Chapter 44 I'm Sorry

"Do you know?" Xiao Yan said with a straight face.

"Oh." Shen Xiaoxiao glanced at him and said calmly. Xiao Yan couldn't stand it anymore. "Oh, what do you mean? Did you hear it?"

Shen Xiaoxiao glanced at him and said, "Oh."

Xiao Yan pursed his lips slightly and said pitifully, "You will bully me."

Shen Xiaoxiao couldn't help laughing and rubbed his head, "Why are you so cute?" Then, "I don't have three heads and six arms, so why do I need so many males?"

Xiao Yan immediately smiled and said, "I don't want any other females, I only want Xiaoxiao."

The next day.

Xiao Yan went up the mountain with the tribe's hunting people, while Shen Xiaoxiao stayed in the tribe, but before going hunting, he cut a pile of reeds and gave them to her in front of the cave entrance.

After Shen Xiaoxiao ate some food, she spread the reed aside, then sat on the reed and beat the reed with a wooden stick to make it soft. At this time, Axiang came over, looking a little embarrassed, " goddess."

Shen Xiaoxiao raised her head, saw the person clearly and smiled, "Aunt Axiang, what's the matter?"

Axiang quickly waved her hand, "Goddess, you should call me Axiang."

Shen Xiaoxiao frowned slightly, and Axiang continued, "I'm sorry for you, I didn't believe you yesterday."

Shen Xiaoxiao was silent. She couldn't say that what Axiang did was wrong or that she couldn't do it. It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. In addition, she had offended the public yesterday. Even if she helped to speak, she could not do it. What an effect.

Furthermore, the friendship between them is actually not very deep. It is normal for Axiang not to speak for her. After all, she will still live in the tribe in the future. Her family members are all in the tribe. It is impossible to abandon her family for her. It's human nature not to speak for her.

Shen Xiaoxiao had a smile on her face, "It's okay, I didn't blame you. What you did was right under the circumstances yesterday."

Axiang still blamed herself a little, but Shen Xiaoxiao changed the subject calmly, "I'm going to make two baskets, do you want to learn?"

"What basket?" Axiang asked in confusion. Is this something new brought out by the goddess?

"It's used to hold things." Shen Xiaoxiao smiled. "You can take it with you to pack wild fruits when you go to pick coconuts. This way you can pick more wild fruits."

Axiang's eyes lit up, "Is there really such a thing?"

"Of course, I'm going to do it now. If you want to learn, you can learn from the side." When she weaves the basket for use, the people in the tribe will definitely be very curious when they see it. There will definitely be people who want to learn, and she will also be in the tribe. If she lives here, she will naturally not refuse to teach them, so the early education and evening education will be the same. Now that she is taught, if the people in the tribe want to learn, she can also relax.

"Yes." Axiang agreed immediately, squatting next to Shen Xiaoxiao enthusiastically, staring at her movements for a moment, for fear of missing something.

"Beat these reeds first." Shen Xiaoxiao pointed to the reeds placed aside. Axiang picked up the stick and started moving without hesitation. It was not until noon that the two of them prepared the reeds they needed.

Just when she was about to teach her, she saw Ah Xiang stood up and said loudly, "What's wrong? Ah Nai is here."

Shen Xiaoxiao looked towards the sound and saw a little girl of about six or seven years old wearing an animal skin skirt staggering towards them, then threw herself into A Xiang's arms, her voice was a little hoarse, "Ah Milk."

Ah Xiang touched her forehead lovingly, "It's okay, Grandma is here."

After a while, the little girl looked at Shen Xiaoxiao sheepishly, "Goddess."

Shen Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "You can call me sister Xiaoxiao." The little girl shook her head. Shen Xiaoxiao didn't force it, and asked Axiang if she had a cold. She heard something was wrong in the child's voice, and looked at her His face wasn't very good either.

"Well, she's had a fever for two days. The fever subsided yesterday. I just came out when she fell asleep. She came to see me when she woke up and didn't see me."

"Have you taken medicine?" Shen Xiaoxiao asked with concern. It was no joke for children to have fever.

Axiang shook her head, "The medicine the witch doctor only has is for men injured when they go hunting. You can only get over the fever by yourself."

"Same with the cubs?"

"Yes." Axiang touched the little girl's hair. Fortunately, they, Azhu, survived.

Shen Xiaoxiao had thought that their conditions were poor, but she never imagined that they would be this bad. She had to survive all the illness and leave it to fate whether she would survive or not. She felt a little panicked for a while.

"Look what I'm telling you, goddess, let's make the basket you mentioned." Axiang had a smile on her face, she wanted to know what that basket looked like.

"Okay." He asked again, "What's her name?" The child looked so well-behaved, even when she was sick or uncomfortable, she didn't cry or fuss even when she was held in her arms.

"Azhu."

Shen Xiaoxiao said with a smile, "Little Azhu, please hurry up."

A Zhu grinned weakly at Shen Xiaoxiao, "Thank you goddess, A Zhu will be fine."

Shen Xiaoxiao smiled and narrowed her eyes, "Be good."

Axiang put Azhu aside and started to learn basket weaving from Shen Xiaoxiao.

At first, use three strands to press the middle end with your feet, then add two strands one by one, press one by one, and braid to a certain width, then fold the reed upwards to make a corner, then continue braiding, and then add the reed inside. Fold out the four corners and then knit them. Press two and pick one, or press one and pick one. Gradually, you will no longer add reeds to it. Just braid to the required height and then thread the edges.

She had never learned to weave baskets with reeds before. She learned to weave baskets, hats, and mats with straw from an old man in a place... That place was popular with straw weaving. The mats they used to sleep on were all made of straw, and there were also bags, cushions, and fans that could be made of straw. It was really possible to weave anything.

She was shocked when she saw it that year. She didn't expect that so many people would know this craft. Especially when the market was good, almost every household would weave some small baskets or similar small storage baskets to sell.

At that time, she found a family to follow them to dry and pound straw, but now it is convenient for them to dry it on the road for passing cars to crush it, which saves a lot of effort when pounding straw.

And they will dye the straw into other colors and weave various patterns or words on it.

It is not as convenient to weave with reeds as with straw, but it can also be used. When she comes back from cutting rattan, she will use rattan to weave some baskets. By then, she can bring more things, and she is not afraid that she and Xiao Yan will not be able to bring back persimmons when they go to pick persimmons.

Ah Xiang had some troubles at first, but soon she mastered it. Her fingers shuttled back and forth on the reeds quickly, and soon she had a rough shape. Shen Xiaoxiao did not hesitate to praise her. After all, it took her a long time to learn it, and fortunately they did not despise her for being stupid and taught her patiently.

"Grandma, it looks good." Little Ah Zhu clapped her hands.

"Do you want to learn, little Ah Zhu?" Shen Xiaoxiao asked gently.

"Yes." Ah Zhu said loudly.

"Then little Ah Zhu should take good care of yourself. Sister will teach you when the time comes, okay?"

"Okay." Ah Zhu said in a baby voice, with a nasal sound in her voice.