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Yun Long: "What do we do now? Transplant these vegetables to the other side?"

Jian Mo gently shook the plant. "It seems too late. The vegetables have grown so big; there's no way to make up for it now. You should plant new ones. I happened to bring back a batch of seedlings and seeds; if you want some, I can share some with you."

Yun Long exclaimed with delight, "That's wonderful! We'll trade our supplies for it!"

Jian Mo: "If you have time now, I'll teach you how to make ridges. First, till the land once; making ridges will make planting easier."

Yun Long: "I have time. I'll have someone bring the tools out right now."

They were all from nearby tribes, and they usually interacted quite a bit. Jian Mo was teaching them how to farm, he didn't accept any supplies from them.

The people of the Mengshui Tribe are very hardworking. When Yun Long is called, a group of people immediately come.

Everyone carried all sorts of tools over, and without needing plows or harrows, they simply used hoes to dig up the land across the river, clearing away stones and tree roots, then broke up the soil and built ridges on the spot.

In just one day, such a large area of wasteland was cleared.

Jian Mo pinched a clod of soil. "This soil isn't very fertile. If you want to grow better plants, you can apply some base fertilizer first. Does your tribe have any fertilizer stored in stock?"

Yun Long shook her head decisively. "No."

Jian Mo: "Then let's go to our tribe to exchange."

So everyone headed back to the Riverside Tribe.

Just then, people from the Mengshui Tribe went to pick up their children from school.

Upon arriving at the Riverside Tribe, Jian Mo took them to see the fertilizer piled up on the back hill to ferment.

Jian Mo: "This fertilizer contains droppings from Flying-Winged Beast, Pack-Pack Beast, River Fluff Beast, and Long-tailed Bird. We also added a lot of hay. The fertilizer has been piled up here for at least six months, and it's almost fully fermented."

This pile of fertilizer had been there for quite some time, and the dry grass on the surface had begun to rot. Various kinds of seeds had drifted onto the pile and sprouted green shoots.

Yun Long: "Why are you piling them up outside? Aren't you afraid of the rain?"

Jian Mo: "As long as it doesn't rain heavily for a long time, it'll be fine. The hay can block some of the rain, which is one of the reasons we put so much hay in there to ferment. You can also ferment fertilizer yourselves when you get back; just pile it up like we did."

Yun Long: "It must ferment for half a year?"

Jian Mo: "Pretty much. The main reason for pile fermentation is that the high temperature generated during fermentation kills parasites and bacteria, and after maturation, it won't burn the seedlings."

Yun Long listened, a conflicted expression on his face, as did the others from the Mengshui Tribe.

Knowing they hadn't quite understood, Jian Mo quickly explained, "I'm not entirely sure about the specific principles either, but just do it this way. If you don't believe me, you can use manure directly and compare; then you'll understand why this fermentation process is necessary."

Yun Long nodded.

Jian Mo: "If you find it troublesome or can't wait, you can simply spread the manure on the dry grass, one layer of dry grass, one layer of manure, and then light it on fire. After the fire goes out and the ash pile cools down, you can use it along with the ashes. That should work just as well."

Yun Long: "Does it have to be Flying-Winged Beast droppings? We ordered a Flying-Winged Beast from the Tianning Tribe, but it probably won't be delivered so soon."

Jian Mo: "Not necessarily. Any kind of Pack-Pack Beast will do, as long as it's animal droppings."

Yun Long nodded. "I understand."

Since they were already there, Jian Mo gave them some manure, seedlings, and crop seeds to take back. He would help them plant the seedlings and seeds tonight, and they could keep in touch if any problems arose later.

Yun Long agreed, saying he would send more supplies to him tomorrow.

News of Jian Mo and Wu Jiong's return to the tribe spread quickly.

Many people come to exchange scar removal cream.

Jian Mo readily agreed to go out and received a lot of supplies, including a considerable amount of food.

In her spare time, Jian Mo used these ingredients to make a lot of snacks. When she was writing textbooks, she would brew a pot of tea and eat them while writing.

Jian Mo made a lot of snacks, and even asked the chubby chicks to help deliver some to Ji Xun and Zhou Zhi, since they are both pregnant and get hungry easily. Having some snacks will make them feel a little better.

After receiving the snacks, Ji Xun asked Mo A to send down a basket of various kinds of nuts as a return gift.

Zhou Zhi then had the fat chicks bring over dried vegetables and preserved fruit as a token of gratitude.

That day, some people came from a long distance to exchange scar removal cream and some commonly used medications.

Jian Mo has now brewed a medicinal oil to treat bruises and sprains, which people can exchange for for daily use, and it's quite popular.

As for the ointment for insect bites, their ointment still couldn't compete with the special ointment of the Mengshui Tribe. Realizing this, Jian Mo became too lazy to make it and now exchanged the ointment for insect bites with the Mengshui Tribe.

Anyway, the Mengshui Tribe had a good relationship with them, so they didn't receive much in supplies.

The customer ordered quite a lot of plasters, so Jian Mo counted them and said, "I've put some of the plasters upstairs. Please wait a moment, I'll go upstairs and get them."

The person who arrived quickly replied, "Okay, we'll wait here. No rush."

Jian Mo smiled and said, "Then you should have some tea first."

Jian Mo went upstairs to check the plasters. A while later, when she came down with a basket, she heard them gossiping about several nearby tribes, including the little cub.

Jian Mo didn't quite catch what the little one's problem was, only hearing that he wasn't feeling well, so she asked, "What's wrong, little one? Why aren't you feeling well?"

"I don't know. They said it was born very weak and small, completely different from other babies."

"It's still a little orc; I wonder if it can be raised."

Jian Mo: "Congenital deficiencies?"

"Perhaps. Their Sharp Teeth Tribe doesn't really like talking about this. I only overheard it, so I don't know the specifics."

Jian Mo hadn't expected him to be a child from the Sharp Teeth Tribe.

They had previously gone out to do business and even stayed in the Sharp Teeth Tribe, where he helped many people in the Sharp Teeth Tribe get their ears pierced.