After looking at the surrounding environment, Liu Danqing found a place that was somewhat similar to the environment of the first live broadcast of wilderness survival in Eighteen Villages, as today's campsite.

It was a crooked pine tree, perched on a stone high above the ground, forming a triangle with the ground.

However, the highest part of the pine tree is only thirty or forty centimeters of space, which is not enough for two people to get into it.

Liu Danqing pointed to the pine tree and introduced: "We decided to build the shelter here, this pine tree is a ready-made beam, we only need to look at the trunks of some small trees on it, and then spread some palm leaves, we can live in it, but before we build the shelter, I have to light a fire and then roast snake meat." ”

"By the way, the grilled snake meat lacks seasoning, and we need to explore the surroundings to see if we can find something that can be used as a seasoning. ”

While talking, Liu Danqing found an oak tree and climbed up, used a wire through the body of the Burmese python, hung it on the branches, and then jumped down, clapped his hands, and said: "It's the same, I'll start a fire first, now we have the brown hair of dragon scales, and we still need to find some small branches, slightly, start work." ”

The two of them explored the surroundings for a while, picking up a lot of branches and returning to the campsite.

Liu Danqing untied the bracelet again, used magnesium rods and scrapers to make a fire, and moved the fire under the oak tree to increase the fire, so that the fire began to smoke the python meat first.

Liu Danqing threw a tree root into the fire and explained: "Look, this is the best anti-theft measure, except for humans, no creature will steal the food on the fire, and now even if a hungry leopard comes, it is not willing to climb on the branch above the fire and eat our python meat." ”

"The anti-theft measures are done, we are now going to boil some water, the four elements of survival, water, fire, food, shelter, although we don't have all of them for the time being, but everything is under control. ”

Xiao Weiwei also nodded and said, "Well, now we are the easiest after entering this swamp, leaving the damn water, and there is still delicious python meat to eat." ”

"But Qingqing, I'm not thirsty now, let's go look for condiments, the water can be cooked while roasting snake meat, okay?"

Looking at Xiao Weiwei, who had a passive skill, a foodie, Liu Danqing nodded and replied: "Okay, let's explore first, let's go down the stream, if the terrain is lower, the water will be relatively sufficient, and we will continue to go up tomorrow, and it will be a waste to explore it now." ”

The two of them carried spears and went down the stream until they reached the foot of the mountain, and did not find any condiments, Xiao Weiwei said a little depressedly: "Really, nothing, alas, let's go back, it's really unlucky." ”

Liu Danqing pointed to the opposite side of the creek and persuaded: "Don't worry, there is still half of it that I haven't found, I returned the same way, it's a waste, let's go over and go up the mountain on the opposite side to see if we can find anything." ”

Sometimes it's like this, it's called looking for him thousands of times, and suddenly looking back, that person is there, and the lights are dim.

They still found the seasoning, the location is opposite the pool next to the campsite, the two walked not far from the campsite, and were about to cross the floodway, when they returned to the campsite, some red dots reflecting the sunlight flashed in Liu Danqing's eyes.

"Weiwei, don't go over yet, let's keep going, I seem to have found something good. ”

As soon as Xiao Weiwei heard the good things, her originally sluggish spirit was immediately shocked, and she asked, "What? What is the good thing?"

"Follow me" Liu Danqing took the lead and walked up, but a dozen or twenty meters, a few plants came into the eyes of the two, these plants were about a little over a meter, and they were full of half-green and half-red fruits, which were mixed with a small number of all-red and all-green fruits.

"Wow! chili peppers!" Xiao Weiwei shouted in surprise: "There are really chili peppers here, Qingqing, let's hurry up and collect some." ”

As she spoke, she crossed Liu Danqing, rushed to the pepper tree, and began to pick.

Liu Danqing also walked over, collected peppers together, and introduced: "These peppers are rice red peppers, this is their name, not I gave them at will, now many peppers in Huaguo are improved with this variety, compared with Chaotian pepper, it is not so spicy, but the effect of freshness is better." ”

"Okay, we've collected a lot of peppers, Weiwei, let's go back, these are enough for us to roast snake meat, and there is still a surplus. ”

Xiao Weiwei really shook her head and replied: "No, I want to light them all, if they can't be used this time, they will be dried and taken away, maybe what else can be caught later, if there are no chili peppers, it won't taste good." ”

Sure enough, in the face of food, the intelligence of a foodie is added to one.

At this time, Xiao Weiwei was obviously smarter than Liu Danqing, thoughtful, and reasonable.

However, when will you have to eat all the chili peppers on the three trees? Xiao Weiwei, do you still want to bring some dried chili peppers from rice country back to China?

Liu Danqing shook his head helplessly, and picked it up together, his girlfriend's decision, and the gay man could only support it unconditionally.

"Huh", picking and picking, Liu Danqing pointed to the plant that spread a large hillside not far away and said, "That seems to be wild kudzu." ”

The plant had dark green, three-petaled leaves, and some of them had some small purple flowers, and they spread quite domineeringly, whether it was a dwarf tree or a stone, it was covered by it, even the pine tree that grew very tall, it did not let go, and spread upwards around the tree.

Because there were too many, Liu Danqing didn't notice their characteristics at first, thinking that they were a plant in the country.

Just now, because Xiao Weiwei strongly requested to light the peppers, Liu Danqing looked around aimlessly while picking them, only to find that this plant was very familiar.

Walking to the edge of the plant, Liu Danqing squatted down and looked at it, and introduced: "It's really wild kudzu, it's mid-August, but the wild kudzu here has actually bloomed, but I don't know if there is a kudzu root below, let me look for it." ”

Looking for a flowering tree, following the kudzu vine, Liu Danqing found the root of a wild kudzu tree and pulled it up directly.

Because of the excessive force, Liu Danqing directly pulled out the roots of the wild kudzu.

Throwing away the wild kudzu in his hand, Liu Danqing pulled out the mountain knife and dug it up.

Soon, Liu Danqing dug out a section of rhizome and loosened the soil along the rhizome, Liu Danqing lifted it vigorously, and four pieces of cassava similar to the last time he dug up in the fine sand islands were pulled out of the soil by him.

"You see, these are kudzu, which is a traditional Chinese medicinal material, but it can be used for both medicine and food. ”

"This wild kudzu is also a plant species introduced from Asia in the rice country, and now it has become a pest in the plant kingdom of the rice country, and it is called an invasive species along with the Asian carp in the animal kingdom. ”

"In 1935, the U.S. Federal Soil Conservation Commission advocated widespread planting of kudzu vines in the South. Farmers who plant kudzu vines on their wasteland receive a subsidy of eight dollars per acre. By 1940, no less than 500,000 acres of kudzu vines were planted in Texas alone. But soon people found that because there were no natural predators, the tender vines had been cultivated into refinement, and a kudzu vine could divide into 60 branches, and its branches could attack in all directions, covering a radius of dozens of miles, living like a monster, very patient to swallow everything, forests, cables, and even train tracks. ”

"In 1954, the U.S. Department of Agriculture had crossed kudzu vine off the list of recommended plants. By the 60s, it had turned to research how to control and eliminate kudzu, and now, these little guys have caused more than 10 billion losses to the United States every year, and the United States government alone will spend more than 500 million dollars to hire people to clean up these guys. ”

"You see, a large part of this area has been encroached upon by wild kudzu, and if there is no external interference, wild kudzu will continue to spread, slowly encroaching on this hill. ”

"But for us, we now have one more ingredient, we can use kudzu to stew snake meat, which is a very nourishing delicacy. ”

At this time, Xiao Weiwei also picked all the chili peppers, came to Liu Danqing's side, looked at the kudzu all over the ground, and sighed: "These kudzu are really powerful, they have caused so much trouble to the United States without making a sound, but Huaguo seems to have this, why haven't you heard of affecting the ecology?"

Liu Danqing said proudly: "In China, a country full of foodies, all reactionaries are paper tigers, and no matter how strong the animals and plants are, they are all plants in China." ”

The two returned to their campsite, Liu Danqing put down the kudzu in his hand, picked up the aluminum shell that was put aside, and began to make pots violently.

Now he dug a hole in the ground with a diameter of about twenty centimeters, put the aluminum shell on it, and then found a small tree, he cut down the tree, and then cut off a section of the trunk more than a meter long, and kept smashing the middle of the aluminum shell with the trunk.

Because the underside of the aluminum shell is empty, it is constantly smashed down in the middle, and the surrounding area is on the dirt, and gradually, the depression in the middle of it is getting deeper and deeper.

Liu Danqing saw that it was almost smashed, and proudly picked up the aluminum shell to show the audience: "Look, only unthinkable, nothing can't be done, a piece of aluminum shell removed from the oven has become the aluminum pot we need the most, and now, we can use it to boil water." ”

Xiao Weiwei looked at Liu Danqing with admiration on her face at this time, and she almost launched a little star from her eyes.

"Qingqing, you are so amazing, you really made this shell into a pot, we finally have a kitchenware. ”

Liu Danqing handed the aluminum pot to Xiao Weiwei and instructed: "Weiwei, now you go to that pond to get some water, pay attention to slow your movements, don't stir up the soil below, I want to build a double-layer grill." ”

Xiao Weiwei nodded, picked up the aluminum pot and went to the river, while Liu Danqing carried the mountain knife and went to cut down the tree.

(End of chapter)