In order to test the moisture-proof ability of the cellar, Song Xuan held back for five days before opening the cellar, you must know that Song Xuan would go in every day for the past five days, and it was quite uncomfortable.

The grass and mud on the shed can already feel relatively wet and soft, after all, this is not the same as the roof, only need to drain the rainwater, and it can be kept basically unchanged after steaming in the house for a few days, Song Xuan is already very satisfied.

When you open the shed above, you can see thatch and hides that have been completely wet.

But fortunately, there are not many water droplets on the pottery plate, only a thin layer of water mist.

Lifting the clay plate, Song Xuan's heart was basically able to stabilize.

The wooden shelves underneath were still dry, and the hides only felt a little damp to the touch.

This animal skin is not simply spliced together, but is about the same as the pottery plate above, covered with a piece, as much as possible to reduce the bare eye of the needle, and the eye of the needle is not obvious in the first place.

Sure enough, when the hides were lifted, there was no moisture in the cellar, and they were all relatively dry.

Of course, it depends on what the pots of plant ash inside look like, because they have been placed for a while, so it is naturally impossible to be as dry as they have just been picked out of the stove.

"Ben, put the ladder down!"

The original depth of the cellar, coupled with the half-meter-high wall above, was more than one person deep at this time.

So if you want to think about it in the end, you must go through a ladder, but this is still very easy to do in a simple ladder, and even Shiban also makes full use of the mortise and tenon structure, and the kind of wooden ladder that Song Xuan saw in later generations, the gap is not particularly big, but it is not so fine.

In the end, Song Xuan quickly grabbed a handful of plant ash, grabbed it and put it down, and then raised his hand above his head to see the situation in his hand.

However, it was obvious that after the end, even if Song Xuan could poke out all his hands, the light inside was still too dim.

Song Xuan could only climb out again, and the light that came in through the door to check the situation in his hands.

Song Xuan knew when he caught it, basically there was not much difference from when he put it in, it was very dry and fluffy, and it could be seen at this time that although there was ash on his hands, it was not like the kind of grass ash that stuck to his hands after being wet, and most of it could be slapped off with both hands.

In this way, it seems that the moisture level of the cellar is quite good, and there is basically very little water vapor that can penetrate under several layers.

If such harsh conditions can be maintained, proper ventilation and dryness of the interior of the house, there should be no problem in preserving the food.

Moreover, Song Xuan is also preparing to be in the next cellar, surrounded by pottery plates, although it is impossible to be as airtight as the usual altars and jars, but with other moisture-proof measures, the effect is not bad.

As for the water on the top, it only needs to add a layer of animal skin, which should be completely isolated.

"Okay, according to this standard, you and the stone will make four more sets!"

Although it is not yet known what the output will be this year, Song Xuan's initial plan is to have four cellars.

It shouldn't be a problem to fit three or four thousand catties in a cellar of this size, and five should be enough to meet the needs of the tribe.

However, the house in the back can't be built like this one, after all, the house picked now is for people, there is a very thick column in the middle, and there is very little space that can be used on both sides, and in order to dig this cellar, the column has even been slightly adjusted.

Two new ones were added to ensure that the roof was as strong as before, and that there was enough space on the ground.

But even so, this can only dig out one cellar, there is not much space left, squeezing can make two smaller ones, but although the cellar is not complicated, it is not so easy to do, so it is better to make it bigger, as for the other space, you can put some larger jars, which can be used as a warehouse in the tribe in the future.

Next, Song Xuan's plan was to build the four cellars, all of which were in the same room, so that the room would be large enough.

It is just possible to dig one at each of the four corners with the column as the center, but the house is bigger, and it is not difficult for everyone, but it is still a lot of trouble to dig in the house after all, so Song Xuan decided to dig the pit first this time and then build a house on it.

In this way, the manpower can also be deployed, and it is more convenient to transport soil and water, while the surface outside is now dry, but the bottom is still wet, Song Xuan dug directly, although there are not many people in the tribe, but still pulled a few people from the collection team to help, the speed is definitely not as fast as the group of "livestock" of the hunting team, but fortunately, there is no hurry, just take your time.

Now there is still a month and a half before the rice harvest, to say the least, Teng Snake still has plenty of time to prepare.

Digging the cellar is not done every day, everyone has time to dig together, and it took more than ten days to dig out two, but then there are more important things waiting for Song Xuan to do, that is, the hemp in the field has completely reached the time when it can be harvested.

Although it has not withered, many of them have begun to bear seeds, and then drag it down for the content of hemp fiber in it is not much improved, and it will take a while to get so much hemp out.

In order to make a quick decision, Song Xuan also deliberately picked Shi Meng when they were in the tribe.

Everyone is still looking forward to hemp, after all, it can be used in ordinary times, especially when I see the thin twine on the arrow feather when I shoot an arrow every day.

Teng snakes used to be tied with a rope made of animal skins or animal hair, although the animal skin is tough enough, but the disadvantage is that it is difficult to make it very narrow, the thinnest and thinnest can also have the width of the little finger.

So that the things made are not good-looking, especially when various weapons have to be fixed first, and they often need to be tied several times, so that they look very bloated, and they naturally don't feel very good when used.

Although the specific method has been improved later, but if you want to fix it, you still have to use the animal skin rope, even if you don't say that everyone is still very much looking forward to the hemp rope, especially after they know how tough the hemp rope is, they often go to the ground to see the growth of the hemp.

Now that it's finally harvest season, many people are still very excited.

However, this large-scale harvesting, naturally can not be done like a maximum of one or twenty at a time before, before the hemp skin is peeled off, soaked in water, and then carefully hammered, hammered off the excess part in the drying, the effect is also good, as long as you are careful enough, you can still retain most of the fiber, and it is not so easy to break.

If you do this more than one acre of land like this now, I am afraid that it will not be possible to do it next year.

So you still have to use the simplest and crudest way - dipping.

After harvesting the hemp, throw it into the big pond and let it ferment, or the things that are not used for ten days and half a month will naturally rot in the pool.

The rest is mainly hemp, after rinsing a few times, you can get good quality hemp, Song Xuan is also glad that he doesn't know where to see such a way, otherwise if he is allowed to grope by himself, it is estimated that it will not be so easy to come up with.

Therefore, before the official harvest, a large pond for soaking hemp is definitely a must.

Song Xuan could also imagine how bad the final taste would be and how dirty the water would be if he put these hemp directly in the water and let it ferment.

Therefore, this pool must not be too close to the tribe, after all, Teng Snake still lives on the river water, if such dirty water flows into the river, it will not be able to completely dissipate in a short time, and it is estimated that the usual water will cast a shadow on everyone's hearts.

Therefore, Song Xuan directly arranged the pool to the downstream of more than a mile away from the tribe.

Although the dirty water is put into the river at that time, it will definitely stun a bunch of fish and shrimp, but the impact on the snake is almost gone, and if the discharge rate is controlled, the impact on the fish in the river will not be so serious.

In order to save the time spent on excavation, Song Xuan directly found a natural puddle, which was similar to the big puddle in the salt mine, but it was more perfect, not only deep but also square in shape.

The most important thing is that the pit is large enough, although there is not much water in it now, and the usable area is at least the size of two houses in the tribe.

Of course, this can't be used directly, or you have to dig it, but this is much easier than digging directly from the flat ground, and the soil is also very soft, although it is not close to the river, but there is a small stream more than ten meters away, and the amount of water looks good.

When the time comes, the stream can be brought in directly.

Song Xuan didn't need to be as deep as the cellar, Song Xuan felt that one meter was enough, of course, this was also because most of the places in the middle already had this depth, just dig the surrounding circle a little deeper, and trim it at the same time.

This natural puddle, and one of the things that makes Song Xuan the most satisfied, is that its width is also very suitable, only more than two meters, so that it will be easier to put a lid on it at that time, just use a little wood to go up horizontally, there are some areas around that are larger than this, but most of them are very wide, and it is not so easy to make a cover for it.

The speed of digging this pool can be said to be quite fast, Shi Meng took a dozen or so people, and it took half a day to dig almost completely, because there was not too much hard soil and stones below, it was quite easy to dig.

Most of the soil is used to fill the gap in the south direction, which is such a good condition, but there is not much water inside, which is the reason for this gap, and the water flows directly down the gap to the outside.

However, this also provides convenient conditions for the water to be released later, and when the time comes, you can dig a small hole directly, and you can control it as quickly as you want.