In the small yard in front of Bai Wu's house, tree bark is piled up like a hill.

The bark of these broad-leaved trees has been stripped of the inner bark film, and the exposed tender white inside has been oxidized and browned. Because there are too many piles, the unique smell of broad leaves hits people's noses.

This strong smell is mixed together, and the unique green smell of grass and trees becomes obvious, which doesn't smell good.

The Longtails came to help them build the cellar, and everyone looked shocked to see them pile the bark of the broadleaf tree all over the yard.

The people from the Long-tailed tribe approached Bai Wu and asked cautiously, "Master Wu, why do you want this thing? Do you want to throw it away?"

"No, it contains a lot of oil, I'll see if I can get it out and use it." Bai Wu cut the bark into small pieces and put it in the back basket, "You guys are busy here, I'm going to the water pestle."

Juan Er, the patriarch of the Changwei tribe, turned his head to look at the ugly bark piled up like a mountain, and asked, "Are all these barks going to be sent to the water pestle?"

"Almost, it won't be too much trouble for me to bring the ox over to transport the bark." Bai Wu smiled, "Thank you for staying here to help, Nanyao will be back soon."

Juan Er looked at several back frames filled with bark, "Do you really need our help to send the bark over there?"

Bai Wu still wanted to refuse, glanced at their faces, suddenly realized something, and said with a smile: "Maybe you are interested to see how I deal with the bark?"

Juan Er also smiled: "Of course there is. But look at you, if you are willing to let us go to help, we will go to help."

"I wish for it. With your help, I don't have to run several times in a row."

"Alright, let's go to the water pit with you first, and then go up the mountain to repair the cellar later. The priest is not here, so we will repair it ourselves for fear of causing any problems."

They were very interested in this kind of thing, so Bai Wu no longer refused, and took them directly to Shui Dui.

There were a lot of people going there this time, and Bai Wu also specially brought a few large pots, so they could boil the oil while the bark was on the tree, so they didn't need to bring it back, which could reduce the workload a little.

When he got to the water reel, Bai Wu poured the bark into the pit, opened the water reel, and let the head of the reed to pound the bark.

The beating speed of these water pestles is not fast, and the efficiency is average, but the advantage is that there are four pestle heads, one after another, and the workload is also heavy.

The texture of the bark is relatively soft, and it becomes a paste after pounding for a while.They used wooden sticks to stir the bark in the pit. After the bark was pounded, they scooped it up with a large spoon, put it in a pot, boiled it with water, and filtered it after boiling.

A serving of bark needs to be boiled three times and filtered three times before it becomes discarded bark residue.

Nan Yao said that this kind of bark was not poisonous, and they would not throw away the bark residue. Bai Wu planned to collect it and feed it to pigs or sheep.

It is not easy for them to collect feed, and it is a little bit to save a little.

Juan'er led his clansmen to help, watching him boil the bark and filter it in two or three times, and get a pot of cloudy oil, it was quite shocking.

They didn't expect that this seemingly ordinary bark could have such a magical effect, and there is oil in it.Peeling the bark is much easier than picking autumn fruits and extracting oil from the kernels. If they knew there was oil in the bark, why would they need to look for autumn fruits every year?

Juan stared at the oil in the pot, "Is the oil in the bark the same as autumn oil, which can be used to wipe hands?"

Bai Wu shook her head: "I don't know, but if it's not poisonous, there shouldn't be much difference."

Bai Wu carefully scooped out the pot of oil with relatively high water content, and continued to boil the next pot of bark.

They had to finish boiling the bark before dark, but the oil could be brought home and boiled slowly until all the water in the oil evaporated, and the pot of oil was considered finished.

Bai Wu did these tasks by himself, at least one afternoon, and everyone came to help, but it didn't take long.

They ended up with three big jars of watery, cloudy oil.

Bai Wu beat his sore lower back, looked at the preliminary oil and said, "Go back first, and cook the rest of the oil slowly."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Juan Er and smiled: "If you are interested, I will share it with you when the oil dries up. You can study it slowly, and you can also find this bark to boil oil yourself."

Juan Er stared at the oil, with longing in his eyes: "Then we won't be polite to you. Let's go back quickly and build the cellar while it's still early."

"We have all the materials ready, and it's up to you to help."

Bai Wu took them directly to their home halfway up the mountain.

For the past two days, Bai Wu has been thinking about the cellar, and has marked the open space with lime, and dug some soil for the parts that should be dug.

Bai Wu put the pot of oil under the eaves, and said to Juan'er and the others, "Today, I guess we have to take out the soil first."

Juan Er looked at the area drawn by Lime, "Just hollow out this part?"

Bai Wu shook his head: "No, part of the soil above should be kept, it's to hollow out the ground."

Juan Er wondered: "Wouldn't it mean that once you step on it, you will step on a hole?"

"This kind of situation is easy to happen if we don't deal with it, so we have to build up the load-bearing columns while digging. I also left a few ventilation shafts. I also took out the ventilation shafts today. There should be no problem. We will solve the problem in time."

The people of the Longtail Tribe had never seen a cellar, so it was hard to explain these ideas clearly to them. Bai Wu asked everyone to take a rest after drinking water, and then took them to dig the mud together.

They are on the mountain, and the soil underneath is relatively dry. Even in spring, digging mud will not dig out water.

Baiwu divides the labor among everyone, and divides it into an assembly line-like model. Everyone needs to focus on their own part.

Most of the people from the Long-tail tribe are orcs, they are very strong, and they work without cheating, so they are extremely efficient.

Bai Wu was digging in the deepest part of the cellar, and found that the efficiency was far beyond his imagination.

They may not have to wait a few days, and they can build most of this cellar today,

When Nanyao came back with the people from the Ying clan carrying charcoal, their cellar had already been dug seven to seven times, and the soil piled beside it was like a hill.

The people of the Eagle Clan watched them pass one by one and pulled out the soil from the bottom. Shanying shouted into the hole that was pulled out: "How are you doing? Let's stay and help too."

"Okay." Bai Wu's muffled voice came from the ground, "If you are willing to help, we can only ask for it."

Shanying asked: "How can I help? We will also come down to dig the soil with you."

"It can be made with cement. We will build the wall today, taking advantage of the large number of people." Bai Wu called Nanyao, "Nanyao, take the processed bark film and build the wall later. It can be sealed to the wall and on the ground."

Nan Yao said: "I'll ask Yafu and the others to bring it over."

Five or six people from the Eagle tribe came, and when they joined the people from the Longtail tribe, there were a total of 23 of them here.

It was quite late now, and the sun had not yet set, so Bai Wu decided to lead the people to build the wall together when he had time.

There is no technical content in building walls, and almost all the orcs can do it.

Bai Wu divided them into groups of three, a total of 22 groups, and each group was divided into a wall or a piece of land, so that everyone could work separately.

Everyone worked very meticulously. When it was dark, they still lit torches and continued to work.

Bai Wu's cellar wasn't too big, and they were all done soon after dark.

Their cellar is a bit like an indoor badminton court. It is spacious enough and high enough. Bai Wu stood on the ground and looked at it for a while, and decided to wait for the cement to dry before building a wall on the top, but this time the wall had to be an arch. shape.

After the underground part is finished and dry enough, they will build two storage rooms above the cellar.

As their business grows bigger and bigger, the current storage space is not enough. It is conceivable that their demand for storage space will increase in the future. If more storage space is created at one time, there will be no need Every year I think about expanding.

People from the Longtail and Eagle clan helped a lot today, and Bai Wu left them to have dinner at home after the work was done.

There are so many people that it is inconvenient to cook, so Bai Wu and Nan Yao brought up various sauces and ingredients, and invited everyone to eat hot pot together.

Juan Er looked at Ye You, which was still boiling beside the house, and was full of curiosity about it, "How long will it last?"

"Just wait for the water to dry up. The fire is so low, I guess it can be done before going to bed." Bai Wu smiled, "When you come back tomorrow, it will definitely be done."

Shanying said: "We have lived here for so long, but we didn't even know that this kind of bark can be used to boil oil."

"We also suddenly discovered that the flesh of the bark actually contains less oil, and it is mainly the skin outside the bark."

Shan Ying asked, "Can these oils be used for food?"

Bai Wu glanced at Nanyao, and said: "Accordingly, as long as non-toxic oil can be used to eat, but the smell of oil is relatively strong, it may not be very tasty to cook. If you are interested, I will I’ll give you a copy too, thank you for your help.”

Shan Ying seemed embarrassed, but he couldn't bear to let him refuse, so he scratched his head and acquiesced.

After the people from the Changwei tribe and the Ying tribe helped wash the pots and pans and left, Bai Wu went to the eaves to watch the oil they boiled over a small fire.

The oil they boiled in broken clay pots may have less impurities in the oil, and now it is more fragrant. It has a fragrance similar to rice stalks, pine needles, dead branches, etc. I can’t tell which kind of fragrance it belongs to. In short, it is the smell of nature. .

It smells good.

Holding the torch, Bai Wu looked carefully at the oil they boiled out: "It's turned yellow, it should be about the same."

Nan Yao turned to look at him: "Shall I make a batch of soap while the oil is still hot?"

"Okay, how much ash and alkali do you have at home?"

"About two bowls. There is also the nourishing medicinal powder I made last time. Didn't you say you want to try medicinal soap? You can try it this time."

Bai Wu cheered up: "Then let's try it quickly, I don't know what effect the medicated soap will have?"

"I'm going to get the materials."

The two of them were not in a hurry to go to sleep, they took out the ash and powder, and filled the oil in the pot and divided them into packages. Some of them will be given to the Eagle Clan and Long-tail Clan tomorrow, and they will keep the other part for their own use until the next day. A small portion comes out to make soap.

The freshly boiled oil is too hot to make soap, so they have to put it aside to dry first.

The stars are shining in the sky, and they are slowly making soap on the ground.

They pour the caustic soda into the hot oil and stir it vigorously with a wooden stick to make it fully react.

They divided this batch of soap into two parts, one with powdered medicine and the other without powdered medicine.The bark oil had a strong smell, and so did the medicinal powder. The two soaps they finally stirred up had a strange smell.

Bai Wu smelled the soap in the wooden mold, turned to Nan Yao and said, "I like this batch of soap without medicinal powder."

After sniffing it carefully, Nan Yao said, "You can cut a small piece and take it to take a bath today."

"Then I'll cut a small piece out."

Bai Wu went to the house and took out the dried leaves, and wrapped them in the small pieces of soap they had cut.

This bar of soap is still a bit soft, because it is hot soap, and it has the effect that soap should have. It is not very good to use every day, but it does not matter if you use it once or twice.

The two took this soap to take a bath, and soon found that the relatively soft texture of the soap had nothing to do with it not being completely dried. .

This soap is better than the previous soap!

The bubbles it rubs are richer and denser than before, and the cleaning power is moderate. After using it, the skin is not dry or oily, and it is very comfortable.

Bai Wu beamed with joy, "Do you think it's because the bark oil itself is particularly useful?"

"Maybe? Let's try again when the soap is cold."

"Okay. Didn't we make soap of various colors before? If it is easy to use in soap, we can also develop soap with various patterns."

Bai Wu saw a lot of soap with three-dimensional patterns, and he could make it in this life.

He didn't say how big a pattern was drawn in the soap, and there was no problem at all with some mountains, seas and the like.

Bai Wu put her hands behind her head and rested her hands on her head, "I don't know when the swan merchants will come over? We can collect pigments in these two days, and make soap before they come."

"It doesn't take much to collect. The major tribes should still have a lot of dyes for dyeing clothes. Let's ask them to change some."

"I want the blue dye of the Fuyu family. Their blue color is very beautiful."

"Then find them to change."

Bai Wu and Nan Yao thought about it for a long time, and when they talked again, Bai Wu had already thought up all the patterns in the soap.

You can make a mountain pattern in the soap, as long as you first make the soap with the shape and color of the mountain, and then add translucent soap liquid on it, you can hide a mountain in the soap.

In the same way, they can also make soap with fish in it, soap with wolves in it, and soap with flowers in it.

It happened that everyone was tired of the previous soap pattern, and it was time for them to launch a new one this year.

As long as their designs are unique enough and there are enough new products, they won't have to worry about spending money from all walks of life.

Bai Wu said the brighter his eyes, he laughed at the end: "I hope the traveling merchants from the Swan Clan will arrive in time this time, or else we have made new products and they still can't catch up, so it will be fun."

"Make more, and they will keep a copy."

"It's fine, no matter what, they are old partners, so I still need to take care of them hahahaha, I can imagine their expressions now."

Bai Wu made a decision in her heart, and happily walked back hand in hand with Nan Yao.

There are still a lot of broad-leaved trees outside that can be peeled off. They will peel some of the bark tomorrow and see if they can find the seeds of this kind of tree. They have to plant some trees that are so useful, or they won’t be enough. .

The cement dries quickly, and Bai Wu's cellar was almost dry in just over two days.

Bai Wu took Nan Yao to feel it.

The cellar they dug was relatively deep, and they built enough walls and put a lot of charcoal. As soon as they entered the cellar, they could feel the cold and dry air rushing towards them.

Bai Wu took a deep breath, and even felt that the air in the cellar was so dry that his nasal mucosa hurt.

"The effect of this cellar is really good!" Bai Wu looked around with bright eyes, and rolled up his sleeves to show Nan Yao his arms, "Do you think it's extraordinarily cold here? Look at the goose bumps on my hands Already!"

Nan Yao looked down at his arm, and touched it again, "Where did you get the goosebumps? It's nothing."

"Really. Didn't I tell you about the refrigerator? This is a bit like the refrigerator in my previous life, a refrigerator that is drier than the freezer."

Bai Wu said with satisfaction: "I found that everyone's craftsmanship is really good, especially you. I seem to be able to make anything I say. No matter how bad you are, you can make a low-profile version."

Nan Yao walked to the wall and touched the charcoal: "These charcoals are also good."

"Yes, yes, I said before that we should use charcoal to absorb moisture. Now it seems that the effect of using charcoal to absorb odor is also first-rate. When everyone makes charcoal for heating this winter, we will change a batch. The charcoal replaced by this batch You don’t need to throw it away, it’s just as good to bake it in the fire.”

Nan Yao said: "We can store the collected meat here in these two days."

"No problem, we're moving tomorrow. How do you like the air here? Is it still circulating?"

Nan Yao felt it carefully: "The two ventilation shafts are still working, and the poisoning incident you mentioned should not happen."

"That would be perfect, we can also store vegetables here. It's cold, dry, but with a bit of air, the vegetables can't rot."

Bai Wu turned her head and patted Nan Yao's shoulder: "Fortunately, I met you, otherwise my life would not be as comfortable as it is now."

Nan Yao smiled, lowered her head and kissed him.

The cellar was built, and they started to build the above-ground part while they were free.

For the orcs, building a house is not difficult, the difficulty is to find enough building materials.

Saving building materials is difficult for other orcs, but in their view, it is not a problem at all.

The forging methods of all the building materials of the Niaozu Nine Tribes all come from Baiwu, and every time everyone makes a kiln building material, he must share it with him.Even if his share of building materials is not enough, the tribes are willing to make up for him.

Bai Wu will not ask everyone for building materials in vain, he will exchange materials.

After laying foundations, making load-bearing columns, laying walls, and erecting beams, a few days later, three spacious utility rooms were located in front of their home on the mountainside.

Together with the cellar below, they have five more warehouses that can store supplies.

Bai Wu crossed her hips and looked at her warehouse, feeling a sense of accomplishment in her heart.

No one would have expected to see these houses with white walls and black tiles. Just a few years ago, there were no houses on this land. Everyone lived in bird nests. When it was windy and rainy, it rained heavily outside, and It rains lightly, and what's worse, when the cold winter comes, everyone has to move and become "migratory birds".

Now that everyone has a house to live in, coal for heating, and a store for exchanging supplies, Bai Wu can say without hesitation that at least 70.00% of the credit is due to him.

Presumably after a few more years of development, their living standards will be higher, and maybe their tribes will become villages by then, and everyone can live in a paradise.

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