76. Survival
Time ticked by, tick-tock, and three hours passed in the blink of an eye.
The sun that was about to set became less vicious, and Chu An got up slowly, his sleepy eyes were hazy, and he didn't seem to be fully awake.
Xie Mengmeng, who had been fighting the landlord for an afternoon, hurriedly returned the live broadcast room to Chu An, and then silently got off the microphone, waved his hand, and did not take away a cloud.
See this,
A group of viewers who lost their eyes hurriedly swiped the screen and complained.
"Master Chu, you have to make the decision for me, the young lady has lost all the happy beans that I have struggled for many years, and I am now standing on the edge of the balcony, preparing to jump or not. ”
"Millions of beans are calling for something, I lost more than 200 million, I'm fine at all, but my chest is a little stuffy. ”
Chu An didn't have time to take care of these living treasures.
He picked up the kettle, hesitated for a while, then took a big sip and sighed slowly: "Life is more important than anything else. ”
"Damn, what am I missing?"
"Could it be that the urine in the kettle has changed in the past few hours?"
"No, I've been staring at it. ”
"Master Chu, have you drunk pee?"
“………”
Chu An took another sip, then tightened the kettle, stood up, and smacked his mouth: "That's right, it's urine."
In addition to being a little astringent,
The taste is much better than eating scorpions raw.
It's just that most people can't cross the threshold in their hearts.
To put it bluntly, psychological disorders.
I'm human too, and I also have a mental block, but now I've crossed it. ”
He looked at the yellow sand in the distance, and showed his trademark bright smile on his teeth, "It's time to go, or it's going to be dark again." ”
“6666.”
"Master Chu, cow beep~"
"Drink as you say, just don't pretentious. ”
"Lifelong fan, don't explain~"
"The first time I saw it, someone drank urine, and I still relished the evaluation, 6666......"
Seeing this scene, the audience really admired it from the heart, without any hint of praise.
This is not those anchors who sell meat and cuteness, those people they are not convinced and can despise a few words, but this one is completely different.
Chu An's achievements today are all based on his own hard work, and his strength is indeed worthy of his current status.
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The vast desert, empty and lofty, when the red sun is about to fall in the west, the yellow sand gradually becomes red, there is also a sense of desolation in the majesty, the huge trade caravan that runs through the Eurasian continent seems to be close in front of you, vividly.
Walking through the rugged and steep sand dunes, climbing over several hills, and seeing the scene behind the dunes, Chu An couldn't help but be a little excited.
After five hours of walking alone in the desert, in the desert full of yellow sand, he finally saw a touch of greenery that he had not seen for a long time.
"I'm about to cry, what about you?"
"I finally saw a green plant, hoping that it could bring water to Chu Ye. ”
Chu An took a closer look and recognized what kind of plant it was, the look on his face was even more excited, he pointed to the green plant, and said with a smile: "This is a plant of the Chenopodaceae family, which is a sand-fixing plant that grows on sandy ground, and the diameter of the tree pole can reach 50 centimeters. ”
He knelt on the sand, picked up a wooden stick, and gently scraped the roots of the shuttle, while explaining to the audience in front of the camera: "Shuttle, the wood is hard and crisp, inedible, flammable and high in calorific production, and the firepower is the first of wood, slightly inferior to coal, which can be called "desert live coal".
The above is not the point, the point is that there is a parasitic plant named Cistanche at its root, which has more than 10 traditional Chinese medicinal functions such as kidney tonicing, anti-Alzheimer's, liver protection, laxative, tumor adjuvant therapy, and anti-radiation, and is known as "desert ginseng".
Not only that, but it absorbs all the water of the host Saxon, and the pulp is as hydrated as sugar cane. ”
"Look, have you seen it, in the sand, the baby's fist-sized, brownish-black stick-shaped object is Cistanche, I have to be careful and try to get it out completely. ”
Hot sweat flowed from his forehead to the tip of his nose, and Chu An didn't bother to wipe it, and even the wooden stick was thrown aside by him, for fear of damaging the cistanche.
He carefully used his hands to slowly dig up the sand, and his face was filled with the joy of the farmer's uncle's harvest.
It was only after digging more than 40 centimeters deep that Chu An touched the roots of Cistanche, and then pulled it out with force, and at the same time brought out a small pinch of powder that was as dry as dust.
He blew a breath, the powder dissipated with the wind, licked his chapped lips and smiled: "Look, normal desert plants, as long as they are alive, 40 centimeters deep, the sand and soil will at least have a little moist traces, but Cistanche does not, it can be seen that the water sources near here have been absorbed by it." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the sand on the surface of Cistanche had been swept away by Chu An, and he didn't care about peeling it, so he rubbed it with his clothes, and directly bit down and bit off a small piece.
The pale cyan liquid flowed down the corners of his mouth, Chu An chewed frantically, quite a kind of momentum that swore to chew it and never stop, and commented vaguely: "It's very sweet, with a lot of water, and the unique pungency of root medicinal plants, as a supplement of water and other trace elements, it is undoubtedly qualified."
Out of 10, I give it 100 points, not afraid of its pride. ”
"It's obviously gnawing on the roots of the tree, why do I see that my saliva is flowing out. ”
"Where are the roots, I didn't hear what Chu Ye said, this is desert ginseng, Cistanche?"
"I can't imagine the life of a rich person with such a big root of ginseng. ”
“………”
Chu An took one bite after another, chewing so much that he shook his head, his hands danced, his cheeks were red and swollen, and he still refused to stop.
After a while,
40 cm long cistanche,
ate a third,
Chu An carefully wrapped the remaining cistanche in a sleeping bag, and then put it in his backpack, he looked at the red glow in the sky, and sighed: "Someone once asked me, what is happiness?"
At that time, I was still young, and I replied very innocently: sleep when you are sleepy, water to drink when you are thirsty, and food to eat when you are hungry.
Now I understand, it's all(-'Д ́-ノ;)ノ
With this remaining half of Cistanche, at least for a day, I don't have to think about the supply of water for the time being.
Hungry for a day,
I just want to eat meat,
The kind of big fish and big meat. ”
However, the dream is plump and the reality is skinny.
In this barren desert, even plants are rare, let alone big fish and meat, and it is better to honestly dig up more food such as tree roots.
The afterglow on the horizon is fading, the darkness is coming, and the visibility around is getting lower and lower.
Chu An couldn't help but stop his hurried pace, and began to camp on the spot to light a fire, the light of the bonfire shone on Chu An's melancholy face, he looked at the brand-new frying pan melancholy, and muttered: "What the hell am I bringing this thing for?"
Around the campfire, there were some root foods, like the leftover cistanche just now, and then he found a cactus, which was undoubtedly the best to eat raw when there was no water source.