Chapter 1574: Development of Planting Industry

As long as it is left outside for a few minutes, the ice and snow will condense into ice again, and then it will be directly removed from the mold and placed in the shelter on the second floor.

As for whether to fill a layer of wooden boards in the shelter to isolate the ice and soil? The two also thought of this, but did not do so.

Because ice itself can also be used as bricks, just put it on the surface, and don't eat the layer close to the surface.

In the following time, the two concentrated on storing ice, making a lot of molds, and transporting a large amount of ice to the shelter on the second floor.

The most troublesome part of this work is the transportation process, because the weight of the ice bricks is not light, and it takes a lot of effort to transport them to the second-floor shelter 10m below.

The two cooperated with each other to barely complete this task.

Almost a week later, the second-floor underground shelter had undergone a major change.

The two first covered the surface and the surrounding walls with neat ice bricks, which was equivalent to laying a thick layer of bricks on the entire second-floor underground shelter.

Then they filled the interior with ice bricks. After a week of hard work, an area of ​​nearly 10 square meters was filled with clean ice cubes, and the temperature inside was maintained at a very low level, almost a few degrees below zero.

And because it was very deep underground, the ability to keep warm was very good, and the temperature could not be dissipated, so the ice inside would not melt due to the increase in the temperature outside.

After seeing this scene, the two were also very satisfied, which meant that their efforts were completely effective.

However, they also need to speed up their work, because the cold wave is gradually ending and the ice and snow are beginning to melt. They must fill the entire second-floor underground shelter in time.

So, in the next few days, the two of them just threw the bamboo basket into the river, and no longer touched snails, and put all their time and energy into storing ice cubes.

As the ice cubes became more and more, the underground ice cellar gradually showed what it should be like. When you enter it, you will feel cold air and shiver.

The neatly arranged ice bricks are shining with clean light, and being in it is like being in another world.

After that, after nearly a week, they finally completed this huge project and filled the entire second-floor underground shelter with neatly arranged ice cubes, making it an ice cellar that can be used for a long time.

The entire ice cellar only has one passageway for one person to walk through, and there is a space inside that can be used to store food, which can be used to store uneaten food in ice bricks.

At the same time, the two also transported all the dried meat, fish, potato chips, etc. that could not be eaten in the shelter to here.

Although they had been air-dried before, there was still a risk of corruption, so they were all transported to the ice cellar to ensure that they would not deteriorate.

After doing all this, the cold wave had passed for nearly 20 days. Although the temperature was still 5~6℃, the snow had gradually begun to melt, revealing the original appearance of this world.

These people have been catching fish in the stream for a long time, resulting in a decrease in the recent fish harvest. In the future, they should not be able to obtain so much fish for a long time.

So they also need to consider other channels for obtaining food, especially to start building a planting industry.

The biggest difference between humans and primitive people is that humans can plant and raise their own crops.

Their current situation is very similar to that of primitive people. They can obtain food through hunting and gathering, so they will also be affected by spring, summer, autumn and natural disasters, resulting in frequent lack of food.

But once civilization develops and they can plant and raise their own crops, these problems will no longer exist.

So as soon as the ice and snow melted, the two began to cultivate the land around their camp.

The camp area of ​​the two people is very large, almost several hundred square meters, and the shelter only occupies a small area, so everyone can completely cultivate a piece of land.

And the soil here is very fertile. When the trees and weeds in the field were cut down before, all the leaves and flowers were thrown down. After a period of decay, they formed very fertile soil.

Moreover, the soil is very soft and there are no stones in it. After a simple tillage, it can be used for planting directly.

Neither of them had any experience in planting, so they bought a book about planting and learned the knowledge in it before they started to develop the planting industry formally.

There were many difficulties in the process, and the two of them overcame them one by one and successfully cultivated two vegetable plots, all of which were ten by ten in area, occupying a large area, making this camp look more alive.

As for what to plant? After thinking for a long time, they also planned to buy seeds directly from the survival store.

And they also need to consider what food must be planted? What food can fill their stomachs?

One of these two vegetable plots must be used to grow staple food, the yield must be high, and it can provide them with a lot of food.

After thinking for a long time, the two chose wheat, which could be ground into powder and made into flour.

As for the second vegetable, it is likely to grow various vegetables and fruits to enrich their food variety.

Finally, buy two seeds, green vegetables and leeks, which are relatively common seeds, and most importantly, they are very simple to grow. Even if two people are new, they can successfully grow them.

Afterwards, Huang Hai returned to the previous shelter and found some wild ginger and wild shallots again, planting them in the second dish. These are also very important things that can make the cooked food more delicious.

From now on, the two of them will have one more thing to do in their lives, that is, to water the vegetable garden, fertilize, and take care of the two vegetable gardens every day.

As for the breeding industry, it has not developed very well so far, and there is not even a rough plan.

Because the two themselves don’t know which animals should be raised specifically, it is difficult to hunt now, let alone catch some animals alive.

In the survival store, the two of them have randomly found animals several times through random goods, including wolf dogs, chickens and ducks, but the price is a bit outrageous, so they can only choose to give up and not buy.

If you really want to develop aquaculture, hares and pheasants are both very good choices. If you can catch these two animals alive in the future, you can indeed try to develop them.

But this kind of thing cannot be forced. Strictly speaking, the possibility of breeding fish is higher than that of breeding these animals.