we can exchange them to improve our lives.
Jian Mo also had some expectations: "Let's exchange more berries. If we can't finish them, we can make some preserved fruits. We haven't had time to make preserved fruits this year."
Qing Kuang agreed immediately: "We will exchange berries first, and then other materials."
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