Chapter 81 Red Crystal Rice
“Chichichi…”
By the pond of the Teng tribe, a thumb-sized insect was flying and chirping happily.
But when it flew above a red flower and was about to go down to suck nectar, suddenly, the two palm-like leaves under the flower flapped upwards.
“Ba…”
The bug was swatted to death and fell into the dirt beneath the flower.
Roots in the soil quickly extend upwards and wrap around the insect. It won't be long before the nutrients in the insect's body are absorbed by the plant, leaving behind an empty shell.
This plant is the clapping plant, one of the carnivorous plants planted by the Teng Tribe last year.
Similar plants include water arrow grass, bamboo tube grass, etc. They are planted in the fields of the Teng tribe and are specifically responsible for eliminating insects.
Jiang Xuan and Gan Song were walking on the ridge, and they both saw the scene of the clapping flowers killing insects.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "When it snowed last year, all these plants were frozen to death. I thought I had worked in vain, but I didn't expect that they would grow again this year."
Gan Song said, "Yes, and they are growing more than last year. With these plants, we shouldn't have to worry about insects eating our crops this year."
Both of them were very satisfied with these carnivorous plants, which could continuously eliminate various pests and protect the crops planted in the fields.
Jiang Xuan walked to a relatively fertile field, then took off a small animal skin bag from his waist and took out a few seeds that looked similar to red dates, but were smoother and redder than red dates.
"This is the seed I traded from the Black Tooth Tribe's caravan using two pairs of boar tusks. The tribe of origin called it ruby, but I think it's more appropriate to call it red crystal rice."
After Jiang Xuan traded the "ruby" seeds back, he tried to cook one. He found that this thing was very similar to cereal crops. After peeling off the skin, it had the fragrance of cereals.
He tried a little bit and found that the taste was similar to rice, but it was more fragrant and sticky than ordinary rice.
Because of this, Jiang Xuan named it "Red Crystal Rice."
Jiang Xuan continued, "Red crystal rice is very precious. Two pairs of wild boar tusks were exchanged for a small animal skin bag. To be on the safe side, I plan to plant several plots in different soils and different light environments."
"When the autumn harvest comes, we will see in which environment the red crystal rice grows best, and we will plant the red crystal rice in that environment in the future."
Gan Song looked at the red crystal rice seeds in Jiang Xuan's hand with shining eyes and said, "Chief, does this have a high yield?"
Jiang Xuan said: "I don't know either. The people of the Black Tooth Tribe don't know anything about this plant either. We need to verify it ourselves."
"If it is a plant that produces ears of potatoes as I imagined, and is easy to grow, then its yield may be very high, not inferior to that of round potatoes."
Round potatoes are the most produced food product in the Teng tribe.
Although the stone egg is much larger than the round potato, the stone egg has higher requirements for the growing environment and is not as easy to grow as the round potato. Naturally, the total yield is also lower than that of the round potato.
As for other food crops, the yields are even lower.
When Gan Song heard that the yield was no worse than that of round potatoes, his eyes lit up and he wanted to take a red crystal rice and kiss it hard.
"Chief, let's go plant it now. I can't wait."
Jiang Xuan nodded, then planted six grains of red crystal rice in the first fertile piece of land and inserted a wooden stick next to it as a mark.
Afterwards, he and Gan Song went to the farmlands of the Teng tribe and planted half of the red crystal rice.
Jiang Xuan planned to keep the other half of the red crystal rice for the time being. In case anything went wrong with the red crystal rice that was planted, there would still be a chance to remedy the situation next year.
Being in such a harsh environment, Jiang Xuan had to be cautious and make multiple preparations.
After planting the red crystal rice, Jiang Xuan returned to the bamboo house and arranged for the warriors in the tribe to deal with the animal bones, teeth and skins left by the old witch.
The tusks and bones of those ferocious beasts were all treasures. Jiang Xuan collected them into different categories and put them away properly.
Whether used to make tools and weapons, or for later trading with other tribes, it has high value.
The animal skins were in worse condition. Many of them were torn by the giant eagles, and had been exposed to the outside for too long and had become hard.
However, because the prey captured by the giant eagle are relatively large, there are many intact parts of these animal skins.
Jiang Xuan had his men take the animal skins back, first remove the remaining meat from them, then dig a pit, throw the animal skins in, and soak them in wood ash for several days and nights to soften them.
Then, we work hard to cut the animal skins into appropriate sizes, and after drying them, they can be made into clothes.
It took him five or six days to complete these tasks.
On March 1st, the weather was getting hotter.
“Boom boom boom…”
In the bamboo house at the foot of the stone mountain, Chishao was working hard to pound medicine. She held a pestle, placed the dried herbs in the depression of a large stone, and pounded them continuously.
She found this big stone with great difficulty. There was a deep pit in the middle, which was equivalent to a natural mortar.
She then found a few soldiers, moved the big stone back to the yard outside the bamboo house, polished the pit to make it smoother, and then used it to pound medicine.
Since the population of the Teng tribe has grown, she needs to make more kinds of medicinal powders. The hunting team needs to bring medicine when they go out, and people in the tribe also need medicine when they are sick.
After learning the art of witchcraft, Chishao became even busier, spending half of his day dealing with various herbs.
"Sister, I brought you some meat!"
Jiang Xuan came over carrying an animal leg. It was the hind leg of a bighorn sheep, with a lot of meat on it.
Chishao raised her head, sweat wet her temples. She smiled at Jiang Xuan and said, "Hang it over the fire first."
"Okay."
Jiang Xuan walked into the bamboo house, tied the bighorn sheep's hind legs with a rope, smeared salt on it, and then hung it above the fire pit.
The flame in the fire pit burns day and night, which can prevent the meat from rotting. When you want to eat it, just cut a piece and wash it.
After Jiang Xuan hung up the animal's legs, he walked back to the yard. Seeing Chi Shao pounding the medicine with great effort, he walked over, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let me do it."
"good."
There was no need for Chishao to be polite to Jiang Xuan, so he directly handed the pestle to him.
Jiang Xuan took the pestle and pounded the medicine while talking to Chishao. After a long time, even though he was a two-color warrior and had great strength, he found repeating the same action tiring and boring.
It would be nice if there was a machine for pounding medicine.
After this idea came to him, Jiang Xuan thought hard for a long time. When he saw the water flowing in the bamboo tube, a light bulb went off in his mind and he had an idea.
Why not make a hydraulic pounding device?
Once a thought comes to mind, a hundred thoughts come to mind. Jiang Xuan quickly began to think about how to use water power to make a medicine-pounding device to replace human labor and free Chishao from this boring and repetitive labor.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
