【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 293: Primitive Tribe Chieftain Mother-in-law 13

Salt is a necessity for the body and no one can live without it. Salt and kelp are exchanged together for supplies, and the people in those tribes will not get goiter after eating it.

"Panpan Beast!"

The three of them walked for most of the day and got tired of eating dried meat. They decided to find a place to rest for the night and set off early the next day. If they could make a final push, they should be able to reach the beach before sunset.

Unexpectedly, Lian discovered a nest of snakes and rushed over excitedly.

Shu was so frightened that he screamed and took several steps back, "It's a poisonous Panpan beast!"

"I know, this kind of beast meat is tender." Lian left a word and quickly went to catch the snake. Yun Xi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed. At that moment, she was still a little afraid of snakes, but then she thought that she was no longer the ordinary Yun Xi. She was deeply afraid of it, and she would do it even if it cost her life!

Yun Xi's hands were as fast as lightning, quickly and accurately pinching the poisonous snake's vital point.

"Caught!"

She twisted the necks of the two snakes and threw them into the bamboo basket, then hurried to catch the next one.

The poisonous snakes that are so prevalent in modern times were just a dish for primitive people. Stewing snake soup, roasting snakes, and sprinkling some salt would make the taste particularly delicious. The key point is that these poisonous snakes are two or three times larger than modern ones. Ten snakes are enough for three people to eat for a day.

Afraid that there were parasites in the snake, Yun Xi secretly took the snake meat to the space and disinfected it with ultraviolet light. Most parasites could not escape, and even if there were some that slipped through, they could just be cooked a little longer.

Unexpectedly, the snake meat was surprisingly tender and chewy.

"Delicious! If we meet another snake on the road, we'll catch more." Yun Xi looked at Shu, "Shu, you're already over 30 years old. Don't make a fuss when you meet a snake in the future. It's easy to scare it away. Just hide if you're scared."

"Yes, Chief, I will remember this." Shu told himself to be strong, and kept smearing salt on the snake meat and drying it by the fire.

After dinner, they sprinkled insect repellent powder around and fell asleep leaning against a tree.

The next morning, at around four in the morning, when the sky was just beginning to brighten, the system woke Yunxi up. Yunxi also woke up Shu and Lian, and said, "Let's go."

The three of them did not dawdle and hurried on their way. When they saw some fruits, they picked them to replenish their energy. They crossed forests and took detours when they came across rivers. In the afternoon, the three of them finally arrived at the beach. When they stepped on the sand, they felt an unreal feeling.

"Wow! Is this the sea?"

Lian felt very curious and ran around barefoot on the beach.

The tree consciously looked for stones to build a stove and prepared to cook.

Yun Xi easily found a lot of sea fish and seashells on the beach, washed them and asked Shu to cook them together.

"Lian, we need to get busy. Shu, you cook first. We'll have to work together after you're done."

Yun Xi took Lian to start drying salt, and in her spare time she went to the beach to catch seafood. There were many good things in the sea where no one had ever set foot, especially the kelp and seaweed washed up by the waves. They washed them, dried them, and saved them for winter. She regretted that she brought too few people with her.

But there is a lot of food that needs to be collected in the cave, so take your time, don't be in a hurry.

At night, lying at the foot of a mountain near the sea, Shu kept chattering, "Chief, there's so much kelp! I need to find some vines or bamboo to weave a basket and pack it all up and take it away."

Lian dug a lot of sand today and was too tired to move. Hearing this, she said quietly, "What's the point of preparing more? Who will carry it back? The three of us can only carry one basket at most, and we can carry another."

Yun Xi thought about it and decided to make a shoulder pole. "Shu, find some bamboo. I'll teach you how to make a shoulder pole so you can carry the basket like me."

She stood up and demonstrated.

"When the time comes, the tribe will leave a few people to guard the place, and the rest will come to transport the goods."

Would it be unsafe for the people who stayed in the tribe? No, even though Wu had come twice, it actually took the Cloud Tribe seven days to get here, while it only took them six days to go to the beach and back.

"Okay. Chief, I will find it as soon as possible."

The next day, they dug salt ponds again. As for Shu, he went up the mountain to look for bamboo as agreed. There were a lot of bamboos in the south, and bamboos reproduced quickly. Shu quickly found a piece. He didn't bring an axe, so he smashed a few bamboos with stones and took them to the beach to dry. He also got some large leaves to dry for later use. The dry leaves were used to pad bamboo baskets to put salt in to prevent leakage.

Finally, he sat quietly on the ground weaving bamboo baskets and making shoulder poles.

At the beach, Lian asked the clan leader about the marine life she saw. Yun Xi told her that only the non-toxic ones would be kept. She ate two meals of seafood and found them really delicious.

Ten days later, they had stored a lot of seafood, including dried fish, dried kelp, dried seaweed, dried seaweed, scallops, etc., which filled ten bamboo baskets. They had to go back. The sea salt had not been dried out yet, and it would be almost done by the next time they came.

"How can I carry so much back?" Lian gestured and said, "I can carry four baskets!"

Yun Xi refused to be outdone and said, "I'll also carry four baskets. Shu, you carry two baskets and lead the way."

"it is good."

Yun Xi covered each basket with dry leaves, stacked the two baskets on top of each other, and tied them with vines. They were about one meter high. Fortunately, she was tall, otherwise it would be difficult to carry. She lifted them up easily with a little effort. There were more than 200 pounds in total, and the weight was about the same, so it saved a lot of effort.

Lian followed her example and picked up the basket. Shu was already leading the way with two bamboo baskets on his shoulders.

After four days, the three of them finally returned to the tribe with great difficulty. Yun Xi squinted at the wall. It was good, it had been built. The tribesmen did not slack off.

"Ying! Tao! Xing! Everyone, we're back!"

"Wow! Amma! Tree! Lotus!"

Ying, with a big belly, was holding her baby and washing animal skins by the river. Bing was sitting in the river playing in the water and saw them first.

"Go back and rest, Xing! Yue! Come and help."

Xingyue helped carry their luggage back to the yard. Yunxi leaned on her daughter's shoulder and was almost dragged back to her room.

"Mom, I'll ask the wolf to boil some hot water for you to take a bath."

"Okay, I'll lie down for a while. Where are your sisters?" Yun Xi lay on the kang and didn't want to get up.

"Tao took all the people in the tribe to hunt wild boars. This time they found a group of wild boars on a mountain further south of Nanshan. It was a large group of about forty pigs. They tied crossbows to sticks and poked the wild boars. They also brought axes." Tao was talking about the tribe's recent situation while fetching water for Yun Xi to take a bath.

"So that's how it is. How much food has the tribe saved recently? Has anyone encountered any danger?"

Yun Xi undressed and took a shower. Ying turned around and sat at the door, holding Bing, looking outside.

"Tao and the others have jerked up whatever they couldn't eat. We already have two animal hide bags. Wild vegetables and mushrooms are the main thing. We haven't finished the ones sent by the Cloud Tribe yet. The three of them, Rain and Snow, have saved three more bamboo baskets, and five more baskets of wild vegetables. There's even more fruit. It's the perfect season now, so we have twenty new animal hides, mostly rabbit hides, three deer hides, and two fox hides." Ying listed them like the back of her hand. "These hides can be put together to make three quilts."