Naturally, I picked a lot of mushrooms this year, but because I still have to dig bamboo shoots, I didn't put in as many people as last year, but after testing the water last year, this year's experience is a lot richer.

In addition to knowing where there are the most mushrooms, you also know which mushrooms are tastier.

Naturally, when eating mushrooms last year, there was a joke, many people picked back strange colored mushrooms, although most of them were eliminated by Song Xuan, but there were still some he didn't know, although the content was relatively small, for unfamiliar mushrooms, everyone would just eat a little, but there was still some toxicity.

Especially in the wild, Song Xuan can't help, there are often people in the hunting team who have diarrhea due to eating poisonous mushrooms, but fortunately, everyone is relatively strong, and they don't eat so much, in most cases, it doesn't have much impact on the body, but there are only a few days of weakness, but diarrhea is inevitable.

Which mushrooms are poisonous is also in this case, one by one to find out, this year's picks have been determined not to be poisonous.

And we have also invented a new method, that is, the mushrooms picked back first broken, forcibly fed to the rabbits in the tribe to eat, if the rabbit does not appear to be in trouble after eating, then basically people eat no problem, although there will be a loss of a few rabbits, but compared to using people to test the water is much safer.

So although there are not many people invested this year, the harvest is not much different from last year, and it is not too much of a problem to meet the consumption in the tribe, which is not a staple food on the table, but it is more like a condiment for making soup in the Tengsnake tribe, and the taste will be rich and delicious after having it.

The manpower of the tribe was still very fast, and several leaders had already been notified that night, and everyone knew what needed to be done next, which was to make every effort to reclaim the rice fields across the river.

Although there are still some wild mushrooms now, the number is not very large, but Song Xuan still asked Shi Hua to arrange a few people to go out to find mushrooms, and it is not a bad thing to get some more back now, there are only five or six people around, and it does not have much impact on the overall arrangement.

After eating early the next morning, everyone began a new phase of their tasks.

Song Xuan did not arrange all the plows in the new rice field, but arranged four of them on the small rice field that was reclaimed last year.

It's time to raise seedlings, so that when the rice field is reclaimed, the seedlings here can also mature at about the same time, just right to connect together, this small rice field has been simply treated, the weeds on it have been cleaned up, and it was planted for a year last year, so there are not too many roots in it, most of them have rotted.

After the plough this year, the speed of reclamation has increased significantly, especially this small piece of paddy field that has basically met the requirements, and it has been turned over a whole day at the end of the day, although it has not yet reached the planting standard, but the speed is still very impressive.

You must know that this small paddy field has not been dug with a plow in advance, and some water has been poured into it in advance, and after the soil is soft, it has such an effect.

The next day, Song Xuan pulled the plow back and forth several times, basically loosening the soil, and then used a rake after filling the ground with water.

However, this task Uncle Deer is not competent, their little feet sink into the resistance will become great, far less than in the dry rice field, so this task can only be handed over to a few cows to do, so that the advantage over the cow is more and more obvious, not only greater strength, faster efficiency, longer durability, and adaptability is also hanging, the most important thing is that the meat tastes exceptionally good.

Of course, as far as these cows in the tribe, no one must be willing to eat them, and the breeding of cattle is also very difficult, the mother and two males in the tribe do not know when they will be able to give birth to new cow babies for the tribe, and if they want to expand the scale for the time being, they can only be exchanged through the Wagyu tribe.

The progress of the reclamation of the rice field is also quite good, although there is a block of tree roots, but we have encountered obstacles, that is, directly bypass, and will not be on the bar with it, so it is just to adjust the plough for some time, the overall efficiency is not slower than before, but the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, after a piece of land is plowed, at least one-third of the place is still complete, and these places can only be dug up little by little.

Overall, the speed of cultivating rice fields was still a bit unexpected for Song Xuan, he thought that it would take at least about a month and a half to complete, but now it seems that it should be about the same in one month at most, and the manpower is less than expected.

Although Teng Snake has invested a lot of manpower in this, it seems that it is still worth it, and the seeds that have sprouted have also been scattered in the seedling field, and it should be able to grow in about 20 days, and the rice field should be almost cleaned up and planted directly.

Growing rice in this era before the development of planting is not without benefits, that is, there are not too many pests and diseases, although it may be the reason why the insects have not yet developed, but one of the most important points is that every rice field is burned before it comes out.

Even in the rice fields that have been planted, most of the straw has been turned to ashes, burned every year, and there is extremely cold weather in winter, relatively speaking, it is not so easy for pests to survive, and this climate in this era is a very good thing for rice cultivation.

Although the yield is not high, one acre of land can meet the needs of one person for more than half a year, and Song Xuan is quite satisfied with such a harvest.

And I believe that after continuous selection and breeding, the yield will increase slowly, and Song Xuan does not expect to be able to easily one or two thousand catties like later generations, as long as the rice yield in the tribe can reach four or five hundred catties, it will be quite satisfied.

However, there is still a long way to go for Teng Snake to reach this yield, and it will take several generations of hard work to reach it, but as long as the rice planting can be successful this year, then it will definitely be able to relieve the pressure on the tribe's food, and as for more distant problems, there is no need to think about it.

Every day is fighting in the muddy rice fields, after a busy day, all of them have a mud leg statue, what makes Song Xuan most satisfied is that even if he is so hard, the usually lively and active Uncle Lu does not complain too much, at most, he strikes for a while when he is tired and has not rested, but as long as he recovers, he will take the initiative to devote himself to the next step.

But Song Xuan was also a little worried about Uncle Lu's mental condition, after all, spring is the time when animals are in heat, which can be seen from the sheep in the tribe.

Uncle Lu, who was already fond of moving, was so obedient all of a sudden, Song Xuan was a little uncomfortable, and after working for a while, he gave him a day off, and the daily working time for the deer herd was also reduced.

As much as possible, they don't squeeze their physical strength every day, Song Xuan doesn't want to make Uncle Lu completely lose hope in life for this matter, and sure enough, after living easily, Uncle Lu also regained his obscene nature, and every time he rested, he would let Shi Yan on the side untie the noose, and then harass his daughter-in-law.

As for a few fawns, although they can't help at the moment, it's not impossible to move things back and forth, and it's a small animal.

They are all tasked with carrying hay and helping the children transport fish, and although they are smaller, they have low requirements for them, and they are arranged according to their load-bearing capacity, so it is not difficult for them.

A few fawns look like this and are more than a year old, although there is still a distance from maturity, but it should not take too long, although Song Xuan is not familiar with their species, but it can also be seen from the size and growth rate.

In just half a month, the rice fields have been turned over, and the next task will be relatively easy.

After all, the soil has been turned over, where there are roots and where there are no roots, everyone knows very well, and this step alone saves a lot of detours.

And if it is just for the purpose of growing rice, there is no need to be as meticulous as the seedling field, as long as the soil is a little loose, especially now that the water in the rice field can not reach the instep, the soil inside has been soaked very soft.

The seedlings in the seedling field seem to be able to be planted soon, so Song Xuan asked everyone to speed up the pace and strive not to delay the time for planting seedlings.

Five days later, although only half of the rice fields were ready for planting, Song Xuan still decided to start planting rice tomorrow.

After Shi Meng and them came back yesterday, Song Xuan didn't let them go out again, this day let them take a good rest and recover their strength, after all, they came back from hunting outside, and they had a lot of consumption on their body and mind, and the next big war was also a big battle, except for the need to be responsible for continuing, except for the previous twenty or so people, everyone else didn't work much today.

For the fresher prey brought back by the hunting team, Song Xuan also did not let everyone do further processing, but put it in a cool place.

Tonight is the final preparation, before the official planting of seedlings, it is obvious that everyone has to have a full meal, and Song Xuan also knows that in some areas of the later generations, there will be special rituals for rice planting every year, obviously Teng Snake also has such conditions.

The witches in the tribe can come in handy at this time, although the presence of the witch is not low, but there are not many opportunities to really need their sacrifices, except for the fixed winter sacrifice every year, the others can only follow most of the tribes, and it is only this time a year.

Like Teng Snake, after all, it is still a minority, who calls Teng Snake constantly has a new population to join it, such a time does not sacrifice words, it is obviously unreasonable, from today Teng Snake has added a new fixed sacrifice ceremony on this basis, that is, the day before the annual rice planting is carried out "open the seedling door".

The content of the sacrifice is nothing more than hoping that this year's wind and rain will be smooth and there will be a good yield, as for the rest, it will be arranged by Shi Jiu and Shui Wu.

In terms of sacrifice, they are more professional, and at the same time, compared with ordinary sacrifices, Song Xuan doesn't want the time to be too long, after all, the next thing is to plant for several days, and it is not a wise move to waste all his physical strength on sacrifices

In the afternoon, everyone ended their work early, and all returned to the tribe, and all the food was well stocked, although Song Xuan said to the two that the time was as brief as possible, but the solemnity was not inferior to any sacrifice, and the altar was also full of cooked meat, which was basically not divided, and it was very complete.

Of course, when Song Shimeng brought them back, except for a wild boar that had not been moved, the others were divided into meat pieces, fortunately, there were also livestock in the tribe, and Song Xuan was ruthless and asked everyone to directly kill a sheep and several rabbits.

Although there are no three animals in the tribe, such tribute is already very grand, at least in the previous sacrifices, few can reach this level.

This time, Song Xuan did not continue to sit on the altar, but stood at the front of the crowd.

After all, this ritual is mainly to inform the gods, and Song Xuan is the leader, all of this is done at his request.

Shi Jiu and Shui Wu had no objection to Song Xuan's idea, but when they really came below, Song Xuan also knew that it was not easy to have a sacrificial ceremony, especially him, unlike most people, he mainly stood in place and made some changes in posture during the main time.

Shi Jiu and Shui Wu arranged a lot of actions for him, although it was not too cumbersome, but basically there was no time to stop, especially when the sacrificial ceremony lasted for nearly two hours, and when it was finally over, Song Xuan was also sweating profusely and his legs were sore.

Although some regret that they have found a trouble, but from the demeanor of the people around the tribe, it can still be seen that after experiencing the sacrificial ceremony, everyone obviously pays more attention to the next planting, if it was just to fill the stomach before, now this is to add some spiritual attributes.

So even if you are a little tired physically, it is still relatively worth it, and life also needs a sense of ritual.

After the ceremony, it was naturally a carnival of meat, and the director let everyone take out the meat they had saved, and several big fish were fished out of the river, each of which was more than 20 catties, and this fish alone was enough for more than a dozen people to eat.

Although I don't treat everyone badly, such a sumptuous dinner is basically not seen, especially the meat that is usually eaten in the tribe appears in everyone's bowl at this time.

Song Xuan also let everyone let go of their stomachs to eat, and the prisoners who are usually a little stricter are not required anymore, they are the same thing as the Teng Snake Gods Pool, after a winter of re-education, the status of these captives is also slowly improving, although they are still nominally prisoners, but they are no longer regarded as slaves.

After the beginning of spring this year, the captives were not dissatisfied with such a busy work, and they all worked very hard, and it can be seen from the beating and scolding of them that compared with last year, there is almost no urging to beat and scold this year.

But even so, they usually eat worse than the people who Teng Snake, although they can also fill their stomachs, but the quality is definitely inferior, it is rare to have such a feast, and Song Xuan also let them eat a kind of captives with an open stomach Naturally, there is no restraint, and after they get it, they feast happily.

At this time, there were still more than a dozen people who were really captured, and although most of them performed well, Song Xuan had never been able to find a reason to turn them positive.

However, if this year's harvest can be successful, the contribution of these captives is still quite large, after all, the dirty work is mainly done by them, and when the time comes, they can pick another group of people to join the Teng Snake.

Of course, although most people seem to have their hearts on Teng Snake's side, Song Xuan can still vaguely feel that there are always two or three people who seem to be absent-minded Teng Snake, although they also work hard, but they always feel that there is a layer of estrangement from Teng Snake's side, and they always keep some distance from other captives.

For such a person, Song Xuan has no choice, it may be that his attachment to the Wuyu tribe is too deep, and they usually work well, Song Xuan has no way to find faults, so he can only put it aside for the time being, if there is really any abnormal movement, it will not be too late to react.

However, what Song Xuan didn't know was that this time's soft-heartedness added a lot of trouble to Teng Snake in the back.

Fortunately, the time to finish work today was relatively early, even if it was a carnival for a while, the sky had just darkened, because the next task was very heavy, so Song Xuan didn't let everyone get high for too long, and seeing that it was not early, he asked everyone to pack up and go back to rest first.

The next few days are destined to be an uphill battle.

The weather is already very hot at noon, which is not a good thing for the seedlings, especially after the seedlings are pulled out.

Therefore, in order to make everyone start work in the morning, Song Xuan asked Shi Meng and Shi Hua to select more than 20 people to go to the seedling field before dawn and began to pull the seedlings.

In addition to the more than 20 people and children who ploughed the fields, the remaining nearly 100 people, the next task is to plant seedlings, which is not a small demand for the time being, although most of them may not be familiar with this, but even if the movement is slow, the number of people is here.

By the time dawn came, the 20-odd people had already made nearly half an acre of seedlings, and each small bundle of seedlings had been tied up with grass. Someone has already begun to carry the load to the rice paddies.

Breakfast is naturally the meat that I didn't finish yesterday, and although it was overnight, it still tasted pretty good when cooked.

Now it's time for planting.

"Let's go, let's go!"

Song Xuan gave an order, and then took the lead and went straight to the rice field.

Most people don't need to carry extra materials in their hands, but in order to keep everyone from running back, Song Xuan also asked people to carry three cauldrons and a lot of firewood.

Now a day of work, naturally will sweat a lot, for the replenishment of water is certainly very important, usually when working let everyone walk back and forth is okay, this is the time to race against time, although you can also rest, but it is better than running back and forth, to save more physical strength.

Although the current river water can be drunk directly, there will be no problem, but for drinking the river water directly, people like the tribe have gradually adapted to boiled water.

After the water is boiled, add some salt to it, which can also play a role in replenishing salt, so the first thing Song Xuan asked everyone to do was to put the cauldron up first, and then fill it with water for him to boil first.

However, although Song Xuan took this aspect into account, it was obviously not particularly meticulous, and the salt water should be prepared in advance, but it was not done on this day, and it was possible for everyone to prepare things in advance.

Today, if you are thirsty and the water has not cooled down, then you should go directly to the river to drink water, relatively speaking, the river water is more pleasant, but there is no way to replenish the salt.

The preparations before transplanting rice have been basically done at this time, but for the newly joined Heishui and Yang tribes, everyone naturally has to retrain, they have no experience in transplanting.

In fact, even many people in Teng Snake have forgotten how they got it last year, but fortunately, Song Xuan's half bottle of water can continue to sway, although the efficiency level of rice planting is not very high, but it is also a standout existence in this group of primitive people.

It's still the same steps as last year, and I can't concoct it again, but this year there are relatively more people, and the people behind naturally can't see it clearly, so they can only teach it in batches.

Relatively speaking, it took some more time, but fortunately, when the Teng Snake people were in Song Xuanjiao, they quickly recalled.

"Oh, I think I remembered......"

"Oracle, isn't that so?"

“……”

Seeing that Song Xuan was sure, Shi Hua and the others taught everyone around them, and with their help, the pressure on Song Xuan's side was reduced a lot.

But even so, it took more than an hour before and after for everyone to master how to plant rice, as for how everyone learned, it can only depend on the next time or the same as last year, Song Xuan first got a horizontal column for everyone to demonstrate.

And for a few people who were relatively skilled in planting rice last year, Song Xuan first asked them to demonstrate in advance, and saw that most of them still retained their feelings, don't let them lead the team by themselves.

With so many people and so many pieces of land, it is obvious that Song Xuan alone is tired to death, and he can't do everything, so it is quite necessary to let everyone share his pressure, and it is easy to see whether the rice planting thing is good or bad, after inserting a paragraph, he has a number in his heart, and he can also make adjustments next, which is nothing more than a technical job, and it can be slowly improved through long-term practice.

And even if the plug is not good-looking, although it will have an impact on the yield, but this is not absolute, fortunately, after some adjustments, although it is still crooked, but it is no longer a problem to plant smoothly in the field.