Chapter 188 Reclaiming Wasteland (1)

While the Star Network was in turmoil, Xia Tian was living a peaceful and tranquil life.

Strict permissions are set for entering the live broadcast room. People watching the live broadcast cannot see the content on the forum. Once they exit the live broadcast room, it is difficult to enter again. Then the Star Network system will "arrange" completely uninformed viewers to enter.

Therefore, although Xia Tian’s live broadcast content is always on the hot search of Star Network, few viewers in the live broadcast room are aware of it. Most of them either have not left or are new viewers.

Xia Tian does not have access to the Star Network Forum now, so she is completely unaware of all this and her mind is full of thoughts about growing "purple sweet potatoes".

After a full twenty-four hours of observation, the two rabbits used for the "experiment" were still lively and energetic.

Probably because it was familiar with the surrounding environment, it looked much more lively than when I first saw it. It was no longer afraid of people and started running around looking for food on its own.

It is morning now, and Si Ye goes out hunting as usual to store food for the cold season. She is ready to start reclaiming the wasteland.

The debris in that area was cleared away yesterday and burned into ash - this is ready-made pure natural fertilizer and must not be wasted.

Xia Tian's plan is to use the traditional Daitian method, first turning over the land to allow the soil to absorb nutrients, and then digging out ridges and furrows one by one. Including making tools, it will take about two days.

At this time, the "purple sweet potato" is almost sprouting.

Because of this kind of rhizome planting, every sprout that grows from the rhizome is a seedling, which can be planted directly by cutting it off, and there is no concept of "sowing".

Yesterday she had placed the roots she had brought back in a cool and ventilated place in the cave. According to the weather and the vitality of the devil grass, they should sprout in a few days.

Now that we have made a plan, the first step is to make the tools.

As the saying goes, if you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools. Considering the need to dig deep into the soil to dig the "purple sweet potato" later, and in order to save time, Xia Tian decided to make a stone hoe.

The hoe is a traditional long-handled agricultural tool in China with a history of thousands of years. It is used in daily weeding, farming, digging, etc. It is an all-purpose agricultural tool with a high frequency of use and will be used frequently in the future.

The hoe is divided into two parts.

The first part is the "hoe blade," which is used to loosen the soil and remove weeds. The hoe blade is long and flat, with one end sharpened for breaking up the soil and the other end used to hold the handle.

The handle is the second part.

It is usually a round wooden stick, usually made of hardwood, installed in a hole behind the hoe blade. It is generally about one meter long. People can use it by holding the handle and applying force.

In the 21st century, thanks to the development of iron smelting technology, the "blade" of a hoe is generally made of iron, which is strong and durable. However, let alone iron smelting, even the iron ore is not known where in the mountain it is buried.

Obviously, stone is the only alternative.

Fortunately, there are a lot of stones nearby. The stone used to make the head does not need to be particularly hard, because hardness will make it brittle. Instead, it needs to maintain a balance between toughness and hardness. Otherwise, once it encounters any hard stone in the soil, it is possible that it will break directly when it is hit.

"Now we're going to go find some suitable stone to make a hoe. Soon we can officially start planting~"

(End of this chapter)