Chapter 25: Digging a Trap
Food is still very important, and you have to go to the sea to get some salt, and secondly, the temperature inside the cave is much cooler than outside.
I'm a big man who feels a little cold, so the three of them will be even colder, so I still have to find some way to get something to shelter from the wind and cold.
I added water to the leftover shell meat from yesterday and stewed it again, and after a hasty bite, I began to tell a few people to get busy.
Xu Wei and Xiao Qiang stayed on the mountain, picked up the dead branches on the mountain, and then cleaned up the cave briefly.
I took Wang Xiaoxiao down the mountain, first went to pick some fruits, and then caught three fish on the beach.
Then continue to carry the branches up the mountain.
After a busy morning, the simple door of the cave was ready.
Although there are still leaks everywhere, there is finally a shield.
In the afternoon, I began to build a tree bed, and went to the woods to collect a lot of dead grass, and put it at the mouth of the cave to dry, and spread it on the tree bed, which was also softer.
A few girls were shy and forced me to make a partition to separate our sleeping place, which really gave me a headache.
In the evening, I found a few nests of bird eggs in the woods, picked them up and cooked them in instant noodle cups, and a few bird eggs became a rarity.
Xu Wei was reluctant to eat it, so she only ate one and gave me the remaining two.
"Brother Zhao, you have worked too hard to take care of us during this time, although this egg is a little smaller, it is also very nutritious, you can eat more to save your strength, so as to take better care of us!"
When Xiao Qiang heard Xu Wei say this, she also handed me her bird egg.
"Xu Wei is right, now that the three of us are pointing at you, you really need to eat more to supplement your nutrition. ”
I looked at these women who depended on me for their lives, and my heart warmed.
"How can I be so squeamish, how can I eat these eggs less, and I won't have the strength to protect you? ”
You pushed me to let a few eggs, and in the end, I forced Xu Wei and the others to eat their share.
The bonfire was warm, and the entrance to the cave was blocked by a hedge, and it was the most restful night we had on this desert island.
Early the next morning, having eaten grilled fish, I decided that I was going out today and digging a few traps under the mountain.
First, if there really is any animal going up the mountain, then that trap is our first insurance.
Second, if an animal really fell into that trap, it was he himself who sent it to the door for us to eat.
Kill two birds with one stone.
As soon as we said and did, a few of us went down the mountain, dug deep pits in the soil around the mountain little by little, and built branches and grass as cover.
When I was done, I took them to catch fish in the sea.
Last night the tide was high, and the seaside was abundant.
It was not easy to go up and down the mountain, so we ended up working all afternoon, wrapping a whole bag of shell meat and small squid in my clothes, and catching several stranded big fish.
I went back and washed the shells and the fish that I couldn't eat and dried them on the top of the mountain in case of emergency.
In the evening we gathered around the campfire and chatted, as if we were back at work.
I had no dreams all night, and before dawn the next day, I suddenly heard a howl from the bottom of the mountain.
Several of the girls were also awakened and looked at me with a blank look at each other.
I came out of the cave and looked down the hill, and saw that the grass had collapsed on the dangerous spot we had dug yesterday.
I rejoiced in my heart, this is something caught!
With the sharp stick that he had repaired at night, he cautiously went down the mountain.
The situation in the trap was unknown, and I didn't dare to go down recklessly, lying on a rock halfway up the mountain for a long time, only to see that inside the cave was actually a black thing that was constantly scurrying up and down.
For more than an hour, the thing seemed to be tired from tossing, but it still howled, as if it was looking for a companion for help.
This is a troublesome matter, and if it really lets it shout out a few companions, won't our camp that we have managed to find so hard to find be thrown away like this?
So I quickly picked up a rock from the side and threw it into the trap.
The contents of the object suddenly howled as I hit it, and then I saw it start writhing even more wildly.
Thankfully, despite our shortage of tools, I dug into this trap yesterday.
Inside, I specially bought a lot of pointed branches to make sharp weapons, and this beast tossed in it like this, I am afraid that it has already been pierced by those branches.
After it tosses for a while, it is estimated that it will not be far from death, and I just need to wait here for the rabbit.
After another hour or so, there was no movement in the trap.
I cautiously descended the hill and threw two more stones into it.
After making sure that there was indeed no sound inside, he took the branch and pushed aside the dead leaves that were still somewhat obscured next to him.
Inside, I saw a four-legged animal, like a pig but not a pig.
It was already lying inside, covered in blood, and should have died.
I beckoned a few women to come over, and carefully went down to the danger to see it, only to find that this thing actually had four fangs, which was more terrible than a wild boar, and it was fat and looked delicious......
Using the principle of leverage, we tried our best to pull this thing up, and Xu Wei, who had never dared to look at it, frowned and glanced at it.
"It's like a deer dolphin, I've seen it on TV, this animal has very poor eyesight, and it is estimated that it has just come back from swimming in the sea and has fallen into a trap. ”
Deer porpoise?
I really haven't heard of this thing, but Xu Wei is a top student, so there is no need to lie to me.
And I don't even want to know what it is, if I can eat it, I'll be done.
Afraid of the smell of blood, beast, I dragged this thing to the beach.
Several women came to help, and with the knife it was quickly discharged.
In the end, the meat was marinated in seawater before it was roasted in the cave, and then dried in the shade, wanting to make some bacon.
I thought that we would have a very difficult life when we were kicked out by Bai Wei who lacked food and clothing, but I didn't expect that this little day would be a little bit more prosperous!
The meat hung in a small half of the cave, and I was worried that there would be no food, but now I don't have to be afraid anymore.
I brought back a lot of seawater from the sea, boiled out some coarse salt from the instant noodle cup, and then filtered the coarse salt with Xu Wei's bra before, and then ground it into salt powder with stones.
The meat at night was particularly delicious.
Now that the food and accommodation have been solved, the next thing we need to do is to prepare more supplies and tools.
For example, we don't have a bowl to eat, so we need to find some larger shells instead.
In addition, after coming to this desert island for so long, except for the bowl of rice porridge that Bai Wei drank that day, there was no more carbohydrate and starch intake, which must also be paid attention to.
Tomorrow I'm going to look through all the woods down the hill, and I don't believe there are no edible plants on such a large island.