Farming in the Primitive Tribe

"Xiao Yan, go and pick some big leaves and take these seeds back. Shen Xiaoxiao couldn't hold back her excitement. After all, she has never eaten vegetables in the real sense after coming here for so long. Although Those wild vegetables taste good, but they are okay if eaten occasionally, but she doesn't like them if they are eaten regularly.

Now that we have these seeds, eating vegetables will not be a problem in the future, and there were beans in the Blue Bird Tribe before, so you won’t get tired of eating these vegetables in rotation.

Shen Xiaoxiao looked at these dishes as if they were treasures, and couldn't bear to look away for a moment.

Soon Xiao Yan picked the leaves back. She carefully picked all the cauliflowers and wrapped them with leaves, one layer inside and one outside, for fear of missing any. After doing this, she was in the mood to look at the dishes again. .

She called others and asked them to pick the vegetables that were still relatively young and take them back. Those that were old should not be discarded. After all, they had already bloomed. The outer leaves were already very old and did not taste good, but they tasted better. The old leaves would grow new buds, and the ones she asked them to pick were the new ones.

And she went on to look for other things. Finding cabbage gave her confidence that there must be other things here.

"Goddess, is this thing useful? We saw this kind of white thing there, in lumps. Can it be eaten?" Yun Shen held several white things in his hand. Shen Xiaoxiao's original posture was casual. She glanced away, but soon her eyes were fixed on Yun Shen's hand.

Yun Shen was a little nervous at her look, "No, can't you eat it?"

Shen Xiaoxiao walked out of the grass quickly, grabbed the thing in his hand and looked at it carefully, then said with joy, "Where is it? Where did you find it?" This is cotton, there is cotton here! ! !

If she remembered correctly, cotton was introduced during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and was not widely cultivated until the Ming Dynasty. Now she actually discovered cotton here?

Not only cotton, but also sweet potatoes and pumpkins were introduced in the Ming Dynasty, but now they all appear here.

Could it be that the place she traveled through was not the primitive society of China, but another country?

Shen Xiaoxiao was puzzled. If she couldn't figure it out, she stopped thinking about it. The most important thing now was to see how much cotton there was and see if it could be planted. If there were seeds, they would be able to cover themselves with quilts soon. If you wear cotton-padded clothes, you don’t have to worry about it in winter.

Yun Shen also saw the difference between Shen Xiaoxiao. Although he was puzzled, he hurriedly said, "Over there." He took Shen Xiaoxiao over and asked curiously, "Goddess, what is this?" In fact, They had eaten it, but they all found it unpalatable and vomited it out immediately. However, they did not dare to tell the goddess about this. Originally, they thought it was okay not to tell the goddess. After all, the food tasted so bad, even if the goddess knew about it, Won't take it back.

But now that the goddess is so clear that something is wrong, this thing seems to be quite important.

"cotton."

Yun Shen breathed a sigh of relief. This sounded unpleasant, but before he could finish breathing, he heard, "It can be made into clothes to keep out the cold, and it can be made into a thick quilt for the winter. With this thing, even without animal skins To survive the winter.”

Yun Shen turned around in shock and looked at her in disbelief, "Isn't this food for food?"

"No, but it's more important than food." After all, there are so many things that can be eaten. If you can't eat this, then try another one. But for keeping out the cold, cotton has been the most widely used throughout the ages. Before cotton, straw and reeds were used. ...But the effect of keeping out the cold is far less good than cotton.

"Think about it, now you need animal skins to keep out the cold in the winter, but you can't get good animal skins all the time, and not everyone can get a piece of animal skin. When it's cold in winter, you can only stay in the cave to lean on. We light a fire to keep warm, but with cotton, we can make thick clothes. Even in winter, we can go out without waiting for the sun to come out, as long as we wear thick clothes."

"And it can also be made into cotton shoes and worn on the feet. This way the feet will not be cold and the whole person will be warm. Do you think this is more important than being able to eat?"

Yun Shen nodded blankly. He didn't expect this thing to be so useful. They actually thought about not telling the goddess. Fortunately, they did, otherwise they would regret it.

Xiao Yan did not expect that this lump of stuff would be of such great use. If it was true as Xiaoxiao said, it would be easier for them to spend the winter.

"This thing is useless at first glance. Even if Yun Shen talks to the goddess, it is just a waste of time. It is better to find something else quickly."

"Yes, you can't eat it."

Shen Xiaoxiao heard this as soon as she arrived. No wonder they thought so. After all, she asked them to find food in the first place. They tried it and found it not delicious. Yun Shen wanted to tell her again. It was normal to complain. of.

"Stop talking, this thing is useful, and it has great uses." Yun Shen coughed lightly, and then briefly told them the uses of cotton. They all opened their mouths wide after hearing this, looking like they were shocked. .

"Goddess, is this true?"

"Yes, what Yun Shen said is true. With cotton, you won't have to worry about freezing in the winter." Shen Xiaoxiao said firmly.

The two people no longer complained, but began to feel happy that Yun Shen insisted on finding the goddess, otherwise they would have missed such a good thing.

Shen Xiaoxiao didn't care what they thought. She walked closer and picked a cotton flower. In fact, the cotton was already dry. She just touched it lightly and it fell off. A lot of it fell on the ground. She bent down to pick up the cotton that fell on it. The cotton on the ground was of good quality. Shen Xiaoxiao raised the corners of her mouth when she saw the dots of white on the ground.

"Go and call a few people to pick up all the cotton and take it back, even if it's dirty."

"Okay, I'll go right away." The man said and ran away.

Shen Xiaoxiao looked at the seedlings on the ground and the smile on her face got bigger. "Be careful not to step on these seedlings when picking them up. These are cotton seedlings. They can produce cotton when they grow up. You will finish picking up the cotton later." , sprinkle some water on these seedlings and bring them back to the tribe for planting." Fortunately, we had people from the tribe help us sort out a field, which was perfect for growing cotton.

But I have to burn some plant ashes and scatter them on the ground when I go back. I just hope these seedlings can be stronger.

Perhaps because of the proximity to the hot spring, the seedlings here are almost 20 centimeters tall. When the ambient temperature is not so high, the seedlings are shorter, but they are growing well.

Fortunately, this hot spring is big enough, otherwise it wouldn't be able to grow so many things.

This hot spring is almost ten meters long and wide, but she also visually measured it in a straight line. In fact, this hot spring is a circle, and the closer these plants are to the hot spring, the better they grow.

After others learned about the cotton, they came over one after another. Shen Xiaoxiao reminded them not to step on the seedlings and picked them up with them.

Soon they finished picking up. There were nearly two baskets of cotton, some of which were still a little dirty. Shen Xiaoxiao didn't mind it and asked them to pick it up. Then they pulled up the seedlings and put them in a basket to take back later.