"We can plant some crops. We can plant some drought-resistant crops, but we can't plant crops like rice," Hu Jiaojiao explained.
Most of the seeds in the space are new and improved varieties.
The harvest time is faster than that of ordinary crops, and the taste is even better.
For example, drought-resistant crops will also have their drought resistance improved accordingly.
As long as there is water at all, there should be no problem.
After hearing what Hu Jiaojiao said, the clan leader finally felt relieved.
"Okay, I'll listen to you then."
Summer is coming soon and it's time to start planting new crops.
It would be a lie to say I'm not panicking.
"Jiaojiao, what should we plant in summer?" asked the patriarch.
"Wheat, cotton, corn and barley are all drought-resistant crops." After Hu Jiaojiao finished speaking, she explained to the patriarch the appearance and uses of these crops one by one.
Originally, beets were also drought-tolerant, but they had already been planted in the spring.
Beet cannot be eaten as a staple food, and there is not much use in planting too many, so Hu Jiaojiao does not plan to plant them in the summer.
Wheat can be eaten as a staple food, and cotton can be used to keep warm in winter. It can be made into clothes and worn inside animal skins to be even warmer.
Corn is easy to preserve, and barley is the main food crop in Tibet, so it is perfect for planting in the Orc world.
The patriarch was amazed to hear that there were so many kinds of crops that could be grown.
"Where can we find that kind of seeds..."
"I have the seeds. I'll just ask the orcs to go get them from me later."
Hu Jiaojiao can now "cheat" blatantly.
There was no need to even think of an excuse, the patriarch would never doubt the origin of these things.
Anyway, the Beast God is to blame for everything, and the orcs in the tribe have even regarded Hu Jiaojiao as the Beast God.
Being able to create so many things out of thin air and transform the tribe into what it is today, with so many contributions, in the eyes of the orcs, she is more popular and respectable than any orc they have never seen before.
The patriarch was overjoyed when he heard that he didn’t have to worry about the seeds.
He quickly called a few orcs and went to move the seeds with Hu Jiaojiao.
Just before going out, Hu Jiaojiao had taken out all the seeds and piled them in the yard.
The kids and Long Mo haven't come back yet.
Hu Jiaojiao directly asked them to move the seeds away.
Now all the orcs in the tribe can recognize simple Chinese characters. After Hu Jiaojiao told the tribe leader the planting methods and precautions, she also gave him a paper planting instruction to train the orcs' reading ability.
This way, when the orcs plant the same crops again in the future, they can directly remember them through the instructions even if they can't remember them.
Even if Hu Jiaojiao is not here, there will be no impact.
Hu Jiaojiao does not ask for civilization to progress overnight, she only hopes that after she is gone a hundred years later, the tribe can continue to develop.
At that time, the cubs will not have to go back to their previous primitive life.
The next few days.
There was no noticeable change in the weather.
In addition to teaching in the school, Hu Jiaojiao spends the rest of her time studying with the other females how to make sugar from beets.
Now that cloth is not so scarce in the tribe, the speed of production can barely keep up with the speed of use, and the females also have half a day to spare.
They all enjoyed making candies with Hu Jiaojiao.
Females have a natural sweet tooth.
They like to eat fruits because most of them are sweet.
Hu Jiaojiao had no experience in making sugar. She failed several times at first before she slowly figured out the trick and finally succeeded.
But what they made was sugar cubes, not processed white sugar.
Although it doesn't look that good, it is a rare delicacy in the eyes of orcs.
A few days passed in a flash.
Just when Hu Jiaojiao thought that this year's summer would be late, she was awakened by the heat early that morning.
When she woke up she was covered in sweat.
The animal skin clothes on his body and the bedding on his bed were all wet.
When Hu Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she felt as if she was in a steamer.
If you don’t know, you would think she is in the sauna room.
She raised her hand and wiped her face. As expected, her palms were wet with sweat.
"Is summer here? It's too sudden..."
Hu Jiaojiao muttered to herself as she sat up from the bed, and belatedly realized that Long Mo was not in the room.
Looking at the sky outside the window, it should still be morning and the sun has just come out.
It really is summer overnight!
Just as I was wondering, Long Mo walked in from outside.
He was holding a basin of water in his hand.
Hu Jiaojiao was so familiar with this scene. In the past, Long Mo would bring in hot water every day to wipe his face and wash him in winter. She didn't expect that it was still the same in summer now.
"Jiaojiao, you're awake. I just got some cold water from the well. Please wipe your face."
Hu Jiaojiao got up from the bed and looked at Long Mo.
Seeing that he was still wearing a fur skirt, his upper body was naked, and beads of sweat were appearing on his body, I knew that he had just got up.
"Why didn't you call me when you woke up?" Fox said coquettishly, taking out the linen clothes that had been prepared long ago from the closet and handing them to Long Mo.
"Go wash yourself and put on this. It's too hot to wear animal skins."
Although it has long been known that the climate in the orc world is harsh, especially in winter and summer.
But Hu Jiaojiao didn't expect that it would be so hot on the first day of summer.
If this continues, I don’t know how I’m going to get through the next six months.
Thinking of this, Hu Jiaojiao couldn't help but miss the air conditioner.
It’s a pity that even if she had space and everything in it, she couldn’t use the air conditioning here.
"Okay." Long Mo took the clothes and prepared to go to the backyard to rinse them before changing.
"By the way, are the cubs awake? Remember to remind them to change into new clothes." Hu Jiaojiao thought of the cubs and asked again.
"They're already up and changed." Long Mo had just come up from downstairs, and a few kids were already strolling downstairs in their new clothes.
Only then did Hu Jiaojiao feel relieved.
Although the orcs had gone through this before, she still wanted the cubs and Long Mo to live as comfortably as possible now.
After Long Mo left, Hu Jiaojiao wet the animal skin and wiped her face and body.
Then she changed into the linen skirt that she had sewn earlier.
The long skirt was of a loose style and felt light when worn. Compared with the animal skin, it looked like she was wearing nothing on her upper body.
Although Hu Jiaojiao has tried it before, it still feels different to wear it in such hot summer weather.
Fortunately, she thought of this in advance, otherwise she would only be able to wear thick animal skins now.
After Hu Jiaojiao changed her clothes, she went downstairs with the animal skin and basin she had just taken off.
As soon as I came down, I saw Long Mo standing in the yard wearing new clothes.
That simple linen clothes made his figure look even more upright.
His strong muscles were faintly visible under the thin linen.
Hu Jiaojiao even felt a little regretful about letting him wear new clothes. Isn't this inviting people to commit a crime