Chapter 272: Wild Hemp

Chapter 272: Wild Hemp

Wild hemp is a crop that Han Cheng has long been looking for.

Before cotton was introduced and widely promoted, hemp cloth had always been the leader in the fabric industry, the most common material.

As for silk had nothing to do with silkworm farmers; it was a patent of the upper class.

Weaving hemp cloth and making clothes out of it had long been something he had yearned for.

Leather coats sounded high-class and were comfortable to wear in winter, but when the weather turned warm, wearing such clothes would be torture.

But he still had to wear them. After all, he hadn't reached the point of running around naked all day with his belongings.

As the weather warmed day by day, Han Cheng's heart felt heavier and heavier because the days of suffering were approaching again.

Currently, the most likely thing to rescue him and the people of the Green Sparrow tribe from this situation was hemp.

Compared to leather, which would bulge even with a fart, hemp cloth undoubtedly had excellent ventilation.

That's why he felt excited, and his face flushed when he saw something similar to wild hemp.

After a brief excitement, Han Cheng became anxious and troubled again because this plant, similar to wild hemp, had many differences from what he remembered as wild hemp.

To avoid the embarrassment of getting overly excited about nothing, Han Cheng decided to verify these few plants, which resemble wild hemp, in front of him.

But how to verify became a complex problem before him.

Rapeseed and other foods prepared for eating could be tested with rabbits, but not wild hemp, which was used not for eating but for making ropes or weaving cloth.

Encountering something similar to wild hemp but unable to confirm it made Han Cheng very distressed, with his heart hanging in the balance, neither up nor down.

This feeling was similar to that of an old virgin who finally encountered a great opportunity after eight lifetimes, preparing to have a great time but then found out that the beauty in his arms was wearing seamless clothes. He couldn't find a way in.

Eldest Senior Brother, Shang, Third Senior Brother, and others had just seen the Divine Child looking ecstatic about these few plants, and they also became excited and hopeful. They had a profound impression of rapeseed and millet, which grew similarly in the soil.

They thought these few plants, which they hadn't seen before or had seen but hadn't paid attention to, were edible, just like rapeseed and millet.

However, the Divine Child's current behavior left them puzzled.

Liang stepped forward and expressed to Han Cheng that he could taste it.

Han Cheng wanted to ask where he looked like he was angry?

"I'm fine..." Han Cheng said helplessly.

Then came the probing gazes of Eldest Senior Brother and the others.

"Are you fine? Is it normal for you to treat a poor plant so violently?"

"I'm fine. I just wanted to test whether that thing was useful..."

After a while, Eldest Senior Brother finally understood Han Cheng's intention, and they all looked embarrassed.

"Don't put everything into your mouth in the future!"

Han Cheng angrily kicked Liang, whose tongue was also green.

"Quick, rinse your mouth with water!"

After admonishing Liang, Han Cheng's face was full of smiles again, not because the tribe had Liang, such a fearless guy, but because of the plant in his hand.

The middle of this plant's stem had broken off, but it hadn't split into two pieces.

Because what broke was the ‘core' inside, while the outer skin was still intact.

Due to Han Cheng's rubbing, the green skin revealed some white fibers.

At this point, Han Cheng had confirmed entirely that this was undoubtedly hemp!

At this moment, he wanted to look up at the sky and laugh three times to express his joy, but looking at Eldest Senior Brother and the others around him, he thought about it and suppressed the impulse.

Eldest Senior Brother and the others also became cheerful again because they had learned from the Divine Child about the importance of this thing called ‘hemp'.

In this area, there were scattered growths of hemp. By autumn, they could come and harvest a batch and bring some hemp seeds back to plant themselves.

While Han Cheng and the others were immersed in the joy of hemp and the clothes made from it, the Bone Tribe people, led by their leader, also left their dwelling and headed towards the Green Sparrow tribe.

There were quite a few people in this group, and with the Bone Tribe leader, there were nearly forty.