Chapter 1565: Stockpiling Food
First of all, in terms of hunting, although Huang Hai did not harvest much, he could hunt 1~2 small animals every day, most of which were squirrels. Although the meat was small, it could barely satisfy hunger, and the fur was also useful.
In addition, Huang Hai was responsible for checking the situation of all the traps set, and he also caught several hares in the past few days.
The meat of hares is much more than that of squirrels, which directly accumulated more than ten kilograms of meat for the two of them, which was considered to be a lot of previous consumption and greatly improved their sense of security.
If they continue at this pace, before the cold wave comes, the two can accumulate at least 40 to 50 kilograms of meat.
However, as the weather gets colder, prey rarely goes out, which makes hunting more and more difficult.
But fortunately, Bai Hao found some edible crops around.
There are no rhizomes or cassava nearby, but another kind of edible and more suitable food was found - potatoes!
Just near the stream, a lot of small potatoes were accidentally found, but the number was not small, and 20 to 30 kilograms could be spent a day, which is simply a natural gold mine.
In the next few days, Huang Hai simply stopped going out to hunt wild animals. He just checked the traps every day, and then spent most of his time and energy on digging potatoes.
Potatoes are very filling and very suitable for planting. Even if a cold wave comes in the future, they can plant potatoes in bamboo to get food.
This is much better than the previous rhizomes and cassava. It is simply a pleasant surprise.
In addition to potatoes, some wild vegetables were also found around, and the wild vegetables found here are more tender and taste better.
The rich resources here allowed the two to accumulate enough food in a short time.
And double happiness came, the two also got a lot of other food in the stream.
They did not get a lot of fish and shrimp as expected. The number of fish and shrimp here is relatively small, and the size is extremely small, so it is very difficult to catch them.
However, there are many snails and crabs here, and it is easier to pack them, which allowed the two to harvest a lot of sea, and the food was instantly enriched.
So in the past few days, the main food for the two people is these snails and crabs, because these are fresh goods and cannot be preserved for a long time, so they must be eaten in a short time.
Moreover, strictly speaking, snails and crabs are not very good food, because they have very little meat and cannot be used to satisfy hunger at all. They can only be used as a taste and change the diet.
The focus is still on staple food and meat.
And recently, Huang Hai found another way to get food!
That is squirrels.
However, it is not to shoot the squirrels directly for consumption, but to chase the squirrels all the way to the place where the squirrels live forever, and then take out all the food they store.
Squirrels usually store a lot of nuts for winter, and the amount is very large, with a small amount of four or five kilograms and a large amount of more than ten or twenty kilograms. As long as you find one, it is a huge fortune.
Therefore, Huang Hai digs potatoes in the morning and goes to the woods to find squirrels in the afternoon. He can dig 1~2 tree holes every day and get a lot of nuts.
Even with this method, the two found several edible nuts. This is because the weather is too cold and these nut trees have almost been frozen to death.
In this way, more than a week of fulfilling life passed, and they have been in this world for two months and 20 days.
In the 10 days after building the shelter, the two quickly accumulated a lot of food.
Meat alone, the dried meat strips weighed more than 40 kilograms, which shows how many wild animals they hunted. After all, they could get hares and squirrels every day in these two days.
Because of snails and crabs, the two tried to reduce the consumption of meat as much as possible, so they accumulated a lot of meat.
Although it is only more than 40 kilograms, this is smoked dried meat strips. If converted into fresh meat, it should be about 100 kilograms.
The two of them can eat it sparingly for at least several months.
There are also about 200 kilograms of potatoes, but they need to face a very serious problem, that is, potatoes are very easy to sprout, and they must find a suitable way to deal with it.
Finally, Bai Hao finally thought of a suitable way.
First, select a batch of potatoes with better quality, which can be used for future sowing and planting, and used as seeds for storage.
He plans to make all the remaining potatoes into potato strips.
First, wash all the potatoes, cut them into strips, and boil them in boiling water for about 20 minutes to cook them completely.
Then put these cooked potato strips in an area with long direct sunlight to dry, and they will be made into potatoes. These dried potatoes can be stored for at least one year, and the storage time will be longer in winter.
This will ensure that we can eat these potato strips as the main source of food throughout the cold wave.
Potato strips and meat are the two most important foods now.
There are also starches left behind, which the two have not used recently, because they did not find cassava and root plants around the new camp, so these starches have become rare supplies.
However, the two still left a lot of roots and cassava, and there is still a chance to plant them around the camp.
Nowadays, there is another important food, which is more than 100 kilograms of various nuts, piled up like a small mountain, all taken from the squirrel's nest, which is considered very rich.
Finally, there are wild vegetables and wild fruits, which are an important source of vitamins, so they have accumulated a lot.
For wild fruits and wild vegetables, there is also a problem, that is, how to store them, they are also very easy to spoil.
Finally, I came up with two methods, namely drying and freezing.
The so-called drying method is the same principle as drying potato strips. After high-temperature cooking, it is placed in a place with direct sunlight to dry, which can effectively increase the storage time of food.
The freezing method is to freeze directly in the refrigerator, but it has not snowed yet, so it is impossible to do this, so I chose to dry it in the end.
In this way, the total amount of food for the two people now is already very large.
More than 40 kilograms of dried meat, 200 kilograms of potatoes, more than 100 kilograms of nuts, the remaining more than 50 kilograms of starchy foods, and a large number of wild vegetables and wild fruits.
If the two people eat sparingly, they can survive for several months.
However, they also need to consider another problem, that is, a large part of the food needs to be exchanged for survival coins, and they also need to buy warm items, etc.
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