Traveling through ancient times: Savages are hungry for food

In the early morning, the morning sun is shining brightly.

The reed marsh was closest to the tribe, so Sang Tian and his group grilled some meat and ate some taro by the river before setting off.

There was no need to capture the ducks and bring them back to the tribe to raise them. After all, the reed marshes were their best breeding ground, and they were not far from the tribe.

This time, Sang Tian brought a lot of bamboo and rattan sticks with her. She first surrounded the entire reed marsh tightly, a sort of enclosure. After the enclosure was complete, she went in to catch the ducks and collect the eggs. This was to prevent the ducks from escaping the reed marsh if there was any noise.

Sang Tian also planned to use some bamboo poles to build a house for the ducks to lay eggs, which could also be used to keep out the cold during the snowy season.

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The reed marsh is indeed quite large. It took eighty or ninety females two hours to surround it with vines. It doesn't need to be surrounded tightly, but the vines do need to be densely packed to ensure that the ducks cannot get out of the gaps.

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Next, it’s the exciting duck catching moment!

Sang Tian and his group entered cautiously, fearing that they might accidentally scare the ducks.

As we slowly approached the middle area of the reed marsh, the calls of ducks became clearer and clearer.

Even some ducks and duck eggs can be seen vaguely through the reeds.

Lan was about to gently peel away the layer of reeds in front of her to go in.

As a result, two furry things under his feet suddenly rushed in with a roar.

Suddenly, all I heard was the sound of chickens flying and eggs breaking apart...

The quacking of ducks and the flapping of wings, mixed with the roars of two saber-toothed tigers, resounded through the reeds...

Sang Tian was about to burst into tears. They had been very careful, but they had forgotten the two variables of peace and joy...

It was probably the ducks' calls that aroused their nature, and they lay in ambush under the feet of Sang Tian and others for a long time before finding a good opportunity to strike!

Sang Tian quickly pushed aside the reeds in front of her, and saw that the pond, the reeds and the ground were all covered with duck feathers. The ducks had already run away.

Fortunately, we had fenced off the vines beforehand. Otherwise, if two saber-toothed tigers suddenly rushed out from the flock of ducks with no natural enemies, wouldn't they have been frightened and fled in all directions?

There were duck eggs everywhere on the ground, some of which were crushed by the sudden rush of peace and joy.

The ground was a mess, with only two furry little cubs lying on the ground, each biting a duck.

Sang Tian: No, buddy, you guys are only a few days old and you’re already so powerful? All the flying ones have been subdued?

Of course, the two little guys just held the duck down and didn't eat the duck meat at all. When they saw Sang Tian coming in, they happily picked up the duck and came towards Sang Tian.

It seems like it is happy that it caught food for its mother...

You two are awesome...

The other females saw Ping An and Xi Le like this, and they all smiled lovingly and praised them...

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In that case, don’t blame me, Sang Tian, for being rude.

"Peace and joy! Go and catch a flat-mouthed beast for your mother!"

The two tiger cubs seemed to understand what Sang Tian said. One turned around, cried "Awooo", and rushed into the reed marsh again.

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Sang Tian then asked everyone to collect the duck eggs.

Without a translucent light, it is impossible to tell whether the duck eggs are fertilized, but you can wait until night and look at them under an oil lamp. Although the effect is not as clear as that of a floodlight, it can still be seen clearly.

If there are blood streaks in the duck eggs, they are fertilized eggs. Take them all back the next day and let the ducks incubate them. If there are no blood streaks in the duck eggs, they are unfertilized and can be eaten.

Dozens of people swiftly picked up all the duck eggs and put them into the basket.

During this period, Ping An and Xi Le have brought back ducks several times, and their fighting power is off the charts!

It took dozens of people half an hour to collect all the duck eggs! Almost all the baskets were filled with duck eggs.

Then Lan ordered everyone to go in quietly and catch ducks, and only catch the big old ducks. The small ones were left alone to grow.

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Then, the screams of ducks could be heard from every corner of the reed marsh...

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The clever Duo and several pregnant females took the initiative to build a big house for the ducks.

While everyone was catching ducks, Sang Tian called ten skilled females to help her cut sugarcane.

The sugarcane field was not very big, and eleven people finished cutting it all in two hours.

Ten sugarcanes make a bundle, totaling 44 bundles. A single sugarcane weighs at least kilograms, and some even weigh nearly kilograms.

Let's assume that one piece of sugarcane weighs 15 kilograms, so the total harvest is 6600 kilograms. This is a good result!

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Several people carried a bundle of sugarcane to the place where they caught ducks, but the battle between humans and ducks was not over yet.

So we made three extra trips to get here, it was less than ten minutes away anyway. When we left, we all worked together to carry it back.

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Half an hour later...

The harvest totaled 76 baskets of duck eggs, 108 ducks, and more than bundles of sugarcane. It was a bumper harvest.

A group of females struggled to pull all the food back to the tribe.

It was almost two in the afternoon.

Everyone was starving, but they just had some roasted taro and meat to fill their stomachs.

Because they have another big battle coming up!

Sang Tian felt a little distressed when she saw how hard everyone was working!

"Everyone, please bear with me for now. I'll make you a brand new delicacy for dinner! I guarantee you'll be drooling over it!"

Hearing this, everyone instantly lost their composure.

Sang Tian makes delicious food for everyone! Never eaten before? Just thinking about it makes me excited!

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Now that the males in the tribe are gone, everyone will be busy!

The ducks need to be processed by everyone, and the sugarcane Sangtian also needs to be boiled to make sugar immediately, otherwise the loss of water in the sugarcane will be counterproductive.

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The females by the river in the tribe were busy, slaughtering ducks, bleeding them, plucking their feathers, gutting them, smoking them...

Sang Tian specifically reminded them, "Everyone, put all the duck blood into the big stone pot I just cleaned. Don't waste it!"

Everyone is puzzled, why do we need to collect duck blood?

"Sang, this blood is fishy and scary. Why do you collect it? Are you going to use it to cook?" Ye's wife He asked in confusion.

"Ding Dong, you're right! It's a dish made with duck blood. Don't look at how it looks now, it will be a delicious dish when I finish it!" Sang Tian said confidently.

The other females were skeptical, but still looking forward to seeing what Sang Tian would make of the blood.

There is no need to cover the stone pot, as the duck blood needs ventilation to solidify.

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Sang Tian then asked half of the females to help her make sugarcane.

The first step was to squeeze the sugarcane juice. Over 6,000 kilograms of sugarcane, though manually squeezing the juice was wasteful, wasted. But this was in ancient times, when the fruit was abundant. Even if it was complementary, there was no more, no less.

One pound of sugarcane can produce about 0.7 pounds of juice, so 6600 pounds of sugarcane can produce 4620 pounds of sugarcane juice. However, it takes 693 pounds of sugarcane juice to make pounds of sugar, so the final sugar content is only pounds of sugar.

More than 6,000 kilograms of sugarcane can only produce nearly 700 kilograms of sugar, which is a huge reduction...

But it’s better than nothing, and Sang Tian is content.

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What follows is the hectic manual juicing process, which is the most time-consuming and labor-intensive.

It took more than forty people an hour to fill a large stone pot with sugarcane juice.

Duo was in charge of lighting the fire for Sang Tian, while Sang Tian began the cooking process...

Two hours later, all the ducks were on the bacon rack. The other half of the females also came to help boil the sugar. After the other large stone pot was filled, Lan and Yu, who were more cautious, also took the initiative to boil sugar, imitating Sang Tian's example.

The speed is not a little bit faster.

However, a large stone pot can only hold 80 kilograms of sugarcane juice at most. The boiling process will probably take several days to complete.

So no one was particularly anxious.

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Sang Tian successfully boiled the first pot of sugarcane. Before it solidified, he cut a piece for everyone and then gave some to each of the kids in the tribe.

"Wow! It's so sweet! It's sweeter than a basket of green fruits combined!"

"Sister Sang! You're so kind! This cane sugar is so delicious!"

"So sweet! It tastes great, perfect for coaxing my kids. My naughty monkey keeps asking for fruit every day, and these will finally stop him!"

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Everyone is more motivated to squeeze juice and boil sugarcane...