Chapter X
"Baby? Is this a precious herb? What does it do? Wu Chen's brows furrowed, and he looked at Yue Lin with a puzzled expression.
Yue Lin picked up a cleaned potato, walked to Wu Chen, and explained to the man seriously: "This is not an herb, your eye sees grass on it......"
"Hey, hey." Wu Chen smiled embarrassedly, staring at the young man in front of him, waiting for the young man to answer his question.
"It's called a potato, and it's a food that can be eaten directly, not an herb. You don't have to look at it like this, it actually tastes good, and most importantly, it's very hungry! β
Wu Chen nodded, his face was obviously a little disappointed, it turned out that he was just eating, and he thought it was a plant that could cure diseases.
"Don't underestimate it! It's up to it this winter! Yue Lin saw the man's lost face and explained with a smile.
"It?"
Yue Lin smiled smugly and explained: "The average yield of potatoes per mu is about 2,000 to 3,000 kilograms, but I can't find fertilizer here, so I don't know if I can grow that much!" But a thousand kilograms is certainly not a problem! β¦β¦ By the way, I forgot that you don't know what it means to be acres, and the size of acres is about the size of the vacant land in front of your tribe's hut. β
"What do you say? The plot of land in front of my hut can grow 2,000 kilograms of this potato? Is this potato really that amazing? Wu Chen was obviously a little unconvinced, but when he looked at Yue Lin, he showed a hesitant expression.
The young man in front of him had already brought too much shock to himself, healed his broken limbs, and even reminded himself of the flaws in that hunt, Wu Chen thought of this, looked at the potatoes in Yue Lin's hand, and looked at Yue Lin's beautiful face, his voice was a little hoarse, and said: "You are a witch, I believe what you say, you want to grow this kind of food in large quantities in the tribe?" β
"Of course, even though it's only the third month of summer, and three months later it's autumn, but yours here has only one month of autumn and four months of winter. When it comes to winter, there are no large beasts, no wild fruits, no weeds, and not enough food, so the Yanyi tribe wants to eat slaves, right? β
Wu Chen nodded helplessly, and said in a faint voice: "Which tribe in the Lonely Mountain Range doesn't eat people in winter?" But if it's true that this thing can be grown and eaten as you say, then ...... Maybe this year the people of the clan won't have to eat those slaves. β
"You've been in the Artisan Tribe, you should know that...... Your former tribe, didn't you eat people? Wu Chen clearly felt the disgust in Yue Lin's words, and hesitantly asked what was in his heart.
There may be people who eat people in modern society, but that person is definitely a pervert! Yue Lin hates cannibalism, but Yue Lin does not hate men as a matter of course, after all, the people here do not have crops to cultivate, there is no winter storage of food, in winter they can not hunt, to live, cannibalism is necessary.
"Yes, where I used to be, no one was going to eat people."
As he expected, Wu Chen saw that Yue Lin was disgusted with cannibalism, so he guessed that the tribe before the boy should not eat human flesh, and immediately asked, "Then what do they eat in winter?" β
"Eating rice is a small white grain obtained after the rice has been cleaned, and it tastes very good. Later, when I find rice, I'll cook for you!" Yue Lin said Mi and suddenly laughed.
When I come here, I eat meat every day, or some wild fruits and weeds that I have never seen before, and it is really hard to swallow to eat, especially those meats, which can't be bitten! The muscles of those fierce beasts are too compact, and it is indeed difficult for Yue Lin's small mouth to tear off his head from a large piece of meat and eat it, but fortunately, he has been stewing soup for Wuchen recently, and the meat has been stewed for a long time, and it will be soft.
Rice? Rice?
Wu Chen raised his eyes to look at Yue Lin, and then looked at the potato in Yue Lin's hand, "Is this thing called a potato easy to grow?" β
"Don't worry, I'll definitely succeed in growing it!" Potatoes can be planted twice a year, generally planted in February and harvested in June, then planted in August and harvested in November. With the experience of previous practical classes, Yue Lin is still very sure about planting potatoes.
In this summer, the Yanyi tribe, which lasted for six months, should not have a big problem growing potatoes in a row.
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After covering the potatoes with a thick layer of reddish charcoal, the special aroma of the potatoes being roasted wafts out in a short time.
"Taste it!" Yue Lin peeled off the dark skin of the potato in his hand and lowered it to Wu Chen.
Wu Chen smiled and ate the baked potatoes, and said while eating, "Delicious!" β
"Can I tell Abba about this potato? Only he can get the people of his clan to help and plant in large quantities. Wu Chen looked at Yue Lin and asked.
Yue Lin nodded and said, "Of course!" β
Yue Lin never thought of hiding the potatoes from the moment he found the potatoes to prevent Wuyang from knowing, how is the Yanyi tribe also a group tribe of 3,000 people, and the potatoes grown by himself are not enough for hundreds of people to eat in winter, definitely not, Wuyang must be asked to help!
Day 2......
Wuyang's tall and sturdy figure had already appeared outside the cabin outside the fibrous root tree early in the morning, and as soon as he heard Wugu say that Wuchen wanted to see him, he immediately dropped what he was doing and rushed over.
"Why did your brother suddenly want to see me?" Wuyang looked at his youngest son Wugu strangely and asked.
"Abba, how do I know! Brother only said that he wanted to see you, but he didn't tell me why! Ugu muttered, picked up the dog's tail grass in his hand and shook it.
Wuyang shook his head, knocked on the door, and walked into the cabin, there was obviously only one person in the room, the man was lying on the bed, and his limbs were tied to boards made of wood, the boards were smooth without a trace of sawdust, obviously carefully polished.
The man's brows furrowed, and his body was in a large shape, as if he was enduring the pain in his body.
"Ah Chen, is there anything you did to call Abba?" Wu Yang looked at the fine sweat on Wu Chen's face, and asked with some pity when he stretched out his hand to brush Wu Chen's cheek.
Wu Chen opened his eyes and said to Wu Gu on the side: "Wu Gu went over and brought the potatoes to Abba." β
"Oh!" Wugu answered, hurriedly ran to the place where the basket was placed, took out three potatoes from it, and flew in front of Wuyang with another arrow.
Wuyang took the potatoes handed over by Wugu for some reason, looked at his eldest son in confusion, and asked, "What's the use of this?" β
"It's a potato, it's a food! I ate it yesterday and it tasted good, and I was very hungry. β
"Food?" Wuyang looked at the things in his hand, his brows furrowed, and he said with suspicion in his heart: "I remember that some people from the tribe found this before, but he was poisoned to death after eating it......"
Wu Chen smiled and explained: "This is because he ate the skin, the skin of the potato is poisonous, and it cannot be eaten after germination, it is not good for the human body to eat it, but as long as it does not sprout and does not eat the skin of the potato, maybe we don't have to eat it this winter...... Those slaves will survive the winter! β
"Just the open space in front of my hut in front of the Yanyi tribe, planting this thing can harvest two thousand kilograms of potatoes!"
Wuyang was silent for a moment, looked at Wu Chen, and asked, "Is it the one who sued you?" β
"Yes!"
Wuyang made a decision in his heart, put down the potatoes in his hand, and said: "This matter must be done in secret, I will find some absolutely reliable clansmen to come and help grow potatoes!" I'll go and arrange for someone to come and help later, where is Yuelin? β
Wu Chen hadn't answered yet, and Wu Gu on the side hurriedly said, "I saw my sister-in-law today, and I followed Sister Baicao out to pick fruits." β
"What kind of fruit are you picking, hurry up and get him back for me, Ugu, you go quickly!"
Wuyang felt that Yue Lin was simply a reward from heaven, a knowledgeable witch!
A witch can not only treat his son's broken limbs, but also find food to solve the coming winter!
In fact, the people of the tribe don't want to eat slaves, although they say that they are slaves, but after all, they have been together for so long day and night, who will have feelings! If it weren't for the fact that there was really no way, the clansmen would not have eaten slaves.
It's just that the winter in the Deserted Mountains can be spent so easily? About two-thirds of the slaves were eaten each winter.
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Seven days laterβ
The stream was left down from the mountain, and the sound of rattling was remembered throughout the mountain, and the roots and trunks of the fibrous trees on the side were intertwined.
Suddenly, a wail rang out in the silent grove.
"Pain, painβ" The man's face was a little pale, and a little sweat broke out on his forehead, and he didn't know if it was because the sun was too big or because of something else.
"Rubbing it around like this, it hurts more than when my hands and feet were just broken." Wu Chen stared at Yue Lin with resentment, with a bit of grief in his voice.
Yue Lin snorted and said: "I'm not here for your own good, now after helping you straighten your muscles and bones, your hands and feet can be like normal people, wait for a long time, you will be stupid when your hands and feet are stiff, okay!" If you don't rub it now, your hand will hurt when you hold a heavy object in the future! β
"You know, you go ahead!" Wu Chen gritted his teeth, and the expression on his face looked like death.
The method of dialing the tendons is very simple, that is, there is an abnormal sound, out of the groove of the tendon back to the original position, if a person's tendon is not in place, it will definitely hurt, the feeling is probably similar to cramps, but compared to cramps are much stricter.
"Okay, I've been kneading you for an hour today, and I'm going to go out with the white grass to pick mushrooms and fruits, so you can rest at home!" By the way, remember to bask in the sun to help your bones recover! Seeing the man's pain, he didn't want to continue to toss the man's hands and feet, so he packed up his things, picked up the straw basket on the side and was about to walk towards the gate of the Yanyi tribe.
Wu Chen looked at his hands and feet, he no longer needed to tie a splint, and his body could walk around with only a cane, and he looked at Yue Lin again, and shouted Yue Lin: "I'll go with you!" β
"You can't be seen by anyone right now!" Yue Lin frowned, thinking that there was no clue about the Yanyi tribe's murder of Wuyang last time, and Wu Chen's current appearance could not appear in the tribe, otherwise it would be miserable if he was seen by someone with a heart.
The strangest thing is that Wu Chen likes to stick to himself more and more!
I used to sleep on the ground and didn't see him say that the ground was cold and easy to catch a cold, and I don't know how recently, I have to sleep with him on a stone bed at night!
There is no difference between sleeping on a stone bed and sleeping on the ground? It's all hard, I get up every day and have a sore back, I really pity my little body and suffer such a big sin! I hope God bless me to find cotton quickly and save my poor body!
However, in view of Wu Chen's injury, Yue Lin still refused Wu Chen's request to share the bed with righteous words, and it was not honest to sleep by himself, if he broke this man's hands and feet again, hehe......
Wu Chen smiled and said, "It's okay, Abba came back with a warrior hunting yesterday, there is a lot of food, and there is no need for everyone to go out to gather, even if you don't go, no one will say anything!" β
Yue Lin nodded, the last time Wuyang came back, there were indeed few people who went out to gather with the women, and the white grass was not among them, and the women who went out to gather when the warriors came back probably needed to come out to pick fruits because the men did not make enough contributions in the hunt!
"Okay, let's not go to the hillside with your cane, just go to the mountain stream over there to find something to eat!" Yue Lin nodded to Wu Chen, and slowly walked with the man towards the mountain stream five or six miles away from the small tree house.
After Yue Lin officially started planting potatoes, in fact, there was no need to go out to collect food like other people from the Yanyi tribe, just the large piece of potatoes that Wuyang sent people to help him secretly plant, once harvested, it would be enough for the people of the Yanyi tribe to eat for two or three months! Of course, provided that these potatoes do not rot. So now, the most important task of Yue Lin every time he goes out is not to find food, but to find a variety of herbs that can be used.