After throwing the lynx skin into the black water, Chen Chao returned to the tribe. The water for nitrating animal skins does need warm water, but now that the sun is high in the sky, there is no such thing as water freezing, so Chen Chao left with peace of mind.
Since the hunting team is resting today, they eat two meals today, one in the morning and one in the evening. If they are hungry, they can eat stored chestnuts, or go down the river to catch fish by themselves.
Chen Chao originally planned to upgrade the spear, but when he thought of the moa's feathers being wiped clean by Wu Huo, he hated him so much, but he couldn't do anything with Wu.
Since the last time he told about keeping the swim bladders, the elders in the tribe would pay attention when killing fish, so now there are quite a few swim bladders in the tribe.
And some of them were thrown away after being put for a long time and smelly. Chen Chao went to have a look, there was still yesterday's, so why not get some fish maw gel today.
When he thinks of isinglass, he thinks of moa feathers. When he thinks of moa feathers, he thinks of his unupgraded spear and unborn bow and arrow. Chen Chao feels his teeth start to itch...
Although it's useless to make isinglass now, it's coming... So Chen Chao made some.
There is still some time after finishing the isinglass. It is estimated that the lynx skin will not be tanned until tomorrow. Chen Chao went to look at the rabbit nest, and the collection team brought back several rabbits. The number of rabbits in the Tianyuan tribe finally broke through. 100 mark, reached 110 rabbits.
And there are more than 10 female rabbits who are pregnant
Seeing the thick hay on the rabbit's nest, Chen Chao simply thought about the weaving of straw shoes. Anyway, they want to make a rabbit's nest for the rabbit's fur...
As soon as he saw Chen Chao approaching the rabbit's nest, Huang Yan led his 7 little friends to surround him, and his precious wheats had been carefully taken down by him and hidden in the broken clay pot.
Although the special-shaped clay pot was broken, it could still hold some things at the bottom, but the crack was very sharp. Super Chen kept telling him not to cut himself, so he picked up a lot of tattered animal skins and wrapped the crack in the pot. Fortunately, the special-shaped clay pot is not big, so it doesn't need a lot of animal skins.
They thought that Chen Chao was going to start weaving straw ropes again, and they all waited for it. The straw ropes that were donated to the tribe to dry the lynx skins last time have not been returned to them. They have not had any birds for dinner for many nights~
Those with sharper eyes ran back to the cave and brought bundles of hay.
Chen Chao touched Huang Yan's head and began to think about things.
Because winter is coming soon, and the new furs collected by the tribe so far are only 21 large and 27 small furs, plus the previous inventory, it is simply not enough to reach the level of two furs per person.
It is even more impossible to have extra leather to cover the feet completely. You know, whether you can go out in winter or not depends entirely on your feet. Even if you are dressed as warm as spring, of course, there is no condition to dress as warm as spring now...
And to cover the feet completely, the leather material needed is very large, because there is no thing that can fix the skin.
It is also unrealistic to tie it with vines. The feet are not like the body, and they can be fixed by tying them. They need to touch the ground at any time, which means that the calf can be fixed, but the instep cannot.
However, it is also possible to make holes in the leather of the instep, but there are not so many leathers yet.
At this time, if you can have a pair of straw sandals to wear in winter, you can cut off the limbs of the animal skin separately, wrap them on your feet as socks, and then wear them inside the straw sandals, you will be very warm and there will be no problem of grinding your feet. .
The amputation of the limbs of the animal skin will not have any effect on the use of the animal skin itself.
Of course, there are two types of straw sandals, those worn in winter and those worn in summer. In summer, they are similar to flip-flops or one-shaped sandals, which are generally called unilaterals, while in winter they are another type, generally called Mawozi or Maowozi.
A bit like straw snow boots.
The weaving of straw sandals is actually not complicated, but there are many places that need to be repeated. What's more, Chen Chao's requirements are simply reduced to the minimum.
There is also a set of special tools for weaving straw sandals: straw sandals rake, straw sandals grill, straw sandals hammer, straw sandals carry and other tools.
But now there is nothing, so Chen Chao can only start knitting for his own feet. There is no need to think about wooden soles, his request is very simple, it will be a shoe frame that can completely cover the feet.
In winter, put the feet wrapped in animal skin inside to keep warm.
As soon as they saw that Chen Chao started to take hay, Huang Yan and his little friends were also very angry, and took hay!
When Super Chen saw the serious looks of this group of little kids, he also thought they were very cute. Just so, maybe he could cultivate a group of young straw sandals
Anyway, these little kids don’t have to go to school or do homework, it’s a pity not to fool around to work~~~
Huang Yan asked curiously, "Caosheng, what are you doing?"
He was the fastest learner in this group of kids, and he was never afraid of Super Chen, on the contrary, he was very willing to get close to Super Chen. Unlike other children, who are always afraid of any adult male other than their mother, except the elderly.
Super Chen often laughed secretly in his heart, 'Is this a tacit understanding? '
"Wrap your feet. Winter is coming, so you need to wear shoes." Super Chen pointed to his feet.
Huang Yan nodded like a little adult, pretending to understand, but in fact he didn't understand anything, he just repeated what Chen Chao said, "Oh, winter, wear shoes."
Seeing this, Super Chen rubbed his little head. This was a bit like those children he had seen before, not like other children in this tribe who were always timid.
In fact, the weaving of Mawozi straw sandals is a bit like that of rattan baskets, and it also uses a continuous cross weaving method, but the difference is that when the soles of the feet go up, the weaving needs to be changed.
That is, when the sole is converted to the upper, it needs to be processed in a roundabout, so that it can be regarded as a finished sole.
Then select a part of the dry grass at the bottom, stand up first, and continue weaving, or use the cross technique. After all the dry grass is stood up, you can weave according to the trend of standing up.
While weaving straw sandals, Chen Chao corrected the little kids who had made mistakes in the direction or method, and put the straw sandals on their small and black feet for comparison.
'In fact, weaving directly with dry grass is still a bit thin and soft. It is better to twist it into straw rope and then weave straw sandals, which will be stronger. ' Super Chen thought in his heart.
What he didn't notice was that in the moment he was distracted, 4 of the 8 children had already run away. After all, this matter was too boring.
Well, I should catch all the straw ropes that I knead for 10 hours a day...
Let them experience the feeling of entering the factory in advance~~