Survive on a Deserted Island With the Villainous Young Lady

65 – Antwolf Zone (4)

When Chester and Monia started exploring the ant-wolf territory, the ant-wolves who smelled it decided to abandon the den they had made and run away.

It is said that the antwolves at this time were ferocious predators who would attack bears with their eyes closed, but they were not fools to attack the predator that killed them.

Fortunately, the size of the group has decreased significantly, so it was right to give up the current oyster and run away because it would be possible to make a burrow quickly.

However, the body of the baby ant-wolves still needs to be safely protected in the den.

It was a big burden for the cubs to suddenly and unreasonably move the area.

one, two.

The longer the distance traveled, the more pups that fell behind.

The antwolves produced as many offspring as possible, but it was unavoidable that breakaways would occur.

Where they are now is a place with dangerous predators.

And, there are bears and other ant wolves around the area.

The place they were going now was the territory of other ant wolves.

I don’t know if the other antwolves will accept them or abandon them, but I’m leaning towards the possibility.

Antwolves are strong in packs.

An ant-wolf that is not in a pack is weak.

A group that has been defeated and collapsed has no choice but to leave its fate to the choices of other groups.

The ant-wolves continued walking.

* * *

The day after making and eating pies, Chester and Monia were organizing yesterday’s harvest.

Chop the peppers with a claw knife.

Chester dropped all the seeds inside the peppers in a bamboo tube, then put the outside of the peppers in another tube.

Beside him, Monia picked the peppers and divided the peppers for food and the peppers for the field.

Neither Chester nor Monia knew where the pepper seeds were, so they decided to separate one pepper seed as a seed.

“Can we split it in half?”

“Well. Let’s do it. Do you know how to use pepper? Can I just put this in?”

Pepper was an expensive item, so even if he was Monia’s exclusive butler, Chester hadn’t even seen it.

I just heard that pepper is so expensive and precious.

“The peppers I knew were hard. It was also smaller than this.”

“Then dry it and write it. Then, leave the pepper you are going to use without removing it from the stem.”

“Yes.”

After separating all the pepper seeds, Chester took the edible peppers Monia had left behind and began weaving the pepper stalks with string.

After weaving the pepper stems with string, we hang them by stringing them to the branches outside.

“If you leave it like this, it will dry on its own with sunlight and wind.”

“How long should I leave it?”

“Well. I’ll leave that up to Monia. Tell me if you want to become the pepper you know.”

“… But if I leave it like that, won’t birds or insects come after it?”

“I’m sure that worries me, but there are few birds on the island I am currently wandering about, so it should be fine.”

“Ah, indeed. Didn’t I see you yesterday?”

“yes.”

Monia followed Chester and hung the pepper from a branch, wondering where the birds might have flown.

“Fortunately, it hasn’t rained in the last few days, so we should be able to do some farming. Let’s grow half of the farmland for grain, and the rest for peppers, peppers, and candy fruits, one row at a time.”

“Yes. Hey, what are you going to do with the ant wolf skin?”

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Leather.

Chester had been abandoned every time because there was no way to tan the leather, but this time he did not.

Remove all the flesh and fat from the leather, wash the blood clean, and hang it on a tree branch.

“Yes, that is the problem.”

There are two steps required to treat leather.

one.

You need to treat the leather so it doesn’t rot.

two.

The leather needs to be treated to make it soft.

to keep the leather from rotting. to make the leather soft.

Chester didn’t know either way.

“Shall we apply some salt?”

“salt? why? Too bad.”

“When something rots, it means there is water in it.”

It rots in the presence of water.

Chester didn’t know, but he had heard of it from his father.

Son, if water gets into your shoes, you need to get them out quickly and dry your feet.

If water is left in shoes for a long time, even a living person’s feet will rot.

“When salt is applied, the water inside comes out mysteriously. Why, wasn’t the salted candy you made like that too?”

“… … that’s right! It did!”

The salted candy berries have lost their moisture and become wrinkled.

“The fact that the leather rots must mean that there is water in the leather. So if you salt this hide, won’t the water drain? Like candy fruit.”

At least if you can make the leather not rot, you can do something with it while keeping it for a long time.

The amount of salt is quite large because I have been steadily making and collecting salt for the past few months.

Chester and Monia soon began salting the leather.

“How much should I apply this?”

“I don’t know either.”

“Eek.”

“I don’t know, so I’ll try it first.”

I don’t know, but wouldn’t it be better to try it than not to do it?

The two meticulously applied salt to the front and back of the leather and left it to drain the moisture.

“Whoa! What do you do now?”

“Finally farming.”

“finally!”

“Today, let’s just plant seeds.”

“Yes!”

Chester and Monia brought a box of sesame seeds, a box of grain, a box of peppers, and a box of pepper and headed to the field.

Monia asked to grow fruits, but Chester preferred sesame seeds and grains to be his staple food rather than fruits that could be obtained in abundance.

And chilli and pepper.

Rescuing them would require going deep into the ant-wolf territory, and even that was often out of sight.

It was much more valuable than readily available fruits and spices.

Chester planted the seeds while simply teaching Monia how to do it, and Monia, who listened to the explanation, planted the seeds diligently.

farmland… Chester, to put it a little grandiosely, calls it farmland, but to be honest, the size of the garden was not that big, so the seeds were planted quite correctly.

“Huh, my back hurts… .”

“yes? I should have done it while taking a little break.”

“Ugh… .”

Unlike the usual labor, it must have been the first time that he suffered from bending and straightening his back for a long time.

Chester squeezed Monia’s back and freed her.

For Monia, who has a sore back, we decided to take a break from lunch that day.

“sorry.”

“Do you have anything to be sorry about? Rest in peace and have a good rest. I will cook for you.”

“thanks.”

Chester started cooking while watching Monia’s condition.

The first step is material preparation.

‘Should I cut the peppers and put them in?’

Pepper first.

Recalling the taste of his mother’s stew, Chester wanted to know the taste of red pepper first, so he just put it in his mouth.

“!!!!”

And I was blown away by the shocking spiciness.

“Turn it off… !!”

‘Spicy! spicy!! I should put some of this in!’

Chester looked at the tip of the pepper he had eaten.

‘I only ate the tip, but it’s so spicy!’

Chester thought about the amount of stew he was going to make, and prepared it by chopping up just two peppers.

Next pepper.

It was raw pepper that hadn’t dried yet… … .

‘Can I mash it? It’s pepper anyway, so it should taste the same.’

Chester prepared the pepper by crushing it with a stone.

Next meat.

Monia will be having a hard time, Chester brought some good smoked meat, different from what he usually eats.

Next, some fruit to add some fresh flavor. I plan on squeezing this in.

Then, she brings several spices that go well with the stew and can replace the ones her mother often used.

The last ingredient is potatoes.

It is not a real potato, but a potato as big as a fist.

Chester peeled the potatoes, cut some into squares and set them aside, and began rubbing two potatoes on a stone slab.

“Why are you going?”

“Because boiling potatoes in water makes the water a bit sticky?”

“Yes.”

“If you grind it like this, it becomes more sticky, and the potato taste penetrates better into the soup.”

“… … .”

Monia, who saw Chester grind the potatoes while saying that, said this.

“By the way, Chester, you knew how to cook.”

“? of course?”

“No, then why do you usually only have that kind of mixed stew… .”

“Isn’t it easy to make? You just put it in and boil it, you can make it quickly, and it’s good to eat. Is there any reason not to make it?”

“Then why are you cooking today?”

“You’ve been having a hard time lately, so please replenish your energy.”

So, I’m going to put in a lot of this good smoked meat that I don’t normally eat and save and save again.

Monia gulped down at the smoked meats Chester had piled up.

Chester filled a large plate with water, put in all the ingredients prepared at once, except for the pepper and fruit, and began to boil.

“The recipe is, after all, to beat everything and boil it.”

“Do you think difficult, complicated, and delicate dishes will be cooked in a commoner’s home?”

“Well… no. It would only be done in an aristocratic house that could afford it.”

“That’s it.”

This stew didn’t end with just boiling it.

Proceed with boiling down so that the soup has a sticky taste.

“… … Well.”

After lightly seasoning, Chester added salt and tasted again.

Add the crushed pepper.

“… … Is this the taste of pepper? Monia, look at me.”

When Chester handed her some broth in a small dish, Monia stood up and drank from the dish Chester tipped over.

“… … Mmm. Is it because I put the pepper in earlier? The pepper flavor is too strong for me.”

“yes? Let’s boil some more.”

The salt seemed to be lacking, but the taste thickened when boiled down, so I decided to wait a bit.

As the soup boiled down again, Chester and Monia tasted it once more.

“Five.”

“Wow. Do you think it’s okay? Oh, but it’s a bit spicy.”

Monia fanned and laughed, sticking out her tongue, which had been attacked by the spicy taste.

“yes. I think I’m fine too.”

After dimming the campfire, Chester brought the berries to finish the stew, squeezed the juice out, and sprinkled it on the stew.

By lightly sprinkling the fruit juice at the end, the fragrance of the fruit juice is pleasant and enters the nostrils sharply.

“Come on, let’s eat.”

“looks delicious!”

That day, the two sweated profusely while eating spicy meat stew.

It tasted a little different from his mother’s, but it tasted similar anyway, so Chester ate the stew with satisfaction.