Just like before she saw this exquisite pottery bowl, she had never thought that pottery could be made so exquisitely.

She looked at it carefully for a while, and then asked the man who came out of the room to fetch some water in a clay pot and get firewood, and then boiled water and cooked rice in the open space.

The clay pot used to draw water has three cylindrical legs at the bottom. You can put it on the ground and stand there.

This kind of clay pot is very convenient for boiling water and cooking. At least you don't have to find stones to support the pot.

Once you put the clay pot there, you can burn it directly with fire.

Soon a flame was lit, and after a while, the food was cooked.

The miko took it upon herself to scoop out two and a half bowls of rice from the jar.

The utensil she uses to serve rice is also round, but there are still some differences from the bowls of the Qingque tribe.

In order to facilitate writing and reading, it is also called a bowl.

After doing this, the witch got some salt from the Qingque Tribe and put it into a bowl and stirred it evenly.

Then I got some salt from their tribe, put it into another bowl, and mixed it evenly.

She first picked up the bowl of rice with the Qingque Tribe's salt, brought it to her mouth and took a bite.

When a mouthful of rice entered her mouth, her eyes couldn't help but light up.

She originally wanted to take just one bite and then try the rice with her tribe's salt, but she couldn't help but take several more bites before she finally endured it with great perseverance.

She put down the bowl with not much food left and picked up another bowl of rice.

After taking just one bite, she couldn't help but frown.

In the past, she tasted food that was added with her tribe's salt.

But now, when the delicious food was in her mouth, she didn't feel the deliciousness at all, and even wanted to spit it out.

It doesn't matter that it has a bit of a bitter taste, but the key is that there is some sand mixed in, which makes it extremely unpleasant to eat.

She frowned and swallowed the mouthful of food.

After taking one bite, you never want to take another bite.

She put the bowl down, then picked up the bowl with a little food left, brought it to her mouth and started eating happily. In a short time, she had eaten all the food in it. There was not even a bit left.

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"Huh~"

After putting down the clean bowl, the miko couldn't help but let out a long breath, which was very comfortable.

Her eyes fell on the exquisite pottery bowl beside her and the salt in the pottery bowl, and she became excited and eager.

This is what table salt should look like!

“@#￥4@……”

She once again held the pottery bowl and the salt inside her arms, refusing to let go.

At the same time, he kept saying some words to the hunchbacked primitive man.

What she meant was that if such things could be given to their tribe, they would be willing to exchange them with food.

The hunchbacked primitive man, who had been instructed by the priest of his tribe, had such a plan, and he agreed immediately after hearing the words.

However, he said that in order to get these two things, they paid a lot of food, so they could no longer exchange for these two things according to the previous exchange method.

After understanding what the hunchbacked primitive man meant, the old miko agreed without any hesitation.

In her opinion, these two things are so good that it is necessary to exchange more food. Anyway, their tribe is not short of food.

Even if the hunchbacked primitive man didn't say so, she would still take the initiative to increase the amount of food exchanged.

The amount of food used in the exchange was less, and it was not worthy of the status of these two exquisite foods.

So, under her personal auspices, the exchange began again.

This primitive exchange is simple yet cumbersome and does not require too much description.

All you need to know is that after such an exchange, almost a quarter of the things brought by the hunchback primitive people returned to their hands.

Such a result made the hunchbacked primitive people extremely happy, and the hunchbacked primitive people's mouths almost reached behind their ears.

As early as when he left his own tribe for this tribe, their wise priest told him that these two things should be able to be exchanged for a lot of things in this wealthy tribe.

Now, after some exchange, it turned out to be like this, and what was gained from the exchange was more than what the wise priest said.

The hunchbacked primitive people did not take these foods back, but used them to exchange for some pottery and salt soil from this tribe.

After this transaction, the hunchbacked primitive people were no longer afraid of this strange-looking witch.

He imitated the tribe's behavior, folded his hands and put them on his head, and then saluted the witch seriously.

"@￥%%......"

The witch holding the exquisite pottery tightly spoke to him, meaning to ask them to find the tribe that could produce these two things as soon as possible.

Their tribe is still willing to exchange with them at the price just mentioned.

The hunchbacked primitive man, who was already overjoyed, became even more grinning from ear to ear after understanding what the witch meant.

He nodded repeatedly, raised his chest as high as possible, and then beat it hard with his hands to express his determination to do this.

After seeing such a scene, the noseless miko laughed happily.

With her nose missing, her smile was not good-looking at all, and could even be described as terrifying. But in the eyes of the hunchbacked primitive people and the others, her smile was so beautiful.

If the language he mastered was not systematic enough and some things were not easy to express, the hunchbacked primitive man would definitely say to the witch - your smile is so beautiful, like a spring flower...

After bowing respectfully to the smiling witch again, the hunchbacked primitive man and his party packed up the pottery and other things they had obtained in exchange.

Part of it was tied to the back of the animal, and the other part was either held or carried by others. Under the guidance of the previous person, they turned around and left here, walking along the road they had walked before, through the many

strange cave and left here.

After walking forward for a while, the hunchbacked primitive man couldn't help but look back and saw that the witch of this tribe was still standing here, watching them leave and smiling at them.

Such a scene made the hunchbacked primitive man feel even warmer in his heart.

He also smiled at the miko, and left here under the leadership of the man who led them in.

The witch standing here watched the hunchbacked primitive man and his entourage leave, and stood here for a while longer before holding the exquisite pottery and delicious salt in both hands, and carefully walked into the room where the witches of all generations lived.

She came into the room and sat down again. After a while, the smile on her face did not completely disappear.

After staying here for a while, she stood up again and walked out of the room.

"@#4￥!"

After walking out of the room, she stood here and shouted loudly. After a moment, several people holding weapons made of bronze ran over.

After the old miko said a few words to them, she led these people towards the mountain that was not too far from their residential area.

During the walk, these people with bronze weapons in their hands were always around the old witch, protecting her.

The group of people walked like this, slowly approaching the mountain.

There was smoke rising from the mountains in front of me.

The witches and the others did not go climbing, but came to a valley.

At the mouth of the valley, a relatively rough wall was built with stones and mud, with a door on the wall.

There are four copper rings on the door, two copper rings in a row, one above and one below.

Each row of copper rings is covered with strong sticks. The sticks are relatively long, and both ends are blocked on the walls on both sides of the door.

This kind of operation can make it impossible for people inside to open the door from the inside.

The witch came to stand in front of the door, and a man stepped forward, took out two sticks from inside and put them aside, and then stretched out his hand to push the door open.

The witch holding a pottery bowl in her hand walked in.

These people also walked in.

On weekdays, the witches don't come out of their rooms, so they are the ones who transport food into the valley and transport the pottery and other things made there.

The valley is not all stones, there is also a lot of soil.

Walking a little further inside, you can see some people busy here.

Some people are making clay embryos there, while others are carrying the prepared clay embryos to dry.

There are also some bulges where smoke is coming out.

This is the process of firing the clay embryo that has been made and dried.

The people who are working are all women, but like the witches, these people have no noses.

The age of these people is roughly divided into three groups. One group is about the same age as the miko. The number of these people is the smallest, only four.

The second group is women in their prime, who are the main force in making these things. The remaining group is the youngest, some are adults, and some are not yet adults.

The first two groups of older people are the losers in the competition for shrine maidens, while the remaining younger ones are the contenders for the next shrine maiden.

Seeing the miko coming in person, these people all stopped what they were doing, and like the people outside, they folded their hands together and put them on their heads to salute.
To be continued...