Chapter 836 Picking Lotus Pods in the Depths of the Lotus Flower Is a Lot of Fun (3 in 1)

After confirming the route from Longmen Inn to Wild Duck Lake, Han Cheng returned to Hehua Island.

Because he knows that these people are already familiar with road construction. After the route is determined, he doesn't need to worry about the rest. These people in the tribe will do it well.

When the road repair team was repairing the road, Han Cheng, who came to the lotus island, asked some of them to build houses on the lotus island.

The place to build the house is on the north side of the island.

Han Cheng really couldn't muster the courage to build a house on the south side of the island. Judging from the number of birds resting on the island at night, it is estimated that it will take less than two years to build a house here. It will be covered with a lot of bird droppings.

The place where the house was built, Han Cheng chose a relatively high terrain, and it was more than 100 meters away from the front of the scum he could find on the north side of the island.

Building a house on the lotus island is not as far away from rivers and lakes. Building a house here must take into account the lake's water surge in summer and autumn.

Otherwise, it seems to be fine at this time, and it is very likely that the house will be washed away and submerged when the water rises.

Han Cheng didn't plan to let people live on the lotus island permanently. The houses were only built for temporary residence for those who dug struvite, lotus root, and later fished here, so there was no need to overestimate the quality.

When it was built, there was no rammed earth wall, but the method used when the deer pen was built.

It is to clear out an open space first, and then draw the outline of the foundation of the house to be built on the open space.

Then he nailed one by one arm-thick, one-meter-high, sharpened wooden sticks along the drawn line, every 30 centimeters.

After nailing these, use more flexible branches to surround these nailed tree sticks, and weave one forward and one reverse, all the way to the top.

After the weaving is completed, mix mud and paste a thick layer on the inside and outside of the woven fence wall, so that the wall is finished.

Compared with rammed earth walls, this method of building walls is much faster and less labor intensive.

As for the roof, it is covered with tiles, because compared with thatch, tiles are so worry-free.

As long as you don't get hit by heavy objects,

Or it was blown away by strong winds. Generally, as long as the tiles are laid well, the roof will not be damaged.

The thatch is different. Under the wind and sun, some places will start to leak after a few years and need to be repaired.

As for the tiles for building the house, there is no need to worry, because from the beginning of the construction of the Longmen Inn, Heiwa took a few people in the tribe to do this, and found a suitable place near the Longmen Inn, and began to build kilns and burn tiles. Up to now, there are quite a few finished products.

However, the Longmen Inn has not yet been built, and it is far from the time to go to the tiles.

In addition, some of the people who built the house were transferred by Han Cheng to build the road, and the other part participated in the construction of the house on Hehua Island. The current Longmen Inn is in a state of suspension, and the time for tile installation will continue to be pushed back.

Therefore, even if this batch of tiles is cut off, under the firing of Heiwa and the others, it will not affect the tiles of Longmen Inn when the time comes.

However, when building these houses on Hehua Island, the wood used, except for a few trees that had to be cut down to build roads on the island, the rest of the wood was cut outside and then transported over. .

Not only is the wood transported from outside when building a house, even the firewood used for cooking and cooking is also transported from outside.

Han Cheng made a clear rule for everyone, that is, except for the dead branches that fell on the ground, it is not allowed to use the wood on the lotus island when lighting the fire.

The trees on the lotus island cannot be cut down easily.

And when you go to the southern end of Hehua Island to get things like guano stones, don't make loud noises, and avoid the two times when there are most birds in the morning and evening.

At the same time, people are not allowed to shoot birds near Hehua Island.

The main purpose of making this series of decisions is that Han Cheng wants to protect the ecology of the island as much as possible, and leave these birds that live on the lotus island, so that they can serve his tribe for a long time. to make manure.

While saying these regulations, Han Cheng also told everyone the purpose of doing so.

Because only when they know the purpose of doing so and understand the significance of doing so to the tribe, the people in the tribe will do these things more consciously, without the need for people to follow behind and keep explaining.

This is what Han Cheng has always insisted on in the tribe. When telling the tribe people what to do, he will try his best to tell the people in the tribe why he should do this. What a nice change.

Judging from the current results, the effect is very good. This will allow people in the tribe to fight for the same dream and make spontaneous efforts to make the tribe better, making the tribe more united and more active up.

Taizu once said, we come from all corners of the country, for the same purpose...

Han Cheng remembers this text very clearly. If he acts in the tribe consciously or unconsciously, he will be affected to some extent. The fact that the tribe is now thriving and united also shows the correctness of doing so.

With the efforts of everyone in the tribe, after the road from the Longmen Inn to the Wild Duck Lake was built, a dozen or so houses on Hehua Island were also built.

There is no wall around the house like other buildings built by the Qingque tribe, but a fence wall with a height of about 1.2 meters is nailed around the house with sticks.

The reason why it is like this is because there are no poisonous insects and beasts on the lotus island. These days, the most ferocious animals encountered on the lotus island, except for the birds that occasionally drop bombs in the air, are only those killed by the tribe. The people here picked up the old turtle and ate it.

Under such circumstances, naturally there is no need to spend effort to build any walls.

And after these two things were built, the person responsible for excavating and transporting the guano stones also piled up a large pile of guano stones on the edge of the Wild Duck Lake.

Seeing this, Han Cheng asked the people who built the bridge and the Longmen Inn to continue their previous work, and he and the people who went to work after two days of sightseeing, loaded the guano stones into the donkey cart Or on the wheelbarrow, after pulling it to the Longmen Station, it began to be transported to the Qingque master tribe.

On the day before the return transport, Han Cheng asked someone to touch a batch of lotus roots. Those that could not be planted were eaten, and those that could be planted were transported separately to the Qingque main tribe and the Tongshan residential area. to plant.

At the same time, when Junior Brother Sha brought some people to deliver lotus roots to the Tongshan residential area, Han Cheng took out half a tiger talisman and asked Sha to hold it and hand it to Shang, who asked Shang to arrange some people from the Tongshan residential area to come and come together. Shipping bird droppings.

Compared with the tiger charms of the military alliance tribes formed with the Qingque tribe, the tiger charms in the Tongshan residential area are one size larger, which shows that the status of the Tongshan residential area far surpasses those military alliance tribes.

Under the current situation, it is also possible to not use the Tiger Talisman. As long as Han Cheng said who would lead the guarding of the Tongshan residential area, everyone in the tribe would recognize it, and no one would lie to him if he sent someone to pass it on.

However, certain forms and systems still exist.

The system that seems to be dispensable now will become very important after the tribe grows stronger. It is better to implement these methods from now on and let everyone in the tribe get used to them...

Those who stayed in the tribe were not idle, but continued to be busy with the affairs of the tribe, such as weeding, herding sheep, and feeding rabbits.

In the developed Qingque tribe, there are always many things that people need to do.

In addition to these, some people in the tribe are also doing some other things.

Some people were bending over to weed in the millet field where the leaves were a little yellowed and didn't look strong at all. Besides, there were also some people here, but their behavior seemed strange.

They carried a big truncated head in the bend of one arm, and walked slowly forward along the vacant lane.

On the way of walking, the other hand grabbed some things from the inside of the stump, and then began to wave his arms.

Let these things leak out from the deliberately left fingers, and let them scatter as evenly as possible in the surrounding land.

What they are doing now is spreading fertilizer, which can also be called top dressing.

The ones they grabbed and scattered were the guano stones transported back from Hehua Island.

However, unlike the state of the previous stones, these struvites have now been smashed into fine particles, which are somewhat similar to common chemical fertilizers in later generations.

The matter of top dressing was proposed by Han Cheng, so that these struvites brought back can play a role as soon as possible.

Moreover, these crop seedlings that are not very strong are in urgent need of topdressing.

With this top dressing, a lot of extra grain can be harvested when it is time to harvest.

With the crowd's swaying, these smashed guano stones fell one after another and hit the leaves of the millet, making a fine sound.

These people sprinkled in front, followed by people with hoes.

On the one hand, weeding and loosening the soil, on the other hand, these scattered fertilizers are covered with soil by the way.

This can better play the role of struvite.

This is the same reason that the farmers of later generations generally take advantage of the light rain to fertilize the crops in the field when they farm.

Top-dressing fertilizers when there is light rain can quickly melt the chemical fertilizers sprinkled on the ground and allow the crops to absorb them immediately.

Moreover, the chemical fertilizers that fall on the leaves of the crops will also be melted by the rain, and then flow down the poles to the root system, without causing damage such as burning to the leaves of the crops.

Farming is a major event related to the survival and development of the tribe. At the same time, it also has a lot of knowledge. It is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

Life is busy, but there are also moments of leisure.

Just like now.

While the lotus leaves were shaking, a wooden boat emerged from it.

"Brother Cheng, here! Here!"

Bai Xuemei shouted excitedly, and pointed to a place not far away.

Looking in the direction of her finger, there is a big lotus pod hidden under a lotus leaf.

"okay!"

Han Cheng simply agreed, put the boat's pole a little behind, and the boat squeezed away layers of lotus leaves and drove towards the direction of the lotus pod.

After the boat approached, Bai Xuemei held the lotus pod with one hand, and pinched the lotus root stem under the lotus pod with the other hand. With both hands, the unusually full lotus pod came into her hand.

After the lotus pod was picked off, a large amount of white water gushed out from the lotus root, as if crying about the atrocities of the robbers.

Bai Xuemei didn't care about these things, she was as happy as a fool with the lotus in her hand.

After holding it for Han Cheng to watch for a while, he put it in the boat and continued to look for the next target.

After seeing it, I yelled happily.

At this time, Han Chengcheng used the boat pole to light the muddy ground and propped the boat across.

Looking at his family's happy and unacceptable daughter-in-law, Han Cheng couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

He likes to do this kind of thing of holding a small boat and carrying his silly wife to pick lotus pods among the layers of lotus leaves, and he feels that this moment is particularly comfortable.

It's like standing on the bank and watching the lotus picking girl rowing a small boat, which is faintly visible among the lotus leaves, and then secretly swallowing saliva on the bank and saying: "The reeds are green, and the white dew is frost. The so-called Iraqi people are on the side of the water..." Interesting There are too many.

Especially propping the boat between the layers of lotus leaves, and fixing the boat there with bamboo poles.

The small boat swaying slightly from side to side rips up the waves and makes a soft sound of water waves. It is even more interesting to scare away one or two fish that are looking for food in the lotus leaves.

Those who have not picked lotus pods in person cannot understand it.

The kind of lotus seeds that are not plump, taste the most refreshing after peeling, with a fragrance in the sweetness, and you will never tire of eating them.

However, plump lotus seeds are not suitable for eating. After peeling off the outer layer of skin, buckle the lotus seeds, remove the lotus heart, and put them in the pot to cook porridge, which is very good and very noodle.

If you can put some sugar in it, it will taste better.

The lotus heart must be removed, because the grown lotus heart tastes astringent and bitter, which will spoil the taste.

With Han Cheng, who is the son of God, taking the lead, and eating lotus seeds that taste good, so, in his free time, holding a small boat to pick lotus pods among the layers of lotus leaves has become a job on the lotus island. people, favorite things to do...

During the busy period, the Dragon Gate Inn was built, with a blue bird and a plaque of "Dragon Gate Inn" carved on it, once it was hung there, it looked imposing, and the feeling of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon rushed over.

Several relatively large bridges near the Longmen Inn were also built, and they were built all the way to the Tongshan residential area.

On Hehua Island, where there are struvite stones, potholes have been excavated, and the road leading to the simple pier from here is also flat and solid.

There are donkey carts and some trolleys traveling to and from the Bronze Expressway, as well as the road from the Longmen Inn to the Wild Duck Lake.

Carloads of guano stones were transported to the fields of Qingquezhu tribe and Tongshan residential area.

After being smashed, they were grabbed by hands and thrown into the crop field in handfuls.

Time passed quietly amidst such busyness. Unknowingly, as if after a rain, everyone suddenly realized that the sun was no longer as hot as before, and it became much cooler when sleeping at night. ...

After an autumn rain, the weather became cooler, and the leaves of many trees also turned dark green.

Successfully changed from the pink and tender little fresh meat, tormented by the butcher's knife of the years, into old bacon.

At this time, on the Bronze Expressway, all bridges that need to be built have been built.

This road has finally been completely built, and the donkey cart drives on it very smoothly.

The road repair team returned to the tribe.

The people who transported the guano stones, after transporting all the struvite stones transported to the shore of the Wild Duck Lake back to the tribe, also stayed in the tribe and did not go out.

Because, the very important autumn harvest for the tribe is about to begin!

At the Qingque Lord's tribe, Han Cheng, Wu and a group of people stood on the edge of a millet field, looking at the millet standing in the field with their heads bowed, all of them were happy.

Some people, such as Wu, even praised the effect of struvite there.

Because before the smashed struvite was used for top dressing, the millet growing on this piece of land was not growing vigorously, and the leaves looked yellow.

But after the struvite was sprinkled and covered with soil by hoeing, and after two rains, a miracle happened.

This piece of millet, which was originally withered and yellow and obviously malnourished, turned dark blue in color and grew extremely strong.

Now that the harvest is about to be harvested, it has even surpassed those surrounding crops that did not use struvite for topdressing.

Not only did the ears of corn grow bigger, but the grains inside became full.

This effect is comparable to Jin Kela.

If there is enough struvite, the overall food production of the tribe will be greatly improved.

This piece of millet, and several other pieces of millet, will be stored separately when it is time to harvest, and will be reserved for the next year's grain.

With the great increase of the planting area in the tribe, it is impossible to pick one ear of grain and save the seeds as before. We can only harvest a piece of millet with good overall growth as it is now. Dry to keep seeds.

Of course, this is the seed used for large-scale planting.

When cultivating fine varieties, we still pick ears of grain one by one.

However, the area of ​​the experimental field is small, and such careful selection can still afford it.

Another burst of autumn wind blew, and some yellow leaves fell from the branches. The millet standing on the ground lowered its head, looking very humble.

After a sumptuous sickle-opening feast, the entire Qingque tribe began to devote themselves to the great cause of autumn harvest.

Scythes are waved, sweat drips, and pieces of crops fall down and are transported to the threshing floor.

The harvest season is always full of joy with sweat.

When the large-scale autumn harvest of the Qingque Tribe ended, it was already more than a month later.

Standing on the fence of the tribe, looking at the bare farmland around the tribe, while feeling that the vision has suddenly become wider, one can't help feeling the greatness of people.

After the large-scale autumn harvest ended, everyone was divided into several waves, each doing different things.

Some people continue to work on the crops, while others start to pick the fruit.

In the courtyard of the Qingque Tribe, several stoves were also set up. The people picked the fruit with relatively high water content to cook fruit sugar and canned fruit. The whole tribe was full of sweet taste.

In the midst of busyness, time passed, the autumn wind blew, and large yellow leaves fell.

All the crops planted by the Qingque tribe have been harvested, and even the growing hemp has been harvested. After leaving enough hemp seeds, they are bundled into bundles and thrown into the river downstream one by one. Inside the retting pit.

It's getting really bare around the tribe.

After finishing all these things, the people in the tribe finally let out a long sigh of relief. All the hard work this year was not in vain. For a long time in the future, they will be guaranteed until next year's autumn harvest.

After a short rest, the people in the tribe started to get busy again.

Someone started leading the donkey and plowing the ground with the plow.

At this time, the land will be plowed, and when the next spring is planted, the land will no longer need to be plowed. It only needs to be harrowed once, and it can be cultivated directly.

It can also effectively kill insect eggs and reduce the occurrence of pests and diseases.

Some people continue to open up wasteland with picks and copper shovels.

However, the land reclamation location has changed from Yanshan and around the Qingque Tribe to near the Bronze Expressway.

Starting from the Qingque Tribe, slowly advance westward along the Bronze Expressway, and start land reclamation on both sides of the Bronze Expressway.

There are also some people who are also carrying tools such as copper shovels and shovels, working between the farmlands.

However, their job is not to open up wasteland or plow the land, but to rest the farmland there.

Repair some places that have been washed away by summer rain, and at the same time dig ditches on the side, dig the shallow ditches again, and block some places that shouldn't be opened...

"I'm going, why is it so cold?"

In the dead of night, when Han Cheng woke up from his sleep, he felt his whole body trembling.

In a daze, he thought it was Bai Xuemei who had pulled the animal skin blanket off his body again, and reached out to touch it, only to find that the blanket covered his body well.

After struggling for a while half awake and half asleep, Han Chengcai finally made up his mind and woke up completely.

He reached out his hand to touch the simple fire box from the soil platform built beside the Kang head, pulled it out and blew it on, and after the fire came out, he moved it to the side of the oil lamp on the side.

After lighting the oil lamp, cover the fire fold again, and put out the flame.

The small flame of the oil lamp danced, giving off a dim light, illuminating the entire room.

In the room, the air is very cold.

Bai Xuemei still slept soundly, but she curled up into a ball, lying on her side, protecting Xiao Xing'er in her arms.

After Han Cheng shivered, he quickly put on his clothes, and covered the mother and daughter with the mattresses he had built.