Surviving Endless Disasters

After eating, Wen Zheng sat contentedly at the entrance of the cave, while Tuantuan, although not sleeping, went to lie down on the black box placed on the shelf.

After sitting for a few minutes, Wen Zheng stood up and packed his things.

As usual, after spending a few minutes on the black box, Tuantuan came over to rub Wen Zheng. After saying hello, he spread his wings and flew into the sky. He soon lost track of him, leaving Wen Zheng alone at home.

Wen Zheng took a sip of water and walked to the farm area with a hoe.

The grass that had been placed on the ground had dried up in the past few days. Wen Zheng found a time when there was no wind and carefully lit the grass with fire. During the burning process of the grass, the insect eggs and grass seeds in the ground were burned to death.

The plant ash produced after burning the king grass is alkaline. Mixing the plant ash into the saline-alkali land will only make the land condition worse, so Wen Zheng collected it and put it in a bamboo basket covered with leaves.

Today's farmland is just without weeds and stones. The soil is not particularly hard, but it is not that easy to turn over.

Wen Zheng rubbed his forehead. He was already tired from making farm tools, so he decided to rest for two days before starting to plow the ground.

However, on the afternoon of the next day, the island received a heavy rain that came and went in a hurry. The land was irrigated by the rain and became much softer.

Wen Zheng rested for only one day, then turned over the soil with a hoe.

The work of plowing the ground once again put Wen Zheng's other plans on hold. He thoroughly experienced the hardships of the working people in ancient times, and tried to arrange his daily time reasonably. He worked hard to plow the ground when the temperature was relatively low, and took a good rest when the sun was brighter.

In this way, he spent three days of hoeing every day. Two pieces of farmland were roughly turned over by the hoe. Wen Zheng was so tired that his back ached and new calluses appeared on his hands.

Seeing the fields restored to hardness after being exposed to the sun, Wen Zheng prepared to take a good rest for a day and then use the wooden plow to plow the fields carefully.

Digging the ground is more tiring than making farm tools. Wen Zheng has not gone to the mud pit to check the traps in the past few days. After all, he has not caught them for so long, and he has no confidence in those traps.

Wen Zheng didn't even go to check out the flowering bamboo forest that was relatively close to the cave. The only thing he did every day was to go fishing at the beach.

It would be boring to eat bacon and taro king every day, and these can be stored for a long time and belong to the cave's food reserves, so they cannot be eaten just like this.

So Wen Zheng mended the old fishing net he found in the garbage dump, rowed a little further on the bamboo raft, and tried to catch fish with the fishing net.

The first few times he fished, Wen Zheng was unsuccessful. After a few attempts, he mastered the technique. Fishing with a fishing net is much more efficient than using a bamboo harpoon.

In addition to fresh sea fish, you can also catch a lot of shrimps and crabs.

While eating these seafood, Wen Zheng thought about the deliciousness of coconut crabs. However, he was so busy every day. He had no time to set traps to trap coconut crabs, so he could only think about it occasionally.

On the rest day, Wen Zheng didn't even go to the beach. The biggest activity was to get up in the morning and practice Tai Chi and Juntiquan several times, and also cooked three delicious meals.

Thinking that he hadn't been to the bamboo forest for a long time and hadn't checked the traps around the mud pit, Wen Zheng didn't rush to start work and planned to spend another half day walking around.

Wearing a short piece of cotton clothing, the part that was torn off to bandage the wound was cleaned by Wen Zheng and Wang Jing put it in the cave for reuse next time, although Wen Zheng hoped that it would never be used.

With the first ray of sunshine in the morning, Wen Zheng had already set off from the cave and walked northeast after reaching the gravel mountain.

Looking at the clothes with holes on the sleeves, Wen Zheng sighed. Even if they were washed in turns with the straw clothes, this set of clothes with excellent quality would inevitably be damaged. He didn't know how long it would last.

No clothes were found in the garbage dump last time, only a piece of canvas was found. However, this waterproof canvas smelled like it had other uses. He planned to make a set of clothes out of animal skins.

Although I haven't caught any wild boars recently, even if I caught Wen Zheng, I still want to raise them, but the shark skin from last time hasn't been tanned yet.

Wen Zheng has prepared fish bones that can be used as needles. The thread can be removed from the fishing net. Once the shark skin is tanned, a set of clothes can be sewn.

Following the best route he had mastered, it didn't take long for Wen Zheng to see the shadow of the bamboo forest. Tuantuan took the initiative to fly ahead and lead the way, without Wen Zheng needing to check the marks left behind.

The bamboo fungus in the bamboo forest was all picked by Wen Zheng and Wang Jing. The blooming bamboo flowers had changed from white to light green. This time, looking at the trees in the distance, one could not see the special features of this bamboo forest. Wen Zheng once again lamented his good luck.

Hearing Tuantuan scream excitedly, Wen Zheng hurried over and saw that the bamboo flowers next to Tuantuan had withered, and where the bamboo flowers originally grew, there were small, green bamboo stems.

"Tuan Tuan, you are really a great hero.

" Wen Zheng walked around the bamboo several times, murmuring excitedly, "It is now strong. When I sow the rice and barley seeds into the farmland, these bamboo fruits should be mature enough for picking.

"Bamboo, rice and wheat are both gramineous plants. Bamboo is similar to rice and wheat, with green rice grains wrapped in a shell.

When the shell changes from cyan to light red, harvesting can begin.

Leaving the bamboo forest in a happy mood, Wen Zheng continued walking southeast and entered the mountain forest. In addition to various unknown large trees and unknown wild flowers and grasses, there were also many small animals.

Last time, Wen Zheng followed the flight path of the bees and found a huge beehive. Thinking of the sweet honey made his mouth water. However, he did not have the strength to deal with the swarms of bees, so he could only sigh at the "honey".

He could not even catch the wild boar, and the three traps he set up had not moved until now.

Wen Zheng was going to check the traps now, but he did not hold any hope.

Chapter 46 As he gradually approached the location of the mud pit, Wen Zheng became more cautious.

The sun rose, showing its presence with fierce sunlight. Wild boars would hide in places that blocked the cool during the day, so Wen Zheng was worried that a wild boar would suddenly jump out from somewhere in the forest.

There was no danger on the road, and Wen Zheng successfully checked the first two traps. As he expected, the first two traps did not catch the wild boar.

Not only that, the two traps were all destroyed.

There were fresh footprints near the two traps. Wen Zheng sighed and squatted to check carefully.

The footprints that stood out among the group of footprints were those of the largest male wild boar, which should have destroyed the traps.

The male wild boar was very large, and Wen Zheng had to be cautious every time he came near the mud pit. He himself did not have the confidence that he could escape unscathed when facing the wild boar leader alone.

After recovering the ropes of the destroyed traps, Wen Zheng considered whether to change the traps to catch wild boars while walking towards the direction of the third trap.

Considering the possibility of the traps being destroyed, the three traps were not placed on the roads where wild boars often pass, and the third trap was placed in a place with dense trees. Small wild boars can reach there, but large wild boars cannot get in.

However, there is also a serious problem with the location of this trap. Judging from the footprints on the ground, small wild boars rarely run to that place.

At that time, Wen Zheng searched around for a long time before he barely found this suitable location, because there were several footprints of small wild boars on the land inside, although the traces might have been left a long time ago.

Wen Zheng walked over according to his impression without much interest. He also had the mind to look at the surrounding plants. A shrub with a bird staying in the distance attracted his attention.

It was a low shrub growing in the mountains and forests, with many small spikes on the branches.

From the time he first entered the forest to now, Wen Zheng has witnessed the process of this shrub blooming with pale yellow flowers, producing green fruits, and then the fruits gradually turning red.

When it bloomed, it attracted many bees to collect nectar. When it produced green fruits, no animals were interested in it. Now that the fruits have turned red, they have attracted a few birds to peck at them.