newbobooks Chapter 307 Cotton
Chapter 307 Cotton
Chapter 307 Cotton
Sang Tian nodded.
"Yes, Xu's observation is very detailed!
Sorghum and corn look very similar, but they are two completely different crops.
You look carefully.
The sorghum stems are much thinner than the corn stems! The corn stems are thicker.
Furthermore, sorghum stems are tougher, with a waxy surface that makes them rough to the touch, whereas corn stems are softer and smoother.
On average, sorghum plants are about half a meter taller than corn!
Let's look at the leaves. Sorghum leaves are narrow and long, linear to linear-lanceolate in shape. Corn leaves are wider than sorghum leaves.
The spike is completely different.
Corn ears have nothing, but sorghum has no ears at all. It is much longer and more lush than corn ears.
That's the fruit of sorghum!"
The tribesmen followed what Sang Tian said and found that it was true!
These characteristics are indeed very different from corn!
Cheng asked tentatively, "Fruit?"
Sang Tian nodded softly.
“Yes, sorghum is edible.
And most importantly, sorghum, like corn and yams, is a starchy and filling food!"
……
Sorghum contains a lot of carbohydrates in the form of starch.
Moreover, among the proteins contained in sorghum, alcohol-soluble proteins and glutenin account for a large proportion. They can supplement the human body with a variety of essential amino acids, which help the body's growth, repair and maintenance of normal physiological functions.
Moreover, it contains a lot of fat, vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, and bioactive ingredients!
Don’t even mention how excited Sang Tian was!
God knows how much Sang Tian wants carbohydrates right now!
Although sorghum is just a carbohydrate, it can be steamed into a bowl of sorghum rice.
This is so important to Sang Tian!
……
The tribesmen were very happy after hearing this.
Another food that can fill you up!
Sang is really Tianlang’s lucky star!
But the Black Earth people were dejected and extremely depressed.
How can this little female recognize so many foods?
How come they live here every day, passing by these plants every day, yet let them mature and rot and become nutrients in the soil, wasting them like this...
The Tianlang people could also more or less sense their dejected mood.
Yi said comfortingly, "But we are here! It won't be wasted in the future.
When autumn comes, we will come again to collect these foods.
From now on, as long as we want to eat, we can taste it every day..."
Zhen, a muscular man who is nearly two meters tall, was deeply moved when he heard this.
But they said, “Here we come…”
It's like I have a sense of support in my heart...
He suppressed the overwhelming sadness in his heart and responded with a smile.
"Yes, you are here..."
……
The group continued to explore the surroundings.
Next is a slightly sunken valley.
The ground was covered with cranberries, wild strawberry flowers, and cape gooseberries. The fallen petals were colorful and the fruity fragrance was everywhere.
The Black Earth and Sirius peoples spread out animal skins and began to pick cranberries.
Sang Tian slowly walked through the sea of fruits in the valley, wanting to see what was at the end.
Ping An and Xi Le followed Sang Tian closely. Seeing Sang Tian go alone, Cang quickly followed to protect her safety.
It took the two men and two tigers more than twenty minutes to reach the end of the sea of fruit.
However, this half-hour journey is only half of the valley.
The remaining half is all covered with the same kind of plants.
Sang Tian took a few steps forward, but suddenly stopped and stood still.
These plants, which are only about 50 centimeters tall, quietly stretch out their leaves in the mottled light and shadow.
Sang Tian had probably recognized about 70% of it.
She suppressed the boiling blood in her heart and squatted on the ground to carefully look at the leaves of the plant.
I was afraid that I had made a mistake.
This plant has sparsely pubescent branches. The leaves are broadly ovate, heart-shaped at the base, and often three-lobed. The lobes are broadly triangular-ovate, pointed at the apex, broad at the base, and the stipules are ovate-falcate.
Each cotton plant has grown four fruit branches and buds are generally present, which indicates that it has entered the critical period of reproductive growth.
Sang Tian's heart was beating fast and his face was flushed.
Even though she tried her best to suppress the surge of blood, the fire burned in her body and gradually spread to every nerve ending.
Her palms were already sweaty, and she kept rubbing her fingers together, appearing a little nervous.
Cang noticed Sang's changes at the first moment.
He half-knelt on the ground, took off the ceramic kettle hanging from his waist, and handed it to Sang Tian's mouth.
Sang Tian subconsciously brought the water from the bottle to his mouth and sucked and swallowed it.
The clear and refreshing water flowed across Sang Tian's body, extinguishing the fire in her heart that made her lose her emotional stability.
There was a sweet fragrance lingering in her mouth, calming her heart.
It's jasmine water.
Sang Tian tilted her head and looked at Cang who was half-squatting in the light and shadow.
The mottled light made his profile sparkle, and his long eyelashes cast shadows under his eye bags. His originally dark and gloomy eyes now flowed with amber colors.
He had an upright posture, and even when he was half-squatting, he still had the demeanor of a standing pine or cypress, and his back was as straight as a white birch.
Light and shadow flowed around him, and Cang seemed full of divinity at this moment.
Sang Tian smiled at him.
This jasmine tea was dried by her own hands. She filled a large jar with it and gave it to Cang.
A sweet feeling like honey fills my heart.
A cold voice reached Sang Tian's ears.
"San, what are these?"
Sang Tian finally turned his gaze back to the plant.
His eyes suddenly became hot.
He smiled and said, “It’s cotton!”
When Cang heard this, he immediately touched Xile beside his leg.
"Go, call the chief and the others over."
Xile ran back with his tail wagging.
Sang Tian smiled.
Cang is still so meticulous.
Sang Tian just waited for Lei and the others to come.
Soon, Xile led the leaders and others here.
Han asked anxiously.
"cotton?
So between this cotton and the wild cotton..."
Sang Tian explained.
“Wild cotton is nothing compared to cotton!
The wild cotton in our tribe is only used in sanitary napkins during menstruation.
But what everyone doesn’t know is that the best material for making our homemade simple sanitary napkins is cotton!
At the beginning, there was no cotton, so I had to find wild cotton as a substitute.
In fact, in terms of liquid absorption, wild cotton cannot be compared with cotton at all.
Moreover, cotton does not have many impurities and particles like wild cotton. It is very comfortable to touch the human skin and is more breathable.
What's more, in addition to using it to make sanitary napkins, its most important function is to keep warm.
It can be filled into quilts and cotton-padded clothes, which are warm and comfortable to wear. It can also be made into cotton clothes to wear next to the body.
As for wild cotton, its main function is actually as medicine. It can clear away heat and detoxify, relieve cough and asthma, regulate qi and dissipate blood stasis, and expel parasites, etc.
……
It turned out to be the case.
The Sirius people suddenly understood.
It turned out that there was no cotton at that time, so they had to use wild cotton instead, which was much less comfortable, breathable and absorbent than cotton.
And Sang said that it can be used to make clothes and quilts.
Warm, light and comfortable.
It seems that Tianlang is not only pursuing having enough food and clothes, but also wants to eat well and sleep well!
The quality of life is being improved little by little.
As for the Black Soil people, they could probably only understand half of it.
They knew about Tianlang's sanitary napkins, but they had no idea what the wild cotton stuffing inside was, and naturally, they had no idea how these plants got into the sanitary napkins...
They can understand what cotton-padded clothes and quilts are, but they really can't imagine what they look like.
Cotton still matures in autumn.
After everyone noted the location, they continued on their way, carrying the cranberries they had picked.