Chapter Twenty-Five: The Beginning of Everything Is Difficult
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Large pebbles form a circle around the bonfire, under which several large conch shells are roasted, and the conch meat is constricted by the fire, dripping with delicious juice and dripping on the fire to make a "zilazila" sound.
A big hand didn't care about the temperature of the flames, and grabbed the fragrant conch like a lightning bolt.
"Hiss--hot, hot-" Blacktooth held the conch in both hands, pounding it alternately, hissing and exhaling in his mouth, and it looked like it was being burned indistinctly.
"Whoa" There were a few howls on the ground, and the little wolf Gray Wind stared eagerly at the conch in Blacktooth's hand, sticking out his tongue and jumping up as if he was impatient.
"Get up, get up," Black Tooth stretched out his leg and gestured twice: "It's none of your share." β
As if he understood Blacktooth's words, Gray Wind suddenly became anxious, although it was still young, it was really growing fast this time, the height of its limbs on the ground had reached Blacktooth's thighs, and its hind legs kicked to Blacktooth's waist.
"Go-down-" Blacktooth kept his hands up in a circle so that the grey wind could not reach the conch, and continued to change hands back and forth against the conch.
"Hee-hee, bite him Grey Wind, come on, bite him-" The little girl Bertha Bardot who was squatting on the side watched with a smile as she watched the fight between one man and one wolf, and kept encouraging the little wolf to grab it, and as soon as Grey Wind heard Bertha's words, she immediately pounced more actively.
Behind them, Thor didn't have time to pay attention to the two wolves, he hadn't even eaten dinner, a small pot of cooked fish soup was beside him, but he was intently looking at the two things in front of him.
On the left was a stout, short, barbed rhizome, and on the right were a few green, sprouted beans, two things lying quietly on the stone slab in front of Thor, like a prisoner being interrogated by a judge.
"Where did you find this?"
"By the creek on the east side"
Diana pulled her hair from her ears, squatted down and looked at the two things on the slate, and said, "When I went to fetch water in the afternoon, I found that there was some food that had already borne fruit, so I collected some and showed it to Old Man Morey, and he said that these two things could be planted. β
Thor turned his head to look at Morey, who was sitting cross-legged, who nodded, gently grabbed the stubby plant rhizome and said, "This is the root of cassava, cassava is one of the main crops grown by the Sevello people, and the weather on the island is very hot most of the time, I heard that it is very suitable for this thing to grow." β
After saying that, he put down the cassava rhizome, grabbed a few sprouted green beans, and said, "This one seems to be called oil beans, and the people of Servero do not grow it, and a knight I used to know in Wotan, who used to plant on the estate, and then heard that the harvest was not good, and seemed to give up." β
"Shall we plant this oil bean, then?" asked Thor suspiciously.
At this point, Diana answered, "I think I can plant, Lord Thor. β
"Oh?" Thor did not continue to ask, but waited quietly for Diana's opinion, who smiled gracefully and said gently:
"I have observed that the oilseed beans by the river are the most vigorous of all the plants, and Mr. Morey says that the climate in the kingdom of Fran, where his hometown is located, is much cooler than here, and even in the hottest days of the Thermidorium, it is not as hot as the Desert Horn is now. β
As she spoke, she grabbed a bean, put it in her hand and took a closer look: "The pile of oil beans by the river, which is not covered by the shade of the trees, grows more luxuriantly, and I suspect that this oil bean may need strong light and heat to grow smoothly, and we have no shortage of both." β
Thor thought about it, this cassava was probably the sweet potato or something like that he had eaten in his previous life, and since the Servero people regarded it as their main crop, it should be no problem to do so.
As for the oil beans, Thor was a little entangled in his heart, the tribe's manpower was not abundant, and he had to grow two crops at the same time, and he had to maintain daily hunting and gathering, and he didn't know that there were not enough people, and Thor had many other things that also needed manpower.
But when I think that legumes can be eaten as food and can be used for oil, and that rhizomes and leaves are still good fodder, I can't help but feel that I still have to plant.
"Let's get a test field first. Thor thought for a moment and said, "Let's get it down there, it's closer to the water source, you two can discuss the specifics, and leave this matter to Diana first." β
Diana nodded and solemnly agreed.
This is the tribe's first attempt at farming, and Thor II has little experience combined, and although Morey is from Wotan, he doesn't know much about farming as a knight, and only Diana can be regarded as a professional.
Thor remembered that her summoning introduction had said that Diana had taught the barbarians how to grow and weave, and even though she didn't know the two crops in front of her now, Thor was looking forward to it with her experience and talent.
Picking up the fish soup beside him, Thor took a small sip, the aroma of cooked fish came to his nose, and the bland fish soup was a supreme delicacy for Thor .
On the other side, the competition between Black Tooth and Gray Wind for the conch was also over, and finally ended in the victory of Black Tooth, he used a wooden skewer to pick out the conch meat, revealing his black teeth, and bit down on the white and tender snail meat, and suddenly the juice overflowed, and his face showed a happy expression.
"No, Nommβthis is delicious!" Turning and running to Thor, Blacktooth jumped like a child and said excitedly:
"It's so much better than dry jerky......! It's delicious. β
Diana and Morey looked at Sahuan's black tooth with a smile, and each ate the food in front of them.
Bertha pursed her lips and muttered: "Cut, I don't know......" seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the little wolf who bullied him by Black Tooth, and Gray Wind was rubbing Bertha's calf aggrievedly at this time.
Ignoring Blacktooth, Thor scooped up the tail of the fish from the jar and ate the whole fish by dividing it by two.
Wiping his mouth and looking back at the camp, Kratos was still patrolling with Pompeii and a few warriors, and most of the people who had eaten dinner had gone to sleep, probably the most sumptuous meal they had eaten recently.
The wildlings didn't mind sleeping in the open grass, but Thor didn't think so, they had come to a new home, and with a new name, they should have a new beginning.
"We're going to have to build a house here. Thor muttered.
"That's a big project. Morey took a sip of the fish soup and exhaled comfortably, then said, "But there should be a house, at least until the next rain comes." β
"Well, tomorrow I will take people to the beach to fish, and the matter of the experimental field will be handed over to you Diana, and Blacktooth, you will take the rest of the people to the river to dig some clay and come back. β
Seeing that Thor was looking at him, Blacktooth stopped playing around, and hurriedly nodded in understanding.
"Everyone, men and women, we have to move from tomorrow onwards, we don't have enough people, everybody has to do it. Saul frowned, everything was difficult at the beginning, and when he really came to a new home, Saul realized that there were too many things that needed to be done for him.
"It's useless to think too much, it's better to rest. And when he had given the commands to the people, Thor lay down by the fire, and in a few moments he fell into a deep sleep.