The Beasts of the World [farming] - Works Related (80)

I can use the search box to watch some movies and TV shows, my life is very comfortable.

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Ren Heyin and Yunming lived here for a few years, and they knew the roads nearby, and they knew exactly where they were.

That afternoon, they took out bundles of bark from the forest, and it was almost dusk when they returned home.

It was too hard to peel the bark, and in the deep autumn, Ren Heyin was stunned and sweated.

Yunming turned back into a human form and walked in, reached out and touched his forehead, “Why is it so tired?”

“It’s not too tired.” Ren Heyin slumped on the chair, rubbing his hands, his voice lazily, “Take a rest these two days, and then pick the pine nuts in a few days.”

“I can go alone.”

“Don’t, how can you go so far alone? You wait for me to rest for two days, and we will go together.”

“I can come back soon after I go alone.”

Ren Heyin shook his hand and disagreed: “That’s not okay. If you let you go alone, what do you want your partner to do? I can’t help much, so I can chat with you.”

The bark they picked up was **** with rope and all was thrown into the river.

The bark was thin and flexible, and it didn’t take a long time to retreat. Ren Heyin planned to pull it up after three to five days.

They rested at home for one day and spent two days picking pine nuts. When they came back, the bark in the river had been refilled, and it was slippery to the touch, showing slight signs of decay.

Ren Heyin and Yunming brushed the bark clean with a bamboo brush, put it in a pot and boiled for a long time, then took it out and slowly smashed the bark with a stone pound.

The people in the tribe were taking care of the radishes in the radish field. When they saw the smoke from their chimney, they knew they were back, and they came to say hello, “Yin, are you back?”

“I’m back.” Ren Heyin and Yunming stopped and stood up with their eyes bent, “Zhou, come here to pull the weeds?”

“Pull a grass and water some water by the way. The grass of the radish field grows too fast, what are you doing?”

“I didn’t mean to get some paper out before, that’s it.”

Ren Heyin showed them the sticky things in the stone pound. The bark had been pounded and turned into a floc. No matter how good the eyes were, they couldn’t see clearly what was inside.

Zhou and the others were full of doubt, “Can this thing be used for writing?”

“Yes, the paper is not like this, you will know when I finish it.” Ren Heyin smiled, “Probably it will be done tomorrow, and we will go to the tribe tomorrow.”

“Then let’s go back and tell them, are you going to eat in the tribe tomorrow? I ask them to prepare more delicious food.”

“That’s what you say-what delicious food has been made in the tribe these past two days?”

“It’s nothing, just dug up a batch of winter bamboo shoots. It tastes good to fry the meat in a big pot. Don’t you like bamboo shoots? If you come back for dinner, we will let them fry more meat.”

Ren Heyin and the others have been busy doing other things recently and haven’t been digging bamboo shoots for a long time.

They can basically dig up aunt here all year round. They also have a lot of dried bamboo shoots in summer, but the bamboo shoots in any season are not as fresh and tender as winter bamboo shoots.

Listening to the boat and the others, Ren Heyin’s heart became alive in an instant, “Okay, let’s go back to the tribe to eat bamboo shoots tomorrow. It just so happens that we picked a lot of pine nuts, and tomorrow we will bring some pine nuts back for everyone to eat.”

A few people exchanged a few words, Ren Heyin and Yunming still have to work, Zhou and the others are not easy to bother, and they quickly leave.

Both Ren Heyin and Yunming are very strong, and they work very smoothly. The bark under them quickly became flocculent.

Ren Heyin stretched out his hand and squeezed, then observed the fiber inside and felt almost like it. Put these flocs in a big wooden basin, stir them vigorously with a stick, and then use a bamboo plaque to sift the flocs inside.

Sift out the flocculent, spread it on the bamboo plaque, and then take it out to dry, and the paper can be peeled off when it is dried.

It’s cold now, and it’s very windy outside, and their paper dries out in a short while.

When Ren Heyin went to collect the paper, he was surprised for a while. The quality of the paper they produced was unexpectedly good, very smooth and thick. If the ink was polished and the brush was used to write, it should be very smooth.

Yunming saw the paper for the first time, he held the paper in his hand, looked at it over and over for a while, and said, “Yes.”

Ren Heyin was excited, “Then let’s do more, because there is still so much bark anyway. First make the paper for the book, and then see if we can get some paper out for everyone to write on.”

“If it is not enough, I will go to the cloth people to get some. They have cotton now, so they shouldn’t use bark cloth much.”

“It’s enough for the time being, and it won’t consume much in one winter, but—”

Ren Heyin looked at these bark, thoughtfully, “Boss, you said we can get some other materials to make softer paper?”

Such as toilet paper—

They are still using large, soft sun-dried leaves when it is convenient.

Ren Heyin was too busy with his busy life before, and never thought of improving the toilet conditions. The big leaves are also pretty good, at least better than the toilet chips in history that he knows.

Although the big leaves are soft and fragile, they don’t hinder the use. He didn’t find it inconvenient, so he just used it casually.

Yun Ming hadn’t thought about this before. He heard him mention it and nodded slightly, “That’s OK.”

“Then let’s try again to see if there are any other materials. I’ll check the information first to see what kind of pulp we used to make toilet paper.”

Ren Heyin took this to heart and planned to do it as soon as possible.

They still focus on writing paper.

The bark looked inconspicuous, but in fact there were a lot of floccules.

Ren Heyin and Yunming made more than 300 sheets of paper in one day, each of which was a round table the size of a table.

So much paper is enough to write a few books.

The two took off the paper one by one and folded it.

Ren Heyin said: “We have made the paper now, and we need to get a brush next. We took the time to cut a few old bamboo sticks in the bamboo forest.

Old bamboo strips are best used to make brushes. It just happens that winter is here. The beast outside is soft and thick, and it works well when used to make brushes. ”

Yunming asked: “How do I get the ink? Use charcoal directly?”

Ren Heyin was also not sure, “It should be possible, let’s check the information again.”

The two of them had put the paper away and put it in the warehouse.

Ren Heyin looked at these round pieces of paper and couldn’t help laughing: “This is the first time I have seen papers like this. When we are free, we have to make a few square bamboo plaques as soon as possible.”

“Let the people of the tribe do it.”

“Alright, our craftsmanship is not as good as they are.” Ren Heyin looked at the paper and mumbled, “Forget it, the first time I made paper can be made like this, the effect is very good. The cut off is just left for everyone to practice handwriting. , It’s not a waste.”

Ren Heyin and Yunming returned to the tribe with the paper in their arms the next morning.

The weather is now cold and it will snow soon. Most people stay in the tribe and spend only a few hours a day hunting and gathering.

When they arrived in the tribe, most of the people were in the tribe.

Zhou and the others came back yesterday and told the tribe people that Ren Heyin was doing something weird. Most people in the tribe were prepared, but they were surprised when they saw the paper in their hands.

“Yin, what is this? Why do you look so strange?”

Everyone stared at the thick and smooth paper, raising and lowering their hands.

Except for children with tender hands, everyone didn’t dare to reach out to touch them, because they were afraid that their dark and thick hands would damage the paper.

“It’s paper, the paper used to write things. With these papers, it will be much easier for us to learn things this year.”

“How to write?” The people in the tribe have never touched this concept, and don’t understand how to write things up.

Ren Heyin simply picked up a piece of burnt charcoal from the side of the stove, grind it slightly, and put it on the white paper. With a light movement of his hand, the Chinese characters were written out.

“That’s how it is written. It can be stored for a long time.” Ren Heyin said: “Hey, this is the name of our tribe-Shizu.”

Everyone threw out the words last year, and many people in the tribe remembered how to write the name of their tribe. Seeing Ren Heyin slowly writing the name of the tribe on the paper, his eyes were full of surprise.

They stretched out their hands carefully, trying to touch any steganographic words.

Ren Heyin stopped for a while and laughed, “This can’t be touched, it will be spent.”

Everyone hurriedly withdrew their hands.

Duo couldn’t help asking: “How can I use it if I can’t touch it?”

“I can’t touch it now, I can touch it in ink later.” Ren Heyin said: “When it snows, everyone will come over to read the characters together, and soon you will know how to use these things.”

Ren Heyin handed the paper to Qing for safekeeping, “I put a few pieces of paper in the tribe, and maybe they can use it anytime, you can keep it for me, just keep it in a dry place.”

Qing Xiao, “Okay, I will put it in our animal skin box.”

“Anything.”

Ren Heyin turned his head to see that the children of all sizes in the tribe had already put on cotton-padded clothes. Even if the north wind roared and there were soft and thick clothes to protect the body, the children didn’t feel cold and ran around with a smile.

Ren Heyin asked: “Are the food for this winter ready? Is it enough?”

“Enough.” Qing laughed, “This year I dug a lot of taro and yam, and I can eat some rice, the bacon and fish on the shelf, the fresh meat stored in the cave, etc. are a lot, enough.”

“What about the clothes, are you ready for the animal skin coats and animal skin mattresses to keep you warm?”

“It’s enough. This year, I changed a lot of animal skins at the sales rally, and everyone got one. That’s enough.”

Ren Heyin smiled, “There is still firewood. How much firewood have we stored this year?”

“More than last year, and piled in caves, it should be enough for us to burn for a winter.”

Qing brought Ren Heyin to eat the various materials stored in the tribe. Ren Heyin was the priest of Luoli, and inspection of related materials was also within his scope of responsibility.

Ren Heyin inspected carefully, only to relax a little, “We are all well prepared, and the next step is to spend the winter with peace of mind.”

“Yeah.” Qing Zhuan asked, “What about you? Are your supplies ready?”

“It’s all ready, and it’s almost impossible to put it in the warehouse now. Besides, Yunming can go out in winter. If there is not enough food, we can go hunting in winter.”

After the visit, Qing offered Ren Heyin a barrel of oil from the warehouse, “This is the oil extracted from our tea seeds.”

“So fast?!”

Qing Xiao, “It was only squeezed out yesterday.”

Before Ren Heyin explained to the tribe to come on, he didn’t expect everyone to move so quickly, and in just a few days, these things were done.

He squatted down and looked at it and smelled it. After carefully checking the quality of the tea seed oil, he gave Qing a thumbs up, “Yes, the quality is very good.”

“It’s all according to the method you taught before. Are you going to turn these tea oil into lipstick these days?”

“Almost, we have to fetch honey once more. After we finish taking the honey, we will take the beeswax back to make lipstick.” Ren Heyin said, “It just so happens that we are going to cut bamboo tubes to make brushes. Not bad.”

Ren Heyin talked to Qing for a while, and went back with Yunming after lunch.

Everything they have now is chores, there is no need to worry, it doesn’t hurt to do it slowly.

Having been busy for more than half a year, and finally able to take a break, Ren Heyin moved very slowly.

He and Yunming now spend half of the day dealing with these chores, and the remaining half of the day is watching movies, chatting, sleeping, and going for a walk. They have a very comfortable life.

The two found the sweetness of love in such a peaceful day.

On this day, Ren Heyin finished his breakfast, looked at the big tank at the door, and estimated the time, “Our sauce has been in the sun for so long, so it seems that it’s almost alright?”

“It should be, filter it out these few days?”

“Okay. Taking advantage of the good weather these days, uncover and dry for a few days, you should be able to start filtering.”

Ren Heyin said that he called out the search box, read the notes they had previously made again, and then showed them to Yunming.

“The above said that the dried soy sauce should be fermented three times with water, and then stirred and filtered to maintain a salinity of more than ten percent. I feel that our well water is quite clear, so use the well water directly? After it is fermented again, Let’s filter it and add spices to cook, and it will be sent to the warehouse once it is boiled.”

Yunming nodded, “Try it.”

Ren Heyin and the others have made this soy sauce for more than half a year, which is considered to have absorbed the essence of the sun, the moon and the wind.

He still doesn’t know how this big jar of sauce tastes. The soy sauce made earlier tastes good, but the two are different things and cannot be used for analogy.

During this period of time, they watched and stirred the mash almost every day. The mash smelled quite fragrant. Dip it with a finger, but it tasted very salty and could not be used directly.

They do a simple process again, and it should be done soon.