Traveling through ancient times: Savages are hungry for food

The next day, Sang Tian woke up at two in the afternoon.

At noon, she vaguely heard someone come in, but she couldn't open her eyes. She only heard him place something on the table. Peace and joy followed him out.

A faint scent of mugwort wafted over, it was him...

Sang Tian then continued to sleep soundly...

Sang Tian took a closer look and found that it was a casserole with a tightly closed lid.

Sang Tian got up and felt weak and sore all over. She must have been extremely tired these past few days.

I checked the temperature and it was still warm. I opened it and saw that it was beef brisket pot.

This kid Cang is great, he smells really good.

I guess Ping An and Xi Le were called away by him to be fed.

Sang Tian quickly washed up and ate everything in big mouthfuls of food. He was indeed hungry.

After a while, Cang came in with Ping'an and Xile.

He looked at the clean casserole on the table.

A doting smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Are you full?"

“I’m full…”

Peace and Joy circled around the two of them, wagging their tails happily.

Cang added some more fire to Sang Tian's stove, and the two sat by the stove chatting casually.

"Next, it's time to build a house."

“Yes, the first priority is to build houses as soon as possible. We can’t let Guyu’s people squeeze in for the entire snow season.

These days, both we and the tribesmen who stayed in the tribe are exhausted. Let's have a good rest today.

Work will officially begin tomorrow. I will report to the chief and the witch tonight."

"Okay, I'm looking forward to seeing what the house looks like..."

"Then you'll have to watch carefully..."

……

In the evening, Sang Tian found Lei and Wu, and held a brief meeting with several elders including Shan, Meng, Cheng, Han, and Lan.

"Our tribe's cave is really in a critical condition. It can no longer accommodate everyone. We can't let future members of our tribe sleep in the caves. It's very damp there.

Fortunately, we already knew that mulberry trees could build houses. Although we don’t know what a house looks like, it is used to shelter from the wind and rain, so it will definitely not be worse than a cave!

"What materials are needed to build a house? It must take a lot of time and effort!"

"You need soil, bricks, wood, and so on. Just making the soil and bricks takes a lot of time, and building a house is a very technical job. It takes a lot of energy and you can't be careless at all."

"That's fine. Since the first snow hasn't arrived yet and the cold is still bearable, with the three hundred of us working together, I believe we can finish it soon."

"Yeah, good things take time. With three hundred of us working together, it won't be slow!"

"If we work together, we'll soon be able to see what the house that Sang described looks like..."

……

Seeing everyone's enthusiasm soaring, Sang Tian felt more confident.

Yes, so what if it’s laborious? With three hundred people, there’s no need to worry about not being able to build the house in a short time!

"It just so happens that while we're building the house, we can also build the kang. We still need to make mud blocks anyway."

"Kang? I've heard Sang mention it. It's a kang with a big hole inside. You throw firewood in and it burns, and then the kang gets warm. It's really cozy when you sleep on it..."

Cheng was full of doubt and asked, "People sleeping on top, with a fire burning underneath? Won't that roast them?"

Sang Tian couldn't help but burst out laughing.

This should be a misunderstanding of the kang in the north by many southerners!

"It really takes a while for the earth to transfer heat! Even if someone sleeps on the kang and another member of the tribe heats it, it won't be a problem at all.

It took at least 40 minutes for the heat to come, and the open flame had long been extinguished, leaving only the residual heat to keep warm.

It's not what you think. A fire on the ground floor with people sleeping on top doesn't seem much different from how we cook. Although the principles and methods seem similar, the process and results are very different."

"Oh... now... I thought it was just like our barbecue. Wouldn't it burn people to death?"

Han asked, "The firewood only burns for a short while, and the night is long. Isn't it already cold? The kang is cold in the middle of the night?"

"The kang has a strong ability to retain heat, and the residual heat can be retained for a long time under the dense soil. But Han is right, it may be cold in the early morning during the snowy season.

So, when you are heating your kang during the snowy season, after the open flames have gone out and only sparks remain, you can find some wood or firewood, even charcoal, and bury it in the ashes on the kang, then cover it with a lid.

Of course, Mars will not make these firewoods burn, but the temperature will slowly erode them, and the firewood will naturally gradually emit heat over the long night.

In addition, covering it with ash will inhibit the speed at which it releases heat, so... it can really keep you warm all night.

When I woke up in the morning, the temperature of the kang was indeed not as high as it was in the middle of the night, but it was definitely still hot!

……

After listening to Sang Tian's explanation, several people suddenly understood.

I have to say, this wisdom is really amazing.

Sang Tian: Don’t you see how many years of suffering my ancestors endured before they invented and manufactured the kang in the long river of time!

These are all obvious experiences!

I am just a legacy. If Sang Tian were to think on her own, then there would probably be no hope in this life...

……

"Okay, then tomorrow morning, we'll gather everyone to start preparing the soil and building the house!"

"Yes!"

……

the next morning.

Lei gathered everyone in the square and explained the next arrangements.

As for the specific small matters, I will follow Sang Tian's arrangements.

After the meeting, the production officially began!

About three hundred tribesmen were at Sang Tian's disposal.

Sang Tian first divided everyone into two groups, one group to make earthen blocks, and the other group to burn paper tiles.

First, the clod...

Choose soil with good viscosity, such as clay or loess. Also avoid soil that contains too much sand or stones.

That is naturally the clay used to make pottery pots on the river bank.

But we can’t use them all, after all, there are not enough.

So use a mixture of ordinary soil and potting clay in a ratio of 2:1, and add some chopped hay, which is definitely sticky enough.

(If you grew up in a rural area and lived in a mud house, used a mud stove, or had a mud stove, you would know that these things are mixed with wheat straw, which can increase toughness, stickiness, and toughness.)

Then there's the square mold, which you can make the old-fashioned way. The inner wall of the mold should be smooth so that the clay block can be easily demoulded.

The earth blocks naturally need to be made a little bigger. It is different from the ones used for burning stoves. After all, the house is large. If the earth blocks are made the same size as before, everyone will be exhausted.

Of course, it can't be too big, otherwise the accuracy can't be guaranteed.

The tribesmen assigned to make the clods began digging and piling the soil aside. The females, being less powerful, gathered grass scraps.

If you dig more soil at one time, you won't have to continue this step later.

So more than 110 tribesmen dug the soil for three hours. You can imagine how much soil was dug out.

……

Next, you can proceed to the next step smoothly.