After taking the potatoes and sweet potatoes back to the storage room for storage, Chen Qi did not continue to harvest all the remaining crops at once.
"Ah Jing, can you help me pick these sweet potato leaves? Pick them like this." Chen Qi picked up a sweet potato vine to demonstrate to A Jing. Don't leave the stems that are too old, and only keep the tender parts and intact leaves.
Ah Jing nodded, and took the sweet potato vine from Chen Qi's hand.
Chen Qi gathered all the sweet potato vines together and let Ah Jing handle them. These sweet potato leaves can be eaten as vegetables, and the leaves may be a little too old and tough due to overgrowing, but they can't be thrown away for nothing. .
It was already dark, and there were paper lamps on several wooden lamp stands around the land for the convenience of lighting. Chen Qi filled each lamp with oil, replaced it with a new wick and lit it. A place is illuminated.
While Ah Jing was dealing with the sweet potato vines, Chen Qi dug up the pepper trees that had been plucked, and replanted pepper seeds in the place where the peppers were originally planted. The potato vines were piled up in the corner and spread out to dry, intending to dry them Then burn it as grass.
I used a cloth bag to pick up two bags from the place where the charcoal ashes were piled up, and sprinkled them finely on the land where potatoes and sweet potatoes had been dug up. These two things could not be planted immediately, and seedlings needed to be raised, so Chen Qi planned to use charcoal. Hui raises the land first.
After re-plowing the land that had been sprinkled with charcoal ash, Ah Jing had already picked all the sweet potato leaves.
Chen Qi found a few ropes and tied the picked sweet potato leaves according to a certain ratio. This batch of sweet potatoes grew well, and the leaves were not eaten by insects or withered yellow. After finishing all of them, there were more than 30 bundles. Chen Qi After leaving a few bundles for his own home, he gave a few bundles to Carlo next door, and the rest moved to Ali's house with A Jing.
"So many? Have you dug up all the sweet potatoes in your family? How is the harvest?" Ali asked in surprise looking at the sweet potato leaves in the two big backpacks.
"Well, I dug all of them, and the yield is not bad. There are five or six bags of potatoes. The growth cycle of these crops is not long. I should be able to harvest another batch before winter. Open up all the vacant land and plant some more.”
"This harvest is much better than our search on the plains. Tomorrow, I will bring some tribesmen to open the land with you. These things don't need to be taken care of. Just take the large uninhabited area from here to the gate of the city. It’s better to open up the land, so that not only potatoes and sweet potatoes, but also other things can be planted in large quantities.” Ali suggested.
Chen Qi nodded. He had collected a lot of seeds on the way to the Luoshui tribe this time. If there were so many lands, he could plant them all at once.
"Are you guys in a meeting?" Chen Qi looked through Ali and looked at the other people in the room. Except for Azhang and Ayan and Ayu who originally lived here, even Axu, Amin and Ashu from the Ake and Luoshui tribes were there.
Ah Shu noticed that Chen Qi was looking over, and quickly waved to him.
"We are discussing about going hunting tomorrow." A Zhang replied with a smile, "But I heard you said that you want to reclaim the land next door, why don't we change the hunting to the day after tomorrow." Otherwise, they are young and strong Once the hunting team left, it was unknown when they would get such a large piece of land.
"Sure, we haven't finished eating the fish we caught in the Chishui River today." Ah Shu raised his hand cheerfully. As a member of the Luoshui tribe, Ah Shu is actually not very interested in hunting in the forest, and he is more interested in animal meat. I like fish. Of course, he also knows that it is impossible not to hunt.
The others followed suit and nodded. Although the time was very short, every family in Qi Ze City had more or less crops planted in their yards, and they had already eaten them. Although it was not as attractive as the meat they ate for a long time, it was not Unacceptable, especially those well-cooked dishes, which are more attractive than meat. They also wanted to see how the people in Qi Ze City planted it. If they could plant it in their own tribe, they wouldn't have to worry about not being able to find food in winter.
"Will this disrupt your plans? Let's take our time to open up wasteland." Chen Qi knew that it was hard to find prey in the forest now, and the hunting teams would divide into two groups to enter in turn. Even in the forest, the prey returned from hunting in this way is barely enough for the daily consumption of the tribe, and there is not even any excess.
Now even the fish in the Chishui River have been tossed by orcs for so many months, it is difficult to catch them with a harpoon alone, and the method of fishing with bait can only depend on luck, after all, no one knows whether the fish is willing to take the bait .
"It's okay, we have been running to the forest every day for the past two months since you left, and tomorrow will be our vacation." Seeing Chen Qi's worry, Ake looked at the two big bags of sweet potato leaves in Ali's hand, Interjected: "And we don't lack food now, and you will distribute the crops you plant. You can't even help us open up wasteland."
Azhang also smiled and looked at Ayan and Amin who were sitting next to him, and added: "The people of Luoshui and Yanshan tribes still want to learn how to grow crops, so let them learn together."
"Indeed, the roasted sweet potato we ate yesterday tastes really good. I never knew that the root of this plant grows so big, and it's still edible." Remembering that yesterday, as soon as Ah Xu came back, he ran to the yard to dig A big sweet potato came back to roast, and Amin couldn't help but want him to go back and roast a few more now.
"Haha, those are planted directly, you will have to work hard to find them on the plains."
Seeing a few people start chatting about planting crops, Chen Qi was a little helpless, so he could only agree to let them help open up wasteland together. However, the land is so big, so naturally they can't all be cultivated into a large piece. It is still necessary to plan carefully, it is best Another well can be dug out, so that watering does not need to go to the school to fetch water all the time. Now the whole tribe only has one well that can be used, which is still too little.
After returning home, Chen Qi found that A Ze had returned.
Aze went out with the hunting team, but after entering the forest, he didn’t find any grapes along the way, so he separated from the hunting team. He walked deep into the forest by himself for a while, and finally picked enough grapes. The bag of grapes just came back, so I came back late.
Chen Qi didn't know that A Ze went deep into the forest alone, and he didn't know who went hunting today. He thought that A Ze came back with the hunting team. After all, he just saw A Ze when he left A Zhang's house. A female son came to look for Azhang, intending to let him distribute the prey.
"The grapes seem to be bigger this time." Chen Qi picked up a grape and looked at it. It was round and beautiful. It was darker in color than the previous batch of wine-making grapes, and there was more hoarfrost on it. After just wiping it casually, his hands were covered with dust, Chen Qi frowned, can this thing really make wine
Although a little skeptical, Chen Qi would not give up on wine easily. After picking out the intact grapes, they were processed according to the previous steps, and then put into the storage room to let them ferment slowly.
Aze picked a lot of fruits this time, brewing three large jars, and eating the rest as fruit, a little sour, but obviously sweeter, Chen Qi stole it from the corner of Aze's lips like a reward. kissed.
Ah Jing quickly covered the little wolf cub's eyes, and whispered into the little wolf cub's ear, "Little wolf, you can't learn this."
Aze, who heard Ajing's nagging, couldn't help the tips of his ears turning red.
Chen Qi and A Ze briefly talked about the matter of opening up wasteland and digging another well tomorrow. A Ze understood that he planned to go hunting with the hunting team tomorrow. There is a share of the prey, but Aze feels that it is a bit awkward to get something for nothing without paying.
Because of the newly harvested crops, Chen Qi directly roasted sweet potatoes and ate them at night, and didn’t even cook other food. Aze and Ajing were very happy. The newly dug sweet potatoes were very delicious when roasted. As a result, Carlo next door was at the window Seeing that Ake, who had just come back, also ran over to grab some food, causing Aze to roll his eyes.
"I want to eat it and roast it myself." Aze wrapped the last roasted sweet potato in a cattail leaf and stuffed it into Chen Qi's hands, then threw a few raw ones over to Carlo.
What a dear brother, Carlo pouted, and could only endure the smell of roasted sweet potatoes while turning over the charcoal ashes and burying the sweet potatoes in, then spread a layer of charcoal ash on top, and then spread the red carbon on top, This will prevent the sweet potatoes from getting burnt.
Chen Qi happily peeled the sweet potato in his hand, then handed it to A Ze's mouth for him to take a bite first, then brought it back to eat, but when he looked up, he found the chubby A Yao staring at the steam in his hand eagerly. Steamy roasted sweet potatoes.
Chen Qi blinked, and handed the sweet potato to A Ze's lips again. A Yao followed the movement of the sweet potato with his big eyes and looked over.
"Can Ah Yao eat these things now?" Chen Qi asked Ake.
Ake buried the other two sweet potatoes in the charcoal ashes, and replied, "That's fine, now he can even eat meat."
Chen Qi put the sweet potato in front of A Yao, A Yao's eyes lit up, and he quickly opened his small mouth and stretched his arms to take the delicious food. Chen Qi discovered that A Yao really had several small deciduous teeth growing in his mouth.
Chen Qi didn't pass the food directly to A Yao, but swayed triumphantly in front of him, and smiled mischievously, "My dear A Yao, can I give you a bite if you call Qiqi? "It's been so long since he's been back, he still hasn't heard this kid speak, so he misses it.
A Yao looked at the delicious food in front of him but couldn't eat it, his small mouth was flattened again, his big eyes seemed to be foggy, he looked back at his father and dad. Carlo was so engrossed in the roasted sweet potatoes in the fire that he didn't notice his son's little expression at all, while Ake went to pour water to make tea. Eating too much roasted sweet potatoes would make him tired, so it was time to drink some tea, which could Lowering the fire can also relieve greasy.
Seeing that his father and daddy ignored him, A Yao shifted his gaze to Chen Qi again, Chen Qi saw that the child just kept his mouth shut and ignored him, and made a gesture to take the roasted sweet potato back, "If you don't call me, I'll eat it myself " After finishing speaking, I really took a big bite, smashed my mouth, and commented, "It's delicious."
A Yao stood up with a "huh", rushed to Chen Qi, hugged his arms tightly with both hands, not letting him try to take a second bite, and if he took another bite, the delicious food would be gone.
Chen Qi watched the child's movements with amused expression, and handed the half-eaten sweet potato to the child, "You can eat it after calling Qiqi."
A Yao looked at the roasted sweet potatoes and then Chen Qi, looked at Chen Qi and then looked at the roasted sweet potatoes, it was best to move his lips and jaw a few times, and softly called out, "Qi Qi."
Chen Qi was stunned for a moment, and moved his ears closer, "I didn't hear you clearly just now, please shout again."
"Qiqi." This time, Ah Yao's voice was a little louder, causing other people to look this way, and then seeing Chen Qi handing the roasted sweet potato to A Yao with a face of surprise, he couldn't help but give Ah Yao Yao hugged her and smacked the other party's chubby face.
Ake's head was full of black lines, he took A Yao from Chen Qi's arms, tapped his little head, and scolded with a smile: "One baked sweet potato gave in, thanks to you, you are still my son."
A Yao didn't care so much, picked up the baked sweet potato that was no longer so hot, and took a big bite.
Well, it's delicious.