Chapter Eighty-Six: Straw Sandals
This saber-toothed tiger weighs no less than 800 catties, and just one hind leg is extremely heavy, which is enough for everyone to get some meat, and the tiger bones are still useful.
"Hmm, it smells." Su Yang didn't know how to describe it, anyway, it wasn't as delicious as he imagined. However, this meat is really special, very chewy, and it doesn't feel like it's easy to digest, and you won't be able to bear it if you eat too much at once. And just now, the savages directly ate it raw, and it can't be compared.
He didn't eat much and he felt full, relying on the merchant girl to eat, and I don't know if it was luck, he suddenly saw the palm tree, which is a common tree species in modern gardens and green spaces, and the leaves can be made into fans, and the pu fan generally refers to this thing; The bark of the palm tree can be made into mattresses, brooms, robes, ropes, etc.
Palm trees are native to China, so it's not surprising that they can be seen now, but because they grow slowly and require more light, they are not visible in the jungle, but on the edge of the cliffs, so they are more likely to survive.
Su Yang immediately came to the spirit, and took everyone to peel the bark, generally speaking, you can't peel the bark in winter, but isn't it winter yet, the palm tree in front of you is already very tall, and the diameter is more than 20 centimeters, and it can be peeled.
But he only peeled half of it, there were eighteen pieces, and half of it was peeled for the next year, that is, once a year, half of it each time, and this is sustainable development.
"Good stuff!" Touching the very hard brown skin, these can already be made into a coat, and when I go back, I will wear a hat. In the insoles made of brown skin, with reed animal skins or something, to make warm shoes, then you can actually go out in winter.
"This is a palm tree, which of you has seen before?"
The merchant girl immediately replied: "I have seen it!" ”
Well, Jiuli is too far away, and the far water can't quench the thirst of the near, but fortunately, several warriors have said that they have seen it, and they have also seen it in spring, and there are many such palm trees within the range of the chaotic tribe, and they will also bloom and bear fruit, but they cannot be eaten.
Su Yang rubbed his hands, now that these palm trees have not been peeled, they will definitely be able to collect a lot of them to make palm mats, and it will not be so cold to sleep in winter. Palm mats can insulate moisture, pads on the ground, and there are reeds, there will be a lot of straw next year, bamboo can also be used, and even wooden beds can be made, of course, beds are high-end, and they may not be popular.
"Let's go, let's go harvest the reeds and rush to the Chaos tribe before dark."
The team started again, because there were several pathfinders, and they quickly found their way and came to the wetland, where the reeds could not be taken at all.
Everyone tied a large bundle of reeds, so the reeds were carried horizontally, and brought back enough for hundreds of people to sleep on the ground, during which he also accidentally found "cattail", also called water candles, this thing many people "kneeled", the main use is to weave the "futon" used by Buddhists, of course, you can also weave straw shoes, the quality will be much better than straw. In addition, it can be made into an arrow target, which can be used to practice bows and arrows, which can effectively protect arrows.
The sprouts and roots of the grass can also be eaten, which is a very good wild vegetable, and it is full of treasures.
Su Yang and the merchant girl, as well as the other three warriors, are carrying pu grass on their backs, and now they can complete the ceremony of weaving straw shoes, and Gai Ming'er is going to herd cattle, and he Su Yang is destined to return!
The group carried forage several times larger than their bodies, so their walking speed naturally slowed down, and they couldn't spare the energy to hunt, and they rested a few times on the way, but finally returned to the Chaos tribe in the evening.
"They're back, Sue they're back."
The people of the chaotic tribe shouted happily, not to mention that they had formed an alliance, Su Yang was half of his own people, and there were still ten people from their chaotic tribe in the team that went out.
"What are you?" Jiang Li looked at the reeds piled up like a hill, the harvest was too big, could it be used so much?
Su Yang replied breathlessly: "If you have something to eat, come on the hour first, and talk slowly." "He wasn't lazy along the way, and it wasn't easy to be a child laborer.
When he entered the innermost valley, he was completely safe, and he studied the weaving of straw shoes on the fire, and he really wore this thing, but it was purely for installation at the time, and it was pressed to the bottom of the box after not wearing it a few times, and as for how to weave it, it was really unclear.
Pu grass is finer than straw, full of toughness, extremely durable, and does not cause itchy skin, which is a very good forage for weaving, otherwise Buddhism would not use futon.
Reeds are actually good things, the legendary immortals who do not eat fireworks in the world, if they go down to earth, they all live in reed houses.
Both kinds of forage were placed in front of him, and he could take them at will, as well as palm bark and saber-toothed tiger skin, and he made a fortune in one day.
"God, I praise you, thirty-two praises!"
But he has been doing it for a long time, and he still hasn't figured out the right way to knit, and sure enough, men are born with a weakness in weaving, and if straw shoes are to be mass-produced, they have to rely on women to popularize them. This is the same reason that in later generations, shoe grass, garment factories, and clothing stores were basically women.
Of course, the advantage of men is also obvious, and the mere fact that they can protect women prevails.
"Su Yang, eat first." The merchant girl shouted.
"Okay, here we go." He was hungry for a long time, the sky and the earth are big, and food is the first thing.
The chaotic tribe also already has bacon, and there is more salt on their side than there are rocks now, and because of the small population, the boy can be said to be much better than before, and there is salted fish to eat, but unfortunately there is no eggplant, otherwise it will be stewed in a pot and the tube will be full.
"Jiang Li, you take someone to collect the bark of this palm tree tomorrow, remember that each tree can only peel half of the bark at most."
If all the palm trees are peeled off this season, the palm trees may freeze to death in winter. Palm trees can be transplanted, even if there are not many roots, the survival rate is very high, the leaves of the palm tree can also be kneaded into a short rope, the tenacity is very strong, and the palm leaves are still natural pu fans in summer. If necessary, it may be possible to consider transplanting and breeding next year.
That night, Su Yang stayed up for half a night, but the straw sandals didn't come out, but he made a simple coat first, and he was also drunk.
He was not in a hurry to return to the rock, for fear of interrupting the inspiration, so he asked Chun to bring ten people back with some forage on their backs, and the remaining ten people went to collect brown skins with the people of the Chaos Tribe, and he waited here until he returned to the rock in the afternoon.
"The sky is not old, and the love is indescribable. The heart is like a double wire net, and there are thousands of knots in it. "Well, of course, his weaving inspiration can't be so nonsense, but with a merchant girl by his side, the mood is always happy.
Su Yang pondered for a long time, and finally found the right way to open it, and made up a palm-sized sole, which is simple with a template, just like knitting a sweater, as long as the method is correct, it is repeated back and forth.
It wasn't until the soldiers came back in the afternoon that he reluctantly knitted a pair of straw sandals for the merchant girl, which could not be regarded as a qualified product, but could only be said to be worn, and even then the merchant girl was very happy. It's not easy to think about Liu Bei in later generations, there is enough hard work.
"Merchant, it's time for me to go back." Su Yang counted the palm bark and was very satisfied with the harvest, but there was not much time left for him to prepare, and he had to return to the tribe.
"Okay, you go back, I'll come to you in two days."
Then Su Yang took Pabhu and them on the road, taking away the brown skins, but leaving some reeds for the Chaos tribe, of course, the Chaos tribe will continue to collect brown skins.
"It's time to count the supplies when you go back this time!"
Although he thinks that there is a way to get out in winter, he must first stock up on enough supplies to survive the winter, just in case, no one can say what this winter will be like!