Chapter 61: Harvesting Gourds and Sweet Potatoes
Recently, it is not only Zhuge Dali who has developed rapidly, but also Bai Zhong.
During an expedition, he found the entrance to a place of trials, and followed the entrance into the place of trials, which happened to be left by an ancient craftsman, and each level was a test of weaving skills.
This was exactly what he wanted, and after a fierce operation, he cleared the customs in less than two hours.
And the reward after clearing the customs is even more exciting, he actually got the inheritance technique of the ancient craftsman, when making some simple items, only need a thought, just move your fingers and do it.
Like before, even the simplest weaving items took half a day, which was a waste of time, but now with the techniques of the ancient craftsmen, his skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and any material can be turned into a vivid item in his hands.
To his surprise, he learned a kind of puppetry, which is made out of wood to make a puppet, and he controls the puppet's movements with both hands through the thread.
If done well, the puppet's every move is exactly the same as that of a real person.
In this way, the golem can help him with his work, help him deal with wild beasts, and when facing danger, he can also use the golem to test the depths.
However, these are only junior puppets, advanced puppets, and they can move freely within a certain range without his control.
However, there were many materials for making high-level puppets that he had never heard of, and in addition, the design drawings for making high-level puppets were too complicated to understand at his current level.
But the junior puppets alone have already helped him a lot.
For now, at least, he has largely achieved the freedom to eat meat.
No matter how powerful the beast is, it will only destroy a puppet.
Anyway, it's made of wood, so if you destroy it, you can make it again.
What's more, after living for so many years, how could he come out to work hard just by making a puppet, with not enough fingers, and his son.
This kid is very interested in puppets, and he is more flexible and powerful than him in operating puppets.
really responded to that sentence, and went into battle with father and son.
The two worked together to hunt a lot of wild beasts, which were collected, sold, and stored.
The various facilities in the shelter have been basically improved through the efforts of this time.
The supplies are luxurious to the bedroom directly with all kinds of beast skins, and the warehouse is almost full of all kinds of meat, wild vegetables, wild fruits, and so on.
Now, by the fireplace, he sits on the ground covered with the fur of wild beasts, and under the light, he is immersed in the study of how to make high-level puppets.
He believed that the moment he researched the high-level puppet would be the moment he truly rose.
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In the gravity room, Xu Shiying stared blankly at the gourd branches that grew more than one meter high and curved, the gravity room was really effective for plants, and the gourd seeds not only germinated, but also grew tender green branches.
Since there are no shelves, the tender green branches are bent, but this is not a problem.
Xu Shiying touched the soil, and after a month passed, the soil was so dry that he quickly picked up the mud bowl and poured some water.
The moment the water poured into the soil, Xu Shiying felt for a moment that the leaves on the branches were becoming more and more tender and green.
These branches will break if there is nothing to hold them onto.
Fortunately, he was in the gravity house before, not only put fresh water, but also a lot of wood, Xu Shiying found a few relatively slender wooden sticks and inserted them into the wooden box.
Wrap the tender green branches around these slender sticks to prevent them from breaking.
As he was building sticks for the branches, he noticed that some of them had small gourds growing on them, even though they were only the size of his little fingertips, which meant that it would not be long before he could harvest a batch of gourds.
Twenty gourd seeds were planted before, but only three survived, is it because the weather is too cold, it is not the season of the gourd, or is it because of the pressure in the gravity chamber, which has some damage to the growth of the plant?
He thinks there are all these reasons.
He couldn't solve the pressure problem in the gravity room, as long as he stepped into the gravity room, the minimum gravity was twenty pounds.
If there is no gravity when you come in, is it still called a gravity room?
Fortunately, three of the twenty survived.
Time on the gravity alarm clock has stopped, and he can now come and go in and out of the gravity chamber at will without any repercussions.
He took a few wooden boxes from the outside and separated the gourd seeds.
Otherwise, the root of the gourd vine is entangled, which may cause the death of the gourd vine.
After dividing the rattans, this time I poured a little more water and sprinkled some grass ash on the soil.
Then, he calculated the time, turned the gravity alarm clock again, and walked out of the gravity chamber.
Two hours later, when I walked into the gravity room again, I saw that the wooden sticks were full of palm-sized gourds.
Xu Shiying Divine Beast picked one off, pinched it with his fingers, and the skin was very tender.
At this time, the gourd can be eaten as a vegetable.
It's just a gourd, the time for the gourd to keep it fresh and tender is very short, and from now on, after a week or two, the gourd will not be able to eat.
After some consideration, Xu Shiying felt that he could first pick a few gourds to stir-fry and eat, and then pick a few to leave the seeds.
It's beautiful to think about.
Xu Shiying didn't stay in the gravity room for long, and the moment he stepped out of the gravity room, he quickly took out the "Survival Manual" and contacted several survivors who had plant seeds, no matter what the price was, he wanted to get it.
Within half an hour, more than a dozen survivors with plant seeds were contacted, and only one survivor agreed to exchange rabbit meat for seeds, and a whole rabbit meat for ten seeds.
Xu Shiying agreed without hesitation.
At this time, let alone ask for a whole rabbit meat, even if he gave him the two live rabbits in his animal pen, he was willing.
It's just that the seed in the survival man's hand is sweet potato seeds.
You must know that sweet potatoes not only have a high yield, but also are durable and have a sweet and delicious taste.
Sun-dried sweet potatoes can be ground into flour, and he can also eat sweet potato noodles, steamed and boiled, all of which are a great treat.
After the transaction was over, Xu Shiying couldn't wait to take the seeds into the gravity chamber for planting.
In order to be productive, he took all the boxes he could get his hands on, as well as the barrels that were unused.
Then he poured all the soil in the box on the ground, made it a little larger with a stick, and continued to carry the dirt from the outside, going from place to place.
He ran three times just to carry the dirt, and his legs trembled with exhaustion.
The moment he planted the sweet potatoes in the soil, he sat down on the ground, his hands wiping his sweat.
With the previous experience of planting, the problem of lack of water in the plants, he thought of a way, filled one or two bottles of mineral water, pierced a small hole with a long thorn in the lid, and then inserted the bottles of mineral water into the soil.
In this way, he does not have to worry about the lack of water for the plants.
Finally, I adjusted the gravity alarm clock and left.
After being busy for most of the day, his stomach was already rumbling with hunger, Xu Shiying boiled the remaining rabbit meat, Xiao Qi smelled the aroma of meat, and it came over with sleepy eyes, shouting to eat it too, Xu Shiying handed it a piece, and found that it fell asleep again.
"When I fall asleep, I don't forget to eat, it's really greedy!"
After Xu Shiying ate it violently, he left a few pieces of rabbit meat for it to eat after it woke up.
It takes time to harvest sweet potatoes, but this waiting time is too difficult.