Chapter Ninety-Four: The Spindle

Collecting slivers is done by the minors in the tribe, who are more than capable of doing this because the slivers are thinner and brittle in winter.

Of course, when doing some of this, the people of the Qingque tribe did not relax their defense, and there were always people who were responsible for standing guard behind the three walls, and they would warn them as soon as there was an enemy situation.

As for things like weaving grids, under Han Cheng's arrangement, the first skilled craftsman in the tribe, Lame, took the lead.

The other two people who are not very good and often do handicrafts follow the lame to learn and do at the same time.

By the time the rafters were fixed, the lame had already woven six bundles of grates.

In fact, in later generations, because the thin wooden strips were not easy to find, most of the weaving of the grid was made of hemp stalks, Shu millet rods or reed rods.

Now that Han Cheng is in a primitive society, the most important thing is tree strips, so naturally he has to use tree strips, which are more durable materials.

Of course, even if he wanted to use hemp and corn stalks, we call sorghum stalks and corn maize, but he can't find them now.

The demand for rope is very large, even with the addition of the two female captives with injured legs, the rope rubbed is not enough for them to use, so that after working for most of the day, the senior brother and they still need to rub the rope at night.

Han Cheng was also at a loss for the current situation that the tribe was difficult to live with by a small rope, and it was not until he remembered that his mother 'closed the rope' when he was a child, which was used to make cloth shoes and pot lids, and this matter was well resolved.

This requires the help of a small tool, which is called a 'line spinning top' in Han Cheng's hometown, and the scientific name is a spindle.

The line top is very easy to make, the line top in Han Cheng's memory, below is a bottom with a diameter of about three centimeters and a height of three centimeters, similar to a cone, and the shape of the nest head is relatively similar.

In the middle of this cone, there is a hole that runs through the top and bottom, and the hole is used to thread the stick.

When twisting the rope with a line top, first tie one end of the line of the twisted rope to a wooden stick, then hold the line in one hand and the line top in the other, and quickly rub the handle on the line top on the leg and then hang it in the air.

The line gyroscope that is hoisted by the line will rotate rapidly under the drive of inertia.

In this way, the thread tied to the top will be carried along with the rotation, and the 'Shangjin' is very fast (I really can't remember the written language, so I have to use our words instead)

The 'warp's 'good strength' are wound around the wooden handle of the spinning top, and they are tied a little to ensure that these 'good strength' 'warp's will not be released, and then repeat the previous action again.

After thinking of this incident, Han Cheng immediately asked Heiwa, who likes pottery, to dig some clay outside, use hot water and mud, and then start making thread spinning tops.

Compared to the bowls, pots, cans, and other things that were previously manufactured, the manufacture of line gyroscopes is too simple.

Shape the living mud into a cone, and then use a half-centimeter-diameter stick to poke a hole from the tip of the cone, straight up and down, and the thing is considered to be done.

Then put it next to the fire that has been burning for many years in the hole to dry, and then throw it into the fire for four or five hours to take it out, and you don't even need to open the kiln.

Heiwa is also quite distressed about rubbing the rope at night, because it greatly affects his time to have fun with Zhuang at night.

After hearing that Shenzi was going to make a tool to improve the efficiency of rope rubbing, and this tool was still made of pottery, Heiwa, who had become the first person to make pottery in the Qingque tribe, immediately became excited.

He was ready to make a big move, wanting to show the people in the tribe, especially Miko, the pottery skills he had worked so hard to cultivate.

However......

However, the tool that the Son of God spoke of was such a rudimentary thing!

This made him quite depressed, where do you need any skills to make this thing? Can some dolls in the tribe be made well?

Heiwa was born in primitive times and has never watched "Charlotte's Troubles", if he has seen it, he must have understood the mood of the taxi driver in it.

It's rudimentary, but when this thing is put on a stick, it's surprisingly useful for kneading rope.

After learning how to use this thing, people who rub rope a lot immediately like this useful tool.

Even the black baby, who was depressed before, liked it.

Because with the use of the new tools invented and manufactured by Shenzi, the efficiency of kneading the rope has been greatly improved, and he no longer needs to do the matter of kneading the rope at night, which gives him enough time to live with Zhuang.

With this one, it would be strange if he didn't like the top.

Of course, the 'warp' twisted into this spinning top is not a rope, and it still needs a process to become a rope, that is, the 'warp' wrapped around the wooden handle of the spinning top is untied in a circle, and then the two ends are aligned and merged, and the handle is loosened after straightening, and the 'strength' on the 'warp' will make them entwined with each other to become a rope.

Generally, the greater the strength on the 'warp', the stronger the rope will become.

However, when weaving the grid, you can directly use the 'warp', which saves a procedure and can also save half of the rope grass.

The three female captives, who had always been very curious about Han Cheng, finally understood why this divine son was obviously just a young child, but he could have such a high status in the tribe.

Such people, if they were in their original tribe, could also be respected.

This Son of God is the wisest man they have ever met! Even the wise man in their original tribe, Wu, is far inferior to this god son.

Once the grids are ready, the next thing that needs to be done is to spread them out on top of the roof where the skeleton is already in place, and then fix them.

The specific requirement was to cover the entire roof with a layer.

After these are done, the next thing to do is to reconcile with the mud and mud, spread a layer on the fence, and after this procedure, cover it with a layer of slim and relatively strong grass, and the roof is considered to be sunk to the bottom.

Of course, this kind of grass is superior to the one that is shiny above the straw and is relatively slender in itself.

The straw is shiny, which can withstand the wind and sun, and can withstand the rain.

It is slim and slim, it is easier to shop when the roof is laid, and because the grass is fine, it is strong in rain resistance.

As for why the fence is covered with mud first and then grass, this is also easy to explain.

First of all, this layer of mud can connect the grilles on the entire roof into a single unit, increasing the thickness of the roof and making it strong so that it will not be blown off by a gust of wind.

The second is that there is such a layer of soil on the roof, even if it is covered with grass, there is some leakage and water seepage, which can slow down the speed of rainwater entering the house.

Again, such a layer of mud can reduce the possibility of insect damage to the grille and prolong the life of the roof.

In addition, between the grid and the grass at the back, it acts as a binder.

After thousands of years or even longer, many ancient things, every step has its own reason, such as the roof of the grass house.

Han Cheng is very glad of his background now, if he stayed in the reinforced concrete forest as soon as he was born in his previous life, not to mention the rest, just building a house would have to take a lot of detours, and it would be impossible to do it in one step like now.

(It's still two chapters today, isn't it surprising?) - Squinting and smiling)