Nowhere to be found after wearing iron shoes

Author: Zhuang Shenchen

Nowhere to be found after wearing iron shoes

"What's this?"

Grandma looked at the sand-like particles in the bag with a puzzled expression, thinking that no matter how difficult life was, she would not eat dirt.

He picked out some of the pine cones with his fingers, put them to his mouth and licked them, then motioned for his grandma to have a taste too.

Grandma refused in her heart and asked Lanhua to do it for her.

Orchid reluctantly picked out a few and put them into her mouth, and immediately frowned.

The taste was extremely bad. She suspected that it was simply sand, and it was very bitter sand, but... the bitterness seemed to have a little salty taste?

After carefully distinguishing it, she asked in surprise: "Is there any salt in this?"

Zhang Tian and Lin Yu, who were not far away, moved their ears at the same time and moved quietly behind Grandma and Lanhua.

Salt is not only the first of all tastes, but also the main source of sodium ions necessary for the human body. Of course, compared with water, salt is not so indispensable, but if there is a long-term lack of salt intake, it can range from weakness in the limbs to neurasthenia, and in severe cases.

Muscle spasms, palpitations and fainting.

Primitive people have been engaged in hunting and gathering for a long time, and their consumption of sodium ions is much higher than that of modern people, so their need for salt is even more urgent.

However, salt has been a scarce resource since ancient times. It is said that the Yellow Emperor and Chi You went to war to compete for the ownership of the salt mines.

Most of the time, the tribesmen can only obtain salt directly from the blood of animals and the roots of plants. In difficult times, they even have to obtain salt supplements from sweat and urine.

Could it be said that it takes no effort to find a place even after wearing iron shoes? The salt that the two of them longed for was delivered to their doorstep by itself?

Zhang Tian stretched his neck and took a few glances into the bag, feeling disappointed.

Others add impurities to their salt, but they add salt to their impurities!

Obviously, the Dashu tribe does not know how to make salt. It seems that they scraped off the salty crystals from the rock wall or the surface and packed them directly into bags without processing.

I can still eat this... Zhang Tianjing is a man.

Pinecone said seriously: "We have found a land that can turn snow into salt. I know that it tastes not pure enough because we have not yet worshiped the snow spirit. When it snows in the mountains, we will sacrifice in the snow and salt fields.

, the snow will turn into pure salt.”

The priests of the salt tribe claimed this, and Pinecone had no doubt about it.

Zhang Tian suddenly had an idea and couldn't help but look happy. He knew how to turn snow into salt!

The people of the River Tribe were all envious of it. It was salt. When brought to the tribal conference, a small bag of pure salt was enough to exchange for several days of food.

Grandma said: "Are you planning to invite Shanxi to your place to offer sacrifices to Xue Ling? As far as I know, the cost of inviting him to offer sacrifices is not small."

"I know he will take away most of the salt and leave only a little for us."

Pinecone sighed helplessly.

The mountain stream mentioned by the two people is named after the priest of the salt tribe.

Before this, the Giant Rock Tribe had also discovered the Snow Salt Land. They tried to hold sacrificial rituals on their own, but obviously not everyone had the same divine power as Shanxi. They spent a lot of materials to sacrifice the Snow Spirit, but in the end they failed to make the Snow Spirit

Become pure salt.

"I don't want to ask him to help with the sacrifice, but... you know the story of the Giant Rock Tribe better than I do. Who else can turn snow into pure salt besides mountain streams? I have no choice."

"No, you do!"

This sudden sound caused everyone to look up.

Song Guo also followed the sound and saw that behind her mother, the strange man with a pot lid on his head was smiling confidently at him... He said in surprise: "Who are you?"

"His name is Tian, ​​and he is a child who was guided by his ancestors." Grandma said, "Our ancestors taught him a lot of knowledge. The meat you see is all hunted with his help."

The people of the Dashu Tribe immediately exploded. Others may not believe this, but what is Grandma’s status? She has a golden tongue, how can her words be false?

When they first met Zhang Tian, ​​they all quietly commented on his unique hairstyle and joked about it. At this time, they couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

Song Guo didn't care to ask about the whole story, he was more concerned about his snow and salt land.

"You said I have a choice. Do you know someone who knows how to worship the snow spirit?"

Zhang Tianzheng said: "Sacrificing snow spirits is a knowledge passed down from our ancestors. Just now, our ancestors taught me this knowledge."

"Ancestor?" Song Guo looked around, "Where are they?"

"In the sky." Zhang Tian pointed to the bright starry sky outside the cave, "Those tribesmen who left us have turned into stars, watching us in the sky and protecting us. As long as we look up to the sky, we will get their guidance."

Song Guo and his tribe were stunned for a while after hearing this.

Suddenly someone exclaimed: "I remember! You are that weird kid who always stares at the sky in a daze!"

After what he said, other people in the Dashu tribe also recalled what the strange kid had done before, and suddenly felt that things made a lot more sense.

Pinecone still felt unbelievable and asked: "You mean, you can sacrifice to the snow spirit?"

"Yes." Zhang Tian replied in the affirmative, "I can help you perform sacrifices, and each of our two tribes will take half of the salt obtained."

Pinecone's eyes lit up, the conditions were much better than those found in mountain streams! He was very excited.

But...does this underage child really know how to worship the snow spirit?

Food is already scarce, and if the sacrifice fails, this cold day will become even more difficult.

No matter how you think about it, the risk is too great...

Zhang Tian saw Song Guo's doubts and immediately added: "My ancestors told me that as long as you pray to the sky, you don't need food to sacrifice to the snow spirit."

As soon as these words came out, not only the Dashu tribe, but also the people in their own tribe looked at each other, not knowing why.

Sacrifice to Xue Ling has always required the use of food, so how come Zhang Tian does not use it here?

Doubts remain doubts. The tribesmen have no doubts about the authenticity of what Zhang Tian said. Since the ancestors said so, there must be the truth of the ancestors.

The people of the Big Tree Tribe were a bit disapproving, thinking that a sacrifice without food is still a sacrifice? If you do what he said, it will definitely fail, just like the Giant Rock Tribe back then.

Song Guo didn't quite believe it, but he thought that since he didn't need food, it didn't matter even if he failed. At worst, he could wait until the next cold day to invite the mountain stream to offer sacrifices.

He thought for a moment and asked, "What is prayer?"

Xiao Xiao quickly replied: "Prayer means looking up to the sky and making a wish."

Pinecone frowned: "I don't understand... what is the relationship between praying to the sky and offering sacrifices to the snow spirit?"

Zhang Tian didn't answer but asked: "Where does the snow come from?"

"Of course it fell from the sky..."

Song Guo blurted out, and he understood immediately as soon as the words came out.

Everyone present also suddenly realized.

Snow falls from the sky, there must be some connection between snow and the sky!

Zhang Tian looked solemn, and then said something that shocked everyone:

"Snow is a part of the sky. Sacrifice to the snow spirit is essentially a sacrifice to the sky. If we directly sacrifice to the sky, not only will we not need food, but the effect will be much better than sacrificing the snow spirit, and the salt obtained will be purer!"
Chapter completed!