Prehistoric Widows Survival [Farming]

The spring plowing plan is something that Lu Er has been brewing since he came to the new tribe.

In the past, the land of the Redwood tribe was poor, and there were few types of crops that could be planted. Some species were good, and they were not qualified to pick and choose; but after the migration, the land was very fertile. You have estimated the approximate output of the land.

As such, planning for land cultivation must be taken into account.

Food crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and soybeans that have already begun to be planted, economic crops such as sugar beet and rapeseed that have not yet been planted, plus various vegetables and fruits...

It is definitely not suitable for every household to plant a complete set. It is most efficient to plant different varieties in different categories.Wait until the harvest time to exchange with each other and win-win with each other.

In the temporary class, the summoned orcs understood everything, but still had some doubts: "Then how do we change?"

They can still estimate the proportion of food, but what about vegetables and fruits, and new things that have not been planted...how do you calculate this?

Lu You is also prepared for this question: "Use currency to trade."

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

The original transaction of barter is not convenient and it is not easy to reach an agreement. Now that it is time for the currency to appear, Lu Er of course wants to first grasp the standards and norms of the currency in his own hands.

Going even further - unifying weights and measures.

Teaching the orcs of the Redwood Tribe to read and write was also laying the foundation for this goal.

The orcs had heard Teng and Jiao talk about the grand transactions in the Heihe tribe before, and they probably knew the concept of currency. After Lu Er explained it, it became clearer and they suddenly realized: "Then let's go pick up some shells first?"

"No shells." Lu Er shook his head and rejected this statement.

Shells themselves have no value and are easy to obtain and imitate, so they are not very suitable as a serious currency.

Lu Er took out a beautiful light blue stone.The little fox Li stared at it for a while, then scratched his chin in doubt: "It looks familiar."

Lu You said with a smile: "Of course, you and Mang gave this to me."

This is the ore that Mang Heli picked up and sent to him a long time ago. Later, Lu Er guessed it might be a piece of copper mine after identifying it.

He once considered how to extract the copper inside and use it to make farm tools.However, due to the ignorance of the smelting technology and the insufficient temperature of the pottery kiln, there has been no success.

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

As for the copper mine they need now...

"Father, arrange a few orcs to look at the address of our old tribe and see if it has been swallowed by God's punishment." Lu Er looked at Li, who was standing on tiptoe in the crowd, who was taller than Mang, "Li and Mang found this Where there is a piece of ore, there must be more copper."

Leigh puffed up his chest when he heard his name.

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

The orcs of the Redwood Tribe had a lot of affection for their last tribal camp because of the arable land they opened up for the first time, and soon decided that the two orcs would go with Li.

The rest of the orcs started the planting preparations according to Lu Er's plan.

Because it was the first time to start sorting and planting, Lu Er thought twice and decided that each orc family would plant at least part of corn or sweet potatoes, so as to ensure that if there was a problem with the transaction, there would be food available for their own family.

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

The orcs didn't know much about rapeseed and sugar beet, two crops that also need to be planted on a large scale, so Lu Er carefully explained the functions of rapeseed and sugar beet to them.

Animal oil is not easy to produce, and vegetable oil such as rapeseed oil is easier to produce in large quantities.

Beets can extract sugar, not only an important condiment, but also a food that is convenient to add sugar.

Not to mention the orcs who are only engaged in farming and hunting, and some people with special skills, Lu Er suggested that they only grow their own grain fields, and do not grow other things.

For example, only the Feng family and the Beaver Brothers are good at carpentry, and only a few people in the pottery and brick firing group are good at it. Skills such as weaving and crossbow making are the same.

They can spare themselves the trouble of delving into their own skills, and buy other food with the currency that the orcs provide when they hire them to do things.

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

At present, the population of the Redwood Tribe is not too large, and the advantages of division of labor and cooperation have not been particularly highlighted; when the population of the Redwood Tribe increases, everything can move towards a virtuous circle.

……

After the cold season is over, everything recovers, the warm wind blows the plains and forests green, and the shrubs and bamboo shoots also grow.

There is a bamboo forest near the new address of the Redwood Tribe. Lu Er thought of the fragrance of bamboo shoots, and couldn't help urging Jiao to dig some back.

Lu Wei has been unable to eat for a long time because of her pregnancy, and Jiao has always been very anxious. She tried her best to find some edible food for Lu Wei, and even wanted to cook for herself, but finally gave up because two stoves were blown up.

Now it is rare to hear that Lu Wei wants to eat something on his own initiative, Jiao hurriedly went to the bamboo forest, dug a lot of bamboo shoots according to Lu Wei's instructions, and asked Hongyun to cook them into a meal and serve them to Lu Wei.

The fragrant bamboo shoots tasted crisp, and the homemade chili sauce whetted Lu Yi's appetite. It was rare to eat an extra bowl of rice without throwing it up.

The silver-haired orc didn't eat a bite, but he was more satisfied than he was full.

Lu You was full, and looked at Jiao who was smiling tenderly in his green eyes, and looked down to see that the fried pork with bamboo shoots on the plate was almost eaten by himself, and felt a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I couldn't hold back for a while..."

"It's okay, I'm only happy if you eat well." Jiao looked at Lu You happily, "Do you want more?"

"No need, I'm full." Lu You touched her swollen stomach, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Is there any more next meal?"

Jiao was taken aback, overjoyed, and hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, there is!"

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

Seeing Jiao's overjoyed appearance, Lu Er was quite puzzled, and asked when Jiao came back to wipe his hands, "Why are you so happy?"

Jiao hesitated for a moment, subconsciously wanting to hide it, pursed his lips, but didn't want to lie to Lu Er, so he whispered: "Because you rarely ask me for anything."

His sub-beast has always given him the feeling that he is very independent, even if they are together, they rarely rely on him.

Jiao often has the feeling that he takes on many things in the family not because Lu Er wants him to undertake them, but because he takes the initiative and Lu Er pampers him.

This frustrates the lion-orc man who wants to show himself in front of his beloved sub-beast.

He wants to be a haven for his sub-beasts to shelter from the wind and rain, not like a child who can't grow up.

So if Lu Er really depends on Jiao for something, he will be very happy.

Lu You raised his head slightly, moved his finger holding the water glass, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Aren't you the same?"

Jiao looked startled: "What?"

"You seldom rely on me." Lu Wei put down the water glass, tilted her head, with a gentle smile on her lips, "You rarely ask me to help you with the things you can do, right?"

"But……"

"For each other, we don't necessarily need to rely on each other to survive." Lu You raised his eyes and looked at the corners, his eyes were sincere and frank, "Isn't it a good relationship to support each other and stand side by side? No matter what We all stand together at all times, no one depends on the other.”

The description of standing side by side calmed down the depression on Jiao's face a little, but he was still a little unwilling, and then he heard Lu Er add the last sentence with a smile:

"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 looked up, looked at Lu You in surprise, stepped forward and couldn't help hugging his sub-beast, and whispered: "Me too."

Nothing could satisfy his longing and love for Lu Er more than this.

Lu You patted him on the back, and his eyes were more gentle from an invisible angle.

"Tell me if you have a bad mood in the future." Waiting for Jiao to let go of Lu Yi, Lu Yi looked at Jiao seriously, and put his hands on the handsome face of the lion or beastman, "It's my first time falling in love, and I have no experience. There may be something that is not done well. The two of us should be the closest relationship, so don't be bored and tell me."

"You did a good job." Jiao lowered his head, his expression was full of satisfaction before, but he still muttered, "It's just that I'm too greedy."

After a pause, he said shyly again, "It's also my first time, if I don't do well, you have to tell me."

Lu You couldn't help laughing, his eyebrows and eyes were raised, and his fingertips lightly stroked the outline of the orc: "Okay, let us two novices grope through this life together."

The depiction of "this life" is too good to let the mighty orc stand there, gazing affectionately at his sub-beast, like drinking alcohol, completely intoxicated by it.

……

To grow so many crops, the land that was simply opened up to grow sweet potatoes before was definitely not enough, and the orcs continued to open up new arable land.

After the courtyard house was built, each household had its own three-compartment septic tank, which they picked and watered themselves; some orcs had a small population and wanted to save more fertilizer for their own, so they salivated and went to other people's houses to clean it.

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

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

Everyone is already familiar with the process of land reclamation and sowing, and there is no need for Lu Er's extra instructions. Only those who grow new crops will ask Lu Er how to grow these new plants.

After Lu Er's stomach was clearly showing, Jiao had already prohibited Lu Er from going to the fields, contracted all the farm work, and did not allow Lu Er to do any housework at home.Lu You was pregnant for the first time, and there was no obstetrics and gynecology hospital in modern society in this era, so she felt a little uneasy, so she didn't insist, and made a simple recuperation plan for herself.

In terms of breeding, he can't run around looking for crops that can be bred, and the orcs who went out to hunt didn't come back with very valuable seeds.

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

Not long after the boring life of raising babies, one of the orcs who were looking for the copper mine near the former site of the Redwood tribe came back.

Seeing that only one orc came back, Lu You was startled at first, thinking that something happened; seeing that the orc looked a little confused but not sad, he was somewhat relieved: "What's the matter? Where's Li Hexiao? "

The orc struggled and said: "They have found a copper mine and are trying to mine it. Let me come back first."

It's fine if something goes wrong.Lu Wei breathed a sigh of relief: "Didn't you say that you found the copper mine and brought it back immediately after it was opened, what did you ask you to come back first?"

"We saw a very strange phenomenon." The orc scratched his head in confusion, thinking back, "That grayish-yellow land outside the tribe is God's punishment, right? It just happened to be stuck on the edge of our former farmland and didn't devour us." The land here is perfectly fit, not bad at all... This scene is so strange, Li asked me to come back and report to you."