This Is My Primitive Tribe-Chapter 177 - 131: The Daily Life of the Vine Tribe

On April 6th, Jiang Xuan got up early and unexpectedly discovered that the Ice Lotus planted in the pond of the courtyard had grown a leaf curled into a cylindrical shape.

It won’t be long before it grows from underwater to the surface, finally unfolding into a large lotus leaf.

"Didn’t expect it to actually grow. It seems this thing can grow outside the Great Swamp. I just don’t know how the Ice Lotus grown here will differ from the ones of the Beaver Tribe."

Jiang Xuan knew that many plants are selective about their growing locations.

The saying goes, "An orange grown in the south of the Huai River is an orange, while one grown north turns into a trifoliate orange." Many plants are like this.

However, just being able to grow it is already very good. If the results aren’t great, methods can be found to improve the growing environment in the future.

For example, digging a very deep lake to simulate the environment over by the Great Swamp.

If that still doesn’t work, then the only option would be to trade Ice Lotus with the Beaver Tribe.

Aside from the Ice Lotus, most of the Bell Peppers and Black Pearl Beans have also sprouted and grown into seedlings.

If they bloom and bear fruit smoothly, in a few years, people of the Vine Tribe can all eat Bell Peppers and Black Pearl Beans.

Of course, the spicy flavor of peppers might not be liked by the tribal people, which would require long-term attempts to get accustomed to the unique taste.

While Jiang Xuan was delighted at the growth of the plants in the courtyard, Gan Song rushed in, looking anxious.

"Leader, something’s wrong."

"What happened?"

"The Red Crystal Rice submerged in the water in the paddy field has withered."

"Let’s go have a look."

Jiang Xuan followed Gan Song and quickly walked to the water field in the farmland.

When he reached the edge of the field, he indeed saw two stalks of Red Crystal Rice, more than half a meter tall, already withered, their leaves drooping under the sun.

Earlier, Jiang Xuan soaked the Red Crystal Rice in water to germinate them successfully, and since Red Crystal Rice likes wet conditions, he had Gan Song attempt to open a water field and plant them like rice. freēwēbnovel.com

To be safe, Gan Song even built dikes with mud around the growing Red Crystal Rice, flooding their roots with water.

For the first two days, the Red Crystal Rice showed no abnormalities, which made Gan Song quite happy, believing this method could succeed.

Unexpectedly, five days later, the Red Crystal Rice quickly withered. It seemed beyond saving.

Jiang Xuan checked the two withered stalks of Red Crystal Rice and pulled one up by the roots, carefully examining its root system.

Jiang Xuan discovered many young roots of this Red Crystal Rice were turning black and rotting.

This indicated that although Red Crystal Rice likes moisture, planting in water fields like rice doesn’t work.

Jiang Xuan said, "Since this method failed, let’s ridge and cultivate, dig drainage channels, and plant like in other fields."

"When experimenting, you can’t always succeed. Failures happen regularly; luckily, only two stalks were lost, so it’s not significant."

Even though Jiang Xuan said this, Gan Song still felt a bit upset. He silently pulled up the other stalk of Red Crystal Rice, saying, "There aren’t any extra seeds to replant, so we’ll just plant something else."

Jiang Xuan laughed, "Don’t worry. With the yield of Red Crystal Rice, as long as there’s a harvest this year, next year we’ll not only have enough seeds but everyone will be able to eat Red Crystal Rice as well."

"The leader is right. I’ll work hard to take care of the rest of the Red Crystal Rice!"

Jiang Xuan said, "Come on, let’s transform this water field so that it won’t retain water."

Gan Song hurriedly said, "Leader, we can do this ourselves."

"It’s fine. There’s nothing urgent to do now anyways."

Jiang Xuan grabbed a tool and immediately started working with Gan Song and others to mound, cultivate soil, and dig channels—these are tasks requiring physical effort.

Jiang Xuan is always like this; whenever he has free time, no matter the work, he’s willing to work together with everyone rather than issue cold orders like a mouthpiece.

As a leader, he doesn’t use privilege to oppress men or women, nor does he have any airs. When mistakes occur, he generously admits and corrects them.

Because of this, Jiang Xuan enjoys the strong support of the Vine Tribe people. Although he’s young, no one looks down on him because of it.

After finishing the water field, Jiang Xuan went to the Feiyu River.

After enduring numerous hardships and failures, the Fishing Team finally built their first wooden boat!

This wooden boat was made from an entire section of giant wood; the front is sharper, the back more level, the bottom with some curvature and angles, with fish swim bladder glue filling the cracks and wormholes, and having two oars.

The wooden boat is small, accommodating only three people at a time, much less in load capacity compared to the large bamboo raft.

However, it is far superior in maneuverability and speed on the river, boasting excellent performance.

On the Feiyu River, within a gentle-flow water bay, Jing Jie was diligently practicing rowing with a warrior from the Fishing Team.

The warrior said, "Leader, why does our boat keep spinning?"

Jing Jie sat at the bow, looking at the oar in his hand, angrily saying, "This thing is not as useful as the bamboo pole."

Although the boat has two oars, being accustomed to rowing bamboo rafts, Jing Jie still took one oar to paddle while two other warriors watched.

As Jiang Xuan walked to the riverbank, he saw Jing Jie struggling to row, with the wooden boat spinning in place.

The warrior on the boat shouted, "The leader is here!"

Jing Jie got anxious; the leader was here, yet they couldn’t control the wooden boat. Wasn’t this making the leader laugh?

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