Farming in the Primitive Tribe

After the soil in the cave was soaked with water, Shen Xiaoxiao easily turned over the soil, saving the effort of picking up the soil. However, it required retting before planting. She spent half a day pouring the fertilizer into the soil and retting it. .

Thinking about the charcoal she would use next, she started to burn charcoal in the kiln again. She had done this before, and now she was very skilled at it. She got one out in a short while.

"Goddess, we still have charcoal. If you want it, we will give it to you. No need to go to such trouble."

Shen Xiaoxiao wiped the sweat with the back of her hand and said with a smile, "No, I'll keep these for the winter. You can keep them for your use." After a pause, "Living in a house, it's not convenient to make a fire in the winter. You can also burn some." Save the charcoal for winter, so you can have a fire in the room, and it’s also very convenient if you want to roast chestnuts.”

Speaking of chestnuts, she suddenly remembered that chestnuts were almost ripe, and persimmons could be picked in a while. She could pick some and store them to make persimmons. Although she ate more now than before, chestnuts and persimmons were still available. You still have to stock up if you need to.

Otherwise, if you don’t want this or that, there won’t be much left.

Their eyes lit up. Yes, they could burn some charcoal for winter use and throw it directly into a basin to burn. It was more convenient than burning firewood.

"Then let's help you."

"No, you can just go and do your business. I won't do much." Shen Xiaoxiao smiled and refused. It was not an important matter. She could just take her time.

Seeing that Shen Xiaoxiao was not being polite to them, they stopped insisting.

Ashu came not long after they left.

"Don't you have to work? Why are you here to help me again?" Shen Xiaoxiao said while adding firewood inside.

Ashu chuckled, "It's okay, they can keep busy." He added, "Sister, why don't you ask me to help you? It's so tiring to do all this work."

Shen Xiaoxiao said helplessly, "I'm not so squeamish that I can't even do any work. Besides, you also have your own things to do. I will finish this work later, and you helped me dig the ground before. It has taken you a lot of time, you still have to do carpentry for the tribe, and now there are a few more people to learn from you. You have a lot of work on your own. If you come to help me work, won't you not have to rest?"

Ashuli said confidently, "We are different. How tiring it is for you to do this. I am rough and rough, so this is what I should do. Besides, Brother Yan specifically told me when he left to help you with more work." , if you are tired, how will I explain to Brother Yan when he comes back?"

"And you are my sister and you saved my life. What's wrong with me doing some work for you?"

Shen Xiaoxiao laughed dumbly, "How long have you been mentioning this? Besides, you have done a lot of work for me, as well as your Brother Yan. I will explain it to him when he comes back. Go ahead and do your work. If I I don’t do anything, and I get bored day by day.” There are no mobile phones or computers here, so she has nothing to do all day long, and she becomes bored after a long time. Moreover, time passes faster when she does some work, otherwise she always feels that the day has passed by. So slow.

Sometimes it’s easier to do some work and don’t think about it.

"I just like to help you work." Ashu said confidently.

Shen Xiaoxiao had no choice but to let him go, "You go home for dinner tonight, and I'll cook some soup for you." Although the tribe's life is better now than before, a big pot of rice is not as good as cooking it yourself, and There were so many people that the witch doctor couldn't take care of so many people. He could only make sure that everyone got food. It didn't matter whether they were full or not.

Ashu is growing now. For a half-grown man, he has a large appetite. He can probably eat six to seven times the food distributed by the tribe. In fact, it is not just him, but other people in the tribe are the same. It is a luxury to have a full stomach. matter.

In fact, it is much better now than before. In the past, we could only rely on hunting or wild fruits to fill our stomachs. Most of the time, we would only eat half full. Now the tribe raises some poultry and grows some vegetables, but the staple food is really lacking. If possible, The witch doctor also wanted to feed them, but he didn't have the strength.

But compared to before, life now is much better.

She also believes that things will get better and better in the future, with everyone in the tribe having enough to eat and clothes to wear.

If Xiao Yan and the others can really bring back rice, the tribe will be one step closer to having enough to eat.

"Okay." Ashu did not refuse.

With Ashu's help, they quickly built the kilns one by one. They didn't stop until all the piles of firewood were used up. It was already dark. Shen Xiaoxiao went back to cook and asked Ashu to get the food. Just go find her.

After returning, Shen Xiaoxiao killed a chicken, used half to make soup and half to stir-fry, and also stir-fried some vegetables. When Ashu got the food from the witch doctor, they had a full meal. Everyone went back to rest.

It is not possible to grow anything in the cave yet, and Shen Xiaoxiao has nothing to do for a while. She plans to open up another piece of land. After all, there will be many things to grow in the future. This little land is not enough for farming. Opening up wasteland is quite tiring. First, we need to clean up the weeds above, pick up the stones inside, and plow the ground...

Open more ground before winter and let it soak with fertilizer. You can plant it in spring. After this year's planting, there are already a lot of seeds. It is estimated that the tribe will plant a lot more things next year, and she can also give it a try. Can we cultivate higher-yielding grain? Not to mention the modern yield of several thousand kilograms per mu. If the yield per mu reaches one thousand kilograms, it can feed the entire tribe.

The yield per mu of things grown now is about 100 kilograms. For example, sweet potatoes and pumpkins are more abundant, more than 200 kilograms, but this is far from enough. According to this yield, the tribe wants to make a living by farming, and they don’t know how much land they need to plant. Okay, and she definitely won’t bear to eat things like fine noodles. She wants the people in the tribe to be able to eat whatever they want, instead of having to worry about this and that, not only for the tribe, but also for herself, and she doesn’t want to work hard on her own. One year, what is grown is not enough to eat.

If the output cannot be increased, then she doesn’t know how much land she will have to plant in order to grow enough food for two people.

Taking advantage of the fact that she has nothing to do now, she will open up more wasteland. In the spring of next year, she will use two pieces of land as experimental fields. When she was in college, she followed the professor to do experiments, so she had some experience in this area. At that time, the professor wanted her to continue her postgraduate studies. She followed him, but at that time she had already broken the little old man's heart for four years. She didn't want to make him sad anymore, so she gave up the opportunity and switched to medicine. The professor was very sorry at the time, but seeing that she had made up her mind, he Nothing was said.

She first cut off the weeds on it, and she had to be careful not to get pricked by thorns. It took her a day to cut almost half an acre of land. She was not discouraged. After all, it was difficult to open up land, not to mention that she only had one person.

After eating on the second day, she continued to work. On the third day, she gathered the weeds and thorns together and burned them with fire. Most of them were wet, and soon the ground was filled with thick smoke and heavy smoke. Xiaoxiao kept adding grass inside, and the thick black smoke lingered for a long time.

Others originally thought there was a fire somewhere, but they were relieved when they saw that it was Shen Xiaoxiao who was burning something.

It wasn't until nightfall that the fire was completely burned. Shen Xiaoxiao extinguished the remaining fire with water before going back to wash and rest. However, she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Countless thoughts flashed through her mind. She didn't know how long it took for the movement to stop.