Chapter 24 Seeds and Drawings
In the second month of spring, the weather gradually became warmer.
The wasteland has been turned into a very large area, and some tender grass has grown from the ground. From a distance, it is green and looks very pleasing to the eye.
The time is coming for sowing.
But Chenbei faces a very embarrassing situation - that is, there are no seeds.
The tribe was established last fall, and the seeds stored were pitifully small. Most of the fruits collected in winter were eaten, and a small part of the remaining part could only be planted.
"Where to find seeds?"
Chen Bei felt very troubled. If the cultivated land was not planted, it would soon turn back into wasteland.
"Or, follow the collection team to go into the mountain to see if you can find some seeds."
Chen Bei was a man who could do it at will. He immediately went to find the captain of the collection team, the only female totem warrior in the tribe, Baicao.
Baicao has become busy during this period. Because the weather is getting warmer, there are finally a lot of plants available for collection in the mountains. She will lead the collection team into the mountains every day.
Chenbei found Baicao and told her about this.
"Chief, it's easy to collect seeds in autumn, but after winter, the seeds fall into the mud and it's hard to get them back."
Chenbeidao: "I have thought about this question, so I wondered whether I could just dig seedlings and plant them, or tuber plants, such as taro, to dig them back to plant them."
"Let the planting team follow you and dig as much as you can. As long as you can eat, you can dig it back and plant it. You just need to tell them what you can dig."
"I will go with you too."
After listening to Chen Bei's words, Baicao said, "Okay, but I don't guarantee that I can dig a lot, because the weather is not warm enough now, and many plants have not started to sprout."
Chen Bei nodded and said, "Then I'll make up for it. I'll take the collection team to set off with you tomorrow morning."
After Chen Bei returned, he told the captain of the planting team, Yan.
Iwak agreed and notified the members of the planting team about this.
In the afternoon, Qingzhu also heard that Chenbei was about to enter the mountain. She took a few rolls of animal skins to find Chenbei.
"Chief, I heard you are going to take the planting team into the mountains to find seeds?"
"That's right."
Qingzhu spread out the animal skin roll he brought and said, "I need some herbs to treat the tribe's tribe members. Can the leader help find it when he enters the mountain?"
Chen Bei looked at the animal skin roll and saw plants on it, but they were drawn in a relatively abstract way, only the biggest features were drawn, and the details were not clearly drawn.
If you look for the things drawn on the animal skin roll, the probability of finding them is too small.
It’s like Chen Bei read some medicine books in his previous life, with black and white illustrations on them. If he hadn’t compared them with real objects, he would probably not recognize what it was.
The plants painted by green bamboo are more abstract than those drawn in medicinal books. Whether you can find them depends on luck.
When Qingzhu saw that Chen Bei wanted to speak, she stopped, so she said, "Chief, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it."
Chenbeidao: "Do you know what these plants look like?"
"I know that the inheritance I have obtained contains their records and real images."
"Then can you draw more detailedly, so that it is easier to find a little."
"Chief, are there any problems with my drawing?"
Qingzhu felt a little wronged. The inheritance she received included paintings left by previous witches. Everyone painted them like this, and many of them were not even as good as hers.
Chen Bei looked at Qingzhu's aggrieved expression and felt a little tricky. He suddenly realized that his requirements were too high. This was a primitive tribe!
Think about the primitive murals I saw in my previous life, which are much more abstract than this, and even make people unable to think of what the real thing looks like.
Therefore, there is no problem with the painting of green bamboo, at least in this era, because everyone paints like this.
However, it is very unreliable to use such paintings to find herbs, and this is also a practical problem that needs to be faced.
"So, witch, if you don't mind, I'll teach you a way of drawing that makes it easier to recognize what's on the drawing."
"What kind of painting method?" Qingzhu knew that Chen Bei could often make some useful things, and was also interested in what he said.
“Realistic and painted.”
“This is how it is drawn…”
Chen Bei picked up a piece of charcoal from the fire pit, pulled out a weed from outside, and while explaining to the green bamboo, he drew on a stone slab.
"For example, if I want to draw this weed, my eyes will draw it as it is. Every detail cannot be missed if its leaves and veins are in shape, and the shape of the rhizomes are."
"Even its odor, characteristics, and where it usually grows, can be written down next to it, which helps find it."
"After drawing, you can find the right pigment and color it. For example, if the leaves are green, put green, and if the painting is red, put red."
After Chen Bei finished speaking, he carefully drew the weed, but it was beautiful, but in fact it was terrible. He could only roughly see that it was a grass.
Chen Bei suddenly felt a little embarrassed. His talent in painting was very poor. Although he knew that there was such a realistic painting thing, he could not draw it by himself.
"Ahem, that's probably what it means. I've told you the method. Whether you can draw it depends on yourself."
After listening to it, Qingzhu became interested in this painting method.
There is nothing strange about coloring, many stone murals can also be colored, but realistic paintings are very fresh and attractive to her.
"Chief, is that true?"
Qingzhu also picked up a piece of charcoal, and then painted it on the stone slab bit by bit according to the weed, which actually gave Chen Bei a lifelike feeling.
Is he so talented in painting? Chen Bei suddenly wanted to erase what he painted because it was so embarrassing.
People compare people and people have to die, and goods have to be thrown away. With green bamboo paintings next to them, Chen Bei himself painted them ugly, and he was so highlighted that he could not see them.
"You draw very well. Remember, draw whatever you see. Details are very important. OK, I need to prepare some things. You can go back and think about it carefully."
Chen Bei said a few words seriously, but in fact he just wanted to find a crack in the ground to drill down.
"Thank you for your skills taught by the leader. I will draw better sketches. Then I will take them over and ask the leader to help find herbs."
Qingzhu's mind is full of painting now, and she has not delayed her time here in Chenbei. She went back to study the realistic painting method.
After Chen Bei waited for Qingzhu to leave, he wiped off the weeds he drew as quickly as possible, otherwise it would be too dazzling.
"Why is the gap between people so big?"
Chapter completed!