Chapter 11 Sauce(1/2)
Xu Chen was self-aware and did not participate in the hunting at all.
The purpose of his followers was not to hunt, but to be familiar with the environment. At the same time, with the knowledge far beyond this group of primitive people, he distinguished and found something useful for the long-term development of the ethnic group.
For example, salt, metal ore, plants suitable for weaving, grain that can be cultivated, livestock that can be raised, etc.
Therefore, when a group of hunters were busy hunting, he followed from behind his butt and looked around for his target.
Of course, there are still some gains.
For example, he found several soybean-like plants in the lush weeds, which are more than one meter high, with sparse pods and are now beginning to mature, with green and yellow colors intertwined. When you break open the pods, you can see some black or yellow seeds.
Soybeans are rich in plant protein and are a crop with very high nutritional value.
However, many beans in nature are poisonous, so Xu Chen was not sure that this thing could be eaten, so he picked some and took them back to find someone to try it.
He had the belief in being Shennong, but he did not have the courage to be Shennong.
Shennong, the great pioneer of human civilization, decided to give it to other tribesmen to take responsibility.
In addition, he also found common wild vegetables and plants such as dandelions, shepherd's purse, thistle, isatis root, purslane, etc. on the river beach.
Although these plants grow tall without exception, they can be judged as normal species by their plant type.
From this he also made a more conclusion.
This is an environment that is very similar to the once familiar earth. The only difference is that it is very primitive and ancient, with huge climate and temperature differences, which leads to animals and plants in a super-development period and are very full.
This is also in line with geological analysis.
Judging from the laws of climate, the earth has been in a process of continuous cooling. From the ancient times after the formation of the earth to the later large-scale orogenic movement of volcanic eruptions, to the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, and even to the Jurassic reaching the Cenozoic, the earth's organisms have experienced five large-scale prosperity and extinction, and this repeated process is actually due to the drastic changes in the climate.
The biggest impact is the temperature of the earth.
And it has been declining continuously.
During this period, the sea water subsided, the land expanded, and the air changed. A large number of creatures that had no time to evolve and adapt to the new environment continued to die out on a large scale. The remaining species were selected by nature or escaped to find the bargain.
The humans are still in the primitive tribal era.
But while enjoying the prosperity of this species, there are actually many hidden dangers.
Because the temperature of the earth is still decreasing, if this is really the earth, then another mass extinction will occur, which is the flood period that human history once recorded.
The flood that swept the world was a catastrophe of the earth's creatures, but it also gave birth to humans fighting the sky and the earth for survival and advancing to a higher level.
However, according to time calculations, this flood period will be at least thousands of years before it will arrive.
Xu Chen believed that he would not live that long, but in this limited life, he wanted to live longer.
It is absolutely a sad life to die if you live before you are forty.
Therefore, he had to lead his tribe members to completely get rid of this state of survival of eating raw meat and drinking blood.
At this time, the sun was already west, and it was about 2 pm.
After a group of primitive people recovered their strength, they packed up and went home.
This was another day of nothing.
Therefore, on the way back, the mood of the group of people seemed to be much lower. No one screamed, and no longer laughed loudly. They hung their heads and carried spears and sticks on their backs, like a group of prostitutes who were humiliated after being humiliated after walking in brothels without bringing money, with extremely depressed expressions.
Xu Chen was full of energy. His small backpack was filled with harvest, including wild fruits, bird eggs, seeds, and several kinds of bark that he thought he could try to spin and weave.
Of course, there were too many barks collected, and a few bundles were stuffed into other people's baskets.
The only regret that the bow and arrow that took time and effort to make several days did not have the chance to make meritorious after going down the mountain. It was scrambled to use it several times by a group of rude primitive people. Not only did it break the bow string, but it also damaged and lost several arrows. Now it has completely become a fire stick.
Walk through the valley entrance along the winding river all the way to your habitat.
On the river beach where the setting sun is setting, many animals are slowly gathering to eat grass and drink water. In the grass in the distance, birds are frightened from time to time. Sometimes wild wolves, foxes, boars, lynxes and other wild animals can be seen, chasing and hunting various wild birds and small animals on the dense grass and river beaches.
In the seemingly peaceful and peaceful state, murderous intent is faintly revealed everywhere.
Wherever you pass by, all kinds of insects and snakes can be seen everywhere, half a meter long four-legged snake, centipede more than a foot long, frogs with rice bowls, and all kinds of colorful snakes cruising among the branches and grass, making people creepy.
In order not to lose without losing without hands, a group of primitive people cheered up and took out two big snakes as thick as arms, wrapped them on a spear and carried them home.
This is today's meat food.
But this kind of meat that is not oily at all is not popular in the tribe, and neither women nor children like to eat it.
Although Xu Chen likes to eat snake meat, he can't swallow it even if he doesn't have any seasonings, so he looks for some plants that can be used as ingredients while walking.
Luckily, he quickly found some wild onions and leeks.
A few days ago, he found some wild ginger near the cave.
This gives you some simple seasonings.
It would be great if there was another pot.
Xu Chen was very depressed, but he did not give up completely.
If you can’t get an iron pot, you still have the conditions to make a pottery pot, but the premise is to find clay suitable for making a pottery pot.
So on the way back to the mountain, Xu Chen used a wooden stick to dig in the grass on the roadside from time to time to see if he could find clay. Unfortunately, he kept walking back to the cave and found no trace of clay.
There is a lot of mud and sand on the river beach, and the hilly areas at the foot of the mountain are mostly mixed soil, while the mountains are covered with thick humus and weathered sandstone soil.
However, he was not discouraged and decided to make a stone hoe next time to take it down.
Clay is the richest soil layer in nature, almost all over the earth.
According to his simple excavation along the way, there should be clay under these low soil hills at the foot of the mountain.
Just dig deeper and you will know the answer.
With clay, you can make pots and various living utensils, and you can eat stews and cooked foods in the future, and the quality of life will undergo great changes.
In addition, with pottery, many grain crops can be stored better.
Moreover, there are many kinds of wild fruits in the mountains and fields, and they can even be used to make wine.
When he thought of stewed meat and fruit wine, Xu Chen's saliva flowed all over the floor. When he walked back to the cave, a large area of vine armor in front of him was wet.
Although a group of men did not hunt delicious meat, in addition to the two big snakes, they still collected several baskets of fruits collected on the road and some edible seeds. In fact, the overall harvest was still good.
Therefore, a group of women and children were still very happy and came to help with the classification and began to arrange dinner.
Xu Chen also gave some fruits and bird eggs on the way to leaves and a group of children, and then threw several bundles of different kinds of tree bark collected in the mud pit under the spring water.
Although Ye didn't know why Xu Chen did this, he was still very happy to help him back and forth. After finishing it, he also helped him take off the vine armor, bone daggers and bow and arrow baskets into the cave and placed them neatly next to the grass nest where Xu Chen sleeps every day.
Xu Chen was so amused and crying.
In fact, these things will not be thrown away anywhere.
However, this will not be damaged by a group of children, after all, it is quite troublesome to do.
Soon, the smell of barbecue food began to spread in front of the cave again.
Xu Chen chose some wild onions, leeks and ginger he collected, washed them, and placed them in a stone pit that often mashed food, and then filled them with a clam shell.
When Mother Ba called for the meal, he came on the stage with the seasonings and dipped the roasted snake meat in a simple sauce and found that it tasted pretty good. Although it was not seasoned with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, under the strong and spicy taste of onion, ginger and leeks, the dry snake meat that was difficult to swallow was actually much more delicious.
Seeing Xu Chen's strange behavior and comfortable appearance, a group of primitive people were very surprised.
The two men sitting next to him came up with surprise and smelled it. Someone even planned to lick it. However, Xu Chen quickly covered the clam shell, then tore off a piece of snake meat to make a demonstration action of dipping sauce. So the two of them also tore off a piece of snake meat and dipped it in their mouths.
"Soga!"
As the snake meat entered the mouth, the savage's movements stopped, and an extremely shocked expression appeared on his face.
You uncle, can’t you speak well?
Xu Chen was covered in black and wanted to put a clam shell into this guy's mouth.
It should be a good idea to say something, but it would be weird if you get together.
Could it be that what Japan inherited was the pronunciation of ancient Chinese?
This is also possible, because Japanese originated in China and pronunciation is similar to that of Ancient Yue.
Ancient Yue and Hakka are the same system, which is a very ancient Chinese language.
But this is no longer important. In order to facilitate future communication, he decided to start promoting Mandarin in the Primitive Tribe.
Seeing this guy saying it was delicious, several big furry hands stretched out from front, back, left and right, and dipped the snake meat into the clam shell.
Then he harvested a larger piece of Saoga and exclaimed, so a large group of wild men surrounded him. Before Xu Chen could come to his senses, the dipping sauce inside the clam shell was completely dipped, and even the clam shell was snatched away by the wind. He greedily used its flexible and powerful thick tongue to lick it completely.
A group of dogs and a few people.
Xu Chen was sitting next to the fire with snake flesh in a mess.
"Chengga, haha!"
The wind was still not over, so I handed over the clam shell that was cleaner than a dog licked, and then pointed to the place where Xu Chen had just made the sauce. I obviously wanted to have another bowl.
The other savages also nodded, with extremely flattering eyes.
Mother Ba and a group of women, children, elderly and weak all looked at each other.
Xu Chen recently found that rope rubs and rattan baskets have a special status in the ethnic group, but his relationship with a group of men is also very average. However, he did not expect that because of making some strange things, he actually won so much sought after by a group of men.
To be continued...