The tribesmen suddenly realized that during this period, not only had no one suggested picking cabbages to eat, but they would go to the fields every few days to see if there were any birds coming to steal the cabbages.
But it was obvious that the cabbages were in bloom, and since they went there frequently, they didn't see any more cabbages being eaten by pheasants.
Jiang Xue didn't quite know how to calculate the days, so she just went with her feeling.
Although she knew that there would always be a period of extremely cold late spring weather, after a period of time, the temperature would get better day by day.
She was waiting too, and could only wait.
After the late spring cold snap, she can start sowing.
She didn't have a specific date, but judging from her one hundred and eighty consecutive sign-ins, she had actually been here for a full six months.
Assuming she traveled here at the end of September, it is already March now.
In March, she had several crops ready to be planted.
For example, potatoes and corn.
Another example is rice.
Rice seedlings can now be raised and the rice fields can be arranged.
She took out seeds from the system's backpack. Corn could be planted directly in the ground, but early rice had to be raised first. As for potatoes, they were more difficult to plant. They needed to germinate first, and then, based on how well they germinated, they had to be cut into pieces of appropriate size. The cut potatoes were then rolled in wood ash so that their cut surfaces were covered with ash before they could be planted.
But she took out the potatoes too late, and they had not sprouted yet, so she had to put them directly in the hole and let them come into contact with the air first. As long as they sprouted, she could cut them and plant them.
Raising rice seedlings is also a troublesome task. Jiang Xue had no experience in growing rice. Although she had no experience, she still asked people to clear a small piece of rice field next to the trench for growing rice seedlings. She then planted a thatched man next to the rice field and covered the man with animal skins. In short, a thatched man was ready.
A scarecrow is the best way to drive away birds from pecking at it, but since rice straw is not grown yet, we have to make it with thatch.
Now that we have to grow rice seedlings, we have the rice fields and the straw men to drive away birds, but the question becomes what to use to keep the rice seeds in the rice fields warm.
Now that there is no plastic film, the temperature difference between day and night in spring is still very large. Jiang Xue frowned and thought for a long time. Finally, she had to turn her attention to the thatch again.
Uh, thatch again...
When Jiang Xue thought about how she had almost played with the thatch, she smiled helplessly.
She used thatch to make shoes and straw ropes. The beds of the tribesmen were also covered with thick thatch. She also used thatch to cover the roofs of pavilions and sheep pens, and used it to make a thatched man. Now, she was going to use it to keep the rice fields warm.
Thatch is almost a panacea in her hands. It seems that she can use it to make anything.
Not only that, the spring shoots and roots of thatch can be eaten.
If the tribe has cattle, they can also use thatch as night food for the cattle.
The little thatch is full of treasures!
Ten days later, some tribesmen who preferred elegance to warmth had begun to wear only animal skins, and the weather began to change from sunny to rainy. The drizzle lasted for more than ten days, and green weeds grew again in the cultivated fields. Jiang Xue sighed, it seemed that she still didn't know when to cultivate the farmland!
She would carefully check the silkworm eggs every day, fearing that she would miss the hatching time of the silkworms, but every time she looked, they were still the same, with no movement at all. But she still felt that they had changed.
The silkworm eggs gradually changed from brown to black. It seemed that they would be able to hatch in a few days.
In this case, she also had to make a few racks and place some round winnowing baskets on them, specifically for raising silkworms.
But she asked Xiangcao to peel so much bark that she didn't know how many winnowing baskets would be needed.
Never mind, let’s make the dustpan first. As for the stand to hold the dustpan, let’s make it out of bamboo.
Making a winnowing basket is the same as making a basket. It must be dense, but not too deep, just two fingers deep will do.
She was not very interested in weaving at the moment. She just explained her idea to Asongbo and drew a picture on the ground for him to see. Asongbo spent two days making her a round winnowing basket with a diameter of about 50 centimeters.
Seeing this winnowing basket, Jiang Xue was very satisfied: "Uncle Song, make a few more winnowing baskets in the next two days. I don't know how many winnowing baskets we can get for raising silkworms. Don't be afraid of having too many. In the future, this thing will not only be used for raising silkworms, but also for drying small things like dried radishes and cabbage seeds."
Asongbo nodded and said, "Don't worry, Snow Witch. Leave this matter to me."
It took Asongbo two days to make the first winnowing basket, because he had never seen it before and had never made it before. But after he finished the first winnowing basket, he became much faster at weaving. The second one only took him a day and a half, and the third one only took him a day.
Jiang Xue was sincerely impressed by what she saw. She just opened her mouth and came up with an idea, and the other person was able to perfectly present something that she had never seen before in front of her.
"Asonbo, how did you grow your hands? How could it be so coincidental?"
Isn't it a coincidence? If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she really wouldn't have believed it. Just by looking at the finished product made by Asongbo, no one would have believed that he had never seen this thing before.
Asongbo said, "It's all thanks to the Snow Witch's teaching. Besides, I'm old and can't hunt anymore. If I can't even accomplish these things, I'll be a useless person."
"Pfft!" Jiang Xue spat on the ground several times. "If anyone dares to call you useless, I'll be the first to disagree."
Another day passed and the rain finally stopped. The long-lost sun came out. Jiang Xue took out the corn seeds and sprinkled them on the winnowing basket. Although she knew that the products produced by the system were definitely top-quality, she still took advantage of the good sunshine and dried them for a day.
After the corn seeds are dried, they are put into a backpack. Next, it is time to plant the corn.
It had rained two days ago and the ground was very damp. As soon as she entered the field, her shoes were covered with mud. Jiang Xue didn't mind. She took Xiaohua and Aqing with her and started sowing corn again.
A portion of corn seeds weighs about two kilograms. Jiang Xue doesn't know exactly how much seeds are needed for one acre of land. She will only know after planting it.
Fortunately, she has now exchanged for a hoe, which gives her an advantage in tools and allows her to plant the crops faster.
What Jiang Xue didn't expect was that her delicate skin and tender flesh were so delicate that her hands couldn't bear it after digging more than a dozen holes with the hoe.
She couldn't handle it, so she asked Xiaohua to go back and find Dawei to dig. Jiang Xue planted the seeds herself and asked Xiaohua to fill the soil. Aqing and Xiangcao carried water in pottery jars in backpacks to water the land.
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