Beginning Backpack [Farming]

Time flows between ordinary days.

When Shen Huaijin pushed open the door again, the stream was flowing with residual ice, the snow in the valley had melted, and the ground was muddy with occasional greenery.The weeds have sprouted vigorously and are growing.

The weather quickly warmed up, accompanied by bursts of drizzle, but the spring rain, which is as expensive as crisp, is like smoke and fog, which is not disturbing. It only makes people feel that what they inhale is full of vitality.

With the return of temperature, not only the plants are awakened, but also the beasts that have been hungry for the whole cold season, and the hunting operations in the tribe can continue.

Shen Huaijin finished knitting two sweaters while watching a movie during the cold season, and delivered the goods in time for the end of the cold season. Now she is finally debt-free.

It's just that Li insisted that the beasts just after the cold season were too dangerous, and Shen Huaijin had other things to deal with, so he couldn't follow Li directly to find Shi Lin.

Shen Huaijin expressed his understanding, and the first thing he had to deal with was Ming's placement.

Although every member of the tribe can at least get his share of food since the food-sharing system, but as a young orc, Ming lived such a life is nothing short of a shame.The education Shen Huaijin received from childhood was not to let the hero shed blood and tears, and he had promised the other party, so he had to properly handle the placement of Ming so that he could find other values ​​in the tribe besides hunting.

Because Ming was a member of Li's team, after Xiang Li got to know her, Shen Huaijin was very satisfied with Ming's character and personality, so she planned to let him learn herbal medicine from her.

Shen Huaijin thought it through.After the beast tide riot, Shen Huaijin discovered that the two witch assistants, Han and Miao, hadn’t learned any skills in making herbal medicine from Xiu, and the big witch is not in good health, so it might be difficult for him to heal others. Shen Huaijin is probably the only one who can be healed by the "witch doctor", and he really can't be too busy with anything.

It's not that Shen Huaijin has never thought of directly training two witch assistants, but one is that the two of them still have to take care of the big witch, and they can't get away from it; There is a sense of fanaticism about him, which makes people feel at a loss.

He hoped to cultivate his confidants from young people, not only teaching herbal medicine, but also some simple suture methods.

Yu and Ming, one subbeast and one orc, can better accommodate the demands of both sides of the tribe when they work.

Shen Huaijin told the Dawu and the leader about this proposal, and after getting approval, he called Yu and Ming to discuss it.

Yu was moved to the side with tears in his eyes, and stammered that he would study hard and take care of the wounded in the tribe with Jin.

Ming was a little hesitant, he pursed his thin lips, "Jin, I'm an orc, how can I learn the ability of a witch doctor."

Shen Huaijin persuaded: "Ming, whether it is a sub-beast or an orc, as long as you are diligent and willing to learn, you can learn how to heal the wounded. Besides, we have seen the performance of the two of you in normal times. Not only me, but the big witch and the leader all believe in you. Ability."

With Shen Huaijin's guarantee, Ming also felt relieved, and the three of them agreed that every morning, as long as Shen Huaijin didn't go out to collect, the three of them would go to the medicine shop to learn together, first learn to recognize herbs, then learn to cook, and finally learn to stitch.

After confirming Ming's destination and starting her own plan to cultivate cronies, Shen Huaijin now began to plan how to save the half-dead sacred beast tree in the square.

He had agreed to fix this matter early in the morning, and he had checked the fertilizer-related information, but he had been busy with his own affairs last year and couldn't use it.Now is a good time for the recovery of all things, and Shen Huaijin wants to take this opportunity to see if he can bring the sacred beast tree back to life.

Shen Huaijin had heard about the current situation of the sacred beast tree, and he also saw it in his eyes at ordinary times. The leaves were withered and yellow, and the fruit was not blooming.I heard that the largest sacred beast tree in the Dahe Tribe used to bear ten sacred beast trees in a year, but now this tree has not produced fruit for 20 years after it came to the valley. up.

Looking at the symptoms, Shen Huaijin guessed that the soil was not fertile enough. He guessed that this kind of tree needs a lot of nutrients, and the holy water prepared by the Great Witch Club is likely to be the "fertilizer" of this world.

He decided to make some simple phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. Phosphorus can stimulate root growth and promote flowering and fruiting of plants.Potassium improves the overall vigor of the entire plant and allows for stronger rhizome growth.

It is also simple to make, and the leftover eggshells, fruits and peels are good raw materials for making phosphorus and potassium fertilizers.The eggshells are crushed, added with water and exposed to the sun, while the fruit is mixed with soil and sealed for preservation.The latter is left to stand for a month, and it becomes humus soil, which can be directly buried under the sacred beast tree as a base fertilizer, and the eggshell water can be watered once a day after the eggshell water is fermented.

The fertilizer is still somewhat alkaline. Shen Huaijin was afraid of "burning" the tree, so he used it cautiously. After a period of time, he saw the effect before deciding whether to increase the amount.

After all, I have been waiting for 80 or [-] years, so there is no rush.

It happened that humus soil was going to be prepared, so it was time for Shen Huaijin to take out the potatoes and peppers that had been hoarded for half a year.

During this month, Shen Huaijin went to the pharmacy to teach Yu and Ming in the morning—the two learned neither too fast nor too slowly, at least they had memorized all the properties and efficacy of all the herbs owned by the great witch and all the herbs that Shen Huaijin found later; To reclaim the land on the other side of the Huixi River, he dug a isolation zone directly to the north of the work shed, and then burned the grass on a large square of land, which not only cleared the land, but also left the remaining plant ash to fertilize the land.

The burned land needs to be reclaimed and loosened. Shen Huaijin also exchanged a stone hoe from Shi for plowing the land.

He plans to divide the reclaimed land into two parts, one part is used to grow potatoes, and the other part is used to grow peppers, ginger and so on.When rice and other crops are found, another piece of land will be reclaimed.

The orcs and sub-beasts on the other side of the stream were taken aback by Shen Huaijin's behavior of burning fire and digging the ground. An also came over curiously and asked Shen Huaijin what he was doing.

Shen Huaijin took two sips of water, lamented how quickly the Orc Continent returned to temperature after the cold season, and replied, "Didn't I say before that I want to grow peppers and potatoes, this is the preparation work."

Ann opened her mouth in surprise, "I thought it would be enough to just put the seeds you mentioned under the soil, but there are so many things to do, planting is really not easy."

Shen Huaijin explained: "Plants, like us, need food and nutrients to grow up. If they are not given fertilizer, the plants will not grow without nutrition; if weeds rob them of their fertilizer, the plants will not survive. The same fruit often One place grows more and another place grows less, because different soils contain more or less nutrients."

An suddenly realized, "So it is like this, Jin, next time I want to plant, you have to teach me."

Shen Huaijin naturally agreed.

After the land was almost cultivated, Shen Huaijin started planting, but before the actual planting, the seeds still needed to be processed.

One week before the planting, Shen Huaijin put the seed potatoes that had been hoarded for half a year in the shed, and let them germinate under the warm sunlight. It was necessary to ensure that each potato had at least two sprouts before planting.

The sprouted potatoes are cut into three to six pieces according to the distribution of the sprouts, and they are buried one by one on the ground mixed with humus, with an interval of about [-] centimeters.The planted potato pieces should be watered regularly as needed to ensure that the soil remains slightly moist.

After Shen Huaijin and Li buried all the potato pieces, they found that there was still a lot of spare potato fields. They couldn't help but feel a little pity, but if the harvest is good this year, it will definitely be full next year.

The potatoes were planted, and Shen Huaijin's true pepper could not be left behind.

Peppers do not need to germinate before planting, as long as the seeds are soaked for half a day before planting, and the germination will be faster after soaking in water to accelerate germination.

Peppers need nutrients very much, so Shen Huaijin spread a thick layer of humus soil, and was careful not to plant too densely to prevent insufficient nutrients from hindering its growth.After sowing, you only need to cover the seeds with a layer of fine soil. After that, you only need to water them regularly and pull out the denser seedlings after they germinate.

As for onions, ginger, and garlic, which are easy to grow, Shen Huaijin planted them one by one according to his needs.

While busy in the field, Shen Huaijin did not forget to observe the condition of the sacred beast tree, but the tree with homemade fertilizer looked the same, so Shen Huaijin slowly added the dose until after the third time, Shen Huaijin could clearly see the condition of the holy beast tree. The condition of the leaves of the beast tree began to improve. It used to be bent and yellowed at the tip, but now it has become emerald green and full of life.

Shen Huaijin recorded the concentration, and continued to irrigate and fertilize. The sacred beast tree became lush and lush day by day, and two green and shriveled fruits gradually grew full.

This is good news. In a primitive society with extremely low productivity, labor means everything.After all, if it weren't for the long and magical adulthood of the orcs and sub-beasts, the Great River Tribe would have entered an aging society long ago.

After confirming that the sacred beast tree was getting better, Shen Huaijin immediately notified Xiu, and he helped Xiu who hadn't been out for a long time to the square.The orcs and sub-beasts around him stopped what they were doing and nodded their heads when they saw the big witch.

Xiu couldn't pay attention to the gazes of the people around him. His eyes, which had been muddy for a long time, turned and he looked up at the strange yet familiar sacred beast tree.

The tree is not tall, but the branches are tall and strong, and they stretch out in all directions and far.The dense foliage is verdant.The breeze blew, and the two small fruits swayed with the wind, and the scattered sunlight hit Xiu's face through the stacked leaves. He closed his eyes, and remembered that when he was a cub, he was with Lu and the others like this. Playing around under the largest sacred beast tree in the tribe.

At that time, it turned out to be a very distant thing.

"Jin, you have done much more for the tribe than I originally begged."

Shen Huaijin shook her head, "Xiu, this is my responsibility."

Xiu took Shen Huaijin's hand and pressed it to the rough bark of the holy beast tree. His movements were trembling, and his voice was unrecognizable.

"Lu, have you seen the hope of the Great River Tribe?"

The author has something to say: This chapter is about real farming.