102. Go to make salt
As soon as she heard Chen Zhe say that if you don't eat salt, you will get big neck disease, Yan'er nervously covered her fair and beautiful neck.
"Brother Xiao Chen, we have to find a way to get some salt to eat......"
The little girl said worriedly.
"Of course. ”
Chen Zhe didn't expect Yan'er to care so much about her image, and smiled comfortingly,
"Rest assured, we are an island surrounded by the sea, and the sea contains a lot of salt, and salt is the most abundant resource for those who live by the sea. ”
After listening to Chen Zhe's explanation, Yan'er was relieved and said with a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good......"
After blinking and pondering with big eyes, Yan'er tilted her head again and said, "But Brother Xiao Chen, although there is salt in the sea, do we still have to precipitate these salts?"
"Yes. Chen Zhe said, "This involves salt production, we only have seawater, we have to get the salt out of the seawater." ”
Yan'er listened to it for a while, and it was okay to let this girl cook and cook, but it was too difficult for her to make salt, and she had never learned it.
"Brother Xiao Chen, do you know how to make salt?" asked Yan'er worriedly.
Chen Zhe's expression was relaxed, and he nodded with a smile: "I did my homework before I came, and I know some simple ways to make salt. ”
In the few days after his rebirth, Chen Zhe has not been idle, since he is here to survive in the wild, of course he has to make more preparations.
As a reborn person in two lives, Chen Zhe's character is very stable, and salt making can be said to be a compulsory course for a survivor of an island, and he certainly has learned about it in advance.
Hearing that Chen Zhe had a way to make salt, Yan'er was very happy.
"Brother Xiao Chen, you are awesome. ”
She gently hugged Chen Zhe's arm and said sincerely.
Chen Zhe patted the back of Yan'er's hand and began to think about the next process in his heart.
Judging from the current temperature on the island, the wolf meat will be stored for three days at most, after which the wolf meat will spoil and rot.
It takes at least a day to make salt, after all, the wolf meat of fourteen wolves has to be processed, which is a very large demand for salt.
And from the camp to the beach, it also takes two or three hours, and the round trip is at least half a day, that is to say, two people go to the beach to make salt, and then return to the camp, and it takes a day and a half to come and go at the earliest.
"Hmm...... If we're going to make salt, we'd better go now. After thinking about it, Chen Zhe said categorically.
Yan'er was a little surprised, looked at the sun that was already a little slanting to the west, and asked, "Brother Xiao Chen, are you going to the beach now?" It takes two or three hours to get to the beach from here, and won't it be dark when you get to the beach?"
"Yes. Chen Zhe nodded and said, "We must hurry before it gets dark, rush to the beach before dark to light a bonfire, spend the night at the beach tonight, start making salt early tomorrow morning, and come back after making salt at dusk......
In this way, you can try not to waste wolf meat, otherwise you will delay for one more day, and I am afraid that it will be too late to marinate wolf meat. ”
Yan'er nodded after hearing this, she knew that Chen Zhe's calculation was not wrong.
If they don't set out now, then they will have to wait one more night, and tomorrow when they arrive at the beach to make salt, it will be dark, and they will have to wait at the beach for another night, and then they will come back the day after tomorrow, so that the time will drag on too long.
"Then let's go now. Yan'er said decisively.
Fortunately, the more the island is close to the outside, there are fewer wild animals, and there are almost no large animals near the beach, so spending the night on the beach, Chen Zhe and the others do not have to worry about being attacked by fierce beasts.
So it was enough for two people to bring the tools for making salt and drinking water.
Chen Zhe carried the blood-drinking knife, carried the military kettle, and then carried the wooden barrel of the camp, this is all his equipment.
Yan'er thought about it and decided to roll up the wolfskin blanket that made the bed in the cabin and bring it with her, so that when she slept on the beach at night, she could spread it on the ground.
After the two men had finished tidying up, they closed the wooden door of the courtyard to prevent other wild beasts from following the smell to steal the wolf's carcass, and then they walked together along the way they came, in the direction of the beach by the sea.
At the beginning, Chen Zhe and Yan'er walked from the beach to the camp for half a day, because the two of them needed to observe the environment and find water sources, so they took a lot of unjust roads.
Nowadays, it is much easier to walk back to the beach from the camp, just walk all the way in the direction of the sea, which is downhill, so it is also very effortless to walk.
A path that Chen Zhe had cut with his knife had already been lost, and a few days was enough time for the vines and branches that had been cut down to grow again.
The plants on the island grow rapidly, with a growth cycle of a few days.
A few hundred meters ahead of the camp was a dense jungle, and Chen Zhe walked in front, whipping the bushes in front of him with a blood-drinking knife as he hurried, driving away the insects and snakes hiding inside.
Yan'er followed behind, stepping on the path opened up by Chen Zhe, and while walking forward, she curiously admired the scenery along the way.
When they first arrived, the two of them were inevitably nervous, and they needed to find water sources and watch out for fierce beasts, so they were in a hurry, and they didn't have time to take a good look at the island.
Now that she has revisited the old place, Yan'er is much more relaxed, and she is amazed by the magnificent scenery on the island.
"Brother Xiao Chen, this forest is so beautiful...... Look at these leaves, they are as tender as jade, and the leaves in our city are not so tender and green. ”
Chen Zhe nodded lightly and explained: "Yes, the air on the island is fresh, there is no pollution from haze and dust, and the leaves are of course more beautiful...... In addition, because the island is located in the tropics, the direct sunlight at this latitude will make the sunlight more penetrating, and the leaves will appear more translucent. ”
"So that's ......" Yan'er suddenly realized, nodded lightly, "I thought it was just that the environment here was good, but I didn't expect that whether the leaves were tender or not had something to do with latitude." ”
"Of course, it has a relationship, but in fact, in addition to the leaves, the color of the sea is also related to the latitude. ”
Chen Zhe smiled and popularized science,
"Have you noticed one thing, a lot of tropical seas are very beautiful, the water is exceptionally clear, blue and blue, and you can even see corals and fish in the sea. But in some temperate oceans, the sea water looks gray and gives people a sense of turbidity......"
Yan'er pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "It's really true." ”
Chen Zhe said: "This is also related to the light, the tropics are directly sunny, so the visibility of the sea water is higher, and the sea water is clearer and lighter in color. In the temperate zone, the sunlight is oblique, and the visibility of the sea water is poor, and the sea water is very turbid and gray. ”
Yan'er listened carefully, and then couldn't help but tug Chen Zhe's arm and said, "Brother Xiao Chen, you know a lot, you even know the relationship between sea water and light." ”
Chen Zhe smiled and said, "I usually like to read some bizarre popular science books, so I understand these." ”
But in fact, it was Chen Zhe who lived twice, so he had more knowledge than ordinary people.