Chapter 837: Clearing the Wasteland
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Southern Hemisphere, an island.
Xu Fang and everyone have renovated more than 300 houses, and it is completely possible for everyone to have a place to live.
Now that there are traps, everyone doesn't have to work so hard to hunt every day, and life is suddenly stable.
After eating early that morning, Xu Fangzheng was squatting by a small river, pondering how to go back, Lina came to Xu Fang's side and said softly: "Xu Fang, life is really good now, there is no need to hunt, there is meat to eat every day, and there is a comfortable room to sleep in." I couldn't have thought of this before. โ
Xu Fang glanced at Lina and asked objectively, "You feel that there is meat to eat, because there are a lot of animals here, and they can provide us with food for a while." But what if there are no animals here one day?"
Lina was also stunned when she heard Xu Fang's question, and then she also fell into deep thought. Xu Fang is right, although there are traps now, it is still the same as before, if the nearby prey is gone, the next migration will be carried out.
"Xu Fang, didn't you say that you don't have to move for a long time, do you have any way?" Lina looked at Xu Fang as if she was pleading.
Now that everyone has just settled down, Xu Fang is not in a hurry to make his next move. Now that everyone has rested for a few days, Xu Fang is ready to implement the next step.
"Call all the clansmen, and I'll say a few words to you. Xu Fang said.
"Well, wait a minute, I'm calling someone. Lina didn't slack off, and quickly gathered everyone together.
Xu Fang stood on a stone, looked at the dark person in front of him, and said gently: "Everyone, do you feel that your life is very comfortable now, you don't have to hunt hard every day, you have a house to live in, you can drink hot water, and eat hot food." โ
Seeing that everyone was nodding, Xu Fang continued: "Have you ever thought about it, if we continue, one day the prey around us will decrease, and if we want to continue to live, we will continue to move." This situation is not what we want to see, so from today onwards, we will build our homeland! Strive to let everyone have no worries about food and clothing on this land every year!"
"From today onwards, you will be doing a lot of things, and it will be harder. But I believe that as long as you work hard for a while, you will be bitter! Now, everyone pick up their hoes and come with me. โ
Although everyone is in a primitive state of life, it does not mean that everyone is stupid. Xu Fang's words are simple and clear, coupled with the wisdom that Xu Fang has shown these days, which has made everyone deeply surrender, and everyone has unconditional trust in Xu Fang. Hearing Xu Fang's words, everyone picked up their hoes and followed Xu Fang outward.
"Xu Fang, where are you going to take us this time?" Lina asked curiously.
"In addition to meat, have we also eaten wild vegetables and wild fruits?" asked Xu Fang.
"That's right. Lina nodded.
"In fact, people need to eat all kinds of food to maintain the nutritional balance in our body. You may not understand this, but in layman's terms, if we just eat meat, it is likely to make the body unhealthy. And we can eat a lot of things, such as wild vegetables and fruits, which can not only satisfy hunger, but also make people healthier. But how can we eat these things in a continuous way? This needs to be cultivated! This time we will take you to open up the wasteland. โ
"Wasteland?" Lina didn't understand.
"That's right, it's land reclamation. Clearing the wasteland is actually to find a piece of land, and then we can grow vegetables or wild fruits by ourselves, for example, a large area is a large area of edible vegetables, don't we need to look for these foods everywhere, and we can pick them directly in our fields?" Xu Fang patiently explained.
Hearing Xu Fang's words, Lina also suddenly realized, and then asked, "Then how do we plant? โ
"You don't have to worry about this, I'll teach you. Xu Fang said with a smile.
The planting area Xu Fang has actually been optimistic about it for a long time, and it is less than a kilometer away from everyone. The land is also open and there are several small rivers around, which is perfect for growing crops.
After arriving here, Xu Fang looked for a point as a starting point, then took a wooden stick and plugged it in, and then took this point as a benchmark, took three wooden branches, and set three points respectively, so that the four points formed a rectangular shape.
A rope made of bark and grass stems is tied together to form a rectangular frame.
Then Xu Fang picked up the hoe and demonstrated to everyone while explaining: "Everyone come here, we will eat in the future, and many things will grow from here." Now we have to do two things, first, loosen the soil for this land, and second, dig out all the weeds in it!"
There is a lot of grass here, and Xu Fang knows that it is very troublesome, but he still explains the essentials to everyone in detail.
Although farming is very tiring, after all, it is not too complicated, and everyone learns it quickly, and it doesn't take long for everyone to learn the basic operation essentials.
Xu Fang looked at Lina and said with a smile: "Lina, you look at this area, after this area is dealt with, you will take everyone to open up a new field, and you can do as much as you can today." โ
"Okay. Lina nodded, and then asked, "What about you, aren't you here?"
"I take the others to find something to grow, otherwise it won't grow on its own with the land. โ
After explaining clearly to Lina, Xu Yi pulled more than 60 people with baskets on their backs and walked into the distance.
When he moved before, Xu Fang saw a lot of potatoes on the road, but he didn't expect to see them here. He still remembered the place, which was not too far from here, and walked with everyone for an hour, and finally saw the shadow of potatoes.
The potatoes were hidden in the ground, and Xu Fang took a stone shovel and dug up the roots of a potato plant, and then a series of potatoes were dug up. Xu Fang counted carefully, there were seven!
And each one is quite big, and it looks very gratifying.
"Xu Fang, what is this?" a person leaned over and asked in surprise.
"It's called a potato, and it's edible. Everybody see this? These are potatoes, just dig them out at the roots. Let's find some relatively large ones to dig up, and you can dig as much as you can!" Xu Fang commanded.
After everyone saw what the potatoes looked like, they went to look for them. Originally, everyone was in a primitive society, and their eyesight was very sharp, and the speed of looking for potatoes was very fast. And digging potatoes is not a technical job, and it doesn't take long for everyone to gain a lot.
When everyone's baskets were full, Xu Fang didn't let everyone continue digging, but asked everyone to go back with potatoes.
After going back, Xu Fang asked everyone to put the potatoes away.
Xu Fang knew that potatoes were vegetatively propagated, and they could be buried in the soil after being cut into pieces and planted with simple treatment. But if you want to cut the potatoes into slices, it will be more troublesome if you don't have a knife, so after thinking about it, Xu Fang instructed: "Let's go find some thinner flake stones, which can be slightly larger." โ