Chapter 921 Congratulations to the three of them successfully holding hands (two in one)
The emergence of any system must be supported by actual conditions and must be in line with reality, such as the spouse system of the Qingque tribe.
There is a situation in the tribe where one person has multiple wives, and Han Cheng, who only married one Bai Xuemei, has no compulsory requirement. He must have everyone in the tribe be in a monogamous pairing like him.
This is not attributable to male chauvinism or anything like that, but rather the actual situation in the tribe is here to stay, and it would be impossible not to follow this.
In the tribe, there are now more than twice as many adult women as adult men. If monogamy is enforced, more than half of the female primitives in the tribe will be single and become spinsters.
This is not good at all, it is not conducive to the internal unity of the Qingque tribe, and it is too cruel to these primitive women.
The long night is long, how can you sleep alone?
It's okay if you really live alone, but the key point is that the Qingque tribe still practices Datongpu. Except for a few, it is impossible for a family to live in one house, let alone one person.
A house.
Since then, the problem has arisen. Listening to the melodious primitive tunes, it is difficult to fall asleep...
Another reason is that this is extremely unfavorable to the increase in the population of the Qingque tribe.
It is also because of this that the Qingque tribe's current marriage system is not particularly clear, but it is basically an agreed-upon marriage system.
It is foreseeable that as the ratio of men to women in the tribe gradually becomes balanced, this system will inevitably change and slowly move closer to monogamy.
After all, no one wants to lie on the kang at night and just listen to other people humming songs...
The wind with the chill could not dispel the fiery hearts of everyone. The rough and melodious singing sounded relatively loudly here in Peimadi. It didn't take long for a pair of young people who were attracted to each other because of singing to lose.
I was peeling the hemp in my hands and went to the river to wash off the mud on my hands and arms. Then, one after the other, I ran very happily towards a small forest not too far away.
With their successful examples, the remaining young people suddenly became more active, especially the male young people, who were all excited and sang much louder.
Even those who were not very good at singing or were relatively shy opened their mouths and sang loudly. Among them, Shenzi’s sister who once taught everyone to sit on the bow of the boat was the most popular.
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Next is "Crossing the River" that Shenzi once taught everyone, which is the song "A curved river is in front of the brother, and the sister is singing a sweet song opposite."
It didn't take long for someone to hold hands again and run together to the woods not far away.
But what was different from the previous pair was that this time there were three people, one man and two women, running hand in hand towards the woods.
Wu sat on a small bench, holding a torn hemp head with one hand, holding the hemp pole with the other hand, blocking it on the small wooden stake nailed in front of him, and then pulling it with a little force, the hemp skin
It was pulled off.
He is very skilled at doing such things.
While peeling off the hemp, Wu raised his eyes and looked around, looking at these young people who were singing hard or running towards the woods after singing. There were smiles on their wrinkled faces.
He couldn't get enough of things like this.
After what happened today, after a while, many new babies were born in my tribe.
People are probably all the same. When they get old, they always want to see their children get married and have children, and then their children and grandchildren run around around. Even if a little kid accidentally makes trouble and irritates others, it still feels very sweet in the heart.
Those who were older and already had spouses looked at these with great interest, recalling the things they had done before, and comparing them with the scene in front of them, they felt warm in their hearts.
There are also some who are more playful, not only recalling by themselves, but also helping their partners recall.
From time to time, he would whisper something into his partner's ear that only the two of them knew, making the other person burst into laughter.
Because of the holding of this event, the work of peeling hemp, which was originally a relatively cold and arduous job, suddenly became warmer.
Everyone was talking and laughing while doing these things, without feeling at all how painful it was.
Another thing that needs to be mentioned is that the young people of the right age living in the Tongshan residential area will rush back to the main tribe from the Tongshan residential area to participate in this game for the tribe before the mahjong peeling begins.
In other words, it is the most grand mate selection activity.
Fortunately, humans are far superior to other species. As long as they have enough food and energy, they can do it anytime and anywhere. Unlike other remaining species, most of them have fixed estrus periods.
Otherwise, this mate-picking convention with antiphonal songs will have to be changed to spring.
Of course, there are still many things that need to be improved in the Qingque tribe's current system. One of the most important things is how to avoid the problem of unknowing incest.
Since it is still in the early stage, everything is being perfected, and the next generation has not grown up yet, or has not been born at all, so this matter is not too urgent.
In addition, Han Dashenzi is very busy day by day, so he has been put aside for the time being, but later, he will find ways to solve it...
"Pfft~"
Insert the copper shovel into the soil, hold it with both hands and pry it up, and a piece of soil with water will be pried out.
Because there is water, when the mud block is pried up, it will make such a sound.
Han Cheng, who had his trouser legs rolled up, moved his hands slightly to push off the piece of soil on the shovel, straightened up, and felt a little sore in his back.
It is not easy to cultivate paddy fields at all, and it is more tiring than dry fields.
On the one hand, there are a large number of aquatic plants in the water, with various roots and stems intertwined. Often, a piece of soil cannot be dug up with just one shovel. It requires several copper shovels to be placed around it to break all the roots on the soil.
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On the other hand, there is water, which makes walking inconvenient, and it also freezes your feet and legs when you step in it. It is basically impossible to use a sharp tool like a hoe for digging soil, because when the hoe goes down, a piece of water will splash up, and because the bottom of the water
The mud is too soft and difficult to pry, and there is no fulcrum.
This is why the development of paddy fields is far slower than the development of dry fields.
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that as time goes by, the weather becomes colder day by day, and the water becomes colder and colder. When the time comes, we will definitely no longer be able to do such things in the water as we do now.
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If you have long rubber shoes or rain pants, you can still do this, but the current Qingque tribe obviously does not have such conditions.
But if we stop work in the winter, we won’t be able to cultivate much paddy fields, and we won’t be able to plant much rice next year.
Not to mention planting all the rice we have now into seedlings, it is already very good to be able to plant one-third of the rice we have obtained.
Of course Han Cheng didn't want to see something like this happen.
Because this means that if you want to open up Jinguan City, you need to invest more manpower and material resources and spend more time.
But it is not easy to solve such a matter. After all, there is a lack of various tools now, and Han Cheng, a time traveler who has seen the world, has more contact with dry fields in later generations, and not much contact with paddy fields.
, I don’t know enough, and accordingly I don’t have many ideas to think about.
However, people are often forced out.
Well, if you don't push yourself, you will never know how good you are.
Faced with this situation, Han Dashenzi really thought hard and came up with a solution.
To put it bluntly, his method is very simple.
Since paddy fields are difficult to develop, we can just turn them into dry fields.
Of course, this so-called transformation into dry land does not mean that it will be completely transformed into dry land. After all, Han Cheng opened these fields to grow rice, not millet, and in this era, there has not yet been cultivated the type of land that can be directly planted in the field.
Rice grown in dry land.
The transformation to dry land he mentioned was only temporary.
It means to first dig ditches around a defined area, use the excavated soil to surround the fields, and isolate this area from the outside waters. Then, make an opening to surround the area.
Release the water inside.
In this way, the water inside will slowly dry up, turning the watery land into dry land.
After becoming dry land, the speed of development will be greatly increased. In winter, people can continue to develop these dry lands without worrying about soaking their feet in cold water or frostbite.
After all these fields have been turned over, the intricate grass roots that have grown inside for many years have been cleared away, and the wasteland has been turned into farmland, then a hole will be dug on the outside of the field ridge, so that water can be brought in and the treatment can be done.
The good fields were turned into paddy fields again and used to grow rice.
Of course, this cannot be accomplished simply by building ridges on the outside, because the water inside cannot easily flow cleanly.
Therefore, while doing this, Han Cheng also led his people to continue to dig deeper and wider into the deeper areas according to the topography of this shallow water area, and turn them into channels.
Since then, all the water has gathered into these winding channels and flowed downstream.
After such a thing is completed, many places that were originally submerged will emerge from the water and become dry day by day.
In conjunction with the measures taken, many places have been turned into dry land.
What Han Cheng is doing now is to dig canals here with the others, trying to create as much dry land as possible before the weather becomes completely cold and it is unsuitable for people to go into the water with bare feet.
In this way, when the weather starts to get cold in winter, he and the people in the tribe can excavate these places safely.
In order to dig out as many ditches as possible and collect the water in this area, after the twelve tile-roofed houses in the inner courtyard of Jinguan City were built, Han Cheng directly stopped the construction of the houses.
Let these people also join in this work.
As this matter progressed, Han Cheng and the others also gained another harvest.
The harvest is a large amount of fish and shrimp.
After the large areas of water became waterless due to the efforts of Han Cheng and others, many fish and shrimps that did not have time to leave with the flowing water were left in place, tied up in shallow puddles or
In the mud.
These guys who run extremely fast in the water cannot jump up immediately after leaving the water. They can only stay there obediently and be "picked up dried fish" by the people of the Qingque tribe.
As a result, the number of fish and shrimps obtained by the Qingque tribe doubled during this period.
Han Cheng was not worried about fishing in the lake drying up. As long as they opened up this area and reintroduced the water source, fish and shrimp would soon be able to grow again in this area of water.
When the time comes, perhaps a fish pond can be cleared nearby and specially used to cultivate fish fry.
After water is released into the paddy field in spring, some fish fry are put into the paddy field and allowed to grow together with the rice.
Wait until the rice is harvested in the fall, then release some water, and you can happily harvest the last batch of fish and shrimp.
Moreover, fish growing inside will not only not affect the growth of rice, but can also eat a lot of bugs, and fish feces can also provide a lot of nutrients to the rice.
It is not possible to harvest and plant rice twice a year. It is also very good to harvest a batch of fish and shrimp while harvesting rice.
Looking at this place that had undergone tremendous changes due to their efforts, Han Chengchang thought for a moment about the wonderful life in the future, and then started digging with the others with a shovel.
A good life cannot be obtained by just relying on imagination. If you want to realize it and live the kind of life you want, you still need to put in a lot of efforts.
While Han Cheng and the Qingque tribe going south are working hard to build everything they dream of, the older primitive women are also working hard for what they want.
After walking for some time, a cave appeared in the eyes of the older primitive women.
Near this cave, there are some old and weak people who play here or get some food.
Most of the older female primitives who appeared in the field of vision were panicked and hurriedly ran towards the cave, preparing to hide.
“#￥er￥!”
During this process, someone shouted out a little strangely.
Following his shout, the people who hurriedly ran into the cave stopped and looked at the older primitive women who were gradually approaching their cave.
Their eyes fell on the pottery being carried by the older primitive women...
