Chapter Ninety-Six: Survival on a Desert Island (2)

Gao Sheng and a few team leaders walked to the seashore and found a huge rock, and in the leeward side behind the stone, they began to light a bonfire.

Then they found the people who were left behind not far away, and carried the collected sea goods to the fire. Leaving one person to watch the fire, Gao Sheng took the others back to continue carrying firewood.

Back in the woods, he said to Ding Shuisheng: "Old Ding, I have built a fire on the seashore, and the fire here can be extinguished." ”

Ding Shuisheng shook his head, "It's better to keep it, what if the fire on the seaside is blown out by a strong wind?" I'll just watch here, and you'll bring me something to eat later. ”

Gao Sheng and the two squad leaders tied up some firewood, picked them up and walked to the beach. Back at the beach, he saw many people around the fire, and it was a group that had returned.

He walked over, pulled the team leader and asked, "Did you find anything?" ”

The person who led the team was named Zhang Hong, and he said with a smile: "Old Gao, our group found a small stream in the mountains and forests in the northwest, the water is very clear, and it tastes sweet and silky, and we should have no problem drinking it." It's not far from here, just over three miles. It's a pity that I didn't find anything to fill the water, and I couldn't bring some back. ”

Gao Sheng asked again: "How is the situation there?" Is it possible to stay camping? ”

"There was a clearing not far from the creek, which was dry enough to camp. If we build some shacks there, there should be no problem. ”

Gao Sheng thought about it and said, "That's it, when everyone comes back, let's discuss it together." Now you have the team members go along the beach to look for seafood, and when they come back, we will roast and eat together. ”

Zhang Hong agreed, gathered his men, and asked them to look for seafood. More than thirty people walked to the beach to the west. After a while, the other two groups also returned, and they didn't find anything. Gao Sheng asked the team members to look for seafood, leaving the team leaders.

He left two team members to guard the fire and led the six squad leaders into the woods. When Ding Shuisheng was found, everyone gathered together, Zhang Hong introduced the process of finding the creek, and described the situation of the open space next to it.

After discussing it for a while, it was decided to camp there. Ding Shuisheng asked one person to stay behind to guard the fire, and walked to the beach with the other team leaders.

Back at the beach, quite a few people have already returned, and they have brought back many shellfish. Ding Shuisheng asked a few people to start roasting these seafood, and sent ten people to carry firewood in the woods.

The team members came back one after another, all started to start a self-service barbecue, and ate it after the barbecue, the team members who were hungry all morning ate very fragrantly, and some people said while eating: "Mr. Zhao left us here, but we have a lot of ways, and we have found so many seafood, does it taste quite delicious!" ”

Many people agreed, and others said: "You can take a break these days, you don't need to train, as long as you can fill your stomach, you don't have to be tired like a dog every day." ”

His words resonated with everyone, and they all said that they should rest for a few days. Gao Sheng looked at the sky in the distance and saw that the clouds were very thick in the southeast, and he didn't feel good. He found Ding Shuisheng, dragged him to a place where no one was, and said solemnly: "Lao Ding, I observed the sky and felt that it was going to rain. We have to go and build the shack now, or everyone will get drenched in the rain! ”

Ding Shuisheng also said solemnly: "Okay, I'll gather everyone immediately and go to build a shack immediately." ”

The two of them found a few team leaders and told them that it was going to rain, and everyone attached great importance to it, and immediately gathered the team members who had eaten enough, and under the leadership of Zhang Hong, they walked towards the creek. They brought a few torches and prepared to light a fire there.

After a while, everyone was gone, except for the two guards who had been left to guard the fire. Ding Shuisheng also led a few team leaders to follow the people towards the stream. After crossing a hill, everyone came to a valley, a small stream flowed between the valleys, the water was very clear, and many people held the water in their hands and drank it slowly.

When he came to a clearing, Zhang Hong had already led people to start building a shack. Since there were no ropes, many took off their belts and torn them into strips of cloth to tie up the branches. Gao Sheng looked at the shacks being built and shouted: "Listen, everyone, the branches on these shacks are too thin, and they need to be thickened, otherwise it will rain and it won't be able to stop the rain at all." ”

The team agreed to come down and collect more branches to thicken the shack. Ding Shuisheng thought for a while, asked people to light a fire, and then sent someone to find the people who were guarding the fire on the beach and in the woods. and put out the fire there.

Ding Shuisheng said to several squad leaders: "If it rains, it will be very cold." We have to drink hot water, or everybody will get sick. You all think about it and see how to solve the utensils for boiling water. ”

Several people talked about it, but there was no good way. The squad leader suggested that he tell all the team members about this, and maybe someone would be able to figure it out. Everyone agreed, and they all went to find their subordinates, and said that they wanted everyone to find a way to solve the matter of boiling water utensils.

The team members began to discuss, and it was really brain-opening and they had everything to say. Some people say that you can go and find large shells, some say you can use sunken stones, and others say that when the warship comes tomorrow, you can go and ask for a few pots.

Listening to these unreliable remarks, several squad leaders were helpless. At this time, a somewhat thin man said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I used to burn pottery in my hometown, and I thought I could try it." ”

Several squad leaders were excited, and Hula surrounded him. Ding Shuisheng asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Report to the captain, my name is Qin San."

Gao Sheng asked, "You can burn pottery?" ”

Qin San said confidently: "I learned pottery making with my father since I was a child, and then worked in the kiln factory for several years, so it should be no problem. ”

"What do you need to make pottery?"

"The raw material is clay, as well as firewood, we burn pottery to boil water, you don't need to hang glaze, save a lot of things."

Ding Shuisheng said loudly: "Qin San, you go and choose a helper now, and start burning pottery immediately." Gao Sheng, you go and help him, lest the team members disobey his commands. ”

Gao Sheng and Qin San agreed and began to get busy. They gathered more than twenty people and told everyone to split up to find clay. The team scattered into the forest and began to look for clay.

After a while, people came back one after another, and they used their clothes to pocket some soil for Qin San to identify. Qin Sanyi tried one by one, but it couldn't be used. The team members continued to go out to search, Qin San kept experimenting, and after more than an hour, he finally found a clay that could be used.

Qin San thought for a while and said to Gao Sheng: "Captain Gao, when I was in my hometown, the pottery was burned in the kiln, and now there is no time to build a kiln, so I can only dig a pit on the ground, and then put the firewood in it, and then put the kneading pottery blank down, light the fire, and then cover the mouth of the pit, keep the firepower from being lost, and burn it for a few hours, it is estimated that it will be successful." ”

Gao Sheng agreed, and asked a few of the guards to find some sharp stones and start digging a pit. Qin San took people to dig the clay, and then came back to pinch the billet of the pottery.

Everyone worked for more than an hour, and Qin San pinched out more than a dozen clay pot blanks, and four pits were dug out. Everyone put some firewood into the pit, and then Qin San carefully put the pottery blank in, found some hay to cover the blank, and began to light the pottery.

The sky is getting cloudy, and it is estimated that it will rain soon. Everyone worked hard to build the shack, hoping to get everyone into the shack before it rained.

Qin San looked at the fire and added some firewood to it from time to time. Gao Sheng took people to collect branches to stock up on enough firewood. After another two hours, it was getting dark, and everyone had already built more than a dozen shacks, and it was estimated that they could squeeze in.

The team members were tired, thirsty and hungry, and many ran to the creek to drink the water. Others went into their huts and lay down to rest.

Ding Shuisheng asked people to bake the seafood left over at noon and distribute it to the team members. But the quantity was too small, and no one had enough to eat.

At this time, Qin San ran over and said, "Captain Ding, we succeeded!" Five watertight clay pots were fired, which can be boiled and drunk. ”

Everyone was very happy and went to see the clay pot with Qin San. When we came to the edge of a few pits, we saw that there were five clay pots about 40 centimeters high, which were black. It was filled with water.

There are also seven or eight clay pots with cracks on the surface next to them, which are burned products. Ding Shuisheng said happily: "Qin San, you have made meritorious service!" I'll ask you for a drink when you go back. ”

Qin San said shyly: "Captain Ding, I don't know how to drink. ”

Ding Shui was happy, "It's okay, pour a few cups into it then, and you'll be done." ”

Everyone set up the clay pot and began to boil water. Zhang Hong came over and said, "I'll take someone to find some wild vegetables, and then cook some soup and drink it." ”

Ding Shuisheng asked suspiciously: "Can you find wild vegetables this winter?" ”

Zhang Hong said: "If you can find it, it's just a little effort." ”

"Then you must pay attention to safety, it is too dark, let the team members not act separately, at least two people should walk together." Ding Shuisheng instructed.

Zhang Hong agreed, found a dozen of his subordinates, lit torches, and led them into the woods.

At this time, Qin Sanyi patted his head and said with some annoyance: "I'm so stupid, I just know how to burn clay pots, why don't I burn some bowls!" Now that the water is boiling, what can you drink? ”

Many people laughed and reassured him that he didn't need to hurry, just burn some bowls tomorrow. Someone smiled and said, "Ah San, aren't there many shells here?" Some of them are quite large and can be used as bowls. ”

After a while, the water boiled, and someone took a shell and scooped some boiling water, waited for a while, and drank it carefully. Then everyone took turns drinking hot water, and after a while, the five clay pots were drunk.

Someone took a clay pot to the creek and filled it with water, and came back and continued to boil water. At this time, Zhang Hong brought people back, they found some wild vegetables, went to the creek to wash them, put them in a clay pot, and began to cook soup.