Chapter 170: About Drying Salt
Although she no longer has the reputation of a wise man, there are some things, Lin Qingqing still wants to start and finish.
When she led people to the station to rob women, she promised everyone that it doesn't matter if you go to war, salt, she will dry.
Since he had already made a decision with Ling that he would leave the village and go to the central tribe during the autumn harvest, then before leaving, this method of drying salt must be taught to the people in the village.
It just so happened that she had heard a saying: "Alkali in winter, salt in summer." "Now that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, there is already a faint feeling of summer, and it is a good time to dry salt. So Lin Qingqing thought about it, and after a while, he led some people to the beach and began to experiment with salt.
It's just that no one in the village is idle now, and drying salt is a very heavy physical work, so she is a little worried, and she doesn't know where to get enough manpower.
After wandering around the village for several days, Lin Qingqing didn't come up with any good ideas, and couldn't help but hesitate a little in her heart, or she and Ling would leave next year, and arrange the big and small affairs here first.
Together, this thought will be brought out more or less in action.
Ling is in Lin Qingqing, and he is a thoughtful master. After discovering the clues, he pulled her and asked, "Wife, what's wrong with you these days?" Did someone in the village say something about you? His brow furrowed, and his eyes flashed slightly.
Lin Qingqing sighed, put down the things in his hand and sat on the edge of the table, and said, "Now that everyone is busy, who has the time to gossip about me?" I thought, why don't we go to the Central Tribe later. β
"What do you mean by that?" Ling was a little strange and took Lin Qingqing's hand and asked. "Did something happen? Tell me, don't worry about going home if you are annoyed. β
"It's nothing." When it came to going home, Lin Qingqing's eyes lit up, but then, the light slowly dimmed. "Of course, it's good to go home, but we have to take care of everything here, so that we can leave with peace of mind." Not to mention anything else, the original owner of your body alone is the largest humanoid weapon in the village. If Hula leaves the village, I don't know what kind of impact it will have on the village! β
"That's it?" Ling Yu smiled and rubbed Lin Qingqing's head. Said. "You don't have to worry, if I can go, this man will definitely come back." After a few more laughs, he suddenly smiled. Stared at Lin Qingqingdao. "Not true. There must be more than that, you must have something to hide from me. β
Lin Qingqing was stared at so much that he could only tell him his worries. Originally, she didn't plan to let Ling bother about this matter. After all, he has been busy training every day recently, and it has been very hard!
Moreover, she herself wants to do something for the future of the two of them, instead of hiding behind him all the time, only throwing an idea out once in a while, and then letting her man work alone.
Ling's face was a little solemn, he hugged Lin Qingqing and thought for a while, and said, "Drying salt is a matter of importance, and it is more prudent than the matter of pottery. I just came up with something to do, and I couldn't act rashly, I still had to discuss it with the people in the village! β
Lin Qingqing nodded, indicating that he understood what he meant. It's just that "summer is a good time to dry salt, but there is no manpower in our village recently." For a while, I didn't know where to get so many people, so I thought, if I don't have time, I can take my time! β
Ling shook his head and said seriously: "Wife, seeing the matter of the high priest, we can't delay it any longer. You also know that my body is not my own; But since it can be occupied by me, maybe the original owner has an accident. If you think about it, even if a body is medically defined as death, even if a fresh soul is stuffed into it, who knows how long it will last? β
Lin Qingqing's face turned pale, and his body trembled slightly. In an instant, she made up her mind, looked up at Ling and said resolutely, "Husband, you're right. The problem of salt, we must be exposed this summer. I, no matter what, can't let anything happen to you! β
The bold words were only half a day, and Lin Qingqing was worried again. "But where the hell are you going?"
Ling Shen groaned and said, "I still have to find a way from the village." Salt is an important thing, and everything else can give way to it. First of all, the manpower on the side of the kiln can be withdrawn first. Anyway, there is no shortage of pottery in the village now, and there is no need to burn bricks. Even if you leave someone over there, it's a waste. β
As for the earthen kiln, let's build a straw shed and cover it first!
This can have!; Lin Qingqing smiled and nodded, "The men over there in the earthen kiln have good food, and they have been sweating for less recently, and they are all strong, so it's best to pull them to the beach to dry salt!" β
Ling smiled, looking at Lin Qingqing's eyes with a hint of pampering, and then said: "There is also a fishing team, fishing nets and bamboo rafts that we only sold to one village at the beginning, and now they are all used by the village itself." That little bit of work, just a woman can do it! Besides, it's hot now, and it's hard to put the fish when you catch it! Even if it's drying the fish, you don't have to rush it. "You know, this year just feels like it's just beginning!
Lin Qingqing smiled and nodded again, this can also be had! Counting on his fingers, he asked, "Then how many people are there now?" You tell me, I'm not familiar with these manual arrangements...... "How many people are in which position, Lin Qingqing has never paid attention."
Ling thought for a moment and said, "There are twelve men over there in the earthen kiln, they were in a group of four when the kiln was fired, and three groups were left to work in shifts; On the side of the fishing team, I can't remember the specifics, but there were at least a dozen of them. That's twenty or thirty people. β
"I don't know how this salt is going to be dried." Ling looked at Lin Qingqing and asked, "Wife, do the math, how many people do you have at least?" If it's not enough, I'll move it again. "It's really not good, the group of people he leads to train is good.
Lin Qingqing frowned and looked at Ling in distress, waved his hand and said, "How can there be a quasi-number?" It's just that drying salt is an individual job, and the more people there are, the faster we can dry it, and the more salt it will come out. Husband, you don't have to worry. Anyway, the salt in our village this year has been exchanged with the Sea Clan, and I went this time just to teach the people in the village how to dry salt, and the amount of salt produced is second! β
Ay. Saying this, Lin Qingqing also figured it out.
Why did she worry about the people who went to the beach before? It's long overdue to remember her purpose, she went to teach her disciples, not to lead the staff to dry salt!
Lin Qingqing thought about it, and Ling was naturally in a good mood. Touching Lin Qingqing's little face and pinching it, he smiled: "In this case, there is really no need for manpower, but you have to find that kind of reliable." It's best to use force that isn't bad, so you can have a little more security on the road. β
Lin Qingqing nodded. I think my man is right. Moment. She suddenly grabbed Ling's arm and asked, "Husband, aren't you going with me?" The voice unconsciously lowered and became depressed......
Ling Xin couldn't bear it, but he thought about it. Still can't go along.
"Wife. Now the village is too busy. I couldn't get out. "If nothing else, let's talk about the faΓ§ade being built. It was the fortification of the village, although he drew the engineering drawings. There are also two people in the construction team who are more talented in this area, but in the end the contact time is short, and some problems are not very well understood.
Ling wanted to follow Lin Qingqing to the beach, but the construction of this wall could not be delayed, and it was impossible to leave him.
Lin Qingqing hung her head in frustration and put her arms around Ling's neck in his arms. After a while, I heard a reluctant voice, "Forget it, if you can't go, you can't go." I, I can do it myself. Rubbing his head in Ling's arms, Lin Qingqing said in a deep voice, "Then you wait for me at home, and if you meet a woman talking to you, don't talk to her; If you want to knock on the door at night, you can't answer it......"
Babbled a lot, as if he had to leave early tomorrow morning! It wasn't until Lin Qingqing's mouth was dry that he let Ling leave.
Ling has always been cool, and he only ran to the conference room once, and then set the person and date for departure.
The date was set for three days later, and Ling planned to hold on to this time to retrain the people who went to the beach with Lin Qingqing, and asked to protect Lin Qingqing.
The leader of the team is Liang, the most capable person in the village, except for Ling, which is Mu and Liang. Mu is the doctor in the village, and now that the weather is hot, there are more mosquitoes, rats and ants, and there are more types of diseases in the village, so Mu can't leave for a long time at once. Then only Liang can take over this task.
Originally, according to the relationship between Lin Qingqing and Liang, Ling was unwilling to entrust his daughter-in-law to him. But who knew that Liang himself had thought of a good way not to be an eyesore!
He's going to take his own woman, Bei, with him! With his own woman to serve him on the road, Ling doesn't have to worry about Liang taking the opportunity to dig into his corner!
In addition to Liang, Bei and Lin Qingqing, there are also twenty men in the team. According to the hard work and time-consuming nature of drying salt, twenty men are not enough to do anything. However, there is no other way, their village is now in danger, and it may be besieged by various tribes at any time. The walls of the village and the training of the manpower cannot be stopped for a day!
In three days, Lin Qingqing prepared a lot of dry food for himself, although most of them were dried meat, Lin Qingqing did not dislike it. Going out is always not as good as when you are at home, and you can only endure some unsatisfactory conditions.
Three days later, in the early morning, Lin Qingqing and Ling woke up early, first checked all the things in the back basket to make sure that nothing was missing, and then went to wash their hands and cook.
Before leaving, Ling hugged Lin Qingqing and whispered in her ear: "Wife, I put a bone knife in your medicine box, the same as the one you inserted in the back of your shoes, it is from the same beast, it is extremely sharp. You, you take care to protect yourself. I'm not here, you should be more careful, and be alert when you sleep at night. When you're away from home, it's always a good idea to be careful. β
What's more, his daughter-in-law, a delicate and frail girl, walked with a group of rough men, and I don't know if those people will help her?
Children are always tired, although Lin Qingqing is reluctant to give up her own man, but after things can't be changed, she is decisive. Say goodbye to Ling seriously, and then lead the team to the beach.
Lin Qingqing sighed inwardly as she walked, thanks to the fact that she didn't fall on the beach when she crossed at the beginning, otherwise, I am afraid that she would not be able to wait for others to save her life. When a wave hits, it is estimated that it will be stuffed into the sea!
Liang glanced at his daughter-in-law Erbei, and then at Lin Qingqing, and asked: "Wise man, let's go to the beach to dry salt this time and pass by Bei's clan land?" β
Lin Qingqing shook his head and said, "I definitely can't pass by!" You're not stupid, you should know that there are still a large number of elites stationed in the land of the Sea Clan, if we go to other people's territory to dry salt, then we simply don't want to live! β
"One more thing, you have to remember!" Lin Qingqing grabbed the animal skin on Liang's body and said, "We are at war with the Sea Clan, and now even if we are not enemies of life and death, we are definitely not friends." β
So, this salt must be avoided by many people!
Liang relayed Lin Qingqing's words to Bei, and then hugged her for a long time to comfort: "If you can't go, you can't go, anyway, no matter who you are or who your father is, I Ling will recognize you as a daughter-in-law." β
In private, Liang asked Lin Qingqing in a low voice: "Qingqing, if you don't go to the land of the Sea Clan, where are we going?" β
Lin Qingqing thought for a while, took out a charcoal pencil from the back basket, a chapter of crumpled animal skins, and said to everyone: "I'll draw it for you to see, maybe you will know where we are going after reading it." β
The coastline by the sea is particularly long, but even so, Lin Qingqing is confident that he can find a place where there is no owner...... She said to the crowd, "Assuming that this point is the land of the Sea Clan, then their range must extend to both sides. As long as we know the distance that the sea tribe extends, as long as it is not in it, it is ownerless. β
"When the time comes, we can dry the salt as much as we want."
There is a shell in the team, who was originally a member of the Sea Clan. Knowing that Liang and Lin Qingqing didn't plan to go to the Sea Clan, she was not only disappointed, but also felt that this was a good thing. After all, her mother-in-law's family wants to gun her mother's business, and it is not peaceful for her to go back at this time.
Moreover, Lin Qingqing has a special identity, if something happens, her family Liang will not have to go back to the village!
How long the coastline of the Sea Tribe, Bei knows.
Although she didn't go out to dry salt much, she saw some of it. It's just that according to the rules, she can't say it. And Liang couldn't bear to embarrass her, so these involved key issues, and he never asked Bei.
The length of the Sea Clan's coastline was determined from Bei's mouth, and Lin Qingqing and Liang calculated that they could roughly calculate which places they could go. The group hurried and finally arrived at the deserted beach after five days.
Facing the sea breeze and sniffing the smell of the waves in the air, Lin Qingqing clapped his hands at everyone and said loudly: "Let's have a good rest today, eat more delicious food, and when tomorrow comes to ease up, we will start drying salt!" β
As soon as the words came out, everyone rejoiced! (To be continued......)