Chapter 17: Huang Cen

The reason why Tong Chen thought of using this method to catch rabbits is because this simple and effective method is often used by farmers in the village to deal with rabbits that harm the crops.

Tong Chen had eaten rabbits caught like this a few times when he was a child, so he still remembers them vividly.

But the most difficult part of this method is how to find the path or the hole hidden in the middle of nowhere.

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On the fifth day, Tong Chen woke up tormented by the injury on his back.

As for whether the willow cloak has an effect, it can only be said that it is better than nothing.

Tong Chen even felt that his condition had worsened a lot, and he was still burning yesterday, but today he felt that his back was burning with burning pain, which was better than yesterday.

Even Tong Chen felt that his head was beginning to faint, and he didn't have any energy.

Tong Chen felt that he should do something, otherwise if he continued to do this, the injury to his back would definitely gradually worsen.

What to do?

Dry and chapped skin, don't you often apply various skin care products, well, that's it.

Seriously ill and went to the doctor, Tong Chen lacked experience, and he couldn't think of any good way.

The new shelter is no better than the original one, the old shelter was built near the water source, and it is very convenient to get water, and the new shelter is ten minutes away from the water source.

The same is true of everything, there are always two sides, there are gains and losses, the new shelter is solid, and the water is relatively troublesome.

Tong Chen returned to the water source, dug a small pit next to the water source, and then scooped in some water with his hands.

Then he picked up the camellia root he had recently encountered on the road.

It is a herbaceous plant, also known as skullcap, with papery leaves, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, racemes on the stems and branches, and corolla purple, purple-red to blue.

The reason why Tong Chen knows this Chinese herbal medicine is because in the past few years, people from Beigou Village often came to the mountains to dig up this camellia root that can be sold for money, which also added an additional source of income for the villagers.

At this moment, Tong Chen collected these camellia roots, definitely not to sell them for money, but he knew that the yellow roots of camellia roots had the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and infecting cough.

Tong Chen also doesn't know if the camellia root has a therapeutic effect on the sunburn on his back, he is just a dead horse as a live horse doctor, it should be effective.

In fact, the effect of Huang Cen is not only as simple as Tong Chen understands, it is also very helpful for warm fever, upper respiratory tract infection, lung fever cough, damp heat yellow bile, pneumonia, dysentery, coughing up blood, red eyes, fetal restlessness, high blood pressure, carbuncle and boils.

The roots of the camellia as thick as a little thumb were smashed into pieces by Tong Chen with stones, and then poured into a puddle and stirred with the mud.

Taking off the willow leaf cloak, Tong Chen grabbed a handful of homemade mud with his right hand and stretched out his back hand to smear it on his back, because it was on the back, it was not very convenient to apply, and it took a lot of effort for Tong Chen to feel the same.

The cold touch seemed to reach the depths of the skin, and Tong Chen felt that the burning pain in his back suddenly alleviated a lot.

Tong Chen looked up at the west, the sun was already hanging on the mountain, and it was about to set, he couldn't help but feel relieved, he finally didn't have to endure the torture of the sun, he could breathe a sigh of relief, but Tong Chen didn't have time to rejoice too much, and in an instant he thought of enduring the torture of the cold at night, and his mood immediately turned sunny and cloudy, and the whole person was not good.

If you can't eat, at least you can drink water, Tong Chen took a few more sips of water by the way, replenished the water in his body, and then slowly returned to the camp.

Tong Chen was exhausted by the fire, his face was full of sadness, he picked up the wood on the stone that was almost sun-dried and was about to try again, but after a turn of thought, forget it, God knows if the wood is dried in the end, if not, it will be a useless meal.

Now Tong Chen has a psychological barrier to the cold of the night, or is afraid, lying in the shelter, Tong Chen can't fall asleep for a while, and his heart can't be calm for a long time.

After surviving another night, Tong Chen's goal of burning in his heart was beyond measure, and he made up his mind to succeed in lighting a fire today.

Tong Chen didn't make a fire right away, because he still wanted the wood to dry in the morning, and it would be successful at noon.

In the morning, Tong Chen was ready to look for clues of the hateful rabbit, and he had been thinking about the fat rabbit in his heart, especially for the hungry Tong Chen.

To this end, Tong Chen collected a few willow strips as thick as fingers as materials for making traps, and for Tong Chen, who did not have any tools in his hand, willow strips were the best materials for making traps.

The wilderness is vast, and there are countless plants of all kinds, but Tong Chen knows only a handful, which is undoubtedly a kind of torture for Tong Chen who survives in the wilderness.

Tong Chen is not very clear about how big the wild boar ridge is, but in short, it is not small, and it is not difficult to find the traces of rabbits in the wilderness within a radius of several kilometers.

When watching wild survivors eat frogs, beetles, scorpions, and even maggots on TV before, Tong Chen felt very incredible, those insects were even alive, how could they swallow their stomachs, at that time Tong Chen had fantasized that if he was trapped in the wilderness, he would not eat those things if he starved to death.

But at the moment Tong Chen's belief was shaken, he never dreamed that it would become a reality, and it was such a cruel reality, maybe only when he was on the ground, he would really experience it; he now has a thought of eating insects raw, Tong Chen knows very well in his heart that this kind of thinking is not normal, but he is hungry to a certain extent, and the seemingly unbelievable behavior is also a kind of human nature, if he is thirsty, he has to drink water, and when he is hungry, he has to eat, isn't it, if he has to find food that he thinks can be eaten, he is almost starving to death。

Tong Chen's eyes swept over all kinds of insects, and when he thought of the hideous appearance and the disgusting taste, Tong Chen suppressed the slightest thought in his heart.

"Hey, what is that? Is it a raspberry again?", following Tong Chen's gaze, he found a touch of red in the weeds, and as Tong Chen walked quickly, he also found small white flowers.

"Wow, it's a strawberry, it's really lucky", unlike the raspberry he had just eaten before, Tong Chen recognized it at a glance as a common strawberry.

There are not a few of them, and the size of the strawberries is also very small, Tong Chen picked one and looked at it carefully for a while, and then stretched out his nose to sniff it a few times, the faint sweet fragrance was implicit, and people couldn't help but swallow it immediately.

Tong Chen just put the strawberry in his mouth with his left hand, and then picked another one with his right hand, the sweet and sour fruity aroma rippled in his mouth, and Tong Chen couldn't stop at all.

Unexpectedly seeing delicious strawberries, Tong Chen no longer had the joy of being excited when he met apricots and peaches, but he was still very happy in his heart.

It didn't take long for the few strawberries to be swept away by Tong Chen, and if it weren't for the unripe green strawberries, I am afraid it would be difficult to escape.

Then Tong Chen searched for a long time, and he didn't need to see the rabbit, but he didn't even find a rabbit hair.

Tong Chen guessed that it was definitely not so easy to find, but it was also in his expectation, he was not so disappointed, eating a few strawberries was a surprise, and the trip was not in vain.