Survival of Prehistoric Widows [Farming] - Chapter 68

The spring ploughing plan was something that Lu Lin started brewing after he came to the new tribe.

In the past, the Hongmu tribes had poor land and few types of crops that could be planted. Some of them were good, and they were not qualified to pick and choose. However, after the migration, the land was very fertile. After the planting of sweet potatoes last year, land was also allowed to grow. The approximate output of the land was estimated.

In this way, the planning of land cultivation must be taken into consideration.

Corn, sweet potatoes, soybeans and other food crops that have already been planted, beets, rapeseed and other cash crops that have not yet been planted, plus various fruits and vegetables…

It is certainly not appropriate to plant a complete set in every household. It is most efficient to plant different varieties in different categories. Wait until the harvest time to exchange each other and win each other.

In the temporary class, the orcs who had been summoned all understood, but they still had some questions: “How do you change then?”

They can also estimate the proportion of food, but what vegetables and fruits are there, and there are new things that have not been planted… How is this calculated?

Lu Er is also prepared for this question: “Use currency to trade.”

When he was in the Heihe tribe before, he had noticed that now the bud of currency-shells has appeared in the orc society. There are some signs of trading with shells in the Heihe tribe, but it has not yet become popular.

The original transaction of bartering is inconvenient and it is not easy to reach agreement. Since the time comes for the emergence of currency, Lu Er, of course, wants to take the currency standards and norms into his own hands.

Even further-unified weights and measures.

Before teaching the orcs of the Redwood tribe to read and read, they are also laying the foundation for this goal.

The orcs had also heard Teng and Jiao talk about the grand trade in the Heihe tribe before. They probably knew the concept of currency. After Lu Er explained it, they became clearer and suddenly realized: “Then we go pick some shells first?”

“You don’t need shells.” Lu Er shook his head and rejected this statement.

The shell itself has no value, it is easy to obtain and imitate, and it is not very suitable as a serious currency.

Lu Er took out a beautiful light blue stone. Little Foxli stared at it for a while, scratching his chin in doubt: “It’s so familiar.”

Lu Er smiled and said, “Of course, this was given to me by you and Mang.”

This was the ore that Mang Heli picked up and sent him a long time ago, but after Lu Er identified it, he guessed that it might be a piece of copper ore.

He once considered how to extract the copper inside and use it to build farm tools. However, limited by ignorance of smelting technology and insufficient pottery kiln temperature, it has been unsuccessful.

That being the case, it is better to use copper ore as currency for the time being, just to take the opportunity to discover more copper ore to facilitate future copper extraction.

As for the copper mine they need now…

“Father, arrange for a few orcs to look at our old tribe address and see if it has been swallowed by God’s punishment.” Lu Yan looked at Li, who was on his toes and was taller than Mang in the crowd. “Li He Mang discovered this at the beginning. There must be more copper mines where there are lumps of ore.”

Li heard his name and straightened his chest immediately.

He has always been proud of being able to do things for Lu Er.

The orcs of the Redwood tribe were very affectionate for their last tribe stationing site, because of the cultivated land they opened up with their own hands for the first time, and they soon decided that the two orcs would go with Li.

The remaining orcs started the preparations for planting according to Lu Er’s plan.

Because it was the first time to start sorting and planting, Lu Ling thought twice and decided that each orc would plant at least a portion of corn or sweet potatoes to ensure that if there was a problem with the transaction, he would also have food available at his home.

In addition to self-retained grain fields, more fields are planted with other crops according to the preferences of each family.

The orcs didn’t know much about **** and sugar beet, two crops that also needed to be grown on a large scale, so Lu Er carefully explained the role of **** and sugar beet.

It is not easy to prepare animal oils, and vegetable oils such as rapeseed oil are easier to produce and popularize in large quantities.

Beet can extract sugar. It is not only an important condiment, but also a convenient food for supplementing sugar.

The orcs who only engage in farming and hunting don’t mention it. For some people with special skills, Lu Er suggested that they only grow their own grain fields and not many other things.

Like carpentry work, only the Feng family and the Beaver brothers are good at it. There are only a few people in the pottery and brick group. Weaving, crossbow making and other skills are all good at it.

They can save the time to study their skills in depth, and use the currency provided by the orcs when they hire them to buy other food.

A clear division of labor is a manifestation of civilization and progress.

The population of the Hongmu tribe is not too large, and the advantages of division of labor are not particularly prominent; when the population of the Hongmu tribe increases, everything can move into a virtuous circle.

…

After the end of the cold season, everything recovered, warm winds greened the plains and woods, and shrubs and bamboo shoots grew.

There was a bamboo forest near the new address of the Hongmu Tribe. Lu Yan remembered the fragrance of bamboo shoots and couldn’t help but urge the horns to dig a little back.

Lu Wei had been unable to swallow food for a long time because of pregnancy, and Jiao had always been extremely anxious. He tried his best to find some food for Lu Wei to eat, and even wanted to cook it himself, but finally gave up because he exploded two stoves.

Now it is rare to hear Lu Er take the initiative to eat something, Jiao hurried to the bamboo forest, dug up a lot of bamboo shoots according to Lu Er’s instructions, and asked Hong Yun to cook it and serve it to Lu Er.

The fragrant bamboo shoots have a crisp taste, and the homemade hot sauce made Lu Wei’s appetite appetizing. It was much harder to eat a bowl of rice before he vomited, and the corner eyebrows on the side smiled.

The silver-haired orc did not eat a bite, but he was more satisfied than he was full.

Lu Wei was full, and looked at the corner with a gentle smile in his green eyes. He lowered his head and saw that almost all the fried pork with bamboo shoots on the plate had been eaten by himself. He was a little embarrassed: “I’m sorry, I couldn’t hold back…”

“It’s okay, I’m only happy if you eat well.” Jiao looked at Lu Er happily, “Do you want more?”

“No, I’m full.” Lu Ling touched his bulging belly, hesitated for a moment, and asked again, “Are there any more next meal?”

Jiao was taken aback, overjoyed, and hurriedly replied: “Don’t worry, yes!”

After speaking, he happily went out to wash with the dishes.

Lu Yan looked at Jiao’s overjoyed appearance and was quite puzzled. When Jiao came back to wipe his hands, he asked, “Why are you so happy?”

Jiao hesitated, subconsciously wanted to hide it, pursed his mouth, and didn’t want to lie to Lu Er, so he whispered, “Because you rarely ask me for anything.”

His sub-beast always felt very independent for him, even if they were together, they rarely depended on him.

Jiao often felt that he had to take on many things in the family, not because Lu Yan wanted him to take care of it, but because he took the initiative to grab it and Lu Yan indulged him.

This made the lion orcs who wanted to behave in front of their beloved beasts quite frustrated.

He wanted to be a shelter for his Asian beasts, not like a young child.

So if Lu Ren really depends on Jiao for something, he will be especially happy.

Lu Er raised his head slightly and moved his finger while holding the water glass. A smile suddenly appeared on his face: “Aren’t you the same?”

The horn looked startled: “What?”

“You rarely rely on me.” Lu Yan put down the water glass, tilted his head, with a gentle smile on the corners of his mouth, “What you can do, you rarely want me to help, right?”

“but……”

“For each other, we don’t necessarily need to rely on each other to survive.” Lu Ling raised his eyes and looked at each other, his eyes were sincere and honest, “Isn’t the relationship of supporting each other and standing side by side good? No matter what? When we all stand together, it is not who depends on who exists.”

Standing side by side described that the depression on Kok’s face was slightly calmed, but he was still a little unwilling. Then he heard Lu Er smiled and added the last sentence:

“Of course, from my emotional point of view, I can no longer accept or even imagine a life without you.”

The silver-haired lion orc suddenly raised his head and looked at Lu Er in surprise. He couldn’t help but hugged his Asian beast, and whispered: “Me too.”

Nothing can satisfy his desire and love for Lu Er more than this.

Lu Lin patted him on the back, his eyes more gentle from the invisible angle.

“I have bad emotions to tell me in the future.” After the horns released Lu Er, Lu Er looked at the horns earnestly, and put his hands on the handsome face of the lion orc, “I am also in love for the first time. I have no experience. There may be something we haven’t done well. The two of us should be the closest relationship. Don’t be bored without telling me.”

“You did a good job.” Jiao lowered his head, his expression was satisfied before, but he still mumbled, “It’s just that I’m too greedy.”

After a pause, he was a little embarrassed and said, “I am also the first time, if I do not do well, you have to tell me.”

Lu Wei couldn’t help laughing, his eyebrows curled up, and his fingertips lightly rubbed the outline of the orc: “Okay, let us two novices groping for this life together.”

The depiction of “This Life” was so beautiful that the mighty orc stood there, gazing affectionately at his sub-beast, as if drinking alcohol, completely indulged in it.

…

To grow so many crops, simply opening up the land for growing sweet potatoes before is certainly not enough, and the orcs continue to open up new farmland.

After the Siheyuan was built, each household had its own three-compartment septic tank, and you could choose to pour it by yourself; some orcs had a small population and wanted to save more of their own fat, and even coveted their faces to rub with others.

Fortunately, there is a good atmosphere in the tribe, and there has been no stealing of manure.

After hearing the news, Lu Er was a little bit dumbfounded. He specifically emphasized that manure is also a valuable thing. If you want, remember to exchange equivalent food.

The process of reclaiming wasteland and planting seeds is easy for everyone to master, no extra guidance from Lu Er. Only those who plant new crops will ask Lu Er for the cultivation methods of these new plants.

After Lu Er’s belly was clearly shown, he no longer allowed Lu Er to go down to the ground and contracted all the farm work. Lu Er was not allowed to do all the household chores at home. Lu Er was pregnant for the first time, and there was no modern obstetrics and gynecology hospital in this era, and he was a little nervous, so he didn’t insist, and he made a simple recuperation plan for himself.

In terms of breeding, he is now unable to run around looking for crops that can be bred, and the orcs who go out hunting do not come back with valuable seeds.

Lu Er’s daily life is to take a walk outside to answer everyone’s questions, and then continue to teach the orcs.

Not long after the boring life of raising a fetus, the orcs who were looking for the copper mine near the former site of the Redwood Tribe returned.

Lu Wei saw that only one orc came back, his expression was startled, he thought something was wrong; seeing that the orc expression was a little confused and not sad, he put aside a little bit: “What’s wrong? What about Li and Xiao? “

The orc entangled: “They have found a copper mine and are trying to mine. Let me come back first.”

It’s not like an accident. Lu Er breathed a sigh of relief: “Didn’t you just bring it back after you found the copper mine? What do you want you to do first?”

“We saw a very strange phenomenon.” The orc scratched his head in confusion, thinking back, “The gray and yellow land outside the tribe is the god’s punishment, right? It happened to be stuck on the edge of our former farmland, and it didn’t swallow us. The land is tightly fitted, and it’s not bad at all… This scene is so strange, Li asked me to come back and report to you.”