Prehistoric Widows Survival [Farming]

Lu You was drenched all over, and stayed there for a while, then quickly put down his hand, wrapping the leaf back with his left hand, isolating the ring from the sun, and the dripping water between his fingers stopped slowly.

He subconsciously wiped his face, and looked at his right hand in confusion.

After Lu Wei crossed over, besides his own consciousness, he brought one more thing - this ring worn on the index finger of his right hand.

When the ring shines in the sun, a few drops of clear water will ooze out; and after drinking this clear water, although it feels the same as ordinary mineral water except for a slightly sweet taste, it can actually provide Lu Yi with energy for a whole day's activities!

Lu You thought it was magical at first, but after thinking about it, such unscientific things as time travel have happened, and there is nothing surprising about the appearance of a ring that absorbs sunlight to obtain spiritual water.

only……

When he used this ring to obtain spiritual water a few days ago, there were only a few drops. Why did so much water flow out like a blowout today?

In early spring, the temperature is still a bit cold.The whole body is wet and it is easy to catch cold.

In this primitive era, catching a cold was a serious matter that killed people. Lu Wei hurriedly put the cat down, looked left and right to see if there was no one there, pulled off the animal skin around his waist, shook off the water on the skin, and wiped himself carefully .

After wrapping the wet animal skin around her waist again, Lu You lowered her head and found that the white and yellow kitten was covering its eyes with its front paws, laying motionless on the ground, only its tail was wagging helplessly.

——What is this sub-beast doing!How could she be naked in front of his face?really...

Lu You was amused by the kitten's soft and cute movements. He lowered his head and hugged its warm body, combed the wet fur, stuffed it in his chest, and covered it with the upper body skin: "Why? , Xiao Mi will be shy when she sees her father?"

The wet fur of the kitten clinged to Lu You's naked chest, and the whole cat shivered again, wondering if it was cold.

This kitten was picked up by Lu Er when he went out yesterday.

When I found it, the kitten was not far from the tent where Lu Yi lived. It was dirty, but its eyes were round and cute. It seemed to be dizzy with hunger, but its posture and movements were still vigilant and alert. , so that Lu You couldn't put it down.

Lu You has liked small furry animals since she was a child, and she has raised two cats herself. Seeing such a cute one, even if she couldn't get enough to eat, she couldn't help but take it home.

——At least it would be good to have more companions and let him talk.

Anyway, he already has an idea to support himself, and he should be able to afford one more kitten.

Xiao Mi is very humane and smart, and never runs around. The only shortcoming is that she is a little cold and not very clingy. When Lu Er wants to touch the cat, she will always be avoided by it. She looks very resistant and teases her to act like a baby. Always too lazy to respond.

While hugging the cat, Lu You suddenly noticed that a few young seedlings of unknown plants emerged from the red soil under his feet. The buds and leaves were tender green, and there was still a trace of red mud. It was obvious that they had just broken the ground.

Lu You was sure that when he stood here just now, nothing grew here!

—Then these young shoots are...

Lu You looked at his right hand thoughtfully.

If these spiritual waters are beneficial to the growth of plants, then he can really consider starting to cultivate fields and grow crops as soon as possible.

Lu You has a rigorous personality, and what he dislikes the most is uncertainty. Whether it is the unsteady distribution of food by the tribe, or this fantasy spirit water ring on his finger, he is not willing to rely on it as a long-term food.

After spending a few days getting acquainted with this world, Lu You's first thought was to start a field to plant by himself, so that he could also study the characteristics of the plants in this world.

According to his current understanding, there is no concept of "planting" in the tribe, not to mention farmland, there is not even a vegetable garden, which disappointed Lu Er, who is used to close contact with crops and vegetables in the experimental field.

After all, the animal skin was no match for the towels of later generations, and it was still a bit cold after wiping. Lu Er hurried back to the tribe with the cat in his arms.

On the way back, some orcs and sub-beasts in the tribe had finished their meal, and their faces were full of satisfaction after a long-lost meal, and they were going out to collect in twos and threes.

From winter to spring, plants begin to germinate, and some of the fruits produced in early spring can be picked and eaten.Their small tribe, because the two strongest orcs died and the other was injured, had a very difficult life, and there was no room for leisure.

Originally, because he was autistic, he didn't have much contact with them; Lu Er was afraid of being exposed, so he didn't plan to communicate with them more, so he walked back with the kitten in his arms.

But he doesn't want to communicate with people, but some people don't let him go.

A delicate figure stood in front of him, with its long tail straightened behind him, and its beautiful face was full of disgust: "Green ear! Everyone is looking for food outside, and you ran out to play in the water alone?"

Lu You recognized this person as the boy who was in charge of delivering food to him these days, and his name seemed to be "Long Tail".

The young man obviously held a deep hostility towards him—or Yuanshen, and Lu Er couldn't find the reason from Yuanshen's memory, so it could only be that he likes to find fault with Yuanshen, a weak persimmon .

Lu You is not interested in playing with this kind of kid who has no hair yet. If you have the time, you might as well think about the planting plan you are planning to start, ignore him now, and just want to go back after bypassing him.

Seeing that Lu Er, who had always been timid and timid before, dared to ignore him, the young man blushed with anger, took two steps back and stopped in front of Lu Er, and said loudly, "Lu Er! I'm calling you!"

This time his voice was louder, which attracted many passing orcs and sub-beasts to look at him. Seeing that it was the famous "disaster" Lu Er in the tribe, he quickly looked away.

Lu You stopped, looked at him with a blank expression on his face: "What's the matter?"

Shocked by his eyes, the young man took a step back, feeling timid again, and stretched out his arms angrily: "I said, how can you lie in the tent every day and not go out to find food? You think Is the meat given to you by the tribe all free?"

He paused, his expression changed suddenly, and he lowered his voice, "If you want to be lazy, I can cover it up for you, but you have to give me the bone knife at the horn!"

After hearing these words, the kitten, which had been lying still in Lu You's arms, suddenly raised its head vigilantly, and its blue pupils narrowed slightly.

Lu You traveled through time for three days, and only got meat once, which was the piece of meat that was not as big as a palm that was fed to Xiao Mi just now.If he didn't have a ring capable of secreting spiritual water, he would have starved to death like the original owner.

He had just arrived and didn't know the situation, but judging from the satisfied expressions on the faces of those orcs and sub-beasts just now, I'm afraid that other people definitely got more than his share.

Judging from the memory of the original body, the long-tailed boy in front of him seemed innocent and sweet on the surface, and had a good relationship with Lu Er, but he actually threatened and bullied him many times secretly.

For the past few days, I have been trying to find land and plants that can be planted. Lu Er impatiently entangled with this young man, so she simply said: "You should know how much meat there is."

After speaking, regardless of the boy's sudden change of expression, he returned to the tent on his own.

The young man thought that Lu Er would be like before, when he was intimidated by him, he would tremble and obediently obey him, but he didn't expect to encounter a big nail, and couldn't help becoming angry, and shouted behind Lu Er: "Lu Er! You are so lazy, you are so lazy. Don’t even think about sharing the meat next time!”

Seeing Lu Wei leave without hesitation, the young man gritted his teeth, secretly hated him, and made up his mind to show Lu Er some color, bit his fingers, turned and left.

...

Lu You didn't care about the division of meat that the boy said, naturally because he was considering planting some edible crops.

The two orcs who could protect him were killed and the other was injured. Now he is completely isolated and helpless. Others in the tribe are afraid of Yuan's nickname of "Calamity Star" and do not want to deal with him.

Lu Er is very self-aware of his combat power, and knows that it is a fantasy for him to go out to hunt; expecting to collect naturally grown food has a strong randomness.

Lu You still prefers a safe and regular approach.

After thinking about it, I still have to do my own business.

Lu You was a doctoral student at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of a certain university in China before traveling. He has also been in the experimental field countless times, and has experience in planting and improvement.Although this world is completely different from the earth, there are corresponding laws for the plants that grow under similar climate, soil, and humidity.

Moreover, now that the spiritual water produced in his ring seems to be able to speed up the growth of plants, Lu Wei is even more surprised.

After all, although Lingshui could keep him from starving to death, the emptiness in his stomach still couldn't be satisfied.That's why Lu Er wanted to find the roots of that kind of wild vegetables to chew.

From the observations of the past few days, it seems that the concept of "planting" does not exist in this tribe, and the daily food is hunting and gathering.Referring to the history of agricultural development on the earth, in this social stage that has formed a tribal structure, agriculture should at least enter the stage of slash-and-burn farming.

In fact, not to mention the cultivation of millet, rice, and vegetables, even the gathering economy of the orcs is still in its infancy, and the main source of food is almost all hunting.

And the tools used to look after the deceased "Number One Warrior of the Tribe" at home were all shallow millstones to grind bones, and he couldn't even find a harpoon, let alone a bow and arrow.

Under such circumstances, how does the tribe ensure that they rely on unstable fishing and hunting to survive?

Having never seen orcs hunt, Lu You's doubts lingered in his mind for a while before being forgotten.

The most important thing now is to grow food to fill your stomach.

When Lu You went out in the past few days, his professional habits made him stop and go, observing the surrounding soil and water sources.

The land of this generation is slightly reddish. According to Lu Wei's experience, the land is a bit acidic and the soil is very sticky. If you want to really grow crops, you have to consider improving the soil quality.

But as a trial, it's not very troublesome. Burn some plant ash and turn it into the soil, and then plant some radish-like white root vegetables like the one we plucked today, it should be no problem.

Lu Er has also chosen the planting location, which is behind the tent and very close to the stream.

In view of the danger in the wild in the primitive era, Lu Er did not dare to stay away from the tribe, so he could only choose nearby.

Thinking that soon he would own a field to plant and improve crops, Lu Er felt his heart burning, and he didn't want to delay for a minute.

Just do it, Lu You took the cat back to the tent, sat by the fire, stroked it firmly from its furry round head to the tip of its tail: "Xiao Mi, dry off the water on your body, Dad will take you Go out and get some firewood."

Xiao Mi raised her head and looked at Lu You, her blue eyes blinked slightly, and her round furry face showed a bit of majesty.

It is quite simple to collect plant ash. The main trouble is that if you want to improve the soil quality, there is a huge demand for plant ash.Primitive agriculture is to directly cut trees and burn firewood to reclaim a piece of land that can be planted.

Lu You doesn't have that ability by himself, but fortunately, he is only trying it out for the time being, and only plans to reclaim a small piece of land.

He picked up some dead branches and dry grass nearby, piled them together on the land that Lu Er was interested in, and lit the fire from the bonfire in the tent.

Seeing the firewood in front of him being lit slowly, Lu Wei took a breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and felt a little rejoicing: Fortunately, he has not reached the level of drilling wood to make fire.

If you want to simply improve the soil quality, in addition to plant ash, it is best to use organic fertilizer...

Lu You pondered for a while, then looked at Xiao Mi who was squatting aside and staring at the fire, and smiled kindly: "Xiao Mi, do you want to pamper?"

Xiaomi: "Huh?"

——What is this sub-beast talking about?