151 – winter(5)
“Let’s organize the remaining food.”
As the winter progressed, Chester, feeling the weather unwilling to change, began to consider the possibility that the winter would last much longer than he thought or the Black Wind had informed him.
The first preparation to endure the long winter is, of course, food. The wandering island in winter can’t find enough food to eat. Well, even if you want to eat the bark, you should be able to eat it.
The number of animals is small, and the plants that grow in winter are all tough, so there are few parts that can be eaten. The root of the plant, at least the soft leaves.
Even plant roots have to be obtained by digging through the snow and hard frozen ground, so it is rather a loss to find and eat them considering the amount of physical strength consumed.
Then, the important thing is to properly distribute the food prepared now so that you can last as long as possible.
“I’ve prepared quite thoroughly so far, so it must be relaxed.”
“yes. When hunting, I thought of making preserved food first.”
“There are chickens, but… It’s not growing properly because it’s winter, so I can’t get rid of it by eating it.”
Essentially, the number of chickens is low. The sailors who owned the chicken coop tasted the chicken once, and after a long time ate fatty meat, their eyes went round and they ate quite a lot.
Chester and Monia also ate three chickens by considering the best possible line and sharing it with the black wind, and it was right not to touch the chicken coop until the number increased.
Of course, chickens are less active until winter and do not lay eggs properly, and chicks also grow slower because of the cold winter, so the number of chickens will increase only after winter is over and the weather gets warmer.
‘Although I cut back on food as it’s winter, me and Monia are exercising. So, you need to prevent your body from weakening completely. For the sake of the future, it’s good to periodically eat an excessive amount.’
If you eat only a small amount, your body will be able to accept only a small amount of food. It is a shortcut to weakening the body. If you eat less, you get sick easily, your muscles shrink, and your bones weaken.
In order to prevent that, it was necessary to accumulate enough nutrients in the body by eating an overflowing amount of food at regular intervals.
Plan your schedule with that in mind.
Of course, Chester, who has only experience and sensory knowledge, cannot analyze how each food affects the human body and calculate the exact amount needed like scholars and alchemists.
So, perhaps, from a professional standpoint, Chester’s meal plan is lacking and lacking.
“This is enough.”
Coming out of the warehouse, Chester sighed as he saw the snow piled up on the bridge leading to the house during that brief moment in the warehouse.
Chester crosses, clearing the snow from the bridge, being careful not to slip and fall.
Upon returning home, Monia was dipping one hand in a jar full of bluish water.
“I’m here?”
“yes.”
Winter was getting colder.
As for how cold it was, Monia opened a canal to drink water, and the water that had pooled at the bottom of the canal and then froze poured out, injuring Monia.
Since he always puts water in the jar and draws out the power of grace at the top, fortunately, the wounds will be able to recover quickly.
“Does your hand hurt?”
“yes. look.”
As with the lake and the top of this island, the amount of blessings at the top is not as large, so the effect is a little less, but just by soaking the injured hand in water and running it for about 10 minutes, the new skin grew and the wound was completely healed.
“I’m glad.”
“really. How is the food?”
“I am still relaxed.”
Chester said that and warmed himself in front of the campfire.
“Not yet.”
“… … .”
* * *
It is the 20th day since entering winter. A really terrible accident happened to Chester and Monia.
On the night of the 20th day, when it became dark everywhere, hailstones larger than fists suddenly began to fall from the sky.
At first, the two of them thought that the hailstone would pass with time, but they endured it, but Ant suddenly screamed, so I wondered what was going on.
The moment Chester made a torch and went out to the warehouse where Ant was barking to see the situation, the hailstone collapsed bridge caught Chester’s eyes.
“Ugh!”
Chester hurriedly looked towards the warehouse and found that the warehouse had also been badly damaged by the hailstones and had been smashed to pieces. Even the floor collapsed, and all the food and other items inside fell to the ground.
“crazy!”
When a harsh sound came out of Chester’s mouth, Monia came out in surprise and looked at the situation, confirmed the devastation and involuntarily shut her mouth.
dark night. Hail was still pouring from the sky as if a hole had been opened. In the end, Chester and Monia had to give up going downstairs and collect food and go home.
And the next day at lunchtime, when the hailstorm finally stopped and they went outside, what they saw was the remnants of food that the living things that had moved while the hailstones were falling plentifully stole them away.
A floating island in winter with little to eat. The food that Chester and Monia had saved up and lost must have been a boon from the sky to the creatures.
“… … What should I do?”
“There are still two food warehouses left, so it’s okay, but… … .”
Neither Chester nor Monia were speechless at this misery. In addition to food, many of the tools in the warehouse were also smashed by the meteorite.
Harpoons, knives, cutlasses, etc., which were obtained from the ship, were also broken a lot, and red pepper powder bombs were few. Even jars of pepper, red pepper powder, and grain were smashed.
“Let’s fix what can be fixed for now.”
“Yes.”
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Leftover pieces of smoked or dried fish, grains of grain that seem to be salvaged somehow, and some leftover sesame seeds and potatoes. It was said that they would fix what could be rectified, but the more they dug up the horrors, the more the two people’s hearts ached.
Months of hard work went away overnight.
“Whoa.”
“Let’s look at the remaining food again.”
“yes. I need to find a way to protect the warehouse.”
However, it is impossible to remain in pain forever. The more you do, the more you get caught and the harder it is to live on the island.
Chester and Monia quickly put their minds together and thought about what to do next.
“Is there anything good to eat among the things Baram told me?”
“Mostly upstairs.”
“ah.”
Going upstairs on a drifting island on this winter day? It was an act of suicide. Monia was a little regretful.
“People at the top basically work on the upper floors, so I think there is little information on the lower floors. First of all, there is some information about the plants growing on both the upper and lower floors, but… … .”
“Isn’t it around here?”
“yes. I looked around before the snow piled up, but I couldn’t find it.”
“Ugh. I’m sorry.”
There was no such thing as a way for everything to go the way it was supposed to.
“There’s a lot of snow, so even if it’s actually growing nearby, it’s going to be harder to get it.”
How much snow has accumulated and how hard it is, it is difficult to move around the house. Fortunately, the snow is firmly piled up, so it doesn’t fall too deep.
However, it is a big deal on the day when you accidentally step on a soft part somewhere in this hard snow and your body falls out.
Even Ant, who used to love running around in the snow, feels the danger and doesn’t play in the snow these days.
After finishing all the probation, Chester and Monia looked at the food in the other warehouses and made a meal plan again.
Unfortunately, of course, the overall amount of food had to be reduced. It was unavoidable because the biggest food warehouse was broken.
“How about the firewood shed?”
“No damage, but some legs on the way. One of the bamboos was broken.”
“okay. Firewood shed bridge reinforcement. Didn’t the wall come down?”
“yes. Oh, there’s some torn sails on the wall. The wind and snow came in well, probably because the string was loose.”
“Fortunately, he was unharmed. I’ll have to reinforce the walls too. Is it serious?”
“A handful of eyes? There may be more that have melted, but in this weather it’s unlikely.”
“Then would it be enough to tip the sails?”
“How about somewhere else?”
Monia asked, and Chester sighed a little.
“The chicken coop is in good shape, although we are a bit damaged. The other food warehouses are a bit of a problem. It’s very broken. First of all, I moved the food there in a hurry and put it in the warehouse below.”
“… … Is this house the only thing that is fine?”
“yes. Because this house has the best location in this tree.”
This house is the place Chester picked and picked. Thanks to the tree branches hanging over it, it is more protected than anywhere else, and thanks to this, the house was spared from hail damage.
However, other warehouses built in worse locations than this house did not. Both large and small damage occurred.
“It will be difficult in the future.”
Monia sighed.
“yes. You have to endure it.”
That day, the two of them ate a meal for the day with a single potato.