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Chapter 56 Join if you can't beat it
When building the frame of the wooden house, Zhang Tian reserved the positions for the doors and windows, but the formal doors and windows are more troublesome to make. To save trouble, he covered them with coarse cloth woven by Lin Yu, which looked like After the winter, the heavy curtains hung at the entrance of the northern shopping mall.

Zhang Tian told the clansmen that this wooden house is the territory of a wizard, and one must not enter without the permission of the wizard, otherwise it will lead to bad luck, disease or even death.

Tiger head Da Lala said: "I understand this. Every time we go to the river valley camp, the priests of the Yan tribe will also make various demands. They are not allowed to do this, and they are not allowed to do that. They say that if they violate it, it will lead to terrible consequences. .”

"There are salt tribes and priests?"

After the words came out, Zhang Tiancai found some bits and pieces of information from the corner of his memory. The tribe had mentioned this matter before, but it was only a few words. The original body never took it to heart, so the impression was not deep enough.

"Of course! Otherwise, where do you think their salt comes from?"

"Where did it come from?"

"Changed from snow!" Hutou was very sure, "Their priests can turn snow into salt!"

Zhang Tian and Lin Yu looked at each other, knowing that the clansmen had been limped by others.

Turning snow into salt is of course nonsense for the eunuchs to hold a meeting. Most priests of tribes with salt have mastered the method of making salt, but they are unwilling to share the technology with other tribes, so they invented such a set of rhetoric in order to obtain the maximum benefit .

It seems that even in the primitive society, people in the tribe lived a seemingly free and undisciplined "primitive communism" life, but there still existed monopoly and exploitation among different tribes.

After further inquiry, Zhang Tian learned more information.

The people of the tribe do not have a clear understanding of the three-phase changes of water. They know that water can turn into ice in cold weather, and that snow can turn into water when heated, but they don't think that water, snow and ice are the same substance.

After years of observation, the priest of the Youyan tribe discovered the mystery. He declared that snow is the source of all things, and he also attributed the scene of spring blossoms and the recovery of all things to snow.

The snow that covers the mountains and forests in cold weather disappears in warm weather. Where does the disappearing snow go?A part becomes water, a part becomes flowers and plants, and a part becomes salt.

The people of the tribe deeply believed that this was a very simple logic. Since snow can be turned into water, it can also be turned into salt or other things, not to mention just looking at it from the outside, we know that snow and salt must be relatives!

What a genius... Zhang Tian was overwhelmed by it. He didn't know where to refute for a while, but after thinking about it, why should he refute?Discussing science with primitive people is an unscientific thing. If you can't beat it, then join in.

It is said that every year before winter hunting, those tribes who control salt will lead everyone to sacrifice to Xueling, praying for a good hunting harvest and a smooth weather through the cold weather.

Isn't this the most primitive nature worship?It is essentially the same as what Zhang Tian is doing.

This priest deserves what others deserve, so naturally he deserves it too!
But he had to figure out how to turn snow into salt first. After all, in the eyes of the clansmen, only those who could do this were eligible to become priests.

"God, Xiao! Come try on new clothes!"

After several nights of sewing, Red Flower and Maple Leaf finally made a brand new coat from the thick bear skin. The two aunts excitedly invited the two children to come and try on the clothes.

Xiao was so happy, he had been waiting eagerly for a long time, he rushed over, and couldn't wait to take off his old clothes and put on new ones.

Zhang Tian hurriedly stopped.

"Take a shower and change into new clothes."

"it is good!"

Xiao thought that taking a bath was to boil a tube of water and rinse outside the cave, but Zhang Tianlian brought the water and took him to the dark wooden house.

Zhang Tian lit a fire in the house, and the cold air gradually warmed up.

Xiao looked around, and asked a little nervously: "Didn't you say that you can't come in casually?"

Zhang Tian said with a smile: "I have obtained Lin's permission. Lin said that I can only wash cleanly after taking a bath here, and I won't catch cold. Help me rub my lower back later."

"Back rub?"

"Well, rub the dirt off your back...Look at how I wash it."

The hot water boiled from wormwood drenched her body, and every pore in her body opened her mouth wide, greedily sucking the long-lost rain and dew.

Zhang Tian gently rubbed his arms with a rough sackcloth, rubbing the thick sludge that had accumulated for several months into balls the size of a thumb.

Xiao was startled and said in amazement: "Your flesh has been rubbed off!"

"It's mud, you'll know it by rubbing it like I did."

Xiao hesitated to pick up the linen, rubbed it, and found that it didn't hurt at all, so he was relieved.

Is there so much mud on my body?
He was shocked. Before taking a bath, he just washed it with water randomly and never rubbed it carefully. Now that the mud has been rubbed off, his skin is much whiter and tenderer visible to the naked eye.

He said happily: "I have become as white as Lin!"

Zhang Tian laughed loudly, told him to rub his back, and said: "Don't rub too hard, this linen is very rough, and it's easy to break the skin."

After taking a bath, they put on clean and comfortable bearskin coats. Both of them felt refreshed, as light as a swallow, and felt indescribably comfortable.

It was late at night, after a whole night of physical work, the men were all exhausted, so they fell asleep early by their own fire.

This frustrates Xiao, who hasn't had time to show off his new clothes yet!

Fortunately, the women were very supportive and full of praise for his new outfit. Mint smiled and said: "Look at them, it's like a different person after taking a shower and putting on new clothes. I almost can't recognize it!"

Xiao was very happy, and took the opportunity to talk about rubbing each other's backs with Tian, ​​which made a lot of mud. He rolled up his sleeves and showed his rosy arms after scrubbing. The women were surprised and moved, and they all said that they would rub their hands tomorrow Try a bath.

Zhang Tian curled up in the bearskin coat with a slightly herbaceous aroma, tucked his hands into the firm and warm folds of rabbit fur around his waist, and yawned continuously.

Naturally, the buckskin clothes that Zhang Tian and Xiao replaced would not be thrown away. There were no animal skins that were thrown away in the tribe. The worn ones could be patched, and the lost ones could be glued with bird feathers. Pad, quilt, or made into a bag.

For example, the colorful dress that Lin Yu held in his arms was made of old animal skins and bird feathers of various colors by Orchid.

Lin Yu wants to take a bath more than anyone else.

When the water boiled, she quietly handed the notepad to Zhang Tian.

Zhang Tian opened it, and there was only a short sentence: "I want to take a bath, can you let me relax?"

He gestured OK to Lin Yu, and then said to the clansmen, "I'll go outside to look at the sky for a while, you guys go to sleep, and don't worry about me."

The children yelled, "You haven't told us the story of our ancestors yet!"

"It's too late today, let's talk about it tomorrow."

He walked out of the cave and pretended to look up at the sky beside the wooden house.

Not long after, Lin Yu walked over with a large tub of hot water in his arms, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Zhang Tian lifted the curtain for her and asked, "Do you want me to light the fire for you?"

"I'll do it myself."

The clansmen fell asleep one after another.

Under the starry sky, in the mountains and forests, everything is quiet, only the crackling of firewood burning and the splashing of water splashing on the ground come from inside the wall. Inside the gap, a pair of snow-white feet were happily stepping on the water, there was a soft humming sound, but it stopped abruptly soon.

(End of this chapter)