Jiang Xuan will observe the red crystal rice seeds hanging on the beams every day, hoping that they will germinate smoothly.
On the first day, the second day, and the third day, there was no movement from the seeds.
Jiang Xuan felt a little anxious. Isn't the method of soaking in water to accelerate germination feasible?
But the bubbles have already been soaked, and he has no choice but to continue to wait patiently.
It wasn't until the fifth day that Jiang Xuan got up early in the morning and opened the animal skin bag. He unexpectedly found that almost all the red crystal rice in the animal skin bag had grown buds, and the sizes were almost the same.
"It turns out there was not enough time. I thought it was ruined."
Jiang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. He picked up a seed and observed it carefully for a moment, then put it back into the animal skin bag with satisfaction.
Then, he took off his animal skin bag and walked out to the prepared paddy field.
This small animal skin bag of red crystal rice is used as a test product. It will be planted in paddy fields after germination.
The other red crystal rice has been planted in the ground according to the original method, but has not sprouted yet.
"Chief, has the red crystal rice germinated successfully?"
Not far away, Gan Song saw Jiang Xuan approaching and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire. He was very concerned about the soaked seeds.
"It worked, look."
Jiang Xuan opened the animal skin bag and revealed the plump red crystal rice seeds inside, each of which sprouted a bud.
Gan Song picked up a seed, looked at it happily for a long time, and said, "It's really sprouted, it's great."
Jiang Xuandao: "You can plant it now."
"Plant now."
Jiang Xuan and Gan Song came to the paddy field.
The paddy field has been divided into many rows, and a drainage ditch will be dug between the two rows.
Now, most of the water in the paddy fields has been drained away. There is only a small amount of water in the drainage ditch, but the soil is very moist.
Jiang Xuan went to the field with his bare feet, and then, together with the nard, planted the red crystal rice seeds in the animal skin bag into the field one by one.
Red crystal rice plants are very tall and cannot be planted as densely as rice. Sufficient spacing must be maintained.
Therefore, although there was not a lot of red crystal rice in Jiang Xuan's animal skin bag, after planting it all, he planted more than half an acre of land.
After planting, Jiang Xuan and Gan Song washed the mud from their hands and feet by the stream.
Jiang Xuandao: "We have just planted them now. We cannot irrigate the fields. Just keep water in the ditch. Once these red crystal rice take root and grow firmly, we will start trying to irrigate them."
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and then said: "It's not safe to irrigate the entire field. Let's do this. After they take root and are firm, you surround the two red crystal rice plants with mud. Try filling them with water first and see if the red crystal rice plants are there."
Will you drown?"
"If the red crystal rice is drowned, it means that the water cannot submerge its roots. If it is not drowned, it can continue to grow, which means that it is not afraid of water and can irrigate the entire field."
Gan Song nodded at the side and said: "Chief, I have written it all down."
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, these red crystal rice are only a small part. It doesn't matter even if the experiment fails, we can still harvest a large amount of red crystal rice in autumn."
"Of course, it would be best if it succeeds, which proves that our idea is right. If the yield in the paddy fields is higher than that in the fields, that would be even better."
After listening to Jiang Xuan's words, Gan Song was already looking forward to the scene of the harvest of red crystal rice in the paddy fields.
"Okay, I'm going back first. You should pay more attention to the paddy field."
"Don't worry, chief, I will take good care of these red crystal rice."
Jiang Xuan washed his hands and feet and turned to leave. Gan Song was looking forward to the germinated red crystal rice growing up quickly and hoping that the paddy field experiment would be successful.
Jiang Xuan's mood was not as nervous as Gan Song's.
The fruits of red crystal rice are in the shape of ears of wheat. One plant can produce several ears, and one plant can have hundreds of them. Each red crystal rice is as big as a red date, and the yield is incredibly high.
As long as there are no natural or man-made disasters and the red crystal rice can grow and mature normally, the Vine Tribe will have a huge harvest this year. The red crystal rice alone is estimated to be able to fill the existing granary.
If the harvest of other grains is also good, a granary will have to be built.
Therefore, Jiang Xuan can accept half an acre of red crystal rice in the experimental field, whether it is success or failure.
Back in the yard of the bamboo forest, Jiang Xuan walked into the house and took out two other important seeds, namely colored peppers and black bean beans.
These were things that the old witch brought back from other places last year. They were not in large quantities. After being dried by Jiang Xuan, they were stored in clay pots.
He first opened the first clay pot and took out a bunch of dried colored peppers.
Colorful peppers are colorful, and almost every fruit is different. They are extremely spicy. Jiang Xuan tried it himself last year.
Jiang Xuan guessed that the colored pepper was one of the native peppers in the Southern Wilderness, but he didn't know what its yield was.
People who like chili will not like the spicy food, but people who don't like it will avoid it.
Jiang Xuan happens to be the kind of person he likes. He has missed this exciting taste for a long time.
"Gaba..."
Jiang Xuan broke off a dry colored pepper the size of his thumb, and a pungent and spicy smell suddenly filled the air. At the same time, the seeds inside were also exposed.
Colored pepper seeds are similar to the pepper seeds Jiang Xuan saw in his previous life. They are very small. A thumb-sized colored pepper can contain dozens of seeds.
Jiang Xuan gently scraped off the seeds, then broke open another colored pepper and continued scraping the seeds.
After scraping a bunch of dried colored peppers, Jiang Xuan got hundreds of seeds.
He took these seeds to the vegetable patch in the yard.
This vegetable patch has been cleaned up a long time ago, with gravel, tree roots, bamboo roots, and grass roots all picked up almost completely.
At the same time, Jiang Xuan dug a lot of black fertile soil from the forest and covered it with a layer on the vegetable plot.
He squatted in the vegetable field, patiently planting dozens of colorful pepper seeds one by one, and covering them with a thin layer of soil.
As for the remaining pepper seeds, according to the principle that eggs cannot be put in one basket, they will be planted in different crop fields. Even if one place is not good, there are other places that can make up for it.
After all, there are only so many colored pepper seeds. If you plant them together, if something unexpected happens, it will be too late to cry.
After planting, he patiently covered the vegetable field with a layer of hay, which could keep the pepper warm and moisturizing, allowing the pepper seeds to germinate and grow faster.
Afterwards, he went to other crop fields, planted colored peppers one by one, and asked the soldiers of the planting team to take good care of them.
Then, he returned to the yard and opened the second jar.
This jar contains about fifty or sixty black beans, each one as big as a quail egg, as round as a black pearl, and as black as a translucent.
Beans are also one of the important food crops. Although they cannot be used as a staple food, they can provide people with high-quality protein. Eating them regularly is good for the body.
The Vine tribe currently has no beans crops, so these black beans carry Jiang Xuan's hope.
He even thought that if black beans could be grown successfully, he would find a way to find a stone cutter to get a stone grinder, so that he could grind soy milk to drink, or even try to make tofu.
When Jiang Xuan thought of the fresh tofu and sweet soy milk, he couldn't help but lick his lips, thinking about the delicious taste.
He walked to the vegetable patch in the yard, carefully planted half of the black beans, and planted the other half into the fertile crop land.
After planting the colored peppers and black beans, Jiang Xuan erected a tall fence to surround the vegetable field in order to prevent the glutinous rice balls from getting in and causing damage.
After closing the fence door, Jiang Xuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is much safer."
"Hey..."
At this moment, the glutinous rice balls that went out to hunt came back and landed in the yard.
It actually caught a big python in its claws!
The boa constrictor is as thick as a small bucket, seven or eight meters long, and has complex patterns on its body, but its head has been pecked to pieces by glutinous rice balls.
"You really have a soft spot for catching snakes."
Jiang Xuan looked at the big python, a little dumbfounded.
Tangyuan is growing bigger and bigger, and its height has far surpassed Jiang Xuan's, with a wingspan of eight meters. If the bamboo shed hadn't been built so big, it might not have been able to accommodate it.
But its habit of catching and eating snakes has not changed at all.
"Hey..."
Tangyuan picked up the big python, placed it in front of Jiang Xuan, and pecked the middle part.
"Give me half?" Jiang Xuan asked.
To be continued...