The Rise of Primitive Tribes Farming

Chapter 7 Digging a Pond

In the third month of autumn, the daytime is still relatively hot, but the morning and evening are already chilly.

The footsteps of winter are getting closer and closer, and the people of the Mang tribe seize every opportunity to hoard as much food as possible to survive the cold winter of lack of food and clothing.

Chen Bei spends a lot of time every day, cleaning up as much as possible the threatening beasts around the tribe.

After he cleared a forest, the women and children in the tribe would go to pick wild fruits and vegetables.

Wild vegetables that are not resistant to preservation will be eaten as soon as possible, while foods that are resistant to preservation, such as nuts and edible plant tubers, will be stored and eaten in winter.

The men in the tribe, on the other hand, fished desperately, hunted small wild animals, and built stronger houses to prepare for the winter.

Fortunately, with the improvement of fishing technology and fish basket weaving technology, the number of catches has risen sharply, and there is actually a surplus of fish meat in the tribe.

However, they immediately faced a serious problem-the fish cannot be preserved for a long time.

It is not winter yet, and without salt, even if the fish is dried, it will attract many insects, and it will stink soon.

One day, early in the morning, the captain of the fishing team of the Mang Tribe, a middle-aged man named "Lie", came to the wooden house where Chen Bei lived with a stinking fish, his face anxious.

Chenbei's wooden house is better than others, at least it has the appearance of a house, and the trees are all thick and thick. Although it is not beautiful, it is more sturdy.

"Lie, what's the matter?"

Chen Bei just woke up, when he went out the door, he saw Lie, and there was an unpleasant smell of stinky fish.

Lie picked up the stinky fish and said, "Leader, think of a way. We have caught a lot of fish recently, but after catching them, they stink quickly, and there is no way to keep them until winter. I asked the elders He has nothing to do, so I can only come to you."

Chen Bei stared at the stinky fish and frowned. How to preserve the fish was indeed a big problem.

If it's from a previous life, just pickle it with salt and dry it in the sun.

But this is a primitive tribe, and salt is more difficult to obtain than fish. Since the establishment of the Mang tribe, Chenbei has never eaten salt, and can only rely on the pitiful salt in animal meat and blood to maintain his body.

When he was in the Zerg Tribe, he heard from his parents that salt was very precious, and he often had to use a large amount of prey's flesh, teeth, etc. to go to the big tribe to exchange for a small amount of salt.

With the current situation of the Mang tribe, it is almost impossible to find those big tribes to exchange salt.Because the Mang tribe is really too poor at present.

How to preserve caught fish without salt?

For a while, Chen Bei fell into deep thought.

Smoked dried fish?

Smoked fish does last a bit longer than sun-dried fish, but not by much.

Smoked meat also needs a lot of salt to be preserved for a long time.

Thoughts came and went, Chen Bei didn't think of any good way, so he decided to go to the place where they handle the fish to have a look.

"Take me to the place where you dry fish."

"Okay, leader, please follow me."

Lie led the way, leading Chen Bei through the large and small wooden houses in the tribe, and came to a simple shed.

In the shed, three tribesmen were killing fish.

They beat the newly caught fish to death with wooden sticks, then cut open the belly of the fish with stone knives, removed the internal organs, and finally hung them up with straw ropes to dry.

The steps are basically correct, but there is a lack of salt, and the weather is relatively hot now, and there are many mosquito bites, which will cause the fish to deteriorate quickly.

"Boss, look, a lot of the fish caught a while ago are stinky."

Lie took out a lot of fish from the shed, and they almost broke before they were completely dried.

The pungent smell made Chen Bei's frown deepen.

He was counting on the fish to get the tribe through the winter, so what to do now.

Chen Bei pondered for a moment, since the dried fish could not be preserved for a long time, he had to dig a pond to preserve the live fish.

"I figured out a way."

"Great, boss, what should we do?"

Lie looked excited. He couldn't sleep well these two days because of this incident. He didn't expect the leader to have a solution so soon.

Chen Bei looked at Lie and said, "Dig the pond!"

"What is a pond?" Lie looked blank, he had never heard this word before.

"It is to dig a pit like a lake, without digging too deep, and then introduce the stream water, and the fish caught can be directly raised in it."

"Wait until winter, then take the fish out of the pond and eat it whenever you want."

"Even if it snows and freezes, don't be afraid, because the pond is not deep, as long as you find the location of the fish and cut through the ice, you can easily catch the fish."

This is the most reliable method Chen Bei can think of at present.

Not only has the current problem been solved, but after the pond has been dug, fish farming can continue after winter, and the pond can continue to provide fish for the tribe.

"The leader is so smart! This is a good idea, I'll organize people to dig the pond right now."

The most exciting thing is Lie. As the fishing captain, it is extremely painful to watch the fish go bad. Now it is better, and finally there is a solution.

There was also a smile on Chen Bei's face, he thought for a while, and said: "If you want to dig, dig a few more, not just one."

"It is not acceptable to keep different types of fish together. For example, if meat-eating fish and grass-eating fish are put together, the grass-eating fish will be eaten by the meat-eating fish."

"So, we have to dig a few more ponds and separate the different species of fish so that there won't be a lot of losses."

"Okay, chief, I must dig a few more ponds."

Lie immediately remembered what Chen Bei said.

At the same time, Lie's recognition of Chen Bei has increased a lot.

He thought to himself: No wonder he can be the leader. Not only is he stronger, but he is also much smarter than them.

On that day, only five members of the fishing team were left to fish, and the rest, together with the clansmen who built houses in the tribe, all joined in the big event of digging the pond.

After all, these fish are food for the winter, and if there is no food for the winter, they will all starve to death.

Tribal people all dig pits, because when hunting, it is often necessary to dig some traps to deal with those cunning prey.

With the efforts of everyone, it took three or four days to dig three large ponds in a relatively low-lying place next to the tribe, and then dug a small ditch to introduce the stream water into the ponds.

If you can keep all three ponds full of fish, you won't have to worry about food this winter.

Afterwards, the fish caught by the fishing team will be divided into carnivorous and herbivorous fish except for the fish that they ate that day, and they will be raised in ponds separately, so there is no need to worry about the fish meat getting spoiled.

Chen Bei also breathed a sigh of relief, the tribe's winter food problem was finally solved temporarily.

(End of this chapter)