On the slippery grass after the autumn rains, Chen Jian drove the reluctant horned deer, followed by seven or eight grass climbing plows, and the clansmen who came with him learned his harmonic sounds, and were reluctant to sit on the climbing plows, so that the horned deer would be tired.

"Ken, shall we give these things to them this time? Or do you want to change things? ”

Song chased to the front and asked, but before Jian Chen could answer, the wolf skin rushed to say, "There is nothing to change." We have all of them. I want to change people now, in exchange for a bunch of people, to dig out all the land on the other side of the Grass River, so that we can grow wheat. ”

He misses the taste of wheat rice a little, and it would be better if he didn't have that yellow layer of bran on the outside.

Jian Chen stopped the horned deer, called all the clansmen over, rested for a while, and said something by the way.

"This time, let's go to the tribe that swore an oath to us, these things must be given to them, but we can't tell them how to burn lime."

Several people nodded, they had already tasted the sweetness from several exchanges, if other tribes also used potter's wheels, then their own clay pots could not be exchanged for pigs and sheep.

They felt that Jian might be the same as what he said last time, fishing must always have bait first, and Jian Chen didn't explain what he wanted to do, and he probably couldn't understand, so he left them to guess.

There is not much lime on the grass plow, and it is enough for these tribes to soak the acorns for more than half a month, and there will be a meeting in more than half a month, and then we will talk about it.

"By the way, we should go somewhere else besides the tribes who have sworn an oath to us, they must also be suffering from eating acorns. Which of you wants to go? I'm going to stay in the village, and I have other things to do. ”

A few people shook their heads, and a few were eager to stay in the village to mop the bricks, preferring to fight the beasts on the road.

Song thought for a moment and said, "I'll go." Go to the direction of the rising sun first, those people know me, as long as I don't go to the Meteorite Clan, then it's fine. And there is a tribe that cures toothache, and once at a party I had a toothache, and they gave me a small gourd the size of a goose's egg, which was full of hemp seeds, and it tasted delicious. After chewing the skin, my teeth don't hurt, and my people have a lot of toothaches, so I want to see what kind of grass it is. ”

His wish had always been to stop letting his people die, whether it was because of illness or hunger, but now he was learning to distinguish herbs step by step, observing what the animals ate when they were injured, and thinking of the little gourd that cured toothache, he felt that he had changed his clan to do something.

"Okay, just go ahead, wait for us to go back to the village and prepare, bring a few more people, be sure to dress well, comb your hair, and carry the banner of your ancestors. After you go, don't exchange anything with them, just give them them, and tell more stories about the protection of our ancestors. If they ask you how your life is now, don't tell them. ”

Song was a little puzzled, but nodded in agreement.

Jian Chen stood up, straightened his clothes and hair, pointed to the mountains in the distance and asked, "Tanuki, how far is it from that tribe?" ”

"I'll be there before lunch."

"Then let's go, you tell me when you're almost there, everyone stop and freshen up."

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Outside the cave more than ten miles away, the clan leader was taking a few people to check the sprouts that had just sprouted, and every day to see if they had grown taller.

The tribesmen all know that the wheat beans can only bear fruit when they are waist-high, and a few tribesmen cleverly pulled a few wheat seedlings upwards with their hands, and they were indeed much taller than other wheat seedlings that day. They were excited, but unfortunately died a few days later.

The leader scolded him bitterly, and prepared to tell the other tribes the news at the assembly half a month later, and that it could not be made tall by pulling wheat.

Probably every farming nation is apprehensive after the first sowing, with all kinds of fantasies about pulling seedlings to help them grow, and this tribe is no exception.

Although they still doubt that these wheat beans will really change their lives as Chen Jian said, but at the same time, countless hopes have risen, they have eaten enough bitter acorns, and the wheat rice in the village sworn to make them miss it very much.

Now there are a few people in the clan who can't go to the toilet because of bloating, and a few children have swollen stomachs, and they tell their mothers every day that their stomachs hurt, and although the mothers are distressed, they have no choice but to rub the children's belly over and over again, hoping that their children can suffer less crimes.

The leader listened to the children's uncomfortable voices, and could only tell them over and over again: "It's good to survive the snow, and when the apricots are yellow, we can eat wheat rice." It's all like this, and it's not easy to get bloated when you grow up and eat again. ”

The children tasted the wheat rice, swallowed their saliva, and asked, "Grandmother, do Brother Jian's tribe also eat acorns?" Will they have bloating? ”

The leader was stunned for a moment, subconsciously looked up into the distance, and muttered in his heart: "Yes, their tribe also eats acorns...... They have the guidance of their ancestors, and will the ancestors tell them how not to have a bloated belly? ”

The moment he looked up, a few horned deer faintly appeared in the grass in the distance, and a few people were walking towards this side.

She thought her eyes were dazzled, and rubbed her eyes, and a few sharp-eyed children had already seen the flag at the front clearly, and shouted excitedly: "It's Brother Jian's flag!" ”

The leader's heart suddenly moved, and he pulled the child and said, "That's not Brother Jian's flag, it's our flag, and it's also our ancestor." ”

The children agreed indiscriminately and rushed over in a hurry, wanting to ask for a piece of caramel from Jian Chen.

When he ran over, he was even more curious and crawled around the grass and plowed, forgetting about the starch candy. A few bold children asked, "Brother Jian, can we sit on it?" ”

Jian Chen laughed and hugged several children on the grass plow, and the children sat on it, looking at the two marks left on the grass, excited.

The leader hurriedly ran over with his clansmen, and greeted Jian Chen first, only then did he notice the clothes they were wearing.

Several clansmen around Jian Chen noticed the envious gaze of these people, and their bodies naturally stood up straight, puffing up their chests, as if they were in the queue.

The people of those tribes wanted to reach out and touch it, but they were afraid that their hands would stain other people's clothes, and some of them were at a loss, and they wanted to ask but did not dare to ask.

The chief told the children to come down and led them into the cave himself.

This is the first time that Jian Chen has been a guest to other tribes, with the rules of the last time, of course the leader will find the best thing to entertain, after thinking about it, he still did not use acorns, but dried fish, and she was reluctant to kill those sheep.

Chen Jian led people to move down a few baskets of things, and those people were a little curious, thinking that it was delicious, but when they opened it, they found that it was white powder, which smelled strange and did not look delicious.

Only a jar of apricot vinegar attracted the favor of the women, who had tasted it in the village last time and felt more and more eager to eat it, but their own tribe did not have it. Now the tribe has to prepare for winter, and there is not much to exchange, so they have to hold back.

Chen Jian took out a few small pottery sheep for the children to play with, and then pretended to ask unintentionally, "Are the acorns you eat bitter?" ”

One sentence immediately resonated.

"It's bitter, and it's astringent."

"If you eat too much, you can't go to the toilet, and you have to find someone to help you make it with a wooden stick, it hurts ......"

"It's been like this in previous years, and it's not going to be sweet this year."

"Jian, do your tribes also eat this kind of bitter acorn?"

Jian Chen smiled: "Originally, it was bitter, but the ancestors guided us and told us that there is a way to make acorns not bitter, and they will not distangle after eating." ”

"Really?"

The leader stood up excitedly, looking at Jian Chen with burning eyes, wondering about this method, this is really too important, many of his clansmen have to suffer like this every year.

There were also bursts of excited roars from the side, and they didn't ask if it was true or not, because they felt that since it was said by Jian, it must be possible, because they had seen too many unbelievable things.

Someone had already brought some smashed acorns and asked how to get them.

Chen Jian took some quicklime and added water to the large clay pot, the quicklime dissipated heat when it met the water, and soon it boiled with a gurgling face, and those people looked curiously at the water that could boil without fire, and were amazed.

Wait until the lime water is clear, and then soak the smashed acorns in the skimmed lime water. The solubility of calcium hydroxide is very low, and hydrated lime can be reused, and it can be soaked for half a day each time, and it can be removed from the bitterness after soaking it six or seven times.

Jian Chen waited here for two days to give those who had acid reflux in their stomachs some plant ash crystals, and the potassium carbonate in them could relieve the situation of excessive stomach acid. Of course, it's better to use baking soda, but he doesn't have the ability to make it now, and the ashes shouldn't be able to eat the dead.

Those who have a bloated stomach but do not regurgitate acid, boil water with fried malt, hawthorn, bitter almonds and peony root to drink, which are all things that promote digestion, and they should not be able to die, and the effect may be slower. However, as long as there is not so much tannic acid in the acorns, these symptoms will gradually improve.

Two days later, the soaked acorns were carefully washed out by the tribesmen, and an acorn meal was cooked with an almost pious attitude.

When the rice was cooked, the leader pinched it a little, and then said with a twinkle in his eyes: "It's really not so bitter!" ”

Long after those sour clansmen drank the grass and wood ashes to relieve it, she was already convinced of the method that Jian Chen said, and now she tasted it with her own mouth, and shouted it just to make the clansmen happy, but also to express the happiness in her heart.

The clansmen gathered around, chewed carefully, and let out a sigh of admiration. Not tasty, but at least not so bitter.

I don't know who shouted: "I'm not afraid to eat acorns again!" ”

Those people also cheered, Jian Chen shook his head with a smile, pointed to the outside of the cave and said, "No, it's not that we're not afraid of eating acorns anymore, but we don't have to eat acorns anymore." ”

The cheerers were slightly stunned, thinking of the sprouts that had grown, and their hearts were full of excitement, and they shouted excitedly.

"That's right! Never have to eat acorns again! ”