Surviving Endless Disasters

But there are no frogs around here. We have seen several species of frogs in the mountains and forests, but their appearance, especially the color, is far from ordinary frogs.

Frogs can't do it, but birds are the ones who like to eat bugs. Wen Zheng set his sights on Tuantuan.

Wen Zheng divided the birds on the desert island into two categories. One type flies to the sea every morning and returns to the desert island to rest at night. This kind of bird loves to eat all kinds of seafood. Every time the tide goes out, there are absolutely no birds on the beach. These seabirds are indispensable.

There is another kind of bird in the mountain forest. This kind of bird is relatively small and usually forages in the mountain forest.

Both types of birds rarely stay on the grassland adjacent to the beach, especially after the group turns into a violent group that likes to fight. Even if there are plants that want to eat insects on the grass, they will stay far away from the cave for fear. He was caught by Tuan Tuan and beaten violently.

Therefore, the rampant insects are also the reason why Tuantuan scares other birds away, so of course the task of dealing with insect pests must be left to Tuantuan.

At that time, Tuantuan was given this arduous task by Wen Zheng, and the whole bird felt bad.

He hasn't eaten bugs for several months. The food cooked by Wen Zheng is so delicious. How can he remember Nami's food without any processing and without any seasonings.

Faced with Tuantuan's strong protest, Wen Zheng first sighed about Tuantuan's recipe. There are few birds that don't like eating bugs. The black box has evolved Tuantuan's taste, getting closer to that of humans.

If we continue to evolve like this, will Tuantuan turn into a human one day, just like the legendary monsters?

Just when Wen Zheng was frowning and thinking, Tuantuan couldn't help it anymore. He saw the bugs in the farmland, and after thinking that he wanted to eat them all, he flew to Wen Zheng's body and wanted to roll around like a coquettish girl, but was knocked by Wen Zheng. Twice the bird's head: "I want you to deal with these pests, but I don't want you to go into battle yourself. You are not the king of birds. Call more birds to come and eat, and you will be able to get rid of them quickly."

"Yes, Tuantuan suddenly realized it. He stretched his neck back and forth and made a nodding motion. He flew out excitedly. After a few seconds, he turned into a small black shadow. His flying speed became faster and faster. Wen Zheng hadn't even heard of it yet. There was no time to say the other words of advice.

A few minutes passed, and there were countless sounds of flapping wings in the distance, as well as the chirping of various birds. Birds of various sizes, colors, and types flew over overwhelmingly. The scene was particularly shocking.

It's just that the clusters of gray-blue feathers are far different from the legendary phoenix, otherwise it would be like the legendary birds paying homage to the phoenix.

Wen Zheng once again had a profound understanding of Tuantuan's status among the birds on the desert island.

Tuantuan flew at the front and screamed proudly under Wen Zheng's head.

In the past, he only knew how to fight with these birds, but this time with so many obedient birds behind him, Tuantuan felt inexplicably proud. Even though the word "powerful" did not come to his mind, it did not prevent him from thinking that this feeling was really good.

However, Wen Zheng covered his forehead with a headache, and let Tuantuan fly out without giving any instructions. This was the result in the end.

When fighting, Tuantuan never challenges small birds. He is more familiar with larger birds. The group that flew over now was specially selected by Tuantuan. They were all large birds and densely packed. The ground flew together, completely covering the top of the rice field, and even blocking the sunlight.

Tuantuan, I asked you to call these birds to come over to peck insects, not to come over to fight.

If you take a quick look at these birds, you will see that those beaks that can eat clams can cut off delicate rice seedlings.

Not to mention their size, if they fall into these seedlings, they might crush them and trample them.

Wen Zheng waved his hand and told Tuan Tuan not to let the birds start working. After Tuan Tuan flew down confused, he broke down the reasons and explained them clearly to Tuan Tuan.

Although he didn't understand much, Tuantuan still obediently let these big birds go back. He went to the forest again and called some smaller birds to come over.

Birds prefer to eat grown rice and barley, and are not very interested in rice seedlings and wheat seedlings.

Under Tuantuan's wise guidance, these little birds controlled their strength without harming the seedlings and at the same time solved the problem of these pests.

After the pests were dealt with, there were no big problems. Wen Zheng's life was extremely comfortable. When the turtles came to lay eggs, the problem came again, this time because of the climate problem.

The sea turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs foreshadowed the coming weather. Sure enough, for more than half a month, the weather was exceptionally sunny and hot, without any rain.

Wen Zheng and Tuantuan were not short of water, but they were worried about the crops in the farmland.

Barley is still growing leaves and is relatively drought tolerant, so it thrives in farmland.

But the rice has begun to ear, and the rice is gradually changing from green to golden, but small ears of wheat are growing on the top of the head. None of the birds dares to come and eat. Wen Zheng is worried that the lack of water will hinder the growth of the rice. grow.

By the time the hatched turtles have entered the sea, the rice in the rice fields has been growing for more than three months and is not yet mature. The weather is still very dry, and cracks have appeared on the ground in the farmland. At this time, lack of water will have serious consequences. Rice yield.

So, Wen Zheng found all the plastic bags and bottles in the cave. During the day, he put the plastic bags and bottles together on the sea surface to purify the seawater. At night, he put the plastic bags on the leaves and the plastic bottles under other trees, and used ropes to drain the water to collect dew.

In addition to these methods of collecting fresh water, Wen Zheng also worked hard to transport fresh water back and forth in the mountains and forests, and specially made buckets for carrying water.

He selected the right wood and cut it into boards of suitable size. The resin found in the mountains and forests became a good adhesive after heating and melting. The iron wire found in the garbage dump was used to tighten the wooden barrels. Because the iron wire was not enough, Wen Zheng also used some bamboo strips for reinforcement.

The stream was too far away, and there were wild boars in the mud pit. Wen Zheng found a place with moist soil and dug a big pit. The groundwater would gradually surge up from it, which was just enough for Wen Zheng to run back and forth twice a day.

The days of carrying water to irrigate the fields did not last long. The hot weather without rain had lasted for many days. Tuan Tuan and Wen Zheng had a premonition that a rainstorm would come soon. If the rice was destroyed by the rainstorm before it could be eaten, Wen Zheng would go crazy.

In the past, there were no convenient tools for harvesting crops and no accurate weather forecasts. Every time the rice matured, it was a busy time for farmers. Not only adults but also children were in a hurry.

In places where rice is planted, the most feared thing is the sudden rainstorm.

After the rice matures, the stalks of the rice will become softer. If there is a strong typhoon or rainstorm, the mature rice will be blown down.

After the rice falls, it will be much more difficult to harvest, and the rice on it will fall into the water. If it is soaked in water for a long time, it is likely to germinate.

Wen Zheng waited anxiously for a few days, and when he saw that the rice was finally ripe, even if the sun was particularly hot, Wen Zheng had to harvest it under the scorching sun.

The rice grains are full and full, which gives people enough motivation.

Wen Zheng holds a light bamboo knife in his hand, recalling the way his family cut rice when he was a child. They cut from early morning to evening, and they didn't even cook much. They could fill their stomachs with water and meat.

Tuan Tuan went to the field to help in person. His sharp beak was very good at soil digging, and he could easily peck the stems and break them. However, he had no hands, and the broken stems fell to the ground, and the rice on them fell to the ground, which made the harvesting more difficult.

Because there were not many seeds, the harvested rice was not too much. After stopping Tuan Tuan from making trouble, Wen Zheng was busy for a day before he finished cutting all the rice.

In order to save time, Wen Zheng only cut the rice ears, put them in a bamboo basket and took them home to thresh them slowly.

Then he stayed up all night again and picked up all the rice that fell on the ground.