"Yes, Haitang, don't underestimate your younger brother. They're young, but they're twice as strong as you," Shi Hu said, looking at Haitang. "Let your brother go dig them up." These things are sweet and delicious, and now that our daughter says we can store them, let's dig up more and store them.
“Okay, but Xingxing and Yueyue, be careful. Come back after you’ve dug. Xiaohe, don’t go out. Take care of Daddy.” Haitang said, and Xiaohe nodded.
Xiaohe is the older one at home. Xingxing and Yueyue usually go to collect firewood. In fact, Xingxing and Yueyue are much stronger than the older sisters in front of them.
Under these circumstances, Haitang began to teach Xiaohe how to weave, saying, "Xiaohe, you're not idle at home, so you can learn... it will come in handy later."
Haitang taught Xiaohe to rub the grass properly so they could use it to weave baskets later. Xiaohe immediately nodded upon hearing this, "Yes, Xiaohe will try her best."
Xiaohe was already sad because she couldn't go out. She felt that she was the most useless person in the family. Her two younger brothers, who were a few years younger than her, could all do chores, but she couldn't even pull a single piece of firewood.
After comforting them, Haitang let them go to sleep. The next day, when they woke up, Xiaohe had already cooked the sweet potatoes. Haitang immediately kissed Xiaohe's cheek happily.
"Xiaohe, when you're doing things, don't get too close to the fire. Also, boil a few sweet potatoes, then cut them into small pieces and let them dry on the stones outside." Haitang didn't want Xiaohe to do a lot of things.
But winter is coming soon, and she needs to prepare food. Just like when she agreed to let Xingxing and Yueyue go dig sweet potatoes, she needs to find food elsewhere. Sweet potatoes are good, but there aren't enough.
Under these circumstances, Haitang planned to collect the fish and then dry them, but the problem was that there was no salt, which was a real hassle.
When Haitang went out, Xingxing and Yueyue also went out. This time, Haitang went to a different place. Because the climate in this world is completely different from that of modern times, plants grow wildly and there is no season at all.
When Haitang got to a certain distance, she decided to go somewhere else to find something to eat. She was very happy to have found sweet potatoes yesterday, and it looked like there were quite a few of them.
But today is a new day, and Haitang has been searching almost constantly, having checked all the grass so as not to miss anything.
"It's an egg." Haitang was slightly taken aback when she looked at the egg. It looked like a chicken egg, although it was a bit bigger and the shape hadn't changed.
Right now, it's happily hugging its nest. In this situation, it suddenly sees a snake coiled up not far away.
The snake looked rather large, about as thick as Haitang's forearm. Haitang couldn't help but swallow and back away.
But he quickly hesitated. Right now, snake meat is very nutritious, and snake gall can be used to make wine. Okay, I'm getting ahead of myself.
When Haitang looked around, she saw a wooden stick not far away. The snake wasn't poisonous, but if she didn't kill it with a single blow, she would be in big trouble.
Haitang swallowed hard for the piece of meat. Not only did she want to keep it, but she also wanted the eggs. She could take them home and hatch them to see if they could hatch into chicks. If she had chicks, she could eat them in the winter.
Haitang tied a stone to a stick with a vine, and when she saw the snake not far away, she struck it hard. Haitang said she had a technique for striking the snake at its vital point, and she hit it hard.
The snake was about to coil around Haitang, but Haitang simply used the stick to entangle it, then took a stone and smashed it to death. After that, she breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the snake, and couldn't be happier.
They immediately grabbed the eggs and ran back. Once they reached the riverbank, they began cleaning the snake, using small seashells to cut open its internal organs, removing the gallbladder, and wrapping it in leaves.
Haitang smashed the snake meat into several pieces with something, then dug a hole and buried the snake's head. When Haitang returned, Xiaohe and the others immediately ran up to her, "Sister, you're back!"
"Yes, I'll make snake soup for you today," Haitang said, her eyes lighting up and her children smiling immediately upon hearing this.
Haitang started by boiling the snake soup in hot water. After cleaning away the blood, she began to cook it. The snake soup would be quite nourishing for the day... but she and Xiaohe would eat less.
The men can eat more now. After Haitang and the others finished cooking, Shi Hu's eyes reddened as he ate. "What will you do if this snake kills you, kid?"
“The snake was hit by the stone on its own, not by me…” Haitang immediately said. Shi Hu looked at Haitang and only looked at her when he saw that she was not lying.
"Don't do anything reckless. You are different from beastmen." Hearing this, Haitang nodded. Females are naturally weak and need protection.
After eating, Haitang called Xiaohe outside to weave baskets. Xiaohe was also learning very hard. Haitang was telling her how to weave. She spent half an hour weaving the base pieces and then started weaving the whole thing. That was the end of the day.
Because Xiaohe had gathered the rope, it was much easier to weave now. He immediately showed Xiaohe a small inscription for Haitang. Xiaohe's was only half finished. It was already late, and the moonlight was very bright. Haitang could only finish her in time.
"Go to sleep, we have things to do tomorrow." Looking at Xiaohe, Haitang reached out and ruffled Xiaohe's hair, and Xiaohe nodded.
Haitang went to sleep with Xiaohe. The next day, Haitang went out with a basket on her back. Haitang planned to make sweet potato starch to store for later use. However, under these circumstances, Haitang could not go out to find food, so she had to make it after storing the food.
Actually, these days, if we can come out, we can come in. If we stay at home, the whole family will starve when winter comes. When Haitang looked around, she put yesterday's eggs next to Shi Hu. Although Shi Hu didn't want to, he agreed when he saw his daughter's expectant eyes.
Haitang planned to go further this time, to follow the females and see what good things they had. However, what Haitang wanted even more was to show those people her basket and then exchange it for something.
"Haitang, are you coming with us today?" The females usually gather wild fruits to store. "What is this thing?"
“Yes, Begonia, your stuff is really good,” and the females immediately surrounded Begonia.
"Basket," right now there are four or five females acting together. Many females have their own small groups, and at this moment the tiger clan has a thousand people, which is considered a pretty good group.
"Do you want this? Trade it for salt," Haitang said, looking at the people. Haitang directly chose salt, as her family had never eaten this before. If they didn't eat salt, everyone in the family would have health problems.
"This... let's think about it," the female remained silent. The salt was too expensive, but she still wanted to think it over. Haitang didn't stop her, waiting for her to make a decision before proceeding with the business. Her own things were very useful. They wouldn't need to carry them home one by one; they could carry them directly, and there would be more of them.
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