Chapter 260 Primitive Beast World Cubs 34
With each stroke of the hoe, a triangular pit was created. The wolf cubs followed suit, imitating each other, only the triangular pits created by the wooden shovels were larger.
I can't worry about that now; a good shovel is one that can dig a hole.
There should be a certain distance between each hole, about half a hole's distance is enough, so that the potatoes have room to grow underground.
Several plots of land have been reclaimed, and I haven't been idle during this period, even after finishing other tasks.
Instead, they trained the oxen to plow the fields. Even if they only plowed half a plot a day, they plowed several plots more over the days. The people's plowing skills improved a lot, and the oxen's plowing skills also improved a lot.
Progress can only be made through learning, and progress can only be made through practice!
After digging for a while, Shen Ci would look back at the pit Cang Ye had dug. How should I put it? This wasn't exactly a high-level technical task.
You might not dig quite right at first, but as long as you pay attention to the spacing and size, it should be fine.
Anyway, a potato is only so big, so even if the hole is small, it can still be buried. If it's big, just throw in one or two more.
It took almost an hour just to dig the hole, but there were no clocks to tell the time here; the sun was the only reference point.
"Now that we've dug the hole, we need to fertilize it."
This crop is different from other crops. If you put potatoes in first and then fertilizer, it may cover the potatoes and make it difficult for them to grow.
Therefore, we should first put some fertilizer in the pit to make the soil more fertile, so that the potatoes will have nutrients when they grow up.
As Shen Ci spoke, she explained these principles to the little wolf cub.
From orcs to humans, farming is a uniquely human behavior. It's always good to learn more skills, and there's not much danger in farming at home.
You can't just lock the cubs in the hole and not let them out, there's so much work to do at home.
"vomit……"
The moment Shen Ci dug up the farmyard manure with his hoe, Cang Ye vomited.
A wolf's sense of smell is many times more sensitive than a human's; it smelled the scent the moment it came out.
And it has already entered my brain, making me feel so nauseous that I want to vomit up everything I ate yesterday.
This smell is so intoxicating; it's like the scent has eyes, drilling into your nose and straight to the top of your head.
The mixture of soil, rotting leaves, branches, and sheep, cow, and chicken droppings created a truly complex and pungent smell.
Shen Ci initially found it disgusting and didn't add her own excrement; otherwise, she wouldn't even want to do it now.
"Put some dry grass in your nose, or pick a couple of leaves."
Seeing the cub so disgusted, Shen Ci felt sorry for him and picked a leaf to plug his nostrils.
Son, don't think that your mother often does this kind of work. Actually, she rarely does it. She gets full marks in theoretical experience but almost zero in practical experience.
No matter how smelly it is, this job has to be done, and we have to use the excrement sparingly.
In this society, even excrement is precious and cannot be wasted.
"What are you standing there for? Shovel it into the hole."
Don't dump too much fertilizer in one pit; just take some that can be used as base fertilizer. We still have so much land.
Shen Ci urged, saying that she herself should also set an example.
Even I wouldn't want to handle such smelly excrement, let alone a child.
As the saying goes, "If I don't go to hell, who will?"
Shen Ci stuffed his nostrils with leaves and then began shoveling manure into the pits one by one.
The fermented fertilizer is no joke; it comes in both dry and liquid forms.
There are easy places to shovel and difficult places to shovel. If you're not careful and use too much force, you can easily shovel the manure away.
They shoveled clumps of feces into the pit, and it took another half hour to fill the pit completely.
"After each hole has been filled with fertilizer, we will start sowing."
This thing is called a potato, and it's a very high-yield crop.
You can put the whole potato in and let it sprout on its own, or you can cut it into pieces and put it in after it has sprouted. One potato can be used to make several seeds.
We currently have cubes on hand, so we can put 1-2 cubes in each slot, up to a maximum of three.
Shen Ci said, "Don't be fooled by how busy you are with housework every day."
They haven't neglected their children's education either.
Every evening after dinner, I take a little time to study.
I didn't learn anything too complicated; I just learned Arabic numerals.
Learn one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten; learn to count.
Once some of the younger cubs are able to count fluently, then teach them addition and subtraction.
In this primitive world, there's probably no need for such advanced knowledge as multiplication and division.
This basic knowledge is sufficient.
This is exactly what's coming in handy now.
If the wolf cubs aren't taught to count, how will they know how much it is if they drop one into a hole, or how much it is if they drop three?
Both technology and knowledge are indispensable.
Working can be quite fun as long as it's not tiring; two people each just need to take charge of a plot of land and throw potatoes into the holes.
There's a proper way to throw potatoes; you can't throw them too far to the side or at an angle, but it's best not to throw them directly onto feces.
Shen Ci remembers that when she was a child, she watched adults plant potatoes this way, which is why it would burn the roots.
However, back then, in addition to farmyard manure, some chemical fertilizers were also applied, so the root burn could also be caused by chemical fertilizers.
Better safe than sorry, so it's best to place the potatoes a little to the side of the manure.
Potatoes will find their own nutrients as they grow, so nothing unexpected is likely to happen.
After all the potatoes were thrown into the pit, the last step was to cover them with soil.
There aren't many techniques involved in burying the soil, but you shouldn't bury it as deep as a grave mound.
Even more so, it cannot be buried so thinly that it is only a single sheet of paper.
Just a little soil from the corner of a hoe is enough; a simpler method is to put the excavated soil back in.
Farm work doesn't require precision; just get it close enough.
They spent the whole day digging and planting; it was a tedious process.
But it was tedious, so he had to keep doing it. The little wolf cub thought hunting was more interesting.
At least when hunting, the prey will run away, just like in a game.
But this kind of land is all about hard work; you have to work diligently and steadily to reap the rewards.
The land will not lie to you; however carefully you cultivate it, the land will reward you accordingly.
"Finally finished planting!"
Farming is too hard, Mother. From now on, I'll take care of the farming, and you can just teach me from the side.
I'm strong and I'm not afraid of getting tired.
The little wolf cub said earnestly, as he could feel his strength growing stronger day by day.
Shen Ci was deeply moved. What other family in the world would have such a sensible son?
If this were in modern society, this would be the kind of child netizens are talking about who comes to repay a debt of gratitude!
It's a spirit pearl, not a demon pill!
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