Chapter Forty-Six: A Knife Cuts a Big Tree
All the way to the tip of the island, the two were disappointed and disappointed.
"The island is really barren, there is no fruit, there is no fresh water, now we can only count on the coconut trees, let's go and see, the ripeness of the coconuts. ”
Approaching a coconut tree, Liu Danqing put his hand on his forehead and looked up carefully.
"Compared to the coconut shell under the tree, the coconut on the tree is still too small, only half the size, which means that the fruit on the coconut tree is not ripe. ”
"There is no coconut water in the unripe coconut, and there is no pulp, so it cannot be used as our food, so let's change it and look at it. ”
"Disappointment!"
"Disappointment!"
No wonder the coconut crabs have to go to the beach to find food, the coconuts here are not ripe, it seems that the coconut crabs on this island are living a very poor life. ”
"But then again, it's probably because the island is so barren that these coconut crabs survive. In the face of the human army of foodies, the coconut crab on the mainland of China has long been extinct, and this creature has not been found on the island for many years. ”
Liu Danqing and Xiao Weiwei searched all over this coconut tree, but they didn't find anything.
"Let's go back and look at the few scattered coconut trees by the sea, which we didn't look at carefully when we passed by yesterday, hoping that those few are not the same as the dozen or so coconut trees here. ”
The two took a sip of water to boost their morale and turned around and walked back.
"Survival in the wilderness is like that, we have to deal with a lot of disappointments, sometimes one disappointment after another. In the face of these disappointments, we need to adjust our mentality, always be positive, and always be confident. ”
"Wow, another disappointment, we're used to it. ”
"Hello, coconut tree, goodbye, coconut tree. ”
"Disappointed! And the last one, go home and tidy up the fishing nets after reading it. ”
"Huh!"
Liu Danqing and Xiao Weiwei stopped in front of the last coconut tree.
"Weiwei, look at it, am I dazzled, I always feel that the coconut on the tree seems to be not small. ”
Xiao Weiwei imitated Sun Dasheng and looked at the top of the tree with fiery eyes.
"It seems to be really big, Qingqing, we have coconuts to eat, haha!"
"The crowd looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but that person was in the dim light!"
"I really didn't expect that the only coconut tree on this island with edible coconuts is actually the closest one to our camp, life!
Liu Danqing turned his neck and stretched his arms, full of fighting spirit.
"Yesterday I said I was going to show you how to quickly chop down a coconut tree with a dagger, and now I've finally found my target. ”
"The coconut tree is actually very easy to climb, you see, its trunk has a circle of thread-like wrinkled skin, which can provide a lot of friction, plus the coconut tree is attacked by the sea breeze all year round, and it is generally with a lot of inclination, so it is easy to climb. ”
"But when I climbed the tree, I couldn't pick a lot of coconuts, only a small part of it near the trunk, so I had to cut it down so that we could get all the coconuts on the tree. ”
"Of course, the main thing is to show everyone how to cut a large tree with a dagger, and this method is not only used with daggers, but also with machetes. ”
Xiao Weiwei listened to Liu Danqing's story, walked to the tree, gestured, and reached out to hug it.
"Qingqing, do you really want to cut down this tree? It's thicker than me, barely able to hold it. ”
Liu Danqing smiled and said, "The biggest difference between humans and animals is ......."
Xiao Weiwei looked painful and interrupted Liu Danqing: "Qingqing, can you stop mentioning this, I believe you can't do it." I used to be a top student, but now I'm a scumbag. ”
Liu Danqing found a piece of hard driftwood, walked to the tree, and began to enter the commentary mode.
"This coconut tree is about 30 centimeters in diameter, which is not too thick in the coconut tree family. To cut it, we first have to choose a good angle, the coconut tree is tilting towards the island, so we first need to cut a gap in the direction of the island. ”
"Secondly, we have to choose a good height, not too low, the lower the trunk, the thicker, not too high, we can't exert force. According to your height and habits, choose the highest position that is convenient for power. ”
"We placed the blade of the dagger diagonally on the trunk of the tree and struck the back of the knife with the wood. It should be noted here that you must not have a big heart, you can knock it twice, and don't talk about knocking the entire blade into the trunk, in this case, it will be laborious to pull it out. ”
"After pulling out the knife and doing it diagonally again, a small piece of wood was cut off. ”
After repeated many times, Liu Danqing cut a hole seven or eight centimeters deep on one side of the coconut tree.
Changing directions, Liu Danqing then began to cut the other side.
"Everyone, pay attention, when cutting a tree, first cut the side of the tree that you want to fall, and after cutting a hole, then cut another side, which saves a lot of effort than cutting one side alone. ”
"In addition, it will be safer to do this, if the tree falls down while cutting the tree, the person who cuts the tree will directly decide his life and death in that position. ”
While explaining, Li Danqing's hands did not stop, and the gaps in the trees were getting bigger and deeper at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"You can see that I'm sweating, but it's mainly because it's so hot, and my job now isn't very strenuous except for being boring. ”
"That's the importance of choosing the height, if it's an axe to cut down a tree, then the height should be lower, so it's easier to exert force, now I'm slower this way, but I don't need to use force, so the position is higher, I can work straight up, so it's easy. ”
"Weiwei, would you like to give it a try?"
Xiao Weiwei had been gearing up for a while, and when she heard Liu Danqing's greeting, she hurriedly came over to take over the tools and cut down the tree.
After cutting for about ten minutes, Liu Danqing saw that Xiao Weiwei was covered in sweat, so he went over and asked Xiao Weiwei to rest for a while, and continued to cut by himself.
After about fifteen minutes, Liu Danqing felt that the gap was big enough, so he stopped and called Xiao Weiwei, who was sitting in the shade of a tree on the side, to come over.
"Weiwei, come and take a hand, let's knock down the tree. ”
Xiao Weiwei hurriedly walked over, and the two pushed the top of the gap together.
"One, two, three, push!"
"One, two, three, loose!"
"One, two, three, push!"
"One, two, three, loose!"
After a few back and forth, there was a creaking sound at the fracture, and Liu Danqing shouted: "Push hard." ”
With this effort, the coconut tree finally couldn't stand it anymore and fell in the direction of the island.
With a loud bang, the coconut tree more than ten meters high fell like a fallen giant, smashed onto the beach, and splashed countless fine sand.
"Wow! Success, Qingqing we succeeded!"
Xiao Weiwei happily hugged Liu Danqing, jumping and jumping, cheering.
The friends in the live broadcast room were also stunned.
"It's only been a little over an hour, Master Qing, you knocked down such a big tree?"
"The invincible beautiful girl Fei Fei gave Danqing and Weiwei a fighter jet - a bumper harvest, I saw a lot of coconuts. ”
"Sister is a spaceship given to Danqing and Weiwei by the trench door - Qingye Niu 13, don't say anything, the spaceship will be sent!"
"Sisters, I just gave Danqing and Weiwei a spaceship - this time I was really convinced, I really want to cut down trees......"
"No, don't give Danqing and Weiwei a spaceship - young masters, pure masters, if you want to scare the big tree!"
The two happily walked to the tops of the coconut tree and looked at the three stacks of coconuts.
“1、2、3…… A total of 26 coconuts, a bumper harvest, a bumper harvest. ”
Xiao Weiwei happily counted the coconuts, such a pile, all water and energy.