The creation of farming cards

Di Wen tied one end of all the thin ropes to the thicker rope at even intervals. After tying, he found that there were some thick ropes left, so he took some thin ropes to make up for it.

The thick rope on the edge is roughly estimated to be about two meters long, which is just right for laying on the bed in Diwen's house.The width is enough, as for the length... If the thin rope is not long enough, it will be connected from the middle.

Di Wen carefully selected some longer grasses, took out three and twisted them into one strand, then folded them in half from the middle.Finally, put the half-folded part over the edge of the thin rope and then cross the opposite sides so that the half-folded part of the hay wraps the thin rope.Go around the second thin rope and cross again, and so on until the thin rope on the other side crosses again, fold back the hay on both sides, and push the first row of braided hay to the top next to the thick rope .

Continue to weave the second and third rows according to the method of weaving the first row, until the length you want is reached.

Since the hay used is three strands twisted into one strand, if there is not enough hay in the middle, it can be twisted with another knot in advance. No knots are needed, and there will be no knotty knots on the straw mat.

The people sitting beside Di Wen rubbing the rope didn't know what Di Wen was doing before, but because Di Wen was the patriarch, there must be a reason for her doing things, so they didn't dare to ask more.Only Di Ye and Di Xi stopped their work, sat beside Di Wen and watched, asking a few questions from time to time, and they were able to help in the end.

Gradually, a big straw mat appeared in Di Wen's hands, and everyone was amazed to see it.Until Di Wen said that this is called a straw mat, which is used for people to sleep on, everyone is eager to try it.

After all, the beds in everyone’s house are now set up with shelves and stuck on top of them with thin and dense branches. When lying down, not to mention rough, the feeling of unevenness is really enough.At this stage, those with animal skins can spread animal skins, while those without animal skins can only spread large leaves.But the big leaves often fall off as soon as they turn over, and they break after sleeping for a few days. How can they be as neat, beautiful, soft and firm as the straw mats woven by the patriarch?

Seeing that the weaving was almost done, Di Wen took the straw mat into his bed and compared it, and found that the straw mat was a little longer.So Di Wen removed the last few rows and left a place for a thick rope.Finally, tie another thick rope tightly to the other end, and a straw mat made by Datong is completed.

Usually when sleeping, Di Wen and Wen Erbai were alone on one side, sleeping in the middle with the three little girls guarded. Later, because of the addition of a fruit, the bed was expanded to [-] times the original size.So even if a little girl is added, it feels more spacious, so that Di Wen and Wen Erbai, who are sleeping on both sides, will not be afraid of being caught by the thick rope when turning over.

Di Wen rolled up the finished grass mat and stood it on one side of the wall, and found a lot of dry grass to fill the gaps in the middle of the branch bed boards one by one, and then spread a thin layer of dry grass on top.Then spread the straw mat on it, and tie the ends of the thick ropes specially left on both sides to the four corners of the bed to prevent it from slipping away while sleeping.Finally, even the gap between the straw mat and the wall was filled with hay to prevent moisture.

Get it!

Di Wen raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, expressing his satisfaction with his new work.Because of the abundant time, the straw mat was woven very carefully, which was already the best in terms of her hands-on ability.

"Patriarch, can I try?" Di Ye's group of four had been with Di Wen the longest, so it would be relatively courageous to get close to her.So when everyone had this thought, only Di Ye said it.Even Di Xi, who is usually reserved, looked expectantly at Di Wen beside Di Ye.

Only then did Di Wen find out that not only Di Ye and Di Xi were in the room, but even those tribesmen who dared not come in were looking in at the door, so he generously agreed: "Go."

After getting Di Wen's permission, Di Ye and Di Xi touched their hands first, then lay down and rolled around twice, and when they got down, their eyes looking at Di Wen turned into star eyes again, which somewhat made Di Wen feel uncomfortable. too used to it.

When there were only her and Yeyanxi's four clansmen in the past, they would indeed show such expressions whenever they made something new.But since Wen Erbai came, Di Wen has given her full authority to develop technology. Instead, he hunts in the forest every day and rarely stays in the tribe.Seeing such an expression after such a long time, Di Wen felt inexplicably embarrassed.

Originally, I wanted all the curious clansmen to try it, but Di Wen was afraid of seeing a group of people with that kind of expression, so she just waved her hand and let everyone go back to work. She will go out later and teach everyone how to weave This straw mat.

Everyone heard the words, thinking that their family would sleep on such a straw mat soon, and everyone went back to rub the rope as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

Different from the excitement of the clansmen, Di Wen quickly realized that this straw mat can only be used in summer like this. It is nothing more than lying comfortably, and there is no need to cover it with a quilt in this season.If it's winter and there are no warm clothes and bedding, Di Wen really doesn't know how to arrange these tribesmen.I don't know how cold this place will be in winter. If it is more than ten to twenty degrees below zero... According to the current situation, it would be good to have one third of the winter left.

The thermal insulation materials that can be obtained at present, in addition to various animal furs and feathers of various poultry, are the hairs of pointed-eared velvet rabbits.Among them, although animal fur and feathers have accumulated a lot during this period, they can only meet the needs of a few people when they really make warm materials.The number of point-eared velvet rabbits is too small, even if they are all killed, there will not be enough for the time being.

If only there was a lot of cotton.

Thinking of these, Di Wen still felt worried.

Recently, Wen Erbai didn't see anyone during the day, and he thought of it with Di Wen, so he took the exploration team out every day to find some plants. The first thing to bear the brunt was to find cotton or something that could replace cotton. But after so long, Tribal Tian The types of edible wild vegetables in the garden have increased a lot, and things like cotton don't even know where their shadows are.

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In contrast, Bu Nuan went much smoother.

The success is reflected in the fact that Bu Nuan found a plant that could replace cotton in the depths of the nearby forest within a few days after the arrival of the new tribe.

Unlike cotton grown in the field, it is not a crop, but the fruit of a tree.This kind of tree Bunuan was once mentioned by the professor in the elective course of Botany in Ten Thousand Worlds. Because it usually grows in the original plane and has no fixed name, the Space-Time Order Bureau named it a simple and easy-to-remember according to the characteristics of its fruit. - Cotton tree.

The growth of the cotton tree has very low requirements on the environment. Its body is formed by winding buds from several seeds, and finally grows into a big tree. Therefore, its trunk is more uneven and has obvious spirals compared with other trees. The texture is also much easier to climb than other trees.Having said that, if no more than three seeds are dropped in the same small area, no other sprouts are entangled or too few entangled sprouts a month after germination, the cotton tree will wither immediately.

Every July and August is the time when the cotton trees bear fruit, so what Bunuan found at this time was the cotton trees with heavy fruits hanging on the branches, and even a lot of them fell on the ground.

The fruit of the cotton tree is a tan ball about the size of an adult's fist.After prying off the outer hard shell, inside is a soft and elastic fiber fruit like cotton.The fiber fruit is turquoise before it is fully ripe, and beige after maturity, which is different from white cotton.

Another point is that the cotton fruit can only be treated with bombs and cannot be washed, but the fiber fruit of the cotton tree is just the opposite. It needs to be washed several times to remove the excess short fibers and impurities inside, and then the fibers will naturally disperse after boiling with hot water. .Fruits with poor quality will have many unusable short fibers during the cleaning process, while fruits with good quality fibers are not broken in the middle and are composed of a complete fiber.

The seeds of the cotton tree are in the middle of the fibrous fruit. If you look at it from the bottom, you can faintly see dark brown. You can easily pick it out when you put your finger in. It’s not a big one, it looks like a plum core. .

Of course, Bu Nuan immediately returned to the tribe, and led many tribesmen to the depths of the forest to pick all the fruits in the cotton forest.It's a pity that these cotton trees are too old and rooted too deep, otherwise she would have transplanted the entire cotton forest next to her tribe's residence.However, it is not a problem to rely on these fruits and the animal fur that is usually accumulated to survive the winter, and as long as there are seeds, everything is easy to say.

The growth cycle of cotton trees is very short. From planting to the first fruiting, as long as there is sufficient water and sunlight, it only takes less than a year, regardless of cold and heat.That is to say, from now on, the first batch of cotton fruit will be harvested by this time next year.At that time, the cotton tree should be a little taller than Bu Nuan, and the fruit it produces is only half the size of the normal one, and it cannot be picked actively, and it can only wait for it to fully mature and fall automatically.

Regarding this point, Bu Nuan said that it didn't matter at all. Before other tribes discovered the cotton forest, her tribe could live on that forest.The first reason for planting by yourself is to expand the output, and the second reason is that the supply of fiber fruits will be cut off due to the continuous disputes among the tribes in the later stage, so it is just to prepare in advance.

After picking the cotton fruit and returning to the tribe, Bu Nuan began to direct the tribe to deal with the fiber fruit.From shelling and core removal, to primary cleaning and secondary cleaning, to boiling fibers in hot water, spinning, and drying, there are dedicated clansmen who are in charge, and the assembly line operation is much faster than everyone's processing from start to finish.

Compared with Di Wen of the combat department and Wen Erbai of the auxiliary department who are used to working hard, Bu Nuan of the management department knows how to use the only conditions in her hands to make the most of them.

The biggest project among them is thread spinning. Not only must the technology be handed over to the clansmen in advance, but also the clansmen who do this part have to be dexterous.Helplessly, the people of the Bu family have no talent in this area, so Bu Nuan can only send more people in this area, and even has to help from time to time.

The author has something to say: the resources around the two tribes began to appear differently

So sooner or later we will cooperate~

Don’t worry, everyone, this is a leisurely farming article~