Looking at the gate soaked in snow, Yao Xiaoqing remembered those tung oil seeds. There was no machine for oil extraction, and the wood for oil was not ready, so she thought about pressing it with a stone to see if she could produce oil.

She took a few bundles of pampas out with a few people from Shan, and made some net pockets, ready to be used to hold tung oil powder.

Put the tung oil seeds in a stone pot and fry them, put them in a stone mortar and pound them into powder, and then put them into a net pocket and put them on the steaming grid to steam for half an hour.

Put the oil cake into a large vat, press it with a stone, and wait for the oil to seep out slowly. It took everyone a long time to pound all the tung oil seeds, steam them all and put them into the vat.

Yao Xiaoqing shook his sore wrists, saw that they were all rubbing their wrists one by one, thought of stepping on the mill, and turned around and went to the place where the tribe made stone tools.

Mu Ba saw her and smiled: "Xiaoqing, are you here to see if the stone mill is ready?" ”

Yao Xiaoqing smiled and shook his head, "You guessed wrong, I thought of something, make it, and it will save us trouble by pounding kudzu root powder in the future." ”

"Xiaoqing, why didn't you think of it earlier?" After hearing this, he put down the flint in his hand and jumped over.

Looking at the black charcoal words on the wall, Yao Xiaoqing smiled and picked up a charcoal bar, drew a stepping stick, pointed to the stepping on the painting and said: "Brother Yu, look, let's inlay the stone pestle into a big log, dig a hole here, inlay a log stick into it, and then put the round wooden stick on the two pillars." ”

"When pounding things, use your feet to press down the wood, the stone pestle is warped, loose feet, and the stone pestle falls into the mortar, and the thing is mashed, is it a lot less labor?"

"Yes, Xiaoqing's brain is easy to use, no wonder the leader said that we are wooden heads." Yu said honestly.

"Let's see, what good idea did Xiaoqing think of again?" Everyone gathered around.

Yao Xiaoqing smiled and explained again. Oishi smiled and nodded, "Hmm! This saves a lot of effort, Xiaoqing, you wait, Uncle will do it. ”

Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll go back first." ”

Oishi smiled and waved his hand, "Go ahead!" Tomorrow it will be done, go over and lay the stakes. ”

Yao Xiaoqing returned to the cafeteria, and when he saw that the tung oil powder in the tank still did not react, he thought that he was afraid that he would be busy in vain, so he was unwilling to hold another stone and put it on it.

When it was time to eat the night food, a shallow layer of tung oil oozed from the bottom of the tank, and Yao Xiaoqing's heart was slightly wider.

Early the next morning, Yao Xiaoqing went to the cafeteria, picked up the stone pressed on the oil cake, took out the oil cake, exposed the tung oil at the bottom of the tank, and scooped out a jar of tung oil with a wooden spoon.

Mu Feng shook his head, "Xiaoqing, so many oilseeds, I squeezed such a little oil, it's only enough to brush the gate!" ”

After being busy for a long time, he got such a little tung oil, and Yao Xiaoqing was not satisfied, "Yes! If you don't have tools, you get less. ”

As the old saying goes, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. This time is a lesson, next time you have to be ready to do it, you can't take things for granted like this time, waste things and waste manpower.

Mu Feng saw that Yao Xiaoqing was frowning and unhappy, so he comforted her with a smile and said, "Xiaoqing, it's okay to be less, Brother will accompany you to pick tung oil seeds in the future." ”

Yao Xiaoqing looked at him and smiled, "Hmm! When the weather is clear, you and Brother Yu go to brush the gate with a layer of tung oil, so that the wood will be soaked in snow water. ”

"Okay!" Mu Feng carried the jar and went to find it.

It had just been sunny for two days, and in the afternoon, it was dark, and after a while, snowflakes were floating, and the snowflakes were flying all over the sky, like large flying flowers.

After getting up the next day, Yao Xiaoqing finally saw the power of heavy snow, and everywhere he could see was white, and he couldn't see any other color.

The water in the bamboo tube was frozen, and not a single drop of water could flow. Everyone can only melt the snow water and use it to wash and cook food.

The grass hut and firewood shed on the roof of the building were crushed by the snow in several places.

After the snow stopped, everyone had just repaired it, and the next day it snowed heavily again, and other places were crushed.

Thinking that the roof of the building would not be crushed by the snow, Yaohu simply asked them not to make up for it, and waited until the spring of next year.

It snowed for several days in a row, and I was able to cover my calves with one foot.

The heavy snow covered all the roads from the mountain down to the cave, and all the people went out to shovel the snow to make a way to the cave.

When we arrived at the foot of the mountain, we found that the firewood shed had collapsed and the thatched shed was covered with firewood.

Those who went up the hill found that the wooden fence on the mountain had become an ice wall, and the sun shone on it, reflecting a dazzling light.

The thatched huts at the entrance of the cave all collapsed.

Yaohu said happily: "Fortunately, I was not lazy when I built the pen for feeding the livestock, otherwise they would all be crushed to death." ”

"Xiaoqing asked us to lay cattails in the sheepfold and cattle pen to make a nest for them, for fear that they would freeze to death." Ah Worm said with a smile.

"Alas!" Muba sighed, "It's been a long time since it's snowed so much, and I don't know how many people will freeze to death after the winter!" ”

Yao Xiaoqing heard Mu Ba's words and was worried that the weather was abnormal, "Uncle Mu Ba, hasn't it snowed so much for a long time?" ”

Muba nodded and said, "Yes!" It's been a long time since it's snowed so much. ”

It seems that the climate is somewhat abnormal, Yao Xiaoqing remembers that there was a Xiaoice River period in ancient times, and there were great droughts and floods in summer, and it was extremely cold in winter, and if you came like that, it would be troublesome.

After the snow shoveling, Yao Xiaoqing said to Yaohu: "Father, do you remember a time when it was particularly cold in winter?" ”

Yaohu thought for a long time, frowned and said, "Yes, when I was not as old as you, the winter was very cold, and many people in the tribe starved to death and froze to death. From spring to summer, there was not a single rain, and the wild animals ran into the mountains, and the god of fire often burned the mountains, and few people survived. ”

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this winter was very similar to that time, "Xiaoqing, Father went to Dashi to discuss with them, the food should be saved, if it is the same as that time, everyone will be hungry." ”

Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Yes, I think so too, although we have saved a lot of food, if it is really like what you said, it will not be enough to eat." ”

Yaohu hurried away.

When it's cold, pheasants and ducks don't lay much eggs. Yao Xiaoqing thought about watching it for a few more days, and if he couldn't do it, he would kill half of the pheasants and wild ducks, and leave the green bar fruit behind, just in case.

Yaohu went to the stone room to tell Dashi and them about his worries, and the older people still had lingering feelings about what had happened to them.

Uncle Ah Chun said: "Chief, everyone should eat less, save some food, and save no food in the end." ”

Mu Ba nodded and said: "Uncle Ah Chun is right, we used to eat two meals of food, and we didn't have much work to do in winter, so we made weapons in the tribe, barrels and pots or something, and it was okay to eat one less meal." ”

"Yes! There will be milk dolls in the future! Gotta save on food. ”

Everyone agreed to save food in case the gods brought disaster.