Regarding using birch bark to make tents, clothes, and even boats, who did I first learn from?

The men from the two families who knew how to make tents could only say that their ancestors had encountered a group of mountain people when they were hunting, and they should have learned from them, and they didn't know anything else.

Mrs. Xu thought to herself:

In fact, you are called mountain people outside, but I didn’t expect that there are people you call more like mountain people.

Even though the villagers of Leijiawo couldn't explain it clearly, the first time they saw the magical big tent made of tree bark was during a live broadcast.

The family members in the live broadcast room followed Xu Tianxin's camera and touched and looked at it. They sighed that nature's gifts are all treasures. This can not only be used as a camping tent and a greenhouse, but also suggested that the assistant and the host's grandma make a camping rain screen in a romantic way.

You can put a piece of it in the car when you go out, but I'm curious enough to check it out.

After researching the information, I found that I first learned it from the Ewenki people.

Translated from Chinese, Ewenki is really "the people living in the mountains and forests", an ancient and mysterious nation.

It is said that he has lived on the mountain side of Lake Baikal in the outer Xing'an Mountains for a long time.

Of course, that nation is still very likely to be the enemy of our dynasty now, because they have few people and they are not convinced by your dynasty.

In fact, fighting for the world is just like that. It is good to be with this country today, but it will be bad to break up with that country tomorrow. There are no permanent enemies or friends.

So everyone in the live broadcast room is checking the historical trend in the later period. Don’t look at the current ethnic group that is not good to us. However, it is said that they were beaten back by the Great Russia in the later period and were not allowed to stay there. After they were beaten and unified by this side, this

It is a very tough and heroic nation.

I won’t mention the battles between Tibet and Burma, but I’ll just talk about the British-French Allied Forces formation that made people in the live broadcast room very sad after checking out it. The national gene was reflected, and 39% of the people of this nation went to the battlefield.

Think about it, if the old, young, women and children are removed, is it equivalent to the whole family of men going up to fight the Eight-Nation Allied Forces? This is also the reason why there are very few people in this nation. Not to mention, it will also make a great contribution to China later.

And why do I need to mention this paragraph?

Isn't that right? After Mrs. Xu sat in front of the fire and told the men that she would peel birch bark starting tomorrow, she took the walnut kernels that Lao Lei's wife had given her and insisted on eating. Everyone here is

They brought out the best to entertain them and their grandchildren, which was very simple.

While saying to Leili Zheng:

"Old Lei, you are the only one who knows how to make a tent out of tree bark. I have never seen it outside and no one uses it like this. Do you know what it means?"

"What?"

"Your village can no longer retain this idea, it should be handed over."

Lei Lizheng didn't understand. If I can't keep it, I won't.

It's best for all of us ordinary people to learn how to do it. Maybe it can help many people save money on oilcloth.

It happened that the commander of the Zhenbei Army was changed. This general was so kind and allowed the people to fish in the ownerless river that no one had contracted.

Now that their village mentions this general, they are really grateful from the bottom of their hearts. Even eight generations of their ancestors are hoping that the general will stay here for a long time and never leave. This is true.

If you want to make a birch bark tent, you really need that big oily fish.

The elders in the village who know how to cook it have said before that it cannot be made without the fish meat, which is rich in fish oil. It is so strange.

This is also the reason why only two families in Leijiawo purchased that object, while others did not.

In the past, the officials here did not allow them to fish indiscriminately, and they could not afford to buy them.

Of course, even if they are allowed to catch fish in the river now, it is not as good as Erdao River. There is a big river that can be used for boating, it is very vast, and only there are big fish with a lot of fish oil.

But our village cannot compare with Erdao River. We can only fish in the river to see our luck, and whether our family can bear to eat it and use it to make tents.

Because it is necessary to remove the fattest fish meat from the whole fish and put it outside to dry. Then use this fattest piece of sun-dried fish meat to boil it with the birch bark to soften the birch bark.

If you want to make it a stain-resistant black, miso color, green or red, you can make it. If it's black, just put some hay in it and cook it together.

In the end, you can sew the tent as big as you want, use a frame on the inside, and use the bark to cover the frame on the outside.

Afraid of collapse due to heavy rain or heavy snow, I would like to trim some wooden supports outside to make them stronger.

In short, don't insist on being told that you have to do something. Like the Xu family, who have the ability to waste fish and meat, just play with them casually. A row of colorful ones is more exciting.

You see, Lao Lei didn't tell the two families who knew how to make tents at all. The above was all what he told Old Mrs. Xu without any reservations. The two families could only provide supplementary explanations.

Lao Lei also said that if you want to keep it warmer, you can cover the bark with thatch and quilt, and it can actually be used as a house.

For example, if your family is too poor to build a house and can only buy two fish, let's be honest, we should live in this house. It is better than living in a cellar. At least this house has a yang energy.

It's just that Leili Zheng has never met anyone poorer than his village, otherwise he would have told others about it.

Unexpectedly, the Xu family girl is very cautious about this matter now. Does it sound like it is a secret recipe?

Mrs. Xu said:

"You don't understand what I mean. I mean, other cities and military camps have never heard of the method of using birch bark to make military tents. Only you know how. Then they can only buy animal skins and tents when they go out to camp.

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And if you give this idea to our Zhenbei Army, do you think it can save our Zhenbei Army a lot of money in military accounts?

I think your bark is quite soft after cooking. If rolled into a roll, it will be lighter than those animal skins and save money than buying oilcloth to keep out the rain."

Only then did Leili understand.

Before he could speak, Xu Tianxin had been listening carefully. Unexpectedly, the villagers in Leijiawo all said happily: "It's not that bad, Li Zheng, then go and tell our army. Don't let them buy oilcloth in advance. Then

It’s not like spending money in vain.”

Leili was in a dilemma: "I...but I don't dare to go."

Everyone laughed, but Lao Lei didn't care. He clasped his hands and begged Mrs. Xu: "Then I'll have to trouble you, sister. You can tell me. It's easier for you to talk to Mr. Zhenting than me. I really can't do this kind of thing."

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Mrs. Xu didn't expect to avoid anything that would make her outstanding. Let me start by saying that you are not as good as Lao Zhu in this regard. Leili Zheng's wife nodded repeatedly.

Lao Lei was dissatisfied: "That's because he and my sister have seen a lot of people who are officials, so they got it through practice. He has also seen female generals, where have I seen them? I have seen Zhao Zhenting all the time."

That's true.

Then Mrs. Xu agreed, then looked at the villagers in front of her and said, "Don't worry, everyone, I won't take any credit when I tell you this. I will definitely mention the name of our Leijiawo village more loudly. Although not

I dare to say what reward we will be given immediately, but you remember, a good official must know what he is thinking."

For example, in the future, if the quota for corvées is four, Lei Jiawo will be exempted from two. Mrs. Xu thinks there should be no problem with this, right?

Even if the high-ranking officials couldn't control the details, she would definitely ask Zhao Dashan for this favor and not let the villagers of Leijiawo suffer.

In addition, Mrs. Xu specifically pointed out that the first two families who knew how to make tents were not hiding their secrets at all, otherwise it would not be possible for the whole village to know.

Mrs. Xu, Lei Lizheng and Mrs. Lei mentioned in a low voice:

"Take care of me more in the future. I see that the old people of both families are gone and there is no one to make trouble. The younger one is still too young. The middle man and his wife have to be busy with work and the burden is quite heavy. Please help with the pulling."

After asking them to sew a tent for my family, if there is any easy job in the village that can earn more points, consider them. This can also be called their special contribution to the village."

Both of them nodded and agreed.

In fact, in life in the village, the village chief's wife is the key figure. Especially under the premise that the village chief is afraid of his daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law is more responsible than the village chief.

Isn't that right? Taking advantage of this topic, Mrs. Lei took the opportunity to approach Mrs. Xu and tell her what was in her heart:

"Sister, actually since I heard that you were going to the border to visit the army, our village has also been thinking about what we can give.

Then I asked the new general to let us go down to the river and then up the mountain. Life became much easier for everyone.

To put it bluntly, everyone can finally live a human life, guarding the mountains with firewood, and no longer shivering in the cold."

When Mrs. Lei said this, she pointed at the old woman with a severe hunchback in the distance:

"You don't even know that not long ago, the government officials came to the village to measure the land and distribute it to the families in our village who have not returned from military service. The one I am referring to is Grandma Da Shuan. They all cried. It made the villagers even more anxious.

So sister, don’t think about our village being poor. If something like this happens again in the future, just scream. Like this year, we have been saving since the beginning of spring to guard the mountains and each family can contribute some effort. If there is more, we can’t

Take less?

Another thing, our village has actually finished storing ice. It doesn’t cost money to store more ice. We plan to push the ice outside the camp gate and put it down in the summer.

Do you think this trick will work? We can’t arrest your brother and accuse him of going to the camp randomly, right? After all, everyone has good intentions, so as to save the soldiers from being thirsty in the summer of training.”

Mrs. Lei wanted to get some accurate words from Mrs. Xu, otherwise she would be confused.

"What, ice?"

"Ah, sister, do you want to go and take a look? There is a place at the corner of the mountain in our village that used to be a tomb. We don't understand what it is. There is no coffin. I've seen it. Was it stolen? That's it.

We threw out the remaining corroded broken boards.

Anyway, it was very cold once you entered the underground cave. It was so cold.

Everyone cleaned the place, spread straw and reed mats to store a lot of ice, and covered it with leaves and rice bran to seal it. It should work, right? Afraid of not being enough, some people in the village also left six cellars to store ice, but there were none.

It’s well stored there.”

"Why do you save so much and send it all to the camp?"

Mrs. Xu didn't expect that Leijiawo would be so diligent. This was much better than their village. It was also not a fault of the Erdaohe folks. The main reason was that there was her eldest grandson in the village who knew magic and could use saltpeter to make ice. The whole village also

The one who knows magic is the most greedy and misses eating popsicles in the summer. The eldest grandson doesn’t mention it, and everyone forgets to save the ice pops in their busy schedule.

Mrs. Lei said: "I won't give them all away. This is not about breaking ground in two days and digging cellars. I can free up a few cellars in advance and leave them for your village to store autumn fruits for sale. After all, who can guess?
To be continued...