18. Gums

The cave was not very ventilated, and she was a little worried that she would choke on the smoke, so she piled up a handful of dry branches at the mouth of the cave. After yesterday's heavy rain, she has to start a fire tonight anyway to feel safe.

Picked up a branch and made a torch, and stepped on the fire in the waterhole.

Holding torches that swayed in the evening breeze, Uya walked back to the cave with a good mood all the way.

Lighting a fire outside the cave entrance, Uya piled up a few rocks from inside the cave to keep the fire out. It doesn't feel like it's working, though.

The bed was made, but Wuya didn't feel a trace of sleep. She simply dragged the suitcase out and took advantage of the fire to pack up the contents of the suitcase a little.

"I haven't really looked at what's in the suitcase until now, the suitcase is so heavy, there should be a lot of things that can be used, right?" muttered, but excitedly began to hunt for treasure.

The contents of the suitcase seem to be relatively large, but miscellaneous items occupy a large part. Several sets of clothes, hemp rope and red ribbons, incense balls, garbage bags, mosquito nets, water bottles, notebooks and pens, mobile phone holders, a bunch of books and handmade ropes that I don't know the contents of.

She actually found her cosmetics inside. She also has quite a few empty plastic bottles for cosmetics. There are sizes of any specifications. A large number of scattered piles took up a lot of space in her suitcase.

Look at a whole bunch of lotions, no-makeup creams, BB creams, mascaras. Wu Ya couldn't cry or laugh, touched her face in embarrassment, and said speechlessly: "I didn't realize how much I love beauty before! There are five lipsticks alone." ”

After spitting, Uya began to check the other items. There aren't many metal items, but most of them are useful. A mechanical watch, two small flashlights, an iron pot, two stainless steel plates, a colander spoon, two knives, a small hammer and her recorder.

There was also some food inside, such as a few packets of dormitory artifact instant noodles, a bottle of bibime sauce, a jar of food, some bulk candy, and a few packets of potato chips.

What makes her happiest is that there is a medical kit and sewing kit inside. The former is for first aid, and the latter is a necessity for life.

After packing up her things, Wu Ya was very sad to find that there were really few things that could really be used. Most are disposable consumables.

"Alas, if only my brother were here!"

"Sleep, why do you think so much when you sleep!" Thinking a lot, thinking a little irritably, Wu Ya sighed and said, "There are still many things to do tomorrow!"

The dividing line of time―――――――

The air was good early in the morning, and Uya got up at dawn.

The weather has been nice and sunny these days. So taking advantage of the good sunshine these days, Wuya cleaned up the platform and fetched water to flush it all over. Now the platform is incredibly clean.

In the corner of the platform, there were piles of dried branches she had found from the woods.

She also tried to weave a few bags of vines with her. At first, the craftsmanship was rusty and ruined a lot, but then it became more and more sturdy and good-looking!

The large husks dried out after a few days in the sun, and they were fine except that they became darker.

Wu Ya picked a lot of rice crackers and came back and dried them on her big platform. She plans to stock up on rice, after all, rice crackers are not available all the time! The color of dried rice is a little whiter than that of undried rice.

She tried to cook rice porridge with sun-dried rice, but the smell of the plant was not as strong as when it was fresh, and everything else was the same as before.

She also made a homemade drying rack, and she planned to wash and dry all her clothes in batches.

"Whew, my mother, I'm so tired!" After washing the last batch of clothes, Wu Ya collapsed on the grass.

She didn't have many clothes, only two sets for winter and five sets for summer. But winter clothes are sweaters and cotton pants, and the wet water is heavy and difficult to wash. I'm almost exhausted after washing.

After resting for a while, Wuya hung up her clothes, put on her backpack and basket and went to the woods to hunt for treasure.

That's right, every time you go into the woods, you will have a more or less reward. Within a few days, she fell in love with this kind of exploration of the unknown.

Bamboo jelly and gum are her latest discoveries.

The center of the bamboo here is not water, but a paste similar to jelly, and the closer you get to the ground, the more jelly there is.

These bamboos are very brittle, and the older and thicker the knots, the easier it is to cut, but the more difficult it is to cut the new knots. Fresh bamboo is very strong, but when dried it is very strong. It is not black after being roasted by fire, but also has a reddish-brown color.

Now there are many baskets made of old bamboo in the cave. She also picked a few thicker bamboo knots and made water cups. With the rest of the bamboo, she made a rack for drying clothes.

In addition to bamboo, she also discovered that the sap of a tree is actually a natural glue. It's still a very strong one, and it hasn't been deformed after washing and burning. However, in order to collect gums, she wasted a lot of effort. This is because the gum solidifies relatively quickly as soon as it leaves the tree, and the tree is also some distance from the cave. Eventually, she found a plant around the tree that looked a bit like a pot-bellied trumpet flower, whose flowers prevented the gum from curdling so quickly. However, this flower only blooms in the early morning and late afternoon.

It took several days for her to discover this pattern. Today's purpose is also to collect some back.

She wanted to make a shoe because it was dirty after so many days of tossing and turning. After finding the gum, she happened to find a large leaf that was difficult to break, which was a good material for clothes and shoes. She couldn't wait to collect some gums every day.

After her initial research, the shoe was almost ready. But the gum wasn't enough, so she had to pick some before the sun went down.

Now, what she wants most is to find seasonings. Such as chili, star anise, pepper, etc. It's enough to eat fish every day for a few days!

She also found that there was not much salt left in her hand, and she had to plan sooner! Who knows if there is such a thing as salt here! The child who has only eaten processed sea salt and lake salt says that he has no idea what unprocessed salt looks like.

These days, she's just gray for seasoning. She couldn't imagine how she would live without peanut oil, soy sauce, and salt in the future!