Chapter 3 Planting chives and making fish baskets

"The taste is average!" Chang Xia said.

She drank the soup and didn't hear what Shen Rong said clearly.

This pot of fish ball and wild vegetable soup excels in its deliciousness, but it is still far from delicious. It mainly does not remove the fishy smell and lacks ginger, cooking wine and other seasonings.

"This is the most delicious food I have ever eaten." Shen Rong squinted his narrow eyes and praised. Eating fish balls and drinking delicious wild vegetable soup, he even felt that the pain in his body was relieved. Two points. Seeing that Chang Xia didn't raise his head, Shen Rong's hand froze slightly. He calmly took the miracle back.

"Wait until I find all the ginger, onion, garlic and other ingredients, and then I'll make you a more delicious meal. Are you full? If not, I'll make you some boiled river prawns and river crabs, steamed directly." Chang Xia shook his head. Satisfied, he asked.

After working all morning, both of them were hungry.

The fish balls and wild vegetable soup have been cooked, but the shrimps and crabs have not been processed yet.

Shen Rong drank three bowls of fish ball and wild vegetable soup, rubbed his stomach, and felt that he could eat two more bowls. So he nodded and said, "Eat."

Bowl, polished wood.

The pottery bowls were fragile, and Chang Xia was poor and could not afford to replace more pottery.

The pottery in the animal den was all given to her by the tribe. The Heluo tribe has a kiln - a stone kiln. The old man of the tribe who has lost the ability to hunt is responsible for firing the kiln. If the tribe needs pottery, they can use animal skins, bones, and teeth. There are also food, etc., which can be exchanged by barter.

Poor Chang Xia never left the three-mile radius of the tribe until he reached adulthood.

Hunting is just a fantasy to her.

Generally speaking, river shrimp need to rest in the water for a day or two to remove sand.

However, it's not that particular now.

Chang Xia picked out the small river shrimps, prepared them for drying, and ground them into powder together with the shrimp skins to make shrimp powder for use as seasoning. After finishing all the fish balls and wild vegetable soup in the earthenware pot, wash them, add water, and put them in the pot. Add scallions and cook together with river shrimp.

When the shrimp starts to change color, gently flip them.

Soon, all the river shrimps turned red. Chang Xia quickly fished out the river shrimps, put two wooden chopsticks in the clay pot, and put in the river crabs tied with thatch.

Then, he asked Shen Rong to start eating river shrimps.

"Taste--"

Shen Rong imitated Chang Xia, pinching the head and removing the shell.

"Alas?"

Shen Rong exclaimed. Unexpectedly, the fresh and sweet taste of river shrimp is different from fish balls. The taste of river shrimp is more tender and elastic. When you chew it gently, you can feel the shrimp meat beating between your lips and teeth. It is obviously very tender, but it has a delicate taste. A hint of chewiness.

"It would taste better if paired with balsamic vinegar or soy sauce!" Chang Xia regretted that she preferred this boiled river shrimp dish to fish balls.

Shen Rong glanced at Chang Xia and started eating silently.

After spending a few days together, he got used to Chang Xia's occasional "nonsense".

Four herrings, several kilograms of river shrimps, and a palm-sized river crab made the two of them so full that they lay down unwilling to move.

"In the afternoon, I will cut some ivy and come back to weave new fish baskets." Shen Rong's mind was filled with the smell of fish balls, river shrimps and river crabs. Without Chang Xia's reminder, he took the initiative to weave fish baskets, wanting to have a great time.

Changxia nodded and responded: "Okay. I will clean up the weeds near the animal den in the afternoon and plant the chives. Tomorrow, we need to go out to collect."

Shen Rong's injury has not healed, and hunting is too dangerous.

Changxia didn't want him to go hunting with the hunting team, but he could still participate in gathering. Her body was too weak and needed exercise.

Division of labor and cooperation.

After resting for half an hour, the two of them worked together to clean the dishes.

Everyone separated and started to get busy.

Shen Rong took the stone knife and walked towards the bushes at the foot of the mountainside. There were many green vines growing there. In addition to the green vines, he also planned to find out if there were any vines more suitable for weaving fish baskets.

Chang Xia, who stayed at home, planned to clean up the wasteland near the animal den.

She fell in love with this animal den because of the west slope of the mountainside. Changxia wanted to build a backing kiln there as her home in the Heluo tribe.

The loess layer of the Heluo tribe is very thick, like the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region of China, which is very suitable for cave dwelling construction. The cold season in the dusk forest is very dangerous. In the cold winter, wild animals even dare to attack the tribe.

The animal den could not bring Changxia a sense of security, so building a kiln became her obsession.

With Shen Rong, Changxia planned to put the construction of a kiln on the agenda.

This time.

You can't open up wasteland randomly. Changxia plans to plant chives on the left side of the animal den. In the future, this area can be enclosed as a vegetable plot.

Without a hoe, Chang Xia made a simple stone hoe by fixing a long pointed stone with a vine and a stick. Pull out the weeds, then use the stone hoe to dig out the weed roots and throw them aside to pile up.

Wait for drying and then burn it into plant ash. Firstly, the plant ash can fertilize the land, and secondly, the plant ash can be used to clean kitchen utensils, etc.

She couldn't find any honey locust yet, so she needed plant ash to take a bath and wash her hair.

Orcs, maybe because of their fluffy appearance.

Basically, not many people like to take a bath.

Chang Xia frequently bathes and washes her hair, and does not make friends, play, or fall in love, so she has naturally become a strange thing in the tribe. Fortunately, she lives in a house, and the comments of the tribe have little impact.

When Shen Rong came back with a large pile of ivy, Changxia opened three-thirds of the land. On the side, there were piles of weed roots, and the soil was very sandy and black. It was a good piece of land.

Changxia wiped the hot sweat from her forehead, looking forward to the future where the land would be filled with vegetables, fruits, and fruits. At the same time, she was also preparing to build several grass sheds not far from the vegetable fields to raise chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep.

Waiting for poultry.

If a person has no dreams, he is no different than a salted fish.

Seeing Chang Xia sweating profusely and her yellowish face full of embarrassment, Shen Rong felt a little distressed and scolded: "Chang Xia, just tell me what you want to do and I will do it."

"It's okay, I'm in poor health. It would be good for me to exercise more." Chang Xia waved his hand, not caring at all. Orc females are not weaker than males. Chang Xia also wants to learn to hunt, so physical exercise must be put on the agenda.

"I plan to use this land for planting. At present, we only have chives, and we will transplant them when we find others later."

"By the way, why did you cut so many vines back?"

Among them, several species of Changxia have never been seen before.

After listening, Shen Rong could only stop nagging and pointed to the vine in front of him, "The ivy is a bit hard. I'll try other vines and choose the most suitable one for woven fish baskets. Except for fish baskets, I don't have enough baskets at home.

use."

Upon hearing this, Chang Xia patted his head.

"We are short of baskets, baskets, and dustpans. Try tearing apart the vines. It is easier to weave slender vines." Chang Xia said, stood up, and helped Shen Rong drag the vines back to the animal den as he walked.

, while gesturing, "... weave two rattan curtains, which are very convenient for sleeping, hanging to keep out the wind, or for drying things. Back baskets and baskets of different sizes can be made to hold things at home.

Stacks of stuff.”

Shen Rong didn't interrupt and nodded repeatedly.

He tried his best to picture what Chang Xia said in his mind, and at the same time marveled at Chang Xia's proposal.

The two of them worked together to drag the vine back to the animal's den.

Chang Xia fetched water to wash his face and hands, "Shen Rong, come here to wash your face and hands."

At the door of the animal den, there is a stone jar half as tall as a man. This stone jar was left by the previous owner. Fortunately, there is this stone jar, otherwise Chang Xia and the two would have to go to the lake to use the water.

Once, it takes a lot of time.

At the moment, Changxia Shenrong is too poor.

I can't afford to replace the ceramic jar for the time being, so the existence of the stone jar saves me a lot of trouble.

After cleaning, Chang Xia was not in a hurry. Instead, he walked into the animal den, took out two green fruits, washed them, and handed one to Shen Rong.

He sat down on the stone bench at the entrance of the animal den.

"Shen Rong, I want to build a kiln." Chang Xia ate green fruits, squinted and looked at the blue sky. The breeze blew across his face, warm and slightly cool, so comfortable that it made people want to regain their animal body.

Get some sleep.

"Building a kiln?" Shen Rong tilted his head, looked at Chang Xia in astonishment, and said hesitantly: "You mean a new animal den?"

"No, it's different from an animal den." Chang Xia shook her head, picked up a branch and traced it on the ground to draw a backing kiln. At the same time, she pointed to the hillside to the west, "I want to build a backing kiln there. On the left is

Vegetable fields, then build straw sheds to raise chickens and ducks, and plant fruit trees on the right side. At the foot of the mountainside, the wasteland near the lake is used for farming..."

Shen Rong was confused when he heard this.

However, this did not prevent him from understanding what Chang Xia meant.

This is a completely different way of life from the current orc tribe. It sounds very interesting.

"What do you need me to do-"

"Help. We will go out to collect in the morning and go home to dig the kiln in the afternoon. Of course, we have to weave fish baskets now. We can't participate in hunting. Fish and shrimp are our current staple food. Also, I plan to stock up some food and invite the tribesmen to taste the delicious food.

of fish balls.”

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled slightly.

Then they tacitly began to process and classify the pile of vines. The ivy used to weave fish baskets before the long summer was hard and not very suitable for weaving fish baskets. However, it was different after baking.
To be continued...