Chapter 337 Planting Sugar Cane
The ninth year of the establishment of the Mang tribe, and the third month of summer.
"Chief, is this really delicious?"
Next to the beach and under the big tree, Chenbei cut down seven or eight sugarcane and let the red flowers taste it.
"Bit off the skin, right, take a bite."
Honghua bit off the green skin of the sugarcane, then chewed it, chewed it, her eyes lit up, and said, "Sweet."
Chen Bei nodded and said, "Of course it's sweet, but it's not fully mature yet, it's not sweet enough."
The skin of fully mature sugarcane should be purple. When Chenbei cut the sugarcane, he saw some old sugarcane from last year, and the skin was purple.
However, the old sugarcane has turned red and broken through the frost and snow.
Chen Bei also took a sugarcane and bit off the skin quickly, then slowly chewed it, with his teeth quite good.
Perhaps because he often chewed all kinds of hard things, Chenbei found that tribal people had very good teeth, and it was easy to bite sugarcane skin.
It is said that eating sweet things can make people's sense of happiness rise sharply.
People from the Bear Tribe, although their lives are not very good, because they can occasionally eat honey, people from the Bear Tribe rarely feel sad.
Sugar, as something almost as important as salt, can be made in large quantities and traded, and can create huge profits for the Mang tribe.
Of course, if there is sugar in the Mang tribe, the people in the tribe will live happier.
Chenbei had always wanted to find a plant that could make sugar, but the plants found either had little sugar content or could not be grown in large quantities, so eating sugar naturally became a luxury.
Unexpectedly, this time I came out, I found sugarcane, and it was a lot of sugarcane!
"This thing is called sugarcane, which can be juiced and boiled into brown sugar. As long as the large-scale planting is successful, then all the tribesmen of our tribe will be able to eat sugar."
"What does brown sugar look like?" Honghua asked in confusion.
Chen Bei gestured for a moment and said, "It's just piece of red sugar, sweeter than nectar, it's better sealed and can be stored for several years. Eat whenever you want."
Honghua's eyes lit up and she said, "What are you waiting for? Let's cut a little more and go back to plant."
"Don't worry, finish the fish first!"
Chenbei and Honghua were both concerned about sugarcane and had no intention of chewing them slowly. The grilled fish, shrimps, and conchs were quickly wiped out, and then the two of them took their knives to cut the sugarcane.
Chen Bei and Honghua quickly cut two large bundles of sugarcane if they hadn't considered that Honghe was flying long distance, he would have wanted to cut more.
Chenbei directly used the leaves of sugarcane to turn them into simple straw ropes, tied the sugarcane, and then rode the red crane to return to the Mang tribe with the red flowers.
"Wait, I'll pick up some more conch and shells."
Honghua likes these beautiful conchs and shells very much, and these things are not heavy. She stuffed her skin bag with conchs and shells until she couldn't carry more, and she waved her hand reluctantly.
"Let's go, go back."
The two sat on Honghe's back and tied up sugarcane. Because the weight was relatively large, Honghe kicked her legs and did not fly directly.
"Cry!"
Honghe screamed sharply, and the bloodline power surged, and a faint mark of the Ruo tribe appeared on his forehead.
Then, it helped a short run and flapped its wings and flew to the sky.
Along the way, because he carried sugarcane, Chenbei did not explore any other places and flew directly to the Mang Tribe. It took a few days to rest a few times on the way and finally returned to the Mang Tribe.
After returning to the Mang tribe, Chenbei unloaded the sugarcane and rested for a long time. Then he set off again with more than 50 adult red cranes and soldiers. He wanted to cut more sugarcane back so that he could achieve large-scale planting as soon as possible.
Half a month later, the piece of sugarcane on the beach was almost cut off by the people of the Mang Tribe. They were brought back to the tribe by the Red Crane, and the sugarcane was piled into a small hill.
Rodents living near the sugarcane forest found that the sugarcane had been cut off and were crying and could only chew the roots of the sugarcane.
Of course, sugar cane forests are renewable and it only takes a few months before new sugar cane will grow again.
After the sugarcane is cut back, it is planted.
Chenbei was from the south in his previous life. Although he had never planted sugarcane himself, he ate more and had seen others grow it.
"Yan, this sugar cane can be planted in spring or in autumn. It is close to autumn now, and winter comes early, so it should be ready to plant it."
"You need to cut the sugarcane into segments like this, leaving three buds in each segment."
Chen Bei personally picked up a stone knife, cut a sugarcane into several sections, and pointed at the buds on the sugarcane for the rock to see.
Yan nodded while keeping what Chen Bei said in his heart.
"Then, like this, dig a trench and then lay the cane flat and the buds are on both sides."
Chen Bei took a piece of sugarcane and gestured, "When buried, the buds must not go down, otherwise they will not grow."
"Chief, I remember."
Chenbei used a stone hoe to dig two ditches in the ground, and the two ditches were relatively wide.
"The two rows of sugarcane cannot be too close. If it is too close, the leaves will be intertwined when they grow up, which is not conducive to growth."
"As for fertilization, you have a lot of experience in planting, so I don't need to say more."
Yan nodded and said, "Don't worry, leader, I will definitely plant this sweet...sugar cane well."
Chen Bei smiled and said, "Yan, I heard that your grandson is born? Do it well and plant the sugarcane, so we can squeeze juice and boil sugar. Children like to eat sugar."
Yan is thirty-six years old this year, his son is eighteen years old, and tribes matured relatively early, so his grandsons were all born.
When talking about grandson, Yan's eyes were full of doting. He held the stone hoe in his rough hands and said, "I must let my grandson eat candy!"
Chen Bei nodded with a smile and said to the people from other planting teams: "Everyone works hard, I promise that as long as the sugarcane is planted well, you and your children will often eat candy in the future!"
When everyone heard that everyone could eat candy, everyone was excited. Candy started to be good, but it was so sweet that it was full of strength after eating it!
"Don't worry, leader, let's leave it to us!"
"We will definitely grow sugarcane well!"
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Chen Bei did not participate in the sugarcane planting in the field. He had already handed over all the methods to the rocks, and the rest was up to them.
Chen Bei took a few sugarcane and returned to his yard. He cut half of the longer ones to eat by himself. He cut the rest into several sections and then planted them in his yard.
This is Chenbei's habit. He likes to plant something in the yard, which is also a double insurance. Even if it is not planted in other places well, he still has a seed here.
After putting the base fertilizer, covering it with soil, and watering it some water, Chenbei looked at the planted sugarcane and said, "I hope you will grow up quickly and grow tall and thick, so that I will have sugarcane to eat."
Chapter completed!