Compared with the original hunting, more than 100 catties is indeed not much, but compared with the remaining 200 catties, it is a lot, and the loss of nearly half is very distressing.

Unfortunately, it didn't help to feel distressed, and after cleaning up and burying all the stinky meat, I started the idea of sheep, after all, there were enough containers for storing mutton.

A water supply project was a long time delay, and it was already early November when the sweet potatoes were ripe.

With the increase of planting area, the yield has further increased, and this year's sweet potato yield is very amazing, and it is infinitely close to 1,500 catties!

This yield is still the result of not using much fertilizer and even sheep manure, otherwise it may be exceeded.

It's a good thing to be ambitious, but it's not good to be overly greedy, the current output is fully able to meet the daily needs of production and life, and at the same time it will be exceeded, after all, a few years ago, the harvest of 1,500 catties was when the food was not enough.

Nowadays, the standard of living has improved dramatically, and all kinds of ingredients are available, if not all, enough to meet the needs of two or three people, so no matter how much you get, some of them will rot.

This is true and I don't want to see it, so after this year's bumper harvest, next year I intend to drop to half an acre again.

The harvest of sweet potatoes means that all crops have been harvested this year, and the construction tasks of the family have been basically completed, not to mention fishing and seafood, and life will be idle again!

If nothing else, the leisurely days will continue, and you can finally sleep in the morning, and during the day, in addition to the daily errands, you can go fishing at the beach and dig shellfish on the beach.

If you don't go to the sea, there is a way to play without going to the sea, and it is still difficult for me to eat the specialties of the sea, and the only thing that lingers may be that trace of hatred and regret......

After more than half a month of leisure, most of the entertainment activities that I usually think about have been experienced several times, and I am ready to change my taste and go around the woods again.

After most of the weeds and vines wither in winter, it is a good opportunity to make a fortune, so don't miss it!

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There may not be anything very important to do until the Chinese New Year, but this time I plan to walk again from one end of the island to the other, and there will be about two-thirds of the whole island, except for the usual main activities.

The purpose is, of course, twofold, one is to take advantage of the lack of weeds in the woods to find new species and new resources, including ores and all kinds of other things that are beneficial to me.

Another reason is to widen the roads that have been carved out before, and survey the terrain to trim a few large roads connected to the houses, and at the same time open up more small roads to facilitate rapid walking.

Unlike two years ago, when I explored the island, I didn't have the slightest concern about the safety of the island, and even the exploration took only long knives and daggers, fresh water and food.

At the beginning of December, the temperature was lower, and all the poisonous snakes were hiding underground, and they could be more unscrupulous, and the speed was not the same, and the speed of one day was more than the original two days.

On the first day of departure, I had a lot of harvest, not only picking up a few coconuts, but also miraculously catching a greedy coconut crab, which was bigger than a basketball.

The first time I caught the coconut crab, I felt that my saliva was about to come down, and I remembered that the last time I tasted it was three or four years ago, and so long has passed!

The harvest on the first day was very encouraging, so the exploration that followed was even more diligent, after all, the rewards were far greater than the efforts.

However, the next two days were not as big as expected, but uneventful, with nothing but a few coconuts and a few unseasoned fruit trees.

Hehe...... I want to take back what I just said, and the return does not necessarily outweigh the pay!

The dullness lasted until the fifth day, and nothing was found except for a few more sprouted wild corn plants, which were of little use to me now.

On the fifth day, the situation of finding nothing changed radically, and the originally somewhat lost mood was quickly raised, and the excitement was almost dancing!

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I have just found dozens of hemp trees in the woods, which is the --- flax, which is an important raw material for many textiles and fibers.

Although it cannot be used as food, in today's world where food is quite abundant and varied, it is not a surprise to find a food crop, and even if you are happy, you will not be so happy.

The reason for this is nothing more than that the lack of fabrics is too serious now, if it weren't for the sheepskin and fabrics picked up by the sea, it would have been like a wild man to make clothes from leaves!

Internally, the ideal raw material is of course cotton, which allows me to have quilts and all kinds of thick coats, as long as I solve the problems in winter, it is not too troublesome in summer.

But of course, it is also very good to settle for linen, after all, people are also very widely used as raw materials!

Flax should be the earliest natural plant fiber used by human beings, with a history of more than 10,000 years, and it may have been used by primitive people, which also shows that the difficulty of making it is not high, and it can be completed by hand.

Although it cannot be used as food, it can be used in all aspects of life, and it also marks that in the near future, the material of my clothes can be completely solved, and if it goes well, I will be able to wear my first clothes made of linen next year.

I can't help but be happy when I think of being able to wear new clothes, I haven't worn new clothes for six or seven years since I went to the island, and I've been picking up rags to make do!

My crisis is not limited to clothes, there is not much rope left, and linen is also a good material for making rope......

Maybe the strength of the flax rope is not as strong as the nylon rope made by modern technology, but there is no problem with the rope used to solve the needs of production and life, after all, most of the ropes I need are used for binding, not for lifting heavy objects.

The effect does not stop there, in addition to the huge effect of the skin on the flax stem, the flaxseed is not small, and it can be regarded as a treasure all over the body!

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Flaxseed can not only be extracted for oil consumption, but also used to treat a variety of diseases, if not the yield is far inferior to peanuts, and even peanut oil will be replaced.

Even if I don't plan to use it to squeeze oil, the changes that flax alone has brought to me cannot be underestimated, and my mind has automatically filled the scene of various linen products serving me in the future, and the more I think about it, the more excited I become!

The flax does not take long to grow, it will mature in about 100 days, so the flax in front of me should be ripe in the summer, and the second season of germination and growth has not yet reached the time of growth.

Beautiful things always take time, not to mention that they don't take long to grow, and they can fully mature and harvest seeds in about a month.

I have removed all the weeds and vines near this flax area, so that there is no possibility of another typhoon in early December, so I don't have to worry about its safety!

Happily to be happy, just a few dozen flax trees are not enough for me at the moment, and I guess it is not enough to make a towel, so it is too early to get a huge amount of flax.

It's just that the area of land that has been cleared is not enough, and I also want to expand the area a little more!

After two seasons of planting, I found that growing crops on Crocodile Island is different from the top of the hill on the main island, one acre of land here does not mean that you can have a complete acre of land, not only a large number of tree stumps occupy the place, but also dense forests around the land to block the sun.

Almost all crops have to rely on photosynthesis to grow, and the current four acres of land not only have to reduce the stump occupation of more than one acre, but even reduce the yield of half an acre because of the shading of the woods, so the land is still not enough.

After the discovery of flax, the remaining area was explored in the woods for the next two days, but no major discoveries were made, and the operation ended.

Then I was going to expand the area of the crop field a little more, partly by clearing the loose stumps in the field, and most of the work was of course logging, which I hated so much!

But even if you hate it, you have to do it, and after two or three years, the fertility of the existing land will decline, and then it is likely that several plots of land will take turns as it did at the top of the mountain.

In the past half a month, the total area of the land has reached five acres, which means that the area of another one acre has been cut down recently, and I don't have any sense of accomplishment for this, and some only have a sense of exhaustion!

I want to be lazy again, because now I am fully qualified to be lazy, and all things can fully meet all my needs, which is what makes me feel more fulfilling!

After more than six years on the island, he has finally changed from a beggar who had nothing at the beginning to a poor person now, even if he is still poor, the good news is that he no longer has to go hungry.

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After a few days of leisure, I plan to take a boat back to the island to have a look, but I haven't been back for a long time, and although I am not worried, it is necessary to know what has changed.

As the saying goes, "three holes of the cunning rabbit", even if its usefulness is temporarily gone, it can be used as a backup, in case of unknown situations, it can be regarded as a way out, and it does not matter whether the house is abandoned or not!

The buoyancy of the sailboat, which has been soaked in the sea for a long time, has decreased, and the wood has been soaked in water for a long time, and the sea water has already been drunk.

However, the safety problem is not worrying, but the sails are more worn, and it is estimated that they will not last long!

Although the sea was interrupted for several months due to the shark incident, the long-skilled skills have not been forgotten, and the journey was very smooth.

When stepping on a familiar and unfamiliar island, the feeling of being lost for a long time instantly comes to my heart, and there is always a trace of emotion in my heart when I revisit the old place......

The island has not changed much, except that there are many more weeds on the road used to be taken, and it seems more barren, and the rest has not changed much, and there are still no other people.

In the tropics, especially in the rainy tropics, weeds are a very nuisance species, often growing more than 20 centimeters tall in a month or two, but thanks to the dense vegetation on the island, there are no weeds everywhere!

PS: The manuscript is used up, so there may only be one chapter for most of the time, but it will definitely be written, with a complete outline of more than 100,000 words!