Twisting ropes is a skill Chen Wen had learned long ago.
In the Sonora Desert, he used agave to make ropes.
This time using reeds, the procedure is almost the same.
Sun-dry them, crush to break the outer structure, release the internal fibers, and then twist into three strands.
If you want long-term use and also maintain quality.
You can also boil the twisted ropes in hot water with plant ash for about ten minutes.
This makes the ropes more flexible.
You can even melt pine resin or beeswax and apply it to the rope.
This not only makes it waterproof and insect-proof but also greatly extends its lifespan, at least by more than six months.
He divided the collected reed leaves into two batches: one for drying and the other for smashing fibers with stones, to make do for these two days.
After smashing fibers from the make-do batch, Chen Wen collected the fibers.
He divided the leaf fibers into three strands of similar thickness, then fixed one end.
