Traveling through ancient times: Savages are hungry for food

Chapter 243 Making Lanterns

Several people devoured the dishes on the table with hearty mouthfuls, eating and chatting, and the time passed quickly.

Soon, they finished eating.

After clearing the table, several people gathered around the stove to warm themselves with warm fruit wine.

Sang Tian lifted the animal skin curtain and saw that it was snowing outside again.

The bright lights in the cave illuminated a small area of the sky, and white snowflakes slowly fell in this bright area.

She stood quietly at the door, watching the snowflakes fluttering down, like angel feathers, gently touching the ground. It seemed particularly peaceful and mysterious.

Sang Tian stretched out her hand, and a snowflake fell into her hand. Soon, the snowflake melted in her hand and turned into a drop of crystal water.

Sang Tian took a deep breath.

Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest. I believe the harvest next year will be good.

Although the current food is enough to fully provide food and drink for an entire tribe, Sang Tian does not feel satisfied.

She grew up in the modern world and has seen so many different kinds of food, so how could she feel complacent after discovering just a few?

What's more, Sang Tian didn't even see any trace of carbohydrates like rice and noodles.

Moreover, Tianlang will not stop here, and the difficulties encountered along the way will not be small. The more food in hand, the more confident they will be.

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The falling snowflakes are particularly beautiful.

Sang Tian simply lifted the animal skin curtain.

Sitting by the stove, you can enjoy a drink while watching the snow. The charcoal fire is so strong that you won't feel cold even if you lift the animal skin curtain.

A few of them just sat there drinking and chatting.

Although it was already very late, they were still very energetic and not sleepy at all.

In the end, we just didn't sleep at all.

Let's talk all night long tonight.

Since no one plans to sleep, Sang Tian wants to make a lantern.

She also wanted to fly a Kongming lantern, but it was the snowy season and the weather was dry, and there were only forests and trees all around.

The Kongming lanterns will eventually land, but if they cause a forest fire, Sang Tian cannot bear the responsibility.

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Duo asked in confusion, "Lantern? Sang, didn't we just finish eating the dish you mentioned called Red Lantern? Why are you making it again? Are you hungry again?"

"This lantern is not the one we eat.

Lanterns are used for lighting and can be carried by hand or hung up. Of course, if they are beautifully made, they can also be used for appreciation.

The outer skin of the lantern is made of thin material, and the frame is usually made of bamboo or wooden strips. An oil lamp is placed in the middle to serve as a lighting tool.

Its shape is also random, you can make it into whatever shape you want."

"Wow, that sounds like fun! It looks like it's going to be fun."

"Then let's try making some!"

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Sang Tian prepared the necessary materials, including bone scissors, glue made from animal skins, bamboo, outer packaging and thin ropes.

First, you need to make the lantern frame. At this time, cut the bamboo into thin branches, and then bend them into circles, squares, triangles, etc. You can bend them into any shape you like.

Sang Tian decided to try the most common round-shaped red lantern. After bending the bamboo branches into a circle, he tied the entire frame together with string to secure it.

After the frame is completed, the outer skin of the lantern needs to be glued on.

In this case there is no paper.

However, among the fish caught by ice fishing a few days ago, there was a fish called thin-winged fish.

This fish has no scales, and its skin is extremely thin, like a dull white paper, but it is extremely flexible. It is completely useless to tear it with human power, except for making it wrinkled.

It is perfect for making the outer shell of lanterns.

Sang Tian cut the fish skin into appropriate sizes, then applied animal glue and glued it to the lantern frame.

Then, Sang Tian used the various colors of pigments he got from the witch to choose a vermilion color.

After adding water, he used a pair of wolf hair brushes to carefully apply the paint.

After applying it evenly, you need to place the light source on the lantern.

Secure the candle to the bottom of the lantern and make sure it doesn't fall over.

Finally, check whether the lantern is installed firmly. You can also install a thin rope on it, with the lantern tied to one end and a handle tied to the other end so that it can be hung or held by people.

Finally, Sang Tian lit the candle.

The entire fiery red lantern illuminated everyone's faces like maple leaves in late autumn.

Although it is definitely not as bright as a modern flashlight, it is still a light in the dark that can illuminate the way forward.

"Wow! Sang! Even though it's only a couple of times longer, it's really pretty! And it's very convenient too. If we're walking at night, we can just hold it in our hands!"

"Yes, it can also be hung inside or outside the house for lighting, and it also looks very festive."

"Hey, we can also light lanterns on these roads in the tribe and on the road leading up the mountain! That way, we won't have to worry about falling when we go up and down the mountain at night. And from a distance, the whole tribe will look brightly lit! It won't feel lonely at all, it's full of humanity!"

Sang Tian also agreed with their idea.

The tribe was so desolate before Sang Tian came.

Without oil lamps, once it got dark, no matter whether the tribesmen had anything to do or what they wanted to do, they could only stay in the cave or grope in the dark.

Most people would light torches, but they didn't know that pouring animal oil on the torches would prolong their burning time. Moreover, the torches would go out if shaken even slightly.

But later Sang Tian came and brought the oil lamp.

The tribesmen would light oil lamps in the cave. If one was not bright enough, they would light five, six, seven or eight more, and the whole room would be bright.

Finally, they no longer had to force themselves to go to bed early. They could light an oil lamp and chat, do some sewing, or prepare food.

In short, it is much better than groping in the dark.

But when night falls, the tribesmen will close the bamboo door and lower the animal skin curtain.

The entire outside of the cave was still pitch black.

Perhaps it was because Sang Tian was used to the dim lights of modern times, so this scene didn't look like one inhabited at all. It felt like a deserted mountain and wilderness, quiet and scary.

It was indeed absurdly dark, especially since many of the tribesmen did come out at night. There was no light at all on the stone mountain road or the road below the square.

It's really time to add some fireworks to this tribe.

Anyway, there is an absurd amount of animal oil in the tribe, so there is no need to worry about wasting it.

Just do it.

Several people worked together to make lanterns.

They also listened to Sang Tian's advice and could make a lantern completely according to their own ideas, and finally paint it with their favorite patterns and colors.

For example, Duo was working hard to make a rabbit lamp. It took her forty minutes just to wrap the frame and she still hadn't finished it.

Mu Ni made a swan shape, saying it was for Jie. He also worked on it for half a day but couldn't finish it.

Sang Tian made a simple square frame and finally painted the fish fillets vermilion.

He also painted the wintersweet with light yellow, the tree trunk with brown, and then used white to embellish some snow.

It looks just like a wintersweet blossom blooming in the cold beside a crimson palace wall.

Very nice.

What these people are doing now is naturally for themselves.

The lanterns hung on the road don’t have to be so elaborate or beautiful, as long as they can provide lighting.

So later on, they just made the simplest lanterns, round, square, triangular... and finally painted them with different colors, and they were done.

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By five in the morning, they had made a total of fifty lanterns.

I think it's probably only enough for this road on the rocky mountain.

Several males found some tree trunks and inserted them into the gaps, and the females hung the lanterns.

In the midst of the busyness, many tribesmen got up.

As soon as the door curtain was lifted, I saw these young people working along a stone staircase leading up the stone mountain.

Half of this stone path is lined with a tree trunk with objects of different shapes and colors hanging on it.

It looked quite lively and a truly spectacular sight. The entire road was ablaze with color. It was quite interesting.

The males held tree trunks in their hands, while the females held various hollow objects of various shapes and colors and hung them up.

Many kids gathered around Sang Tian and the others, chattering and asking questions out of curiosity.

"Sister Sang, what are these?"

"This is called a lantern!"

"What are lanterns for?"

"Lanterns are used for lighting and seeing. Think about it, aren't these lanterns hollow inside? Just light an oil lamp inside, and you'll have light at night."

"Wow! That's amazing! Sister Sang, this is specially used for lighting at night!"

"Tiger is so smart!"

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The other tribesmen also heard Sang talking to the children.

"Sang, this thing is really good. Hanging it on the road, it can be illuminated at night and can be admired during the day. It makes our tribe look lively and colorful!"

"That's right! I like cleanliness, and I don't want to go to the bathroom in the cave at night, so I have to run down the rocky mountain. It's pitch black and I'm afraid of falling. I also feel a little creepy looking at it. It doesn't look like a human being at all!"

"These kids, with so many lanterns, must have been up all night! Really, why don't we just tell them and do it together? How can we stay up like this?"

Sang smiled.

"It's okay, we just can't sleep. We must all help.

We'll tie lanterns along all the roads, big and small, in our tribe. This will make it much more convenient at night. And whether it's day or night, our tribe will look bustling."

"Okay, since we have nothing to do during the snowy season! These lanterns are hung for the convenience of all the tribe members. Come on, let's go learn how to make them from you.

After we learn, you can go back to sleep. We will take care of the rest!"

Sang Tian and the others responded with a "yes".

Led the tribe to her cave.

After all, the square is so big, how can they hang lanterns all over it just by a few of them?

Before leaving, Yong smiled and assigned the task of lighting the lanterns in the evening to all the kids in the tribe.

This saves a lot of trouble.

He lit the lantern in front of his own cave, and let the kids light the lanterns on the roads of the tribe, big and small.

Yes, that’s a good method indeed.

Yong knows how to be lazy.

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And after today.

On every road, big or small, in the tribe, various colorful lanterns are hung in front of every house.

These nearly thousands of colorful lanterns of all sizes merged into a long colorful river in the tribe, like a colorful ribbon hanging above the wolves.

Once in the evening.

The little guys in the tribe jumped up and down to light the oil lamps in the lanterns.

Lanterns of various colors emit soft light, illuminating the entire tribe.

Looking from Stone Mountain, Wang Qi felt as if he were extremely close to the stars in the sky. The vast Milky Way was brought home by the Heavenly Wolf.

Sang Tian thought back to the past six months.

Lanterns represent the end of a year and also the beginning of a new year.

In the days to come, Sang Tian will live a prosperous future in this tribe.

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In the new year, let’s see what happens to Sirius.

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