Chapter 13: Padded pear
"Whoa..."
The sound of running water became clearer and clearer in Tong Chen's ears, and then Tong Chen suddenly woke up, it turned out to be the sound of running water, ah, this is the water source I have been longing for for a long time.
It turned out that Tong Chen, who was dizzy, was also implicated in his ears and hearing, and his head was dizzy until he found a water source.
If there is no turbulent sound of water, it is really not easy to find this water source hidden in the depths of the dense grass, and the clear water rushes out of a bottomless black hole and merges into the river channel that has already formed...
Tong Chen hurriedly knelt down in front of the water source, because the river was not shallow, Tong Chen had to lie on the ground with his upper body, and his right hand tried to reach into the water.
One hand couldn't scoop up much water, but Tong Chen was not distressed, his right hand kept reaching in and out quickly, and poured all the little stream water scooped up into his stomach.
Maybe it's just a few minutes, maybe it's been an hour, and Tong Chen's right hand swayed up and down countless times, until he drank to his heart's content, and didn't stop drinking until he couldn't drink anymore.
But Tong Chen made a big taboo at this time, when the body was extremely dehydrated, he hurriedly drank water, which would have an impact on the organs, and he needed to drink slowly in small sips, and the body that was in a fever suddenly drank cold water from the ground, which would have a high chance of causing diarrhea and pain.
With the replenishment of water and the stimulation of cold water, Tong Chen's condition has improved a lot.
Tong Chen thought about it, it would be better to build the campsite near the water source, and it would be much easier to get water later.
But Tong Chen never thought that his very normal decision would bury a huge hidden danger.
Trees are much sparser in areas with water, and the spacing between trees is greater.
Tong Chen found a relatively flat place under a poplar tree not far from the water source, and he looked around to see that there was nothing more satisfying, so he made up his mind to set up a camp here.
At this time, Tong Chen did not have any taboos about finding a campsite, he only had one purpose, where it was convenient to come.
Tong Chen sat on the ground and thought about it for a long time, this time he decided not to build a triangular house again, although the triangular house is more convenient to build and more firm, but he feels that the space in the triangular house is too small.
This time he decided to build a new kind of shelter, the triangular prismatic house.
The triangular prismatic house was called by Tong Chen because he felt that the shape of the shelter was triangular prismatic.
The structure of this shelter is not complicated, but it takes a little more effort than a triangular house.
According to the composition in his mind, Tong Chen began to look for building materials, that is, various branches.
First of all, Tong Chen was looking for thicker branches, which could be used as a framework for shelter, and he didn't just collect poplars, but everything, following only two words: convenience.
There is no tool to survive in the wild, it is definitely a nightmare for survivors, Tong Chen deeply understands, a slightly thicker branch wants to break and get down, it is definitely not an easy task.
Dragging his tired body, Tong Chen was busy from noon to night, and finally collected the five thick branches he needed.
God really didn't take care of Tong Chen, and the system definitely didn't take care of him.
With a loud sound in his stomach, his stomach suddenly became uncomfortable, and Tong Chen hurriedly ran to a distance to solve his personal problems.
Ten minutes later, the sweaty Tong Chen slowly returned to the camp with his stomach in his arms.
Tong Chen didn't think much about it, and knew that he must have drunk water and hurt his stomach, alas, miserable.
As night fell, Tong Chen decided to take a risk at night and lay down on the ground to sleep, because he really couldn't climb the tree, and he didn't want to lie on it anymore, it was just another kind of torture.
In the face of greater tribulations, small tribulations are no longer a thing.
Lying directly on the ground, not to mention the cold ground at night, the ubiquitous reptiles are the biggest torture.
But it's nothing compared to a collapsed body, and at the same time, I can't take care of it so much at this time.
Ants or insects continued to burrow into his ears or nostrils, or even his eyes, and Tong Chen's mind felt very frightened when he thought of these images.
When he was sleeping on the ground before, Tong Chen didn't have time to think about it so much, but now he has more and more scruples.
For safety, Tong Chen had to find some broken grass to fill his ear holes, he even wanted to plug his nostrils, but when the grass reached his nostrils, he thought about it or forget it, after all, he still had to breathe.
On the third day, Tong Chen also woke up early, and his spirit was still sluggish.
He didn't sleep well last night, and he ran two or three times with diarrhea, until there was really nothing in his stomach, and even the water was gone, so he stopped for a while, slept for a while, and soon his stomach was making trouble again.
At night, the lower body is protected by pants and is a lot more comfortable, while the upper body still depends on boiling...
The sky turned gray, Tong Chen looked up, it turned out that it was cloudy today.
A gust of cold wind blew, and Tong Chen couldn't help but shiver.
Looking at the five branches in front of him, Tong Chen was very helpless.
The shelter must be set up today, or it will be a sad night.
Tong Chen had an even worse premonition in his heart, and he secretly prayed in his heart that it would not happen.
Tong Chen picked up two branches that were about the same height, and thrust them into the ground diagonally, the two of them formed a cross, with a large angle range at the bottom and vice versa at the top, and then tied them with the prepared bark.
It would have been better to tie the rope, but without the rope, the bark had to be tied a few more times.
During this period, the two branches fell many times, and in the end, Tong Chen found a branch to support it, and the problem was solved.
After more than two meters apart, Tong Chen tied it cross-tied in the back, and finally he picked up the longest one and put it on top of the two.
The frame was basically built, and Tong Chen didn't have time to rest, so he kept looking for the thin branches on both sides of the main frame.
"Hey, what is this?", Tong Chen, who was collecting branches near the campsite, suddenly saw an extremely lush shrub not far ahead.
Although it looked familiar, Tong Chen really didn't remember what this cyan fruit with thorns was called for a while?
Oh, I think there are so many thorns, it should be called a prickly pear.
Prickly pear, the fruit of deciduous shrub silk reeling flower, also known as mountain king fruit, prickly berry fruit, pear, wood pear, also known as prickly pineapple, send spring return, prickly pear, Wenxian fruit, is a nutritious fruit for nourishing fitness, is a rare fruit.
Tong Chen remembered that when he was a child, he ate it, and the taste was not bad, the color was blue and a little sour, and the peel began to turn red and would be much sweeter, that is, the skin of the prickly pear was full of thorns, and it was extremely inconvenient to pick.
Tong Chen put down the branch at hand, hurriedly walked a few steps to the prickly pear, carefully picked a prickly pear that had turned red, knocked off the long green thorns on the stone, and then put it in his mouth.
The skin of the fruit is slightly hard, the flesh is soft and glutinous, and the taste is moderately sweet and sour, which is good.
This is a delicious memory from childhood, and it is still so delicious, but things are not people...
It is often said that those who are content are always happy, and they can find the delicious taste of memory in the wilderness, and Tong Chen feels satisfied at this moment, and this is the selfless gift of nature without asking for anything.
"uh";
Suddenly, Tong Chen's brows furrowed slightly, and the chewing action in his mouth stopped.