Traveling through ancient times: Savages are hungry for food

The square was bustling with activity. Elderly people sat in the sun to rest, while young children chased and played.

In addition, it was the turn of the No. 1 hunting team to rest and they were busy dissecting and smoking the prey.

The hunting team did not return at noon because they had walked quite far.

However, they would send team members to bring the prey caught in the morning back to the tribe, where it would be dissected by another hunting team that was resting that day.

One is to make it easier to return lightly in the afternoon, and the other is to avoid attracting wild animals due to the smell of blood.

"Cang, I have cut this piece, you should die quickly... Cang! Cang! Cang!" Yong from the No. 1 hunting team looked towards the forest and shouted.

"What?" Cang thought that wild beasts were attacking the tribe.

"Look at the strange things the gathering team are holding. Each person has one, and there's a bunch of other kids following behind them carrying the same things."

Cang was so shocked that he was speechless. He also looked at the collection team coming out of the forest. He had indeed never seen the thing in their hands before, and it seemed that it was full.

Lan called out to the male who was dissecting the prey and asked him to help take it. Then she told Yongdao to call the leader and the witch over.

The gathering team was shocked. Normally, when someone in the tribe found new food, they just had to call the leader, but this time they had to ask the witch to appear.

But only Lan could clearly measure how important Li Zi was to the entire tribe.

The other tribesmen in the square were also stunned. Generally, if a gathering team came back and called the leader, it must have discovered new food.

As for the fact that it actually alarmed the witch this time, it was unprecedented. It seemed that some extraordinary food must have been discovered this time.

Sang Tian didn't know; she thought it was normal procedure. She was a little curious. She hadn't met Wu yet. Yesterday, only the best cuts of meat were delivered to the banquet, and Wu didn't leave the house.

Zhaolan introduced that the witch is in charge of a series of major matters within the tribe, such as sacrifices, divination, and finding partners. The witch generally has the ability to communicate with heaven and earth.

The witch also knows simple medical skills, and anyone who is sick or injured in the tribe will seek treatment from the witch.

After a while, the leader helped the trembling old man down. The old man was so thin that he was just skin and bones, his skin was wrinkled, and his hair was gray. He looked like a centenarian.

But his aura alone makes people feel awe-inspiring without even being angry.

The scepter in his hand was very gorgeous, inlaid with many gems, and the patterns were also very delicately carved. Sang Tian looked closely and saw that it looked like a group of green wolves.

Carved on the top of the scepter is a blue-black wolf head, which looks extremely private and majestic.

Lan introduced wild onions and basket weaving to the chief and the witch. She also described chestnuts with great emphasis, opening the shells of two chestnuts and handing them to the chief and the witch.

After tasting it, the leader's eyes gradually lit up with surprise. He said, "God bless the wolf! With these, this snowy season will be much easier."

Lan added, "This is what the thorn fruit looks like after being peeled. Chief, you know there's a thorn fruit forest where we collect them. This is only a small portion of them that have matured."

The leader was shocked. It turned out to be a thorny fruit. He showed an expression of self-blame again.

Sang Tian thought that this leader who took the tribe as his own responsibility seemed to be blaming himself. If he had discovered long ago that the thorny fruit was edible, then his tribe would not have starved to death.

Sang Tian felt as if he was dazzled, and for a moment the 190cm tall muscular man seemed to have red eyes.

For a long time, he didn't say anything, just stared at Li Zi.

At this moment, the witch suddenly raised his scepter and waved it across the sky, as if drawing some symbol. The whole audience was solemn and dignified.

Everyone present clenched their fists on their chests and knelt on one knee on the ground.

Sang Tian hurriedly knelt down like them.

The entire place was completely silent, with only the witch beginning to chant an incantation. A gentle breeze blew everyone's hair into the air, especially the witch's extremely graceful movements. Sang Tian seemed to sense a special magnetic field.

Finally, he shouted to the sky: "Thank you for the gift of the Wolf God, thank you for the protection of God."

As soon as he finished speaking, the wind stopped.

Everyone stood up.

The leader quickly asked who discovered these.

Lan said, "Chief, it seems that taking Sang in was the right thing to do.

She said she could bring endless benefits to the tribe, and the next day, she did it."

The answer was obvious. Leader Lei was obviously a little surprised, but also seemed to have expected it.

"In any case, Sang not only discovered the wild vegetable garlic, but also made rattan baskets, which could be woven into large ones for hunting teams to pull prey.

The chestnuts will also help the tribe maintain a good food supply, so no one will starve to death this snowy season."

"I would like to reward Sang with fifty kilograms of sharp-fanged beast meat. Do you have any objections, my tribe?"

There was an uproar. Oh my God, 50 kilograms? In the past, the reward for discovering new food was only ten kilograms of long-eared beast meat.

The elders in the tribe also felt that they had never seen such a thing before, as they had never seen a reward of 50 kilograms.

But everyone had no other emotions except shock. After all, there were a large number of thorny fruits, which would allow the tribe to no longer have to worry about their members starving to death.

Fifty kilograms is worthy of Sang's credit for discovering the thorny fruit.

Cang picked up the chestnuts in the basket, peeled one and put it into his mouth. His eyes were particularly bright and he looked at Sang Tian meaningfully.

He stared into Sang Tian's eyes and said calmly, "I have no objection. Fifty kilograms is worthy of such a great achievement."

Seeing Cang's appearance, the other members of the hunting team also picked up a chestnut and put it in their mouths, and they all exclaimed in surprise.

"So sweet!" "It tastes crunchy and soft, it should be very filling!" "There are so many thorn fruits, we don't have to worry about running out of food during the snowy season."

Everyone present expressed unanimous agreement that they had no objection and strongly agreed with the reward of 50 kilograms of fanged beast to Sang.

The chief said that Cang and Yong would be responsible for bringing the meat to her after the hunting team finished smoking it.

Sang Tian thanked him and also said sorry to Cang and Yong.

Then the leader helped the witch back to the sixth level of the cave. When Sang Tian looked up, she seemed to see the witch also looking at her.

The hawk-like eyes stared at her as if they wanted to see through her, and the meaningful look made Sang a little scared.

But she had nothing to fear. She held no ill will towards the tribe. If you walk upright and sit upright, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door.

By the time the matter was settled, it was already noon. Everyone dispersed and went home to get their ingredients. They found their own cooking places near the river and started working.

It turns out that the tribesmen usually cook at the cave entrance. But sometimes the meat they distribute is fresh and bloody, so they need to go to the river to wash it, which is too troublesome to go back to the cave.

Therefore, many tribesmen have a fixed barbecue pile by the river. After washing, they will light a fire and roast directly by the river.

Yesterday we caught six fang beasts and didn't have time to smoke them all, so we dissected two of them and distributed the fresh meat.

So many people are cooking by the river today.

Sang Tian also went back to get the flint, and got an advance of 3 pounds of unsmoked fresh meat from Cang, and then went to Lao Ren Hai to get salt.

Yes, it takes 20 sunsets for a tribe to be away from the sea. Only tribes near the sea have salt, and the tribe’s salt is exchanged at the trade fair every year.

The amount was very small, so it was kept by the oldest elder in the tribe. Every time someone in the tribe took salt, Hai would record it. He would also remember how many meals a person took at a time.

Every year the tribe has to spend a huge amount of money to buy back the salt, and the salt is bitter and must have not been filtered out of impurities.

Sang Tian silently included salt production in his plan. Who said that only seawater or inland lakes can produce salt?

In the wild, any stone that animals often lick can be used as a raw material for producing salt. Animals, like humans, need salt.

This is because some stones contain substances such as nitrates and sodium chloride, which is the source of stone salt.

Sang Tian didn't choose this method because stone salt often contains too many impurities. It's impossible to filter it out manually, and Sang Tian was afraid that it would be harmful to his health.

Second, she had a better idea. Salt could be made from wood ash. We'll see the details soon.