Chapter 271 Primitive Beast World Cubs 45
The planting time was a bit late this time; the crops were only ripe after the weather had cooled down for a while.
If they don't ripen soon, they'll probably freeze to death in a while.
By the time autumn arrived, Shen Ci had already made several pieces of pure natural leather clothing, all of which were brought back by Cang Ye from his hunting trips.
Meat was stored for winter, and fur was processed to make clothes, quilts, shoes, and other items.
The doors and windows of the house were all reinforced, and an extra small room was built for storage, such as for tools.
This continent is rich in resources, and since his home is located on the safest plains, Cangye was able to bring back prey almost every day.
To prepare for the winter, Shen Ci instructed him to hunt more animals with thick fur and lots of hair, such as sheep and rabbits, which are fluffy.
We've now accumulated dozens of hides at home, which we've simply processed into clothes, pants, and shoes that can be worn on the outside. The shoes are made of wood and leather, with a wooden pad sewn underneath the leather.
In order to make these shoes, Shen Ci could only imitate the way primitive people ground bones into bone needles.
Fortunately, this continent had basic vegetation, and they found some hemp, which is the raw material for making hemp rope. The most primitive method was to directly extract the fibers.
You can directly peel off the stems and bark of hemp plants by hand, but if you don't degumme them, the fibers will be coarse, brittle, and easy to break.
Therefore, hemp needs to be soaked in rivers and ponds, where microorganisms in these natural waters can ferment and decompose the gum in the hemp.
The only downside to these methods is that they take a long time. Once the degumming is almost complete, the hemp fibers are twisted into ropes.
At first, they twisted the threads into strands, and with enough strands, they could be twisted into ropes. This time, the ropes were truly made entirely by hand.
Each and every single one of them was hand-rubbed by Shen Ci. Now her hands are incredibly rough, truly the hands of a working-class person.
But that doesn't matter, labor is the most glorious thing!
Survival is more important than anything else.
The bone needles were pierced through the hemp rope and then painstakingly inserted into the wood and leather. This step was incredibly difficult, and the main approach was to use sheer force; every method imaginable was employed.
Two pairs of rough shoes, with a wooden bottom, covered with leather in a cylindrical shape, and lined with hay and wild cotton.
Wild cotton is a plant that looks very much like cotton. It has pink flowers and a lot of fiber. Each flower is very small and becomes fluffy in the autumn. When you pick it and blow on it, it looks like a dandelion.
This is a common wildflower found along country roads, and its feel is certainly not as good as cotton.
Shen Ci gathered almost everything he could find, then washed and pounded it, and dried it. It could be stuffed into shoes as insoles or stuffed into leather quilts as wadding.
Of course, there weren't that many; they weren't even good enough to make cotton wadding.
The current quilts and blankets are still made of layers of animal hides, with some hay stuffed in between.
When people get busy, time flies by.
The leaves on the hillside are beginning to turn yellow in large patches, and the air is noticeably cool in the mornings and evenings.
The crops she had planted had finally ripened. This continent was somewhat different from the one she knew. Almost all of these crops had ripened one after another.
At least from the outside, that's how it looks, which means it's harvest season.
When they were planted, the weather wasn't very cold, so the plants could grow while maintaining the temperature. Now the weather is getting cooler, and the plants have passed their growth period.
The millet leaves are slender and have now turned yellow, unlike the large patches of green they used to be. The tops have sprouted fuzzy spikes that feel heavy to the touch.
Looking out in the autumn wind, everything is golden; it's all grain, giving the impression of waves of wheat.
The leaves of the potato plants above ground have withered and turned yellow, so regardless of whether the potatoes underground are ripe or not, they have to be dug up.
She planted so many tubers back then, not knowing how many she would harvest. Based on her experience, a typical potato patch can produce about five to eight or ten tubers.
One after another, like grapes, a whole bunch.
The chili plants are now laden with chilies, most of which have turned from green to red. Of course, during the growth of the chilies, Shen Ci has picked them several times to cook and eat.
The bright red chilies and golden millet complement each other, adding a unique touch to autumn.
With so many crops ripe, Shen Ci thought for a moment and decided to harvest the potatoes first.
Because potatoes are easily frozen and rotten if left in the ground once they are ripe, and potatoes are the easiest to harvest. Unlike millet, potatoes do not need to be hulled after harvesting and can be stored directly.
"Sweetie, let's dig this first!"
Be careful when playing with them; don't damage the potatoes with one stroke of the hoe, as they are very difficult to preserve once damaged.
You can try digging from the side, but be as gentle and careful as possible.
Shen Ci pointed to the withered potato plant and said, "If you damage it with a hoe, the potato won't last long."
She taught Cangye how to use a wooden shovel, made of planks and sticks, to carefully dig down from beside the plant, then pry upwards.
As the soil was turned over, clusters of round potatoes, covered in fresh soil, appeared before our eyes!
The system recognizes that the potato seeds are yellow and very large, so the harvested potatoes are also generally very large.
Wow! So many!
Cangye exclaimed in delight, for the first time he understood what a harvest meant.
Carefully picking the potatoes off the roots and putting them in the basket, I exclaimed in surprise every time I dug out a cluster, feeling that each one was bigger than the last.
The mother and son worked for half a day, digging up all the rows of potatoes and harvesting several large baskets full. Although the potatoes varied in size, the quantity far exceeded their expectations.
Potatoes don't need much processing, you don't even need to clean the soil off the surface. Just spread them out in a sunny place for two days to dry, and the soil on the surface will dry out and be easy to remove.
After it has dried out a little, you can bring it back home and pile it up in a corner.
After harvesting the potatoes, the next thing to harvest was the chili peppers. This was also relatively simple; the two of them worked together to pick the ripe red chili peppers one by one.
Some of the chives are to be hung up to air dry so they can be stored longer, while the other fresher ones are to be used for cooking. Chen Ci also plans to pickle some chili peppers.
Previously, the bamboo shoots picked on the mountain were boiled, torn into strips, dried, and stored away. Usually, bamboo shoots are pickled while they are still alive. Shen Ci soaked dried bamboo shoots and dried mushrooms in water until they were rehydrated, and then pickled them together with chili peppers.
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