12dz Chapter 192 City 12
Chapter 192 City 12
Chapter 192 City 12
The weather is getting hotter and hotter. The cotton-padded clothes that we used to wear in the morning and evening have been washed and hung on the bamboo wall one after another. After they are completely dried, they can be put away and worn in the next cold season.
Qing Jiu took a dozen people to the salt mountain again. They were busy there for a few days and dug up a lot of salt mines. These salt mines had to be diluted, filtered and dried before relatively clean edible coarse salt could be obtained.
The tribe fired ironware several times, including pots, pans, and utensils, weapons for new members, and some farm tools. Every day was busy.
Ji Lang fiddled with the coarse salt on the ceramic plate. Some of it was slightly black. He grabbed a small grain and threw it into his mouth. It was very salty, but there was basically no other strange smell.
There is nothing wrong with eating it.
He heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw Qing Jiu walking towards him with a small bag. "You guys are back? Is there anything unusual?"
Qing Jiu shook his head, "There's nothing unusual." When the warm season arrived, the wild beasts that had been hungry throughout the cold season came out to look for food. They spent two days patrolling the territory and spread some repellent powder.
He handed the bag in his hand to Jilang.
It was a bag of wild fruits that had just grown not long ago. They tasted slightly astringent and sour, with only a little sweetness. But for people who had been eating dried fruits for a long time, they were very precious.
Ji Lang ate three or four pills in a row while frowning.
Maybe it was because his expression was too vivid, Qing Jiu, who originally looked a little tired and expressionless, now had a little more smile on his face.
She reached out and wiped away the juice that splashed onto Ji Lang's cheek, "Eat less. Your teeth won't be able to handle too much."
"Yeah, by the way, how many times have you gone out? Are there any problems with Ah Heng, Xiao Tu and the others?" Ji Lang looked around and saw that everyone around him was trustworthy, so he asked in a low voice.
Qing Jiu picked up the squatting man and said, "No problem."
After all, there are quite a few people in their tribe now. As a priest and leader, he is also responsible for other people in the tribe. During this period, he has been paying close attention to those who joined later.
Defenses can not do without.
Fortunately, it seems reliable for now. In a place like this where you need absolute strength to survive, adult hunters are more potentially dangerous than women and children.
The two were talking in whispers when the door was suddenly pushed open and Feng rushed into the yard with Liefeng and Sanmao.
"Brother Lang, Brother Qing, someone is coming!" He took several breaths, "Someone is here to exchange salt!"
This is good news for the tribe.
Ji Lang originally thought that there would need to be at least ten people, after all, they were brave enough to run around in such a dangerous mountain.
Unexpectedly, there were only four people who came to exchange salt, and only one of them was a young man. The other three were elderly and looked about the same age as Uncle Lin.
Their tribe used to go to the Yanshan Tribe to exchange salt every reincarnation. However, after the Yanshan Tribe was occupied by animal trainers, the hunting teams that went out not only failed to exchange salt, but also suffered heavy losses. Only two out of a dozen people returned to the tribe, and one person was even seriously injured and did not survive.
After enduring two reincarnations relying on the salt accumulated in the past and the blood of the prey, there was really no other way but to go out and find a place to exchange salt. However, the young hunter went to many places but got nothing. Finally, he decided to try his luck at the Yanshan Tribe.
The tribe cannot have fewer young hunters, otherwise, even if they can exchange them for salt, they will not be able to hunt enough prey and will not be able to survive the cold season.
So the old people volunteered, and finally decided that a young man would take the three old people out to exchange salt. If they encountered danger, the old people had no intention of living, so they tried their best to delay time to give the young man time to escape.
When they finally arrived at the Salt Mountain, they found that the entrance to the mountain was blocked by a tall wall, and they couldn't even see what was going on inside. The good news was that there were no traces of animal trainers or animals, and the wall was obviously man-made, which meant that perhaps the animal trainers in the Salt Mountain tribe had been driven away or eliminated.
Moreover, the road that stretches far into the distance outside the Yanshan Mountain is also particularly eye-catching.
There were even dark arrows on the road made of unknown material, pointing forward, one appearing every few minutes.
Four people followed all the way here.
These people were determined to give it their all. Even if there were dangers and traps ahead, they would accept them. Without salt, it wouldn't be long before they had no strength to hunt, and they would get sick and slowly die.
The idea of using bricks to lay arrows on the road as guides was proposed by Feng.
Feng learned arithmetic and writing from Jilang. Sometimes Jilang would use charcoal to draw arrows on a wooden board. He thought this sign was simple and easy to understand, so when the road was built later and a group of people were discussing how to lead people who went to the salt mountain to exchange salt to the Taoli tribe, he came up with this idea.
Although the road looks very abrupt without the arrow, it becomes simpler and clearer with the arrow.
It turns out that some people were really "guided" here.
These people didn't bring much with them, except for a few animal skins that were not processed very well. What surprised Ji Lang was that they also brought some oil that they had squeezed themselves.
As if worried that Jilang and the others didn’t understand this oil, one of the old men explained, “This is collected bit by bit after being crushed by Shuozi. Add a little when grilling or cooking. It’s very fragrant.”
He handed it over carefully. His skinny hands were covered with wounds of varying sizes. Some of the wounds looked to have healed and stopped bleeding, but the cracks were still there. They used oil in bags of processed animal skins. Ji Lang took it and smelled it. It was very fragrant, a bit like sesame oil.
"What is Shuozi? Did you bring it?" Ji Lang asked the old man.
The old man nodded quickly and said, "Yes, it's brought. It's very bitter and not tasty. It can make you very hungry, but it's not poisonous." He brought it because after the cold season, it was the most of the few foods they had left.
He took out a handful from his pocket and handed it to Ji Lang. Ji Lang took a few, which were about the size of a fingernail. After pinching them open, he found small black seeds not much bigger than sesame seeds. He smelled them and confirmed that they were very fragrant.
After watching for a long time, well, I really don’t know it.
However, you can try to grow one and then make your own oil.
After the four men exchanged the salt, they saw a group of people who had gone out hunting coming back. They were pulling a cart that was filled with not only game but also some wild vegetables and fodder. Two people were pulling the cart in the front while the other was pushing it from the back. They could easily bring back a lot of things.
They were very envious, but unfortunately they had brought too little with them. After exchanging the salt, they only had some food reserves for the return journey.
Ji Lang noticed the reactions of several people and suddenly had an idea.
He gave these people a wheelbarrow. Although it was not as capable of carrying goods as a handcart, it was easier to push on mountain roads and was more than enough to carry the salt they were exchanging. In exchange, if people from their tribe came across other tribes exchanging salt, they would give directions.