Chapter 67
The coastal forest not only gives people a feeling of intense heat but also a strong feeling of irritation.
As long as you hold a wide leaf and blow it hard, you can successfully expel all the insects that were screaming near your ears.
However, once you stop blowing, the bugs will come back with a vengeance.
Zhang Liu, who had continued this process more than a dozen times, finally gave up the struggle and sighed helplessly.
He originally wanted to get a good sleep and rest, but now he was bothered by these insects.
The cave by the sea is better; there are no insects or anything like that.
Since the wreckage of the plane had not yet been seen, Zhang Liu was very frugal with his food, consuming only a piece of mutton and half a bottle of water.
The cores of the banana tree he was carrying behind him had already been eaten by him as if they were sugarcane.
Not to mention, once you get used to eating this stuff, it tastes pretty good.
At least it tastes better than the banana fruit that resembles Lao Pa's secret recipe.
He took a deep breath and felt his stamina recover.
Zhang Liu looked at the circle of sunlight that was gradually disappearing outside the tree's shadow, and his expression gradually became serious.
He slowly stood up from the shade of the tree.
Starting from the fact that the sunlight was obscured by clouds and completely disappeared in the afternoon, Zhang Liu finally confirmed his worrying thoughts just now.
In this case, it is no longer "it is likely to rain" but rather it is 100% certain that it will rain.
If we follow the description in this Knowledge of the Wild book, there is a high probability that this type of rain will be heavy rain.
So, we currently have only two options.
The first is to rush straight into the plane wreckage.
According to Anya's description, the plane wreckage is a hollow place with a lid on top.
It is very likely that it was the galley area of the plane that she infiltrated before the accident.
Zhang Liu isn't sure yet what will be in the kitchen.
But he was sure of one thing about Anya's information:
He can rely on its hollow properties to hide inside and survive this potential storm.
Another option is to find a way to build a rain shelter.
Zhang Liu had no relevant construction experience at all and could only point to some English videos he had watched of survival in the wilderness. But in short, his body should not be exposed to the rain; otherwise, he will easily suffer from hypothermia and then catch a cold. Even if there was no hypothermia, the soaked human body would be exposed to the heat of the sun, the scorching earth, and the evaporating rain. This kind of sudden heat that alternates between inside and outside is enough to make the human body fragile. After all, this kind of heat is not as gentle and comfortable as the heat in the sauna room of the aristocratic girls' school. There is a high possibility that you will contract some strange diseases.
Zhang Liu unscrewed the water bottle and took several sips of the liquid inside. Most of the original water bottle was suddenly transformed into a shallow bottom. Water that has been heated by the sun is no longer cold. But after swallowing the fresh water, his entire body rose. He then applied the grated coconut that Anya had helped pound in the morning to his face, neck, and arms. Although it may be a bit rancid, it can act as a simple and very useful layer of protection against sunburn. Zhang Liu gritted his teeth, ran straight out of the forest, and started walking faster.
He's close to the beach, and although it will be hotter, there's fortunately not a lot of weeds in front of it, so there's no need to do anything to "alert the snakes."
He was able to have a smooth ride.
At the same time, Qin Rushuang and Anya discovered that the sun was gradually covered by clouds in the sky. "Great! The sun's gone!" Anya, who was chewing on the pieces of meat on the sheep's spine, shouted happily, then said to Qin Rushuang next to her, "Let's continue working after eating."
"Okay..." Looking at the changes in the sky outside, Qin Rushuang didn't know what was happening to her; she felt extremely anxious. "Is it going to rain?"
After thinking for a while, Qin Rushuang turned to Anya and said, "With this phenomenon, I feel like it might rain."
"Is it going to rain?" She repeated Qin Rushuang's words in confusion.
Anya scratched her head and looked at the sky carefully and said, "Didn't Zhang Liu say that there will be a rainy season and a dry season here? Shouldn't we be in the dry season by now?"
"He didn't say it wouldn't rain during the dry season!" Qin Rushuang sighed slightly, the sadness on her face becoming more intense. "Zhang Liu doesn't have any umbrellas with him."
"But it's too late for us to catch up now. Maybe he'll find a place to hide when he sees that it's going to rain" Anya scratched her head, then said, "You don't have to worry about that now..."
"Makes sense." With a slight nod, Qin Rushuang began to pick the meat from the spine of the sheep in front of her.
Compared with Anya, Qin Rushuang's eating habits are obviously more civilized.
There are seven pieces of a sheep's spine. After Anya bit off four pieces, Qin Rushuang had just finished the second piece.
If she wasn't so embarrassed to do anything, Anya, who was sucking out the bone marrow, could have chewed out the fifth spine...
But she looked next to her, drooling on the bones in front of her, but she was too embarrassed to speak.
After Qin Rushuang pursed her lips slightly, she also began to pick up the remaining spine and begin to chew it.
This type of sheep bone marrow is good, rich in fat, and cannot be easily wasted!
Seeing this scene, Anya sighed helplessly and began to use the shells to scoop the mutton soup into the "soup bowl" and drink it.
After finishing lunch, Qin Rushuang and Anya started to work alone.
Anya went to the orchard to collect the jiabao fruits that had ripened in the past two days.
Qin Rushuang went to clean the hole.
At the same time, it also made new discoveries in the crater.
Because the fire inside was extinguished early yesterday.
So Qin Rushuang could go straight down to the hole to clean it now.
Zhang Liu's steps for roasting a leg of lamb were to first light a fire inside, then pile up a lot of fist-sized stones on top of the flame, and when the flame was completely isolated, he put the leg of lamb inside and covered it for a while to roast.
This also resulted in the wood under the rocks not being completely burned.
After trying hard to clean the stone, Qin Rushuang saw parts of the black charcoal that retained the original shape of the branches.
Her eyes suddenly froze!
"Is this… coal?" If it was something else, Qin Rushuang might not be able to recognize it.
But her family had always belonged to the TCM family, and she had once personally participated in a large carbon heating ceremony for medicinal materials.
Therefore, she is familiar with the uses and types of charcoal in common situations.
Of course, this new knowledge that could be used to clean teeth was obtained by Qin Rushuang from Zhang Liu.
She held it in her hand and tapped it lightly, and the clear sound of the two pieces of charcoal intertwining confirmed her suspicions.
This is good stuff!
It can be used to start a fire quickly.
In order to preserve the wood, although the fire in the cave has never been extinguished, it still burns at night, and during the day, a few thick, fire-resistant logs are used as fire storage.
Every time they wanted to make a big fire, the three of them had to prepare a pile of finely chopped wood or dead branches and leaves as kindling materials.
With this wood charcoal, most of the problems of secondary fires will be solved.
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