Surviving Endless Disasters
Section 37
Wen Zheng didn't expect that he would harvest three bamboo rats after digging a hole.
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 down 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, so he needed to spend a lot of time to simply process these bamboos.
Before processing, a slightly safer and more open campsite should be arranged in the bamboo forest.
The bamboo whips 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 feed on rats are often not absent.
The tall bamboos around were cut down. Wen Zheng collected the fallen leaves of Wang Ku and circled the circle of the camp. The arrival of snakes is usually silent, but under the special precautions of humans, they are also difficult to hide their traces.
Any creature with a certain weight that wants to get close must pass through those fragile dead leaves that will easily break if used force, and the sound is enough to alert Wen Zheng.
Today's task is to organize 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 a little excited, but soon he sobered up and gave up the idea of raising bamboo rats.
The meat of bamboo rats is tender and rich in nutrition. Raised bamboo rats have become a popular delicacy on the human table.
In modern society, many people want to get rich by breeding bamboo rats. After careful understanding, they will find that breeding bamboo rats is much more difficult than breeding 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. Moreover, 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.
Compared to raising them with great effort, it is obviously a better idea to catch them occasionally or set traps.
Bamboo rats are relatively large in size, with their heads and necks being the same size as their bodies. The whole rat is a round ball, which looks cute, but in Wen Zheng's eyes, they are fat and fat, and he may not be able to finish them 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 in size, 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 was killed by the stone.
Nothing could trap a living bamboo rat, so Wen Zheng could only deal with it on the spot.
Although he had never killed a rat, Wen Zheng had handled chickens, ducks, fish and meat, and the processing of ingredients was often similar.
Remove the head and claws, and peel off the smooth fur.
The fur of bamboo rats is soft and can be tanned into leather to make comfortable leather shoes. However, Wen Zheng does not have this skill. Even if he is careful with his hands, he still cannot control the strength. The bamboo pieces are not sharp enough, while the axe is too sharp. In the end, the bamboo rat skin is tattered and almost loses its value.
Even so, Wen Zheng is reluctant to discard it. No resources can be wasted. He wraps the bamboo rat skin with the banana leaves he brought with him.
The internal organs and the head are also not suitable for eating. Wen Zheng, who is not in a food crisis at present, buried them all underground. Only three bare bamboo rats are left, wrapped in leaves and carried around.
The bamboo was cut down by the axe, and a trickle of clear water flowed out. That is because the temperature difference between morning and evening forms condensation water inside the bamboo. There is also a waterproof film inside the bamboo, which can prevent water loss and is an excellent source of fresh water.
Usually go to the bamboo forest and shake the bamboo with water. If you can hear a gurgling sound, it is fresh water in the bamboo.
There was not much fresh water in each bamboo section. All the cut bamboos were collected in a wide bamboo tube. Wen Zheng used some of it to wash the cut bamboo rat meat, and the rest was sealed and placed aside to be taken back to the shelter.
The bamboos that had died from being eaten by bamboo rats were placed aside. Wen Zheng picked and chose from the remaining bamboos and divided them into two piles according to the depth of their color.
The bamboo branches with a relatively short growth period present a pleasing green color, which is the color that only bamboo that has not been exposed to too much sunlight can have.
Wen Zheng still remembers a familiar saying, called "young bamboo is used as a shoulder pole - it can't bear a heavy burden", which is often used to describe young people who can't bear a heavy burden. Whether this meaning is right or wrong, this sentence points out the characteristics of young bamboo. The bamboo pole is relatively brittle and can't bear too much weight.
Old bamboo that has grown for several years has been exposed to sunlight for many years. It doesn't have "good skin" like young bamboo. Although the bamboo body is shiny, it is a slightly yellowish green color, and even the leaves are a little withered.
Old bamboo has a long growth period, and the fiber is relatively hard and has excellent toughness. Old bamboo is usually used to make various bamboo products.
Wen Zheng wants to use What I saw were these old bamboos.
In the village when I was a child, the uncle who lived next door had a good skill in making bamboo products.
The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the house with blue bricks and red tiles, and the figure of the old man was bright and dark under the grape vines in the yard.
After feeding the pigeons under the eaves, Wen Zheng climbed up the ladder to the roof. Standing on it, he could see the villagers working in the fields, the big yellow dog lying outside the door to bask in the sun, and the rough hands of the uncle next door weaving bamboo baskets.
The more beautiful the memories at that time were, the more gloomy the changes later were.
Those memories were deeply imprinted in Wen Zheng's mind, giving him the confidence to slowly The ground was damaged by these bamboos.
First, remove the bamboo branches and heads and tails of these bamboos, leaving only the bare bamboo poles.
After all the old bamboos were dealt with, the ground was full of these unnecessary things. Wen Zheng spent a lot of energy to clear them out of the temporary camp.
Picking up the bamboo tube beside him, Wen Zheng raised his mouth and drank a big mouthful of bamboo water. Coconut juice has a unique sweetness, dew has a faint smell of leaves, and the fresh water in the puddle that separates it from the sea water has a little unnoticeable bitterness and astringency.
The condensed water in the bamboo tube is similar to dew, but it has the unique fragrance of bamboo.
After a short rest, Wen Zheng began to split the bamboo poles into bamboos of similar length. This part of the work was much simpler. He placed several bamboo poles side by side on the stone, and could cut several bamboos with one swing of the axe.
Next, he needed to split the bamboo into strips two fingers wide, and remove the bamboo green and bamboo joints.
Wen Zheng was relatively unfamiliar with this kind of meticulous work at first. The axe was heavy and wide, and it was far less useful than a knife when working on these bamboos.
After wasting a lot of bamboo, Wen Zheng finally found the feeling and improved the efficiency. After a few minutes, he harvested a lot of strips of similar size and width.
These strips were qualified and could be used.
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