The two plowed the land again with a wooden shovel. Yao Xiaoqing found that when he stepped on the wooden shovel and pressed down hard, the wooden shovel sank in. The dirt that came out was black and oily. Anyone who has planted the land knows this.
The soil is very fertile.
After the land was plowed, Yao Xiaoqing and Shan Amu divided the land into compartments and divided the land into three compartments. They scattered millet seeds on the compartment and covered it with a thin layer of soil after scattering.
He dug the ground with his hands and planted most of the beans, pumpkin seeds, and pepper seeds he picked out. Yao Xiaoqing was secretly worried about whether these pumpkin seeds and pepper seeds would be able to grow in another time and space.
The soil was shoveled into ridges to plant taro seeds, and half a basket of taro seeds was planted in three ridges. Holes were dug and four yam plants were planted on the edge of the field, and several trellises were built for the yams to climb vines.
The two then used thick branches cut by Shuibo, inserted them around the ground, wrapped them with vines to form a fence, and finally made a fence gate with vines and branches.
I brought a bucket and watered it again. After working for a long time, I finally finished planting, and my stomach was growling with hunger.
Yao Xiaoqing looked at the fence and thought: This kind of fence can only protect against some small animals, but it has no effect at all on large wild animals like wild boars.
Shan Amu thought that he had planted corn and beans several times, and only today did he realize that there are so many things to pay attention to in farming.
Looking at Yao Xiaoqing, he smiled and said: "Xiaoqing, when we farm in the tribe, everyone just scatters the seeds in the soil and ignores them. If you plant like this, can you harvest a lot of millet and beans?"
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Yes, the harvest of food grown in this way will be good, and we will need to weed and fertilize in a few days."
Speaking of fertilizing, Yao Xiaoqing thought that after Yao Hu and the others finished cutting down the trees, it would be time to dig two pits.
He touched his hungry belly and said to Shan'am: "Shan'am, let's dig some wild vegetables and fry them in wild vegetable omelets."
Shan Amu smiled and said: "There are wild vegetables in the cave!"
The two of them spoke to the men who were cutting down the trees and walked back with wooden shovels.
Yao Xiaoqing suddenly saw a golden shadow and shouted excitedly, "Golden Retriever, Golden Retriever, sister is here."
When the golden retriever heard her shout, he turned around and ran over, screaming "Zhizhi" and jumped on her.
Yao Xiaoqing hugged it quickly, her face filled with the joy of finding it. Knowing that it would not answer, she kept asking: "Golden Retriever, where have you been? Have you gone home? Who else is in your family?"
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Golden Retriever scratched his head and looked at Yao Xiaoqing, smiling happily.
Yao Xiaoqing hugged the golden retriever and said with a smile: "Let's go back. My sister will make duck egg pancakes for you to eat."
Shan'am was also happy that the Golden Retriever could come back, saying, "It's great that the Golden Retriever is back! With him here, we won't be afraid of worms."
The two of them and the monkey returned to the cave, where Yun Amu and Hua were still roasting dried meat. Hua took Yao Xiaoqing to see the earthen pots she had made, and saw four large pots and several half-and-half pots being baked in the fire pit.
Big jar.
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and gave a thumbs up, "Hua, you are so capable, you can make so many jars so quickly."
Hua looked at her with a smile and felt that she liked her more and more. Although she was so much younger than herself, it made her feel at ease.
When Yaya saw Golden Retriever come back, she happily showed the clay doll she made to Golden Retriever. Golden Retriever also imitated Yaya and played with the mud, leaving mud everywhere.
Yao Xiaoqing saw that the lard in the jar was cold and the oil had not completely solidified, so he carefully took the lard jar to the corner and put it away.
When I opened the pot of roasted pork sausage, the smell of meat hit my nostrils.
"It smells so good," Shan Amu sniffed and pointed to the sausage in the jar, "Xiao Qing, is this the food cooked with large intestine?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Yes, I stewed it in the jar this morning."
"The smell makes me want to eat it. Let's cook what we washed today."
"When you run out of seasonings, the food you cook again won't taste as good."
"That's better than the food we eat in the tribe." Shan'am smiled and turned on the fire in the stove, and the two began to fry duck egg and wild vegetable pancakes.
After frying a tub full of pancakes, Shan'am went to call Yaohu and the others back. When he came back, he dragged back several bundles of rattan and tough vines.
Yao Xiaoqing found that golden retrievers didn't like meat, but liked duck egg pancakes. After eating one pancake, they ran outside the cave and climbed a tree to sleep.
The pork intestines were really popular. There was a big can of pork intestines and pork belly, and everyone ate them up with the pancakes.
After the men had finished eating, they took Guy Shi down the mountain to cut down trees. Yun Amu and Shan Amu took Yaya to look for wild vegetables.
Yao Xiaoqing stayed on the mountain to boil water and washed his hair. Sure enough, he found lice in the basin. Yao Xiaoqing, who was averse to the cold, changed the water in seven or eight basins before finding any trace of lice.
With her hair hanging down, she searched for lice-killing herbs in her mind. After thinking for a long time, she remembered that Baibu was the lice-killing herb.
He picked up the stone knife and took Jin Mao down the mountain. It didn't take long to find Baibu among the vines at the foot of the mountain. He dug out a few Baibu plants with the stone knife, cut a bundle of mugwort and tied it with the vines to carry back up the mountain.
I tied the mugwort into a small bundle and dried it in the sun. I washed some of the mugwort and boiled a can of water. I buried my head in the potion and soaked it for a few minutes. I wrapped it in a towel and let it suffocate for a while. I washed it again before feeling relieved.
When she packed up and went down the mountain, she saw that the forest in front of the cave had been cut down, and wood of all sizes was piled up into a hill.
Walking north, I found that the water flowing down from the ravines had collected in low-lying areas over the years, forming several large ponds. The water in the ponds overflowed and washed out a small ditch.
The water in the pond is very clear and full of aquatic plants. Standing by the pond, you can see fish swimming in the water. Yao Xiaoqing wants to let you go for now and wait for her sister to find ginger, onion and garlic.
What do you usually smell like?
Looking at the mountains to the east, and the cleared land and several ponds at the foot of the mountains, Yao Xiaoqing was really satisfied with the environment here.
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The three of Mufeng captured a stag, two badger pigs, and a bunch of rabbits in the mountains. The three of them happily carried the prey out of the valley and walked back. Halfway through, Mufeng felt someone behind him and turned around suddenly.
I turned my head and saw two figures quickly dodging behind a big tree.
Mufeng whispered to He who was walking in front: "He, someone is following us."
"How many are there? Where are they?" Zhi asked in a low voice.
"I don't know how many there are. I only saw two figures."
The male bull whispered to the two of them: "Let's walk faster and hide on the hillside in front to see who it is?"
The three of them quickened their pace and quickly walked to the hillside ahead and hid in the bushes.
I saw two tall men with stone spears in their hands and ocher red wooden charm totems painted on their arms and chests. They chased behind the hillside and looked around. After searching around and finding no trace of Mu Feng and the others, they took the
He walked away with the stone spear.
The three of them hid in the bushes and waited for a while before emerging and walking back quickly.
By the time a few people came down the mountain and went home, it was already dark. The three of them saw Yun Amu and Yao Xiaoqing standing on the platform looking towards the back mountain.
Mufeng ran up to Yao Xiaoqing carrying a bunch of hares and two squirrels, followed by an ox and a pig carrying the prey.