23Food is not spared
Yao Xiaoqing went out with a dagger, cut off a few circles of bark on the big tree designated by Yaohu, and made nine rings for them to practice archery.
When I turned around, I saw Yaohu and Dashi carrying wild ducks and climbing onto the platform with duck eggs on their backs, and several people had smiles on their faces after harvesting.
Yaohu smiled: "Xiaoqing, Father and Uncle Dashi shot three wild ducks with arrows. ”
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and gave a thumbs up, "Awesome!" ”
Dashi also followed her example and said with a smile: "Xiaoqing is amazing!" ”
Yao Xiaoqing looked at him and laughed, "You haven't eaten food yet, have you?" I boiled porridge, boiled duck eggs, ate them, and went down to work. ”
"Okay." Yaohu gave the wild duck to the worm uncle and told him to clean it up later, and told him to keep the feathers.
Yaohu was pushed by Yao Xiaoqing to the ditch to wash his hands before entering the cave to drink porridge and eat duck eggs.
A few of them also went to the ditch to wash their hands, and everyone held bamboo bowls, "hissing and ......"
The fragrance of the bamboo bowl and the soft and silky taste of the rice porridge made several people want to stop, and several people drank a few sips in succession before taking a bite of the duck egg.
Yaya squinted her eyes and drank porridge in small sips, a few years old children know how to help with work every day, and never cry when they are in a hurry, no matter how bitter they are.
Yun Amu looked at her and asked, "Xiaoqing, if only millet could cook such delicious food." ”
Yao Xiaoqing wants to say that corn porridge is also delicious! Suddenly, I thought that after the millet here was mashed, it was all eaten in the shell, and when I swallowed it, my throat and eyes hurt.
"Shan Eminem, when the corn is harvested, let's remove the shell, and the porridge made from corn is also delicious."
Mountain Eminem looked at her and thought for a moment, "Shelling? Xiaoqing, the corn shell is not like a duck eggshell, how can such a small grain be peeled off? ”
What Yao Xiaoqing thought was: How many millets can be planted from such seeds? I'm afraid that when I take it back, I won't be able to fill a bucket.
"There will be a way, until more corn is harvested."
After Yao Xiaoqing finished speaking, he put down the bowl and saw that the lard in the jar had been refined, and the oil residue and fat slices had been fried until they were buttery and shiny, and they would be scorched if they were refined. He hurriedly pulled out the firewood from the stove, stuffed it into the stove next to it, and covered the embers with dust. A wild boar's plate oil and fat meat were refined into a large jar full of lard.
With the wild boar harvested today, there are two large jars of lard when the lard is refined, and it can be eaten for a while. Mu Feng will definitely hunt wild animals and go home, so it seems that they need to burn some earthen pots to prepare.
Yun Amu smelled the fragrance of lard, pointed to the lard in the jar and asked, "Xiaoqing, is this the lard you are talking about?" ”
Yao Xiaoqing swallowed the duck egg in his mouth, "Yes, it's lard, wait for the flowers to burn a few more jars to come out, and refine the oil from today's wild boar." ”
After hearing this, Hua hurriedly nodded, "I'll do it later." ”
Yao Xiaoqing gestured to her and said, "Hua, you make a few such big ones for jerkyy and lard, and a few as big as wooden basins, it's better to make more." ”
"Okay." Hua smiled in response, turned around and went out to step on the clay.
Yao Xiaoqing told Yun Emu and Shan Emu again, "The jar has just come down from the stove, and it can't be placed on the ground, but it must be padded with a wooden board, otherwise the jar will break." ”
Yun Emu and Shan Emu nodded, "Got Xiaoqing." ”
The fat sausage and pork belly in the jar are also burned, and the aroma of barbecue powder is exuding.
Yaohu covered the fire with dust, stared at the earthen pot for a while, and said to Yao Xiaoqing with a smile: "Xiaoqing, this kind of jar is used by the Great Wu Tribe to exchange sheep. ”
Yao Xiaoqing laughed, "Then we have three jars, which are three sheep." ”
Yaohu nodded seriously, "Hmm! He laughed again.
Yao Xiaoqing asked Yao Hu to make a few wooden shovels according to the sapper shovel, and Shan Eminem cleaned the pig's internal organs.
Dashi and Shan helped Shui Bo and they split the wild boar into strips, and Yun Amu put the wild duck and meat strips on the stone slab and roasted the jerky.
Yaohu quickly made a wooden shovel, Liuyun Emu and Hua barbecued meat at home, fired clay pots, and everyone walked down the mountain.
Dashi walked a few steps, thought about it, looked back at Yaohu and said, "Chief, we used to eat food twice a day in the tribe, and we have to eat three times a day here, can we save food for the winter?" ”
Yaohu thought of the people who used to stay in the tribe to work, and only ate food twice a day, just to save more food for the winter, as well as exchange medicine and salt.
But in winter, there are still people who starve to death because of lack of food. Now three times a day, can you save food in the winter? Did Xiaoqing arrange to eat food three times a day, or let her say what she thought?
"Xiaoqing, you tell Uncle Dashi, why do you have to arrange to eat food three times a day."
All eyes were on her. Yao Xiaoqing thought for a while, looked at Yao Hu and said, "Father, do you think there is any difference between what you have been working in the past few days compared to before?" ”
"I know," said Worm with a smile, "I'm not as tired as I used to be, and I'm not hungry anymore." ”
Shui Bo looked at Yaohu, stepped forward and bent down at him, and said: "Chief, in the past, in the tribe, the warriors could still eat, but those of us who couldn't go out to hunt were often hungry to eat grass roots, and those who starved to death every winter were those who couldn't go out to hunt. ”
Shan Amu also nodded on the side, "Yes, chief, we look for food outside every day, and we are hungry every day, and we are still full when we come here." After eating, I don't get tired of working, and I am full of strength. ”
Yao Xiaoqing looked at Yao Hu, "Father, everyone is full, has the strength to work, can find more food, and is not easy to get sick." The gods say that food is not saved by saving, but by everyone's hard work and willingness to farm and harvest, and that everyone finds it. As long as everyone is of one mind, I believe that we will save food for the winter, so that everyone will not go hungry for the winter. ”
Everyone is thinking: yes! I have the strength to work when I am full, and I am not easy to get sick, so I want to be able to eat enough in the future and not go hungry.
After hearing this, Yaohu thought for a while, looked at her confident smile, looked at the people who were looking at him, and nodded, "What the gods said makes sense. Father will listen to you, and you will arrange the food in the future. Did you hear Xiaoqing's words? ”
Everyone said in unison, "I hear you, chief." ”
Yao Hu turned his head to look at Yao Xiaoqing, "Xiaoqing, what do you say we should do next?" ”
Yao Xiaoqing pointed to the forest under the platform and said to Yaohu: "Father, let's first fence the hole with the cut wood, and then build a house, so that we don't have to worry about wild beasts entering the house and the cave at night." When there is free time, they will fence off the area below, build houses in it, and open up the land to grow food. ”
After hearing this, Yaohu nodded, "Okay, let's go cut down the tree first." Yaohu carried a sapper shovel and led his clansmen with stone knives and axes to cut down trees in the forest.
Yao Xiaoqing went back to the cave and took a small half of pumpkin seeds, as well as a few chili seeds picked up from the chili powder, took a wooden shovel, and took Shanami, who was carrying a taro yam, and went down the mountain to the land opened by Shuibo.