This matter could not be delayed any longer. In order to make her life more comfortable, she found some bamboo branches cut from the moso bamboo and used them with wooden sticks to make several bamboo brooms of different sizes.
The bamboo broom was ready, so she took one and went to the chicken coop. She first cleaned up all the chicken manure inside, then changed to a new one, went to the cave, and swept it up and down. Seeing that there was not so much garbage piled on the ground, she was satisfied.
After Jiang Xue finished doing all this, she also made a few dustpans specifically for picking up garbage.
As usual, as soon as she started working, several old men who were good at making bamboo products, especially Asongbo, gathered around her.
They followed Jiang Xue's example and began to weave little by little, following her steps.
Compared with backpacks and baskets, dustpans are much simpler. Asongbo and his friends have experience in making these, so making a dustpan is naturally a piece of cake for them.
Soon, Jiang Xue’s first dustpan came out, followed by Asongbo and his colleagues’ dustpans.
"Sister Axue, what do you use this thing for?"
Jiang Xue raised her eyebrows: "I haven't finished yet, you'll know in a moment."
Then she picked up a bamboo stick and inserted it directly into the dustpan to make a handle.
"Here, from now on, you can use this to collect the chicken manure from the chicken coop." She handed the dustpan to Xiaohua, "Pile all the chicken manure you sweep up together. It's useless to us now, but it will definitely be useful in the future."
If agriculture is to be developed in the future, chicken manure, sheep manure, and even wood ash, mixed together and fermented, will all be excellent fertilizers.
Xiaohua nodded, quickly used it to pick up chicken manure, and threw it into an open space outside the trench.
After Jiang Xue finished her task, she returned to the cave and saw Xiangcao and Acai teasing Ayun's baby Muzi. Muzi had already turned one month old and was now chubby and looked very cute.
She didn't disturb her, but turned her head and took a closer look, and saw that the women in the tribe were divided into two factions.
These two groups of women can be distinguished at a glance.
One faction was naturally the result of the merger of the Snake Tribe and the Bear Tribe, and the other faction was those who migrated from the Eagle Tribe.
The people of the previous tribe far surpassed the women from the Eagle tribe in terms of quality of life and mental outlook.
The women from the Eagle Tribe had darker skin and were thinner. Even a pregnant woman among them had a morbid look that was different from that of normal people.
Jiang Xue frowned. This was not a good thing.
Originally, according to her idea, she didn't want to bring back all the women of the Eagle Tribe. If Mu Feng hadn't said that there were too many men and too few women in the tribe, she would have given up the idea of killing them all for the sake of the tribe's reproduction.
However, although there are a total of 52 women in the tribe, there are more men!
A rough count shows that there are almost a hundred men!
Seeing this shocking number, Jiang Xue felt overwhelmed.
Originally, she thought that the tribe would be better after having the dozen or so women from the Eagle Tribe, but now it seems that is not the case at all!
On second thought, if you exclude the children, the elderly grandmas and grandpas in the tribe, there are nearly fifty of them in total.
Excluding these fifty people, there are only forty women and sixty men of marriageable age.
Apart from the fact that they fell in love with each other and had children...
Oh my god! Jiang Xue exclaimed inwardly, twenty-three women versus thirty-nine men...
Yes, there are more monks and less porridge!
There aren't enough women!
It seems that they need to take a blind date lesson.
Jiang Xue herself was shocked by this idea.
Why am I involved in blind dates again?
She was so immersed in her own world that she didn't even notice Mu Feng coming to her side.
"Axue, what are you thinking about so intently?"
Jiang Xue raised her head and looked at him. She rolled her eyes and pulled him to find Akagi.
The three of them came to the river, and Jiang Xue told them her idea. Mu Feng and Akagi immediately decided: "This is a good thing. Whatever you want to do, just go ahead and do it. We support you unconditionally."
Jiang Xue chuckled, "It's not the right time yet." She had her own concerns. "The Eagle Tribe has just arrived, so it's not appropriate for us to hold a matchmaking event."
In other words, someone's husband just died, and you're rushing to act as a matchmaker for them?
This is either asking for scolding or asking for a beating, and I guarantee that the beating won't kill you.
Akagi sighed and shook his head: "Alas, this is obviously a good thing, why can't it work?"
Jiang Xue lowered her head and thought for a while: "Mu Feng, do you remember those houses we saw when we first arrived at the Eagle Tribe?"
Mu Feng nodded: "I remember, it's very beautiful."
Jiang Xue smiled. "They're beautiful, but they're not practical. They're just a few wooden houses. They look sturdy and durable, but they're not fireproof or even waterproof." She said softly, "After the winter is over and we've finished planting the land, we can start building the houses. When we allocate the houses, we'll clearly tell them that only couples can live in the small rooms, and everyone else will have to sleep in the large bunk beds."
A small single room with a large bunk bed?
The two stared at her in surprise.
Jiang Xue explained, "A small single room is..." She glanced at the ground, picked up a small bamboo stick, and began to draw on the snow. As she drew, she explained, "A small single room is a relatively small house. A large bunk bed can be built larger, and it is used for people to rest."
"Then I might need to build a few more houses specifically to serve as warehouses," she paused, "to store things like backpacks, straw sandals, and in the future, grain..."
"As for partners, I don't expect you to be monogamous right now—oh, just a man and a woman living in a small room, raising children there and taking care of each other. When their children are eight or nine years old, they move to the big bunk bed."
"Also, there's the blind date I mentioned earlier. I think girls might not be able to accept it yet, so it would be better if we give them enough time to get to know each other better."
Jiang Xue said this and looked up at them: "That's why I said it's not appropriate to find a partner for them now. Do you understand?"
"I think I understand," Mu Feng said.
"But we have so many men, I'm afraid..."
Jiang Xue waved her hand. "Don't worry about that. When the time comes, as long as they like each other, we can let them make their own decision. But before that, what we need to do is to create the best conditions for them."
Even if there are no conditions, we must create them!
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