[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

The food brought by Huan and the women was much more delicate than Yi Nan imagined.

The food is served on a wooden plate with a very smooth surface, and the dark brown wood texture sets off the light and green food very beautifully.

On the wooden plate were pancakes made of dead flour, which looked like they were baked on a hot stone slab. The surface was slightly yellow, with occasional round scorched spots.

Emerald green herbs were sprinkled on the surface of the pancakes, Yi Nan went up to smell it and found that it was actually garlic sprouts.

When Yi Nan was observing the very "retro" pancakes, Huan and Dan, all the women and children looked at Yi Nan with anticipation, as if they were afraid that she would think the food was not good enough and neglect the "goddess" ".

Unexpectedly, after Yi Nan tore off a small piece of pancake and put it in her mouth, she opened her almond eyes in surprise, looked up at Huan, and asked, "You guys have salt?"

Yes, in this small piece of pancake, she not only tasted the simple wheat aroma of wheat and the strong smell of garlic sprouts, she also tasted the familiar salty taste.

However, this place obviously does not rely on the sea, does it?In the middle and lower reaches of the big river, it is impossible for the seawater to reach here.Where did the tribesmen get their salt from?

Huan and the women all showed expressions of "as expected of a goddess" - they even knew the magical seasoning "salt".

Seeing Yi Nan's surprised eyes, Dan took the initiative to explain Yi Nan's confusion: "We followed the wild sheep and wild donkeys. When we saw that they didn't eat grass and only licked stones, we went to dig them back from the stones, grind them and add them to the cake. It's delicious in the meat!"

That's how it was—Yinan almost reached out and patted his forehead.

She only thought about sea salt, but forgot about rock salt.

In ancient times, the earth's crust changed violently, the ocean became land, or the saline lake dried up, and salt substances were deposited, forming underground salt mines, or rock salt.

Wild animals need salt just like humans, and it is an easy and trouble-free way to follow the goats to find salt.

Yinan felt emotional: Even in ancient times, people in primitive society were full of wisdom in life.People here may be considered ignorant and uncivilized by later generations, but the biological evolution of human beings has already been completed, and there is no significant difference in physiology and intelligence between human beings at this time and modern humans.

Just as he was thinking, the meat was also served on a wooden tray.A shank of wild goat is roasted until golden and crispy on the outside, charred on the outside and tender on the inside.

Yi Nan tasted a bit, but found that the mutton did not have the slightest fishy smell.

She originally thought that maybe the wild goats of this era were like this.Unexpectedly, if she tasted it again, her enhanced taste could at least taste the sweetness of wild onions and the fragrance of garlic.I asked Huan, and sure enough, the women of the tribe would collect wild onions, wild garlic, and some other herbs for use in cooking.

To be honest, the barbecue that is popular in later generations is not much different from this one.

Seeing Yinan's expression, Huan seemed very relieved.But she didn't know what to think of, sighed, and said: "It's just that the past two years have been better... If you had come here a few years earlier, everyone would still not have enough to eat."

Yi Nan was taken aback: Although this is a tribe engaged in planting activities, the food supply is not stable in the long run.

In addition, although the dinner table is rich, in the primitive tribe, all kinds of inconveniences are still everywhere.

Not to mention that the houses in the village are low and crude, and the sanitary conditions are really worrying. Soon Yi Nan realized that the entire tribe hardly used containers for water.Anyone who is thirsty and wants to drink water can go to the stream at the back of the village to scoop up a cup of water, or grab a leaf and roll it up to make a simple small cup.

Is there nothing to hold water?

"Dan, show me that." Yi Nan pointed to a vessel that looked like ceramics on the table.

Dan let out an "ah", brought the things in front of Yinan, and said cautiously, "This...there are only a few in the tribe."

Yinan has seen such plain pottery at archaeological excavation sites countless times, but this is the first time on this occasion.She lightly held the pottery cup in her hand, and looked at it carefully in the light of the bonfire——

It is almost confirmed that this is a ceramic biscuit, which looks like it was kneaded by hand, and there seems to be fingerprints on the tire wall.

But plain pottery is still not a good container—it can only be used to store dry objects, such as a few sun-dried dates in the pottery cup right now—but the temperature of the campfire is not high enough, and the surface of plain pottery burned There is no enamel, instead it is full of holes and absorbs water very easily.

If you use this earthenware cup to hold water, the effect may not be as good as a simple small cup made of leaves.

It may be that someone in the tribe thought it was fun, so they kneaded the clay into the shape of a cup.After that, the person who made the cup might have forgotten about it, but the cup somehow appeared in the bonfire, and it was fired into a plain pottery.

But because the temperature of the bonfire is not enough, it is impossible to finally fire the biscuit pottery into ceramics.

On the technology tree, the "pottery making" item has not been fully lit yet.

Yinan thought to himself: For the development of civilization, good luck alone is not enough—you have to be very lucky.

The entire tribe is fed simultaneously.Dan and several children of the same age were holding the mutton torn from the leg of lamb with both hands, and their mouths were full of oil.Huan hurriedly stopped them from eating too much, saying that eating too much would cause stomach upset.

It can be seen that such small barbecues are not common in the tribe.

A few elderly people with limited mobility slowly came out of the residence at this time, sat on the tree trunks neatly arranged on one side of the open space, and ate with the whole tribe.

Yi Nan paid attention to what Huan would arrange for them to eat: people in primitive tribes wear their teeth faster, and it is difficult for older people to eat the same food as other members.

Sure enough, the ground hummus and pea paste were brought out, and the leg of lamb was torn into small strips, served on thick leaves and handed to the old man.

Yinan wanted to say that for the elderly, beans are difficult to digest, and when it comes to food, wheat is more suitable.But those pancakes just now were too hard for the old man's teeth.

I saw Huan took a piece of pancake, soaked it in the stream beside the village to soften it, smashed it with a pestle on a stone slab, scraped off the paste, and handed it to an old woman with white hair.When handing over the food, Huan smiled all over his face, as if facing his biological parents.

However, Yinan learned from Dan that Huan was married from outside, and had no blood relationship with the whole tribe when he married.

It seems that this is a tribe that really implements egalitarianism and treats the elderly and children equally.

There is a lot of historical evidence that primitive tribes would choose to kill infants when food was scarce; even around the 20th century, some ancient tribes living in the jungle would choose to "eliminate" the elderly and "useless" members up.

But this unnamed tribe is clearly not the case.

In Yinan's heart, his favorability towards this tribe has increased a lot.

However, can such a small tribe of 200 people really develop a huge Mesopotamian civilization?

Inan wasn't sure.

Dan approached Yi Nan, and said cautiously: "My God, Yi Nan, can you please come with me? I have something to ask you." A pair of bright eyes looked at Yi Nan very sincerely.

Yi Nan: ...Can I still say no?

She got up and followed Dan, from the middle of the tribal camp to the entrance of the village.At this time, it was getting late, a bright moon hung in the sky, and the big trees at the entrance of the village cast a faint shadow.

Suddenly, a small beast leaped over from under its feet, and it moved extremely fast, jumping onto Dan's shoulder with a "whoosh".

The little beast bared its teeth, squatted on Dan's shoulder and gave a "wow" at Yi Nan, the hairs on its neck stood upright——

Yi Nan fixed his eyes: Isn't this just a cat?

She smiled immediately, stretched out her hand to Xiaomiao, and asked Dan at the same time, "You raised this?"

It is said that humans were domesticated by cats and became "cat slaves", around 7500 BC.Rats and voles are easy to appear around the planted and settled tribes, so it is not surprising that cats appear in the tribe, but I didn't expect that she could also pet cats here.

Danden became nervous: "Don't, this guy is fierce..."

But seeing the situation in front of him, Dan was speechless.I saw Yi Nan's slender fingers gently scratching the cat's neck, and the kitten raised its head, showing an expression of great enjoyment.

After a while, the kitten suddenly bowed, leaped from Dan's shoulders, and jumped into Yi Nan's arms. He closed his eyes and let Yi Nan hold him, enjoying Yi Nan's caress.

Yi Nan looked at Dan's stunned expression, and couldn't help feeling proud: she was like this in modern times, and it was especially easy to win the trust and love of small animals. Her peers even suggested that she change her career to study wild animals.

In short, she is a professional in masturbating cats.

"By the way, what do you want to ask?"

Dan stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and asked Yi Nan: "I want to ask you about my great-grandfather, the wizard Dan...you have seen him, haven't you?"

Yi Nan really didn't expect Dan to ask this, so he nodded.

"What kind of person is he?" Dan's eyes lit up again.It looks like the kid is very interested in his namesake ancestor.

Yi Nan: "Well..."

Should she tell the other party that Wizard Dan is just a kid with a dirty face but bright eyes.

Unexpectedly, footsteps sounded from behind.Tu's voice sounded: "Ku, what do you want me to do?"

As soon as Dan heard that his father was coming, he quickly reached out and grabbed Yi Nan's wrist, leading her around. The two of them and the cat hid together under two tall date palm trees at the entrance of the village.

The little cat in Yi Nan's arms might be too comfortable, so she was lying down obediently without saying a word at the moment.

Ku's voice in the distance was deep and powerful: "Tu, you know very well that the wizard Dan spread the deeds of the goddess Inan in the tribe back then, not because he believed that she was the true god."

Yi Nan and Dan who were eavesdropping: ...?

Did the sorcerer Dan back then have other plans?

The author has something to say: let’s talk about the small dining table of the ancient people:

According to archaeological findings, the Sumerians, who were the first to develop a high degree of civilization in the Mesopotamia, planted crops including barley, chickpeas, lentils, millet, wheat, turnip (a vegetable similar to radish), dates , onions, garlic, bitter cauliflower, leeks, and horseradish, and their domesticated livestock included cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs.Among the early civilizations, the Sumerians should be regarded as relatively rich in food.

Let's talk about how to light up the "Ceramics" item on the technology tree in another chapter.