Ancient Eden Chapter 34:

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When Mu Qing woke up, Li Mang was no longer beside her.

She hurriedly got off the thatched bed and walked out of the cave. Being woken up, Xiao Hei also hurriedly followed him, huffing and puffing.

It was still very early in the morning, and the surrounding mountains and trees were shrouded in a thin layer of flowing morning mist.

A path appeared under her feet, which seemed to lead to the stream. Vegetation and weeds that had just been eradicated were piled up on both sides of the road, and the air was filled with the faint fragrance of grass juice.

The path continues not far ahead of Limang. His figure was obscured by the morning mist, making him look somewhat shadowy.

The outer cave is where she plans to make a fire and cook in the future. She wanted to make a fire and heat up the remaining pieces of meat from last night for Li Mang to eat later. When I walked to the stone platform where things were placed, I discovered that there was already a pack of freshly picked dewdrop fruits piled on it, and there were a few hunting animals on the ground.

The sun hasn't come out yet, and he has already done so many things while she is still sleeping.

Mu Qing used the flint and tinder he left behind to start the fire, and gradually a fire started.

A few days before leaving the settlement, she had just learned how to light a fire because she wanted to cook something for Li Mang to eat. She had noticed before that people here would gather a kind of grass, which they called "fire grass". While it is fresh and moist, tear off the back of the fireweed like velvet in one layer, and expose it to the hot sun to dry strips. When needed, pile it into a ball and attach it to the flint, and then hit it with another piece of flint. Sparks will splash out. Light the tinder. She was a little clumsy at first, and her hands were burned by sparks, but now she is much more proficient.

After roasting the meat, Mu Qing called him twice. Li Mang heard it and came over quickly. The two of them ate the remaining meat from yesterday with fruits.

While eating, the two of them talked slowly, and Mu Qing knew that he had to do something today.

He wants a trench to be dug in the canyon leading here, just like the one on the outside of the settlement. But no need to dig a big circle like there.

The terrain at the bottom of this valley is very protective. There are steep cliffs on both sides. The flowing stream and the downstream river converge to form a natural chasm that separates the valley bottom from the jungle in the distance. After bypassing the cliff, there is a large field of thorns that continues to spread. To the distant bank of the river. Apart from birds, no animal would dare to enter such a thorn field. Therefore, as long as a trap obstacle is set up at the entrance of the west canyon, it will be difficult for large beasts to break in from the outside.

Li Mang stood up and went outside soon after eating. He had to hurry up. Only when the safety problem is solved, can Mu Qing stay here alone when he goes out hunting.

Tools are needed to dig trenches. There are no off-the-shelf tools here. But this is not a problem for Limang. The jungle is full of rotting carcasses of animals of all sizes. Yesterday, he picked up a thick shoulder blade and brought it over, which he now uses for digging in the soil.

He ground one end of the bone fragment into a blade shape with a flat stone surface, then he chopped it down yesterday and selected a section of suitable thickness from the remaining trees. He split the lower end with a stone ax and inserted it into the recess of the bone fragment with a sharp stone. Knock a hole out, then insert the wooden tenon into the gap and nail it firmly, and a tool similar to a **** will come out.

Very simple, but practical.

Mu Qing looked at Li Mang almost appreciatively. She was just a little regretful that there were no copper and iron tools here yet. If there were, he would be able to do these things with less effort.

Li Mang looked up and saw her expression. He stretched out his hand to rub her hair out of habit, and walked towards the entrance of the canyon with a smile.

Mu Qing followed and saw him stop at the corner of the canyon that he came into yesterday. The distance between the two sides is narrow, no more than four or five people shoulder to shoulder, and the ground is covered with weeds, wildflowers, and soft mulch. It seems that he is going to dig a trench here.

The sun gradually rises. Mu Qing watched him dig a trench for a while, then remembered the few prey in the cave that still needed to be processed, so he said hello to him and went back.

Limang hunted a plump hare and an animal with fluffy fur that looked like a raccoon dog early in the morning. Mu Qing estimated that the rabbit and raccoon dog were both caught in their own dens.

Fortunately, they could no longer move, so she dared to carry them over to the stream and kill them.

These used to be Limang things. But now she has to learn to do it.

Mu Qing used a hand knife to open the belly of the animal and remove the internal organs. Then he slowly peeled off the fur, washed away the blood and residual meat, and put it aside to dry.

The weather is cold and they need fur to survive the winter. Even if it's skin like a hare, she can sew it into a large piece if she saves a few more.

She was a little clumsy, so it took her a while to clean it up. She cut the meat into several pieces on rocks by the stream, wrapped it in leaves and put it next to the fire in the cave, saving it for today.

There were dead branches and leaves everywhere at the bottom of the valley. Mu Qing picked up many and spread them on the ground to dry. Once dried, it can be used to make a fire.

When she was doing these things, she ran to Li Mang several times. Use coconut shells to bring him water, wipe his sweat, or it may be nothing at all, just want to take a look at him.

The trench has been dug to the height of his knees, and its diameter is estimated to be three to four meters.

The sun was rising, making his naked back shine, which was the light refracted from the sweat.

Li Mang drank the water in her coconut shell in one gulp and waved her back to rest.

Mu Qing went back obediently. But instead of resting, she cut a lot of canes, cut them into thin strips with a knife, and formed long ropes. When she had enough strings, she began to weave a grid.

Weaving a grid is not difficult. You just need to tie the ropes on a weft line in sequence, and the vertical ropes in staggered knots, layer by layer.

She spun a long web.

When she was killing game just now, she noticed that fish swam by in the stream from time to time, and would jump out of the water when encountering strong currents.

She doesn't have the ability to spear fish. She can spear fish with a pointed stick, but she can use a net.

Mu Qing got into the water and put the net between two rocks by the stream.

When she finished setting up the net, she found that Xiao Hei, who had been beside her, had disappeared. I thought it had slipped away to play like last night and would naturally come back later, so I didn't take it seriously. Just as I was about to leave, I heard a faint whine coming from in front of me. It sounded like it was in pain, so I hurriedly looked for it. .

Mu Qing turned along the mountain wall and saw Xiao Hei trapped under a large cluster of thorns. I don't know why I got naughty enough to get in, but when I tried to get out, I was caught by the sharp thorns, so I whined in panic.

When Xiao Hei saw Mu Qing coming, he screamed in a cadence and looked at her with his black eyes pleadingly.

Mu Qing was funny and angry at the same time. He hurriedly broke a branch and lifted it up to hold down the little black-backed caltrop. Xiao Hei escaped from the trap, slipped out, and rubbed his body against her feet.

Mu Qing squatted down and saw that there were several thorns on its back, and even a few tufts of black hair had been scraped off. Feeling a little distressed, I quickly picked up the thorns on its back and carefully pulled it out.

Xiao Hei jumped up onto her knees, stuck out his tongue and licked Mu Qing's face.

Mu Qing was caught off guard, and was licked by its cool, wet tongue. Half of his face was covered in saliva. It was itchy and slippery, and he couldn't help but giggle.

She suddenly stopped laughing.

She tasted a hint of salt on her own lips.

Although the salty taste was very light, her taste buds on her tongue were still sensitive to it after being salty for two months.

She couldn't help but stick out her tongue and lick her lips again.

Mu Qing felt that his heartbeat suddenly increased.

She immediately grabbed the little black head, stretched out her index finger and wiped it to wet her mouth, and then brought it to the tip of her tongue.

That's right. It tastes like salt.

Mu Qing stood up suddenly, and Xiao Hei fell to the ground and rolled. Thinking that the hostess was joking with him, he stood up on his hind legs and tried to pull her legs, but he missed.

Mu Qing has already walked towards the thorn field where Xiao Hei was trapped just now.

She lay on the ground, reached out and carefully reached into the tribulus field, pulled out a small piece of mud, brought it to her mouth and tasted it with the tip of her tongue.

I am familiar with that smell after a long time.

At this moment she almost had the urge to jump up.

She actually discovered salt.

The second day after she arrived at home.

This may be seen as a good sign, indicating that she and Li Mang will be able to live smoothly here in the future.

She suddenly grabbed Xiao Hei, who was still spinning around her, patted its head hard, then got up and flew to the cave to get the Limang stone axe.

She chopped off a piece of thorns and kept digging into the hard stone and mud.

She noticed that there was a layer of small gray-black frost attached to the surface of some mud and rocks below. If you didn't look carefully, you would think it was sand.

She picked up one and put it on the tip of her tongue.

The crystals were quickly dissolved by her saliva, and a salty, bitter taste spread across her tongue.

Under the large field of tribulus behind the cliff, there is probably a small brine bed. What she just tasted must be rock salt. That is, tens of millions of years ago, salt water evaporated in the closed valley bottom and slowly formed a salt bed.

Mu Qing doesn’t need to know so much, she knows it’s salt. This is enough.

She used her own knife to scrape off the layer of frost from the surface of the mud and stone, and put it into the coconut shell she had just brought over.

Slowly she collected half a shell of frost.

These frosts are also mixed with a lot of impurities, so they appear gray-black.

She needs to get the salt cream clean.

She searched for a while at the foot of the cliff and found a thin stone slab with a slight dent in the middle due to weathering.

Mu Qing hurried back to the cave, picked a larger coconut shell, filled it with some water, dissolved the salt and frost in it, and stirred it into a salt brine.

She dipped her finger into it and tasted it. It was so salty that it felt bitter.

But she can feel the wonderful taste.

The inside of the salt brine was still very dirty. Not only was it black in color, but she could see sand and dirt impurities inside with the naked eye. Need to filter first.

Without any filter, all she could think of was her clothes.

She took off her clothes, went to the stream and scrubbed them clean, and then returned to the cave.

In addition to Li Mang and Xiao Hei, she occasionally saw various small animals that were frightened by them and flew through the grass and trees. She didn't even have time to see clearly what they were. In addition, there was only the sky and the earth and the vast jungle in the distance. . So although it feels a little weird without clothes to cover the body, it's not a big problem.

She lay on the ground and slowly filtered it with a piece of cloth on the corner of her clothes. After filtering it twice, she got a relatively clean brine from half a coconut shell.

The clothes were stained with brine and would easily become brittle if not washed, so she immediately went to the stream to rinse the clothes. Then hang it up to dry.

She returned to the cave, lit a fire, and placed the stone slabs she had picked up just above the fire.

The recess on the stone slab is very shallow, and nearly one-third of the brine in the coconut shell is filled. But it doesn't matter, she can burn it a few more times.

The flames licked the bottom of the stone slab, and the water in the recesses slowly boiled and evaporated. When all the water had dried up, Mu Qing saw a layer of gray-white crystals attached to the bottom of the recess.

She got her first portion of salt.

With salt, not only can they say goodbye to the bland taste, and they don’t have to drink the strong-smelling blood soup, but more importantly, they can preserve food well.

She shouted excitedly and almost rushed to Li Mang immediately to tell him the good news. Everyone ran out of the cave for a while, but they finally held back.

Let’s wait until he eats food with salt. She wanted to see his reaction to the taste.

Xiao Hei followed Mu Qing and ran for a while, then suddenly stopped following her. Not understanding what happened, he looked back at Mu Qing and yelled a few times.

Li Mang didn't see Mu Qing walking around for a long time, feeling a little worried. He actually still liked the feeling of her hanging around. In addition, the blade of the bone **** was a bit dull, so I carried it back to take a look at her and sharpen the blade again.

He arrived at the entrance of the cave and saw a scene he could not have imagined.

There was something cooking on a stone slab above the fire, and white smoke was rising upwards. He, Mu Qing, was lying on the ground with his bare upper body blowing fire seriously, his round buttocks raised towards him.

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