Xu Chen first tied the two wooden sticks into the shape of a cross, and then began to tie bunches of wild grass on them. Gu and Ju looked at each other.
"Archery target?" He said with confusion on his face.
"No, this is called a straw man, tie up all the grass..."
The language was simple, and Xu Chen couldn't explain it carefully, so he could only signal the two of them to help quickly.
Although Gu Heju didn't understand, it didn't hinder their role as personal tools. Under the halo of the protagonist, his hairy body shook and he quickly took action. The three of them quickly tied up a straw man.
The straw man was simple and rough, but in order to look more similar, Xu Chen asked Gu Heju to go back and find some fur skirts he had worn before, as well as some broken bows and some tattered rattan clubs.
After a while, the two of them carried a large amount in their backpacks.
Xu Chen put the tied straw man on it, wrapped it with fur, put on rattan armor, put a quiver on his back, and tied the broken bow to his arm.
"Wow!"
Seeing the straw man dressed up by Xu Chen, Gu and Ju couldn't help shouting.
"Fuck, how ugly!"
Looking at the primitive, rough and post-modern scrawled straw man standing in front of him, Xu Chen couldn't help but twitch his face a few times. He pulled up the decorated straw man and stuffed it into Gu's arms, pointing to the highest position in the farmland.
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"Go and put this straw man on the top of the slope!"
"Sigh!"
Gu understood instantly, and ran along the field ridge to the hillside with the straw man on his back, shouting and screaming.
A group of women who were transplanting seedlings in the field looked sideways, not knowing what was going on. When they saw Gu running very fast with a man on his shoulders, they couldn't help but shout too.
"Yo ho..."
Soon Gu planted the straw man at the highest point of the farmland, excitedly waving to Xu Chen and shouting loudly.
"Sigh!"
His eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but exclaim.
Xu Chen covered his face, rubbed his face vigorously a few times, and then took a deep breath.
This straw man was made very hastily, and the appearance is too simple to look at. It is completely his most failed handiwork besides the first rattan basket and the first pair of straw sandals. However, from a distance, it really looks like he is standing alone.
In the farmland, he is holding a bow and arrow and looking at the river beach in the distance.
But you can't take a closer look. The head is crooked, with a handful of thatch hanging on it, and the body is crooked. The bow is tied randomly to one arm. The fur skirt and rattan armor were carried for dozens of meters, and they are almost ready.
It was loose and collapsed, completely like a twisted zombie.
If you saw it at night, it would probably really scare you.
But during the day, the beast's intelligence is tested.
The group of women who were working in the fields were obviously not as awake as Xu Chen. They all had dull faces. They didn't know who Gu was carrying up the slope. Some who were close by were curious and ran over to take a look, and then they yelled.
I ran back and started chatting excitedly with other women.
In just over ten minutes, the women working in the fields all knew that Xu Chen had made a dummy and inserted it in the farmland to scare wild animals, and they all became filled with joy.
Since this field was burned down, the entire tribe has been curious. After it was cleared and sown, everyone became more concerned.
Seeing that the wheat seedlings and bean seedlings inside were growing stronger and greener than the weeds on the river beach day by day, the entire Ba people began to understand Xu Chen's thoughts and were full of hope for the autumn harvest.
Mother and a group of adult men and women didn't have any objections to patrolling the farmland if they didn't do anything else. They even encouraged and supported her. On weekdays, when they had nothing to do or when they passed by while doing work, they would help drive away wild animals or pull out some weeds.
In fact, farmland has been frequently visited by wild animals since the seeds sprouted. At first, they were mostly small animals such as rabbits and hedgehogs. Later, wild sheep, deer and even wild boars began to visit, but the impact was not big. They usually just fished a few mouthfuls around, until
A few days ago, a group of wild deer ran into the fields and caused trouble to a large area.
Although everything seemed to be alive after transplanting under Xu Chen's guidance, the sparse appearance made the mother and a group of women feel a little nervous.
Today, the damage caused by this group of wild horses is larger. Even if it can be transplanted and replanted, it will inevitably cause a large reduction in production.
The more and more severe wild beast damage made them feel more and more nervous and worried.
So much collected food was used to make seeds, and so much manpower and time were spent on cleaning, sowing and managing.
If this destruction continues, all this hard work may be completely lost and wasted.
In order to survive, the tribe needs a large number of manpower for gathering, spinning and weaving, and hunting, and it is simply impossible to spare more manpower and time to deal with these endless things.
However, with this straw man that can almost look real, it can scare and drive away wild animals, which greatly ensures the safety of farmland.
A group of women were busy working excitedly, and at the same time they kept looking up at the straw man, feeling very excited.
Xu Chen and Gu Ju continued to be busy bundling and decorating the straw men near the river beach. They soon made seven or eight of them, and inserted a few in the southeast, northwest and northwest of the farmland.
Mother and a few women came over to help. From a distance, they saw hunters with weapons standing everywhere in the farmland, and they didn't recognize them. They were all startled, so they started to scream nervously even from a distance.
After asking about the situation, a group of women working in the farmland ran over to explain, and then a few people approached and looked at it doubtfully, and then they suddenly realized.
Mother's nervous shouting alerted several kiln workers and men working at home. Soon someone came over with spears, bows and arrows. After figuring out the whole story, they kept praising her.
Soon after, even Ye, who was taking care of the young and old at home, and several women who were pregnant with their babies couldn't help but come over. A group of children playing on the river beach also came over with their ponies to join in the fun.
The people planting grass in the farmland are a creative idea slowly accumulated over thousands of years of human farming civilization.
It wasn't magical to Xu Chen, but to this group of primitive savages who had just gotten rid of living rough and drinking blood for a few months, this was an idea that could be called a magical trick.
After inserting these straw men, the farmland was not damaged by wild beasts in the following days.
Many animals even fled far away after being intimidated by these straw men guarding the farmland all day long, and did not dare to come near the farmland at all.
So Xu Chen finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
It seems that these beasts in primitive times are similar to savages. Their IQ is a little low, and they can't tell the difference between real and fake straw men.
As long as these straw men can continue to be effective, this farmland can be saved.
After Muba and everyone regained confidence in the harvest of this farmland, in order to harvest as much food as possible in the autumn, he struck while the iron was hot and arranged for people to start the first round of farmland weeding.
Now that slash-and-burn farming has begun, there is absolutely no possibility of giving up halfway.
In his opinion, this matter can only succeed, not fail.