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Chapter 28 A new look

The two people who went to the river to fish and wash the animal skins went down the mountain together.

Walking in the mountains and forests, everyone was talking and laughing. We hunted down brown bears yesterday, and we can go fishing with peace of mind in the future. With a relatively stable source of meat, everyone is in a good mood.

Lin Yu silently observed the surrounding environment.

The forests in the mountains are dominated by broad-leaved forests, with a variety of tree species, such as oak, beech, walnut, maple, willow, birch, poplar... competing to grow wildly, dotted with alder and hazel groves, and hornbeams belonging to the birch family The branches and leaves are flourishing, and sporadic flower spikes are still hanging from the treetops.

Walking to the gentle place below the mountain, dark green conifers begin to appear, and dwarf mosses and grasses grow in clusters, adding a little interest to this tall forest.

In addition, there are all kinds of small plants, ranging from various herbaceous plants such as mint grass and clover to various succulent plants climbing on the rock wall.

But the one that attracts the most attention is the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain.

She has climbed many mountains, and only saw bamboo here. Perhaps it is because of this that the tribe chose to settle here.

The plants in this forest area are basically in line with her understanding of temperate hilly areas, but...

Previously, she climbed mountains and ridges alone, and was always running for the food, shelter, water, and fire necessary for survival. She didn't have extra energy to think. After suffering from the cold last night, she realized that something was wrong.

Judging from the growth status of these plants, the most likely season is early autumn, which coincides with the time when she participated in the excavation work in the tea town.

Compared with the tea town, is the temperature here a bit too cold?

She wears the same clothes. In the tea town, she can sleep on the table without worrying about catching cold. Here, she feels cold in broad daylight.

She saw that many plants bloomed but did not bear fruit. One or two of them could be explained by other reasons. Most of them were like this. It was probably due to the climate.

"Could it be that this year will usher in a cold winter that is rare in a century? I haven't heard of it..."

The more she thought about it, the more confused she became, so she simply shook her head and stopped thinking about it.

The current plan is to quickly learn the language of the local people and explain the situation to them.

Maybe when they learn that I am from the Kingdom of Heaven and that I am a descendant of the Shennong family, they will respectfully escort me back!she thought optimistically.

The two people parted ways at the foot of the mountain. The men went fishing in the backwater bay upstream of the river, while the women fetched water with tree barrels and built a fire by the river.

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It took less than a day to wash the hides, and when the sun rose overhead, the women came back with tree trunks and hides.

On the way back, Lin Yu picked up some horsetails, a kind of knotted fern that looked like a pocket version of bamboo, and scraped off a handful of turpentine.

Lan Hua told her: "These are not edible."

Lin Yu smiled back.

Lan Hua immediately understood that she didn't understand, so she gestured with her hand.

Lin Yu nodded to show that he understood, then pointed to the horsetail in his hand, gave a thumbs up and said, "OK."

Lan Hua understood that she had other uses, so she followed her example and gave her a thumbs up and said hello, which meant: You can do whatever you want.

The clansmen who stayed behind in the cave were still boiling bear fat.

Although there is a lot of bear fat, it is mainly because the volume of the bamboo tube is too small, so it is boiled in batches and batches.

Lin Yu thought to himself: If there is a big pottery pot, these bear fats can be boiled in one pot, why is it so troublesome?

She can't do pottery firing alone, and with her current status, it is absolutely impossible to send wild people to work, so I can only talk about it later.

The water in the bamboo tube rose into fine air bubbles, the fat meat gradually melted, and snow-white bear fat precipitated, sizzling in the boiling water.

The women stirred it gently with wooden sticks, and the rich aroma spewed out. Unlike the refreshing fragrance of mint tea, the aroma of oil immediately aroused people's appetite, and everyone quietly swallowed their saliva.

The children's bodies are the most honest, sitting around the fire, watching the snow-white grease churning in the bamboo tube, and smacking their mouths from time to time.

Lin Yu pointed to the boiled bear fat and said, "I want it."

Before Lan Hua opened her mouth to refuse, she pinched her little finger again and said in a strange tone: "A little bit."

Lan Hua was amused by her cute accent, first corrected her pronunciation, and then picked up a piece of bear fat the size of a thumb with a bamboo stick and gave it to her.

Lin Yu smiled happily, and said repeatedly: "Thank you!"

She put the oil into a wooden bowl, picked up some ashes from burning plants, soaked them in water, and filtered them. Because Zhang Tianzhi's cloth filter effect was relatively poor, she repeated the filter several times, and finally got a small bowl that was still pure. of alkaline water.

Add the pine resin and oil into the alkaline water, put it on the fire and simmer slowly to evaporate the water.

When Lan Hua saw her cooking the grease and a pile of rubbish, she suddenly felt ill.

She endured her depression and asked, "What are you doing?"

This is the second time Lin Yu heard this sentence. He didn't understand it last time, but he understood it this time. He pointed to the water in the bowl and said, "Soap."

"Soap?"

Another new word.

This feeling of deja vu.

Lan Hua faintly saw the shadow of the sky on Lin Yu's body, and she guessed that this savage might be making something new again.

She suddenly looked forward to it.

Needless to say the benefits of soap, Lin Yu is not a delicate person, but he sleeps with lice and dances with fleas all day long, his scalp is itchy, the most important thing is that he is prone to diseases.

In this kind of wilderness where there are no villages and no shops, nothing is more important than keeping healthy.

She then dealt with horsetail, a plant that is not only used as medicine, but also used as a shampoo to remove fleas, lice, mites and other parasites.

After the water in the bowl evaporates and condenses, a small piece of all-natural soap is formed.

Lanhua watched her take out the soap curiously. Others had already noticed her. No matter what the savage did, it was hard to ignore. Everyone was waiting for her next move.

Lin Yu pointed to the soap, then pointed to his hand and said, "Bai."

Lan Hua had the most contact with Lin Yu, and she could understand what she wanted to express the most. She translated for the tribe: "She said that it was this thing called soap that made her hands so white."

The people of the clan were amazed, especially the women's eyes were burning.

Lin Yu burned a large pot of hot water, squatted at the entrance of the cave, lowered his head, and his tangled hair hung down like weeds.

She scooped up water with a bamboo cup, wet her hair, then applied soap, washed it three times, and finally got bubbles in the fourth wash, poured a little horsetail juice into the hair strands, and rubbed it together with the soap bubbles rub.

Everyone gathered around to watch her wash her hair, and saw that her dirty and tangled hair turned black and shiny after repeated washing and washing away the bubbles.

Everyone's eyes lit up.

After Lin Yu washed his hair, he washed his face again, and he looked completely new.

Only then did the tribesmen realize that not only were the hands and feet of this wild woman white, but her face was also white with a tinge of red, like a baby's face, so tender that water could be squeezed out.

It's all thanks to the soap!
Lin Yu spread out his hands, and there was only a thin piece of soap left in his palm, which could be used once.

"Do you want it?" she asked everyone.

"Yes!" the women said in unison.

(End of this chapter)