The next day, Xu Wenlong opened his eyes from his sleep. In order to ensure Yu Wenli's safety and prevent the bonfire from going out, he guarded until dawn all night. It wasn't until the east turned white and the birds were clamoring that he lay on the reef, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Yu Wenli had already heated up the simmered shrimp, oysters and sea crabs, picked a few fresh coconuts, dug up some tender green wild vegetables, and used the reef to enrich the seafood, and recooked two "pots" of meat and vegetable soup. When she saw Xu Wenlong wake up, she smiled and pointed to her "masterpiece" and said, "After eating, let's go and go to find our safe accommodation." ”

Although Xu Wenlong only slept for three or four hours under the care of sufficient and delicious food, he was still energetic and energetic, and his body basically returned to its original state. He gave Yu Wenli a thumbs up, hurried to the beach to freshen up, grabbed the simmered shrimp and oysters, and munched on the delicious broth.

Yu Wenli had already eaten it, and she had eaten a lot, and she didn't want to eat anything anymore. She looked at Xu Wenlong, who was eating a lot, and said to him eagerly: "So, how should we find it?" Although it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, there are cliffs on the left and right sides that go straight up and down, and even if there is a cave, we can't climb it. Only the opposite side of the mountain is relatively gentle, but there is a primeval forest in the middle with no edge in sight, and there is not even a road. How to get over? Walking through the jungle? What if the tiger is waiting for us on the road? Won't it be eaten in one bite? It's like you eat a grilled shrimp in one bite! ”

Xu Wenlong drank a "pot" of broth in one go, wiped his mouth full of grease, pointed to the estuary of the river not far away, and said: "It is impossible to take you through the jungle, it is very difficult and more dangerous. We had to follow the river, all the way back to its source, where we might find a suitable place to live. ”

When Yu Wenli heard this, she couldn't help clapping her hands and said happily: "Okay, okay, anyway, I can swim, and I'm not afraid of water anymore." If the tiger came after me, I jumped into the river and let it stare dryly on the shore. Well, this river is the hope that leads to our safe abode, so I'm going to call it the 'River of Hope'! ”

"Well, a nice and auspicious name, I hope it will not disappoint our 'hopes'!" Xu Wenlong gave a thumbs up and praised, and then replied with a frown, "Don't worry, tigers won't be there during the day." He didn't want to explain too much about the many deadly factors in the jungle, such as poisonous snakes, fierce beasts, and even wild mushrooms and insects, so as not to cause great panic to Yu Wenli.

Xu Wenlong hurriedly ate breakfast, and then instructed Yu Wenli to take an iron pot to collect sea salt, while he himself went to the edge of the jungle, cut some flexible rattan and wide banana leaves, and carefully bandaged the grouper and tarpon that had been roasted last night to make a huge fish bag that could be carried and carried.

Yesterday, I had a big heart and grilled so many fish, and I was going to do nothing today, I just wanted to take a good rest to recuperate my tired body and mind. Unexpectedly, a very threatening tiger appeared in the sky, so that he had to give up this "feng shui treasure" without worrying about eating and drinking, and instead looked for other safe habitats, and the pre-baked food suddenly became a great burden. I can't eat it, and it's a pity to throw it away. But it's nothing, it's not bad to make dry food on the road, and it saves a lot of time. After all, the sooner you get out of the jungle, the more security you have, especially with Yu Wenli, who has nothing to do.

After tying up the grilled fish, Xu Wenlong used the extremely flexible rattan to weave two simple net pockets and put two full "pots" of broth into it, so that it was easy to carry. After doing all this, he turned his gaze to the lifeboat, which was still nailed high on the reef. It's a pity that the boat broke down and couldn't be used. Otherwise, it will be much safer to drive it up the river.

Yu Wenli would have mistaken his intentions, thinking that he was reluctant to leave the boat, so she proposed with a nostalgic face: "Let's take it off, how ugly it is to hang like this, especially uncomfortable, there is always a feeling of being shown to the public." After all, it helped us escape the shark attack, overcome the wind and rain, and led us to this beautiful island. ”

Xu Wenlong shook his head and replied softly: "No, let's let it hang, it's better for us to hang it." Because as soon as they are seen by passing ships, they will realize that there are shipwrecked people on the island, and they will send people to search for us. Speaking of this, Xu Wenlong's heart moved, and his eyes couldn't help but turn to the smooth and flat beach like yellow satin. He stretched his brows and smiled slightly, and said to Yu Wenli, "Pick up the stones, the more the better", and then hugged the remaining reef blocks of the stove and ran quickly to the beach.

Although Yu Wenli didn't know what she meant, she still tried her best to pick up a few large stones, hummed and hugged them onto the beach, and struggled to come to Xu Wenlong, who kept placing stones.

"What are you doing here? Want to put a flower out of stone? Or put a boat? I don't think it's as much fun as a white dolphin. Yu Wenli threw the stone at Xu Wenlong's feet and asked him with great interest.

"No, I'm posing for the international distress symbol 'SOS'." Xu Wenlong placed a stone at intervals, and a stone at intervals, and soon formed a huge "S" letter.

"Oh, I see. You show it to the planes in the sky, so they know that there are shipwreckers here! Yu Wenli suddenly realized, and hurriedly ran to pick up the stones.

The two of them ran back and forth between the reef fort and the beach more than a dozen times, and finally moved enough rocks and put out three huge letters to form a complete distress symbol "SOS".

Yu Wenli panted and looked at the three letters, clasped her hands together and muttered: "The great mercy Guanyin Bodhisattva, the omnipotent Jesus God, please bless the passing planes to find us as soon as possible and come to rescue us as soon as possible!" ”

Xu Wenlong patted Yu Wenli on the shoulder and pulled her slowly to the beach where the food package was stored.

"Are you ready to go now?" Yu Wenli was reluctant to take a look at the beach, look at the lifeboat, and said softly to Xu Wenlong, "If it weren't for that damn tiger, I wouldn't be willing to leave." In fact, it is quite good, the scenery is charming, there is food and drink, and it also saved our lives. ”

"Then let's call this the 'Rescue Beach,' what do you think?"

"Okay, yes, I didn't expect you to name it too. Although it is so ugly! ”

"Then let's go now, let's set off for the 'River of Hope'!" Xu Wenlong glanced at Yu Wenli, stuffed the coat into the backpack and carried it on his shoulder, then tied a sturdy heavy grilled fish bag on his back, and handed over two net bags filled with broth to Yu Wenli, and finally lifted the wooden javelin with the right weight and length to walk towards the mouth of the small river with bare feet.

Yu Wenli didn't dare to slack off, carrying a can of broth in one hand, and followed closely with a light pace. She wears Nike light shoes, no gravel feet, and walks naturally and comfortably.

It didn't take long for the two of them to come to the mouth of the Hope River side by side, and they both stood on the riverside with solemn faces, carefully observing the small river that meandered out of the forest and could not see its true face.

This is a stone river, the river surface is not wide, about ten meters. The water in the center of the river is very fast, slightly yellowish, probably because of the heavy rain in the previous two days. The riverbed rises gently on both sides, and slopes down to the grassy embankment. As far as the eye can see, there are huge dead trees and rotten branches that are tilted horizontally and vertically, and there are vicissitudes of vicissitudes and strange rocks everywhere with abrupt and hideous fangs and blue faces. There are a lot of fish and shrimp in the shallow water area of the river, which are strange in shape and different sizes. Especially in the waterhole at the mouth of the sea, five or six catties of seven or eight catties of fat fish abound, vividly, people can't help but want to jump down and grab a handful. The shore is covered with lush, shady woods. The grass and trees in the forest are luxuriant, the strange flowers are everywhere, the vines are intertwined, the birds are singing and the butterflies are dancing, which is very beautiful and charming.

Xu Wenlong slowly turned his head, looked at Yu Wenli fixedly, and said: "The riverbank is covered with vine and shrubs, there is no feasible road, we had better go down to the river and walk along the watery place on the side of the riverbed." So, you take your shoes off so that it walks more neatly. Keep up with me, don't run around, especially not out of my sight. ”

Yu Wenli glanced at him, took off her shoes in frustration, rolled up her trousers, and complained lamentingly: "Is this also a river?" There is not even a river embankment, so how can people go forward! ”

"Stay away from the middle of the river and try to walk towards the edge of the riverbed. The water on the side is shallow, only about the tibia, not up to the knees at most. The center of the river is not known, especially the whirlpools and bays, where the depth of the water should be at least one meter or more. Xu Wenlong pulled the chattering Yu Wenli and dragged her to step on the shallow water by the river and strode forward.

In fact, if you leave aside the fast-flowing river center and the dead trees with dead branches, this river is actually quite easy to walk. The water on both sides is shallow and clear, cool through the whole body, the birds and beasts on the shore are singing, the bees are flying and the butterflies are dancing, especially the air is fresh, the fragrance of flowers is faint, making people feel refreshed and refreshed when they hear it, the heart is relaxed and happy, and it is indescribably comfortable to use.

Xu Wenlong held Yu Wenli's hand tightly, and slowly walked forward with the river water. They skirted the boulders jutting out of the water, avoided the small pools of unknown depth, and came across dead trees lying on the side, so they helped each other to cross over, and soon went hundreds of meters into the jungle.

Yu Wenli began to tremble and be cautious, for fear of unexpected danger. However, after a while, she became indifferent and slowly began to be naughty. First, he admired the red flowers and green grass, strange birds and fish, and then shook off Xu Wenlong's pull, running forward and backward like a happy bird, and marveled. One moment fishing for shrimp, one moment catching butterflies, one moment learning bird calls, and from time to time bursts of laughter like silver bells. She even made a colorful wreath on her head, like a noble and elegant royal princess.

Xu Wenlong severely criticized her at the beginning, stopped her, did not allow her to go ashore to pick flowers casually, and forbade her to chase butterflies. Later, he really forced her, so he had to ignore her, let her run around like crazy, shouting and chasing bees and butterflies, only paying close attention to the surrounding movements, and strictly preventing fierce animals from approaching.

"Ah, bees, look at bees, what a pretty bee! You see, it can still stop in the air, like a helicopter! At the corner where the river turned to the right and plunged into the dense forest ahead, Yu Wenli excitedly pointed to a gorgeous bee hanging in the air, clapped her hands and shouted.

"That's a hummingbird, not a bee." Xu Wenlong corrected her.

Yu Wenli was taken aback, tilted her head and asked in confusion, "Hummingbird?" What kind of bird is a hummingbird? So small, slender and weak, like a bee, is this also a bird? ”

"Of course, hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world and have all the physical characteristics of birds."

"Oh, I see!" Yu Wenli nodded as if she didn't understand, and her eyes were quickly attracted by a delicate and huge flower in the jungle. She shoved the net bag she was carrying into Xu Wenlong's hand, and ran forward quickly, shouting happily as she ran, "What a big flower, I want to insert it in my wreath!" ”

Xu Wenlong raised his eyes and saw that his face couldn't help but change greatly, and he hurriedly shouted at her: "Come back, don't go over, this is a rafflesia, the flower is poisonous, don't touch it!" ”

"What? Poisonous? Such a beautiful flower is also poisonous? When Yu Wenli heard this, she hesitated to stop, looked at Xu Wenlong with a puzzled face and asked, "You're not bluffing me, are you afraid of delaying your journey?" ”

At that moment, a colorful butterfly flew over her head, its flapping wings slowly resting on the huge flower.

It was too late, it was fast, only to hear the sound of hula, as soon as the colorful butterfly stopped on the flower, I saw that the wide petals of the flower were turned over and rolled up, and the butterfly was tightly wrapped, and there was no trace of it.

Yu Wenli was stunned and looked at the terrifying scene under her nose, her face turned from red to white, from white to blue, and she couldn't speak for a long time with her mouth open. Suddenly, she gritted her teeth fiercely, turned around and ran to Xu Wenlong, reaching out to grab the wooden javelin in his hand.

"What? What do you want? Xu Wenlong didn't know why, so he clenched the javelin tightly and didn't let go.

Yu Wenli blushed and replied angrily: "Such a beautiful butterfly dares to poison it, today I have to cut down that poisonous flower, and it will save it from harming other weak animals." ”

"Forget it, the law of the jungle is all about survival, this is the law of the jungle." Xu Wenlong didn't want to entangle with Yu Wenli, so he deliberately scared her with a straight face, "Besides, this kind of flower is poisonous, if it gets a little poisonous juice, even a little bit, it will be terrible, it will ruin your face." ”

Yu Wenli was shocked when she heard this, hurriedly let go of the javelin in Xu Wenlong's hand, and ran forward quickly to avoid the plague. While running, he shouted with a weak mouth: "Damn Rafflesia, you are lucky today, we are in a hurry, so we won't bother with you." Don't let me see you next time, or I'll cut off your leaves and remove your roots, and burn you clean with a fire. ”

Xu Wenlong smiled and hurriedly strode to follow.