Chapter 32: Oil

In an instant, the items they exchanged were in each other’s hands.

The other party was stunned when he saw the chicken wings. His hands trembled as he picked up the chicken wings that were still steaming hot and smelled them deeply.

He swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva and placed the chicken wing by his mouth, biting off a bit of meat.

The moment his teeth touched the chicken wings, he felt like he was in heaven. He bit down hard, breaking the meat with his teeth. His tongue also felt the faint fragrance of salt and black pepper. Instantly, it filled his entire mouth as if a nuclear bomb had exploded in his mouth.

It had been too long since he had eaten meat. He held a chicken wing in his hand and tore it bit by bit with tears welling in his eyes.

He slowly nibbled on the chicken wing. After all, it was only so big. Soon, he finished a chicken wing. He looked at the chicken bone and slowly ground it with his teeth.

Finally, he lay on the ground with chicken bones in his mouth, smiling happily.

Things that could be eaten daily on Earth had become a luxury in space.

Zhang Bei got a bag of seeds. He opened it and saw that there were only ten seeds inside. However, just as the other party had said, they were as big as macadamia nuts and were very hard.

No matter what, he would try to plant it first. Zhang Bei picked up a seed. He wanted to plant it in the flower pot in the greenhouse, but after thinking for a while, he thought that the thing planted by such a big seed should be very big. Therefore, he dug a small hole beside the greenhouse and put the seed in.

He took out the diluted growth agent from before and gently poured a small lid on it. The seed moved slightly before a small bud appeared. Soon, it turned into a small sapling.

‘It looks like it will grow into a tree,’ Zhang Bei praised. He thought that if it was a tree, it could be used to block the sunlight. He could also hang some hammocks on it. It would be really perfect. Then, he poured another lid of diluted growth agent on it.

The little seedling grew crazily until it was more than ten meters tall.

Zhang Bei looked at the leaves and suddenly thought, ‘Eh, this looks like a coconut tree.’

Zhang Bei spent a long time looking at it. The leaf confirmed that this was the leaf of the coconut tree on Earth. Then, he looked at the small green fruit under the leaf and thought that it might not have received enough growth agent, so he poured another lid.

Immediately, the small green fruits slowly grew into brown things.

But how could he get the coconut? Zhang Bei looked at the ten-meter tall tree and couldn’t help but feel troubled.

He picked up the knife and cut two very big thorny brambles from the side. Then he tied them together with rags and bound a shovel on the top.

After binding it tightly, Zhang Bei swung it a few times and found that it was firm. Then, he swung it forcefully at the coconut.

He hacked five to six times in a row before finally shaking off a few coconuts.

Zhang Bei quickly picked up a coconut and used the cleaver to cut it. Actually, there was a technique to open a coconut. If he found the weak spot, he could cut it open with two strikes.

Seeing the fresh coconut water flowing down, Zhang Bei quickly leaned over and drank it happily.

Ah, joy. He wiped his mouth and looked at the empty coconut. He thought for a moment and split it in two with the cleaver.

As expected, when he saw the white flesh inside, Zhang Bei couldn’t help but smile. Coconut meat was a treasure. It could be dried under the sun and used as an energy bar. After putting it in an iron pot, it could be refined into oil at a high temperature. This way, it could also be used to cook or maintain moist skin.

Moreover, the coconut oil could be lit, and its burning point was very low. This way, if he needed to light a fire at night, the fire would not go out overnight.

Zhang Bei was extremely happy. He quickly cut down the coconuts with all his might. After a while, there were more than ten coconuts piled under the tree.

He first opened the coconuts one by one, then used the plastic bottles he had saved to store the coconut water in the fridge.

After pouring out the coconut water, Zhang Bei used a spoon to scrape the coconut meat out and put it in the iron pot. He then heated the coconut meat slowly.

About two hours later, the top and bottom layers appeared in the pot. There was a layer of oil on top, and some white solids underneath.

Zhang Bei filtered the thin substance and placed the oil in a bottle. Because the coagulation and burning point of the coconut oil were very low, it turned into a jelly-like substance after a while.

The white solids were not useless. On Earth, it was coconut meat powder that was used to bake.

Zhang Bei placed a piece of snake skin on the ground and then placed the white solids under the sun to slowly dry it. After about four to five hours, the white solids became dry. He rubbed it and put it in his mouth to chew. His mouth was filled with the fragrance of coconut.

He was extremely happy. He put the powder in a bottle and placed it in the tent. He prepared to sprinkle it on bread when he ate bread in the future to make it more fragrant.

The coconut shells on the ground were not useless. Zhang Bei cleaned the remnant flesh and the coconut skin.

He then used the kitchen knife to clean the white fibers on the outside and carefully polished the outer shell.

Finally, beautiful coconut bowls appeared in Zhang Bei’s hand.

Zhang Bei picked up a smooth coconut bowl. He decided that he could use this coconut bowl for dinner.

He also found a very small coconut, so he used this small coconut to make a miniature coconut bowl. In the future, this would be the yellow chicken’s food bowl.

He placed the coconut bowl in the little yellow chick’s nest. The little yellow chick was still sleeping. Zhang Bei placed the small coconut bowl on its little head with evil intentions.

After a while, the little yellow chick woke up and pecked at the small coconut bowl. Realizing that it couldn’t be pecked, it flew up and pushed the coconut bowl to the ground.

This action made Zhang Bei laugh crazily. Then, he broke off a small piece of bread and placed it in the little yellow chick’s bowl. The little yellow chick immediately understood that this would be its food bowl from now on. It lowered its head and pecked at the bread.

After planting this seed, there were still nine coconut seeds left. Zhang Bei followed the periphery of their shelter and planted these nine seeds, using three lids of diluted growth agent to accelerate their growth.

After a while, dense coconut trees blocked the sky above the thorny brambles, but fine light shone through the leaves.

Zhang Bei tied the remaining snake skin with the rope he had exchanged for earlier and built a hammock between two coconut trees..