Chapter 5 Building a pergola

When the first rays of sunlight shone on this beach, the beach was golden, and he felt the dazzling light and continuous warmth, Mu Xiaobai slowly opened his eyes, and a hearty and sunny day began.

Mu Xiaobai straightened up and turned his head to look at his side. There was no one around.

"What about Lin Qingqing?"

Mu Xiaobai hurriedly got up to look for it, and found Lin Qingqing, who was grooming and dressing up, washed off the mud on his face, revealing his fair and smooth skin, his posture was fully revealed, and the decent clothes set off this delicate figure, which made him feast his eyes, and he couldn't help but think that if he could stay with such a beautiful woman on such an isolated island for a lifetime, it would be quite comfortable and beautiful.

At this time, Lin Qingqing saw Mu Xiaobai not far away, so he greeted him: "Morning!"

"Morning!"

"Mu Xiaobai, let's quickly set up a distress signal. Lin Qingqing, who had already finished washing and walked over, couldn't wait to say.

"Okay, I'm going to start a fire, put up wet wood leaves, and smoke rise. Although his heart did not give hope for help. With such a large tsunami, even if human beings did not perish, it would be impossible for them to send ships or planes to search for a large area in a short period of time, but some things could not be left undone, not only because of luck, but because of the expectation in their hearts, and only with expectation can they have the motivation to persevere.

Mu Xiaobai and Lin Qingqing came to the edge of the jungle together, Lin Qingqing picked up dead branches and leaves, and Mu Xiaobai broke off the low shrub branches. Dead branches and leaves can be rekindled with the unburned coals of the previous night, and shrub branches that contain moisture can produce a lot of smoke.

For a moment, the beach was filled with smoke.

After this distress signal was completed, Mu Xiaobai said: "We have done what should be done, and the rest depends on God's will, we must persist in survival while waiting to be rescued." You stay here, try not to let the smoke stop, I'll go along this beach to see what can be found around," Mu Xiaobai said.

"Be careful, then. ”

Mu Xiaobai walked along the beach to the right for half an hour, and then came to the end of the beach, at the end of the beach is a craggy reef belt, after the reef belt is a cliff that abruptly rises and extends to the end of the field of vision, and above the cliff is a lush forest. He walked around and found only a large coconut tree, although this was also a big surprise for him, so that he would not have to worry about water and food for a long time, but what he really hoped for was to be able to find something that belonged to human society, such as plastic bottles, or metal blocks, but found nothing, which seemed to prove that the island was far away from human activities.

Mu Xiaobai had no choice but to pick up a few ripe and intact coconuts and bring them back.

When Lin Qingqing saw Du Xiaobei walking back with a coconut, she jumped up happily. "Wow, there's a coconut here. ”

"Now we don't have to worry about food for a long time, we can live with fish in the water and coconuts on the shore." ”

Lin Qingqing picked up a coconut, looked left and right, these coconuts were yellow, unlike the coconuts she used to eat, the coconuts she used to eat were all green, and why are these coconuts dim yellow?

"Are you sure these coconuts are edible?"

"The coconuts you used to eat were freshly picked from the trees, and these coconuts were naturally ripe and fell to the ground. I checked them all, and as long as the shell is still intact, the pulp and coconut juice inside are edible. ”

"In the past, when I drank coconut water, it was already opened, but how do I open this?"

"I've got a dagger here, I'll open it. ”

I saw Mu Xiaobai keep rotating the tip of the knife on the top of the leaf, and after a while, he drilled a hole in the coconut.

Lin Qingqing looked at Mu Xiaobai's familiar movements, and asked curiously, "How do you understand everything?"

"I used to live in the countryside and had a lot of contact with nature. Hearing and seeing know a lot. Mu Xiaobai didn't say that these were all told to him by the survival knowledge in the system.

Lin Qingqing looked at Mu Xiaobai again with admiration, thinking that he had been living in the city for a short period of rural life before, happy, fulfilling, and happy, and couldn't help but feel a trace of yearning for pastoral life in his heart.

Mu Xiaobai handed over the coconut that had been opened. "You drink the coconut water first, and when you finish drinking, I will help you cut open the coconut shell, and the coconut meat inside can also be eaten. ”

"Hmm!"

Mu Xiaobai also opened one by himself and drank it.

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After the two of them ate and drank enough, Mu Xiaobai began to choose a place to build their night shelter, Lin Qingqing thought that this pile of firewood had nothing to take care of, as long as there was plenty of wet wood and leaves on the top, and the bottom was kept ventilated, so that the underground charcoal fire would not be extinguished due to lack of oxygen, there would be thick smoke rising continuously. She also insisted on going, and Mu Xiaobai had to agree.

The sky and the sun are hot, and before leaving, Mu Xiaobai collected the leftover coconut meat on a clean stone slab, and then found another stone slab to cover it and grind it into a paste. handed it to Lin Qingqing.

"What is this for?"

"Coconut meat is rich in oil, and you can prevent sunburn by applying these foams to your bare skin. ”

When the girl heard this, her eyes widened in adoration, and she was already worshipping Mu Xiaobai at this time. If Mu Xiaobai said now: "Lin Qingqing, be my girlfriend?" Lin Qingqing may not agree immediately, but he will not refuse immediately, because it is too safe to be with such a man.

The two walked around, looked at some places, and felt that none of these places were ideal places to live, or they were close to the sea, and they were easy to be flooded when the tide was open. Either the sea breeze is strong, and the human body is blown all the time and it is easy to get sick. After discussing it, they decided to build a pergola in the place where they stayed last night, after all, they had lived on this beach all night, and they were relatively familiar with the surroundings, and familiar places always gave people a sense of security more or less.

The two of them built a pergola, there was only one tool, that is, the dagger in Mu Xiaobai's hand, it was destined that they could not build a pergola that was too complicated, Mu Xiaobai searched for the appearance of the pergola in his mind, and after determining the framework of a pergola, he began to prepare to build a pergola.

The two of them went to the woods together, and after making sure that the woods were safe, they began to look for suitable wood.

"I'll look for the right branches, and you'll gather the big palm leaves. ”

"Hmm!"

The most important thing in building a pergola is to find a load-bearing beam of the pergola, which can not be too thick or too thin, too coarse to build time-consuming and laborious, too thin to bear the weight of other beams, or in the event of heavy rain and wind, it is also easy to break.

The pole used as a beam was easy to find, but the pole used as a load-bearing pole was difficult to find, and by the time Lin Qingqing found enough leaves, he had not yet found a suitable trunk.

Lin Qingqing looked at the dozen tree trunks gathered on the ground in front of him and asked, "Have you found enough?"

"It's hard to find one. ”

"Don't rush, take your time. ”

"Well, let's get these materials out first. ”

The two men each carried their own collection out of the jungle. Putting down the things in his hand, Mu Xiaobai said, "There is still one left, I will look for it now." ”

"I'll go with you. ”

"No, I'll be back soon. ”

Lin Qingqing nodded.

But not long after he walked in, Lin Qingqing heard the sound of a forest breaking branches in the woods, and the sound was amazing, and then he saw a black shadow rushing out of the woods.

The black shadow shouted as he ran, "Run!

Lin Qingqing threw down the palm leaves that he was sorting and ran towards the sea water desperately.