AWB Page 397
Page 397
Usually, many lions cooperate to pose a threat to an adult bison, and a single lion cannot kill a bison.
When the women and I were about to go back, we suddenly found some of the cattle and sheep animals on the rocks at the source of the stream, licking with their tongues.
why?
Why do these beasts lick these stones?
Could it be that?
"Tiantian, those cattle, sheep and beasts... are they salt?!"
The big star Lin Binger said in surprise.
"Hmm! Not bad! These stones should contain the minerals and salt that these animals need." I nodded and said.
Salt is an essential part of life activities. All animals need salt, and humans are no exception.
They look for mineral deposits and eat them when needed.
For example, bison often lick salty ground, and African elephants will willingly venture into dark and deep caves just to lick the salt on the cave walls.
Many plants also have the characteristic of absorbing minerals.
Such as the root of the walnut tree and the root of the cypress palm.Animals will also eat these plants.
It is easier for carnivores to obtain, because the prey is rich in minerals.
Of course, sometimes, carnivores will also directly eat rocky soil or saline plants to obtain minerals.
In the past, I also supplemented the salt needed by me and women through some plants containing inorganic salt, such as salt frost fruit.
Sometimes I also try to find some salty stones and the like, but the gains are not great.
It's just that I have rarely seen these recently, and now I really need a salt supplement.
Unexpectedly, it was similar to my guess. The stream has a slight salty taste because the stones above the stream contain minerals.
Really good!
(more exciting in the back)
Chapter 284 The Strange Woman (No.13)
"It's really good!"
Li Meihong and Chaoyin also looked very happy.
After the group of strong cattle, sheep and beasts dispersed, I led the women to the stones that those animals had licked just now.
"Boom..."
I knocked off a few small pieces of this stone with a military shovel and licked them with my tongue.
"Bah bah... Tiantian, is this really salt? It's bitter and astringent."
When the women saw my appearance, they also picked up a small piece and stretched out my penis to lick it.
But soon he spat it out, and Liu Yemei twisted up.
"Hehe! These are all brine salts, which contain too many impurities and cannot be eaten directly."
I smiled softly, feeling very good.
In the following time, I continued to knock down more stones, and then the women carefully ground these dark brown crystals into powder on the big stones by the stream.
I then put these powders into a bottle with stream water in it, and use the stream water to melt the salt in the powder.
"Okay! Dry the salt here."
I picked a large, smooth stone with a little indentation in the middle.
The women spread out a piece of cloth, and I poured out the cloudy liquid in the bottle.
Then pour it slowly over this piece of cloth and strain it through the cloth to get rid of the bastard in the liquid.
The water filtered from the fabric flows into this slightly concave place.
"Get some shade over there. The sun is too strong."
I said distressedly to the women.
The trees beside the creek are sparse and large, and the hot sun shines on people's skin, giving it a hot feeling.
But I need the sunlight very much, and I need the sunlight to evaporate the water.
The moisture in the sun-baked stone slowly evaporated.
Soon after, a thin layer of white powder appeared on the stone.
"Well. This is edible salt."
I put some on my fingers and put it in my mouth, I couldn't help but nodded and smiled.
This is close to the taste of pure table salt.
"It's really refined salt. It's just salty, not bitter. It's great."
After the women tried it, all of them showed beautiful smiles.
During the period from morning to afternoon, the women and I produced a few catties of refined salt.
And if you eat a little of these refined salt sparingly, you will have no problem eating it for a month.
In the back, the women and I also knocked down a lot of salty stones and went back to the camp, using the method of boiling salt water in a fire-baked stone pot to harvest more salt.
The principle is the same, the salt is dissolved in water, the cloth is used to filter other impurities many times, and then the water is evaporated at high temperature, and the rest is salt.
The women divided the refined salt into countless small bags with large leaves, and then put them into baskets for later use.
"We can't stay here for a long time, let's go on tomorrow."
I thought of the toucan man-eating bird who visited last night. I knew that I was being watched by that beast, and I would continue to come sooner or later.
Fire is only a stopgap measure.
Once I was targeted, when I went out with women in the future, I might be attacked by surprise.
The three women also nodded in agreement, and would have set off this morning if it wasn't for the salt.