I'm involved in poverty alleviation in a primitive tribe.

Shrimp traps are modeled after fish traps, consisting of two parts: the shrimp inlet trap and the shrimp catcher trap. The overall shape is conical, with a sealed bottom. The diameter of the shrimp trap increases towards the top, and there is an opening at the very top.

To minimize the risk of large river animals accidentally crawling in and damaging her painstakingly woven shrimp traps, and to ensure she could catch more shrimp, Jiang Ning made the opening small and the trap very long to increase its capacity and accommodate more shrimp.

Moreover, such shrimp baskets can better maintain the vitality of river shrimp.

The shrimp trap is not much different from the shrimp fishing trap, except that it is smaller and shorter, and the bottom is not closed. The vines at the bottom spread out to block the shrimp, making it difficult for them to get out once they go in.

After the shrimp traps and shrimp cages were made, Jiang Ning placed the shrimp trap into the shrimp cage and secured it. Then, she tied a tough vine to the top as a guide rope, and the shrimp cage was complete.

Jiang Ning scooped up a few rock snails, took out the snail meat, smashed it, and put it into the shrimp traps along with some fish entrails that her tribesmen didn't want, as bait. She placed several shrimp traps in areas with lots of aquatic plants, weighed them down with stones, and made sure the river water completely submerged the traps, as shrimp are usually plentiful in such places. Finally, she secured the tow rope to the bank.

The next morning, Jiang Ning couldn't wait to go to Tianlang River to collect the shrimp traps. One of the shrimp traps had probably not been secured properly and had been washed away by the river.

The bait in the shrimp trap is gone; I don't know if it was washed away by the river or eaten by the shrimp.

There were a few shrimp in the shrimp trap, but they looked like they had been there for a long time and were barely alive. In addition, I unexpectedly found a stone snail attached to the shrimp trap.

This at least shows that her shrimp traps were pretty good; at least she could catch shrimp.

Jiang Ning further improved the shrimp traps, making the space inside larger so that the river shrimp had more room to move around, preventing them from being trapped and dying in the traps before she could collect them.

Baiya hadn't even been in its new cave for a few days when the hunting party returned. This time, they brought back over a dozen ferocious beasts; clearly, the hunt had been quite successful.

This is actually the normal harvest for the hunting team; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to support so many people.

The tribespeople gathered in the square to welcome the returning hunting party, and then each of them divided the prey into different parts.

After checking on the wounded warriors and Tianlang, Jiang Ning sought out the chieftain and the shaman, wanting to discuss something with them.

“The territory surrounding the tribe is very large. Could we set aside a piece of land, like planting sweet potatoes, to raise some docile animals? That way, ordinary tribesmen could eat meat regularly.”

After hearing Jiang Ning's words, Wu asked calmly, "What kind of pet do you want to raise?"

"Hunting teams one and two are now only hunting ferocious beasts. Ordinary people can't eat too much of it; only warriors can handle the meat of ferocious beasts."

“Ordinary tribesmen can only eat meat when the third and fourth teams return. Otherwise, they can only eat dried meat.” Seeing that they didn’t seem to be objecting, Jiang Ning forced himself to continue.

“I remember there were often some Reeves’ pheasants in the grass near the Tianlang River. We could weave a net like weaving a basket, choose a spot to enclose it, and catch some Reeves’ pheasants or something else to raise in it.”

There are chickens and poultry near the tribe, and the pheasant responsible for the tribe's diet is named after the long-tailed pheasant.

The long-tailed pheasants here have thick tail feathers, which makes it difficult for them to fly, and they love to hide in the grass. Sometimes, the tribe members take their tail feathers to make decorations.

However, the long-tailed pheasant is not very big, and after skinning it, there is not much left to eat. The warriors are too lazy to catch it in the grass, and ordinary tribesmen cannot go near the Sky Wolf River at will.

If we can fence off land near the tribe to raise Reeves' pheasants, we can not only eat their meat, but also have a steady supply of eggs to eat in the future.

"Or we could catch some of those big water buffaloes that we use to make horns and raise them so we can eat them whenever we want."

“Like the lotus pond we dug before, when the tribe’s warriors were fetching water, they would casually catch a river fish and throw it into the lotus pond to keep it alive. When they wanted to eat it, even ordinary tribesmen could easily catch fish from the lotus pond.”

"By raising more of them, our people can eat fresh meat anytime without having to wait for the hunting party to return, and they won't have to keep eating dried meat. We also won't have to worry too much about it being too hot to preserve in the summer."

The chief hesitated, "But what will we feed them? We don't even have enough to eat ourselves."

"We can raise some herbivorous animals first, and just feed them some grass. We can also have Sirius help guard the area."

“If we can raise the water buffalo to be obedient, we can tie the tools for turning the soil to the water buffalo and let the water buffalo turn the soil for us. In the future, our tribe will not have to work so hard.”

Jiang Ning has been researching various farm tools lately, hoping to make a plow to help turn the soil.

Now, the people of the Sirius tribe want to dig up and plant everything they see. The tribe has more and more things to plant, and the gathering teams have reduced the frequency of going out to gather, spending most of their time on planting.

She also considered using wolves to help plow the land. The wolves were connected to the tribe, and commanding them was much easier than commanding water buffaloes.

However, the wolves that the warriors had contracts with often went hunting with the hunting teams, and the unclaimed wolves were not so obedient.

“You’ve thought this through. Let’s do it this way. It was my oversight.” The shaman’s voice was a little hoarse. The development of the tribe had always been controlled by the shaman and the chief, and he had actually forgotten the needs of the ordinary tribesmen.

Once the shaman speaks, the chief usually won't object. "In that case, I'll have my people keep an eye out for suitable places and prey."

The tribe's salt reserves were running low, and last autumn, Chief Baishan personally led a hunting team to the seaside to collect salt.

Much of this salt was used to make jerky and pickles during the autumn harvest. Now, very little remains. Hongyue is leading a team to the seaside to collect more salt.

Salt is an essential resource in the tribe's life, and they already know its importance.

Not only can food not be preserved without salt, but people who don't eat salt for a long time will also become weak.

The hunting party brought many animal skin bags, which were made directly from the stomachs or bladders of wild animals. These bags could be used as water bags to hold water or salt.

Jiang Ning was thrilled to learn that the hunting team was going to the seaside to collect salt. She had never been to the seaside before, neither in her past life nor in this one.

For her, the seaside was a mysterious and dreamlike place, and she had always wanted to see it with her own eyes.