The next morning, I went to the spot where I had found the turtles, placed the turtle hook near the aquatic plants where they frequented, and then just waited quietly.
Today I plan to go back to the sugarcane field again and try my luck, to see if I can run into one or two more unlucky rabbits, and while I'm at it, I'll bring some more sugarcane back to make wine.
When we arrived at the sugarcane field, it was still the same as before.
Quite a few of the traps were triggered, but the rabbits were a bit too big, so this time not a single rabbit was caught. However, three mountain rats weighing about half a pound each were crushed into potato chips by the stone slab.
I took these three mountain rats; they're quite delicious, and I also call them long-tailed rabbits.
Simply place it over a flame to burn off the feathers, then scrape off the black charred residue, wash it in clean water, remove the internal organs, and it's ready to be grilled.
Now that I have salt, I'm sure it will taste pretty good.
I went to check the area where the yellow muntjacs used to roam again, and the bouncy traps were still the same as before; this time, not a single animal was triggered.
It seems that this yellow muntjac is exceptionally agile; no wonder it's said that such creatures are difficult to hunt and fetch a much higher price than ordinary mountain products.
Unfortunately, I had no choice but to go into the sugarcane field and cut some sugarcane. Before, because I didn't have the right tools, I didn't cut much.
Today, with this amazing tool in hand, things are different. I can cut through bamboo the size of a teacup with a single stroke, and this sugarcane is nothing compared to it. Cutting it is no different from cutting tofu.
In less than an hour, I had already cut the equivalent of the total amount of sugarcane that Top and I had cut last time, and in less than two or three times the time.
I used a wooden skewer to lift the two bundles of sugarcane onto my shoulder like I was carrying firewood, and then carried them home.
In the afternoon, my turtle hooks did not disappoint me. Ten straight hooks yielded nine large turtles, each weighing over three pounds.
I caught more than twenty fish with the longline, mainly carp and grass carp.
In the evening, I prepared two soft-shelled turtles and stewed a pot of tender and delicious turtle soup.
I feel like I've almost finished the work I'm currently doing, and I don't lack any living necessities. The only thing left to do is cultivate those few plots of land that I plan to use for planting sugarcane.
However, there is one more thing I can do: I want to build a wheelbarrow to transport the cut sugarcane.
However, I estimate that this thing would be very difficult to make, because my woodworking skills are as bad as a three-year-old's stacking blocks, so this idea can only be shelved for the time being.
For now, all I can do is work harder and use the most primitive methods to carry those sugarcanes out one load at a time.
In the time that followed, besides reclaiming those wastelands, I would go to the sugarcane fields to cut some sugarcane and process it into brown sugar.
Alternatively, fermented wine can be directly mixed into cooled sugarcane juice to make fruit wine.
After another ten days or so, my several large gold jars were filled with wine. I also had a stockpile of about twenty brown sugar cubes.
It was then that I realized I was being a bit ridiculous. I had stockpiled so much stuff all by myself, not like I was hoarding food for the apocalypse.
So I decided not to go back to the sugarcane fields to cut sugarcane anymore. The few plots of land I had reclaimed were enough for me to grow sugarcane and make sugar.
But the more I do this, the more restless I become. In this world without cell phones, I really don't know what else to do besides find some work to do.
The key is that I have enough to eat and live comfortably now, and even my daily necessities are made of luxury gold.
I can only rack my brains trying to figure out what I'm missing to make my life more fulfilling and interesting. Now that I'm a successful person here, basic needs like food and clothing are no longer a concern for me.
So I thought it wouldn't be bad to make some weapons for hunting, since Top is very agile. It can find things in trees and bushes for me.
The only things I haven't eaten yet are birds, so the best way to hunt them, besides using traps, is to use the most direct method: bow hunting.
"Bow hunting" is just a general term for hunting; it doesn't mean that you can only use a bow for hunting. All shooting tools can be considered as bow hunting.
I have no shortage of materials for making bows and arrows. The bamboo is quite elastic and is a good material for making bows and arrows.
However, a bow needs to be made into a recurve bow to have great power. Putting aside the complexity of bow making, let alone whether I can make a good bow.
Even the most basic arrows need to be straightened one by one by hand before the arrowheads and fletchings are made. These tasks are extremely time-consuming and quite difficult.
It's not that I can't make it, it's just that I'm incredibly bored right now. I just want to make a simple and efficient tool as soon as possible, and then go out and have some fun.
I've thought about it for a long time and I've decided to make a blowgun powered by air.
This structure is simple, requiring only a high degree of verticality in the hollow space. Since the blowgun's arrows travel in a spiral, the manufacturing requirements are not that high.
Fortunately, my old porcupine quills came in handy. With a little processing, they could be made into decent blowgun arrows.
A good blowgun could be used by Native Americans to hunt prey up to 20 meters high, and could even hit small animals like squirrels, with a high degree of accuracy.
There are many ways to make blowguns. For example, the blowguns made by indigenous people are usually made by hollowing out the middle of two two-meter-long pieces of wood, gluing the two pieces of wood together to form one, and then tying them together with hemp rope to make a blowgun.
However, the blowguns made this way are generally not very vertical, so the error is still relatively large. I have thought of a better way to make this kind of blowgun.
I currently have a considerable amount of pine resin. This material is less prone to warping than wood, is much easier to process than metal, and is also relatively lightweight.
My idea is to use pine resin, bamboo strips, and bamboo filaments to weave a frame, and then cast it to create a blowgun that is highly vertical and lightweight.
However, before making this, I need to prepare some necessary raw materials, such as the release agent and gloss enhancer for the blowgun.
These two methods may seem complicated, but as long as suitable natural materials can be found to replace them, it is not impossible to achieve the industrial demolding standard.
I've already found suitable materials for the release agent; now all I need is a gloss enhancer for the inside of the blowgun flask, which I plan to use as a soap enhancer.
The brightening agent makes the inner wall of the blowgun smoother, which improves its airtightness and increases its power.
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