wild trail

Chapter 9 News from Fishing and Salt Mines
What Wang Lang brought were two nets four to five meters long and two meters wide. The meshes were a bit thick, and each rope was as thick as a little finger. This kind of simple fishing net was definitely not good for catching small fish, but for Wang Lang Will suffice.
Wang Lang has no fishing experience before, but there are many fish and shrimps in this river, and there are many unknown small amphibians. Wang Lang's idea is to set up a net in the lower reaches of this river, and there is a place in the center of the river Three sticks are nailed to hold the net there, and the bottom is compacted with stones to prevent the fish from slipping under it.
Then Wang Lang led three men 100 meters upstream of the river, holding another net with wooden sticks tied to the bottom and stones tied to the bottom to drive the fish downstream.
After setting up the seine net downstream, Wang Lang took Jian Ya and two other young men to the upstream with the net.
Because the fishing net itself is relatively heavy, after it is placed in the river, although the mesh is relatively large, there is still a lot of resistance. Four men in groups of two wrapped the ropes on both sides of the net corners around their waists, and dragged for a while. Some heavy nets are slowly going downstream along the current.
This world has never had such a fishing method, the creatures in the river found danger, and the fish flocked in panic, the smaller fish escaped their tragic fate through the mesh, and the futile struggle of those who could not swim After a few times, they turned around and fled wildly downstream. From time to time, a few fish jumped out of the water, splashing a splash of water.
Seeing this situation, Wang Lang couldn't help smiling, thinking that today's delivery will definitely surprise everyone.
The people waiting on the river bank saw the figure gradually approaching in the river, and everyone became nervous. They had no idea whether this fishing method, which they had never heard of, could catch fish.
But their worries were soon extinguished by a tumbling water splash not far away.
"Fish, lots of fish"

A child cheers as he points to a school of fish swimming by.

Fanxing looked at the excited clansmen, and couldn't help feeling a little bit of complacency in her heart. Fanxing was very puzzled as to why she had such a strange mood.
"You are mine. Since you entered this door, you can no longer have children with others, but only mine." Fanxing thought about what Wang Lang said to herself before, and Fanxing still doesn't understand Wang Lang. idea.
The previous tribes reproduced offspring, and the men of each tribe went to another tribe and returned to the tribe after the woman became pregnant. Fan Xing also saw the women in the tribe and the men of other tribes doing things that gave birth to children. Women will do that with different men, this is something that has been recognized by everyone for a long time, why Wang Lang seems to be very disgusted with this thing.
Although I can't figure it out, in Fanxing's heart, Wang Lang is the most intelligent person I have ever met, and what he said must be right. It seems that there is nothing wrong with having a child with her alone.
Fan Xing knew that people of the same clan could not have children. The old patriarch told them that the children of the same clan would be punished by the gods, and that every child born would be disabled. Doing so would lead the tribe to perish. The old patriarch told them that This matter is taken very seriously, and anyone who violates it will be expelled.
With the cheers of the crowd, Fanxing came back from his wild thoughts and looked at the figure of Wang Lang in the river approaching gradually. Hurry back to your mind.
"Fan Xing, you let them take the small nets and fish out these fish!"

After hearing Wang Lang's words, Fanxing hastily translated Wang Lang's words to the excited people on the bank.
The child was left on the shore, and the woman and the remaining three men hurriedly grabbed the net and jumped into the water.
The space of more than one meter wide and four meters long was filled with schools of panic-stricken fish. Wang Lang estimated that there were at least 100 fish inside.
The people of the tribe took the fishing nets and picked up seven or eight fish weighing more than ten kilograms. The two dragged the nets ashore with all their strength. Looking at the churning fish in the nets, everyone felt that they were dreaming. Generally, even in a dream, it is impossible to dream about what is happening in front of you.
A few children ran over and stretched out their hands to catch the fish in the net, but they were scolded by the adults, and stood aside unwillingly, watching the adults throw the fish into the bamboo baskets.
After a busy half a day, Wang Lang and the others caught a total of four to five hundred catties of fish, and they also caught more than a dozen turtles and amphibians similar to salamanders.
The clansmen looked at the dozens of baskets of fish in front of them, and knelt on the ground and bowed to the sky. Wang Lang asked Fan Xing to know that they were expressing their gratitude for the gift from the gods.
Although Wang Lang scoffed at this kind of behavior in his heart, talking about atheism with primitive tribes would make him uncomfortable, not to mention that Wang Lang also felt that having faith was not necessarily a bad thing. Under these wild and harsh living conditions, at least they The gods in their hearts can make them have more expectations in their hearts when they are difficult.
After the ceremony of blessing to the gods was completed, the men carried poles, and the women and children carried bamboo baskets, large and small, and happily returned to the tribe.
"Lang, we caught so many fish, but we can't finish them. If we leave them for a long time, we won't be able to eat the meat." Sitting next to Wang Lang, Jian Ya said worriedly. There was so much food that he couldn't finish it. A situation that has never been encountered before, wasting food makes him feel that it is an extremely painful thing.
Although Wang Lang's language talent is not good, the language of Fanxing and their people is not as complicated as that of the previous world. After studying hard for this period of time, although he can't understand all the meanings, he can still understand the general idea, although it is a bit stumbling to speak , but with Fanxing's translation, there is no obstacle to communication.

Wang Lang looked at this young man who was about the same age as himself, and felt that this young man had his own ideas and could see farther than others. If he didn't have himself, he should be a much better leader.
"It's a real problem, now that there is no salt, we have to smoke the fish like bacon, so the fish will last at least for a while."

"What is salt?" Jianya asked suspiciously.
Wang Lang was taken aback, now, including Wang Lang himself, he can only replenish the salt in his body by drinking animal blood. It is really difficult for Wang Lang to explain what salt is, not to mention that Fan Xing's current language skills may not be able to completely translate his own words.
Wang Lang thought about it carefully and said: "Eating salt can make us strong, just like we usually drink blood, and salt can keep the meat from spoiling." Speaking of this, Wang Lang suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Yes Now, have you ever seen a large number of animals gather in one place, licking stones or soil? If there is, there is likely to be salt there."

Jian Ya frowned and thought about it carefully for a while, his eyes lit up, he patted his head, and said: "I remembered, there is such a place if you walk from here to the sunset direction for a day."

"Really? Are you sure?"

(End of this chapter)