Traveling through the primitive world: I was a priest in the tribe

Chapter 111 Planting 4

After hearing this, Dashu felt happy and smiled even more. "Priest, when are we going to dig the potatoes? Can we plant them right after we dig them out? And how do we plant the corn and pumpkin you mentioned?"

This person is so anxious.

Jilang washes potatoes every day and puts them in the cave. Many of them have sprouted and can be cut and planted directly. However, the seeds of corn and pumpkin have to be dried first, as wet seeds will easily rot if buried directly in the soil.

"Let's plant potatoes in the next two days. I've prepared everything. You can divide up the land that has been dug. I'll tell you how to dig holes and plant later. Plant the potatoes first, and then open up other land. This way, you won't be too rushed."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to the priest." Dashu was very flattering.

Ji Lang's face was full of black lines, "You don't have to keep calling me priest, just call me by my name Ji Lang."

The tree waved his hand and refused, "How can this be done? A priest is a priest, and he cannot just shout at him casually."

……

Fine.

Knowing that it was useless to talk, Ji Lang stopped struggling and said, "Then come over after dinner. I'll teach you how to plant potatoes."

In the outer yard, Li and Ye were washing the wild vegetables they had collected in the morning. There were also some seedlings they had dug up, which they would plant in the ground so that they could be picked and eaten directly from the fields in the future.

They collect many types of plants, and the small ones can be dried directly. After they are dried, they can be washed when they are ready to eat.

Some of them are larger in size and need to be cleaned, cut into small pieces and then dried. This way they are easier to dry and cleaner.

Recently their pace of life has slowly returned to its previous pace, going out to gather and hunt in the morning and cleaning up and doing chores at home in the afternoon.

"By the way, Aunt Li, did you go to check on the flour-fruit trees this morning? How are the fruits this year?" Ji Lang asked. Because of the previous drought, he was worried that the flour-fruit trees would produce fewer fruits this year, which would mean a large loss of staple food during the cold season.

"They are very good." Li smiled and pointed to the basket beside him. "Sa even climbed up the tree to pick some. These are fresh and when you crack them open, the water inside is delicious."

Wow, that tree is tall and the trunk is slippery, just like a coconut tree, and Sa Shi can actually climb up it, which is amazing.

I wonder if fresh noodles will be like coconuts and if the coconut milk inside will be as delicious.

Thinking of this, he immediately took action, "Let me have a taste."

He looked around for a while and asked, "Where is Xiaoman, and where are those little guys?" It was just after lunch, and Uncle Lin should be resting. Usually these children would play outside.

Lan smiled, raised her chin, and pointed to the next yard. "I took the ham you gave me and went to see Damao. I ran over there this morning, but Grandma Xue wasn't there. So now I'm there again."

Xiang Xiang spoke again with a tone of admiration, "Grandma Xue is really amazing. When I went to see her yesterday, Damao was able to struggle to get up. To be honest, when I saw Damao in that state last time, I was worried that it would not survive."

Hearing this, Li also said, "It's amazing that Da Mao survived despite such a serious injury." He then asked Lan curiously, "Why did you go to find her?"

Lan pursed her lips and spoke softly, "My stomach felt uncomfortable and I thought I was pregnant, so I wanted her to check it out for me, but...she checked and said it wasn't me. I was injured when I gave birth to Chuan before, and she told me to take good care of myself, otherwise I might not be able to have children in the future."

Women in the tribe give birth to children mostly for the purpose of having someone to rely on in the future. The more children they give birth to, the easier it will be to raise several children together when they are old, and they won't have too much of a burden. However, people here don't know how to take care of their bodies, and many of them damage their bodies when giving birth. Let alone providing for their old age, it's hard to say whether they can live to old age.

Lan was not worried about getting old. She just loved Sa Shi's two little cubs very much and wanted to have another one, so she was looking forward to it.

I felt stomach discomfort and thought I was pregnant, but it turned out I was overthinking.

Li was a little worried. "Are you feeling very uncomfortable? Do you want to take some herbs?"

"It's okay. Grandma Xue gave me some medicine and told me to drink a little every day and I'll be fine." Lan waved her hand and said nonchalantly, without stopping washing the vegetables.

Ji Lang pointed to the sink in front of her and said, "We say that if a woman has a stomachache, she should avoid cold water."

"It's okay. The water has been exposed to the sun for a long time. It's warm, not cold."

While the few people were chatting and laughing, Ji Lang was not idle either. He changed several tools before he finally chiseled a hole in the dough fruit in his hand. It was really a disaster. When the dough fruit was dry, it would crack if you punched it. But now, if he punched it, his fist would probably crack.

Anyway, they were all family, so he didn't care about being laughed at. He just scooped it up and poured it into his mouth. The juice was sweet and a little cool, but it also had a bit of grassy taste. It wasn't a very pleasant taste, but in this era when there was no milk tea or cola, it was a good drink.

"Father! What are you drinking secretly?" Xiaoman ran in from the door and saw Ji Lang holding a bowl of noodles.

This kid, what do you mean by secretly? He is drinking openly.

The little guy came over and said, "Father, I want to drink too."

"Okay, okay, I'll give it to you." Ji Lang held up the noodle fruit and poured it to Xiaoman who opened her mouth and cried for food.

I don’t know if it was because Jilang drank from the wrong angle or because the hole he chiseled was blocked by the noodles and fruit beans inside, but very little juice came out. But when it came, it directly washed Xiaoman’s face.

Jilang: ...

Xiaoman:......

Wu and Xiaochuan who came back with Xiaoman: ...they originally wanted to drink, but suddenly they gave up.

Afraid that he might choke, Ji Lang quickly put down the fruit and pulled Xiao Man over to look at him, "Are you okay?"

Xiaoman was a very open-minded child. He stretched out his tongue and licked the juice still stuck on his mouth. "Father, it's so sweet~"

"Little glutton." Ji Lang couldn't help but flick his head. "Come on, let's go into the house and get some cups so we can drink together."

"By the way, how is Damao? Can he eat ham now?" Ji Lang took Xiaoman to the yard and asked Wu, who was following behind him with a big noodle in his arms.

"Yes, but he can only eat a little. Grandma Xue doesn't allow me to feed him too much." Wu rarely showed a smile on his face. Although he was not talkative and his personality was not very lively, he liked Liefeng and the puppies very much. He was happy to see Damao getting better.

It won’t be long before I can take Da Mao out to play again.

In the yard, Ye was chopping wood at the door of the woodshed. He usually used firewood to make medicine for Uncle Lin. Every time some firewood was used up, he would go and chop some more to make up for it. Maybe because the two kittens were taken out for a walk yesterday, they became a lot braver. Today, they unexpectedly ran into the yard, jumping and chasing the leaves in the yard.

But he was still a little afraid of people. When he heard someone coming in, he immediately jumped to the side and looked curiously into the doorway from the corner of the wall.

Ye looked over with some amusement and found that it was Ji Lang. Looking at the noodle fruit in his hand, he knew what he was going to do and immediately went over. He knew a good way to open the green noodle fruit.

The hunting team hasn't returned yet. They are basically out all day now. Although there are more people working, there are also more people eating. Prey often appears in those few places, so they don't catch much even with more people. Moreover, Qing Jiu also wants to expand the territory so that he can catch more prey.

In such a hot day, Ji Lang felt himself sweating just by walking a few steps from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard, not to mention the hunters who were chasing and running outside for the whole day. You can imagine how hard it is, but this is the world, otherwise you will just starve.

Last time, Da Mao was injured, so I cut his fur and he felt much more comfortable. Later, seeing Liefeng, Ermao and Sanmao panting every day due to the heat, and not as lively as before, Ji Lang couldn’t bear it and cut all their fur. However, he didn’t cut all of it, because after all, they often go out, and some fur can protect themselves, so Ji Lang left a thin layer.

However, it originally looked a bit like a thin dog, and it looked good with some hair. But after the hair was cut, coupled with Ji Lang's shabby skills, it was so ugly that it was unbearable to look at.