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Chapter 127 Sugar Cane
After finishing what he needed to say, Hu Di suddenly remembered an important thing: Shi Ling brought a lot of salt when he sneaked out this time! Unfortunately, due to the attack by wild beasts, everyone was only concerned about saving their lives and had no time to care about the supplies they brought, and they didn't know where they were thrown. Hu Di thought, if we can find these supplies back, that would be great!
You know, there is no fixed currency in the beast world, people trade by bartering. Salt, as a necessity of life, is one of the most valuable things among all materials. No matter where you go, there will definitely be no shortage of people who want it.
So, after some discussion, Hu Di took a few orcs out to search. After about half an hour, the group finally returned to the cave.
Everyone's face was filled with excitement and joy, especially Hushan, a guy who was never idle. Before he even entered the cave, he couldn't wait to shout: "Haha, we found the supplies they left behind and brought them all back! Fortunately, we acted quickly, otherwise, who knows who would have gotten the benefit!" As he spoke, Hushan took the lead in walking into the cave.
He was carrying a not-small animal skin package on his back. "But it's raining so hard, I don't know if it has gotten wet. It would be a shame if it did." After saying that, he carefully placed the package on the ground, and took out a green stick he was using to carry the package and threw it aside.
As soon as Su Ling came in from Hushan, she saw the stick he used to carry the package. She didn't care at all whether the supplies would get wet. She stared at the stick with her eyes fixed. When she saw Hushan throw the stick aside, she hurriedly took two steps at a time and walked forward to pick it up.
Hu Yi had been paying close attention to Su Ling's every move. He only noticed that she hurriedly picked up a stick. He couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, but he still followed her, "Is this something edible?"
Don't ask him why he asked this. If you want to blame someone, blame Su Ling because she always has this expression on her face every time she sees something edible.
"Yeah, yes! It's edible." Su Ling kept nodding her head, her face full of excitement that she couldn't hide.
Hu Yi confirmed once again that this thing was not only edible, but also very important. Su Ling's expression was exactly the same as when he talked to him about rice before.
Although he knew that the stick was edible, he couldn't figure out how important it was. Just as he was thinking, Su Ling took the initiative to answer his questions and said, "Don't underestimate this ordinary stick! It's called sugar cane, and it's the raw material that can be used to make sugar.
The sugar we can eat now is either honey or the juice of some wild fruits. So, sugar is a very scarce resource for us. Apart from honey, there is almost no other real sugar. I have always hoped to find a raw material suitable for making sugar, but I have never been able to do so. "
Hu Yi took the sugar cane from Su Ling and asked in confusion, "You mean, this thing called sugar cane can be made into sugar?"
Su Ling's face was now full of smiles, the corners of her mouth were almost stretched to her ears, and she kept nodding her head to show her agreement. Hu Yi found it very interesting to see her so happy, so he reached out and gently pinched her cheek, and asked with a smile: "Then should we get some more back?"
"Of course we need it! We need to squeeze the juice out of the sugarcane and then boil it in a pot. Then we can boil it into syrup." Su Ling said excitedly. However, she suddenly realized that the purpose of their coming here was to participate in the trading day. She couldn't help but ask with some concern: "Isn't the trading day about to start? Do we have enough time to spend on this?"
Hu Yi understood Su Ling's concerns, and he patiently explained: "Don't worry, the trading day only stipulates that trading activities will be carried out during this period of time, which will last for about a month. During this period, tribes will continue to come, and the distance between each tribe is different, so the time of arrival is different. Even if we stay for a few more days, it won't be a big problem."
While Hu Yi and Su Ling were talking, Lang Ji noticed that they were too focused on the conversation to pay attention to the supplies they had found. So he walked up to Hu Yi and reported the situation: "Chief, among the supplies we found, there are about 50 to 60 kilograms of salt, but they have all been soaked in water and must be dried first, otherwise it will be difficult to bring back to the tribe. We have already arranged for someone to deal with it."
Hu Yi did not comment on his handling of the matter, but just nodded slightly to show his approval. Then, he quickly gathered everyone and told them about the sugarcane again.
When Hushan heard that Huyi could make sugar by simply breaking the stick he used to carry the package, his jaw almost dropped in astonishment. Then, he was filled with excitement. Sugar was rare and precious in the animal world, and he believed that there was no one who didn't like sugar.
Hu Di was even more surprised. He only knew that this female named Su Ling was Hu Yi's partner, but he never expected that she also knew how to make sugar! He knew very little about sugar. He only knew that sticky honey was as precious as salt, and there were fewer ways to obtain sticky honey, so few people would bring the sticky honey they got to the trading day.
Faced with Hu Di's surprise, the people around him were very understanding. At the same time, they were also very proud and explained to Hu Di in detail the impact that Su Ling had had since he came to the tribe.
Hu Di listened attentively to Su Ling's stories, as if he was listening to a fairy tale. He wondered in his heart, how could there be such a smart person in the world? However, he did not express his doubts. If Su Ling could really make sugar, he would be impressed.
After the announcement that they would stay for a few more days to make sugar, everyone took up their already assigned tasks, and then went down the mountain in an orderly manner to carry out their tasks.
For a moment, even though it was raining heavily outside, it still couldn't stop everyone's busy pace.
Taking Su Ling's current physical condition into consideration, Hu Yi did not let her go out of the cave to do things, but asked her to stay in the cave to be responsible for directing everyone's work.
So, under Su Ling's orderly command, everyone began to perform their duties with clear division of labor. Before long, they successfully squeezed the juice out of the collected sugarcane.