Chapter 8: A Desert Island

After getting rid of the shark, the boat was heading south, and there was an evil wind undercurrent from nowhere, and when he opened his eyes the next day, Xu Qing didn't know where he was.

And the reason why I opened my eyes was not that it was dawn, but that the ship had hit something, and it boomed, like an earthquake.

Reef!

Xu Qing subconsciously thought of this, if it hits the reef, it will be over, the ship will definitely leak, I can't imagine that my dignified traverser will be buried in the belly of the fish?

But fortunately, after inspection, it was found that it was only the vibration of the ship when it ran aground on the shore and hit the bottom of the sea. I just don't know where it ran aground, was it blown up to the shore?

Xu Qing was also relieved, and found that it was not a reef, and the boat did not leak, so he told everyone to go back to sleep.

When I returned to the cage, the people on the boat had become ants on a hot pot, why? The boat came to a halt on the shore, and the water around it receded, leaving only the water less than the foot deep, and the mud of unknown depth.

How deep is this mud?

A poke with a long stick?

Luckily, it's only half a leg deep.

If you look around, you don't hit the shore, but you hit an island. Alas, how did I come across such an island, and I don't know if there are people on the island...... The fresh water on the ship is almost gone, I don't know if there is one on the island.

There was still deep water at the stern of the boat to walk the boat, Xu Qing took a few people to let the boat down, bypassed the mudflat, rowed into a small bay, jumped out of thin air, and stepped on the cliff rocks to climb up.

At first glance at the island, Xu Qing felt that it was deserted and vibrant. The first thing he said when he came ashore was: "Haha, is it possible to be Robinson?" ”

This is naturally a joke, but fortunately, others can't understand it, if others understand, they will complain that Xu Qingkou is unlucky. Xu Qing looked left and right, and the boatswain also looked left and right, but unlike Xu Qing, the boatswain looked sad and pointed to the cliff on the shore and said, "This time, I'm afraid it will take a few days to go back." ”

Xu Qing asked, "Why?" ”

"Looking at the degree of water stains and erosion on the cliffs, there should be a high tide on this island, a small tide, a big tide only once every seven days, and the latest rise should be a small tide."

The boatswain turned around and pointed to Xu Qing again: "The water of the big tide can get here, and the small tide can only go there, and our ship is stranded there, and it is the time when there is a tide, so we can only sail when the tide comes." Otherwise, you can only dig the mud to divert water, which will tire people to death. ”

"Alas, that can't be helped," Xu Qing said helplessly, "Let's go to the island and have a look, shall we?" ”

Xu Qing probably knows that he is in the East China Sea, but in addition to the famous fishing in the East China Sea. Fish. islands, and what other islands he doesn't remember. That is, it is a nameless island.

However, when Xu Qing saw the dense forest on this island, with fruit trees, streams, small ponds, fish and shrimp, this small island had a name - Xugong Island. When he took this name, Xu Qing's face was slightly red.

There is fresh water on Xugong Island, which is the most pleasing thing for everyone. There is food on board, and as long as you can get fresh water, you can last for months. Moreover, there is land and forests on the island, and the area of the island is not small. Even if you can't go back, being Robinson is really a good place.

When the time comes, he and Xun Xue'er and her daughters will be on this isolated island. It is good to live as an ordinary farmer, and life will be hard.

The bitter Robinson Xu Qing didn't want to do it, but when he opened his mouth to eat, Robin Sun Xu Qing, who stretched out his hand to dress, was still happy to be a pawn.

Anyway, you can't go, so you might as well spend a few days on the island! Being at ease with the situation and being positive may be one of Xu Qing's criteria.

Perhaps because it is too far from the sea, after repeated inspection, no traces of large beasts were found on the island, but many birds nested here.

As soon as he stood on the mountain and shouted, hundreds of birds of different colors and sizes flew out.

Seeing that there was no danger of wild beasts, Xu Qing took the four girls down, and called down many people on the boat, and together they were bald-headed, cut down many trees, and built a temporary residence.

There is fresh water on the island, and everyone moves directly to the island, saving the trouble of carrying water back and forth.

And he gathered a great deal of dry wood, and set up a bonfire on the seashore, and at night the evening breeze blew on the shore, and blew the salty smell of some chill into the tent on the shore.

Everyone gathered around the bonfire, and each dug a stove to make a fire, all set up pots, and ate meat, boiled, fried, roasted, and of course, stir-fried vegetables learned from Xu Qing. When I was on the boat, I was in danger of starting a fire because of the bumps, so I only ate a hot meal.

Those cold foods tasted good at first, but when I ate them, I felt a little sick to my stomach. Now I have seized the opportunity to make a fire on land, and I have all taken out my housekeeping skills one by one and eaten them with an open belly.

It was night, and they slept peacefully.

When sleeping on the boat, you always have to worry about it, because you are afraid of sudden heavy rain, strong winds and waves in the middle of the night, and you are afraid that something will happen to the ship. And on land, you don't have to worry about that.

Speaking of Enron, in fact, it is not safe. The makeshift tents here are still rudimentary, with many mosquitoes burrowing in. Xu Qing covered his face with his clothes, only revealing his nose to avoid mosquito bites.

I don't know if this mosquito is wearing autumn pants, and it can still come out to suck blood on such a cold night. Could it be that this mosquito sucked a jar of chicken blood one day?

Most of the people on the boat came down, leaving only Yang Cheng to watch the boat from above. Early the next morning, Xu Qing proposed a parade around the island.

There are no big islands in the East China Sea in Xu Qing's memory, so this one must not be big under his feet, right? He wanted to go around the island to see what it was like to be the first to discover and occupy this piece of land that was completely his de jure possession.

This island is not big, Xu Qing led people to think about it while walking slowly forward, and found that the island on this side was much better than the side where his ship ran aground.

The open mountains are fresh and pleasant, with flowers and grassy woods. On the side where the ship ran aground, the terrain was uneven, and there were a few hills, but because of this, it seemed narrow.

He also saw countless birds, but most of them couldn't be named, the birds here seemed to be not afraid of people, and he even flew over to take a look when he saw Xu Qing and his party. The one with the safflower flower may be a parrot, and Xu Qing wants to catch one, domesticate it, and teach it to speak.

Xu Qi said that he wanted it too, so Xu Qing took off his clothes and covered it when the two silly parrots approached him.

On the original side, Xu Qing found no traces of large beasts, but on this side, Xu Qing found many animals like hares and foxes next to many small waterholes formed by low-lying terrain. Those hares, very different from the ones you usually see, have longer hind legs. A few were killed, but Xu Qing didn't want to eat their meat.

Walking around, Xu Qing walked out of more than four miles in one breath. According to the situation of standing on the high ground and looking down from the previous situation, this should be just on the opposite side.

It's even better on this side because there are countless coconut trees and turtles crawling around!

Have someone pick a few coconuts and have a drink. There are also some coconuts that have fallen to the ground, and the coconut water inside has turned solid, which is a sign that it is about to sprout. This type of coconut is called marshmallow coconut and has a sweeter taste.

Another turtle was caught, and its head was shrunk into its shell. Xu Qing killed it with an arrow from the hole in the turtle shell and cut off four Shuo. Big thighs, make a fire, simmer in the embers. He turned it over again, opened the shell, and took out more than forty eggs from its belly. There was still a lot of turtle meat in the stomach, Xu Qing cut it down and roasted it to eat, and beat a few more until everyone had a portion and ate it beautifully.

After eating, Xu Qing let everyone go around to play, and he set up a pillar on the shore, which read, "Bo Xu Qing of Luonan County, Tang Dynasty came here for a visit".

When he went back, Xu Qing did not return the same way, but took the other side of the island. He thought, he thought, that since he had seen the whole of the island, as long as he knew the terrain, he would never get lost. After walking about two or three miles, he realized that he was very wrong, and Xu Qing found himself in a large valley, surrounded by mountains, and the mountains were overgrown with trees.

I had to go back according to my memory, find the stick that Xu Qing had set up, and return the same way.

Back at the camp, the boatswain checked the tide and reported that Xu Qing said that from tonight onwards, by this time after tomorrow, the tide might get bigger. Xu Qing ordered everyone to get on the boat and be ready to leave the island at any time.

It's just that Xu Qing and the girls still stayed on the island, except for Xu Qi.

Such a good opportunity to enhance feelings, how could Xu Qing let it go?

The primitive society is good, running all over the ground, and falling down when you see it...... I know you don't like to see this kind of thing, so let's skip it.

Speaking straight at night, Xu Qingshuang. When she returned to the boat with trembling legs, the three girls were red on their faces, so it can be seen that this time it was Xu Qing who suffered a defeat.

But at this time, there was a small mess on the ship - more than a dozen people had stomach aches at the same time, vomiting and diarrhea.

In normal times, Xu Qing wouldn't care, but when he arrived in the sea, Xu Qing remembered one thing - malaria.

When they went to the island, everyone ate barbecue, and I don't know if this group of evil spirits ate raw or ate things on the island. If it's the latter, then it's probably malaria, it's terrible, it's almost a mortal disease in ancient times, and it's a disease that dies one by one, and it's like a plague.

So, Xu Qing ordered them to be quarantined. Malaria is mainly transmitted by eating, and it can still be curbed as long as the food is completely sterilized.

Xu Qing personally went to interrogate whether they had eaten something from the island. They said they didn't eat anything but water.

This is strange, Xu Qing asked in an accentuated tone, did you really only eat water and nothing else? You see, your illness is most likely due to eating the wrong thing! Your sickness may have killed a boatload of people, and if you don't say anything, you'll have to be left in the sea!

After listening to Xu Qing's words, at this time, a person couldn't bear the pressure, cried and mourned, and also ate a dumpling, and as he spoke, the man took out a gray thing from his arms, grunted and threw it on the ground.

The rest of the people also threw this "Tutuantuan" out of their arms, and everyone scoffed at this "Tutuantuan", but Xu Qing was frightened by this "Tutuantuan" as if he had been struck by lightning.

Like a deer caught in headlights.