Traveling through ancient times, I worked hard to develop a side business

Huanyan is very familiar with the saponification reaction, but she doesn’t know if the stuff here can succeed.

The same thing may not have the same results in different environments.

Finding a clean stone basin, Huanyan poured the wood ash into it and stirred it evenly, then set it aside to settle. She also picked a handful of cleaning grass, chopped it up, and put it in the basin for later use.

After the alkaline water precipitated, Huanyan began to use saponification reaction to fully combine the two. After removing the residue, Huanyan started to light a fire, then dissolved some of the animal fat, and then slowly poured it into the liquid. After stirring it thoroughly, the solution in the basin turned into a viscous liquid.

Huan Yanyong tried the wooden stick and felt that the consistency should be okay, so he took out a small mold that he had made long ago, a rectangular wooden box.

"Huanyan, look, what do you think of this? What are you making?" Qing ran towards Huanyan with a woven mat.

"Great, let's go to my house and try it first!" Huanyan was also very happy. She picked up the wooden box on the ground and went to her house with Qing.

Huanyan first placed the wooden box in a cooler place deep inside her house, and then she and Qing tried to spread the reed mat on the kang. Although it was a little wider, it didn't matter.

"Qing, you are amazing. I only provided ideas and you can do so well!" Huanyan said happily.

"Huanyan, this works!" Qing couldn't help but climb up and lie down and said, but the kang was a little hot.

"More than just being able to use it, it's all up to you to teach others. Also, we have to collect more firewood recently, otherwise, there will be no firewood in winter and the kang cannot be used!" Huanyan said seriously.

"Well, Huanyan, don't worry, I will definitely teach everyone!" Qing felt that she had something to do and was very happy. "By the way, what's in your wooden box?"

"It's something I made, but I don't know if it will succeed. If it does, I'll tell you then!"

"Okay, then I'll go cut some more of this grass and weave more mats!" Qing said, and hurriedly picked up the basket and ran away.

Huanyan was idle all of a sudden and didn't know what to do, so she simply went to the gourd vine and supplied it with green energy.

"Little girl, winter is almost here and the fruits on the tree are ripe. If you don't go now, you'll have to wait another year, and you can't wait for a year!" Gourd Vine reminded in a hoarse voice.

"But I can't leave in my current situation. Not to mention whether I can survive outside, even if I say I want to go, the tribesmen won't agree. And even if they agree, they will definitely follow me. I can't afford the consequences of failure!" Huanyan was also in a difficult situation.

"So you don't want to become stronger?"

"Of course I do, but I don't want to use other people's lives to pave the way for me!" Born under the red flag, she could not treat human life as a joke after all.

"Then you can go secretly!"

"If I go secretly, it will be even more troublesome. They will definitely look for me. What if something unexpected happens in the process of looking for me? I don't want that. I have to think of a perfect solution!" Huanyan shook her head and refused.

There are not many people left in their tribe, and they can't just disappear because of her. She still likes the people in the tribe very much, and she doesn't want to become a homeless child.

"It's up to you!" The gourd vine stopped persuading her. In its heart, it didn't want the girl to go. After all, the way there was really dangerous. If one was not careful, one would end up with no body left. If the little girl died, it would be even more impossible for it to recover from its injuries.

After talking for a long time, Huanyan went back to cook dinner. She didn’t know how her father and mother were doing!

……

Dayi and Caohua, whom Huanyan was thinking about, were now avoiding the beating of the trees in the orchard and picking wild fruits with difficulty. Autumn is the time when these fruits ripen.

Thinking of their two children at home, they still risked their lives to pick some fruits.

"Grassflower, how do you feel?"

"It's okay, just superficial injuries, how about you?"

"I'm fine too!"

After leaving the range of the fruit trees, the two men checked their injuries. Fortunately, they were only superficial injuries and healed quickly.

"Let's go, let's reunite with our tribesmen!" The two of them returned to the cave where they camped that night in a few steps.

The next day, everyone carried the prey carefully and quickly back home.

After everyone in the tribe had made their kangs, Qing taught them how to weave reed mats. However, not everyone is suited to handicrafts, and in the end only Aunt Yagu and Aunt Yao learned it. Including Qing, there were only three people who learned it, while the others either broke or tore their reed mats.

Finally, everyone followed Huanyan and Qing to sweep the reed marsh, and Uncle Jian caught a few more ducks.

"Huanyan, why do you want to catch this thing? It doesn't taste good, there's not enough meat, and it can choke people to death!" Although Uncle Jian caught it obediently, he was not optimistic.

"Just give it a try, it's free anyway!" Huanyan said very simply.

"That's right!" Uncle Jian nodded in agreement, and then everyone hurried to cut reeds. After all, no one in the tribe had mats yet!

Aunt Yagu, Aunt Yao, and Qing's hands were almost sparking, after all, winter might come suddenly at any time.

After dealing with the reeds, Huanyan looked at her bare feet. She had become increasingly rougher and rougher since she came here, but she couldn't run barefoot in the snow in the middle of winter!

Huanyan ran back home to see if there were any animal skins available to make a few pairs of leather boots so that she would feel better during the winter. She didn't know how the original owner had survived before, but she didn't want to spend the winter barefoot.

However, the matter of making boots can only wait until Am comes back. She has clumsy hands and she is completely incapable of doing any delicate handicraft, and she cannot learn it.

"Brother, I'll go with you guys to find firewood tomorrow!"

"Okay!" Yao nodded and agreed, and went with Uncle Jian and the others to collect firewood the next day.

Although their range of activities is still within the territory of the gourd vine, there are also small animals and the like. Moreover, Huanyan sees that they are really just picking firewood, so the big trees are eyeing them covetously.

To be honest, Huanyan was still quite scared. After all, when she first arrived, she was severely beaten because of her ignorance.

Several people carefully and quietly picked up the dead branches that fell from the big trees on the ground. The number was not much, but if they wanted to store enough firewood for heating in the winter, the amount needed would be huge. No wonder they had been storing firewood since the snow melted.

Huanyan looked around while picking up the dead branches, trying to see if there were any larger dead branches that she could pick up. She was so humble!

Huanyan discovered that some of the big trees were covered with thick vines, and the trees entangled by the vines did not look very good.

But it is right to say that it is not good. The vines that are parasitic on it are almost as thick as the tree. It would be strange if it were not good.

Huanyan suddenly had a bold idea. If it succeeded, they wouldn't have to worry about running out of firewood in the winter. Thinking of this, Huanyan slowly walked to a big tree.

"It must be uncomfortable to be entangled by these vines every day!" Huanyan wrapped her hands in green energy and slowly pressed them against the tree.