Chapter 3: Escape from Death

When I returned to the cave, the smoke in it was basically gone, and I picked up enough firewood, prepared some leaves and bark, and rose up bravely, and lifted the stones scattered on the ground one by one to block the entrance to the cave, and at this time the whole person was completely relaxed.

I didn't encounter danger before, and I was a little careless, forgetting that this was a dangerous jungle, and now I still feel a little scared in retrospect. The entrance to this cave is not big and relatively hidden, but who knows what will break in when you fall asleep at night, or seal it to feel safe.

I built a stove with stones, thought about throwing some smaller stones in the fire, buried the lumpy roots in the ashes, and then moved a thinner flat stone to put on it, heated it, cut the matsutake mushrooms into slices, and with a bang, a strange fragrance wafted out, and when I bit down, my lips and teeth were fragrant; The wild vegetables are fried on a stone slab, and the hot 'baby fish' is grilled, and the nutrition is indeed very balanced, but no matter how good it is, it has no taste without salt.

Li Dawei smiled bitterly, if the salt was not replenished, his physical condition could be maintained for up to ten days. After ten days, the body will have a low sodium content due to the lack of salt, resulting in various problems, and people will hang up after a long time.

Where can I get salt? Li Dawei didn't have any clue after thinking for a long time, the knowledge reserve in his mind was really not enough, maybe some plants contain higher salt, but we are teaching chemistry, most of the plant-related knowledge is still the accumulation of rural life before, and the sincerity in the textbook has not been used.

The wood crackled in the fire, and occasionally a few sparks burst out, Li Dawei pondered for a while, then shook his head, sighed, picked up the leaves and bark and began to make 'clothes' and 'shoes' for himself, suddenly raised his head suddenly, there was a feeling of being peeped at, looked around and saw that there was no result, frowned, blocked the gap in the hole with a branch, and felt much better. Feeling uneasy, I wrapped the rest of the food in leaves, and then moved a few large stones to surround it.

The night was still not good, but it was much better than last night. Lying in the pile of soft hay and leaves, there was enough time to think, picking at the skin of his upper lip, thinking about the previous bits and pieces, thinking about how to live the following days, and slowly had a plan in his mind.

The next day, I was still a little scared and didn't dare to go too far from the entrance of the cave. In addition to matsutake mushrooms, I also found some mushrooms, only two of which I could confirm to be non-toxic and had eaten them; There is one that is sure to be poisonous and has not been allowed to eat, and the other cannot be judged. I went back and forth several times, and picked some common herbs I knew, whether they were useful or not, when I saw them;

Seeing that there were a lot of things piled up in the cave, Li Dawei pursed his lips and pondered for a while, he couldn't be scared to death. Dragging the spear and carrying the stone knife, he groped his way in a different direction.

Relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, there are many 'treasures' on the mountain, the key is whether you can find it, many times relying on luck, Li Dawei feels that his bad luck may have passed. No, there is a large piece of He Shou Wu in front of me, and the branches and leaves stretch together, and there is a feeling of unreality.

Picked a relatively large dig, and when the sun has set, look at the huge 'roots' in your hand, and estimate that there are not thousands of years and hundreds of years, and it is said that this thing will look like a human shape when it grows older, and it will run without a red rope, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a 'human'!

He Shou Wu can be eaten raw, but it is slightly toxic, and you can't eat too much at once, otherwise the liver can't metabolize it. Clean the mud and peel off the skin, the fresh is different, the taste is not talked about for the time being, at least you can eat it.

When it was completely dark, he returned to the cave, breathed a sigh of relief, threw a handful of firewood in the fire, and threw He Shou Wu to the side, but before he could react, a black shadow pounced, Li Dawei suddenly felt a burst of seeping slippery on his body, and then his whole body tightened, and he was suddenly entangled by something, which was actually a python with the thickness of an arm.

Fortunately, Li Dawei's right hand was stretched out when he just threw something, and he was not entangled, otherwise it would be a big trouble. With the help of his right hand, he worked harder, and finally pulled out his left hand, but the whole person couldn't break free, but he could obviously feel that it was tightening, his ribs ached, and he gradually couldn't breathe, and the blood began to rush to his head, and his blood vessels felt like they were about to burst.

Li Dawei used to be a good baby, a good old man with a gentle personality, he didn't fight with his classmates at school, and he didn't fight students after work, he never killed Dalian chickens since he was a child, but at the moment of life and death, he couldn't care about anything, and he groped with both hands to choke the python's neck, but it obviously had no effect.

One person and one snake are more energetic, the python wants to knock Li Dawei down, and Li Dawei also knows that as long as he falls, there will be no chance at all. As soon as he gritted his teeth, he moved his steps and came to the fire, and the whole person fell down, and it was up to him to see who couldn't bear it first.

Li Dawei won the bet, the python was roasted by the fire, and he immediately let go and wanted to leave, and Li Dawei also took the opportunity to get out. However, the hand that grabbed the head of the snake did not let go, but pressed it into the fire, the python rolled in pain, the strength was amazing, and Li Dawei was not hot, but he didn't let go.

The python tried to wrap himself around him again, but ended up entangled in the stone between the two, and by the time the snake's head was cooked, the stone had a strangled mark. Li Dawei was still not at ease, so he picked up a stone and smashed the snake's head frantically, venting the grievances he had suffered in the past two days and venting his fright.

The dead dog was lying on his back on the ground, panting with his mouth wide open, the 'leaf clothes' had long been tossed and broken, his body was full of blood marks from abrasions, and there were also blisters from the fire, and there were several bruises and purple marks on his body, and his ribs and sternum were faintly painful.

The first killing, well, except for the fish, not only does the psychology not have a sense of guilt, but there is also a pleasure of conquest from the bottom of my heart, it seems that my previous honesty is just too deep.

Since he was sensible, people have special feelings for their first time, and Li Dawei has been reminiscing for a long time. I felt that I had regained some strength, struggled to get up, and nibbled on He Shou Wu a few more bites, maybe it was a psychological effect, and my state was much better.

Smash the herbs and apply them carefully to the wound, if it is inflamed, there are no antibiotics here, and the little life is definitely over.

I inspected the cave, and I was sure that I climbed in from the entrance of the cave, and if I looked closely, I could find the zigzag marks left by the snake, and it was good if it didn't come out of it, so I blocked the entrance to the cave anyway, and this time it was more tightly blocked.

Pythons are very difficult to deal with, the snake skin is too tough, and the tools are not at hand, but what Li Dawei does not lack is time, carefully peel off the snake skin, there are a large number of parasites in the snake meat, and it must be roasted. The small stones in the fire have been burned through, and the limestone is quicklime after decomposition at high temperature, the simplest common sense in chemistry.

Quicklime has a wide range of uses, it can be sterilized, disinfected, can also make bleaching powder, improve acidic soil, etc., any high school chemistry teacher can write at least half a page of use, of course, it can also be used to process snake skin, this can be made into half body clothes!

Busy until the middle of the night, the next day did not go out of the 'door', slept lazy, in addition to the bones still a little pain, the spirit miraculously recovered, I don't know whether it is the miracle effect of the millennium He Shou Wu, or the young body recovery is fast. I made myself half of my body out of snake skin, which at least protected a large part of my body.

I still have to face what I should face, my equipment has been upgraded, my guts have become fatter, and I remembered the shame of being frightened by the wild boar and the crude trap I made, so I picked up my spear and stone knife and searched for it. Careful all the way, I don't know why, this time I didn't encounter a snake along the way, this python skin still has a 'bloodline' on other snakes.

Not far from the trap, Li Dawei slowed down even more, listening carefully to the movement, the 'oolong' incident could not be staged again. Turning a corner and picking up the leaves, Li Dawei was a little dazed, the trap used to respond to the wild boar was really fruitful, a huge animal, its head was hung in the air, its feet were hanging on the ground, and there was no trace of struggle.

Li Dawei touched his bald head, looked carefully left and right, and felt that there was no danger. When I came to the prey, I found that it was a sika deer, well, no, it should be a muntjac, and the shape resembles a sika deer. It should have been this stupid muntjac that passed its head through the rope sleeve and triggered the mechanism, and was directly stretched off by the strong tension of the bent tree.

This muntjac is not small, it has to be forty or fifty pounds, Li Dawei himself is only about one hundred pounds, carrying the muntjac back to the cave, the whole person is tired and paralyzed, the key is sweating, this time the body loses more salt, whether it is lost or earned, it is not clear.

There is water in the innermost part of the cave, otherwise it would be a big trouble to clean. Food is hard to come by and cannot be wasted, and fur is even more precious, and clothes depend on it. The fat muntjac meat sizzles on the stone slab, accompanied by matsutake mushrooms and wild mountain mushrooms, and a special fragrance spreads.

'Grunt', Li Dawei stared at the slate and swallowed his saliva, 'tick', the sound of saliva dripping to the ground, "It's not out of breath, it's drooling..."