The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Chapter 108 Use your brain more, save your energy

Now Shen Youyou had to admit that her father was even more cruel than her. Not only did he ask her sisters to dig up the kudzu roots, he also asked them to peel the kudzu vines and cut some vines to bring back.

I specifically peel the kudzu roots that are entangled with big trees and are almost crushing them to death.

In Shen Zhiqiu's words, kudzu roots grow fast and spread quickly. Now these kudzu roots that wrap around big trees may even strangle them to death.

We can't clean all of this up. We don't have the ability to do so. Even in some country in the future, if there is a disaster caused by kudzu root, wouldn't it be impossible to completely eliminate it?

Shen Youyou only knew that Pueraria root was edible and the vines could be used to tie things, but his father meant that the bark was just as useful.

Kudzu vines can be used to weave rattan chairs, rattan beds and rattan baskets. Although rattan chairs and beds are not needed now, rattan baskets are needed when traveling, and they are much stronger than bamboo baskets.

As for the bark, it can be made into ramie cloth. In the past, even some people in the mountainous areas would wear ramie cloth in summer, which is woven in the same way as linen.

He also said that the women in the village should all know how to weave cloth, so it would be a good opportunity to take some back and ask you to research how to make a simple loom out of bamboo. We have nothing to do in the winter anyway, and we don't have much cloth with us.

Look how easy his father makes it sound. Is the loom so easy to fix?

Yes, she knew how to do it. It was probably her uncle, the carpenter, who should also know how to make a loom, but it would take a long time to make it, so she decided to think of a simpler way.

As a result, Shen Zhiqiu said, "But I seem to have heard that the kudzu root bark harvested in May and June is the best for making clothes. I don't know if it's okay now."

Shen Youyou's face was full of black lines. This is not certain, and you asked me to make a loom, a one-time one at that. If it is successfully made, can you take it with you when you leave?

Shen Zhiqiu smiled awkwardly: "It's okay, even if we can't weave cloth, we can make ropes. Let your sisters, don't worry about skinning them."

Shen Youyou roared in her heart, is this the point? Is this the point?

"The point is that I'm not sure if I can weave cloth, and you ask me to make a loom. At best, I can make a waist loom."

Shen Zhiqiu was helpless: "They already have that kind of loom here, you are going backwards as you grow older."

Shen Youyou said that she could make a very simple and convenient waist loom, which is not only easy to make but also easier to operate, so you can put your mind at ease!

She no longer paid any attention to her father and continued digging. The culprit that tripped her up was most likely a kudzu vine.

Shen Youyou, Shen Zhiqiu, and Erhu were responsible for digging this tree. Shen Youyou worked very hard, and it was obvious that she wanted to take revenge!

Shen Zhiqiu refused to go and peel tree bark with her sisters even if she was asked to do so.

The wild kudzu root is buried really deep, especially the one we dug up now. There are piles of weeds where it connects to the ground. When digging for kudzu root, we often dig up grass roots.

The grassroots Shen Youyou is no longer needed, after all, they are not short of food.

Shen Zhiqiu looked at Shen Youyou and drank a few sips of water. His daughter was really obsessed with this kudzu root: "This one has roots too deep, it's hard to dig!"

Shen Youyou didn't even raise her head, panting heavily, her pink lips pressed into a straight line:

"Do you know why this vine tripped me? It's because it wants to hint to me that it is Kudzu root. Since it is so sincere, I must dig it out myself."

Shen Zhiqiu was completely convinced by her daughter's narrow-mindedness, and couldn't help but feel a little sorry for this Pueraria lobata:

"You could have tripped anyone else, but you had to trip my daughter. She has been stubborn since she was a child and will never give up until she achieves her goal."

Shen Youyou felt right. This was a big guy. Three people had been digging for so long and still couldn't dig it out. But it was impossible for her to give up.

She didn't even think about how deep it was. She just wanted to dig. Even if she couldn't dig it out today, she could continue tomorrow.

Under the soil, the huge kudzu root is like a giant's arm, with bulges and full of power.

But no matter how long Shen Youyou and the other two dug, they just couldn't find the bottom?

What does that mean? Why can't this thing reach its end?

Do you know how deep it is? They have dug nearly two meters deep now, and several people are standing in the pit.

Everyone had already dug out a lot of the stuff, and it was already dark. Hunter Gao, Shen Mazi, and many other men had come to check on it many times, asking Shen Zhiqiu if he felt like he was almost done digging it out.

Shen Youyou really didn't believe it. Could the well he dug be deeper than theirs?

"How about we continue tomorrow?" Shen Zhiqiu asked. Torches had been lit now, and he felt that this thing had to be dug at least one meter deep, and it would be difficult to carry it back late at night.

Shen Youyou bit her cheek and nodded: "Okay, we'll dig tomorrow."

Finally, Hunter Gao said, "You three come up and replace others. I'm also curious about how big this one is. Don't let anyone watch it at night and a wild boar or something falls in and causes trouble again."

In fact, not to mention Shen Youyou, even Shen Zhiqiu and Erhu felt a little unwilling to go back like this. They always felt that they would be able to dig out something soon from below. It would be tragic if they were really harmed by wild boars at night.

So Shen Zhiqiu agreed. After the three of them came up, Shen Mazi, Gao Dazhuang, and Shen Tietou went down. These three were the strongest in the team.

Because Li Quan and Da Hu both stayed in the cave to protect the old man and the woman.

Shen Youyou was so tired that she couldn't climb up even with the rope. Shen Zhiqiu tied the rope around her waist and then she was pulled up by Grandpa Gao and the others. Her arms were so sore.

Shen Zhiqiu repeatedly advised her daughter, "You take a rest, we will do the digging."

But when his daughter gets stubborn, there's really no way to stop her.

I have been like this since I was a child. I have to do whatever I decide to do, no matter what anyone says.

Shen Youyou took the cotton cake handed to her by Dayajie with her sore arm and took a big bite, while all she could think about was how to make this thing quickly.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and the cold wind was blowing, scratching my face.

After she finished eating the pancake, she said to Shen Zhiqiu, "I feel like this thing is getting thinner and thinner, there shouldn't be any more branches below, if that doesn't work, let's pull it out.

Using the principle of leverage, isn't there a thick branch on top? Throw a rope up there, tie one end to the kudzu root, and grab the other end to pull it up."

In fact, what she wanted to say was that since she didn't have any tools at the moment, it would be easier if she could make a few pulleys.

When Shen Zhiqiu heard this idea was feasible, he thought that this kudzu root looked like two large radishes intertwined together, without so many branches.

Otherwise, he will feel like ginseng, so if you pull it hard, it will probably not break.

Shen Zhiqiu did it right away. He asked Erhu to throw the rope up and hang it on a tree branch. The branch was very thick and should be able to withstand the weight.

Then Shen Youyou shouted to the people below: "Uncle Mazi, use this rope to tie up the kudzu root, then pull the kudzu root and shake it hard to try to separate it from the soil. After it is tied tightly, you can come up."

When everything was ready, Shen Mazi and the other two came up, and Shen Zhiqiu and the others pulled the rope up together.

You know what, maybe it was because I shook the kudzu root first, and it was pulled out in a flash.

Shen Youyou was so regretful. Why didn't she use her brain earlier? Given the shape of this root, she could probably have pulled it out when it was halfway dug.

They couldn't move on because they had to bury the hole they had dug. In fact, Shen Youyou and the others didn't break all the kudzu roots, they left a section of it. As long as they buried it, it could continue to grow.

As for the fact that it tripped Shen Youyou, it has already paid a huge price, so there is no need to kill it.