Ancient Eden Chapter 56:

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Mu Qing was a little dissatisfied with his words.

I have lived in this valley for eight years. I have followed Li Mang to the various woodlands nearby and I don’t know how many times. I can come back even if I close my eyes. Besides, she still has some confidence in her archery skills after practicing hard for several years. But now that Li Mang said this, she stopped trying to be brave. She just nodded and nodded, bending down to help him push the **** Ma into the pond, but Li Mang stopped her.

"I'll do it. You can't move it."

He was already dragging a bundle of flax in one hand and going down to the pond.

"Then I'll cook for you."

Mu Qing smiled, turned around and walked lightly into the house.

The house that was built back then has been repaired and expanded several times, and several more rooms have been added for storage. From a distance, it looks like a small farm.

Mu Qing washed the mud mark on his forehead that had just been scratched by Limang, then went to the cooking fire, cooked a large pot of rice, squeezed out the oil from the pockmarks, fried a plate of eggs and vegetables, and cooked them again A large pot of venison. The three men in the family are very fond of meat, so meat must be a must-have in every dish. Seeing that the time was almost up, I calmed down and went out to the stream to have fun playing with the water and drag my two sons ashore. Xiao Hei shook his body hair and followed slowly back.

After Li Mang finished weighing the bundle of flax stalks, he washed off the mud and dirt on his body in the nearby stream, then walked ashore towards the house. As soon as I arrived at the door, I smelled the aroma of food. Then I felt a little hungry and walked in more quickly.

After dinner, Mu Qing tidied up, took a shower, changed into loose clothes for the evening, went to his two sons’ rooms, and continued talking to them about astronomy and geography according to yesterday’s progress, because The two little guys were very interested in this aspect, unlike when she taught them to write, they often couldn't sit still after writing a few times.

Yesterday she told them about earthquakes and volcanoes, and today she told them that the earth under their feet is a sphere, just like she was playing with a ball for them. Lightning asked seriously: "Mom, if this is the case, I will keep going forward from here. If you leave, you will walk back to our house later, right?"

Mu Qing affirmed his idea, but said that it was only imaginary and that it was impossible in reality.

As soon as the lightning stopped, the five-year-old thunderbolt said: "Mom, if this is the case, the people below us will always be head down and feet up. Isn't that sad? And will they fall to the earth?" ”

Mu Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had to talk about the gravity of the earth again.

In fact, she only had a superficial understanding of this knowledge. After arriving, her two sons broke into the casserole and asked the question. They were defeated due to their hard-working attitude and ended the course in a hurry.

Lightning and Thunderbolt were forced to go to bed before they could say anything. They made a face at her with some dissatisfaction. Suddenly they saw their father leaning against the door with his arms folded and watching. They immediately silenced themselves and climbed up obediently. bed. Mu Qing pulled the linen quilt to cover their stomachs, opened the window, checked the mosquito repellent herbs in the next basin, then blew out the twine candles filled with animal fat and rosin in the middle of the bamboo tube, and walked out. go.

At times like this, Li Mang would often come over and listen together, sometimes to suppress his two naughty sons, and sometimes because he was also very interested.

Li Mang stretched out his hand to hold her waist habitually and walked to the balcony.

This is a bamboo balcony that was picked out later, with railings on all sides and a large bamboo chair in the middle for two people to lie side by side. On hot summer nights, they often come here to cool off.

The moonlight is very good tonight, and the wind brings a bit of coolness, taking away a lot of the heat during the day. Li Mang and Mu Qing lay down on the bamboo chair. After the two of them talked about setting off to Langda Grassland to prepare things in two days, he fell silent.

He kept holding her hand, subconsciously rubbing the back of her hand with his thumb, but his eyes kept staring at the moon in the sky without blinking for a long time.

Mu Qing noticed that he was thinking about something. She roughly knew what he was thinking, so she didn't say anything and just stayed with him quietly.

A year ago, when Youyou's father and several other tribesmen came here, they brought a piece of news.

The tribesmen came here just to burn salt. Over the years, they have regularly had people come here to stay for a few days, and after burning enough salt, they bring it back to the settlement.

That was the last time they came to burn salt. They said that the tribesmen found a salt land similar to theirs in another place in the valley. After getting the salt this time, I may go there to refine it in the future.

This is good news for the tribesmen. But the night before they left, when Li Mang entertained them with muqingniang millet wine, Youyou's father suddenly said something.

"Dawu is about to start a plan that he has prepared for a long time. The tribesmen have support and opposition. But he seems to have made up his mind, and no one can make him change."

He just said this. But it silenced everyone.

Mu Qingye. She naturally understood the meaning of Youyou's father's words.

Yiga, after waiting for nearly ten years, is he finally going to embark on a journey for his dream?

This was the first thought that passed through her mind after hearing what Youyou's father said.

A gust of wind blew, bringing with it the fragrance of wild osmanthus. Mu Qing inhaled the fragrance deeply, rested her head on Li Mang's arm, and closed her eyes. The scene when Yi Jia came to the valley with her and Li Mang a long time ago flashed through her mind.

That was eight years ago. After she and Li Mang returned to their home from the settlement after their battle with the beast-driving tribesmen, about half a month later, one day Yijia suddenly came over.

Mu Qing was surprised by his arrival, but Li Mang was very happy and received him warmly.

Yijia looked at their fields with great interest, where they planted things, raised animals, and erected large fire kilns. He then carefully asked Mu Qing about almost all the details. Mu Qing, of course, told him from his own knowledge that planting seeds, growing grains and vegetables, raising animals and poultry, or grazing were more advanced than their original lifestyle of picking and hunting. Because once the scale is slowly formed, not only is life guaranteed, but the surplus manpower will also have time to do other things, such as various inventions and creations. Just like her and Li Mang, in a year or two, they will be able to completely get rid of their reliance on hunting and gathering for a living.

Yijia seemed to agree with her words very much. After she finished speaking, he thought for a moment and suddenly asked about the saber.

When Li Mang was fighting with the beast-driving tribesmen with him, he saw this short but extremely lethal weapon.

Li Mang immediately handed the knife to him.

Yijia looked around the knife with almost astonished eyes, playing with it fondly, trying out its sharpness and hardness. When he finally returned the knife to Limang, he looked at Mu Qing and asked: "With such texture, I Never seen before. Do you know its origin?"

His tone was questioning. But looking at Mu Qing, his eyes were determined.

The knife comes from Mu Qing, and he naturally knows this.

While Mu Qing was still hesitating, he suddenly smiled brightly: "I just thought that if we could find materials like this to replace wood and stones and make sharper and harder axes, hoes, bows and crossbows, it would be more convenient for hunting and farming, and the lives of the tribesmen would be improved. It will definitely be fine."

Mu Qing also smiled. She thought for a moment and told him that the material of this knife was steel. It's impossible to make an appliance with the same texture as it. But they can try to find a green ore in the hilly areas, put it in the kiln crucible and smelt it until it melts, and then they may get a liquid called copper. Pour this liquid into a pre-made mold, wait for it to condense and remove the mold, and you will get the tool you want. Although this material cannot be compared with steel, but compared with wood and stone, it is self-evident.

She still clearly remembers that after Yijia heard what she said, his expression could be described as extremely excited. He immediately asked Mu Qing carefully. After Mu Qing described it to him again, Yijia walked to the stream alone, sat on a stone and faced the stream in silence for a long time.

"Li Mang, your woman came from the sky, you must take good care of her, lest one day she will disappear from your side."

Mu Qing still remembers that when he left, he said such words to Li Mang, half jokingly and half seriously.

Li Mang burst out laughing at that time, and hugged her shoulders forcefully in front of him.

After Yijia left, he never set foot in their valley again for so many years. However, news about him and the settlement continued to spread through the people who came here to collect salt.

In the spring of the second year after Yijia returned, he asked the tribesmen to open up gardens and land, plant millet and other transplanted fruits and vegetables on a large area, and follow Muqing's example in raising animals.

His move was not supported by the tribesmen at first, but he pushed it forward forcefully, allowing some people to continue hunting and gathering, while leaving some willing to specialize in farming and raising food. Over the past few years, the results have gradually been achieved. There is a lot of surplus food and livestock that can be slaughtered at any time. The territory of the settlement has gradually expanded, and some people have even come to seek refuge with foreigners. He also imitated Mu Qing and others and used bricks, stones and wood to build houses. Moreover, about two years ago, Li Mang and Mu Qing received a special gift from Israel.

That is a machete made of unprecedented new materials. The color is dark and the surface is rough, but it is extremely hard. After cutting down a tree as thick as a thigh, the cutting edge is only slightly curled.

I was very excited to receive the machete Tiger Teeth.

He told Li Mang that in the past few years, Dawu had been asking people to search for the green ore that Mu Qing had described to him, but there had been no harvest. But he never gave up until one day, after a heavy rain, he went out to look for people. The mountain was somewhat cracked and washed away by the rain. Down the slope, he saw many green gravels on the exposed surface, everywhere.

They found the ore and cast the first bronze object, a cup, then a cauldron, a steamer, a hoe, and a pickaxe, and then began to cast knives and guns.

"This kind of thing is great, but it's a little soft. It's better to make it into a **** for digging in the ground. It's better to make it into a longer knife. Sometimes after cutting something, you have to put it on the ground and flatten the bend with your feet. Li Mang, you too You know, in the past, when we would have a bonfire outside to barbecue prey, a black stone on the ground would slowly exude a shiny white substance like water. After the fire went out and cooled down, it would harden again. One day, Lian When I was making the green stone, I suddenly thought, if I throw this kind of black stone into it and refine it together, I don’t know what will come out. Then I did it. Guess what? The knife fused with the white liquid turned out to be better than before. It’s much harder! After taking out the knife like this, after cutting once, you no longer have to flatten the curved part with your feet like before. It’s really useful! Dawu asked me to send it to you. He said this is Credit goes to you."

Li Mang also seemed to like the heavy knife very much at that time, and he and Hu Te discussed the softness and hardness of the knife. On the other hand, Mu Qing suddenly felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart.

She knew that this was a truly bronze sword. A bronze knife was made by mixing tin and copper. It is hard and sharp, and it is very lethal to this Stone Age man.

She didn't tell Yijia this back then, maybe because she forgot at the time, or maybe she subconsciously didn't want to tell him that green ore must be fused with cassiterite to cast hard bronze. But even if she didn't say it, now, they still discovered this accidentally.

The knife has always been a murder weapon. She doesn't like it.

Another wave of sweet-scented osmanthus comes. Li Mang suddenly reached out and hugged Mu Qing, letting her rest on his shoulder.

"What are you thinking about..."

Mu Qing asked him.

Li Mang hesitated for a moment and whispered: "There has been no news about the clansmen for a long time. I don't know how they are doing now..."

He didn't say any more, suddenly raised his brows, looked at her and asked, "What about you?"

Mu Qing reached out and touched his chin and smiled: "I think we talked last night."

Li Mang was startled, then burst out laughing. He put his hands away, jumped up from the recliner with her in his arms, and walked towards their room.

"Oh, what are you doing!"

Mu Qing was startled by him, kicked his legs randomly and hit his chest with his hand.

"I want Lightning and the others to have more sisters named Taimohong as soon as possible. Didn't you say last night that it was a pity to leave such a nice name empty?"

"But last night we just..."

"Just take advantage of these few days to work hard, and you are not allowed to be lazy..."

Mu Qing stopped struggling and reached out to hang him by the neck.

After giving birth to her second child, Pili, five years ago, she was afraid that she would not be able to take care of the extra children by herself, so Mu Qing begged him very carefully, asking him if he could avoid her monthly expenses when they were together in the future. Peak days. Li Mang agreed immediately. Over the past few years, he has strictly adhered to it, and Mu Qing has never gotten pregnant again as he wished. But recently, she didn't know if even Pili didn't like her anymore, and she felt a little lost again. She remembered that Li Mang had not used the name Li Mang had given her daughter a long time ago. There is a risk, so I sighed to him last night, half casually and half deliberately. Li Mang was so happy when he heard that she had the idea of ​​having a baby again. He hugged her and appraised it and said that it was a good time. If he wasted it, he would have to wait until next month. The result would naturally end in hard work and sowing. .

The author has something to say: I saw many comments in the comments asking about the conclusion of the article. Let me explain here, this article has about 40,000 words.

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