January is almost the coldest time of the year, with average temperatures only staying around 10 degrees Celsius, and occasionally only a few degrees.

The work of making bricks and tiles is something I don't want to touch during this time, especially when the mud is mixed into the cold thin mud, which is almost a whole day.

Of course, these can be overcome in urgent situations, but when it is not urgent recently, there is no need to rush the completion time of the third room, at least not the time to build it recently!

Internally, I'm thinking about taking a break for a while, and this year I'm trying my best to achieve the expected progress.

But I still held back, and before the Chinese New Year, I felt that there was still room for operation, at least to find a suitable stone nearby to build the lower part of the stone mill.

Now that the corn is still stored in a lot and eaten frequently, it is very necessary to let the stone mill work again, and my heart can be more reassured.

The process of finding a suitable stone was a twist and turn, and it took quite a lot of unjust roads, and finally found a piece of material of the same height and diameter thirty or forty meters away from the fish pond.

Its height is about 1.5 meters, and its diameter is also within 1.5 meters, and the height and diameter are very suitable sizes, which are much smaller than the amount of stone grinding on the island before.

The most labor-saving part is that the height does not need to be cut too much, and it is quite appropriate to simply remove 20 centimeters, so the whole process only took five days, and after another day of debugging and grinding, the cornmeal was successfully produced from the stone mill on Crocodile Island!

The stone mill made me feel very eager for the oil extraction tool, as if I had an obsessive-compulsive episode, so the oil extraction tool successfully joined my team four days later.

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The preparations for the previous year are underway, but there is still plenty of time, and I am not ready to do any other construction work.

In addition to going to the beach to see it, I was very interested in the woods......

Winter is also the time when the woods can be rich, and many plants or materials that cannot be found normally are more likely to be found after most of the leaves and weeds have withered.

Previous experience has taught me that going around the woods when I'm idle and bored may make unexpected discoveries!

This thought has led me to many crops and unexpected surprises, and this time was no exception, finding a tree on the third day of my trip to the woods......

A three-meter-tall tung tree, or tung tree, is nothing unusual about a tree in itself, and it looks like it is no different from other trees in the woods.

But when someone who knows it finds it on the island, they will definitely treat it like a treasure, and it just so happens that I happen to know it!

The wood material of the paulownia tree itself is not outstanding, and it has little or no use, and the only feature that can be remembered is the tangled trunk, which can not be cut for half a day.

The thing that can produce great value is its fruit, although it cannot be eaten as food, but it has some very important uses.

It has a variety of uses in itself, but one of the most useful features for me is that it can be used for lighting, and the night will no longer be dark after it!

Not only that, but tung fruit can also be pressed to produce tung oil, which can be transformed into an extremely important material with a simple pressing.

Its function is basically similar to kerosene, except that it cannot be used as a mechanical fuel, and it has a variety of other uses.

It is not only the main material used to make paints and inks, but also widely used in construction and machinery, and has functions such as anti-corrosion and anti-rust.

The most important point is that it burns, and not having the right lighting tools is one of the things I've been a headache for the past few years, and with it, this problem can be solved!

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The functionality of the paulownia is weaker, but it can be used for lighting alone, but it can also be competent, at least it can solve the current problem!

A tung tree is about the size of an egg, and when peeled, it looks like an orange and can produce five to six petals, which can be ignited directly after drying.

Even though the lighting effect may be different from the stability of the candle, the brightness is not inferior to it, and the burning time of each candle is at least a quarter of an hour, or even close to half an hour.

The disadvantages are obvious, it not only has a shorter burning time than candles, but there is also a significant gap in the stability of the light, but before the candle cannot be made due to material problems, it will be extremely important to me, even the only means of lighting!

Since I was on the island for more than six years, the night in the room has hardly been lit at night, and the fire outside in the open air certainly has a certain lighting effect, but it seems to have little effect.

I spent most of the night in my room, because the deserted island in the mountains and forests always felt safe in the room at night, even if the situation on the island was very clear.

Second, it is not comfortable to be near the fire, I don't want to be close when the temperature is high, and I don't want to stay outside the room in winter, so it is impossible to move the fire into the room.

If you light a fire in the room, the brightness is enough, but not only will the room be in a smoky state, but it will need to be taken care of at all times, and the danger makes me not think about it at all!

All kinds of factors have led me to deal with the state of feeling dark at night, and I will lie down in bed before dark when I am busy under normal conditions, but when I am busy, I will definitely not go to bed until late when it is dark, which is very painful for me......

After so many years of longing for it, this situation can finally be changed today, at least no longer have to be blind at night!

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The growing season of the paulownia tree is similar to that of many fruit trees, as it also bears fruit on its own, blooming around March and growing in July and August.

So now that the season has long since passed the ripening season, it is not surprising that all the tung fruits on the tree have fallen to the ground and in the grass everywhere.

Fortunately, unlike the coconut, there will be no species similar to the coconut crab to attack its idea, except for some that have fallen in previous years and fallen into puddles, at least most of the fruit that can be seen in front of you is still intact.

Judging from the condition, this part should have just fallen for three or five months, and it has almost been air-dried, which also shows that it is completely in a usable state!

I just need to collect them one by one and dry them further and store them for my use.

It's just that the process of searching is not so friendly, their size is not as clear as that of a coconut, there is a feeling of treasure hunting, and every time you find one, you can be happy!

After more than half an hour, I ended this treasure hunt, and there were still hundreds of tung fruits scattered on the ground, but unfortunately they were all waste materials that had been too long to use.

I found a total of 80 relatively intact fruits in my bag, which is not too much, but not too much, and more than I had expected at the beginning!

The shells of these paulownia are all missing to varying degrees, so when you peel them off, you can get the ones inside, and when they are all cleaned up, I have almost 300 paulownia seeds.

Although I heard about its actual effect when I was a child, I never experimented with it myself, so I have to say that I still have some regrets.

When I got home, my strong curiosity did not let it go through the sun, so I directly chose two of the paulownia that were quite dry and started to light them with a fire fold.

Of course, the result is similar to the impression in my heart, it was successfully ignited, and the flame burned little by little, and the sound of "zilazila" made people feel its vitality.

Fifteen minutes later, the fire began to decrease, and although the process was slow, at twenty minutes it was also the last moment of burnout.

It's about the same as I expected, although there is not enough time, there is a sound during the burning process, and at the same time it is not easy to ignite, these conditions are certainly not tolerated in modern society.

But in such an environment, I don't seem to have a choice, its ability has been recognized by me, and I also have a qualified lighting means.

At this time, it doesn't help to be dissatisfied with it, and it's just uncomfortable for yourself, because you will still use it in the end!

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In February, I am not going to do any more heavy work in the last ten days of the year, by this time the basic life is enough to ensure that I am lazy!

Work is not finished, and things cannot be done every day, even if several other tasks are also important, but you can't rush it.

I have another week to allocate freely, but I think there is one thing that I have to do, and if I don't pay attention to it, it will probably cause a lot of trouble.

The number of pheasants has grown to only five now, thanks to the fact that there have been no accidental losses for so long, otherwise the situation is critical......

I still vividly remember the last time I hatched the chicks, I put fifteen eggs, and in the end I only got six chicks, which taught me a deep lesson and made me realize that it is not just that you can get more chicks if you put more eggs.

Because the size of an adult hen is only that big, even if it puts a hundred, it can only take care of a few under it.

With that experience, I wasn't that stupid, this time I only put eight eggs in it, and how many hatches can only be up to God's will.

Anyway, it's very casual for me, as long as there is not one left, I can accept it!

Two of the five adult pheasants belonged to the elders of the Three Dynasties, or the two I had caught by hand, and I even had the slightest fear that they would suddenly die of natural causes one day, and that my limited number of chickens would be even fewer.

Maybe it's because you've been busy for too long, and you're used to it, and two or three days off even makes people feel a little bored, so you have to put an end to this state.

For this reason, I first thought of fishing, this activity has been interrupted for I don't know how long, conservatively estimated that it has been a year or two, and even I think that the fishing technique is very unfamiliar!

The rod was useless for too long, and when it was dragged out of the corner, it was not only covered with dust, but even rusted, but fortunately it was still intact and did not affect its use.