Chapter 22: The Mountain Tribes

Shi Qing was still curious about the fishing nets, staring at the river without blinking.

There are rocks scattered on both sides of the riverbank, separated by several meadows, and there is a forest on the opposite bank, red and yellow trees, and not far away is the peak, which is as beautiful as an oil painting.

Not far from where they sat was the place where Dashan pushed her into the water, but at the moment she was in a relaxed mood admiring the scenery on both sides of the river, and she couldn't help but laugh at her own big heart.

She pointed to the lower reaches of the river and said to Liang Jian: "That's where I found ramie, and it takes about more than an hour to walk there." ”

"How did you find out?"

"Swim past and accidentally see it. She didn't want to say much about that day, so she replied casually.

Liang Jian frowned and looked at her, her intuition was not as simple as she said, the water here was turbulent, she was good at water, but it was naturally risky to swim over rashly.

But she didn't want to say more, so he didn't ask any more.

"What do you want to do with it?" he asked, looking indifferent.

"Weaving, paper, and ramie are used for many purposes, and Mina's clothes are made of cloth that I weave. Papermaking is more difficult, and it can be done later. Her eyes lit up as she spoke of her plan.

Liang Jian nodded, "Well, do what you want." ”

He didn't notice what kind of clothes Mina was wearing, but it didn't prevent him from supporting Qin Yue's idea.

Shi Qing's eyes stared at the river, and his ears stretched out to them, but he couldn't understand half of the sentence, and he was a little anxious to wait.

He turned around and said, "Witch Doctor, are there any fish?"

Liang Jian got up, "Let's take a look." ”

The three of them put away the fishing nets, and there were really more than a dozen big fish jumping in it, and they were desperate to drill outside the fishing nets, but they were powerless!

Qin Yue smiled when he saw it, this is much easier to use than a fish basket, as soon as he catches a big net, there are fewer fish here, otherwise such a big fishing net should be able to catch dozens of them.

But this fish is big, and it's worth it.

Shi Qing happily showed a mouthful of big white teeth, "Lord Witch Doctor, you have caught so many fish!

Hurriedly grabbed the fishing nets and grabbed the dozen or so fish, and laughed so hard that his mouth cracked.

Then he said to them, "Fish are not as delicious as barbecue, but they can also fill their stomachs, and the fishing nets made by the witch doctor can catch so many fish at once, and no one in the tribe will starve to death again." ”

Qin Yue smiled, fish is much better than barbecue, but I didn't expect Shi Qing to know the goods!

The three of them stepped on the afterglow of the setting sun and walked back, and when they returned to the tribe, they saw a dozen strangers coming, who didn't seem to be from the Black Rock tribe.

One of them had a good conversation with the chief, and the two laughed from time to time.

Qin Yue was puzzled in his heart, and his eyes turned to Shi Qing, but Shi Qing's attention was on the fish in his hand, and he excitedly called Eminem and his sister.

Kuraki walked over with something black in his hand, "Witch Doctor, what do you look like?"

Qin Yue stretched out her hand to take it, and pushed aside the layer of black mud, which was the rhizome of the plant, she was overjoyed in her heart, and broke it and smelled it.

"Is there anything like this?" she looked at Kuraki with a look of surprise on her face, her voice eager.

Kuraki looked at her strangely, but he also replied seriously: "No, Witch Doctor, is this some kind of herb?"

Qin Yue nodded, "This is ginger, which can dispel the cold and remove the fishy smell." ”

Cang Mu couldn't understand what she said, and was about to ask again, but Qin Yue had already asked, "Where did you find it?"

"There was a large area in the valley where the tribe used to collect wild fruits, and I didn't know what it was for, so I dug up a piece and came back. ”

"Well, tomorrow you take me to dig some back. ”

Ginger is indispensable for eating fish, otherwise who can stand the fishy smell? And there is ginger, so are the necessary seasonings such as chili, green onions, and garlic far away?

A burst of hearty laughter came, and Qin Yue looked over, "Which tribe are they from?"

"It's the leader of the Alpine tribe who brought people here, the Alpine tribe is the marriage exchange tribe of our Black Rock tribe, and it brings people to exchange marriages at this time of year, but unfortunately many people have died in the tribe this year, and there is no one to change marriages. Kuraki explained, lowering his eyes and feeling down.

"Marriage Swap Tribe?" Qin Yue wondered.

"Yes, exchange of marriages, men and women of different tribes exchange, Lord Witch Doctor, don't you have such a thing there?" Shi Qing heard it, and also interjected.

Qin Yue knew that such tribes were equivalent to in-law tribes with close ties, and they also avoided the situation of close relatives marrying among the tribes.

There are only about 50 people in the tribe, and most of the people who died of illness were women and children, so naturally they had no spare energy to change marriages.

However, the leader still exchanged the surplus animal meat in the tribe with the mountain tribe, and exchanged a few large bags of animal fur and grass seeds, and the people of the mountain tribe returned with a full load, all smiling.

Exchanging grass seeds for animal meat is a sure-fire deal for every tribe, but the mountain tribes have Liang Jian, who hunts bravely, and there is no shortage of animal meat, and even a lot of it is broken.

And Qin Yue has always strictly ordered that the spoiled beast meat can no longer be eaten and will get sick, so it is extremely good to be able to exchange a few bags of grass seeds.

This kind of grass seed Qin Yue saw it, and the seeds of corn are similar, they belong to wild varieties, and they are all roasted and eaten in the tribe, and they are the two staple foods alongside barbecue.

When Qin Yue went to collect them before, he didn't see the grass seeds, thinking that the ripening season would be earlier, and the tribe would store them for consumption.

It would be nice if they could grow grass seeds, but unfortunately the Black Rock tribe is located in a mountainous area, and there are no plains to cultivate, so this plan will naturally come to naught.

The leader may have wanted to curry favor with Qin Yue and Liang Jian, so he directly ordered someone to carry most of the bag to the cave of the two, Qin Yue was overjoyed, the green leaves of this grass seed were roasted and eaten one by one, and the taste was really not good.

Now there are so many, she can completely remove the husk of grass seeds and use them to cook rice and porridge, she grew up in the south, she has a barbecue meat and fish, she really can't get used to it.

But although most of this bag looks like a lot, she can't help but eat it, she has to find another staple food, and the fish and meat will be hot sooner or later every day.

Liang Jian walked into the cave and saw her sitting on the animal skin, smiling happily for a while and sad for a while, her expression changed extremely richly, and she couldn't help but laugh lowly: "What are you thinking?

"Huh?" she looked at Liang Jian stunned, suddenly thought of something, and jumped up, "Do you remember the fruit of Qingguo?"

Liang Jian looked at the black green fruit in the corner of the wall and nodded, "The taste of the fruit is very similar to flour." ”

"That's it, since the taste is the same as flour, then it can be used as a substitute for flour, and if it can be used as a staple food, it can save a lot of animal meat. Qin Yue looked at her with sparkling eyes.

Liang Jian smiled, "Are you afraid that I will make you unable to eat meat?"

"At present, the meat is not released in this weather, and the spoiled meat will eat bad stomach, and you should also pay attention to the combination of work and rest when hunting, with flour as the staple food, on the one hand, it can improve the diet, on the other hand, the flour in the green fruit can be stored, which can save a lot of animal meat in winter. Qin Yue said. She thought about it farther, they hadn't seen what the winter here was like, but when they heard Shi Qing say it on weekdays, they could imagine what it would be like to be frozen for thousands of miles and snow drifting at that time.

Moreover, they did not want to stay in the tribe forever, so it was very important to store the food of the two of them in advance until they survived the winter.