Chapter 037 Harvest Is an Important Thing

Xiao Yun know that they can't gain extra advantage by unfair way in tauren every year, they must have their own awareness of keeping the seeds.

Keeping seeds, such as vegetables and soybeans, but they can't be harvested completely after they mature, so they have to keep some crops that grow well, are healthier and have better shape for planting.

When soybean seeds are kept, they should be uprooted, and the whole plant should be air-dried before being hulled and seeded. Ripening after plant retention is conducive to the accumulation of nutrients in seeds, and it is a safe storage method to protect the activity of seeds. The seeds are protected by pod shells outside, which can buffer the humidity changes of seeds... Modern high-yield hybrid soybeans can't keep seeds, and original black beans don't pay attention to that in the grassland.

Well... the maturity period of soybean is about 150 ~ 180 days, so Xiao Yun is not busy with this yet.

If the seeds of Chinese cabbage and green vegetable radish are reserved, the seeds can be obtained after the plants mature and the flower moss is extracted to blossom and bear seeds, and the seeds can be collected after the fruits mature.

The patriarch led Oxhorn, Hongye carried gifts and radish and green vegetables to borrow people, Xiao Yun stayed at tribe and led the people to collect vegetables and hoard them... three kinds of vegetables are planted in three fields. When planting time, Xiao Yun, a big-apatite and black-hearted cub, still felt less, only when thet put it away can he know what is the worry of happiness with ten thousands of vegetables... Er, In fact, the radish with the highest yield did not yield 10,000 catties per mu, Xiao Yun himself estimated that it should be five or six thousand catties to the most per mu.

There is no way. Although there is no shortage of land fertility, the seeds are not very good after all-the white radish domesticated by tauren is far from the fat and strong scale of later generations, and the big one can weigh three or four catties, even if it is fat and strong now.

Cabbage and radish into the cellars, the green vegetables can't put for a long time afraid of heat and cold that have to eat quickly, or slices down to dry, all the staff dispatched busy people finally got the vegetable field, the patriarch also led the borrowed people back.

"We have extra manpower now!" Xiao Yun, who was numb with slicing green vegetables, heard the good news,Immediately clap his knee and rise, "Take mine, no, take Sal's skinning knife!!"

Carrying skinning knive and leading the tribes with water and firewood to ran outside the tribe, Looking around, Xiao Yun seemed to see the tribe members last year...

The wild people behind the three heads of the patriarh, Oxhorn and Hongye, Er, the natural snow werewolves, the shape is really familiar: no matter big or small, adults or cubs, they all wear a particularly bohemian sloppy long hair, bare arms only wear fur shorts or even no wear and naked directly, their face is too dirty to see the original color, the whitest thing on the black face is teeth and hair.

The patriarch smiled and waved: "Ayun!"

Xiao Yun smiled happily and turned serious in seconds: "Ah Yue and I took off all our clothes together. In the past, we shaved and washed them, boiled water and disinfected them. Others should be careful not to cross this line. Before washing clean, don't contact them except me and Ah Yue, including the patriarch!"

Hongye's face changed: "Come again? I am very clean, I am not got with lice!"

"I didn't get it either?" The patriarch was surprised.

Only Oxhorn's reaction is unique: "Ayun, I am hungry!"

"Explanation is useless!" Xiao Yun peeled himself clean and walked around, even throwing his shoes aside, flashing his skinning knife and striding forward. "Be ready to accept the cleaning, don't waste time!"

A face of stupid wild snow werewolves: "??"

Hongye stripped herself naked with pain on her face and threw her clothes to Ashan for him to cook... Er, disinfect and sterilize, sit cross-legged and turn her head to let Xiao Yun toss: "Don't cut me bumpy again, it's too ugly, cut it neatly."

"Don't worry, shave so many heads and feel like it has already been practiced." Xiao Yun pressed the ears of the red leaves and cut the hair of the red leaves relentlessly with Sal's sharpened knife. In the flying white short hair, Hongye once again became social people who had just been released from prison. She sprayed Xiao Yun in her nose and went to Ashan to flush and scrub.

Oxhorn had already taken off and wait for Xiao Yun began to do it and he rushed to point his own head.

Xiao Yun quickly solved the Oxhorn and patriarch who didn't grow much hair, and looked at the new manpower with a smile and enthusiasm... Er, compatriots from afar: "Don't be nervous, everyone, we are all snow werewolves, and we are a family when we come. Shaving off your hair can put an end to lice, which is good for everyone. Who will come first?"

The wild snow werewolves looked at each other, then all focused on the only warrior in the team.

This Snow Werewolf warrior didn't worry about how terrifying the small knife in Xiao Yun's hand could be. He just didn't understand why their tribe had to do like this before entering the tribe. He stared at Xiao Yun suspiciously.　　

"Are you coming first?" Xiao Yun moved out of the standard way of dealing with the patriarch: showing the expectant face of the cub when he looked at the adult clan, blinking pure star eyes.

... A killing move that the patriarch could not hold. This young and strong warrior was not a opponent with Xiao Yun. He immediately foreced himself to tear off the animal skin skirt around his waist and put the spear, bow and arrow on ground, came over naked.

It's been a long time since Xiao Yun, who hadn't smelled this familiar Snow Wolf's body smelly, was a little missed when the other party walked over and sat down...　　

Xiao Yun, who had practiced how to shave the hair with his tribe members, gray dwarves, and manuls. It is impossible to shave a beautiful big bald head now, at least the potholes will not be too ugly. This group of wild snow werewolves is takig a big advantage; the process of shaving the head is calm, but when it comes to scrubbing, there is a small commotion. The reason is after washing the wild snow werewolves off old mud, they find that their skin on their body is very white. The adults are fine, but the cubs are all shouting and exited there.

Sending new clothes to this group of new members who have washed white (...) new vine sandals and clothes, then led them to the tribe open-air square to sit down. Xiao Yun watched them neatly with the dull faces to stare at the whole tribe's dried greens and the cabbage and radish that have not been put into the cellar yet. Xiao Yun moved his hand to Qingyan, once again revealing the snow werewolf weapon-sheep's haggis soup.

Sheep's haslet were washed thoroughly, chopped up into pieces and boiled the hot soup, only put wild garlic and salt as seasoning, not as rich flavor as the modern northwest haggis soup, but the haggis is haggis, be patient when it is processed and stewed, the flavor of haggis is also good; Because the snow werewolves were shortage of food , so they were not picky about eating haggis. But now the haggis is quite popular in the tribe...but limited to the fact that the quantity is really small, so it is only for the oldest patriarch and cubs, adults who can only taste a little bit.

The patriarch's efforts to fool the new group of 16 people, a warrior, five adult people, ten cubs about twenty years old; Xiao Yun according to the rules of the tribe to give the cubs a full bowl of haggis, adults have to add a large amount of greens and mutton add with a small bowl of haggis. Without speaking, they understand the status of haggis in the food industry of this tribe.　　

"Eat first, we will talk about other things when we are full." Xiao Yun smiled.　　

...Unwaiting for the guests to start, Oxhorn could not be waited have already been eaten snoringly.

The name of the new wild snow werewolf warrior is Yu. He is very unaccustomed to holding up the pottery bowl. He looks at the three people of Bullhorn, Patriarch Huoyan, and Hongye who are eating with small sticks, and the right look is also very unaccustomed. The family member who was holding a bowl and didn't know how to start eating, suddenly realized what is sad...　　

The snow wolf tribe that he met last year has changed so much that Yu never expected, or the Huoyan patriarch led a snow werewolves group came here, they didn't dare to recognize each other when they visit their tribe with gifts.　　

Huoyan patriarch expressed his intention, not to mention the warrior Yu, their patriarchs felt that their hearing was a problem--the tribe that was so rich that it could get high-quality pottery as a gift, would actually find them to borrow manpower?　　

Wealthy means strong, and strong means large population and thriving people. What is wrong with this simple common sense? !

The clansmen who were completely confused were still unable to refuse Patriarch Huoyan's request. On the one hand, the pottery brought by the Patriarch Huoyan was exactly what they needed. It means that they can save the cattle and sheep which had to look for the human caravan to trade pottery; on the other hand, the high-quality forages promised by Patriarch Huoyan mande them very tempted... The broad standard of taking as much as they can take away is simply a godsend opportunity for the snow werewolf. Does the snow werewolves lack that strength?

So the patriarch of the tribe called the warriors to discuss it, and decided to send sixteen people to see how wealthy the tribe of the Patriarch Huoyan is... and because the Patriarch Huoyan was too boastful, the patriarch decided to send ten others half-aged cubs who reach adulthood but can eat more than adults will take advantage at once. Ahem, the snow werewolf is stupid and cute, but doesn't mean that the snow werewolf don't know use any trick!

With this mindset, the warrior Yu, who led his tribe to "work" in Patriarch Huoyan's tribe, but he did not expect that the first meal they came in would give them a early shock and awe-this soup looks very hot, they can't eat it with theri hands! Do they also learn to use small sticks?　　

"Oh!" Xiao Yun was still wondering why they didn't eat it. He realized the wild snow werewolves' grievances in his eyes, and hurriedly gave them a small wooden spoon for the two youngest manul cubs.　　

Using a wooden spoon to pull the meat in the bowl, Warrior Yu and his tribes finally had a feast. Then, including Yu, took the first bite, their eyes changed, no matter the soup is still hot, while sticking their tongues to dissipate heat, they tilted the pottery bowl and poured the food directly into their mouths...　　

"Don't be so hurry, food is enough, don't burn your throat!" Xiao Yun was startled.

"Wu Wu ... ha, ha ... Wu Wuwu ..." nobody did care for his words, the whole group of people eat in hurry.

"..." The corner of Xiao Yun's mouth twitched, and he could only think of a way, "Qingcao, Fleece, quickly peel and slice the radish, and put them into the soup to drop the temperature in the soup pot." 　　

At least half of the radish slices are stuffed in a few clay pots and go in to lower the temperature of the soup, so that the guests' tongues and throats were suffer less, and then they also finished the sliced radish...　　

The so-called that is't easy to deal with people at the table. After a full meal, the warrior Yu with a cold face when just entering the tribe, became more friendly now, and he introduced his clan members to Patriarch Huoyan's tribe without Huoyan speaking any word: "My name is Yu, this is my clans..."

Xiao Yun looked at the patriarch, and the patriarch got up to introduce his tribes to the guests: "This It's Ayun, and all the tasks assigned to the people belong to Ayun. This is Qingcao, this is Ayue..." 　　

Warrior Yu looked a little surprised, and looked at the cub Ayun somewhat clearly, as Hongye said that her tribe is a bit different from other tribes.　　

Xiao Yun noticed that there was content in the eyes of this snow werewolf warrior, and touched his chin... It seemed to be of warrior Yu is the same kind as Hongye, he is a brilliant guy who doesn't talk but understands in his heart. Well, that's great, it saves a little effort when explaining something to him.

After the patriarch had introduced his people present, Xiao Yun smiled and went forward: "Our tribe can't spare any extra manpower to build a house, so we have to wrong you to live in an outside tent like the manuls. We will build the house again before the weather turns cold. and everyone can learn the house building skills of our tribe." 　　

The tent that the snow werewolves originally lived in, they won't think there is anything in this arrangement. But Yu could understand the second half of Xiao Yun's words. He couldn't help but turned his head and looked at a few houses in the tribe. When he looked at Xiao Yun again, he felt that the cub was pleasing to his eyes.

When the Patriarch Huoyan bragged, he mentioned countless times that his tribe owned a kind of house that was very warm in snowy weather and would not freeze at all. Not to mention the patriarch, Yu himself was very envious-his cub was less than ten years old whom almost froze last winter.

With a sweet goal that is temporarily out of reach, Xiao Yun began to talk about the newcomers, with a pity on his face: "Now, our tribe is in desperate need of manpower to harvest forage grass. Let's tell you that the forage grass is actually can be harvested more than ten days ago, but it is really impossible to arrange people. There are also ponds that must be dug before the hottest weather comes. Alsa, the pond's construction hasn't started yet. By the way, there is also a widening of the river. The problem is that our tribe is too close to the river. If we don't protect the river well, then it will be dangerous when the floods are flooded..." 　

Xiao Yun's fingers count the work to be done, and the newcomers can't understand with a dazed expression, the tribesmen who can understand are shivered, cold sweats ---- Wait! Why does it sound like it's impossible to finish the work even if reinforcements come? !　　

Xiao Yun, a cub who is definitely not a devil, let the patriarch, Hongye and Oxhorn, and the new compatriots rest for a long time, and then dragged them to the endless field the next morning.　　

...Well, it's really endless. Three hundred fields, wheat, soybeans, and vegetables accounted for only a small half, and the rest are all planted with alfalfa. The continuous purple flower field was shocking enough to look at... Especially since there has been no manpower to harvest, only a few to feed cattle and sheep. Alfalfa has reached maturity, and lots of butterflies and bees are flying in the field. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a momentary beautiful landscape.　　

"This, these are pastures?!" Yu was shocked. Can't count on the romantic feelings of the snow werewolf.　　

"Are we going to harvest it all~~~~?" This is the wailing of the people. The vegetable field is so tired that everyone vomits blood. This alfalfa field, which is more than ten times larger than the vegetable fields, is desperate at first glance.

"The best forage alfalfa that can be grown in a cold temperate climate is harvested every 60 days and at least to harvest three times a year." Xiao Yun also felt tired, but his tiredness was absolutely impossible to show, so he was very excited to wave the sickle to the tribesmen, "We have already harvested this crop late. Come on, everyone, and take back the time thar we've fallen behind!" 　　

Qiu finally led the adult cat clans to complete the production of waterwheel parts, according to the method taught by Xiao Yun to splice joint the waterwheel, and then with the help of Ashan, mounted the second waterwheel: the adult manuls stand on the shore and force, Ashan jumps into the river to lift. It took a lot of effort to set up the waterwheel. Seeing that the amount of water drawn from the river channel into the canal increased, the manuls who had worked so hard were grinning with joy.

"It's very exhausting to harvest vegetables at night and make waterwheels during the day." Everyone walked back together, and some of the adult manuls said with emotion, "Now I can rest, at least I can sleep well at night." 　　

"..." Qiu thought for a while, resisting the thought of not breaking the clansman. Today, Ayun took some people to harvest pastures. According to the experience when harvesting vegetables...this harvesting pastures definitely cannot rest.

Qiu's prediction is not wrong. The manul clan is limited to lack of physical strength and will not be arranged by Ayun to perform excessively heavy work, but this does not mean that Ayun will let go of manul's paws—when the snow werewolves harvested the alfalfa was bundled on the edge of the field, their work began.

For alfalfa with the title of king of forage, the best harvest period should be the early flowering period, that is, the flowering rate of flower buds in the alfalfa field is about 20% to 30%. The yield and quality of the alfalfa harvested during this period are both excellent. ; It's just that at this stage, they were busy harvesting vegetables, let the alfalfa went to the maturity stage. The dry matter and crude fiber content in alfalfa gradually increases, the protein content decreases slightly, the degree of fiber lignification is heavier than before, and the feeding value decreases slightly—but it doesn't matter. It is the first harvest after all. It is directly fed to cattle and sheep or cold to semi-dry as semi-dry silage, which is much better than ordinary pastures and weeds, and absolutely cannot be wasted.

The manul clan doesn't need to go to the ground to harvest. They have to do other work besides harvesting. They drag the bundles of alfalfa piled on the field back, or send them directly to the cattle and sheep. Or untie them and spread them out on the open space north of the tribe to dry and cool when it's half dry, then re-wrap it into bundles and pile it up...　　

This work is really not tiring, but the amount of alfalfa is huge! It was just the first day of work that Qiu and his people suffered from sore back pains and leg cramps, and they couldn't even cook food with strong support.　　

As for the snow werewolves... well... except for the warriors who could stand upright, everyone else fell down.　　

A warrior of the snow werewolf tribe shivered and started to cook a few large pots of mutton and greens. Then he put two baskets of radishes that had not been peeled (to eat by himself), which was regarded as dealing with the dinner.

It is roughly estimated that the alfalfa field of more than 1,800 mu (mu is a unit of area in China, 1 acer=6.07mu), even if it was planted in the first year, only a little bit of traditional fertilizer was applied before sowing, watering depended on the sky, then the yielded per mus is not high as well--without mechanized tools, it is all harvested by manpower, which is conceivable how huge the project is... All the snow werewolves, including all the cubs, work alternately day and night, gritted their teeth and shed sweat and tears, and it took five days to take back the alfalfa from the field... This is still under the condition of 16 more labors.

...On average, each person reaps about 37 mu(mu is a unit of area in China, 1acre=6.07mu). No matter how invincible the physical strength of the snow werewolf is, it can't withstand such a working intensity,

not to mention that people are tired and crazy, and the sickle is cracked.

When the last alfalfa harvest was completed, from the tribe to the alfalfa field, the bodies of snow werewolves and manuls were lying...

No one can move, and no one has the strength to mourn. Only the rustling sound of the evening wind blowing over the alfalfa pile can be heard. Vaguely, there seems to be a flock of sheep chewing delicious green feed.　　

Xiao Yun chose a good position before he fell. He collapsed on the alfalfa pile. After lying down for more than half an hour, when the nearby Oxhorn snorted, he stood up and staggered into the harvested alfalfa field to check...Alfalfa has a strong regenerative power, leaving more than a The stubble with a slightly shorter index finger (about five centimeters). After two months, there is another large alfalfa field that can be harvested.

The sincerity of the snow werewolf is still useful occasionally, although in the late harvest, everyone's eyes are red like a madman, but no one sprinkles their breath on the crops, leaving all the stubble left; Xiao Yun is relieved. Slowly touched back to where he had fallen before...continued to fall asleep.　　

In the middle of the night, people grumbled with hunger and supported each other and climbed back to the tribe. At this time, the tribe is full of alfalfa bundles inside and outside, and this happy trouble is completely unable to bring joy to the people who are exhausted physically and mentally... they cooked some meat and vegetables, gnawed a few radishes, and then randomly looked a place to sleep again.

When the early morning came, Xiao Yun who somehow squeezed into the manul's tent to sleep was awakened by the biological clock in a daze. Loosing the manul cub he was holding, he staggered out of the tent, and he habitually... went to find his magical hoe, sickle.

"Wait...!" The morning breeze blew his face, and Xiao Yun woke up sober. "The previous tossed them too hard. At this moment, we are forcing everyone to rebel... forget it. , I'm not a devil, so let them rest a little longer, it's not good if things go wrong."

So he yawned, turned around and went back to the manul's tent.

All cats love to be clean, and if possible, they will try their best to make their own site refreshed. The tent of the manul has no smell at all; in addition, the human form of the manul is not much different from the fighting form, and it has changed. It doesn't increase much consumption. The cats are transformed into cat's form when they sleep... In this wicked backward world where work is never done, what is more decompressive and relaxation than holding a big cat and snoring!

Although Xiao Yun unrestrained snow werewolf as animal power, his pressure is actually very heavy!

It was noon when Xiao Yun was forced to wake up again by his growling stomach. Xiao Yun hungry, yawned and returned to the tribal open-air square. He took a look... Well, the snow werewolves woke up, and they were all sitting in a group, staring at the back of the manuals working over the two large stoves, waiting for a meal.

"Did everyone rest well?" Xiao Yun sat down over with smiling.

... The tribes responded a impassive face to him, and the ten new cubs looked at him with awe.

Xiao Yun doesn't nerveous, can he show cowardice at this time? Immediately looked around alfalfa sheaves deposited on the opened ground with happiness contented expression, feelings to affectionately: "so many enough pasture for our cattle and sheep for a long time, don't have to worry about drought, cattle and sheep pastures as usual is not enough to eat, really good ah ~" he narrowed his sparkling eyes look to the people with happily special sincere smile, showing eight teeth, "when you see the pasture, feel the hard work is worth it!"

... The 1,800 mu alfalfa field, even if the yield is less than one ton per mu, can produce more than 2 million carries of fresh forage. The open space in the north is full, and the tribe is almost submerged. Xiao Yun this took the lead, snow werewolves followed to look around, the joy of harvest and shock of the mood immediately dilute and drown the little grievances before- 1800 mu of land is a square kilometer of land more than a little,

how many days can cattle and sheep feed on such a large pasture?

Although it is very hard, but Ayun is right, it is worth it!

Snow werewolves with higher intelligence, such as the patriarch, Hongye, Qingyan (he was included), Dahe and Yu, could not help but calculate in their hearts: such a large alfalfa field can produce so much forage, then if grow more... How big a herd of cattle and sheep can that feed? !

And not to worry about the pasture being robbed or the dry weather blighting it!

It's exciting to think about it!

... Muscle soreness from all over the body soon dispelled these excited werewolves' unrealistic thoughts.

Xiao Yun smiled at the excited people. When they were almost happy, he added: "As I said before, alfalfa fields can be harvested three times a year. The stubble I let you leave before harvest will grow again in two months." He looked at work warrior Yu, and gave him a nice goal to avoid this guy and his clans leave the tribe "We can harvest the alfalfa twice before it gets cold," he said, "You can bring back the last harvest time. Your tribe will need it, which as a gift for your help."

"The same forage will be harvested twice..." The people suddenly felt a black eyes...

"..." Yu and his clans showed a mixture of pain and happiness expression too.