Chapter 28: Harvested
Mu Xiaohua came back after washing cassava and lily, and the pots made by Can and Yu respectively were nearing the end, that is, using a saw to cut out a log with a suitable thickness, and then using a chisel to hollow out the middle, and then chiseling out the handle on both sides. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The bamboo that had been promised had broken to half the width she needed, and Ah Ran had joined in to help, much faster. The bucket made by Lie was much faster than Mu Xiaohua expected, and the chisel was already in shape, and then the lower half of the wood could be hollowed out.
"Can, Yu, the pot is ready, let's find wood to make a few bowls in this way!" Wood floret proposed.
There is a lot of wood in this world, and the bowls are as big as they want to find and cut and hollow out the wood, so that they have enough bowls.
"I want that kind of wood, which is hard and smooth on the inside." Mu Xiaohua added that such a wooden bowl will not absorb oil and water before it can be recycled.
"Well, I know there's this wood in the forest on the left." Can nodded excitedly, the bowls have obviously not been enough in the past two days, and it is really good to be able to make it yourself without having to change it at the rally, "This pot will be handed over to you Brother Yu, I will cut it now." ”
"Okay." Yu nodded.
Can walked away with the saw, and Mu Xiaohua stopped him and compared the size of a vegetable bowl and said, "It's better to have such a big one." ”
"Okay."
Can answered and left, the others continued to be busy, Mu Xiaohua went back to the cave to cut cassava and cut it into pieces and then soaked it in well water, there was still some time before noon, Mu Xiaohua was busy and went out to join the ranks of breaking bamboo.
Chan didn't come back long after, and the quality of the wood he brought was much better than Mu Xiaohua expected, Yu had already made the basin, and when Chan came back, they began to make bowls.
Before noon, the two bamboo and wood flowers were broken, and the bamboo strips were used to weave bamboo baskets, and the bamboo pieces were placed outside to dry for fire.
The bowls of Chan and Yu and the wooden barrels of the spirits are all ready.
The preparation of the materials has been completed, it is almost lunch time, make an appointment to dig cassava together in the afternoon, take them home for dinner, it takes time to weave the bamboo basket, and the next day they have to go to the assembly, and the weaving of the bamboo basket has to wait until the day after tomorrow.
"We'll have to change a big clay pot for tomorrow's rally, I don't know what to exchange?" During lunch, Mu Xiaohua asked a question and said her thoughts, "Let's divide people to go fishing in the afternoon, can we take the fish to change careers?" ”
"You can't take fish in the summer." Yu directly denied: "If you want fish, you can go directly into the water to catch it, and it is worth it if you want winter fish." ”
"So what do you usually get in exchange?" Mu Xiaohua was a little frustrated. For the first time, I realized what it means to be poor.
"It's usually about animal skins, or all kinds of strange things." Lie replied, "We have three animal skins at home, but they are all very ordinary and not enough to change, and Chan said that they will be used for you to make skirts." ”
The animal skins of the Can family and the Lie family are actually hare skins, and one animal skin is sewn from two specially treated hare skins, and hare skins are the most valuable in this world.
So what to do? Is it possible to just give up and not change?
Suddenly, Mu Xiaohua had a flash of inspiration: "Is there anyone selling food at the rally?" ”
"Selling food?" The few people looked at each other and shook their heads, "No one sells food." ”
As far as the whole Moya Forest is concerned, the ten tribes are surrounded by the east side of the forest, not at the edge of the forest but on the periphery, and the tribes are far from each other, and the meeting place is in the forest between the ten tribes, about two miles ahead of the Jiangshan tribe, where the trees and thorns have been deliberately cut down to make way for a large area of flat land.
The meeting is only once a month, there are people from morning to afternoon, it is lively all day, the Jiangshan tribe is close to the meeting place, other tribes are far away, and they will always be hungry at noon.
"Xiaohua, do you want to sell food?" Yu asked.
Mu Xiaohua nodded: "No one sells food, do you think we can try it?" At noon, everyone went to the rally and came to buy it when they were hungry. ”
"A lot of people bring their own barbecue." Chan said, "But your craftsmanship is so good, someone should buy it." ”
"Hmm." Others nodded in agreement.
"Then let's decide, I'll go fishing with Yu this afternoon, you go digging cassava, and let's try to sell grilled fish at the meeting tomorrow."
"Is it baked and sold?"
"No, it's baked and sold."
"However, why did you go fishing with Brother Yu?" Mu Xiaohua chose Yu, thinking that Mu Xiaohua had to get along with Yu alone all afternoon, he felt a little unhappy in his heart.
Mu Xiaohua understood Can's thoughts, and explained a little helplessly, "First, you know where cassava is, and second, fishing requires patience, I think Yu is more suitable for fishing than you are calm." ”
"Okay!" This explanation is reasonable, and Chan has no further objections.
Since the decision was made, after lunch, everyone was busy in two ways, Cheng They heard that Mu Xiaohua was going fishing, and after asking the reason, they all expressed their support for her plan, they still went to dig cassava according to the original plan, originally wanted to go fishing, but there were only two fishing rods, and it was too time-consuming to do it now, and they had to go to the distant mountains to cut rock bamboo, so they had no choice but to give up.
Time flies very quickly in the busy, in order to keep the fish fresh, the newly made wooden barrel just comes in handy, Mu Xiaohua and Yu went to the lake in the forest to fish, with the experience of the last time, this time Mu Xiaohua caught the fish much faster, although Yu is the first time to fish, but maybe the character is stable enough or the character is good enough, the probability of the fish on the hook is higher than that of Mu Xiaohua, except for the first time to grasp the time to let the fish slip away, the back is the last one to catch one.
Today's harvest is quite rich, Mu Xiaohua is in a very good mood, because the distance back and forth is too far, the two of them fished for almost two hours and went home, and caught a total of eighteen fish in about two hours, this harvest is simply amazing.
The barrel was not large enough to hold half of the fish, and the remaining half was tied with palm leaves.
When Mu Xiaohua and Yu returned home, they hadn't come back yet, the fish in the bucket were too crowded, so they divided some and put them in the water basin, all of which were made today The basins and buckets came in handy, very good, Mu Xiaohua felt that it was still less, and she had to make a few more if she had time.
The live fish are put in buckets and basins first, and the fish that are tied back and are almost finished are taken to the river for disposal.
Before the two of them finished breaking the fish, Chan and they also came back, one carrying two large bundles of cassava, and the cassava was also bigger than Mu Xiaohua and Chengcheng dug before, and it was also full of harvest.
Mu Xiaohua went to check that the cassava they dug was actually sweet and bitter, and the smell of the two kinds of cassava was actually not much different, and if it wasn't for experience, it would be impossible to distinguish by smelling.
For the sake of safety, Mu Xiaohua said: "These cassava are bitter cassava, I told you that bitter cassava is poisonous, don't use this kind of roast and eat, you have to peel the skin clean and cut it into pieces when boiling and eating, and soak it in water for two days." ”
"Is that a hassle?" Nuo took half of the cassava in Mu Xiaohua's hand and sniffed it, "How can you tell if this is sweet or bitter?" After speaking, he wanted to lick it, but Mu Xiaohua stopped him in time, "Don't lick it indiscriminately, be careful of poisoning." ”
Nuo exclaimed: "Can't you lick it?" ”
Mu Xiaohua shook her head and took the cassava, "You all remember my words, this is not a joke. ”
Ah Ran stared thoughtfully at the cassava in Mu Xiaohua's hand, hesitated and asked, "What will happen if you are poisoned?" ”