Survive on a Deserted Island With the Villainous Young Lady

42 – Heat (2)

“Ugh, the sun is hot today too.”

The day after they successfully hit the target with an arrow, Chester and Monia returned home after checking the traps and traps as usual.

When Monia returned home and spoke tiredly while fanning a tree bark, Chester nodded and drank the water.

I only checked some traps and came back, but both of them were sweating like rain.

When I went to the riverside to see the traps, I took a quick shower at the waterfall, but the sweat I was shedding now was meaningless.

Sweat also attracts bugs, so Chester and Monia had to get water from the canal and spray it on their bodies to wipe off the sweat, even shortly after taking a shower.

Of course, even if you wash your body at best, it will dry out quickly, leaving you with only the unpleasant feeling of not knowing whether it is moisture, sweat, or remaining water.

“If you think it’s okay because of the heat today, let’s go get some firewood.”

“I know. Oh, shouldn’t we get some bait for the trap soon?”

“Ah, that’s right. The one I got from the beach before worked great… … .”

Do you have to walk on the sandy beach in this weather?

Chester looked at the shoes he and Monia were wearing.

These are too poor shoes to block the sand.

‘It would be fortunate if the soles of my feet didn’t peel off because of burns.’

I had repaired Chester’s shoes by hardening them with resin.

But even so, I didn’t want to walk through the sand.

because you don’t have to do that.

“We can’t go to the beach, so we’ll have to do it with animal intestines.”

“Oh, can’t you go too?”

“You can go if you want to.”

“Ah, no. My feet can’t stand it in this weather.”

“right. Is there anything else I need to supplement?”

“Smoked meat?”

“That’s enough. Rather, the problem is that the strawberry dough runs out.”

“Yes? Already?”

“Because I had to eat it every time the trap’s performance wasn’t zero.”

Chester thought for a moment.

‘Should I start farming?’

A sudden thought came to Chester and he tried to tell Monia about it.

“Yes? Are you farming?”

At Chester’s sudden sound, Monia, who had been staring at Chester’s scarred palm, raised her head.

“yes.”

“Farming, can you do it?”

“Well, I was the son of a hunter, but I also helped out with the farming work in the village. Our village is not a good land for farming, but the fields are not wide.”

At Chester’s words, Monia tilted her head.

“Is there any other good land for farming?”

“yes. If the soil is strange, even the strongest plants can’t grow and die. In our village, there were few plants that could be grown, and even those were of little value, so I had no choice but to grow them in order to make them edible.”

It was all thanks to Chester’s support that the situation in the village improved, and that he brought good soil and started cultivating the village.

“I like this island. Plants abound everywhere. land is good So everything will grow.”

Monia just listened to Chester with her mouth open.

“The weather is the biggest problem, but since the plants have adapted to the weather, it should be fine.”

If I were to farm, there were many plants I wanted to grow.

‘But first, we have to make the land for farming. Fortunately, the water problem has been resolved.’

The biggest problem in agriculture is water.

Growing a large amount of plants in one place requires a large amount of water.

‘Let’s dig a drain in the place where the water in the canal falls. Let the water there flow naturally into the farmland.’

Second, it is land for farming.

It’s not just about planting plants on bare ground.

The soil needs to be reclaimed to make it easier for plants to grow.

‘Honestly, I’m not sure why I have to farm.’

Chester is the son of a hunter.

He only helped with farming work, but never learned it properly.

‘But there must be a reason for everything. It is better to imitate the farmers who have been farming for a long time and have passed on their knowledge, rather than making arbitrary judgments about whether or not it is different because it is an island.’

Water and land for farming.

There is already water, and the land should be made leisurely until the heat goes away.

‘It’s good if you can, but there’s no rush, and there’s nothing to regret if you fail.’

“great.”

“Yes? What?”

“Once you have decided, let’s move right away. Tools first.”

“Yes? excuse me? So what about farming? When the weather says something, you think about it and make your own decision!”

Monia argued, but Chester had already disappeared into the studio.

“Oh really! something!”

Monia flinched and followed Chester across the bridge.

* * *

Various objects were stored in the warehouse-cum-workroom, but the most notable among them was Monia’s ornaments hanging in one corner.

Three bracelets, a necklace, and two rings are out of sync with the atmosphere of the place.

It was an accessory that Monia always wore, but when it got too hot and the metal accessory heated up, Monia couldn’t stand it and took it off.

Below the place where the jewelry is hung is the place that Chester and Monia have chosen as the working place.

Even if it was decided, it was all disinfected with fire and smoke and dried moss and used as a cushion, but that was enough.

“Hey, it’s absurd even if you suddenly ask me to make it!”

“I’m not asking you to make anything special.”

“It is, but… .”

There, Chester and Monia were grinding a suitable stone on a stone slab to make a hoe.

“I just need to sharpen it like making an ax blade.”

“I know.”

Grrr. Only the quiet grinding of stones can be heard between the two men and women.

As soon as the water in the bucket seemed to be drying up, Monia poured a new one on the stone slab and began to grind it.

“It’s okay.”

“Hey, but isn’t that what a hoe is? What the livestock use when plowing the fields.”

“… … .”

Seeing Monia call farmers cattle, Chester said nothing.

Monia thought Chester’s answer was strange, but continued with her usual expression.

‘Education through the environment has deep roots.’

As a commoner listening, it was something I really wanted to fix, but I couldn’t figure out how to touch it.

The country has been born for hundreds of years.

A deep-rooted aristocratic way of thinking that has been passed down from generation to generation.

That way of thinking, born as the environment of aristocracy, culture, and history hardened, penetrates and stains the minds of naive children just as heavily and deeply as that history.

Occasionally, through success or innate mentality, ‘geeky’ aristocrats who deviate from that way of thinking come out, but creatures that stand out in the group will ruin the group by itself and are bound to be eliminated in an instant.

The eccentric aristocrat does not last long and disappears.

“excuse me?”

“Ah, yes.”

“A hoe is for plowing the fields, right?”

“yes.”

“Then what should I do? Even if I try to fix the blade by driving it into a tree like an axe, it seems that the tree will be too thick… … .”

“It’s not like that. You can cut it thin leaving only the part where the hoe blade will stick, but the durability is unstable because of that.”

That’s why we leave it thick.

‘Although it could be done by thinning the blade of the hoe.’

Even if the hoe blade is thin, it doesn’t change that it can eventually dig up the soil.

There is no need to make a wide blade like a real hoe.

However, Chester wanted to do something right with the time he had plenty of left over.

‘… … .’

How to drill a hole in stone without breaking it.

‘Drilled with a hand drill?’

It might be possible if you work with plenty of time, but Chester immediately shook his head.

‘That’s okay.’

Energy efficiency is poor compared to performance.

Chester just wanted to do it right ’cause there’s time left, he didn’t want to waste it.

I wanted to come up with a good way to do something similar next time, just in case.

‘But a hand drill is a good approach. It’s the best way to stably drill a hole in the stone in the current situation.’

If so, put the hand drill first, and from there, add and develop ideas.

What do you have for yourself now?

Chester looked around.

The studio was stocked with many items that had been stocked up, not knowing when to use them.

firewood.

bamboo sticks.

rope and string.

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Leaves and roots of various plants hanging on the window to dry.

A variety of bows that Chester made for practice to make better.

A harpoon that is no longer used.

A lasso rod and bat made by Monia.

A drill with various sizes of stone tips attached to it because I did not know when to use it.

“… … .”

Chester grabbed the drill and turned it around with his hand, but when he saw the tip of the drill, he thought of a toy.

‘… … Hmm.’

top.

‘Hmm… … . Certainly, it can be turned much more conveniently, quickly, and for a long time than by human hands, but… It’s obviously annoying though. A little more… … .’

top.

Speaking of a top, there was a time when a child came with a wooden top with a stone attached to it.

‘He’s been around for a long time… After deciding not to use it among the kids, saying it was against the rules, the next day, when we went back to fight tops, it was funny how everyone put stones in tops.’

“… … Hmm.”

Chester was caught in deeper thoughts.

‘top. rock. A top with a stone. rotation. string. At that time, what did Pang bet on the fight? hand drill. You have to drill a hole in the stone. You have to spin it that fast and for a long time. yes, that’s right it was a disk The children fought with each other over a disc given to them as a small sum by a peddler who stopped by the village. disk… .’

Come to think of it, the disk also rotated.

‘… … Rotate, rotate, rotate.’

Instead of looking at the various elements in front of him individually, he combines them.

No matter how absurd an idea may be, it is important to say that you have come up with an idea.

That’s just taking one step.

The important thing is how to turn that wild idea into a realistic, novel, and brilliant idea that fits the reality.

Do you leave a single step you took as a mere footprint or as the footsteps of an ancestor?

“… great.”

“Yes? What?”

Chester quickly moved his hand to bring the idea to life.

“???”

Monia looked at Chester with an absurd look as he suddenly threw away the stone he was making with the hoe blade and started working on something else.