The weather is getting colder and colder, and the leaves outside are starting to turn yellow.
The hunting team is still running around outside, trying to get more prey back in this last period. Although the current food reserves are completely enough for everyone to survive this winter, no matter what era, no one would dislike having too much food.
The collection team is not as busy as before. Now, except for digging some kudzu and other things, there are not many wild fruits on the trees.
At least there are not many big fruits now, and some are small fruits on shrubs. The number that one person can get back every day is quite limited, so Shihua and the others have also controlled their manpower, leaving only some outside to continue collecting, and at the same time We also need to complete Song Xuan's mission and bring back more seeds.
Although there is not much work outside, there is still a shortage of manpower in the tribe.
Whether it is isolating new rice fields or Song Xuan's major project of erecting a bridge, it requires a lot of manpower. At the same time, this period of time is also the only time this year that the tribe can fish.
If there are more people, you can get more fish to raise. You can rely on these fish to eat fresh food in winter.
In addition, Shitou still lacks a lot of manpower to bake bricks.
Winter is coming soon, and the current corrals will definitely not be able to survive the winter. If this is still the case, it is estimated that not even one of the animals in the tribe will be left after one winter.
So we still have to use bricks to build a suitable enough rabbit house for the rabbits. The form of the rabbit house is very different from that of other animals. The other animals in the tribe are all collectively 'imprisoned' together, so it is very difficult to build it like this. of trouble.
Just build them a big house according to the standard of human habitation. If one is not enough, just two. As long as it can block the biting cold wind and prevent the snow from crushing it, then put more thatch in the house, beast. With something warm like leather, it shouldn’t be too difficult for them to survive the winter.
Rabbits are more difficult to take care of, mainly because they are too small, the largest one only weighs two or three pounds, and they are definitely not easy to raise if they are nestled together for a long time. Although they look cute and cute, they have bad personalities. Despite how gentle he is, he is very violent and fights are common.
They usually have their own little nest, and they can make it like this. If they are all crowded together in winter, the consequences will definitely be disastrous.
Of course, the main reason is that the current small dormitory has reached its loading limit. Although it has been expanded many times, the single-layer small cage really takes up too much space. The tribe now has more than 200 large and small dormitories. It's just a rabbit, but it still ate a lot.
The taste of rabbits is quite good. Song Xuan usually uses them for toothpaste. Most of the business brought back now has been processed, especially when the weather was warm some time ago. If they are not slightly marinated and smoked, , it goes bad very quickly, so unless you encounter it on the way back, it usually doesn't taste particularly delicious. .
Occasionally, when Song Xuan gets greedy, he will kill a few of them for a taste. Anyway, they give birth very quickly, with a litter of one or two months, and the growth rate is simply explosive.
songs Or several are placed alone in a grid.
The most important thing is that the taste of the rabbits raised in this way is very average. After all, after being imprisoned for a long time, the taste of the meat will naturally be average, especially when compared with the wild ones in the tribe, the gap is even greater.
In addition to resting, the rabbits in the tribe can still jump around at will in the enclosed fence. Even if they fight occasionally, the most they can do is pull them apart instead of locking them all up. If it gets up, it will lose enough movement and the meat will not be elastic enough.
Anyway, these rabbits will not be eaten as staple food, so you still have to take care of the taste, especially most of the time, they are the easiest fresh meat for the tribe. There is no need for the tribe to reduce food in pursuit of breeding efficiency. This kind of breeding method obviously does not meet the needs of the tribe.
The amount of exercise for various animals in the tribe is quite sufficient now, especially after finding a small piece of pasture downstream. Although it is not very big, it can still satisfy the occasional consumption of these dozens or twenty livestock.
After a day or two, Shi Yan and Water Witch would pull out the animals in the tribe and "rob" them. Before, only the cattle and deer family could do this, but now they also choose to "rob" among the sheep. A sheep came out, and it conquered the other sheep with its charm. It had been kept in captivity for a long time and got used to this kind of life, so now it can be pulled out directly and let them graze on its own.
Needless to say, Uncle Deer and his family have basically never closed the deer enclosure. Even if the fence is occasionally closed, they can just push it open inside. They are also the most worry-free, and there is no need for Shi Yan and Water Witch to take care of it. , when he is hungry, he will run out to eat. Occasionally, if he is lazy, he will directly eat the forage prepared in the deer pen.
So all they need to take care of are cows and sheep. The cows are also very obedient. Although the superstar looks very big, his personality is relatively docile. Moreover, Song Xuan judged that the two cows should be buffaloes. After all, they like to be in the water. To play, I often take a dip in the river after eating grass.
The sheep only need to be led by the leader, and the other sheep behind the sheep will naturally follow. Some stakes are set up around the small pasture, and they will not run around, so even though there are only two of them, they are both older. , but it’s not too tiring to take care of so many animals. You can just lead them over and eat them before moving them back.
The two of them also told Song Xuan that the area of the pasture will need to be increased next year. The current small area is still naturally formed, and it is enough for everyone to eat occasionally. When they are not out, they still have to find it elsewhere. Grass comes back.
But this is also in Song Xuan's plan. The grass they like to eat also has seeds. As long as there are seeds, it will be easy. I have collected a lot this year and will plant an acre and a half for them next year. Enough for them to eat until full.
Although enough stones and bricks have been burned, Song Xuan was preparing to build a house and build a wall in the future. At this time, he had a new idea, and he had enough time and manpower, so it would be better to burn them again.
The work of making pottery is mainly done by Teng She's manpower. Although Shui Yun and the others have integrated quite well, and there are no big problems in daily communication. They can express the general meaning directly and clearly, but Song Xuan As for Shi Meng, they always feel that there are a few people who don't particularly want to live in the Soaring Snake Tribe, and they probably still miss the Blackwater Tribe a little bit.
It's not easy for Song Xuan to ask questions like this. He can only keep it secretly in his heart and observe more at ordinary times, so he will basically pay attention to this kind of particularly important work.
However, he had pottery and porcelain to help him with the firing and making of the clay. The rest of the people just had to help dig out the clay and then reconcile it according to the requirements of the stone.
It's not too difficult to survive, and there are things blocking the kiln area now, so there's no need to worry too much.
Song Xuan still has some ideas about the new rabbit house. It would be a waste if the rabbit house is still on a single floor like it is now. These animals must be kept in the tribe, and Song Xuan is not at ease if they are left outside.
But currently there is not much space left in the tribe, especially after the two constructions after the arrival of the prisoners and Shui Yun, the remaining space is quite limited.
There is only such a big place in the tribe, so naturally we should save what we can. Although the Tengshe tribe will definitely expand again in the future, and it should be next year in Song Xuan's plan, but there is still no construction, so The province still has to save, and it is not appropriate to let a rabbit house take up too much space.
And considering that rabbits still have time to breed, some space must be left.
Song Xuan thought about it and decided to build a three-story rabbit house first. Anyway, the height of a grid does not need to be very high. Twenty or thirty centimeters is enough for them to drill. The three-story rabbit house is only one meter at most. As long as there is a gentle slope at this height, it shouldn't be a big problem for rabbits to get in and out. Song Chen's ideal size for each grid is half a meter wide and sixty or seventy centimeters deep.
This family of big and small rabbits is enough to live in. Although they may not be as comfortable as letting them dig their own holes, at least there is no big problem in living in them. It's not that Song Xuan doesn't want to dig deeper for them, but If it's too deep, it won't be that easy to catch it out. This level is basically the length of your arm. When you want to eat, you can just reach in.
However, in this way, the current bricks in the tribe are not suitable. Since they are stacked in several layers, the brick boards in the middle must be strong enough. The size of the existing bricks in the tribe does not meet the requirements, so it seems that Just customize a batch individually.
Since it needs to be customized, it is better to just use one board to create a room. It is also easy to do this. This requirement is not difficult for stones, it just needs to be burned larger. Although the bricks proposed by Song Xuan are relatively large, according to the current The pottery kiln is capable of firing more than ten or twenty bricks at a time, and all the bricks needed for fifty or sixty rabbit houses can be fired in a few days.
Song Xuan's tentative goal is ninety-nine rooms, that is, thirty-three small grids in each row. Of course, he must have thought of one hundred items at the beginning, but for the third floor, one hundred items cannot be eliminated. For the sake of neatness, It’s simply ninety-nine. Anyway, the meaning of ninety-nine is not bad.
Since the area of the new rabbit house should not be too large, Song Xuan planned to build it directly on the soil slope next to the cave, with its back to the hillside, which was more secure.
