Azhang only arranged for Ale and Axu to go to the Luoshui tribe to exchange resources with Chen Qi. After all, the Luoshui tribe is too far away from Qize City. If too many people leave the tribe, the tribe's defense and hunting will be weakened up.
They stayed in the tribe for another five days or so, during which time Axu's wooden bow was also finished, and Ashu was very envious of it, so Azhang also gave him one, but they needed to make arrows by themselves.
A lot of pottery bowls and pottery cups have also been made, followed by cloth. The cloth woven with root hair thread is very strong and not easy to wear and tear. Now that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, wearing this kind of cloth clothes is better than wearing animal clothes. Leather skirts are much cooler.
They didn't bring much paper, and the two brothers helped Ah Zhu chop paper-making materials for several days, and also helped pound the pulp for several days. This thing is not difficult to make, but Ah Xu got started quickly.
Making bamboo sieves is not something that can be learned in a few days. A Xu asked the old women in Qize City to help make a batch, and planned to bring back what they needed in exchange for these bamboo sieves after returning to the tribe. .
The two brothers have been busy almost every day in the past few days, and they can come into contact with new things every day. A Xu has a feeling that if he lives in Qi Ze City for a long time, he will definitely be able to see more novel things.
Because it might take about two months to go back and forth this time, Chen Qi brewed a few more jars of wine, and this time Ali also came to learn how to brew together.
"The wine brewed this time has used up all the sugar. A Li, you can make some more sugar when you have time." Chen Qi said to A Li while sealing the filtered wine into the jar.
A Li nodded, "Tomorrow Azhang doesn't need to hunt, let him go to the forest to pick some milk fruits and come back."
This time, five jars of wine were brewed from the grapes, and Ali also brewed two jars. After sealing the mouth of the jars, Chen Qi still buried them under the fig tree in the yard.
"Will the wine be buried until you come back?" Seeing that Chen Qi had already buried the wine, Ali asked aloud.
Chen Qi wrote today's date on a wooden board, and inserted it into the place where the wine was buried, "Well, I heard that the longer the wine is fermented, the more mellow it becomes. You have never seen wine before, so let me come back to see how well the wine is made. If there is no problem, let's go first." After all, Chen Qi is also brewing wine for the first time, and he can't guarantee that there will be no problems in making this wine.
The two were talking, when they suddenly heard a few knocks on the door, and when they turned around, they saw A Zhu standing outside, holding a thick stack of papers in his arms.
"Come in right away." Chen Qi put the hoe away. Bone hoes are actually not very effective for digging the ground, not as good as the animalized nails of females. Unfortunately, there are no metal ores on the plain, otherwise Chen Qi really wants to make some iron tools.
Azhu pushed open the courtyard door sideways, walked up to Chen Qi, and handed the paper in his arms to Chen Qi, "I've made all the paper you want."
Chen Qixuan picked up a piece of paper and looked at it. The texture of the paper made this time was a little more delicate than the previous one. He took all the paper over with satisfaction, and praised: "Your papermaking skills are getting better and better now, you can Try making the paper thinner and softer."
Hearing Chen Qi's praise of A Zhu was a bit shy, he nodded, "I'll study it with Grandpa when I go back."
After this period of recuperation, Ah Zhu is no longer as thin and weak as before. A little flesh has begun to grow on her little face, and her complexion is also much ruddy. When she smiles, her two small canine teeth are looming, which is very cute.
After delivering the things, A Zhu planned to leave. Now he and A Cheng are almost responsible for the paper consumption of the entire tribe, and they are very busy every day.
"Wait a minute." Chen Qi called to Ah Zhu who was about to leave, moved the paper back into the house, and then brought out two steaming teacups with cattail leaves tied on the teacups.
As soon as A Zhu saw the things in Chen Qi's hands, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, his eyes were glued to the teacup and he couldn't move away.
Chen Qi handed him two teacups with a smile, "Ah Ze found a pterosaur egg this morning, and I made some pudding, you can take it back and eat it with Ah Cheng."
Azhu took the two teacups in surprise, "Thank you." Now the hunting team occasionally finds a few eggs, and Azhu got one before, but he obviously did it according to Chen Qijiao's steps, but the taste It's just not as sweet and tender as Chen Qi's. He only made it once and then gave up. He didn't expect to be able to eat the pudding made by Chen Qi himself when he came to deliver the paper this time.
After thanking Chen Qidao, Ah Zhu couldn't wait to run home with the pudding, he couldn't wait to taste the pudding.
After Ah Zhu left, Chen Qi went back to the room and began to organize the papers. After burying the two jars of wine he had brewed, Ah Li just came back from washing his hands and saw Chen Qi stuffing all the papers into the animal skin backpack. He couldn't help being stunned, " Chen Qi, are you taking so much paper to exchange with the people of the Luoshui tribe?" Even the two Axu brothers didn't plan to bring paper, they have already learned the art of papermaking, and when the time comes, they can go back to the tribe and make it directly Now, why bother to run so far with such a big bag of paper.
"No." Chen Qi shook his head, "I plan to use these papers myself."
"use it yourself?"
"En." Chen Qi tied up the mouth of the animal skin backpack, then raised his head and smiled at Ali, "I plan to draw all the scenery along the way."
The journey from Qize City to the Luoshui Tribe is very long. After Chen Qi came to this world, apart from visiting the Lion and Wolf Tribe once, this trip to the Luoshui Tribe can be regarded as a real trip. He not only wanted to enjoy the unique scenery along the way After drawing it, he also planned to draw a map from Qi Ze City to the Luoshui Tribe.
After almost preparing the things that need to be exchanged, a group of six people planned to set off for the Luoshui tribe. Because of Ah Jing's young age, Chen Qi was worried that he would live alone, so he asked him to take the little wolf cub back to Ali's house during this period of time.
Chen Qi only carried a large backpack of drawing tools, which gave him the illusion of going back to his school days to sketch. Aze carried a large backpack of all kinds of cured meat. These were the food for the people on the road, but Chen Qi would let them pick some edible plants they encountered along the way, so they were not short of food.
It was also the first time for the two of them to go out without controlling their food. Although most of the wild vegetables Chen Qi found didn't suit their taste, at least they wouldn't feel hungry after eating them.
A few people rested in a locust tree at noon, Chen Qi asked Aze to carry himself to the top of the tree, and then Aze went to help cook and eat, while Chen Qi took out the fruit juice and a quill pen, and roughly recorded the places he walked situation, and then simply drew the scenery around the acacia tree.
There is no special scenery on the Dora Plain, no matter where you go, you will see the same things, except for some disordered weeds and tall grasses, there are the ubiquitous acacia trees, if there is no someone leading the way, Chen Qi can't tell the difference at all. in the direction they were going.
Seeing Chen Qi looking up for a while, and painting again for a while, A Xu was a little curious, and climbed up the tree trunk to Chen Qi's side. Chen Qi, who was immersed in painting, didn't notice anyone around him.
After marking the last tall grass with words, Chen Qi gently dried the fruit dye on the paper, then slowly rolled it up, tied it with a rope and stuffed it back into the backpack.
"What did you draw?" Chen used black fruit dye, and the things he drew were not detailed, and most of them were marked with words. Now A Xu only knows his own name, and can't understand other characters at all. , could not help but ask a little curiously.
The sudden voice of people around him startled Chen Qi, and when he turned around, he saw A Xu's big face leaning over to look at the painting, "I'm recording the scenery on the road, and plan to draw a map when the time comes."
"Map?" What's that
"Well, as long as there is a map, even people who have never been to the Luoshui tribe can use this map to find the Luoshui tribe." There are no accurate measurement tools here. If Chen Qi wants to draw a map, he can only Can rely on some scenery along the way to help distinguish.
Ale under the tree raised his head when he heard the words, "Is this thing so useful? After that, won't you be afraid of getting lost if you have this map?" The wolf tribe, this time they were sent to the Luoshui tribe to exchange supplies, not to mention how happy they are.
Ah Xu knocked on his head, "Even if it's easy to use, would you read it?" Now he is the only one in the tribe who can't write half of the words silently, and he has to run every time he wants to write something I went to memorize it several times beside the city wall with the thousand-character text, but I still can’t write what I can’t write afterwards. Ah Xu can’t figure out how he did it. Obviously, as a female son, his memory is not as good as that of a male son.
Ale covered his head and muttered, "Chen Qihui taught it."
Ah Xu rolled his eyes and ignored him.
Aze climbed to the top of the tree and carried Chen Qi down, and they continued to set off after lunch. There is still a long way to go, and they can't waste too much time resting.
For several days in a row, the scenery on the plain that Chen Qi saw was almost exactly the same. If he hadn't taken good notes every time he took a break, I'm afraid that the same scenery for several days in a row would make him lose his time. Get lost.
The Dora Plain without animals is very quiet. You can hardly hear other sounds except the wind and the rustling of the grass when the females are running. Now the sun at noon is already very venomous. I made a few straw hats for sunshade.
Chen Qi didn't need to walk, he lay on A Ze's back, and when he ran, he brought a gust of cool wind to his body, so comfortable that he wanted to drowsy.
After walking for about a week, Chen Qi finally saw the most spectacular and most different scenery on the plain.
One of the largest rivers in the world, the largest river on the Dora Plain, the Dosa River with countless tributaries.