Chapter 10: Grass

Even though she had doubts in her heart that the time here was different from that on Earth, Tong Duoduo was not sure, she thought that she had been to the Forbidden City and seen the sundials and missing engravings used by the ancients to keep time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Sundial timing is based on the principle of sunlight projection, which is actually very simple, as simple as a circle and a branch, you can roughly estimate the time. So she tentatively picked up a branch and drew a circle in an open space, inserting the branch in the middle of the circle, remembering the direction in which the shadow of the branch was pointing.

Although she didn't see anything for a while, she believed that after a few more days of observation, she would definitely be able to figure out the situation.

And that missing engraving doesn't seem to be difficult, but you need to have a container, engrave a scale inside the container, and then drill a small hole in the bottom of the container, using the speed of the water droplets to calculate the time.

Tong Duoduo secretly decided that after the placement was almost done, she had to find a way to make the sundial and the missing moment. By observing and comparing the two at the same time, she can at least know the approximate time point of the whole day. Not as confused as it is now.

Let go of this thought for a moment. She continued digging sweet potatoes.

After gritting her teeth and digging two large boxes, she finally stopped unbearably. Taking off her gloves and looking at her red, swollen and painful fingers, she wanted to cry without tears.

"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." Looks like she'll have to make a tool first. If only there was bamboo, she could sharpen a bamboo shovel with a dagger.

Putting away the sweet potatoes, she picked the tender leaves and picked the sweet potato leaves from a small storage box, got up and continued walking.

Along the way, she found strawberries again, looking at the red and bright strawberries all over the ground, the size of a baby's fist, she couldn't help but eat several in one go, the sweet taste, compared to what she had eaten, there was no comparison with this.

Pick a good quality pick a small storage box amount, she stopped, strawberries are not tolerant, no matter how much, she can't eat it is a waste, these are enough for her to eat for a day or two, and I want to eat tomorrow to continue to pick a little more. However, she did not forget to dig up several strawberry seedlings with soil and bring them back.

The forest is indeed a natural treasure trove, and the feeling of harvest is quite good, so that she doesn't feel so tired when she walks. It's a pity that she didn't get anything after going down for a long time, but she saw a lot of beautiful flowers along the way, but she didn't have the heart to transplant them and didn't want to destroy them with her hands. At most, a few glances at it and then left.

Now she is full of thoughts about those who can eat and use. It's just that it seems that her good luck for today has run out, and she hasn't encountered any valuable plants or fruits she knows along the way. Of course, it may also have something to do with her refusal to look up at the tall trees.

The girl who can't climb the tree can't afford to be hurt, because it's in vain to see it, and it's more sad to see it. Thinking of the lychees, cherries, and peaches she had seen, she couldn't help but salivate again.

I want to cry, those are the fruits she likes very, very much, especially lychees. The feeling of only being able to see but not eating in your mouth is too cruel. With a grudge, Tong Duoduo swore fiercely that she must learn to climb trees as soon as possible.

Not far out of the canyon, she saw a river in front of her, the river was very spacious, and it could be about ten meters wide by eyesight. On the right side of the river is a field of tall and luxuriant aquatic plants.

She was very happy that she could meet water again so soon, and looked around carefully to see that there were no animals drinking from the river.

I looked down at the footprints of the animals on the ground again, and this time I saw that there were many deep and large footprints. I don't know what kind of animal it is?

With such a big footprint, no matter what animal it is, if it meets her, it will be the life of delivering food to the beast.

Shivering, Tong Duoduo washed her hands and face slightly, quickly took out her bedpan and cleaned it, and prepared to leave. Before leaving, she subconsciously looked at the sides of the river again. As a result, she was reluctant to leave.

On the left side of the river, it's nothing. But on the right side is different, not only is the river surface overwhelmingly beautiful lotus leaf fields, lotus flowers are in full bloom, making people feel the cool beauty when they see it in this hot time, and there is also a large area of cattail grass growing on the river beach.

Lotus leaves, lotus flowers, lotus seeds, and lotus roots are all treasures.

However, she can't swim......

Looking at the lotus flower in front of him, Tong Duoduo pushed his chest again.

Fortunately, in addition to lotus flowers and lotus leaves, there are lotus roots growing underneath and something that is out of reach. The pampas grass on the river beach, which was three or four meters high, and the slender and slender green poles swayed constantly against the wind, finally temporarily soothed her wounded little heart.

"The king is regarded as a rock, and the concubine is regarded as a reed. The reed is tough as silk, and the rock has no transfer. ā€

When she was in high school, she once went to her former sister-in-law's maiden house, which was rich in all kinds of pampas woven handicrafts.

She has seen the people in the village use sickles to harvest and cut cattails, which can be woven into straw mats, straw mats, futons, straw sandals, straw hats, and straw baskets after a simple exposure to the sun.

At that time, she once learned to weave straw sandals, straw hats and straw baskets from her former sister-in-law's sister because of novelty.

Although she has never woven straw mats and straw mats herself, she has seen others weave them throughout the whole process. Probably because of her former sister-in-law, the people in the village looked at her curiously, and they didn't stop her from watching on the side, and some even kindly chatted with her a few weaving tips while knitting.

The rhizomes of the cattail grass were edible, she had tried it before, and the sweet taste kept her in mind. And the fruit of the cattail, the puba, is even more useful, it can be dried and preserved, and it is said that the effect of hemostasis is excellent.

With these cattails, at least her mattress problem can be solved. As long as she takes the sun-dried cattail straw and weaves it into a mat, it is bigger and thicker, and she doesn't even have to put hay on the bottom, so that she can be very comfortable, and she is not afraid that the weeds will stain her hair when she gets up in the morning......

Tong Duoduo looked at the cattails in front of her, wishing that she could cut them and transport them back immediately, but reason told her that it was impossible, and if she wanted to bring these cattails back, she had to completely clear the things in the space first.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have the strength to carry them back.

She immediately decided to ignore the sweet potatoes tomorrow, and she couldn't wait to get some of them back first.

It's not too late to see that it's not too late, Tong Duoduo is really not willing to leave here like this. So she started walking around the neighborhood, but she didn't even know what she was looking for.

She didn't stop until she saw a slightly flat stone platform near the river. She smiled, she finally knew what she wanted to do.