Sorghum is a common food crop. The main use is edible and liquor, and several famous liquors in our country are brewed from sorghum rice.

Used for cooking, in terms of taste, sorghum rice is of course not as delicious as rice, but it will not be very bad, in this environment, Yu Le and others do not account too much.

It would be nice to have rice to eat. used to be the staple food of meat, fish and seafood every day, and they were already scared.

And listening to Su Wu, a woman who eats sorghum rice in her hometown, she said that if you grind it into flour and make it into steamed cakes, pancakes, rolls, etc., the taste will become excellent.

Bring a few spikes back to the boat and let the women study them freshly.

Li Zhidao: "Let's talk about our opinions, how to do it." This wild sorghum bush, there are no patches, they grow in the barren grass, one stubble in the east and one stubble in the west, but it is not easy to harvest. ”

Yu Le chewed sorghum rice in his mouth, puffed up his teeth, and said, "There is no other cheap way, so let's honestly open the way in." This pole grows very tall, where there is, you can see it at a glance outside, let's recognize it first, see where it is, and then directly open a trail to harvest it!"

Su Wu said: "Then how to harvest, this seed really needs to be threshed, there must be threshing tools, we don't have a threshing machine now, at least we have to have a wood, just like we harvested rice last time, put it on the wood and throw it." But we don't have anything with us, and the neighborhood is full of weeds, and there is no wood to cut down. ”

"What ...... this?"

Yu Le thought for a moment and patted his head: "That's good!"

As he spoke, he got up, walked into the cabin, and then returned to the deck, and turned around, before saying, "You see, the place where we have a spare place, and the cabin is connected to the deck here, and it is still very large. ”

"Let's just don't thresh, just cut off the tassels and take them home with us. This saves time and makes quick fixes. When you get home, it's not too late to slowly take the time to threshing and drying. ”

Tian Xiaxia said: "Take it away with the tassels, will it occupy too much land? ”

Yu Le shook his head and said, "Don't worry about this. In the cabin, three or four square meters can be freed up, and here on the deck, three or four square meters can also be freed up, a total of eight or nine square meters in size, which is enough for us to load enough sorghum. ”

Tian Xiaxia said: "But if this place is full of sorghum, we will eat, live and sleep, and there will be no place!"

Yu Le smiled: "What's the matter, pick it back, put it on the ground first, wait for us to collect enough here, and then move it on the boat together, and then send the boat and float all the way back to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and don't even need to stay overnight." What else do you want to eat, sleep and sleep on the ship?"

Li Zhi understood Yu Le's thoughts, and began to agree: "It makes sense." First even go home, and it's not too late to be idle and do it slowly, and there are many people, the place is also large, and the tools are complete. ”

Yu Le said: "When the fashion is full, everyone will make up for the day." Let me calculate, our ship, conservatively estimated, should be able to carry about ten tons, now even coal, people and all kinds of goods, only about six tons, our sorghum, together with the ear, just collect two or three tons back. Tell me, you should be able to survive this winter, right?"

Li Zhi lifted his glasses and said, "If the ears weigh two or three tons, they should be able to get out about one and a half tons of grains." The rations of more than ten of us are measured in ten catties a day, in fact, we have enough meat, we can't eat much rice in one meal, and the appetite of the women is very small. ”

"If you calculate it like this, you won't be able to eat it until the spring of next year. When winter comes, the rice at home can be harvested again. Not afraid of running out of food at all. ”

So we discussed it, and the next step was to assign tasks.

Li Zhi and Yu Le, each with a sapper shovel, opened the road in front of them first, and split a path to lead to the sorghum bushes.

Su Wu, Wei Hui, Yun Tian, Xia Xia, and Guo Biyan took knives and cut off the sorghum stalks, then plucked the ears and put them in baskets. Wait for Yu Le and Li Zhi to pick it up and go back to the river.

There were only two machetes, and four women were not enough, so two of them harvested, and the two of them picked up the baskets and followed, and the tassels that were picked off were collected into handfuls, tied with thatch, put them in baskets, and stacked them neatly.

When it was time for dinner, he sent two women back to the boat to cook, so he was not afraid that someone would be idle and have no work to do.

Two sapper shovels, one of which has an open blade, can also be used as a knife to cut sorghum stalks.

Yu Le and the two men, after opening the road, will also go to help.

There was only one little girl left, and Yu Le let her follow with a gun.

The two wolfdogs drove into the grass to keep watch. Let them drill around to catch surprises in the vicinity.

When it comes to activities on shore, safety is paramount, and you can't be negligent.

The fertile plains of these lands are obviously much more populous with wild beasts and birds of prey.

Along the way, Yu Le found two dinosaur sightings on the north shore.

It is a herbivorous dinosaur with a head like a duck's beak, and it should be called a duck-billed dinosaur, which is quite famous.

Yu Le was still thinking about hitting one to taste the taste, but when he saw the tonnage, it had to weigh several tons, so he gave up.

"Attention, everyone, it's the time for hornets to nest, and there are a lot of bees in the grass, so be careful not to get stung. If you accidentally touch the beehive, you must treat it calmly, don't jump and scream, dance with your hands, that will provoke the bee colony, and even more sting!"

"The correct approach should be to stand still as soon as you find that you have touched a beehive, it is best to squat down slowly, protect your face and head with your hands, and then wait for the bombed bee colony to quiet down before quietly leaving. Or shout for help and ask someone else to come and help. ”

"This is my experience, a valuable practical experience, and everyone must keep it in mind. ”

Before the women even went into the grass, Yu Le solemnly instructed.

The women laughed and teased him: "Then why is half of your cheek swollen as an experienced expert?"

Yu Le's face darkened: "Can we, don't mention this?"

Yesterday, when he was looking for food in the grass, Yu Le accidentally touched a wasp nest, and as a result, hundreds of bumblebees blew up together, and directly gave him several hits.

I also stung my hand and my leg, as well as the left half of my cheek. So half an hour later, it was red and swollen.

He is now in pain when he eats and talks, but these women are still falling into the ground, and they have been laughing at him since yesterday, and they have laughed until today!

Fortunately, he handled it properly at that time, and only gave him three or four stings. If he had panicked, flapped and fled, it is estimated that at this time, he would have to lie on the bed and ask a woman to serve the dressing.

Can you, a man who runs with your feet, escape a hornet that flies with its wings?

So touching a hornet's nest and turning around and running away was a very stupid move.

Empirically, hornets only know how to sting moving objects, not stationary objects (is it a brain problem or a vision problem?), so the moment the hornet colony explodes, immediately turning into a wooden man is the most direct and effective defense method.

Those who do not run, are stung and are still dancing to drive away, it is even more stupid.

These warriors who guard their homes don't mind sting all the places on your body that can be stung!

It is precisely because of yesterday's lesson that Yu Le specially instructed these women.

He has rough skin and thick flesh, and is not afraid of stings.

If the women with fine skin and tender flesh were stung a few times, they would probably have to hum for days.

(End of chapter)