She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 739: [732] Beast World Farming 42 (2 updates) 3000 words
Just this wheelbarrow had the whole family up and down, toiling for almost more than a month, continuously experimenting, pushing and pulling on all sorts of rough and uneven roads, and also subjecting it to gravity tests. Hard work pays off for those who are diligent, and finally, they had succeeded in their research.
To master this process proficiently, several beastmen had stubbornly built ten carts during this Cold Season. Through repeated experimentation, they left the last two carts for their own use and the other eight were parked in the yard, thinking of trading them for other useful things after the spring thaw.
Whether in their past life or in the Beast World, there was no such thing as pie falling from the sky. Last year when they had borrowed grain fruit from her, they repaid her later with corresponding physical labor, so the cart would also fetch an appropriate price in the future.
Although their Gugu Chickens laid fewer eggs during the Cold Season, their numbers couldn’t be underestimated; they had grown to a flock of thirty by the Cold Season, now kept in a cellar on the edge of their cave. There was a bamboo ventilator in the cellar, so there was no worry about those critters suffocating down there.
Among the thirty chickens, there were both males and females. Come spring, they would be able to brood and multiply even more chicken babies. This was an important turning point; only the environment they grew up in could temper their aggressiveness and wild nature.
After entering the Cold Season, they would collect around a dozen eggs every day. With the addition of quails, pigeons, and others, their protein intake was certainly enough.
Every family member could receive two to three eggs each day, regardless of the kind. The cubs could also enjoy a bowl of fresh sheep milk or cow milk.
As for why no one drank pig milk, she suspected it had something to do with those creatures being too dirty and smelly, haha~~~
Of course, this was said in jest. So what was the real reason?
Liang Tian’s explanation went as follows:
Wild pigs are not like wild horses or sheep that form herds, so during the nomadic period of humanity, their capture and domestication in large numbers were rare. Couple that with their relatively low milk yield, they couldn’t meet people’s daily milk needs.
With the advent of agricultural society, pigs became easier to fatten up through long-term enclosure, basically satisfying a household’s need for meat and fat. The purpose of pig farming thus became quite clear.
Moreover, pigs have been unfairly deemed both dumb and stupid (except by the Hui) all along, and naturally, people were reluctant to drink their milk.
If there were enough milk, she would make cheese or cream slices from it. If those weren’t feasible, she would dry tea leaves collected in the summer and prepare milk tea for the children. In addition to brown sugar blocks, she used some sweeter wild fruits to make fructose blocks. The method was naturally similar.
She rarely let the cubs eat these fructose blocks because of their scarcity, saving them instead for making fruit tea and fruit milk, which tasted better when added. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
In the Beast World, there were many tea trees. However, she seldom went to pick them because most of her time was spent collecting food. In a situation where it was uncertain whether they would have enough to eat, these optional items were ignored. After all, tea leaves weren’t that easy to gather, so she only made a couple of tea cakes.
At this point, many people must be asking, "How is it that you know how to do everything?" Honestly, she didn’t know either. Nevertheless, whenever she saw food that was similar to that of her previous life, her mind would naturally form some processes, some of which were comprehensive and clear at a glance, so she could make them right away. Others were vague, and she had to explore while doing, like the wheelbarrow, which was just a rough outline.
Perhaps it was because there were so many people in the household and they raised a lot of livestock, so none of their food went to waste. Besides, with many animals, cows and sheep all needed grass, which meant they had spent a fair bit of the summer cutting and drying grass for the animals’ winter fodder reserves.
Now, they could manage even if they had to handle not just twelve people but add another eight to the mix. She thought she could direct them all. This was why, in the old days, families had many children because they all contributed to the workforce. If someone had only young children, their life certainly would lack security.
This tradition continued until the late 1970s when the college entrance examination was restored and family planning policies were implemented.
In the old society, a family with many males was considered a sign of prosperity.
Thus, the Chinese emphasis on sons over daughters had its reasons.
Ever since they had doors and walls at home, Tangtang felt much safer and her privacy was greatly improved. Unlike before, without even a yard to speak of, whatever her family did would attract beastmen to come and watch, which was quite disconcerting.
