新石器时代

"Where did you go?" Gu Xiaolu could hear his footsteps and asked without looking back.

Ji Huaifeng was taken aback, and said honestly: "They're about to set off to meet the old man, I'll go see if there's anything I can do to help."

"Oh."

"How is it? What did Liang Tian say?"

"There was only one person in the village who planted corn. Liang Tian asked him to plant it first, and everyone went to his field to follow. Tomorrow, you can go."

Ji Huaifeng was puzzled: "Who? Are you not going?"

Gu Xiaolu spread his hands: "Zhou Limin."

Well, it was actually the guy who was stabbed by Gu Xiaolu back then.Of course Gu Xiaolu didn't want to see him, and he probably didn't want to see Gu Xiaolu on his own land.

Ji Huaifeng hugged him from behind: "I'm not going either. Let's let Lu Fei learn and learn from him when we come back."

So they officially went to the ground one day later than others.

Lu Fei quoted Zhou Limin's words: In the past, tractors were used to dig pits to grow corn in the countryside, and no matter how bad it was, an ox pulled a plow.Now let alone cows, there is not even a pile of cow dung, so I can only hoe the ground and dig holes to sow seeds.Corn is planted on a ridge-by-row field, with an interval of [-] centimeters between ridges and ridges.Two rows are planted in each ridge, and there must be a certain distance between rows and rows, and between plants and plants.

Both Ji Huaifeng and Gu Xiaolu were dumbfounded.The last thing I understood was only one paragraph: the seeds should be buried in the ground and covered with two or three centimeters of soil; it is best to bury some fertilizer in the pit together.

Ji Huaifeng slapped his thigh: "This is it!"

When they burned grass to build a house, they collected all the burned grass ash, and buried the fresh leaves left by cutting down trees and bamboos in a small pit for retting.A few months passed, and after a few rains, it was all rotten, and it was just used as fertilizer.

Ji Huaifeng was very excited: "Fortunately, I have the foresight."

Gu Xiaolu reminded him: "Hmph, you wanted to throw away the ashes, but I insisted on keeping them."

Ji Huaifeng: "Really?"

Although it was unclear who came up with the idea for a while, they still agreed to plant the seeds first.When they reached the ground, they disagreed again—Ji Huaifeng's opinion: work together to overturn the ground first, and then plant the seeds after digging the hole.The reason is that everyone is more efficient when they focus on one thing.

Gu Xiaolu weighed the seed pot in his hand and shook his head: "I don't think this amount of seeds is enough to fill up the two fields. Who said that too thinly planted is not good for spreading pollen. So we dug in front alone. One hole, sow seeds and bury the soil in the back, and plant as many seeds as there are, so that there will be no waste.”

In fact, Ji Huaifeng just didn't want to let him out of his sight, lest he hurt himself inexplicably.After thinking about it, he compromised: "Okay, you dig the hole, and I'll fill it up." As long as Gu Xiaolu is still in front of him, he doesn't need to be afraid of his tricks.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but worry again.I don't know if there is any medicine that can be used these days.In Gu Xiaolu's situation, it is absolutely impossible not to take medicine.

Gu Xiaolu readily picked up the hoe and went to dig a hole.Ji Huaifeng followed what Zhou Limin told Lu Fei, and placed two seeds in each pit, with a distance of a few centimeters between the seeds carefully.The retting manure was also picked up in a basket, and a small handful was placed next to the seeds.Then bury the seeds with a shovel.

Not long after, Ji Huaifeng was left far behind by Gu Xiaolu.He immediately changed his approach, only put seeds and fertilizers, and hurried to catch up.Gu Xiaolu looked back and wondered, "Why not bury it?"

Ji Huaifeng thought about it, and said: "Look at me, grab two seeds, grab a handful of fertilizer, and then use a shovel to bury it in the soil. How slow it is. It's better to put the seeds first, and then bury them all at once. .”

Gu Xiaolu had no objection.So he leisurely followed Gu Xiaolu's buttocks, placed two seeds, and placed a handful of fertilizer.

Corn seeds really don't count that much.The two of them have two fields, and those seeds have only planted two-thirds of one of the fields.Ji Huaifeng scratched his head: "Sure enough, not enough."

Gu Xiaolu is very optimistic: "One seed can produce one corn cob, and a lot can be planted here. Let's save more seeds, and it will definitely be full next year. The remaining land can also be planted with cassava and sweet potatoes. "

Liu Damao was planting cassava next to them, and shouted: "Don't plant sweet potatoes first! Zhou Limin said that sweet potatoes can be interplanted in cassava and corn fields!"

Gu Xiaolu frowned.Ji Huaifeng quickly said: "That's not necessary, this little fertilizer is not enough for them to grab. There is a piece of land next to our house, which is just right for growing sweet potatoes."

Liu Damao answered: "That's okay! Zhou Limin said sweet potatoes are a good thing, they can be used all over the body, the young leaves can be eaten, and the old leaves can be fed to livestock—"

Gu Xiaolu asked in amazement: "Animals? Where are there still animals now?"

All edible animals have been eaten up by the survivors, and the rest are ferocious beasts that are absolutely impossible to tame.Where can I find livestock these days?

Liu Damao chuckled: "You don't know, our village will soon have a cow."

The cow in the legend appeared on the playground of the village primary school half-hidden while chewing green grass when the young corn shoots emerged from the soil.Liang Tian was in a good mood, so he specially picked small red flowers from the side of the road and made a garland for it, and put it on the two pointed horns.The whole village paid for it, and when they heard that it had been brought back, everyone flocked to watch the legendary buffalo who had gone through many disasters and was still alive.

It is said that a hunter found it deep in the mountains.The hunter originally wanted to kill it, but then he thought that if he killed it, he would definitely not be able to move it back.So I tried to use vines to trap its horns, grabbed a handful of grass, and coaxed and dragged it back home.The hunter kept it for a few days and wanted to kill it for meat.It happened that Liang Tian went to him to buy meat. Seeing that it was a cow that could be used for farming, he offered five hundred catties without saying a word, and then immediately went back to the village to raise money.

It was not easy to convince the village assembly and all the villagers to agree to buy the cow back.When Liang Tian finally saved up all the meat and went to the hunter, the hunter asked for an additional storage fee of [-] catties.

With tears streaming down his face, Liang Tian came back to raise money again, and finally brought back the buffalo.

Ji Huaifeng and Gu Xiaolu also went to watch the excitement.The two of them stood outside the crowd with their arms folded, and saw the cow with the red flower on its head, chewing the grass leisurely, as if it had an otherworldly posture.

Ji Huaifeng laughed and said, "Tsk, it's not easy to get back only five hundred catties and fifty meat."

Gu Xiaolu also laughed: "I don't know if there are so many lands in this village, it will be too busy."

At this time, Liang Tian stood on the national flag platform and read aloud the regulations on the use of the buffalo in the village: Everyone will build a cowshed for it, and each family will take turns to mow the grass and fetch water for it every day; The working time should not exceed eight hours, and care must be taken to let it eat grass and drink water during the work; when not working, Xiao Liu, the son of the former village head, is responsible for letting him graze, and the corresponding village will give Xiao Liu some food as wages.

Fortunately, the corn and cassava have been planted long ago, and there is no use for the buffalo in the field now.Those who don't need it will leave first.Some people wanted to open up wasteland outside the valley, so they rushed to make an appointment.

Ji Huaifeng followed the crowd and squeezed forward desperately.Gu Xiaolu pulled him back: "Forget it, let's not expect to be ranked. Anyway, we don't need to plow the land now."

Ji Huaifeng moved forward resolutely: "At any rate, we have handed over more than ten catties of meat! Maybe someday we will be able to use it?"

Although their two pieces of land are not big, but they really work in it, but they seem to be boundless.It was a little fresh at first.Only then did I realize that the land could not be neglected for a day.Sowing, fertilizing, weeding, cultivating soil, squatting in one place all day long, repeating the hard and monotonous actions, when I returned home at night, I was so tired that I didn’t even want to move my fingers.

It's not a joke to live a pastoral song or something.

Ji Huaifeng himself had nothing to do, but he felt sorry for Gu Xiaolu.If he followed Gu Shenlan, even if it was being rebuilt there, he wouldn't be asked to do such heavy work and live such a hard life.

The only thing that made him a little bit relieved was that Gu Xiaolu hadn't been injured again since they started to get busy.Ji Huaifeng was extremely contradictory.While thinking that maybe doing some work can distract him, but he doesn't want to make him too tired.

After many days of conflict, the sweet potatoes they planted sprouted from the ground.

Gu Xiaolu squatted aside and watched for a long time, "We will have decent vegetables to eat when they grow up."

After getting used to eating, gradually I don't feel how bitter it is, but I can taste a little bit of wonderful taste.I dug some and planted them by the side of the house. The buds sprouted faster than anything else, and clusters of small pink-purple flowers bloomed on the top.Occasionally, when I walk over and take a look, I feel comfortable all over.

After cultivating the soil for the corn, the work in the field finally became less.Ji Huaifeng decided to go outside the village to see if he could find anything else to grow.I was really worried about leaving Gu Xiaolu at home alone, so I thought about it and asked him first: "Xiaolu, let's go outside for a walk? Maybe we can find that water-water-water hyacinth you mentioned? "

Along the way, they were all happy.It seems that they are not the first to think so.Out of the valley, as long as it looks like the former farmland, people have dug it, and some people even opened up wasteland directly on it, erecting stones to mark the territory.After walking like this for two or three hours, both of them were a little tired, Gu Xiaolu said, "Forget it, let's look in another direction another day."

Ji Huaifeng suddenly said: "Wait a minute, look over here—it seems that there is a road going up the mountain—"

It was a low mountain depression, and it was impossible to see what was behind it.Ji Huaifeng shook Gu Xiaolu's hand, "Go, go and have a look!"