This is also the first time that Song Xuan has done such high-intensity labor, but fortunately, although he is tired, the effect is still quite obvious, but the line upstream to the rice field has been dug through in most of the day.

Also in order to ensure that there is enough water, the starting point of the canal is also kept relatively high.

In this way, even in low water levels like in winter, the rice paddies can attract enough water.

Although it seems a bit redundant now, when the drought comes, it is very important, it is a project once and for all, and it is still very necessary to do so.

Of course, there are no tools such as waterwheels in the tribe, otherwise there would be no need to dig a ditch with such a big effort, just draw water directly from the river on the side.

But at this time, the waterwheel is still a little more difficult to make for the Teng Snake, and even the simplest one needs to make a wheel.

Although it doesn't seem complicated, if you really want to polish it properly, it is difficult to do it well now, but it is better to dig a trench directly.

It took three days of digging to dig the ditch in this large circle around the periphery, and the quality of this ditch cannot be compared with last year's for the time being, after all, it is done in a hurry, and the weather will soon be warmer, and then there will be a small conflict between hunting and reclamation, and there will naturally not be so many manpower.

However, as long as the general shape is done well, and there are fewer people in the back, it can be slowly improved, at least the women of the tribe will not be particularly busy until the weather is completely warm, and things like wild fruits will still be a long time before they ripen.

In the past, they naturally had to go out hunting, but this year it is clear that everything is mainly about growing rice.

This is also something that has been determined a long time in winter, anyway, the food in the tribe is quite sufficient, and later Shi Meng and they go out to hunt and fish, and it should not be a problem to meet everyone's daily needs.

The advantage now is that there will be no doubts about everyone's work, although they also feel very powerless about the big project proposed by Song Xuan, but they still have the motivation, and they all know how tired they are now, so how happy they will be when they harvest at the end of the year.

Everyone's idea was that no matter what, they must hold out until the autumn harvest, and as long as the rice is harvested, the tribe will no longer have to worry about food.

It was not a problem to work at such a high intensity all the time, so after five days of work, Song Xuan let everyone rest for a day.

Song Xuan didn't know if the others could stand it, but at this time he was already a little exhausted, and if he didn't use this day to make a little adjustment, he really couldn't stand it.

…………

At this time, Shuiyun, who went downstream, was about to arrive at the location where the sheep tribe was, and because it was a temporary arrangement, many of them still couldn't understand Song Qun's thoughts:

"Chief, what are the oracles asking us to do here in the sheep tribe?"

"yes, what do you do all the time bringing them food?"

“……”

For sending food to the sheep tribe, there are many people on Teng Snake's side who don't understand this practice.

After all, most of these foods were brought back by everyone's hard work, and they were directly given to them at this time, and Song Xuan hadn't made any requests yet, so some people were naturally a little distressed.

The most important thing is that the sheep tribe has already been here last year, and this is the beginning of spring, and they hurriedly let them come over, Song Xuan's favor for the sheep tribe made some people feel a little jealous.

"What can you think of that oracle?"

"But...... This is also ......"

Shui Yun understood the thoughts of these people very well, after all, he didn't understand a little at first, but after being the leader for so long, he quickly reacted.

"You say, what will happen to the sheep tribe if they are dying of starvation, and the gods ask us to send this food?"

"We've all forgotten how the oracle did to us in the first place......"

“…………”

After Shui Yun's explanation, everyone gradually understood Song Xuan's actions.

Although he is still a little reluctant now, thinking of his performance when he knew that he could join the Teng Snake, he can also guess how grateful the sheep tribe should be when they accepted this batch of food.

"But...... Chief, can the sheep tribe survive until now? ”

"Hey...... I don't know! ”

This is what everyone is most worried about, several people on the boat of Shui Yun have all come to the sheep tribe last year, and they are naturally more familiar with the situation of the sheep tribe.

"Hopefully, let's row faster and try to get there tomorrow night!"

"Good!"

When they reached the lower level, the two boats were basically running side by side, and suddenly the speed increased, and the two boats returned to the state of one after the other.

………………

It took half a month before and after, and finally all the ditches were dug out according to Song Xuan's plan.

On the whole, the progress is quite good, after two days of rest, Shi Meng and they embarked on the hunting journey again, the current climate is much warmer than when the spring started, and even some animals can be seen near the edge of the forest in the fields.

Tender grass has also begun to emerge in the sunny place, which is also something that has always made Song Xuan feel very strange, that is, the climate change in this world is too fast, if it is cold, it will be cold, and if it is hot, it will be warmed up soon.

It has only been half a month, and it has changed from late winter to early spring, and it is still very obvious.

Shi Meng and the others this time are also considered real hunting, and they have brought enough living materials for five days, so they are bound to bring more prey back.

Although the number of people was reduced a lot, the next task was mainly to finish the ditch and dispose of the roots in the field.

At least at present, there are at least two months to plant rice, and the time is still very abundant, according to the current number of people, it is more than enough, even if they go out to collect Shihua later, but as long as they can leave half of the manpower, it will be enough.

Of course, when it comes time to really reclaim, the tribe will definitely have to take action on a large scale.

After all, this kind of work is still too tiring, and they are used to running around, and suddenly let everyone bend over to work, and everyone is not too comfortable for a while.

In the past few days, Song Xuan will look downstream from time to time, after all, Shui Yun and they have been away from the tribe for half a month, and it is said that it is almost time to come back, in addition to worrying about the situation of the sheep tribe, Song Xuan is also a little worried about their safety, although the route is familiar, but there are still dangers, especially they do not have many people.

The ship also brought a lot of food, which was very attractive to both beasts and people, but fortunately there were not many tribes to meet along the way, and unless they were deliberate actions, they usually did not meet anyone.

"This year should be the Bear Tribe's arranged trading conference......

"Why hasn't anyone come to inform me yet!"

Shui Er on the side began to chant while working again.

The trading conference is arranged in turns, last year it was the Blackwater tribe, this year it is the turn of the bear tribe, according to the rules, next year it will be hosted by Teng Snake.

This is also just in time, and if it is a year late, it is estimated that the Teng Snake tribe will be responsible for this year.

But this is just right, if it's this year, the pressure on Teng Snake's side is too great, and it will take a lot of people to go out and notify the various tribes.

Now when the manpower in the tribe is tight, it is naturally better to save some if you can.

The most important thing is that this year's trade conference is not as simple as last year's, it is simply used to exchange what the various tribes need.

This year, in addition to the exchange of goods, there is also a very important event, which is to find a spouse for young people of appropriate age.

This kind of activity is generally held once every two years, mainly because we don't have a lot of people, and there are only a few people of school age every year, and even some tribes have one or two people a year, and once a year it seems a little frequent, so in the end, everyone discussed it and set it as once every two years.

In this way, there are more people, and the event is more lively.

It seems that everyone still has the concept of not inbreeding, otherwise there will be no such rule, more than a dozen tribes exchange populations with each other, although it will tend to be unified after a long time, but you must know that not all tribes are in this single social circle.

And everyone will also take action, maybe when other tribes will join, in the last two years two tribes have joined, the most eye-catching of which is naturally the Teng Snake, which can be regarded as injecting a fresh blood.

In addition to the tribes in the middle, Song Xuan also knew that there were also tribes around him who maintained a certain connection with the tribes in the distance, of course, due to the restrictions of the terrain, they naturally couldn't be as close as these tribes now.

For this transaction blind date, everyone in the tribe attaches more importance to it, after all, this is a big matter related to reproduction, and the Teng Snake tribe has also participated in the black feather before.

But and the black feather is generally at a loss, the black feather belongs to the kind of people who eat people and don't spit out bones, people can only go to them, think about the black feather side to replace people is more difficult than ascending to the sky, and they are all sent over in vain, without the slightest compensation.

Wu Yu even gave a share to the surrounding small tribes, no matter whether the people were very sufficient or not, they had to send a few people, but fortunately, compared with this side, the blind date of the Black Feather tribe was a little longer, and it was only held once in three or five years.

Of course, it's not that they are very kind, or the population of the Wuyu tribe is already relatively large, and a good cycle can already be formed internally, and once in a few years, it is just to add some fresh blood from other tribes.

A tribe of thousands of people, and there are often wars, basically there is no need to worry about the problem of blood, there is no need to change people often like small tribes like Teng Snake.