Surviving Endless Disasters

The cut weeds were placed on the original land to dry in the sun. While waiting for the weeds to dry, Wen Zheng was busy processing the ironwood that was transported back.

The first thing to do is to make a hoe.

Usually, a household hoe consists of two parts. One part is used for hoeing the ground, which is a long and flat hoe blade, usually made of iron, and the other part is used for the hand to hold the hoe handle, which is a long round wooden stick.

Usually the hoe handle is longer, because the lever principle is more labor-saving and the user does not need to bend too hard.

Wen Zheng has a full understanding of the hardness of ironwood. He is not going to challenge the highest difficulty. Instead, he makes the hoe blade and the hoe handle separately. The hoe blade is made of ironwood, and the hoe handle is made of ordinary round wooden sticks of appropriate size, without any additional processing.

First, the ironwood is cut into the approximate shape of the hoe blade. The hoe blade that is cut out with a lot of effort is thicker and wider than the normal hoe, more like a thickened version of a shovel.

After the hoe blade is made, Wen Zheng also selected a wooden stick suitable for the hoe handle, and he wants to combine the two together.

After choosing a suitable position on the hoe blade, he carefully turned the axe with its sharp blade. It took several hours to turn it empty. Then, the wild boar tusks left after killing the wild boar came in handy. The tusks were used to enlarge the small hole drilled out until the wooden stick could fit in it.

As for the wooden plow, it was even more troublesome to make. A family in the village had a wooden plow that they had never thrown away, so they kept it in the yard. The children of the family also took it out to play. Wen Zheng also tried it.

Wen Zheng had never learned carpentry, so he could only make the simplest one according to his impression. The hard iron wood that needed to be in close contact with the land was used, and the rest was made of ordinary wood.

The wooden plow made may not be as easy to use as the one made by professional carpenters, but it is always more convenient and labor-saving than turning the soil manually.

It took a day to clear the wasteland, two days to make the axe, and a full week to make the wooden plow.

Of course, while busy with these things, Wen Zheng had to go up the mountain every morning to pick fresh bamboo fungus and observe the progress of bamboo flowering.

However, there are no bamboo rats living in this bamboo forest. Perhaps the distance between the two sides is a bit far. The mountains and forests in the middle, as well as wild boars and pythons in the mountains and forests, prevent them from moving.

Wen Zheng plans to catch a few bamboo rats alive one day. It is too difficult to raise them by himself, but it is still possible to change their living environment to a closer one. In the future, he will not have to run so far to catch bamboo rats.

Satisfiedly placing the finished hoe and wooden plow outside the cave, Wen Zheng pressed his sore arms, and then recalled the Tai Chi and military boxing he learned in college physical education class, and randomly did two versions of his own supplements to exercise his stiff body.

On the fifth day of survival on the deserted island, Wen Zheng finished making farm tools.

He walked into the cave with rich storage, and found the fresh ingredients he had obtained in the past few days to make today's lunch.

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* The phoenix does not live except on the phoenix tree, does not eat except bamboo fruits, and does not drink except sweet springs.

Source: Chapter 45 of "Hui Zi Xiang Liang" in "Zhuangzi·Qiu Shui" After bamboo fungus can be artificially cultivated, it is easy to buy royal bamboo fungus in the market. Unfortunately, Wen Zheng has not studied the cultivation technology. He only knows that the black cap on the head of bamboo fungus and the small white ring at the bottom are not edible. After removing these two parts, they are placed in the sun for strong exposure.

Fresh bamboo fungus will rot quickly if not processed after being picked. Modern people usually use the method of drying royal bamboo fungus, and the color of royal bamboo fungus varies with the degree of drying.

Mild drying can keep the white color. The stronger the intensity of drying, the darker the color of royal bamboo fungus will be, from white to yellow.

Wen Zheng grabbed a handful of royal bamboo fungus for drying and put them in water to soak. The intensity of sunlight on the island is just right. It can not only dry the bamboo fungus, but also keep them white and beautiful in appearance.

During the process of soaking the bamboo fungus, Wen Zheng took down the bird meat hanging on the stone wall.

During the time of making farm tools, Wen Zheng went to check the traps next to the mud pit every three days.

The traps did not trigger when he went there for the first time, so he made two more around.

As a result, when he went there yesterday, he did not see the wild boar trapped, but picked up a wounded seabird on the road.

Wen Zheng had eaten bamboo fungus stewed chicken before, but now there is no chicken, so he used bird meat instead.

This seabird is very small, and after removing the feathers and internal organs, there is not much meat, which Wen Zheng chopped into small pieces.

The lard had been eaten long ago, and there was no oil for stir-frying. Moreover, bird meat is harder to cook than chicken, so Wen Zheng can only think of a special cooking method.

Take out the last big coconut in the cave, split the small lid with an axe facing the upper layer of the coconut shell, scrape out the coconut meat inside with a bamboo knife, cut it into strips and put it in a bamboo tube with coconut milk.

The fresh water in the shell was boiled, Wen Zheng put some sea salt in it, then added the chopped bird meat and blanched it, then added the blanched chicken directly into the coconut shell, and then poured in the bamboo fungus, coconut juice and coconut meat strips that had been soaked and squeezed, as well as an appropriate amount of sea salt and sour juice.

Wen Zheng used the method of making beggar's chicken, covering it with the small piece of coconut cover that was cut off, with almost no gaps, and tightly wrapped the processed coconut with banana leaves and ropes, and buried it under the smoker outside the cave.

It was often used to stew things there, and the stones inside had not been moved. After fixing the position of the coconut shell, the soil was covered and the fire was lit, and the coconut juice and bamboo fungus stewed bird soup below was slowly stewed.

After being busy for nearly a day, Wen Zheng was finally able to have a good rest.

While waiting for the food to be ready, Wen Zheng took out a bamboo tube from the cave with the word "snacks" engraved on it.

He shook the bamboo tube, which made a rustling sound. He poured the contents into his palm, which were yellow banana slices.

Wen Zheng cut the ripe banana into slices and placed them in the sun. The banana slices were sour and sweet, with a crispy taste. Wen Zheng and Tuantuan both liked them very much.

Speaking of Tuantuan, Wen Zheng looked into the cave. It was broad daylight, and the sun was shining brightly outside. Tuantuan was still sleeping in the bird's nest.

On the day when he went to cut down the iron tree, Wen Zheng noticed that Tuantuan was larger than the two birds of the same type. He originally thought that he had raised them well, but in these days, Tuantuan's size has grown again.

Wen Zheng began to suspect that the two birds he met last time might be young birds that had not yet grown up, which could explain Tuantuan's growth.

Moreover, the increase in sleeping time in the past few days should be caused by Tuantuan's continued growth.

After drinking a few sips of mint tea, Wen Zheng looked at the scenery in the distance. The sea and the sky were connected, the sky and the water were the same color, the breeze was blowing, and the water was calm, which made people feel relaxed and happy.

The fire burned for two hours and boiled a pot of sea salt. Wen Zheng was not in a hurry. He took out some wild taro king and steamed it in shells. After the wild taro king was steamed, he extinguished the fire and dug out the coconut buried below.

After untying the rope, he peeled off the leaves of the king of roasting, and gently opened the coconut shell on the top with a bamboo knife. In an instant, a light but overbearing fragrance appeared in the air, even tempting Tuan Tuan who was sleeping in the cave to wake up.

In the light yellow clear soup, white bamboo fungus and coconut meat accompanied the bird meat.

Coconut milk itself has a natural sweetness. The bamboo fungus absorbs the delicious soup like a sponge. The coconut meat is cooked soft, and the bird meat is stewed to separate the bones and meat.

Pick up a piece of bamboo fungus with chopsticks, the soup drips back into the coconut shell due to gravity, quickly put it into the mouth, and the soup overflows with a mouthful.

The bird meat is tender and smooth, and it is not difficult to bite it because it has been stewed for too long. It tastes salty, fragrant and sweet.

The coconut meat is very soft and sticky, and there is a faint sweetness.

Take another sip of the hot soup, which is sweet and rich, and leaves a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth.

Wen Zheng picked out a few chopsticks of the ingredients inside, and then scooped out a little soup with a bamboo spoon, and moved it in front of Tuan Tuan who was waiting next to him.