Chapter 10 The Rotation of Potatoes
This inevitably makes people think of reincarnation. Otherwise, it would be very incredible to say that one cell contains all the survival skills left by the predecessors. Even the predecessors themselves would not think about what skills I want to pass on.
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Why did the younger generation adopt those instincts?
It stands to reason that only the feeling of trying to devour caused by hunger, the feeling of fatigue caused by exertion, and so on, are instinctive.
But in the biological world, there are many instincts that are very weird.
As for linen, because the output was too small, the silk tribe did not give it to others. They only gave some of the hemp ropes they made to other tribes so that they could use it to splice fur and make warm leather robes.
However, the nearby apes did not learn to make hemp ropes.
Not surprising, if you give a monkey 100 million gen hemp rope, the monkey will not learn to make rope.
In fact, to teach those apes to weave straw clothes, it is almost necessary to teach them step by step. Of course, there are also people who can learn well, such as the straw bag tribe.
Then, a year later, it was raining again in the summer, and we finally saw unextinguished mountain fires near the Silk tribe.
The same lightning struck the nearby trees and ignited the mountain fire. However, the mountain rain passed by and left the mountain fire behind.
This kind of opportunity to make fire is extremely rare.
If it were other apes, they would only be afraid, but Ah He is not. Moreover, although the location of the mountain fire seems far away, due to weaving, the Silk people have a lot of talent, and even opened a cave for this purpose.
There are conditions for making fire.
The warmth of the fire and the roasted silkworm chrysalis also left such a deep impression on Ah Hui and Fu Xi that both of them were moved.
"Let's go make a fire and put it in the cave." Ah Hui said. She no longer wanted to just go and play next to the fire.
"Okay." Fu Xi was thinking the same thing.
The two set off with a lot of branches, and the wild animals had basically escaped near the mountain fire, so it would be safer in this regard.
Although this process made people feel very scared, because the blazing temperature in the exchange of flames was very frightening, but the two finally took the fire back.
When the people in the clan saw that the two of them were actually holding torches, they were frightened and thought it was strange, but they did not scold them.
Because Chu Land is too cold, this is an effort for survival, not for fun.
So after a while, with the help of everyone, they lit the fire against a mountain wall.
However, after the fire was lit in the cave, everyone in the cave was smoked.
Because many branches are not dry enough.
Fortunately, after the wet firewood is fully burned, there will be almost no smoke.
Ajie immediately grasped this characteristic of flames. After having a fire pit, it was not difficult to find that dry firewood would not smoke easily. Moreover, she also found that when the wind blows, the fire is easier to ignite.
"Fire also consumes vitality?" Ah Hui said in surprise.
Apes already understand vitality. In fact, all breathing animals can feel that they need vitality. However, apes are smarter and have long understood that humans must breathe vitality in order to survive.
"It seems so. We have to find a way to preserve this fire together." The matron of the Silk Tribe who was also in the cave said, but she didn't think about whether the fire would produce charcoal poison.
No one can understand that fires carry such dangers.
"Let's open a few holes on the mountain wall to allow the smoke to escape, or to provide the live energy for the fire nearby." Fu Xi said. Naturally, he didn't know that after these holes were opened, they wouldn't be enough to drain the fire.
It would be poisonous to drop the charcoal from such a big fire.
Of course, if the fire is kept burning, the charcoal poison will be relatively small, and people can completely withstand it. However, if one does not pay attention and the fire is reduced, then the charcoal poison produced by incomplete combustion will be severe.
The Silk people didn't know this at the moment, so they all worked together to dig holes in the mountain wall to preserve the fire.
Aye even said: "I think, since we have to dig a hole, we should dig another hole next to the fire. Dry firewood can be placed there. This way, we can prevent the firewood from getting wet when it rains."
And this idea is undoubtedly a good one.
So, Erha took action.
Yes, it is perfect to use Erha to help dig the soil.
Unfortunately, after everyone tried hard for several days, they found that it was not possible because the ape-man could only dig holes in places where there was soil scattered between the mountain walls. Although there were many places to dig holes on the mountain walls here, there were not enough places for two holes to be put together.
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This hole was only dug a little bit before it hit the mountain wall and could no longer be dug.
The tribesmen are helpless, this is also because there is no better land in the living area that the Silk tribe has fought for.
The more important problem is that after the fire was ignited, the cave became too hot and unfit for human habitation in summer.
The tribesmen planned to carry some firewood and put it in the main cave, but they went to expand the cave for storing firewood to house people in the summer. This place was only used for people to live in in the winter.
For this reason, we have not encountered any problems with charcoal poisoning yet.
Moreover, this does not hinder the temporary use of this main cave for celebration.
In particular, the newly dug hole was not useless. Based on the ape people's understanding of caves, they all thought that this hole could protect the vent of the fire from rain, so the fire was adjusted and placed in line with this small hole.
A place separated by a mountain wall.
The ape-man used stones to break open two small holes in the weak spot of the mountain wall, which were used to communicate with small holes for ventilation.
During the celebration, the happiest thing about Grandma was that she could bake the potatoes she dug.
This roasting was amazing. The fragrance of the potatoes conquered everyone instantly. The people in the cave were so happy that they sang and danced as if it was a festival.
It seems that the rotation of baked potatoes surpasses the magic of the earth's rotation.
The next day, Ah Hui saw that the potatoes she had accidentally stepped on had been baked into biscuits by the fire, but they were still edible.
Dried meat can be stored longer. The apes have understood this a long time ago. This is due to the accumulation of hunting experience.
The little girl's eyes lit up again. You must know that preserving food is very important in winter, and biscuits should look like they can be stored for a long time.
Moreover, after I tasted it, I thought it was very delicious.
Indeed, this kind of biscuit is considered delicious to ape-men, because it has a little salty taste from the earth, and it becomes a great treat.
The shape of this biscuit is almost the same as the appearance of modern biscuits.
But it was the surface of the biscuit that pressed against the mark of Ah Hui's hemp shoes.
In fact, the cookies will be imprinted later to commemorate this step. For this reason, Suzhou, the paradise, has always had a delicious local product called stocking cake, which also comes from here.
For this purpose, Ah Hue made some batter and spread it out with bamboo on the stones in the fire.
Chapter completed!