The busiest period has finally passed, and the time has come to April, which is the most beautiful season.

The comfort of the recent weather and the visual beauty of the environment are undoubtedly the most impactful since I came to the island, as if I was in a dream!

But as temperatures rise, a month or two at most will be a thing of the past, even if it's now approaching 30 degrees at noon.

After testing the water temperature yesterday, I plan to start my fishing plan this year.

The supply of live fish at home had been cut off a week ago, and the reason why I didn't rush to catch fish was because I wanted to change my taste.

These days, the main food is boiled corn kernels, green vegetables, leeches, etc., but watching the small amount of corn decrease day by day, I have a sense of urgency to catch fish.

I had to make some preparations before fishing, and when I passed by the fish pond, I found that there was only thirty or forty centimeters of water in it, which had reached below the warning line, and it had to be replenished, otherwise there would be no way to raise the fish when I came back.

After breakfast, I first took the bucket to the beach to fetch water from the fish pond, which made people feel that the fish pond could be loaded more than expected, and it took me thirty or forty rounds to load the fish pond to a depth of almost one meter, and the original plan to fish in the afternoon was also postponed to the next day!

The next day, although I knew that the temperature was still low in the sea, it was indeed a very huge psychological test when I first went to the sea, and the low temperature made me clench my teeth, and even when the sea water submerged my upper body, I showed a refusal from the depths of my soul......

After submerging the whole body in the seawater and then adjusting for a minute, the body slowly adapts to the temperature of the seawater, and at this time it will be much better, although it is still relatively cold, but it is not as big a reaction as before going to the sea.

It's just that I began to have another worry in my heart, and the last time I saw a stranded shark on the beach, I knew that although this sea area seems calm on the surface, in fact, there may be an unknown danger hidden somewhere.

This kind of worry has been infinitely reduced in the face of a food crisis, and perhaps only if you have experienced it in the sea will you remember it completely, after all, people are like this, and there is a fluke mentality!

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However, before going to the sea, I observed the movement of the beach more closely, because sharks and other large aggressive fish would definitely surface in this shallow sea due to their size, but I didn't find it.

Of course, you will be more cautious when you go to sea, and if you encounter an adult shark three or four meters long in the sea, it can be said that there is no possibility of escape!

Moreover, sharks are only one of the threats, only sharks are stranded on the shore, but it does not mean that there are no other animals, such as sea lions, crocodiles, killer whales, etc., their threat levels are not the same, the most worrying is sharks and crocodiles!

After a period of interruption in the sea and the body was out of order due to the cold of the water, the fishing technique regressed, and just now I saw several fish running away before the nets were closed, and by the time I reacted, they were already gone.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that after the first net was pulled ashore and cleaned up, there were still nearly 30 catties of various marine fish, including two cod and a grouper.

This kind of harvest is also worth the next sea at this water temperature, and the first net of this year will explode, which is a good sign!

I was going to go back directly after sending the fish into the fish pond, but I didn't feel too comfortable after the sea dried, and I wanted to go back and rinse with fresh water as soon as possible.

But suddenly found that the branches and leaves around the top of the fish pond dried up, and they needed to be replaced if they couldn't stop the fish, otherwise if it rained heavily, wouldn't the fish flow away along the overflowing rainwater and cracks!

So I immediately surrounded the pond with fresh branches and leaves.

On the way back, I was thinking about what to do in the afternoon, and to be honest, I was a little stunned at first after planting all the crops in the field.

Of course, there are a lot of things, and I guess I won't be able to finish it in a few months, I just don't want to do it!

The construction of the second room is on the agenda, and it was originally planned to be built together with the first room last year, but it has been delayed until now due to lack of food.

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The plan to prepare the building materials in the afternoon was put on hold again, and I was a little resistant to this kind of big project, which would take nearly a month to complete, and could not be started, as long as it would take up a lot of my time and energy at the beginning!

I went to the sea again, not because I liked masochism after going to sea in the morning, and this time I didn't plan to fish, but I was going to catch some seafood.

My heart is dreaming of lobster, abalone, and all kinds of delicious seafood.

I also miss the taste of them a little, especially the most itchy thing in my heart is the lobster I caught last year, which is simply a delicacy in the world and will not be forgotten for a long time.

I took the necessary equipment and set off to the beach again in the afternoon, full of courage before departure, but the moment I stood on the beach, my fear of going to the sea was committed again, and I stood in the sea again after repeated struggles in my mind!

The diving process is a little more tiring, but it makes the body less cold.

After three dives, I found a huge clams shell, the size of a football, which was open and it was off to a good start, which increased my confidence even more.

The shallow water area is very large, at least more than one square kilometer, and it can be said that it is full of treasures.

However, due to the short net time of diving on the bottom of the sea and the lack of eyesight, it is difficult to completely cover this large area of sea, which makes the exploration process more uncertain, and there may be unexpected gains at any time!

Schools of fish swam past me at the bottom of the sea, but I ignored them and continued to concentrate on finding creatures that could not swim.

Half an hour later, two sea cucumbers and four clams were caught, but no lobsters were found, which was a little unsatisfactory!

The backpack was already full of four large shells, and the swimming ring was almost overwhelmed, so I had to return to the shore to lay them, but I didn't forget that the main goal today was to catch lobsters......

After resting on the shore for ten minutes, I washed into the sea again, and the lobster was still not found, but there was a big discovery that I found a super-large clams shell with a diameter of only one meter and a conservative estimate of one or two hundred catties.

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The reason why I didn't get excited to see such a big shell was that I couldn't take it at all, not only could I not pry it, but it was also impossible to take it ashore from the bottom of the sea, which was a pity!

After struggling in the sea for about half an hour, the people were exhausted, and the lobster was not found, and only one clams and two abalone were obtained, which was worth the trip.

Of course, the dinner is not surprising is a seafood feast, two sea cucumbers are used to roast, large shells are used to cook soup, and a few vegetable leaves are very delicious.

After two or three months of growth, there is now enough greens in the field, and although they have not yet grown, there is no problem in pulling two leaves on one tree.

Some time ago, the high-strength bottom work of farming made the copper hoe curl blade and wear very bad, from the beginning of the length of 30 cm to the current 20 cm or so, although the copper that is usually lost are collected together, but also have to face the furnace reconstruction!

One of the great conveniences of copper smelting is that I have a lot of charcoal, and since last year's copper smelting, I have collected the charcoal from the stove into a sealed clay pot after every meal.

The charcoal will go out automatically when it lacks oxygen, and so far two or three clay pots of charcoal have been collected, and many of them have been poured on the ground.

One of the troubles you have to face before you want to smelt copper again is that you don't have clay at home, which is of course a good problem to solve, after all, you don't need to make pottery again in a short time, and you won't need much if you only make some molds.

An hour later, I brought back 100 pounds of clay from the distant woods to the clearing, and picked out the debris inside and mixed the mud.

The experience of copper smelting has kept everything in order, and it is all going according to plan.

After making the shape of two wet mud molds larger than bricks, I went to the banana tree and had to borrow something from it.

The hoe mold made this time was about one centimeter shorter than before, because I was worried that the loss of firepower would be less than enough.

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However, my concern is indeed very reasonable, all the copper and copper hoes plus the copper pieces that were left over from the previous table tennis balls are all used, and the hoe has just been made, only a large piece of strawberry remains, and the next time the furnace is returned, the size may be changed to shorten!

I was a little dissatisfied with the limitations of copper, and the more serious problem was that it could not be replenished, and I later searched for a carpet within a radius of two or three hundred meters where I found the copper ore, but found nothing!

Coupled with the lack of hardness, I was obviously not as happy as I was when I first got it, and I was considering replacing it with another metal......

At present, it can replace copper, and the material I have is only iron, and the reserves of iron are not much, and it is less than ten catties when it is full, and it is necessary to remove the rust and loss on the surface, etc., and it is more ideal to be able to smelt five or six catties of pure iron!

After having the idea of making iron, it has been lingering in my mind, so I simply added some more to the charcoal furnace that has not been extinguished after copper smelting, and put a few pieces of ironware, this method is not mainly to make it, mainly to see if charcoal and fan air can reach the melting point of iron.

The fact is similar to what I expected, the melting point of pure iron is four or five hundred degrees higher than that of copper, and even if the purity of a few pieces of iron in it is not enough, it will be at least one or two hundred degrees higher than the current temperature before it can be melted.

The gentle fire didn't do anything about it at all, but the rust on the surface fell off a little, and the iron inside was burned red, and the only thing that made people anxious was that it couldn't melt.

This reminds me of the craftsmen who used to mend iron pots on the street when I was a child, and his tools were a small charcoal stove and a blower, and the iron pieces turned into molten iron in just a few seconds when they were put on the fire, and it seemed that I needed to make a better tool to gnaw this hard bone.

When I think of air supply equipment, there is another option besides the blower, which is the bellows, which all have almost the same function, but the difficulty of making it makes me unable to make up my mind for a while.