She planned to have the two-meter-wide embankments hardened on all the field edges and on both sides of the ditches after the busy farming season was over, so that she would not have to walk back home from the fields with mud on her feet after it rained.
Yao Xiaoqing pointed to the drawing and explained it carefully to Ada, Tugen and Yu. After they understood it, he handed over the drawn drawing to them.
They began to teach Ada how to use ropes tied to wooden sticks to measure, and how to spread lime to measure the location.
After measuring the location of the fence and drying field, we began to measure the water canals, the size of the fields, and left marked foundation stones. Each field should leave a one-meter-wide bank and a drainage outlet.
After the location was marked, Yao Xiaoqing pointed to the plowed wasteland and said: "Adabo, you take fifty people and mark out the size of each field according to what I just taught you.
Dig ditches at the location.”
"Use the excavated soil to raise the embankments on both sides. Every two pieces of land, leave a drainage outlet. A trench for inserting the gate board should be left in the middle of the drainage outlet. Finally, use stone rollers to compact the two sides of the trench.
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"I remember." Ada thought for a while and said, "Xiaoqing, I think it's best to lay some stones in the ditch."
Yao Xiaoqing thought for a moment and said, "First build the drainage outlet and gate trench with stones, and then pave the ditch with stones after the spring planting is over, and then when the fence and drying area are built."
Ada nodded, "I remember."
Yao Xiaoqing turned to look at Tu Gen, "Uncle Tu Gen, take the remaining warriors to find Shan Amu and ask her to take you to the north and clear out the field ridges, ditches and ridges near the river.
Those fields are for growing sugar cane. Do you know how to open ridges in sugar cane fields?"
Tu Gen smiled and nodded, "I know, I planted the sugar cane right after I got it."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at Ah Ni and the others, "You should follow Adab and Tugenbo to work. When you hear the morning bugle, go back to have breakfast."
"Yes, Qingwu." A group of people responded in unison.
Ada and Tugen took the people away, and Yao Xiaoqing said to Yu: "Take the people to the north and draw out the northern wall according to what I just planned."
"In the future, a pool will be built against the wall, and a row of cattle pens and sheep pens will be built. There will also be a row of pig pens in front, and the manure tanks of the pig pens will also need to be dug."
As the tribe has more and more food and livestock, she has left the location of the pen in the north and plans to move all the chickens, ducks, rabbits and livestock outside for breeding. She plans to use the pen as a warehouse.
The fish nodded happily, "I remember."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "Okay, let's get busy!"
The group of people walked back together, and when passing by the fruit trees, she said to the fish: "You take these persimmon trees, pear trees, pepper trees... Use a shovel to dig around the roots of the fruit trees, including the soil and roots."
Get up, dig them all up, and plant them in the orchard designated to the north."
The fish nodded and said: "Qingwu, when we were cutting down trees in the north a few days ago, we saw that we had eaten fruit vines in the mountains before. The fruit tasted sour and sweet. We didn't pull it out because we wanted you to go.
have a look."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "You guys did a great job! If you find fruits that taste good in the future, remember to dig them up with the roots and soil. Let's go! Let's take a look."
"Hey!" Yu agreed happily and led Yao Xiaoqing towards the wasteland to the north.
A few people walked quickly for more than an hour before arriving.
The fish pointed at the oval-shaped emerald leaves wrapped around the shrubs, "That's it. Look, there are quite a big one here."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at the leaves carefully and found that she had not seen them before. She wanted to wait for the fruits to mature before taking a look.
"Just leave these shrubs, remove the excess branches, and build some bamboo frames for it to climb on."
Several people nodded repeatedly, "I got it!"
"The sun has risen, let's go back and have breakfast."
When everyone returned to the canteen, other people had already eaten the food and went to work.
Yun Amu brought out the warm food in the pot, and a few people ate and left.
Yao Xiaoqing went to the field and saw Bao Amu and more than 20 women scattering rapeseed in the field and ordering pumpkin seeds and winter melon seeds.
After two selections of rapeseed, baskets of rapeseed seeds have been collected. All these rapeseed seedlings have grown and can be planted on more than 100 acres of land. Rapeseed is also a crop in fertile land. She plans to plant it in the field where two crops of millet were planted last year.
In the fields.
Crops in the field must be rotated to achieve high yields. In her previous life, she didn't have so much land to rotate crops, but now she can plant as much as she wants.
The remaining land is planted with peppers, beans, soybeans, mung beans, adzuki beans, and peas.
She wanted to try brewing soy sauce and also planned to make bean paste. If there were no beans, she would use peas instead.
Leopard Amu looked at Yao Xiaoqing and pointed at the area under the west wall, "Xiao Qing, what are you going to plant in that taro field?"
"That piece of land is reserved for planting beans." Yao Xiaoqing went to the field and said to her, "Remember to plant at intervals, and don't plant all the same food in a large area."
Leopard Amu smiled and nodded, "I know, you said you would avoid getting sick and it would be a big piece of cake if you die."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at her with a smile, "Emma has such a good memory!"
Leopard's mother was a little proud, "No, no, we will go hungry if we don't get any profit."
"You're right!" Yao Xiaoqing asked with a smile, "Uncle Bao, is Little Guo feeling better?"
Leopard Amu nodded, "Much stronger. Agen heard you say that goat milk is good for children to drink. He also squeezed goat milk and boiled it for several children to drink. At first they didn't drink it! They thought the smell was too strong, but then I did what you said.
Yes, after adding some radish slices and cooking it, the smell will disappear."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "When there are more dairy goats in the future, you should also drink some. It will be good for your health."
Leopard Emmy stretched out her arms and said with a smile: "Look, my body is in good shape! I can work for a few more decades."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at her sunburned arms and said, "That's right. I'll help you go back and pick out the bean seeds I got back yesterday."
"Go!" Leopard Amu turned around and got busy.
Yao Xiaoqing walked to the canteen and saw Dashu Amu and several women from the Qingshan tribe sowing vegetable seeds.
"Amu, please explain to them clearly what they need to pay attention to when breeding, so that they can remember it."
Dashu Amu nodded, "Xiao Qing, are all the pinto beans and cowpeas planted here? Do you want to keep the pepper and radish fields?"
Yao Xiaoqing thought for a moment and said: "There is no need to keep them. The vegetable plots left around the wall will all grow beans and side vegetables this year."
"I know." Dashu Amu said.
Yao Xiaoqing returned to the warehouse and saw Ah Chongbo carrying the injured warrior and carrying a basket of beans out.
"Uncle Chong, you're not recovered yet! Why don't you rest for a few more days?"
Ah Chong looked at her happily, "It's uncomfortable for us to lie down every day. Last night you said you wanted to dry these beans, so we thought we could do it, so we came here."
Yao Xiaoqing warned: "Be careful, don't open the wound." She knew they couldn't stay idle, so when she was recovering from her injuries, she even brought some cattails to help her wear straw sandals.