Chapter 238: Straw Sandals
The straw rope is very easy to weave, and on the first day of this idea, Song Xuan made it, and tied one end to the wooden stake, and the other end directly made dozens of meters
Although it was only the thickness of the baby's wrist, it was impossible to tear it off, and even Song Xuan asked the two of them to pull it, but they didn't break it.
Although this result can be achieved with both skin rope and hemp rope, and is much thinner than him, it is not as easy to obtain as straw, and he does not care about what happens if it breaks.
However, the straw rope should not be used in large quantities in the tribe, after all, the application range is relatively narrow, and there are things that can be replaced, the most important thing is that it is a waste of time to weave it, except for winter, we are usually not able to squeeze out time, unless we prepare more in advance, but once the straw comes into contact with water, it is easy to rot, although it will be deliberately paid attention to when weaving, but it is difficult to say in the house.
In case the straw rope that has been painstakingly woven turns out to be unusable at a critical time, it is still enough to make people feel distressed, so Song Xuan didn't think about preparing too much, just get a few bundles just in case.
The most important energy has to be put on straw sandals, Song Xuan also mobilized the women of the tribe to help him weave together, as long as he masters the method, it is not difficult to weave, but with the same shortcomings as straw ropes, the use of straw sandals will not be too long, according to the frequency of everyone's use, Song Xuan estimates that a month is considered a long time.
Anyway, there aren't many tasks lately, and the work of polishing weapons has been done a month ago, and the usual training is only half a day at most, with the previous lesson, everyone doesn't dare to do it too intensely, but now they can come according to the normal rhythm, and Xue'er They have already adapted to it.
But after all, it's just daily training, and there's no need to spend time on it all day, although there will be benefits, but after reaching a certain level, the gain will be very small.
A small half day is considered to be on the balance point, which can not only keep everyone in good condition, but also allow the women in the tribe to enhance the following abilities through this time, and at the same time, it will not waste too much physical strength, after all, it is winter, and the food arranged for everyone in the tribe will be less than usual, and if you train all day, the consumption of food will be a lot more.
"Brother Xuan, what do you think of me?"
Looking at the straw sandals in Xue'er's hand, Song Xuan fell into a long silence.
Song Xuan didn't expect that he hadn't braided straw sandals for two days, but Xue'er made them once, the gap in talent was too big, although Song Xuan hadn't used straw sandals before, and he couldn't even remember the appearance, but he finally knew something, Xue'er's concept was completely heard from Song Xuan's side, plus watching him make a few pairs of ugly straw sandals.
Unexpectedly, she didn't expect that it took her two days to get started, and the straw sandals she made were more beautiful, at least in terms of appearance, they were already quite good.
Song Xuan threw the straw sandals in his hand on the ground with some indignation, but in the face of Xue'er's puzzled eyes, he still forced out a smile:
"Okay, you can make another one!"
Under Song Xuan's gaze, Xue'er's speed was very fast, and even before Song Xuan could see how she did it, the straw sandals already had a rough shape, and after a while, a straw sandals that looked basically the same appeared in Xue'er's hand:
"Brother Xuan, look!"
Seeing that Xue'er didn't come out, Song Xuan had no choice but to give up the idea of continuing to ponder, told Xue'er to let him teach the method to others, and ran out.
Xue'er was also a little distressed, it was obviously a very simple thing, why did Brother Xuan ponder for two days, and it was still so ugly.
However, she didn't think about attacking Song Xuan, and even when she was teaching others, she was in the name of Song Xuan.
It's just that Shi Meng and the others, who were training outside at this time, saw Song Xuan's strength, although everyone didn't know what was happening, but they had to bear it silently.
After venting, Song Xuan remembered that he hadn't tried on the straw sandals that Xue'er had knitted, so he had to run back silently, and after wearing them on his feet, although he didn't feel so comfortable, as long as he got used to it, it shouldn't be a problem, and the pair of shoes that had crossed over with Song Xuan before had already been tattered.
The shoes behind are all made of animal skin, although they are also ugly, but the soles of the feet are something after all, if there are straw shoes in the future, they can be replaced by straw shoes, and they can also be wrapped in animal skins in key parts, so that the use time will be longer.
Teng snake everyone has a new task, after the beginning of spring, if it is not a long period of rainy weather, everyone should not be able to find such free time, so straw sandals should be prepared more in advance, and when the time comes, put it in the house, the position can be slightly higher.
If the quantity is large, you can even free up some materials alone, as long as the corresponding protective measures are taken, the stove inside is often lit and baked, and it should not be so easy to get wet.
However, straw sandals are still stored in the family unit, which is more convenient, anyway, there are a lot of places in everyone's house, and the ground is not so easy to get damp in this place selected by Teng Snake, and it is basically no problem to pay attention to opening the door for ventilation.
After all, this thing is a consumable, and the speed of consumption should not be too slow, and it is still a little troublesome to store it in a centralized manner, but what makes Song Xuan feel relieved is that even with Xue'er's teaching, Teng Snake and everyone are not as fast as they imagined, and everyone has barely learned it after learning for several days, which can be regarded as helping Song Xuan find a little field.
After teaching the Teng Snake people, Xue'er even applied to Song Xuan to teach the women of the wolf tribe, this time Song Xuan did not refuse, anyway, this is not confidential news, and there are also a lot of straw tribes, let the women of the wolf tribe make more, it will not affect anything, at least it can reduce the chance of the captives being injured, it is not a bad thing for the tribe, and if they can weave, if necessary, they can hand over this task to them at that time.
The main reason why this year's Teng Snake is so relaxed, and he is basically busy in the middle of winter, is that everyone has arranged many of the captives' capable work on them, so that everyone only needs to be responsible for supervision, and the time will naturally become abundant.
Like polishing weapons, these are things that the captives can do, anyway, in the previous tribes, they will definitely not do less in winter, Song Xuan has also observed the weapons of the Wuyu tribe, although they are not as delicate as the Teng Snake, but they are not much worse, obviously they are very careful when making them, and they are usually not less maintained.
This task was given to them, which was very suitable, but everyone also knew that there was not much food prepared for the captives in winter, so they did not arrange too much, and it was basically within their reach, even so, it made Teng Snake a lot easier all of a sudden.
Now weaving together, mainly because there is more time, and everyone wants to prepare in advance for next year, even if it is not counted as a captive of the two tribes of black wolves, according to a pair a month, at least six or seven pairs have to be used up in a year, Teng Snake is now more than two hundred people, not a thousand pairs of fear is not enough.
However, once the production method is mastered, the straw sandals are still very fast to weave, and when Xue'er demonstrated to Song Xuan, one was only an hour, although there was still room for improvement, but it was not too much of a problem to weave three or four pairs a day.
In this way, everyone has learned, and I believe that this goal will be achieved soon, but Song Xuan did not let everyone compile according to the fastest speed, mainly to let everyone have something to do, and the straw shoes in the tribe are still a little simple, and they can be improved in the future, of course, now this task Song Xuan is not involved, he handed it all over to Xue'er, obviously she is much more talented than Song Xuan in weaving straw shoes.
Although they are all saying that they are a little uncomfortable wearing straw sandals, after all, they are usually barefoot, and now although they are wrapped in animal skins outside, they are also very soft, and straw shoes are relatively hard, even if Song Xuan asks Xue'er to find a way to replace the thin leather strips in the position where friction is more frequent, it is definitely not as comfortable as directly wrapping animal skins.
But everyone also knows that wearing shoes, it will definitely be more convenient to walk in the forest in the future, everyone in the tribe has been pierced by small branches, and with straw sandals, it will be more or less better.
So since the first batch of straw sandals were made, everyone has begun to try to adapt in advance, and now the adaptation is definitely much better than wearing it to the forest later, at least there is certainly no danger in the tribe, if you wait until the time of hunting to put it on, it is likely to affect the results of everyone's hunting, not to mention, walking is certainly not as convenient as usually barefoot.