Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 229 Su He prepares to make luminous powder

I can't make pure luminous powder by myself, but this inferior one should be fine. Nowadays, people go to bed early at night, otherwise they have to use candles or oil lamps. If you have luminous powder in a cloth bag, put it under strong light during the day, and take it back to the house at night, it will glow.

Su He asked her father to ask, but no one would pay attention to her. Adults don't take children's words seriously, and no one wants to talk to children seriously. How could Su He's father not agree to his daughter's request? He immediately went to the village to inquire about the news.

His father really helped her find out. There was Guanyin soil under a cliff in the largest valley on another mountain next to their village. This was what an old man recalled.

When he was young, there was a severe drought and the land was barren. People had eaten all the remaining food, wild vegetables and leaves, and there was really nothing to eat. It was an experienced old man who led the nearby villagers to find this kind of soil, and with the bark and grass roots, some people barely survived.

That soil is called Guanyin soil, also known as glutinous rice soil. It is mainly for the feeling of fullness. It has a strong smell of soil and is not delicious. It is difficult to digest and can easily lead to a bloated stomach and eventually suffocation. However, if it is cooked with grass roots and tree bark, it can still resist hunger. In order to survive, people can only eat soil to survive.

He had a very deep memory of how the villagers dug out the earth cliff. If you see a kind of white soil there, it is Guanyin soil, which becomes sticky when water is added, and people in some places call it clay.

Su He's father carried a basket, took Su He with him, and called Feng Dayuan and Jiang Jinsong to go find soil together. Feng Dayuan and Jiang Jinsong had heard of this kind of soil, but had never seen it before, and they also wanted to see what it looked like.

The four of them went to the valley together. Feng Dayuan carried Su He on his back and walked quickly forward. They were all skilled in martial arts, so they walked easily.

Jiang Jinsong joked, "Miss Su He must be carried on my back when we get back. Don't be too partial!"

Su He smiled and said, "Uncle Jiang, I'm fat! Don't be too happy!"

Then he said to Feng Dayuan: "Uncle Feng, if you are tired, just let me go and let me walk on my own."

Feng Dayuan smiled and said, "How heavy are you, little girl? When I was young, I could carry two of you for a whole day without feeling tired. Now that I'm a little older, I can still carry one of you without any problem."

Su He exclaimed: "Uncle Feng, you are so amazing. I want to be like you."

Jiang Jinsong joked, "Then you have to eat until you become a big fat man, otherwise you won't have any energy. Look at how big your uncle Feng is."

Su He smiled and said, "Uncle Feng is tall and not fat."

Feng Dayuan smiled and said: "I may have eaten it when I was young, but my family couldn't afford it, so I joined the army when the army was called up."

Su He said, "Uncle Feng, you can eat as much as you want here. I will earn money to support you and make sure everyone in the family has enough to eat and drink."

Feng Dayuan, Jiang Jinsong and Su He's father all laughed and said with a smile: "Yes, I'm full and satisfied."

"Su He, work hard. We are waiting to eat meat and drink wine."

"My girl is very capable. She makes sure we have enough food and drink."

Su He smiled and said, "Don't worry! It will definitely work."

The four people followed the mountain path over this mountain and came to the valley of another mountain. It was very easy to find here. There was a cliff there, which was obviously dug out by humans. It couldn't be formed naturally like this. There was a deep pit on this cliff. It was probably dug all the way down by people at that time.

They took out the shovel and started to fill the backpack with soil. You can find it at a glance. The color of the soil is different from the surrounding. Su He also tested it with water. It is really sticky. The soil was soon filled up. Su He thought that he could make ceramics with this when he returned home. He also thought that he had not yet accomplished his big thing and could not care about these small things.

Feng Dayuan and Su Hedie picked up some soil and tasted it. They found it edible, better than ordinary soil. If they took it home and sieved it, and ground it into fine powder, they could eat noodles, but it was much less tasty than noodles.