Chapter 438 The Fire Tribe Arriving in the Season of Peeling Hemp

Autumn is getting stronger, and there is a chill in the morning air.

The people of the Qingque tribe have given up their 'fashion-forward' bikinis and replaced them with clothing made of fur.

The clothes they wear now are made of relatively thin leather. When the weather gets colder, they will change into thicker clothes.

As the pottery and salt were continuously transported out by the hardworking donkey tribe, the skins of the Qingque tribe became more and more abundant.

At a tributary in the upper reaches of the small river, Zhuang and Qinghua, who were wearing straw sandals, were using a dustpan and a small sieve made of coarse linen and wood to clean up the millet pounded by the water pestle.

At this time, there were as many as four water reels here.

The four water reels are all filled with two bamboo tubes, one after another, like four big roosters pecking rice and eating.

A sound that seemed somewhat empty came from here, spreading out towards the field in the early morning, making the surroundings even more peaceful.

Zhuang and Qinghua looked at these water pestles, and their hearts became more and more joyful.

In the past, when they pounded rice for half a day, their backs ached and they had no strength, but now it is completely different.

With the water pestle, the two of them can pound rice non-stop all day without feeling too tired.

Because the water pestles are indefatigable, now that the four hydraulic pestles are in full swing, they can pound more rice in one day than they did in two days in the past.

Ordinarily, with such efficiency, they don't have to wake up so early to pound rice. They only need to pound rice for half a day every day, which is enough for the people in the tribe to eat.

They thought the same way at first, but after Shenzi told them that winter was coming and the river was about to freeze, the two immediately became diligent.

Yes, in winter, when the river freezes, the water mill can no longer be used. Think about the situation of holding a stick in your hand and pounding rice in the cold winter, and the two of them immediately become extremely diligent.

At this time, it is better to pound some millet and store it while the water pestle is still available.

In this way, when the cold winter comes, they can stay in the warm room and twist the twine, or when the sun is just right, they can sit in the lee with other people in the tribe, basking in the sun while making Some shoes, gloves and the like...

"Clatter..."

The calm water surface was broken, a stick with a wooden hook was withdrawn from the water, and along with it came out a bundle of hemp that had soaked in the water for a long time.

The hemp has been soaked beyond recognition, the hemp skin has peeled off, revealing white fibers, and the whole bundle of hemp is covered with a slippery, dark green layer.

With the appearance of this bundle of hemp, the smell that was originally trapped under the water suddenly diffused, filling the nostrils of everyone around.

The hemp retting produced by the Qingque tribe this year was grown by the tribe themselves.

Because of the lack of a round-trip journey to Yau Ma Tei, even if it took a little more time to make it, it was far earlier than last year.

The benefits and many uses of hemp cloth have been experienced by the people of the Qingque tribe, so they are very motivated to start peeling hemp now.

Compared with other jobs, peeling hemp is very troublesome, but it is not tiring, so most of the people peeling hemp here today are the old, weak and some not very strong people of the Qingque tribe.

The elder brother took ten or twenty of the strong ones away, carrying stone shovels, bone shovels, and some tree ferns, all the way to Yanshan.

It's not to make salt there, but to go to the spring on the edge of the salt mountain, dig traps, and catch some prey for the winter.

After all, rabbits can only trap some small prey with these traps, and they are powerless to deal with big ones.

The Yanshan spring is now a good hunting place, because the people of the Qingque tribe often cook salt there, the water there is more or less salty, so after the people who boiled salt in the tribe left, More and more animals go there to drink water.

Senior Brother and the others had thought of hunting there before, but Han Cheng did not agree. Now that there are traps and they are relatively free, it is a good time to harvest a wave.

The animals there are indeed about to be harvested. Otherwise, when there are more and more people, the people of the Qingque tribe may be attacked if they cook salt.

Han Cheng did not intervene in the peeling of hemp this time. In fact, he has not intervened in this work since he taught everyone how to operate it last year. It's not that he is too lazy, but that the taste is too touching.

While everyone was peeling the hemp, Han Chengli looked downstream by the small river.

Occasionally, yellowing or reddish leaves drift with the current and roll away.

Bai Xuemei, who had changed into braids, stood beside Han Cheng and looked down the river together.

She knew that brother Cheng was waiting for people from the tribe she was originally from.

Counting the time, the people of the Fire Tribe should have arrived at this time, why are they still missing?

Looking at the empty river, Han Cheng was worried and impatient.

In the plan he conceived, the Fire Tribe was a very important part.

It is also a long line that he placed.

If people from the Fire Tribe don't come this year, it means that all the things he imagined about the Fire Tribe will basically become fantasy.

Not only will the Qingque Tribe's textiles be affected, but the longer-term development and expansion in the future will also be affected to a certain extent.

"Brother Cheng, look!"

While thinking about it like this, Bai Xuemei who was on the side suddenly let out a voice of surprise and pointed to the lower reaches of the river.

The small river, which wasn't too wide at first, turned into a bright belt after flowing down for a while, and the distance was pulled far away.

On the originally empty belt, a few black shadows suddenly appeared at this moment.

Those are a few standing figures!

After the figure got bigger, the boat they sat on slowly appeared in the field of vision.

If you come to the tribe during this season, and you still come by boat, then nine out of ten you will be the Fire tribe.

Han Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face.

He immediately ordered people to go back to collect some things in the tribe that were easy to imitate and he didn't want the people of the Fire Tribe to learn.

Then, not far from the river, they also saw people coming by boat, standing there watching the Fire Tribe getting closer together.

"%￥%...!"

The members of the Huo tribe who were paddling also saw Han Cheng and the others standing by the river. The four people who had been to the Qingque tribe and lived here for a while turned their heads and said excitedly to the other four.

Meaning, what we said is not wrong, right? This is a very hospitable friendly and hospitable tribe who greeted us here before we even arrived.

The other four people, watching this scene, suddenly had the feeling that when they returned from Yau Ma Tei, people from their own tribe stood by the river to greet them, which was very cordial.

Hearing what these people said at this time, they all nodded vigorously. This is indeed a very friendly and hospitable tribe.

The boat and the raft were docked, and Han Cheng, accompanied by the second senior brother who had heard the news and several other people, welcomed the arrival of the Fire Tribe.

Then he led the eight people from the Fire Tribe, who were a little fluttering when they walked because of the long boat ride, to the tribe.

"#￥￥!"

Before reaching the tribe, the members of the Fire Tribe suddenly exclaimed. ...

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