Peaceful days always pass quickly, and in a blink of an eye, autumn is here.
End of August.
Jiang Xuan walked in the vast crop fields, looking at the crops that were mature or about to mature, and he felt a sense of satisfaction and pride in his heart.
As the population grew, the planting teams became larger and larger, and more and more wasteland was opened up. Without measuring tools, Jiang Xuan could no longer figure out how much crop land the Teng tribe had.
Bamboo wheat is a new variety traded from the Black Tooth Tribe this year.
This kind of wheat looks like a small bamboo, but the leaves are much wider, and after forming ears, it looks a bit like sorghum.
Jiang Xuan picked a green-skinned bamboo wheat from a bunch of plump wheat ears, put it in his mouth and bit it. He heard a "crack" sound as the wheat grain was bitten into pieces.
Jiang Xuan chewed it, nodded and said: "It seems that this kind of bamboo wheat is green, will not turn yellow, and is ready for harvest."
Gan Song stood next to Jiang Xuan and said with a smile: "I feel mature too, so I will lead people to harvest in the afternoon."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "I will have people work harder to weave reed mats. If the weather is good, the harvested bamboo and wheat will be dried in the sun and then moved into the granary."
Cereal grains are more troublesome in this regard. They require a lot of effort to dry, otherwise they cannot be stored for a long time and will become moldy.
Tuberous foods such as round potatoes and stone eggs do not have this kind of trouble. You can just dry the mud on them and then find a warehouse or cellar to store them.
The previous month, the Teng tribe built two more large granaries, and now they are waiting for these new grains to be put into the warehouses.
Just as Jiang Xuan was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something, so he turned around and said, "By the way, for each kind of grain and vegetables, select the best and fullest ones and save them. After the autumn harvest, the tribe will hold a big sacrifice."
As soon as he heard the word "Great Sacrifice", Gan Song's eyes lit up.
The Great Sacrifice is the most important day of the year for the tribesmen, even more important than the New Year celebrations in Jiang Xuan's previous life.
On the day of the Great Sacrifice, the entire tribe will dress up and prepare abundant sacrifices to worship the totem god.
After the totem god enjoys the sacrifices, he often turns more ordinary tribesmen into warriors, enhancing the overall strength of the tribe.
The tribesmen provide sacrifices and devout faith to the totem god, and the totem god provides shelter to the tribesmen and improves the overall strength. Both parties benefit.
"Don't worry, chief. I will definitely choose the best grains and vegetables as sacrifices to satisfy the Vine God."
Jiang Xuan nodded and walked towards the new granary.
There is a large flat area outside the new granary, which is specially set aside for drying.
Now, this flat land is covered with reeds.
The women in the clothing workshop, as well as the men Jiang Xuan transferred from other places, are all working hard to weave large reed mats.
The southern wasteland is humid and rainy, so it is impossible to dry food directly on the ground.
Since there was no cement, there was no way to harden the ground, so a large number of reed mats were woven for drying grain.
When drying on reed mats, one is relatively clean and isolates moisture from the ground, and the other is that once it rains, it will be harvested faster.
It rains a lot in the Southern Wilderness, so drying the grain is quite troublesome. It often takes a long time to dry the food, and when you see it is about to rain, you have to put it away again, which is very hard work.
Fortunately, the time for harvesting and drying is not very long every year. It is only the hard work of autumn harvest. After the autumn harvest is over, the planting team is basically free.
Since Poria is about to give birth, Feng Cao is now in charge of the clothing workshop, and the people who weave reed mats are naturally under her control.
Jiang Xuan walked up to Fengcao and asked: "How many reed mats have been woven now?"
Fengcao raised his head, wiped the sweat that was about to flow into his eyes, and said: "Go back to the leader, we have woven more than fifty reed mats now."
"Okay, the planting team has started to prepare for the autumn harvest. Make sure there are enough reed mats, otherwise the grain will not be dried and we will be in trouble."
Feng Cao said with firm eyes: "Don't worry, leader, we will definitely be able to weave enough reed mats to dry all the food."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "Everyone, please work hard. After the autumn harvest is completed, I will give some rewards to each of you."
"Thank you, chief."
After Fengcao finished speaking, he continued to weave the reed mat. This was a very time-consuming job, so you must seize the time.
Jiang Xuan looked at the semi-finished reed mats and the finished reed mats again, and found no problems.
He is quite satisfied with this. Feng Cao's ability is indeed very good, he can manage so many people obediently, and he also controls the quality very well.
Jiang Xuan went to the breeding area again and asked Dajiao to select suitable livestock and poultry as sacrifices in advance and raise them well.
Dajiao was already familiar with this kind of thing, and he agreed confidently.
Later, Jiang Xuan went to the hunting team and fishing team respectively to tell them to find suitable sacrifices.
These teams all took action one after another, working hard for the tribe's great sacrifice.
That afternoon, the autumn harvest of the Vine Tribe officially began.
Both the tribe members and the captives participated in this busy autumn harvest.
Everyone divided the work and cooperated. Some people were responsible for harvesting, some were responsible for pulling the grain off the straw, some were responsible for carrying it, and some were responsible for drying.
Although the autumn harvest is tiring, everyone's faces are filled with joyful smiles.
Food is always the most important thing to tribal people.
This year's bumper harvest means that the people of the Teng tribe don't have to worry about going hungry anymore.
Even the captives worked harder after discovering that the Teng tribe's food was piling up like mountains.
At the same time, more people are eager to get rid of their status as captives and truly join the Vine tribe.
Because in the Vine tribe, they saw the hope of living and living better!
For the tribesmen, hope is not those illusory dreams, but food, clothing, houses within reach, and a strong tribe that can protect them.
With these things, we don’t have to live a precarious life, and we have hope and hope for the future.
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On the sixth day of September, after nearly ten months of pregnancy, Poria and Uncaria's child was finally born.
That night, Poria was sleeping when she suddenly screamed, waking Uncaria from her sleep.
"What's wrong, what's wrong?"
Uncaria used the light of the fire to see Poria's painful face.
"Hurry, go and ask a witch, our child seems to be born."
"Okay, just hold on, I'll go ask a witch right away."
Uncaria grabbed the clothes casually, then picked up a torch in the corner of the room and lit it. He ran outside and randomly put the clothes on his body.
He hurriedly ran towards the bamboo forest, but as soon as he entered, he was stopped by the guards.
The bamboo forest of the Teng tribe not only has an altar, but also has leaders and shamans living there, so it is very heavily guarded, especially at night.
"Captain Undo, where are you going so late?"
"Fu Ling is about to give birth. I'm going to ask the witch for help."
When the soldiers of the guard heard this, they did not dare to delay. They immediately asked two soldiers to accompany Uncaria and ran into the bamboo forest and arrived outside Chishao's yard.
"Dong dong dong..."
"Witch, witch..."
Uncaria knocked on the door and shouted anxiously.
"Come right away."
In the house, Chi Shao immediately got up from the bed and opened the door.
When tribal warriors knock on the door in the middle of the night, it's probably because something urgent has happened.
"Squeak..."
After the yard gate was opened, Uncaria immediately explained the situation.
"Wait a minute, I'll go in and get something."
Chi Shao hurried back to the bamboo house, lit a big candle, and took some medicine. Then, under the protection of the guards, he left the bamboo forest and ran to the house where Uncaria lived.
In another courtyard, Jiang Xuan got up immediately when he heard such a loud noise and followed him there.
After arriving outside the house where Undou lived, Chi Shao led a female warrior inside, while Jiang Xuan, Untou and the others could only stay outside.
The tribal people's bodies are relatively strong, not to mention that Poria has long since become a warrior, so generally there will be no problems in giving birth.
To be continued...