The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

After the meal, Li Quan Dahu and a dozen strong men stayed behind to protect everyone.

Shen Zhiqiu asked Erhu to lead the team, and took the remaining strong men and young men with torches and swords and set off. Each of them carried a bamboo basket on his back.

By the way, she also brought back the palm fruits that the daughters failed to bring back, so they wouldn't have to make another trip. Look how tired her daughter was, she fell asleep right after lying down after dinner.

The woods were pitch black at night, with gusts of cold wind and a gloomy atmosphere. Even the torches in my hands were blown by the wind, leaving a tail of flame behind.

Along the way, Shen Zhiqiu kept his neck hunched and shouted to everyone: "You guys will be responsible for lighting torches in a while. Be careful. Palm bark is dry and should not cause a fire. You just need to light the torches. You don't need to do other work."

He was afraid of accidentally starting a fire. With such strong winds, they couldn't escape even if they wanted to. He kept repeating, "Take good care of the torches. With such strong winds, if there is a fire, we will all be dead here."

The boys were full of energy, but none of them were in any trouble. They responded confidently: "Don't worry, Third Uncle (Third Uncle), we know the seriousness of the situation."

Shen Zhiqiu finally felt relieved, but the cold wind at night made his face hurt.

The forest was silent at night, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind and the crackling of branches and leaves under their feet.

Today is the thirteenth day of the lunar month, and the moon is still very round. The moonlight shines through the gaps between the leaves, forming patches of mottled light and shadows. It can also illuminate most of the road ahead.

But there is one thing. Ancient people had night blindness. When they were traveling at night, many people couldn't see the road clearly and often got into trouble. But after eating meat for such a long time, their situation has improved to some extent.

Their family of four was fine. Their original living conditions were good and they ate meat enough. But his mom and dad were not so good. They gave him enough money and bought him land, but they were just too stingy and didn't want to spend money.

Since he passed the imperial examination and won the third place, his parents saved up twenty taels of silver for their big family.

If you want to ask him how he knew, it was because the old lady told him about it, and she also said that the money he gave her in previous years had not been touched, and it was not included in the twenty taels.

Your father said that he would buy you a house and open a private school when we get there. I am still talking about it, but I didn’t touch the gold cake that Yoyo gave me.

That was given by her grandfather. This should be kept as her dowry. If you need money, use the money you usually bring back. Don't touch her grandfather's gold cake.

You say you can't even eat meat once a month. What's the point of saving money? You can't bring it with you when you are born and you can't take it with you when you die. The purpose of making money is to improve the quality of life.

Hey! Actually, he knew that this was the case with the farmers in ancient times. They were afraid of being poor. They were afraid that they would not be able to afford medical treatment if they got sick.

A few years ago, there was a family in the village, namely Shen Laoshi’s family. They used to raise pigs. His father was good at raising pigs, and the pigs they raised were stronger than those raised by others.

The living conditions in the village are definitely excellent. My father is sick and needs to buy ginseng as a medicine. Ginseng is not something that ordinary people can afford, not to mention that we can't use those small ginseng weighing more than ten taels.

But he couldn't come up with more than 100 taels, so he could only use the small ginseng to hang on. Later, the man passed away, the money was spent, and he still owed a lot of debts. It was only in recent years that he gradually paid off the debts.

This is because Doctor Guo is the one who prescribed the medicine and treated the disease. If someone else were to see him, it would be more expensive. Doctor Guo would be considered as a cost. Their family is not wealthy and they really cannot afford it.

After this incident, every household in the village felt that they had to save money, otherwise they couldn't afford to see a doctor when they were sick. His mother became even more stingy.

"Uncle, we're almost there, right in front!"

Erhu, who was leading the way in front, suddenly spoke up, interrupting his thoughts.

Shen Zhiqiu quickly responded: "Okay, got it!"

But I was thinking in my heart: My daughters have walked quite far. They have been walking in the woods for an hour and are finally arriving. I will go back and tell my daughters not to take others so far. In winter, they may easily run into hungry wolves or something. It is too dangerous.

"We're finally here! It's really far!" Shen Fugui shouted excitedly.

Everyone saw a large area of ​​palm trees in front of them, and Shen Douzi sighed: "This old area is much larger than the ones in our village in later generations. Let's work harder and get them all back."

Shen Zhiqiu coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention and said:

"Palm trees should not be cut for bark in this season, but we are in trouble and have to borrow their bark. We cannot cut all the bark from a tree, we have to leave half of it, otherwise it will freeze to death in winter.

The weather this year is unusual. This forest is big, and we can harvest half of it. We can take all the palm fruits. Let's get started. Boys, keep an eye on the torches."

Everyone responded and started to work together to cut the palm trees, with one man assigned to each tree. Among the three men, there was a young man who was holding a torch. He could only watch as he pleased. Firstly, there were not enough people, and secondly, the distance was too close and the palm bark could easily be set on fire.

Fortunately, there are no tall trees blocking the view in this area, so the moonlight can still be used to its full potential.

At the beginning, they cut the trees that Shen Youyou and his friends had cut palm fruits before. They just had to cut off the big leaves at the bottom and cut the bark.

Shen Zhiqiu didn't cut the bark, and there were not enough people to hold the torches. His elder brother, his younger brothers, and his eldest brother-in-law didn't allow him to do it, saying that they were afraid of hurting his hands and not being able to write.

Therefore, he became the only adult among the torch bearers, but he had no embarrassment because he had never had his penis cut before.

The other men in the village were different. If they had spare money to buy straw raincoats and oil-paper umbrellas, they would go up the mountain to look for palm bark in April and make them themselves. They also used it to repair their houses and sheds for livestock and poultry.

Therefore, once you are proficient in each movement, you don't need to look at it.

Shen Zhiqiu looked at Shen Zhichun, who was holding a machete, not using a sickle, and cutting a circle at the root of the bark. The bark was very thick and tough.

You need to use some strength when cutting. After a circle of bark is cut, cut another vertical line, and the palm bark will be cut off.

Just cut upwards layer by layer, and switch to the next one when you are halfway through.

This job is very simple for the men in Shenjia Village.

After the palm skin is cut off, it cannot be used directly. It needs to be washed and dried first.

When making a straw raincoat, you need to make palm ropes first and turn the palm skin into palm fluff, which is much faster than tearing it by hand.

The palm fibers are then twisted into thread, and then twisted into palm ropes using the two-strand rope weaving method to make straw raincoats.

Start with the collar first. Arrange and fold a dozen pieces of processed palm leather on a palm rope to make the collar, leaving a rope for tying the collar, and then sew it in place with another palm rope.

At this time, you need to use a thick bamboo tube to fix the size of the neckline, and then shape it. First fix it with a bamboo stick, and then thread the needle and sew to avoid deviation.

The raincoat surface and bottom should be sewn together with fine thread, stitch by stitch, and both should be sewn with brown rope.

The whole straw raincoat looks like a big butterfly, with slightly upturned wings and a round neckline in the middle made of straw raincoat bones.

The straw raincoat consists of two parts: the upper and lower skirts. The lower skirt is connected to two pieces of skirt on both sides, which serve as the chest, hanging down from the chest and surrounding the lower legs.

The production method is similar to that of the upper skirt, which is to arrange and fold the rice leaves and sew them with palm ropes. However, the straw raincoat has a surface and an inside, so both sides need to be sewn densely without leaving too large gaps. This way, the straw raincoat is strong and durable.

Then use brown rope to lock the edges, and then splice the upper and lower skirts together. The rainproof and cold-resistant straw raincoat is now ready.

Yes, this raincoat not only protects against rain and snow, but can also keep out the wind and cold when you go out in winter and your clothes are not thick enough.

Moreover, in ancient times, many ordinary people could not afford cotton, and cotton-padded clothes made of materials such as reed fluff were not warm enough. When they had to go out, they would wear a straw raincoat like this.