Chapter 251 Primitive Beast World Cubs 25
The little wolf cub's attention was quickly drawn to the delicious food and novel things she described. The box was amazing; it contained so many things that he had never heard of or seen before.
The wolf cub didn't think much about how its mother had managed to do all this.
Now that the house is built, a housewarming party is a must. In modern society, people like to have a lively celebration when they move to a new home and invite friends and relatives to have a meal together.
But in this world, she had no other relatives, let alone any other friends.
There weren't even any firecrackers to make things lively.
However, she still has her wolf cubs! They are each other's only friends, only family, and only support in this world.
Shen Ci found a half-dried bamboo tube, which was originally intended to be piled up as waste and left to dry completely before being used as kindling. However, in the countryside, this kind of thing has another use.
That is chasing away chickens, ducks, and birds.
Split a slightly thick bamboo tube from the bottom, but not completely down, splitting it into pieces like a large dish brush.
After splitting bamboo like this, it will make a crackling sound when tapped on the ground. In the countryside, when the weather is nice, people will take out their millet, soybeans, and other grains to dry in the sun.
To prevent chickens, ducks, and birds from stealing food, they would make something like this. A few taps from a distance would be enough to scare the animals away.
It crackled and popped, sounding almost like firecrackers, and Shen Ci planned to use it as a substitute for firecrackers.
Moving to a new house also requires a housewarming party. We didn't have any alcohol, so we had to use water instead, but the food could be quite plentiful.
She took out two potatoes from the seeds provided by the system, sliced them, and stir-fried them with some recently smoked bacon. As for the staple food, she couldn't bear to eat the millet; she wanted to use it to make seeds.
Then let's use locally grown sweet potatoes instead. We'll steam two big sweet potatoes in a pot and eat them as a meal.
Shen Ci couldn't remember the last time she had eaten proper vegetables. Potatoes, although not leafy greens, are still vegetables!
Steamed sweet potatoes paired with stir-fried potatoes and cured meat—such an important day must be celebrated with stir-fries! Also, simmer a pot of fish soup, adding some plants found in this world that can be used as seasonings.
The main purpose is to remove the fishy smell, plus the refined salt that the system rewards.
A delicious meal to celebrate her passing, the first time in this world—no, in this vast market—that she has ever built a house with her own hands!
After preparing the meal, Shen Ci picked up the split bamboo tube and tapped it on the stone outside the door.
A crackling sound suddenly rang out. This continent is usually quite quiet, with no animals or humans making such sounds.
Suddenly, a crackling sound came from the ground, and the little wolf cub trembled. To be honest, it was too noisy; he had never heard anything so unpleasant.
"Okay, let's celebrate with this sound to show that we have a new home."
"Now we can go eat!"
Although the little wolf cub doesn't understand this custom, that doesn't stop Shen Ci from teaching him from now on.
"Come on, cheers!"
Shen Ci raised his bamboo wine cup. After acquiring the knife, even the edge of the bamboo cup had been carefully trimmed, just in case it pricked his mouth.
The little wolf cub didn't understand what "cheers" meant, but he still imitated her and raised his glass to clink glasses.
"Let's celebrate that we have a home in this world, Cangye. Mother will take good care of you!"
"Cheers, System!"
The second sentence, Shen Ci said to the system in his heart.
Even though it was just a system without any will or feelings, it accompanied her through so many worlds and encountered many interesting people and things.
It's like a testament to one's own life.
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The hut wasn't big, it was square and neat. Shen Ci planned to make a wooden bed inside. When the child got a little older, he should be sleeping alone. Being an orc, he was very alert and could be used to guard the door.
Now that we have a woodworking kit with a saw and an axe, making a bed isn't difficult. Now that we have a home, it's time to prepare for winter.
Regarding millet cultivation, spring sowing in northern regions typically takes place in April or May, while summer sowing usually occurs in June.
In regions where crops are sown twice a year, the second crop can be planted after the first harvest.
The planting time for potatoes also varies depending on the region. In northern regions such as the Northeast and Northwest, potatoes are sown from mid-April to early May and can be harvested from September to October.
In areas like Shandong and Hebei, spring sowing usually takes place around February or March, with harvesting occurring in June or July. Autumn sowing takes place around August, with harvesting in October or November.
In the southern regions of Guangdong and Guangxi, potatoes are planted from October to November and harvested from February to March of the following year. This is the approximate planting time for potatoes.
However, it is currently impossible to determine the specific season; all that is known is that it is not winter.
Shen Ci is not an agricultural expert; she is just an ordinary person. In fact, her family did not own any land and she had never farmed before.
Never mind, since the seeds have already been sown, let's start planting. There will be a harvest eventually.
Before planting, the land needs to be cultivated. Although there are large tracts of wasteland here, the wasteland is covered with plants.
To get a good harvest, you have to clear the land first.
As long as you can cultivate the land, you can own as much land as this continent is large, and easily become a landlord.
The wasteland outside was bathed in sunlight and overgrown with weeds. Because it was a plain, it was very flat and perfect for farming.
But clearing land has never been an easy task, but it has to be done no matter how difficult it is. Shen Ci weighed the hoe in his hand. The most important thing now is to farm, and to farm, you have to clear land first.
If she were to dig it up by hand, one hoe at a time, it would be too inefficient and too tiring, especially since she was all alone and only had one hoe.
However, since humankind has developed from ancient societies to the modern era, there are too many experiences to learn from, and we can simply copy them.
The plains are never short of animals: cattle, horses, sheep, rabbits, pheasants, you name it, they have it all, and the land is rich in resources.
There is an animal on the plains that looks very much like a cow. She calls it a wild cow because it also has two curved horns, but it is not as large as the cows of its descendants.
I asked Cangye before, and Cangye said it was a horned beast.
There's no way around it, every place has its own interpretation. If only these horned beasts were used for plowing, they would be perfect for it. They were carefully selected by our ancestors.
"Honey, we need to find some help to clear the land, otherwise it'll take us forever just the two of us."
Shen Ci pointed to the distant herd of horned beasts and said to Cangye.
"Helpers? Them? They're fierce, their horns are powerful."
However, the meat of the horned beast is quite delicious.
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