Chapter 171 Going to the Farm to Help
"Xiaomu, Xixi, let's go for a walk in the fields, okay?"
"Okay." Xiaomu and Xixi were both very happy. When they were in the safe house before, their fun was to weed and turn the soil in the fields and help their mother with work. They heard that the fields here were very, very spacious, and they really wanted to go and see them.
Ye Li led the two children to the farm.
When we arrived, the farm was bustling with activity, and Li Sangtian was shouting at everyone to direct their work.
According to the plan agreed upon by Ye Li and Li Sangtian.
Canals must be dug between the fields, which can not only be used to store water during rainfall, but also to bring water into the fields for irrigation.
The reason why this farm cannot grow anything is that there is a lack of canals to store water, so these crops can only rely on the weather for growth, and will either die from waterlogging or drought.
Not only do we need to dig canals, but we also need to dig two large ponds, one for irrigation and the other for raising fish.
God knows how much Ye Li craved that bite of fish. The day before yesterday, the chef of the tribe cooked a fish dish, but they were all small fish caught from a stream far away. Ye Li didn't eat a single bite and gave it all to the two children. Even if he drank a mouthful of the soup, he was very satisfied.
And before she came to the forest tribe, she saw rivers when she was running around. Since there were rivers, there must be fish in them.
When the time comes, let Li Yuan take some fish to catch and raise them in the pond. When the harvest comes, we can eat as much as we want, steamed, braised, grilled, etc. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.
And the seeds she brought from the safe house, when she plants them in the ground, all kinds of delicious food will come one after another, and she simply can't stop.
However, compared to eating vegetarian food, Ye Li would rather eat meat. She thought about the past few years of raising her child, and apart from eating chicken, she had never eaten any other meat. She only ate some during the days she came to the forest tribe.
However, the portion was limited and Ye Li didn't eat enough.
"Ye Li." Li Sangtian, the farm manager, ran over happily. The road was bumpy and he was a little unsteady on his feet. When he got closer, he smiled and said, "Why are you here? I was thinking that after I finished the preliminary work, I would come and visit you again."
Ye Li said, "I've received so much kindness from the forest tribe, how can I just rest every day? I happened to see nothing going on at the tree house, so I came to see what's going on here."
Li Sangtian faced the farm and waved his hand in the breeze, saying, "I've done as you instructed. I've started building ridges, digging canals, and separating the three ponds. It's going pretty smoothly, though the pace is a bit slow, and we've lost some crops."
Ye Li laughed and said, "Since the crops are already like this, why not just harvest them all? Take the ones that can be used and take them back home, and leave the ones that can't be used to fertilize the soil."
"No seeds left?"
"Why save seeds? The seeds of your crops are not well developed. Even if they grow, they won't be very good. It's better to plant the seeds I brought. Although the yield will be less in the first year, the yield in the second year will definitely increase several times."
Li Sangtian smiled and said, "You are right. You are an expert in this field. We will definitely listen to you."
Li Sangtian quickly called for people and asked all the people who were doing farm work to come and harvest the crops in the fields together.
Ye Li looked at the crowd, all working together and then taking food from the communal area back home to work. The production model in the forest tribe was collective labor. It was a tribal life of mutual help.
Yes, in the end times, if we don’t unite, we will definitely end up like monkeys scattering when the tree falls.
"Xiaomu, Xixi, let's go to the fields to help." Ye Li took off his shoes and walked barefoot to the fields to help with the harvest.
"Okay." Xiaomu and Xixi were used to helping Ye Li with farm work in the safe house, so they quickly took off their shoes and followed Ye Li closely to a rice field, where they pulled up the rice together.
The roots of the rice were rotten, and the water had a bad smell. When I pinched the millet with my hands, it was flat and there was no rice in it at all.
It's useless, so I can only pull it out by the roots, let it dry, and burn it to make fertilizer.
(End of this chapter)
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