Surviving Endless Disasters

The thickness of these bamboos varies greatly. The thin ones are not as thick as the wrist, and the thick ones are about the size of a bowl.

Wen Zheng walked quickly into the bamboo forest and carefully observed the ground, hoping to find traces of bamboo shoots or bamboo rats.

Bamboo shoots taste delicious and are rich in vitamins, not to mention bamboo rats.

No matter which one he finds, Wen Zheng can make them into a delicious dish.

Bamboo likes warmth and fears cold. It grows freely on tropical islands with relatively high temperatures throughout the year. Wen Zheng patiently searches in the bamboo forest.

When he was a child, there was a bamboo forest outside the village. It was the common property of the village. He often followed the adults who dug bamboo shoots. Although he was young and could not help much, he knew how to run around and play in it, and he also learned a lot.

To find bamboo shoots, you must first find pregnant bamboo. Pregnant bamboo has dense branches and leaves. The color of the bamboo leaves is darker but a little yellow. Wen Zheng found it successfully. He dug a little in the soil around the bamboo and saw yellow bamboo whips with well-developed fibrous roots.

As long as you continue to dig along the bamboo whips, you can usually find bamboo shoots.

Wen Zheng's operation went smoothly. He was reluctant to use a fire axe to dig the soil, so he cut off a thicker bamboo tube, cut out bamboo pieces and dug on the ground, and then cut them with a fire axe.

More and more bamboo shoots were dug out, and he tied them up with ropes and dragged them on the ground.

Unconsciously, Wen Zheng walked into the depths of the bamboo forest while digging bamboo shoots. He stood up and stretched his body, but saw that a bamboo tree had died in the bamboo not far away.

Bamboo rats also lived in the bamboo forest outside the village. At that time, the villagers did not know about this kind of bamboo-eating rats, and no one had ever caught them. Even the children in the village would not think of eating "rats".

Many years later, Wen Zheng accidentally learned that bamboo rats were not only edible, but also artificially bred, so he specifically looked up bamboo rats, but he still hadn't eaten them.

This time he came to the deserted island, but it became the food he was looking forward to finding.

Bamboo rats feed on bamboo roots. There are many dead bamboos there, and it is very likely that there are bamboo rat nests.

When he got closer and saw the unique marks on the ground, Wen Zheng was more certain that it was left by the bamboo rat's sharp claws when it was running. Following the marks of the claws, he could find the bamboo rat's cave smoothly.

It is easy to tell whether the bamboo rat is in the cave. If the cave entrance is open, the bamboo rat is definitely not inside.

The cave entrance that Wen Zheng found was sealed by fresh soil, and there were rat feces around it, which was a sign that the bamboo rat stayed in the cave.

In order to prevent the enemy from breaking in, the bamboo rat blocked the cave entrance after returning home, but it became a mark for humans to find him.

Some caves only have one bamboo rat living in them, while some are a nest. To distinguish them, you mainly need to rely on the feces at the cave entrance.

Bamboo rats feed on bamboo. Like pandas, their feces do not have any odor, but the feces of bamboo rats are golden yellow.

Wen Zheng broke the soil that sealed the cave entrance and carefully observed the size of the feces. There are two types, which means there should be two bamboo rats.

After cleaning up the bamboo around the cave entrance, the fire brought by Wen Zheng finally came in handy. Wen Zheng collected some dried bamboo leaves and carefully lit them with the fire. Soon, a pile of firewood was burning.

The entrance of this bamboo rat's cave was straight down, so there was no need for too much trouble. Just move the fire to the entrance of the cave and add some wet bamboo leaves on it. Thick black smoke will come out, and then use a wide bamboo piece to gently fan the air. The pungent black smoke will enter the cave and force the bamboo rat to escape from it.

When Wen Zheng's eyes were a little red from the smoke, the bamboo rat finally couldn't hold it back and ran out of the cave in a daze. Then he met the hunter who was waiting for the rat in the cave and was pinched by the tail.

Wen Zheng, who was quick-handed and quick-eyed, caught the first captive. The captive had not yet realized his situation, and his claws danced quickly to make a running posture.

The bamboo rat following behind didn't know the danger outside, and ran out immediately, and was also lifted into the air.

Wen Zheng was very happy with a captive in each hand. At this moment, he saw the third bamboo rat running out of the cave. Even though both hands were not free, Wen Zheng did not want it to escape. He kicked hard, and the third bamboo rat was pressed to the ground by the stone. It screamed and fainted.

Wen Zheng did not expect that he dug a hole and harvested three bamboo rats.

Now the question is.

Which of the three is male and which is female? Should I kill them for lunch or take them back to raise them? Chapter 26 With a sharp fire axe in hand, it is not difficult to cut bamboo. Soon a circular open space with a radius of three meters was cleared, and the cut bamboos were piled together. Wen Zheng nodded, and the number of these bamboos was almost the same.

Wen Zheng needed to take the bamboo back, but the long bamboo was not convenient to transport, and he needed to spend a lot of time to simply process these bamboos.

Before processing, a slightly safe and open campsite should be arranged in the bamboo forest.

The bamboo shoots and roots of the bamboos occupy the soil underground, and the overlapping bamboo leaves monopolize the sunlight. This environment is not suitable for the growth of other plants, so the ecosystem of the bamboo forest is often relatively simple.

There are only a few scattered trees in this bamboo forest, and some fungi that Wen Zheng cannot identify and dare not eat, and other than that, there are different kinds of insects.

There is no need to worry about insects. Every day when he wakes up in the shelter, Wen Zheng can see small creatures crawling on the ground. What he is worried about is the common animals in the bamboo forest - snakes, especially where there are bamboo rats. Snakes that use rats as food are often not absent.

The tall bamboos around were cut down. Wen Zheng collected the fallen leaves of Wang Ku and circled the camp. The arrival of snakes is usually silent, but under the special precautions of humans, they can hardly hide their traces.

Any creature with a certain weight must pass through those fragile dead leaves that will easily break if applied force if it wants to get close. The sound is enough to alert Wen Zheng.

Today's task is to sort out these bamboos and move them back to the shelter. Of course, lunch will be solved in the bamboo forest. The ingredients are no longer seafood, but freshly caught bamboo rats and freshly dug bamboo shoots.

When catching three bamboo rats, Wen Zheng couldn't help but get excited, but soon he sobered up and gave up the idea of ​​raising bamboo rats.

Bamboo rats are tender and nutritious. Raising bamboo rats has become a popular delicacy on the human table.

In modern society, many people want to get rich by raising bamboo rats. After a closer look, they will find that raising bamboo rats is much more difficult than raising chickens and ducks.

The breeding cycle of bamboo rats is not short. To create an environment suitable for bamboo rats to survive, they need to be fed several times a day. After giving birth to baby bamboo rats, the mother bamboo rat is likely to give up feeding, forcing the breeder to take over.

The most troublesome thing is the problem of captivity. Bamboo rats are best at digging holes. Both their claws and incisors are good helpers for them to escape.

It is impossible to lock up bamboo rats with wood or bamboo. Their incisors can even bite off thin wires.

Those farms use cement to build rat ponds. Even bricks can't stop their claws from escaping.

The incisors should not be underestimated. Not to mention the simple woven cages, even thin wires may be bitten off.

In modern society, when breeding bamboo rats, huge efforts must be spent on preventing bamboo rats from escaping. Wen Zheng, who stayed on the deserted island, could only give up this idea.

There are definitely more than just this nest of bamboo rats living in this large bamboo forest.

It is obviously a better idea to catch or set traps occasionally than to breed them yourself.

Bamboo rats are relatively large, with their heads and necks being the same size as their bodies. They are round and look cute, but in Wen Zheng's eyes, they are fat and may not be eaten in one meal.

Among the three bamboo rats he caught, two were as big as small cats, weighing about four or five pounds. The last one that escaped was slightly smaller, and was hit on the head by a stone. When Wen Zheng went to pick it up, he found that it was not knocked unconscious, but killed by the stone.