A guide to surviving in the world of beasts

Hu Yi's eyes were filled with heartache, but he knew that Su Ling would not agree to stop doing it. "Then you take a rest for two days. I will lead the tribesmen to reclaim some more wasteland."

Su Ling stopped humming and shook her head, "No, I have to lead everyone to grow seedlings tomorrow, we can't delay any longer, and we have to plant sweet potatoes too.

There are also corn, peppers, onions, ginger, garlic, oh, and radish seeds picked during the cold season.

There are so many things to do. We need to hurry up and plant during the warm season. The tribe has never planted before, so I have to lead everyone to plant. If I take a break, others won’t be able to do it either. I can still hold on for a while.”

Hu Yi also knew this was the case, and no one could do this for her, "I'll let you work hard this season, and after everyone has learned it, I won't let you be so tired in the future.

But after that, you just need to give us instructions and we can do it.”

“It’s just that reclaiming wasteland is tiring, but it will be much easier afterwards, so don’t worry.

Okay, it's much better now, no need to press it anymore, you've been busy all this time, come to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow." Su Ling patted the bed beside her to signal Hu Yi to lie down and sleep quickly.

Hu Yi lay down as he was told, thinking about the preparations he had made in private during this period, with a hint of smile in his eyes, hoping to give Su Ling a surprise at that time, "Then go to bed early, good night."

Su Ling skillfully rolled into Hu Yi's arms and found a comfortable position to lie down. "Good night."

Lang Ji and his family of three have now moved back. We have been too busy recently and have no time to dig a cave for them. The other tiger beastmen have already moved back to their own small caves, so the wolf beastmen will have to live in the big cave for a while and help them dig a cave after the spring planting.

However, Su Ling thought that there was no need to dig a cave, and they could just build a house directly. However, the house had not been built yet, and it would be useless to talk about it, so she did not say anything. The house had to be built first, and when the tribesmen saw the finished product, she didn't need to say much. When they saw the house, they would naturally see the benefits of the house and would think about building a house to live in.

Because Langfeng is still a newborn cub, it would be too noisy for them to live together in the big cave, so he decided to move back to Su Ling and their small cave for the time being.

Usually Wei takes care of the children in the cave and cooks for them. Wei has a great talent for cooking. As long as Su Ling tells her how to make food, Wei will try to make it, and the taste is very good.

So Su Ling was still very happy. Wei and the others continued to live here. When they came back they could eat delicious food and play with the cute cubs. She felt very satisfied.

*

The next day, just after breakfast at dawn, several people came to the tribal square and began to teach the people in the tribe how to plant.

Everyone in the tribe who could come had already gathered in the square, chatting in groups of three or four.

"Before, Hu Yi said that there would be something for everyone to do after the cold season. I thought it was something, but it turns out that he wanted us to plant together. If the planting is done well, then the tribe won't have to go out hunting and gathering anymore." Hu Shan whispered to Hu Li who was standing next to him.

Hu Li nodded and then shook his head, "It's probably not possible at the moment, but I think this goal should be achievable within a few famine years."

"I hope that day will come sooner." Hushan said, looking into the distance.

During the discussion, we saw Hu Yi and his companions walking towards this side.

"Su Ling, what are we going to do today? Are we going to reclaim wasteland?" Someone asked when they saw several people arriving.

"The wasteland is enough for now. Today I will teach you how to grow corn and sweet potatoes." Su Ling replied when he heard the question.

Another orc who heard this asked, "Is it the same as yesterday when we spread rice seeds in the paddy field?"

"No. Planting rice is a different method from these. Just follow me."

Yesterday, Su Ling brought Hu Yi and several tribesmen to scatter the rice seeds that had sprouted into the rice nursery field.

After the rice seeds are sown, they need to be allowed to grow to about seven or eight centimeters in the nursery field before they can be transplanted. This takes about twenty days.

There are about 100 kilograms of rice seeds. Based on the estimate that 2.5 kilograms can plant one acre of paddy field, these rice seeds should be able to plant 40 acres of land.

Because it is the first time to plant rice, I don’t know how many times I can harvest rice in a year. If I plant it now, I don’t know if I can plant another season before the cold season after this season’s rice is harvested. Of course, it would be best if I can harvest it, but there is nothing I can do if I can’t.

However, if the rice harvest this season is good, the planting yield can be increased in the next season, and rice freedom can be achieved in just a few seasons.

After Su Ling finished speaking, Hu Yi stepped forward and said, "Okay, everyone, be quiet for a moment. Su Ling will teach you how to plant later. Have you brought the seeds?"

"Chief, the seeds have been brought and are right here." Hu Li turned sideways and moved the seeds that were placed on the ground behind him.

Hu Yi nodded after seeing it, turned to Su Ling, and asked, "Is there anything else you need to explain?"

Su Ling didn't have anything to say, so she shook her head and said, "There's nothing to say now. When we get to the fields, I'll teach you how to plant."

Since Su Ling had nothing to say, Hu Yi told everyone to take the seeds and necessary tools with them and set off.

When they arrived at the cultivated land, Su Ling first taught everyone how to plant sweet potatoes. Since sweet potatoes need to be planted by cuttings of sweet potato vines, now all they have to do is bury the sweet potato pieces in the soil, which doesn't take much time.

Pick out the sprouted sweet potatoes in the cave, cut them into small pieces in advance, bury them with the buds facing up in moist soil, and cover them with five or six centimeters of soil. It will take about a month for the sweet potato vines to grow.

When the vines grow up, pull them out and plant them using the cutting method.

Compared to rice and sweet potatoes, corn only needs one planting process. The land has been fertilized in advance, and the corn is evenly spread on the land. The spacing between the corns is kept between 30 to 40 centimeters, and the row spacing is between 80 to 90 centimeters. Two to three corn seeds are placed in each nest.

After sowing the corn seeds, just cover them with a thin layer of soil.

After all the seeds were planted, a drizzle began to fall from the sky.

Su Ling was originally worried that if it didn't rain after the corn was planted, they would have to fetch water to irrigate the fields. Unexpectedly, the weather was good, saving them a lot of effort.

The first stage of planting has come to an end and we can take a good rest for a few days.

But what made Su Ling depressed was that although she had nothing to do these few days, Hu Yi went out early and came back late every day, and no one knew what he was busy with.