This Is My Primitive Tribe
Chapter 156 - 123: Bell Peppers and Black Pearl Beans

Chapter 156: Chapter 123: Bell Peppers and Black Pearl Beans

Jiang Xuan would observe the red crystal rice seeds hanging from the beam every day, hoping they would germinate smoothly.

First day, second day, third day, the seeds showed no sign of movement.

Jiang Xuan felt a bit anxious, could the soaking method for sprouting not be viable?

But they were already soaked, and he had no choice but to patiently wait.

Until the fifth day, Jiang Xuan woke up early, opened the beast hide bag, and unexpectedly found that almost all the red crystal rice inside had sprouted, their sizes and lengths remarkably consistent.

"Turns out it just needed more time; I thought they were ruined by soaking."

Jiang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a seed, and observed it carefully for a moment, then returned it to the beast hide bag with satisfaction.

Then, he took down the beast hide bag and walked toward the prepared water field.

This small bag of red crystal rice, as experimental seeds, was planted into the water field after sprouting.

The rest of the red crystal rice was planted in the ground according to the original method but hadn’t sprouted yet.

"Chief, did the red crystal rice successfully sprout?"

Not far away, Gan Song saw Jiang Xuan coming over and hurriedly inquired, concerned about the soaked seeds.

"It succeeded, take a look."

Jiang Xuan opened the beast hide bag, revealing the plump red crystal rice seeds inside, each having grown a tender sprout.

Gan Song picked up a seed, looked at it happily for a while, and said, "It really sprouted, that’s wonderful."

Jiang Xuan said, "Now, we can plant them."

"Let’s plant them now."

Jiang Xuan and Gan Song went into the water field.

The water field had already been divided into many rows, with drainage ditches dug between two rows.

Now, most of the water in the field had been drained, with only a small amount in the ditches, but the soil was very moist.

Jiang Xuan entered the field barefoot, then together with Gan Song, planted the red crystal rice seeds from the beast hide bag into the field, one by one.

The red crystal rice plants were very tall, unlike rice which could be planted densely, sufficient spacing had to be maintained.

Therefore, although Jiang Xuan’s beast hide bag didn’t hold many seeds, planting them all covered more than half an acre.

After planting, Jiang Xuan and Gan Song washed the mud off their hands and feet by the creek.

Jiang Xuan said, "Now that we’ve just planted them, don’t flood the field, keep water in the ditch, and once the red crystal rice forms roots and grows stable, then start trying to flood the field."

Jiang Xuan thought for a moment, and continued, "Flooding the entire field is still risky, let’s do this: once they’re stable, use mud to surround two plants and try flooding them with water to see if they’ll drown."

"If the red crystal rice drowns, it means water can’t cover its roots, but if it doesn’t drown and continues to grow, it means it’s not afraid of water, and we can flood the entire field."

Gan Song nodded on the side and said, "Chief, I’ve got it memorized."

Jiang Xuan laughed, "No need to be nervous, these red crystal rice seeds are just a small portion, even if the experiment fails, it won’t matter; we can still harvest a large amount of red crystal rice in the autumn."

"Of course, it’s best if it succeeds, proving our method is correct. If the yield from the water field is higher than from the ground, that would be fantastic."

After hearing Jiang Xuan’s words, Gan Song was already looking forward to the red crystal rice harvest from the water field.

"Alright, I’ll head back now; take good care of the water field."

"Rest assured, Chief, I’ll definitely take good care of these red crystal rice."

Jiang Xuan finished washing his hands and feet, turned around, and left, while Gan Song hoped that the already sprouted red crystal rice would grow quickly and that the water field experiment would succeed.

Jiang Xuan’s mood was not as tense as Gan Song’s.

The fruits of red crystal rice were ear-like, one plant could produce several ears, roughly with hundreds of grains, each grain as large as a red date, with an astonishingly high yield.

As long as no natural disaster or human calamity occurs, and the red crystal rice grows and matures normally, this year’s harvest for Vine Tribe would be enormous; the red crystal rice alone might fill the existing granaries.

If other crops also have a good harvest, more granaries might need to be built.

So, regardless of whether the experiment with half an acre of red crystal rice succeeds or fails, Jiang Xuan can accept it.

Back at the bamboo grove courtyard, Jiang Xuan went inside, took out two other important seeds: colorful peppers and black pearl beans.

These were things the Old Witch brought back from outside last year, in small quantities, which Jiang Xuan dried and stored separately in pottery jars.

He first opened the first pottery jar and took out a string of dried colorful peppers.

The colorful peppers were multicolored, with nearly every fruit differing slightly, extremely spicy, which Jiang Xuan had tasted personally last year.

Jiang Xuan suspected that the colorful peppers were one of Southern Wilderness’s native peppers, but didn’t know how their yield was.

Chili peppers are something that those who like it love intensely, while those who don’t avoid it closely.

Jiang Xuan happened to be one of those who loved them, and he had long missed that stimulating taste.

"Crack..."

Jiang Xuan broke a thumb-sized dried colorful pepper, a rush of stimulating spiciness spread instantly, while revealing the seeds inside.

The seeds of colorful pepper were similar to the chili seeds Jiang Xuan had seen in his previous life, very small, with one thumb-sized colorful pepper containing about dozens of seeds.

Jiang Xuan gently scraped off these seeds and continued to break open another colorful pepper to scrape the seeds.