【029】Cellar (M)

"Wu, what are you asking the clansmen to do these things for?" Xiong Yao, who was idle and had nothing to do, walked up to Shen Nong and asked puzzledly.

After Shen Nong solved the problem of water storage, the tribe no longer needed to send people to Bai Zebian to fetch water, and Xiong Yao's daily work became much easier, as long as he was stationed in the tribe every day to protect the safety of the tribesmen.

Seeing Shen Nong directing the clansmen to work with great fanfare, he couldn't help but be a little curious, because every proposal and innovation made by Shen Nong in recent days can bring some convenience to the tribe's life, such as the flat pole for carrying things, the water storage tank, and the scoop for scooping water, all of which are things that the clansmen have never seen before, but are extremely convenient.

So it's not just Xiong Sickle, everyone in the clan is curious in their hearts at this moment, and they don't know what Shen Nong will bring to them this time.

"Make a cellar, and when the time is over, we can put the salt in the cellar with the radish, winter melon, and balls, so that it is both private and convenient to store. Shen Nong explained.

Xiong Yao nodded as if he didn't understand, although he couldn't fully understand the meaning of Wu Shuo, but as long as he knew that what the Wu Yao people were doing was definitely beneficial to the Huangqiu tribe.

Soon, with the cooperation of a group of people, four wooden beams and several long planks were finally worked, but because the sharpness of the bone knife and stone knife was not enough to cut the plank smoothly, the quality of these planks was all very rough, either the surface was not smooth, the touch was uneven, or the edges were many edges and corners, and the wooden thorns pierced the hands.

Fortunately, this time it was just a cellar, and Shen Nong didn't care much about the quality of the materials, so he asked these clansmen to carry the planks to the big cave, and when the pits in the cave were dug, they started construction immediately.

At this time, the pit in the big cave had been dug almost half of the progress, and the area of 5x5 had been dug, but the depth had not yet reached the level required by Shen Nong, but for the number of workers who were only five people, this speed was already very fast.

"Come, everyone go and help, with a little more effort, our cellar can be formed a minute earlier, everyone is happy. Shen Nong stood on the edge of the pit and said loudly to the upright clansmen around him.

With Wu's call, naturally everyone chose to join in this excavation action, and soon, a 5x5 square pit with a depth of more than two meters appeared in Shen Nong's eyes.

The newly excavated pit constantly emitted the earthy smell of fresh soil, and the pale red earthworms as thick as fingers wriggled at the bottom of the pit, which looked particularly disgusting.

Shen Nong didn't mean to take the lead in demonstrating, and said directly to Xiong Yao beside him: "Xiong Yao, you and a few clansmen with more strength go down with the stones, and smash all the soil in this pit several times until the soil is stable and thick." ”

"Yes. Xiong Yao nodded, and was about to gather the clansmen, but at this time, Shen Nong suddenly stopped him.

"Wait, let's get some barrels and collect all these earthworms, maybe it will come in handy later." Shen Nong pointed to the wriggling fat earthworms at the bottom of the pit and said.

"Earthworm? Xiong asked.

"The earthworms don't know, and if they see the worms at the bottom, they are earthworms, and collect them all. ”

Xiong Yao looked in the direction of Shen Nong's finger, and couldn't help laughing: "It turns out that Wu said that you are talking about this kind of soil and meat root, there is no need to collect it, the food stored in our tribe is still enough, and if there is no food to eat in the future, it is okay to dig them." ”

"Soil Meat Root?" Shen Nong was stunned, how could he not know that earthworms still have such strange names, and from Xiong Sickle's words, it sounded like the people of the Huangqiu tribe would dig this earthworm to eat when there was no food in the tribe.

Thinking of the picture of Xiong Sickle putting a whole earthworm in his mouth and chewing it, biting until the juice was blown up and splashed, and the meat sauce flowed turbulently, Shen Nong couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and his whole body was instantly covered with goosebumps.

"Collect it, I'm useful. Shen Nong stretched out his hand and rubbed his arm and said.

Although he has recently found a lot of new food for the Huangqiu tribe, but if there is no human help for vegetables, the growth cycle is very slow, at most one to two crops in a year, with the continuous collection of Feike and others in the future, the edible vegetables around the Huangqiu tribe will definitely become less and less, and everyone will once again fall into the dilemma of lack of food.

Therefore, Shen Nong had the idea of developing a piece of farmland near the territory of the Huangqiu tribe, transplanting all those vegetable rhizomes into the farmland, and by the way, he could also collect vegetable seeds for planting, creating a recyclable vegetable production chain for the Huangqiu tribe.

When it comes to farmland, we have to say that the earthworm is a good partner of the land, and the farmer's uncle is a good helper, and everyone knows that earthworms can help loosen the soil and make the soil soft, so when Shen Nong really opens up a piece of farmland, you can put these earthworms into it to play an auxiliary role.

After the two clansmen took the earth bucket to pick up all the earthworms in the pit, the smashing operation led by Xiong Sickle was officially started, and only by smashing the soil thick and strong can we ensure that the cellar will not be pressed into the terrain by the food piled up inside, otherwise there will be a problem at that time, and it will take a lot of time and effort to repair it.

The movement of the cellar construction also attracted the attention of the four people, Cang, Guanjia, Beibang, and Pan, after all, since they had grown so big, there had never been a groundbreaking event like today in the cave, which made them feel particularly curious.

The life of primitive people is very boring, excluding those who go out to hunt and collect, those primitive people who stay in the tribal territory are idle most of the time every day, and they immediately run over to see what is lively, which is already the habit and instinct that every tribesman has cultivated for a long time.

As a craftsman, these four people are naturally no exception, and when Shen Nong found out that these four guys who didn't hurry up to work, but were lazy and ran over to join in the fun, his eyebrows instantly curled up angrily.

Whether it is digging an underground salt pond or a Baize River canal, these two major projects must be completed in a hurry, and you are waiting for hoes, shovels, and pickaxes to be used at this time.

"Beibang, Pan, have you made everything I want?" Shen Nong quietly walked behind the four of them and said in a more serious tone.

"Wu ......" The two of them turned around and saw Shen Nong, and their faces immediately showed embarrassed expressions.

"Not yet, not yet. Pan scratched his head and replied.

"Wu, what is this thing you are making now? It feels different from the ones from the other days, can you tell us?" Cang asked curiously.