MTL - This Is My Primitive Tribe-Chapter 28 mat

On May 1, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the crops were growing faster and faster.

The cultivated land of the Teng tribe has reached 30 mu, and under the condition of extremely primitive tools, it is already very difficult for a dozen people to take care of the 30 mu of cultivated land.

Therefore, Jiang Xuan no longer let tourists continue to cultivate wasteland, as long as the 30 acres of land are planted.

"These grasses, plus grass ash, large manure, broken bones, and pond mud, are all piled together, pressed and composted for half a month, and they are thoroughly composted as fertilizer."

"When you find that there are earthworms in the compost pile, these fertilizers can be used."

In the fields, Jiang Xuan personally taught the tourists to compost. Even in the face of the smelly feces, he did not change his face.

Composting is a magic weapon for farming.

In addition to lack of management, the low yield of slash-and-burn farming is also an important reason for not having enough fertilizer.

Plant ash is good, but plant ash alone is definitely not enough to grow crops.

Composting is the mixing of various materials, and after decomposing, it becomes an organic fertilizer rich in nutrients, which is very beneficial to the growth of crops.

The raw materials of compost are very wide and easy to obtain, such as forage, grass ash, large manure, food scraps, animal bones, etc. can be used.

Gan Song took the words Jiang Xuan said one by one in his heart.

Since he lost an arm, hunting has become very difficult for him, even a simple noose trap, because he only has one hand, it is very difficult to set up.

But now, he has found what he can do and can do well, and that is farming.

Although he only has one hand, through his own efforts, he can also master the skills of farming, and he does no less work than others.

Gradually, he fell in love with farming.

This feeling of opening up wasteland, planting crops, and watching the crops grow, mature and harvest little by little makes Gan Song very fascinated.

Gan Song said confidently: "Don't worry, boss, we will definitely pile up the best fertilizer!"

"Well, work hard. There is a lot of grain harvested in autumn. In winter, everyone can have enough to eat, and there is no need to go hungry."

Jiang Xuan ordered a few more words, then turned and left.

"Work, work!"

Gan Song shouted, and then began to search for various materials for composting according to the method Jiang Xuan said.

In the fields, a busy scene.

Jiang Xuan walked to the side of the stream, found a large piece of tall reeds, searched for intact reeds, and cut them down with a stone knife.

In fact, the harvest of reeds is best in autumn, when the new reeds bloom, the toughness is the strongest.

But Jiang Xuan couldn't wait any longer. He could only cut some reeds from last year and plan to weave a few mats.

As the weather gets hotter, it is no longer suitable to have a mattress on a bamboo bed.

But sleeping directly on a bamboo bed is not a comfortable thing, because those bamboos are not flat, so sleeping on them can make you uncomfortable.

Jiang Xuan thought about it and decided to weave a few mats.

Bamboo can also be used to weave a mat, and the effect is very good, but it requires breaking the bamboo into very thin bamboo strips, which is not an easy task without suitable tools.

Reeds are different.

It is soft and tough, and it is much easier to cut down or weave than bamboo.

After Jiang Xuan chopped for a while, Chi Shao also came to help.

She will always be by Jiang Xuan's side, silently guarding him, guarding against possible dangers.

"jijiji..."

The weather was very hot, and in the grass beside the creek, there were many unknown little bugs, constantly calling.

"Sister, that's enough, you don't need to chop any more."

Jiang Xuan chopped a large bundle of reeds, and Chishao also chopped a large bundle. The two simply twisted the reed leaves together to make a simple straw rope, tied the reeds, and carried them back to the bamboo hut.

"Snapped!"

A large bundle of reeds was thrown on the ground, Chishao wiped the sweat from her cheeks, and only then did she ask curiously, "Xuan, why are you cutting so much grass?"

"Weaving mats."

"A cool seat?"

"It's a mattress for sleeping on the bed. That animal skin is too hot to sleep on. I want to make some cool mattresses on it."

"So that's the case." Chi Shao nodded, the current weather is indeed not suitable for sleeping on animal skins.

"Sister, let's throw these reeds into the pond for a dip first."

"it is good!"

The two carried the reeds to the edge of the pond, and then threw the whole bundle into the pond to soak.

This is because the reeds collected by Jiang Xuan and the others are all old reeds from last year, which are already dry and very brittle, and will break when they are broken.

Soaking in water can make the dry reed absorb water and become tough again, which is more suitable for weaving.

After throwing the reed down, the two went to work on other things.

More than two hours later, Jiang Xuan returned to the pond, took out a piece of reed and tried to fold it, and found that the reed had soaked softly. Then he picked up the two bundles of reeds and took them back to the open space in front of the bamboo house.

He untied the straw rope that tied the reeds, then found a flat stone and a piece of wood, put the reed on it, and flattened the round reed pole bit by bit.

"Dong, dong, dong..."

With Jiang Xuan's constant beating, the reed poles were smashed and turned into flat flakes.

After Chi Shao was done with her own affairs, she also came to help.

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After all the reed poles were smashed, Jiang Xuan began to weave them.

It is very cumbersome and time-consuming to weave beautiful, dense and patterned reed mats.

But it is much easier to weave the whole reed directly into a mat after being flattened. It doesn't take long to weave a mat, but it looks rough.

Weaving is something that tribespeople have been doing since childhood, and everyone is very skilled.

Jiang Xuan first used a smashed reed as a weft thread, and then tied the reeds vertically and evenly on the weft thread as a warp thread.

Afterwards, it is only necessary to continuously intersperse and compress reeds on these warp threads, and then weave reeds into a whole mat.

With the efforts of the five people, in just one afternoon, they weaved the reeds they brought back into five single mats.

The next day, these mats were left in the sun for a long time and dried again.

Afterwards, Jiang Xuan and others replaced all the animal skin mattresses on the bamboo bed.

At night, Jiang Xuan was lying on his bamboo bed. The thick mat under him was very breathable. People lying on it would neither feel cold nor stuffy. It was very comfortable.

"feel good."

A happy smile appeared on Jiang Xuan's face. As long as he was willing to do something and not be lazy, he could rely on his own hands to improve his life little by little.

The three teenagers were also very satisfied with the new mat, which was very comfortable to sleep in.

Chi Shao was lying in her small room, she stroked the mat under her, and said in a faint voice, "Xuan has grown up and is more capable than me."

With a relieved smile, Chi Shao soon fell asleep, and this night was a pleasant dream.