After the retting pond is completed, the official harvesting has to begin.
Although there are some stone sickles in the tribe, if they are used to harvest tougher hemp, they are definitely not good enough. If they cannot cut one or two plants, they will be too dull to be used. .
And some of them are prepared for harvesting rice and cutting weeds. In any case, they are definitely not used for cutting hemp.
Song Xuan could only adopt the most primitive method, which was to uproot it, then use a stone ax to chop off the roots, remove the leaves, and then throw them into the pond.
Although it is a bit rough, the efficiency is indeed the highest that can be achieved among tribes.
Although hemp has a wide range of uses, its disadvantage is that it is a bit useless when harvested, especially in this season, when everyone does not wear much.
When the leaves are scraped on the exposed skin, there are red marks. In such a hot weather now, naturally you can't use anything to block it, you can only carry it, covering the key parts, and at the same time, as little as possible Make contact.
"oh oh!"
"oh!"
There was a roar among the crowd.
Fortunately, as the resistance became stronger and stronger, everyone became more and more proficient in their techniques, and then they would only do it accidentally when they were not careful.
After plucking it out, everyone also came up with the experience. First use a stick to knock off the leaves on the top, and then pull it out. It is much safer, there are no more unnecessary worries, and the speed is also improved a lot.
This allowed everyone to return to the fun of childhood.
Song Xuan himself was stung quite badly. After finding out that someone had come up with this method, he quickly asked everyone to start using it.
At the same time, different tasks were also arranged for everyone. Shi Meng and others were strong and naturally the most suitable to pull out the hemp. The women had to be responsible for cutting off the roots of the pulled out hemp. These roots were neither useful nor easy to retting. It sucks and has no use value.
Although hemp is also a perennial plant and will continue to grow after the upper plants are cut off, this is not because the tribe does not have this condition. On the contrary, it is not as easy as sowing seeds.
Anyway, Song Xuan has already left a small patch of land for sowing. It shouldn’t be a problem for the seeds to grow to meet next year’s needs. Once the tribe has truly solved the problem of tools, he can then give full play to the power of hemp.
Now it can only be harvested once a year. To be honest, Song Xuan felt it was a bit wasteful, but it was a helpless move after all.
The efficiency of the overall dispatch was quite high. In less than one afternoon, all the hemp in the field was pulled out.
And about half of it has been poured into the pool. After the pool is completed, the stream water is first introduced. Although it is not filled yet, it is only a matter of time.
The remaining hemp should be processed tomorrow. It is nearly two acres of land. Although it is not a particularly large amount, it can almost fill the entire pond.
Transporting it to the pool still has to rely on water transport. Transporting so much at one time made everyone feel the power of waterways again. If people move it bundle by bundle, although the speed may not be too slow, it will require a lot of manpower and The physical effort required is much different, unlike now where just a few people can follow and finish a ship in a short time.
After completing this task, the hunting team returned to the mountains and forests, and then began the hunting journey.
After more than two months of hard work, the harvest is still very obvious. The tribe now has nearly three months of food reserves. This is naturally due to the increase in manpower and the better and better cooperation of everyone.
In addition, although they did not deliberately capture them alive, blind cats can always encounter dead mice. There are always those who panic and directly bump into the crowd, or the injuries they receive are not fatal. In this case, everyone usually They won't be executed immediately. If there is enough time, they will be observed. If they come back in a hurry, they will be brought back directly tied up.
Although it will waste more energy, the effect is still quite good, and one third of them survived by luck.
So far, there are thirty sheep in the tribe. In addition to those brought back by Shi Meng and the others, they also gave birth to a few sheep from the previous ewes.
But there was no movement in Uncle Lu's family. Song Xuan felt that Uncle Lu always worked hard, but it seemed that several of his wives were not very up to date. After getting the Teng She, they actually produced nothing.
Among the many animals, the group of rabbits naturally had the most babies, so the rabbit house was expanded again, and a small area was specially set aside for their activities.
However, although there are many rabbits alive, there are also many dead rabbits, so there is no need for people to eat them. They often fight among themselves, and it is normal for them to fight to the death.
Shi Yan has not figured out any good method for this. Fortunately, the base is large enough, and the occasional death of a few will not have much impact on the overall situation. Moreover, from spring to now, the worst one has already given birth to one litter.
Of course, there are also those who have no achievements. Faced with such rabbits, Song Xuan doesn't want to treat them like other animals, but he can still coddle them. If the rabbits don't behave well, they will be taken out and sacrificed on the spot.
Although rabbits are not big, they eat a lot every day.
They were originally raised as food. Since they have matured and will not continue to reproduce, there is no need to keep them. Now it is no better than before. There were not many rabbits in the tribe before, so naturally they are good to eat and drink. Now it's up to them.
However, some supplements are still needed, otherwise the same litter of rabbits would be bred back and forth, which would be too confusing.
But even if rabbits reproduce so fast, it is unrealistic to use them as a staple food. If the number is too large, it will be difficult to control.
Next, we only need to wait for the hemp to be retting, and then there will be no need to use animal skins as ropes in the tribe. Although the hemp is not ready yet, Song Xuan can also notice it. Now everyone has started to wait, can Dragging and dragging, all waiting for the hemp rope to come on.
But even if the harvest has been completed, I want to wait until everything in the pond is rotten. It's probably not possible if it doesn't last for ten days and a half, and for better results, the longer it's left, the better.
Song Xuan would inspect the rice fields in the tribe every one or two days to observe the water level in the fields and the growth of the rice. Basically, the rice was planted at the same time, but the difference is still obvious. The fields are easier to cultivate. It can be clearly seen that the rice grows better.
The fields in the second half, where the underground tree roots have not been completely removed, look much sparser, and they are not as thick as the edges.
This was determined by the quality of the land. Song Xuan had no choice but to wait for the tree roots to rot naturally. Fortunately, the small ones were almost rotten by now. Song Xuan also picked a few places and poked buckets inside. Most of them only have some thicker tree roots. I believe they will be much better next year.
This year is just a transitional one.
Although it is a bit helpless, fortunately, it is in line with the overall expectations. If the tribe did nothing at the beginning and all dug into the ground, it would not be impossible to clean it up, but the price paid Teng She couldn't bear it for the time being. Even after being lazy like this for a while, there was not much food left in the tribe. If all members were mobilized, everyone would probably starve to death before the rice could be planted.
Although the rice has not yet been harvested, Song Xuan is already thinking about the arrangements for the autumn harvest. If many things are done temporarily, he may not be able to be busy. It is better to take advantage of the fact that he is not so busy now and take care of the harvest. Just play with it.
The first thing to bear the brunt is naturally the sheds that should be in the fields, which are used to provide shade for everyone. Although it is not the hottest period during the rice harvest, the temperature is not low. According to last year's experience, there is no way even at noon. Go out and work.
Although you can resist hard at other times, you definitely need to rest.
This large rice field is where the rice grows the highest. Naturally, there is no place to enjoy the cool air. Setting up a shed at the junction of several fields can also provide a place for everyone to rest, and they can also be inside when the time comes. Put some cold water or something so that you won't be exposed to the sun and end up drinking hot water.
Although the sheds are not complicated to make, there are a lot of them after all. To completely cover these rice fields, more than a dozen sheds will definitely be needed. Temporary construction will be too time-consuming.
The main function of this kind of shed is to provide shade, so just use a few pillars around it to support the roof.
As for the roof, it is natural to use thatch. Since it is not needed to prevent rain or anything else, there is no need to paste the grass mud. However, in order to prevent the wind from blowing it away, Song Xuan still added a few pieces of wood at the junction. Press.
The shed is not big, only two or three meters square. Even if they are resting, they must be taking turns to rest. It is impossible for dozens of people to be crowded together.
A house of this size is enough. The only drawback is that it also occupies part of the rice field. After all, the corridor we left at that time was only less than half a meter wide at its widest. Most places were just right. Can barely pass.
However, although the pillars extended into the rice fields, they did not damage too much rice. Everyone was careful when doing it and pulled out as few trees as possible, so the impact on the yield was not big.
Although Song Xuan had already made a plan in his mind, he had forgotten about it whether it was during reclamation or transplanting. He only remembered it now and naturally had to pay some price.
Fortunately, the price was acceptable. Song Xuan recruited three people and built two buildings in one day. The efficiency was quite good. With the current temperature, it is basically impossible to go out to work at noon.
Although it looks a bit crude, it is more than enough to provide shade. Song Xuan doesn't expect it to last for several years a day. He can just replace it when it breaks. Anyway, there will be a lot of straw after the rice harvest this year. There must be a lot of straw in the tribe. Endless.
