With several people working together, the speed is not slow.
After planting the corn, Jiang Xue returned to the cave to monitor the germination of the potatoes.
In order to make the potatoes sprout faster, Jiang Xue did a stupid thing - she poured water on the potatoes.
But the final result was that although the potatoes sprouted, some of them rotted because they were watered too much.
She felt a little sad but couldn't bear to throw them away. No matter whether the potatoes sprouted after being rotten or sprouted normally, as long as they could sprout, she would not waste them - she wrapped them in a layer of wood ash and planted them in the ground.
It took two days to plant the corn and potatoes. Next, it was time to raise the seedlings.
The rice paddy had been prepared long ago. Jiang Xue asked them to plow the soil deeply again, and then dug a ditch from the trench to divert water to the rice paddy.
She evenly spread the early rice seeds into the leveled rice field, and then covered it with a layer of thatch to keep it warm.
After doing all these things, she said, "Now we have to see if they will sprout."
Calculating the time, it should be the end of March or the beginning of April now.
In April, the tribe’s vegetables had long been eaten, but the wild vegetables in the mountains were at their tenderest.
At this time, wild vegetables such as shepherd's purse, toon sprouts, bitter herbs, dandelions, locust flowers, spring bamboo shoots, bracken, etc. can be picked and eaten.
After Jiang Xue finished her work in the fields, while Mu Feng took people out hunting, she took Xiaohua, Aqing, Xiangcao, and several other children from the tribe, and under the pretext of herding sheep, she set out on a grand journey to look for wild vegetables.
In just one morning, they brought back four or five baskets of wild vegetables.
They took the wild vegetables to the river, washed them carefully, and spread them out with a winnowing basket that had not been used yet. At night, the people in the tribe ate wild vegetables mainly shepherd's purse, dandelion, and fern.
The longer Jiang Xue lived here, the more the people in the tribe trusted her unconditionally.
She said it was edible, and they all started eating without hesitation.
Jiang Xue's eyebrows twitched as she watched them eating wild vegetables with their hands.
This is too unhygienic!
It seems that we need to train them to use chopsticks.
Chopsticks, to put it simply, are two wooden sticks. But to be more specific, they're seven inches and six fen long, representing the seven emotions and six desires of humankind. One end is round, the other square, symbolizing heaven and earth, corresponding to the round sky and square earth. When held, the thumb and index finger are on top, the ring finger and pinky are at the bottom, and the middle finger is in the middle, representing the three elements of heaven, earth, and man. There's even the concept of Tai Chi and Yin and Yang: Tai Chi is one, Yin and Yang are two. Splitting a chopstick in two represents the idea that everything is made up of two opposites; joining the two into one, this union of Yin and Yang, signifies a perfect outcome.
After having this idea, Jiang Xue put down the bowl, took the initiative to carve a pair of chopsticks out of bamboo, washed them clean, and in front of them, she picked up the food with the chopsticks and started eating it in small bites.
Everyone stared at her, and suddenly they felt that the food in their mouths no longer tasted good.
Asongbo immediately followed her example, cut a pair of chopsticks for himself, and started eating clumsily by picking up food.
Xiaohua chewed her food, exchanged glances with Xiangcao, and also put down her bowl...
Soon, people in the tribe started to craze about learning how to use chopsticks.
Everyone in the tribe had a pair of chopsticks. Mu Xin even carved a pair of bamboo chopsticks for the little Mu Zi. Jiang Xue laughed and said, "Mu Xin, Mu Zi is still too young. You should carve a spoon for her."
It is a bit difficult to carve a spoon out of bamboo, but using wood can solve the problem very well.
So, in just two days, the tribe not only had chopsticks but also spoons.
Everyone also eats more hygienically.
Ten days later, Jiang Xue obtained a dwarf sword, an iron hammer, a copy of "Seven Injury Fist" and a copy of "Yanxingshu" through random sign-in.
Putting the tools aside, Jiang Xue looked at the two books of martial arts and felt very excited.
Before, she only got a copy of "The Heavenly Demon Palm", and now she got "The Seven Injury Fist" and "The Swallow's Travel Technique". "The Heavenly Demon Palm" and "The Seven Injury Fist" are easy to understand, as they are a palm technique and a fist technique respectively, while "The Swallow's Travel Technique" is a book of light skills.
I already have the boxing, palm techniques and light skills. What is the system boss going to do myself?
Founding a new school of thought?
Jiang Xue didn't intend to keep it secret. Now it was spring and food was guaranteed, so it was time to let the people in the tribe practice these skills.
She specifically asked her clansmen whether they were interested in the "Heavenly Demon Palm" or the "Seven Injury Fist". She would teach them as long as they were interested. As for the "Yanxing Shu", everyone must learn it.
Even if you can't defeat the enemy in the future, you can still use your lightness skills to escape faster than others.
But needless to say, the "Yanxingshu" must be practiced together with the plum blossom pile to achieve better results.
So she asked people to go to the mountain to cut trees.
When Mu Feng heard her say that she was going to cut down trees, his first reaction was that she was finally going to build a house.
But after they cut down the tree, they found that Jiang Xue actually wanted them to cut the tree as flat as possible, which really stumped them.
It's good that they have stone knives, but it's quite difficult to chop down trees with stone knives, and it's a bit too much to ask them to trim branches.
Jiang Xue frowned. She had an idea, but because she didn't have the tools to flatten the top of the branch, was this plum blossom pile going to die in the womb?
She gritted her teeth and thought, no, she couldn't give up on this matter just like that!
It seems that we can only find iron ore to make iron first!
"Well, let's put this thing aside for now. Mufeng, let Akagi take people hunting tomorrow, and you and I will go find some stones."
The "Heavenly Creations" chapter on hammering clearly states: "When making iron tools, use already-roasted iron. First, cast iron into an anvil, the place to receive the hammer." The proverb "Pliers are the ancestors of all tools" is not an absurd statement...
Also mentioned in the middle chapter of hammering: For saws, wrought iron is forged into thin strips, not steel, nor hardened. After the fire has cooled, it is frequently cold hammered to harden it and the teeth are opened with a file.
The next article, "Hardware," discusses how to find iron ore: Iron ore is found wherever it's found. Its substance is shallow, floating on the surface of the soil, not deep in caves. It thrives on flat land and hillsides, not on steep mountains or hilltops. It can be found in various forms, including soil ingots and crushed sand...
Jiang Xue burst into laughter while holding "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature".
It's really like searching for a needle in a haystack, but it turns out to be something you haven't found before!
After she found Mufeng and Akagi and explained her idea, the three of them agreed that Jiang Xue and Mufeng would go looking for iron ore tomorrow, while Akagi would lead the hunting team to hunt.
Just as the three of them had finalized their plan, Fatty suddenly ran over and said, "Sister Axue, there are so many chicks in the chicken coop!"
Jiang Xue was stunned. She hadn't been to the chicken coop for a long time. She hadn't even noticed whether the hens in the coop had laid eggs. Unexpectedly, Xiaopang ran over and told her that there were chicks in the chicken coop!
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