Farming in the Primitive Tribe

"These cottons look so beautiful, like clouds in the sky.

"It's so soft to the touch."

"I just don't know what the quilt made of cotton that the goddess said looks like."

"Didn't the goddess say that the quilt made with this thing is very warm? It should be similar to the animal skins we cover it with, right?"

"You said that since this thing can be made into a quilt cover, can it be made into clothes and worn on the body? If it is really warm when made into a quilt as told by the goddess, will it also be very warm when worn on the body?"

"Yes, it would be very warm if made into clothes."

Everyone discussed this topic for a while, and everyone agreed that it could be made into clothes and worn on the body. After all, the goddesses could make clothes out of useless tree bark, and they could also make quilt covers. Although they still They have never seen what the quilt looks like, but it does not hinder their imagination.

And the cotton feels so soft. If it were made into clothes, it would be more comfortable than the linen clothes we wear now.

It's not that they dislike Mai, on the contrary, they like it very much, but if they can wear something better, they definitely like the good one.

So when Shen Xiaoxiao came back, they chattered around her and started asking questions. When Shen Xiaoxiao heard their questions, she was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Of course it's okay." Sure enough, you can't look down on anyone at any time.

"Great." Everyone said happily.

But Shen Xiaoxiao soon poured cold water on them, "Although it is possible, these cottons cannot be used to make clothes. To make thick quilts to survive this winter, more cotton will be grown in two years." We can make clothes." Although the tribe also has animal skins, there are not enough animal skins for the large number of people. Most of the time, they rely on fire to keep warm.

Now they live in houses, and there are many people living in one room. If they light a fire indoors and don't pay attention to ventilation, they can easily get poisoned. In the past, they lived in caves where the air circulated through the cave entrance, so they didn't have to worry about this.

Although it can be made into clothes, the most important things must be done first, and the other things will come later.

"Great." Everyone cheered. They didn't care about what Shen Xiaoxiao said about the need to wait. What they cared about was that the cotton could really be made into clothes.

Shen Xiaoxiao looked at them with a smile, "The quality of clothes made from cotton is better than that of linen, and they will be more comfortable to wear." The important thing is that she can use these cottons to make sanitary napkins. God knows how long she has spent during this period. My aunt was in so much pain. She couldn't let the blood stay like them. She used clothes for several months and rotated them, but she was just forced to have no choice. If someone chose her, she would definitely not be willing to do so. , but this is the best she can do at the moment.

"When cotton is planted in large quantities, everyone will be able to wear cotton-padded clothes in the future." She is not a fan. Although she has not seen cotton-padded clothes yet, cotton has been grown. Are cotton-padded clothes still far away?

If there weren't fewer cotton seeds this time, they could plant more.

However, she could plant the cotton seeds now, so that when the winter is over, she will have another harvest, and the seeds can be planted in time for the next year.

However, this is more troublesome. It requires a greenhouse and the temperature must be controlled well. If it is too cold, the cotton will freeze to death, and if it is too hot, it will not work.

She planned to use the cave they lived in before to make it, but no one lived in it anyway, and it would be a waste to leave it alone. She might as well use it as a greenhouse. If it succeeded, she would not have to worry about having no food to eat in the winter.

Shen Xiaoxiao had an idea in her mind, but she didn't plan to say it now.

"Everyone, please work harder. If we pick all the cotton today, we can make quilts from these cottons tomorrow." Shen Xiaoxiao said with a smile.

"Yes." Everyone agreed with a smile, and everyone began to work hard. Occasionally, they could hear their conversations, but most of the time they worked hard. It took almost half a day to pick all the cotton.

Looking at the baskets of cotton, Shen Xiaoxiao couldn't help but smile. She picked five and a half baskets of cotton, which weighed about four hundred kilograms. If they were all used to make quilts, they would probably only be able to make a few quilts. A few hundred kilograms of cotton may sound like a lot, but it won't be much if you remove the seeds inside.

If it were made into a ten-pound quilt, it wouldn't be enough.

I don't think they would do that kind of work. It would only weigh six or seven pounds. Plus, their animal skins are enough for the winter, and they also have a kang. If they heat the kang at night, they might still feel hot.

Originally they planned to separate the cotton from the cotton seeds tomorrow, but now that they had finished picking and there was still one afternoon left, they simply did this job in the afternoon. After all, idleness was idleness.

This time, their tools had been prepared in advance. With the cooperation of several people, they quickly separated the cotton from the cotton seeds, but it was almost dark after the work was done.

After asking them to put away the cotton, Shen Xiaoxiao went back to cook.

Soon Xiao Yan and the others also came back. In order to save firewood for the winter, Xiao Yan went with them to cut firewood these days. It was a lot more convenient for them to bring the car back. They could bring back more than ten cars a day, and Xiao Yan alone People can also cut down one or two cars.

After they picked up the dry firewood that fell naturally, they cut down the dead trees. Shen Xiaoxiao originally wanted to go, but Xiao Yan didn't want her to be so tired and asked her to do other things in the tribe.

Shen Xiaoxiao helped bring the firewood from the car to the ground. These had to be chopped before they could be put away. They put them outside first and then moved them home after they were chopped.

"If it's hard to collect firewood, you can go pick up some bamboo and bring it back. It can still make a fire." Shen Xiaoxiao said while working. She saw that today's firewood is basically larger trees. Although the mountain is not small, it is dry. There are not many trees, and the demand of a tribe is also great.

Bamboo is different. It reproduces quickly. The last time she went to look for bamboo shoots, she noticed a lot of dried bamboo lying on the ground. Picking it up would make the bamboo grow better.

"Didn't you say you want to burn some charcoal?" Xiao Yan asked doubtfully, can bamboo also be used to burn charcoal?

Those bamboos are hollow, so they shouldn't be able to burn charcoal, right?

"It's enough to use this firewood for burning, and you also picked up a lot of it in the past two days. It's almost enough to burn this car into charcoal." If it's not enough, get some of what you picked up before. "If you cut too many trees, they will easily become soiled. The runoff causes natural disasters and bamboo grows quickly.”

After a pause, "And we have to find a way to plant the trees that were cut down. When the time comes, you and I will go look for saplings or find tree species to cultivate and plant some back." A lot of them were cut down when building a house. Trees, they used a lot of trees to make furniture or other things. Although there was no problem now, she intuitively felt that the tribe would build more and more houses in the future, and more and more trees would be needed.

Xiao Yan was a little confused, "They will grow back on their own, why do they need to be planted?"

"Yes, but you haven't noticed that the tribe needs to use more and more trees. Basically, they have to be cut down every few days, and there are a lot of them. If this continues, how many trees will we have enough to cut down?"

Xiao Yan pondered for a moment and felt that what she said made sense. Although he didn't understand what natural disaster she was talking about, the tribe had indeed cut down a lot of trees recently. If this is not good, then just plant these trees back.

It was just a matter of spending some time looking for saplings. They would look for them when there was no life in the fields.