Winter is here, and it's unbelievably cold.
After building stone pots for the disadvantaged in the tribe, Meng Sheng originally planned to pass on the smelting method according to Qiu Juan's plan, but the weather in winter is changeable. Layers of snow.
It is not easy to go to the river to dig yellow mud, let alone find ore.
It was the first winter he came here to greet, and the more time passed, the more difficult the life became. The part of his leg that was not covered by the animal skin was so cold that the skin was already cracked. If it wasn't for the hot water every day Heating, I don't know how bad the situation is, no wonder the chief said that winter is the biggest test.
Every winter, more or less, some people can't bear it. One is the lack of food, and the other is that they can't stand the severe cold.
However, most of the aborigines feel very lucky this year. When the severe cold is coming, they have mastered the technology of using salt, and know how to preserve and preserve food. Moreover, they have stone pots, and they can have hot water at any time. food.
"Hey, hot feet."
Meng Sheng was sitting in front of the stove, a calf-high wooden bucket filled with hot water touched his leg, and he put his feet into the bucket: "When did you have a bucket at home?"
He stared at the wooden barrel with a bottom and a handle, which was joined by wood chips. Although it was a little rough scraped, it was strong and watertight.
Holding something in his arms, Qiu Juan sat down next to the male and said in a low voice, "You said earlier that your tribe uses buckets. I just made one from your description."
"It's really creative." Meng Sheng grinned and put one hand on Yafei's shoulder.
Qiu Juan turned to look at him: "What is creativity?"
"It means capable and smart!" Meng Sheng moved his mouth towards Yafei's face as he spoke, when a hard object suddenly stuck to his mouth, he frowned, and took it off with his backhand: "What is this? "
"My mother said it was made according to your shoe, but I don't know what many materials are, so I can only use animal skin instead, and the thick-soled version can only be replaced by wood."
Meng Sheng carefully looked at the leather shoes. The outside is made of leather, and the inside is sewn with rabbit fur. What's more, there are insoles. The shoes are not too fancy, just like cotton shoes. Even so, they are enough He was pleasantly surprised.
In this winter, he has shoes and can't wear it, so he can only go barefoot as the Romans do. God knows that his feet are now like a piece of wood.
"How about it, is it okay?" Luo hasn't been out of the cave since it snowed. He stayed in the small cave where he was resting all day long, just studying Meng Sheng's suit of clothes and shoes. After taking it away, she quickly chased it out.
Meng Sheng is now playing the role of the head of the family, and the two have gradually begun to attach to him. When they can make something of some value, they both want to get the approval of the head of the family.
"Great! Mom, the shoes are very well made, so you don't have to freeze your feet when you go out!" Meng Sheng's appreciation in his tone reassured both of them.
Meng Sheng wiped his feet dry and stuffed them into animal leather shoes. A long-lost feeling of restraint and warmth came over his feet. He guessed the ground, and his eyes lit up: "It just fits!"
"Mother is very accurate in seeing the size, not to mention that you have made the same shoes as before, so of course they fit."
Meng Sheng walked back and forth in the cave, trying on the shoes. The soles of the feet were made of wood, and they were troublesome and stiff to walk if they didn't follow the feet.
"With shoes, I can keep out the cold a lot!" He took off the shoes, and scraped deep lines under the board with wolfberries: "Mom, make this under the soles of the shoes to prevent slipping."
Luo quickly stepped forward to learn: "I said that the bottom of the one you gave me has some strange lines. It turns out that it is for anti-slip. I think it is for good looks!"
"Mother's hands are so skillful!" Meng Shengkua's old man was embarrassed, but Qiu Juan took advantage of this opportunity to sneak into his mother's cave, and took out all the things he had made in the past few days.
"I said Brother Meng would like what mother made, but mother still didn't believe it."
Luo watched his son take out the animal skin, and it was too late to reprimand him.
"Brother Meng, take a look. My mother has already made all the clothes these days, but I'm not ashamed to show you. I think it's not good-looking."
Meng Sheng quickly picked up the load of animal skins and opened them one by one. Among them were animal fur long sleeves with a round neck, jackets, trousers...
What shocked him was that the jacket still had buttons made of animal bones, and the trousers still had elastic at the waist! These clothes are made in the same way, with animal fur inside and leather outside, pure cowhide!
Luo watched the male staring at the animal bone buttons, and hurriedly explained: "I couldn't find the ones on your clothes, so I replaced them with other animal bones."
"It's great! It's great!" Meng Sheng has already begun to admire to bits and pieces. He is so happy today. For the first time in this world, he feels a sense of creativity other than himself. He has always been I am creating by myself, and then pass it on. People here are in a passive state. A person's strength is always small, and he has to stimulate the creativity of the indigenous people in the tribe!
Qiu Juan looked at the unbelievably happy male, and a smile was infected on his face. He held Luo's arm: "Mother, don't say that you can't do anything in the future. Brother Meng likes the clothes you make very much."
Luo nodded, and she also gradually got used to calling animal skin skirts clothes, and then accepted the male classification, shoes, pants, and tops: "You can just do it if you like it, I'm worried that what I made is outrageous, when the time comes you Wearing it out will make people in the tribe laugh, after all, Meng Sheng and you are both honorable people in the tribe."
Meng Sheng understands women's worries. When a new thing is born, it often receives strange looks from others.
He expressed his encouragement to the creator with actions: "Mom, I'll go and replace these."
Luo smiled and said, "Go!"
Meng Sheng returned to his small cave, first changed his pants, then put on long-sleeved bottoming, and finally put on his coat. He was instantly refreshed. Adding on the shoes, it seemed that his life had entered a new era. Feel.
He walked out, and the two surrounded him. Luo was looking at what he needed to improve, and how to adapt to the weather and make new styles.
As for Qiu Juan, he felt that the tall and handsome male seemed even more energetic and handsome after putting on suitable clothes.
"Appropriate, appropriate! I have nothing to do and continue to do this." Luo's eyes were full of smiles.
"But there aren't many animal skins left in the cave." Qiu Juan said, "I'll see if I can hunt more rabbits or something, and then I'll make more furs for clothes and shoes."
"It's okay. You can remake the original animal skin skirts. I saw that the previous animal skin skirts were made of wool or animal hair. They are very warm. It will be much more convenient to wear after the transformation." Meng Sheng stretched his hands and feet, very happy Flexible, and most importantly, the trousers can cover him completely without showing his skin.
Luo Lian nodded repeatedly: "Okay! Listen to both of you. From now on, everyone in our cave will wear clothes."
"It's not only our cave, but my mother is very skilled. Afterwards, we will popularize clothes in the tribe, and we can exchange clothes for things at the fair in the future!"
Meng Sheng thought very long-term, and Luo was both surprised and delighted. If she could create such a great value for the tribe, she would be willing to make these clothes day and night. People at her age are often the most useless when they cannot hunt. , can only consume food, which is completely a burden of the younger generation, now telling her that she can contribute not only to the children in her own cave, but also to the tribe, she is already so excited that she can't hold herself back.
"Really, really?"
"Mom, of course! Clothes are a must no matter what the season is, it's really important!"
With the joy of not needing to wear animal skin skirts, Meng Sheng talked with Luo about the styles of clothes, hats and scarves. Scarves have existed for a long time. After all, he and Qiu Juan relied on a scarf for success. He hung a snow-white and soft scarf in the small cave for offering!
In the following snowy days, the family of three started to create big things. Luo was still making clothes, and Meng Sheng started to add furniture. With metal tools, many things were easier to handle and more efficient.
First, he polished the stones to look like bricks and built a stove with yellow mud on the outside. Instead of the stone pot squatting on a few short stones, he had to squat to cook. After the stove was ready, he Made some simple benches out of wood outside.
When cooking in the cave, you can sit on a bench and light a fire in a decent manner.
After honestly making four or five barrels in the cave, Qiu Juan made large and small pots under Meng Sheng's instruction. While Meng Sheng was making chopsticks, spoons and forks, he slipped out to hunt with a bow and arrow.
It was extremely cold outside in winter, and Qiu Juan was used to wearing clothes made by Luo in his own cave, and he was no longer willing to change into the heavy and inconvenient animal skin skirt. He wanted to go out hunting in new clothes, and he hadn't practiced arrows for many days. , He was afraid that his housekeeping skills would become unfamiliar.
In the white wilderness, the prey is either hibernating or hiding, and the hunting ground is quieter than other seasons. In this season, unless there are particularly powerful males, no one will come out to hunt at all, because there are too many unsafe factors.
He didn't dare to risk his life, and hunted some birds and caught some small prey not far from the cave. He heard from Meng Sheng that he would invite Zhongyang Tang Dun to come over for a meal when it was the most severe cold. It's time to order food, and the fur can make clothes for his mother. It's been a long time since he saw his mother doing something so energetic. It's a good thing that she can regain her confidence and find something to do.
Meng Sheng made more than a dozen pairs of knives and forks, and opened his mouth to call Qiu Juan. He wanted to show off his finished product, but no one answered after calling several times. He called at the door of Luo's small cave, "Mother, where is Qiu Juan?"
"Is this kid not in the cave? I'm afraid he ran out to hunt!"
Meng Sheng quickly put on his shoes: "I'll go out and look for them."
"Hey! Hey!" As soon as he came out of the cave, two males were carrying a wild boar, stepping on the thick snow and yelling at him.