Time flies so fast, it’s the end of December in the blink of an eye.
With the efforts of hundreds of people working from dawn to dusk, 400 acres of farmland have been basically cleared.
A large area of the entire river beach near the foot of the mountain reveals black land, which looks neat and clean. It is completely different from the previous situation of grass and grass. The crisscrossing ditches and field ridges look like a familiar atmosphere from the farming era.
After all the weeds along the river leading to the entrance of the valley were burned, a large flat and empty river beach was exposed, and the situation at the entrance of the valley could be clearly seen at a glance. This unobstructed and transparent line of sight also made everyone feel extremely emotional.
Pleasure.
It seems it's time to build a road.
Not to mention cultivating from the Ba tribe to the Wu tribe, at least cultivating outside the entrance of the valley can make people feel more at ease.
However, this matter must continue to be postponed, at least until the fields are fully planted in spring and become free.
The mud bricks of the second phase of the courtyard have all been laid, and we are currently clearing away the debris inside and outside and leveling the floors and walls of the courtyard rooms. We are preparing to put up beams to cover the roof in a few days.
The two wells have also been dug, and the walls of the wells are now being laid with clay bricks. They will be completed in two or three days.
As soon as this phase of renovation project was completed, the two Ba families had sufficiently spacious accommodation.
However, as the tribe's population doubled and more and more animals were raised, the third phase of the project seemed to need to be included in the schedule.
When the third phase of the project is completed, the entire construction and renovation of Ba houses will be completely completed.
However, as the scale of farmland expands, in order to ensure stable food production, irrigation and drainage ditches cannot be ignored and must be completed as soon as possible.
So busy!
Xu Chen rode his beloved pony back and forth on the river beach, experiencing the feeling of speed in the cold wind. At the same time, he lamented the harvest of this year, busy and happy.
A group of children were shouting and running around, chasing the pace of the pony. The bark trumpet and willow flute were playing loudly, and a group of monkeys were also following them, rolling and crawling and screaming. Two almost adult wild wolves,
The man who was tied to Hetan Mountain looked up to the sky and let out a long howl, as excited and restless as two haws.
The little witch was wearing a long linen dress embroidered with patterns, a blue cloak, and two braids. She stood on the river beach, watching Xu Chen, who was like a child king, riding back and forth and laughing, with a smile on his face.
With a faint smile, her eyes fell on him and never moved away once.
This young man is smart and mysterious. His age and what he does are completely impossible to combine. Every day seems busy and leisurely, but he still completes what everyone thinks is almost impossible to complete.
Under his arrangement and command, everyone burst out with unparalleled enthusiasm and vitality. In just one cold winter, the Ba people changed their world again.
The longer I live among the Ba people and the longer I get along with Xu Chen, the more I feel that he is magical and unique.
She has never regretted her original actions.
I even feel glad for my choice from time to time.
She already knew more about the Uzbek people from her sister, Xu Chen and others.
Without the great witch, the Wu tribe has become extremely chaotic and completely unable to serve as the leader of the six tribes alliance.
Under the leadership of Xu Chen, the Ba tribe has become the core of the six tribes.
Especially after conquering the Gonghuo Clan, she could feel that Xu Chen's eyes seemed even more distant, so far away that she couldn't even imagine it.
Xu Chen once said to her: He wants to be the Witch King of the world.
She didn't know how big the world was, and she couldn't even imagine how many witches there were.
Wherever there are tribes, there are basically witches.
According to the oral information passed down by the great witches of the past dynasties, the witch inheritance of different tribes is different, but it is said that they are all related to the First Mother Goddess, but some witches are good and some witches are evil. He wants to be the king of all witches.
There will definitely be many, many wars in the future.
Because not every witch is willing to recognize him, there must be more powerful witches and tribes who do not want to recognize his identity as the Witch King.
But no matter what, I will definitely support him, support him forever, and let him become the Witch King of the world.
The little witch gently turned the Great Witch's Ring on her finger, her eyes firm and gentle.
"Tap tap tap tap..."
The boy on the horse came into the wind, quickly turned over and jumped off the horse in front of her, and said with a smile on his face: "Do you want to ride?"
"Okay!"
The little witch smiled happily with surprise on her face, and walked to the pony with her skirt in hand.
"Erdan, squat down!"
Xu Chen gently patted the horse's neck. The pony lowered its head docilely, slowly bent its legs forward and knelt down.
"I'll help you up!"
Xu Chen held the little witch's legs and lifted her up. He watched her grab the saddle and put her feet into the rattan stirrups, then he held her butt and gently put her on the horse's back.
"Erdan, get up!"
After the little witch sat down, Xu Chen scratched the pony's neck again, and Erdan stood up steadily.
"Not bad, let's go!"
Xu Chen smiled and held the reins and walked slowly along the empty river beach left by the burning of the wasteland towards the mouth of the valley. As the pony moved, the little witch sat on it and her body swayed slightly. The two of them were followed and cheered by a group of children.
Below, we go further and further along the river beach.
At the entrance of the compound, Ye pushed a stroller out. Looking at the two people's retreating figures, he pouted unhappily and turned around to go back.
Since the farmland was cleared and leveled, Xu Chen has taken time to ride horses on the river beach every day, and every time he rides, he has to take the little witch with him. Not only does he ride, he also has to hold her on and off the horse, but he is gentle and careful.
Although she didn't dare to have any disrespectful thoughts towards Wu.
I also know that nothing I don’t want to see will happen between Xu Chen and Wu.
But I always feel sour and uncomfortable in my heart.
Because since the identity of the little witch was confirmed as the big witch, she has become the second most powerful person in the entire Ba tribe after Xu Chen.
All the tribesmen respected her extremely.
She lives in a house by herself and has the best food and clothing. Her mother takes care of the food, water and sleep arrangements herself. Moreover, she lives next door to Xu Chen, so they can get up early and sleep together at night.
And I live far away from Xu Chen, to the left of the fire pond and kitchen, next to my mother's room, and I have to live with my two young sisters, so there is no privacy or free space at all.
Even if he wanted to sleep, he could only talk secretly with his face to the wall.
Also, there was no news at all about the coming-of-age gift that her mother had promised to give her.
Could it be that Mother Ba has changed her mind?
Or maybe the great witch doesn’t want to hold a coming-of-age ceremony for himself?
The little female savage was filled with sorrow and worry, but she had no one to talk to.
Because Xu Chen was very busy all winter, she also gradually grew up and realized that some things could not continue to pester him all day like the ignorant little girl before.
The most important thing is that she began to feel that she was not worthy of Xu Chen and could not shoulder the responsibilities and abilities that a woman in the family should have, because Xu Chen knew everything, but she knew nothing. Apart from taking care of children, she felt like she was useless.
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The little witch is a big witch and can help him do many things.
Just like the last time she signed a contract with the old witch from the Gonghuo Tribe, she could never imagine how sacred and great that kind of thing would be.
And she is just an inconspicuous little wild woman from the Ba tribe.
And she had a premonition that Xu Chen would become even busier after spring, because he said he would go to other tribes to inspect and guide farming production and check the training of hunters, and he would also take the great witch to the Gonghuo Tribe to discuss more important cooperation matters.
But she couldn't help Xu Chen at all, which was what made her saddest.
As the tribe develops and grows, gathering becomes less and less important. In addition to spinning and weaving, women make fires, cook, and take care of the young and old.
As the women felt their lives becoming more and more relaxed, their role seemed to be getting weaker and weaker. Even Muba, they gradually began to give up on arranging tribal affairs, and unknowingly left them to Xu Chen to handle.
When the threat to food and clothing survival becomes smaller and smaller, some of women's sense of superiority and existence are slowly disappearing.
Although I don't know whether this is good or bad.
But when it comes to the relationship between the sexes, I gradually develop a sense of humility and inability to take the initiative.
Xu Chen led the pony and carried the little witch out and came back not long after, accompanied by Feng Feng and seven or eight foreigners wearing furs.
This kind of pure fur clothing is no longer seen among the Ba people today.
These foreigners came from the Cang and Ji tribes, and their purpose was to ask the Ba tribe to arrange for people to go to the two tribes to guide them in sowing before spring.
Of course Xu Chen would not refuse this request, not to mention that this was something he had planned to arrange a long time ago. He originally planned to wait until the new house was laid out, but since the two clans could not wait and had arranged for people to come to invite him, Xu Chen
Then he called a meeting of men and women from the entire tribe to discuss.
At present, the Ba tribe has two families, but only the original Ba tribe members are familiar with farming, and most of them are women. Fortunately, the work of building houses and cultivating fields has basically been completed, and they can free up their hands to arrange this.
So after some discussion, Xu Chen selected five people from adult men and women to form a farming expert guidance group, and set off to the other five tribes to guide spring plowing and sowing.
Except for the hunters from the Ji Clan of the Cang Clan who can protect the guidance experts of their tribe along the way, the remaining tribes Xu Chen asked the military deputy chief Ju to select several tribesmen and more than ten Gonghuo Clan prisoners and escort them to the Hu Clan along the way.
Wu tribe and Muya tribe.
Spring will begin in a few days, and this matter really cannot be put off any longer.
Fortunately, the hunters from the Ji Clan of the Cang Clan said that the farmland had been burned and cleared according to Xu Chen's requirements, and the grain seeds had been selected, and they were just waiting to go to guide the sowing.