Chapter 35 Open-pit Salt Mine
It is surrounded by fields on three sides, but this side is the end of the mountain range, all of which are blocked by mountain forests.
Every time Liu Mulei comes to the place, it is only close to the river, and he has never been to other mountains and forests.
The mountains and forests are so long that this side is cut off by the river, but the other side of the mountains and forests are spreading all the way to the horizon.
"Presumably there is an ore at the edge of the mountain forest!" Liu Mulei was on the edge of the river beach and took out a huge leaf.
Wrap the cleaned ducks in leaves, cover them with dirt and put them in the fire.
"Strange? Is this a plantain tree or a banana tree? Liu Mulei was slightly stunned and looked at the small tree on the edge of the river beach.
It's a little hard to tell the difference, and the fruits of their plantains and bananas are very close to each other, making it even more difficult to distinguish.
But this is just a small problem, anyway, whether it is a banana or a plantain can be eaten, it looks like it will be ripe in a month or two at most.
"It's a pity that there are no more animals." Liu Mulei followed the mountain road and entered the mountains, and the rope nooses along the way did not tie up the animals.
But be mentally prepared, after all, it's only a day, how can there be so many monsters entering the rope sleeve.
"There's movement?" As soon as Liu Mulei came to the big trap, he saw that the jungle was a little abnormal.
I couldn't help but slow down, took out a woodcutter, cut down an arm-thick tree on the side, and sharpened it into a wooden stick.
I walked slowly towards the big trap, and saw that the traces were walked by large animals, and it should be a wild boar?
"Moo"
Before Liu Mulei got close to the big trap, he heard a painful sound and couldn't help but be stunned.
Quickly walked to the edge of the big trap, and saw the stout body below, and his heart was ecstatic.
"It's a cow? And it's a calf, it's incredible! Liu Mulei muttered.
After thinking about it for a while, he didn't pull the calf up, but ran quickly to the river beach.
Picking up Xiaohua Xiaohei, he ran up the hill and came to the big trap again, "Can you make it obedient?" ”
"Woo" Xiaohua didn't hesitate directly, and made a whining sound.
Immediately afterwards, the calf under the trap responded with a "moo" sound, and the two seemed to be talking about something, making sounds back and forth.
Seeing this, Liu Mulei was thinking about how to pull the calves out and make these big traps at the beginning.
However, it was difficult to turn around with such a large calf that was so narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.
After thinking about it for a moment, he decided to sabotage the trap, and it was worth doing it for the sake of a calf.
And it is also a calf that Xiaohua Xiaohei can command, which is even more valuable, adding a huge assistant!
Xiaohua jumped on Liu Mulei's shoulder, stretched out her pink tongue and licked her cheeks, making a "woo" sound.
And Xiao Hei also followed closely behind, and came to his other shoulder, as if to say that he had a part of it.
"You're all great." Liu Mulei picked them up, put them on the ground, touched their heads, and praised them.
Seeing that the calf did not make a sound, he took a woodcutter and used it as a shovel, and began to dig in the direction of the calf's head.
Fortunately, the woodcutter was extremely sharp, and in less than ten minutes, a slope was dug out and reached the bottom of the trap.
The little flower made a sound, and the calf shook its body and walked upwards, slipping a few times at first.
However, soon the calf got used to it, and stepped on it quickly with the cow's hooves, and the cow's head gently touched Liu Mulei's chest.
"That's good!" Seeing this, Liu Mulei knew that it must have been taught by Xiaohua Xiaohei, so he rubbed the bull's head and said happily.
There are still tools for cultivating the fields on the other side of the house, and although the farmland has been opened up now, these tools do not mean that they are useless.
Wouldn't it be useful to wait until the rice was harvested! And there are calves, and some ropes can be woven from vines.
Let it pull the trees to the house, and when you find anything later, you can let it work.
I don't know how much I can save in this way, especially now that I see my hands calloused, I can't wait for a few more cows.
The descent was very smooth, every step of the calf was very stable, and there was no rolling down the mountain.
Coming to the river beach and letting the calf go to find food for himself to die, Liu Mulei came to the fire and got out the mud blocks called Hua Ya.
After peeling off the leaves, looking at the shiny oil and fragrant meat, he quickly pulled out two duck legs and gave them to the little ones.
"The taste is a little lighter, and I don't know where the salt is hiding?" Liu Mulei wiped the oil stains from his mouth and muttered.
Looking at the wide river, there must be no salt under this river! Then hope still has to be placed on the edge of the mountain.
Liu Mulei looked at the calf grazing in the field, thought about it, and still didn't let it find its home.
A calf can still cope, if it encounters an adult cow, and it is a bison.
So with your own body, don't be delusional to deal with it, count on the little guys? It's better not to take this risk.
After getting two more grilled fish, I felt that my stomach was full, and I got up and began to walk along the side of the mountain.
In the past, I walked along the river beach and walked deep into the mountains, but this time I walked along the side of the mountain and followed the location of the fields.
Half an hour later.
Liu Mulei cut down a few thick trees and let the calves drag them towards the house, of course, Xiao Hei followed.
With Xiao Hei's intelligence, he knew the meaning of the words enough, and in fact, it was exactly like this, the calf dragged back and forth several times, and did not make a mistake.
"How easy it is!" Liu Mulei couldn't help but sigh, but unfortunately, he didn't see any ore.
After walking a few hundred steps, I began to cut down small trees and thatch on the side of the mountain, and the mountain was quite stable.
You can open up a mountain road from here to see what kind of products and beasts are in the mountains and forests here.
"This is a limestone mine?" After Liu Mulei cleaned up a place, he saw a little white mark on the mountain wall.
After cleaning off the moss from the rocks, I was surprised to find that the inside was snow-white.
In the morning, I was worried about the limestone mine appearing, so that the cement could be released, but I was lucky to find it in the afternoon, right!?
Liu Mulei took out a little with his fingers, put it in his mouth and tasted it, "It's bitter, and it tastes a little salty, is it a salt mine?" ”
Looking at the mountain wall in amazement, he used a wooden stick to remove the moss on it, and was stunned when he saw that it was snow-white.
"It's really salt, it's incredible!" Liu Mulei used a woodcutter to chop a piece of snow-white mountain wall.
The tongue licked slightly, and after feeling the bitterness, it was a salty taste, and it was finally determined that it was a salt mine.