Chapter 553: One Day on the Island
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With the feathers of the birds, the problem of "clothing" should be solved. Although Li Zhenyan, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, has been practicing martial arts since childhood, everyone in this era is a woman who is popular, and she is no exception. Those skillful hands can even do intricate embroidery, let alone sew clothes from feathers.
"Food" is relatively simpler. Due to the abundant rainfall in the fishing island area, Zhu Youzhen repaired the reservoir, and there is no shortage of fresh water. As for the food, in addition to fish, bird meat has been added, and it has a unique taste.
It's just that there is an extreme lack of vegetables, and there is nothing else to eat on the island except purslane. Zhu Youzhen had to force himself and Li Zhenyan to eliminate at least one coconut every day, if nothing else, coconuts are fruits that can supplement a lot of vitamins. He knew that in the earlier Age of Discovery, sailors who had been at sea for a long time were very susceptible to fatal sepsis, that is, vitamin C deficiency, and the main reason was that they could not eat fruits and vegetables for a long time.
As for the issue of "living", Zhu Youzhen did not let Li Zhenyan interfere. In his opinion, although Li Zhenyan is strong in martial arts and has much greater strength than himself, he is a man anyway, and heavy physical work such as carrying wood and stone, building walls and building houses, is unavoidable, and he can't let his own women do it.
After experiencing a heavy rainstorm, Zhu Youzhen has realized that a stone wall made of mud and stones is not reliable, and if the rain is too heavy, the dry mud will become wet and lose its hardness, and the wall will be in danger of collapsing. Moreover, the stone walls are not breathable, and it is extremely hot to live in, which also affects the quality of sleep.
Since building a canoe can never be completed in a day or two, but sleeping is essential every day, Zhu Youzhen still decided to start building a wooden house. The site was located next to the stone hut, which he planned to convert into a storage room when the wooden house was built in the future. Moreover, after he and Li Zhenyan left Diaoyu Island, the wooden house would definitely decay after a long time, but the stone house could leave ruins, adding an ironclad proof that Diaoyu Island belonged to China.
As for the problem of "how to tie the pieces of wood together" that bothered him at first, there is now a workable solution. Yes, there are no hemp plants on this island, and there is no hemp rope; The stems of those herbaceous plants also lack enough toughness to hold heavy wood in place.
But don't forget that this is an island, and there's just one plant in the sea that can come in handy: kelp! On the seabed beneath the reef on the shore grows a large amount of dark green kelp, whose leaves are up to a foot long, nearly a foot wide, and have strong toughness, which is just right to replace rope.
In addition, kelp can also be eaten, and large pieces of kelp can also be spread on the roof of the house to protect against rain. Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but thank God, although the two of them were stranded on an island far from the mainland, the rich products were enough for them to survive tenaciously!
Originally, Zhu Youzhen's swimming level was not much better than that of a landlubber, but under the pressure of the environment, he learned to dive with Li Zhenyan in only one day, and the next day he could dive to the bottom of the sea two or three meters deep and cut kelp with a sharp stone knife.
Now Zhu Youzhen's fishing day on the island is spent like this: waking up in the morning by the sound of the waves and the chirping of seabirds, he first goes to the big tree that records the date and carves the mark of the new day. Then he went to fetch water to raise the fire so that Lee Jung-yeon could make breakfast.
Taking advantage of the gap between Li Zhenyan and making breakfast, Zhu Youzhen first went to the beach to take a cold shower to refresh himself, and then he had to sort out the tools needed for the whole day today. The only dagger had been properly preserved and would not be used easily, so his tools were still mainly stone and wood. After sharpening the stone knives and axes, and checking whether the stone tools are firmly connected to the wooden handle falcon, the morning time always passes quickly, and it is time for breakfast.
After eating breakfast in a hurry, Zhu Youzhen and Li Zhenyan were busy with their own work. Lee Jung-yeon is going to start her day of fishing and hunting, which is spearfish and seabird shooting. In addition to their daily rations, Li Zhenyan always hunted more, then salted them in seawater, and then dried them in the scorching sun and stored them. In the future, if the birds migrate away, or if the weather is extremely bad and it is impossible to hunt at all, it will depend on these dried fish and pickled bird meat to satisfy their stomachs.
Zhu Youzhen climbed near the summit with a stone knife and axe, cut pine wood there, and transported it back to the bottom of the mountain. This is an extremely tiring heavy physical work, because the stone axe is not as good as a hacksaw, and every time a branch is chopped, Zhu Youzhen is tired and sweaty.
Despite the hardships, over time, the pine forests on the island were cut down by Zhu Youzhen. Although this move is suspected of damaging the ecological environment, Zhu Youzhen is also out of helplessness, because only pine wood on the island is suitable for building houses. He thought to himself that as long as he could return to the mainland alive, he would definitely replant the trees on the island in the future, so that the beautiful scenery here could be maintained forever.
After a few trips to transport the wood, the sunlight became more and more poisonous. At this time, Zhu Youzhen and Li Zhenyan both began to rest and simply eat lunch. After dinner, they take a short walk in the shade of the coconut grove before returning to the stone hut for a nap. The reason why I don't sleep directly in the shade of the trees is because I am afraid of snakes and poisonous insects. It was stuffy in the hut, but there was no such thing.
When I woke up, it was almost three or four o'clock in the afternoon. Li Zhenyan continued to hunt, and Zhu Youzhen began to process the wood, making it into various shapes needed to build a wooden house. This job requires a great deal of patience, and if you are not careful, either the wood will be split or the stone knife will collapse.
If you want to change to the past, Zhu Youzhen has no patience to do this kind of thing. But after a long time on the island, people slowly calmed down. When a person focuses on one thing, he can do it well. Many years later, when Zhu Youzhen looked back on this experience, he couldn't believe that those neat and smooth wood were actually processed little by little by him with rough stone tools.
With the chanting of the seagulls, the hard day is soon over. Zhu Youzhen and Li Zhenyan will go to the sea to take a mandarin duck bath together, on the one hand, they will wash off their sweat, and on the other hand, they will have time to talk about their experiences for a day.
After dinner, Lee Jung-yeon would tirelessly weave clothes with feathers by moonlight and starlight. This time is the most leisurely moment for Zhu Youzhen, he will sit quietly at the door of the hut, looking at the vast sea, thinking about some seemingly unrelated but very important issues.
In the end, when the stars were scarce in the month, the two newlywed young men and women wanted to have a warm life. There was no one else on the island, and the two of them took the sky as the curtain and the earth as the house, and did it heartily, and finally hugged each other and fell asleep. The high tide of the sea also seemed to be quiet at this moment, and it could not bear to disturb the good dreams of the troubled couple.