Chapter 3 Stone Salt
In the past few days of wandering in the Loess Wasteland, Yun Mo was really tortured to death by the harsh environment, and after the exhausted Yun Mo ate some jerky, he entered the sweet dream with his backpack on his pillow.
In the early morning, every time I woke up, I would always hear the sounds of all kinds of vendors, but today Yun Mo was woken up by a tongue, and when Yun Mo opened his eyes, he saw a long horse face.
A white pony with tears in the corners of its eyes neighed at Yun Mo. What's going on? It was the little white wild horse that was bitten by the wolf king yesterday.
Wrong! What about the wild horse herd? Yun Mo immediately stood up vigilantly, it was still the desolate loess wasteland, but there was a lame little wild horse beside him.
The lame little white wild horse had been abandoned by the herd, its hind legs had been torn open by the wolf king, a large piece of flesh was hanging at the base of its thighs, the right leg of the little wild horse was covered with brown blood stains, and dozens of flies lingered around the wounds.
If the baby is not treated immediately, it will soon die from the infection. The wild horse herd can also be regarded as a lifesaver for Yun Mo, and now is the time for Yun Mo to repay his kindness.
Yun Mo hurriedly opened his backpack, took out a first-aid kit, and took out needles and threads and alcohol. The little white wild horse looked at the needle and thread in Yun Mo's hand with puzzled eyes, and was afraid to hinder his legs.
The little wild horse neighed sadly as he retreated, Yun Mo looked at the pitiful appearance of the little wild horse, and couldn't bear to use it, so he had to put down the needle and thread, and cut a bundle of grass with a knife to feed the little wild horse to eat.
People and horses live in groups, and once they leave the group, they will feel lonely and helpless, which is why the little wild horse is attached to Yunmo!
Yun Mo took the grass to feed the little wild horse, and stroked the little wild horse's head with his hand, Yun Mo's kindness quickly made the little wild horse accept his green grass, and he chatted with the little wild horse while feeding the little wild horse:
"Little guy, we are also brothers in life and death, as long as I have a bite to eat in the future, we will never starve you......"
"Give you a name! …… Before the crossing, I was so poor that I couldn't live anymore, and I dreamed of being a local tyrant, so I might as well call you a local tyrant! ”
"Boom"
"Then agree...... Tyrants! Your wounds must be healed immediately, or your life will soon be lost, and you will become food for other beasts. ”
"Boom."
"Now that you agree, then you lie down to the left first,...... Just lie down like that...... That's good. ”
The scream of "baa" echoed in the wilderness, the local tyrant was really well-behaved, washing its wounds with alcohol, although the local tyrant stretched his neck in pain and hissed, it did not move, let Yun Mo let go.
Yun Mo looked at a large circle of white gauze on the right leg of the local tyrant, and his heart was full of pride, he actually used the method of sewing clothes to sew up the local tyrant's very wound, but Yun Mo didn't see the tears in the local tyrant's eyes, it was all painful.
In order to prevent the infection of the local tyrant's wound, Yun Mo reluctantly took out three amoxicillin pills and fed them to the local tyrant. Yun Mo finished treating the local tyrant's wounds, looked up at the sun, which was already a pole high, it was not early, and he had to hurry today.
A few days ago, Yun Mo was walking aimlessly, but now he has finally found a way forward, as long as he follows the stream, he can get out of this damn loess wasteland.
The sun was scorching a man and a horse, and the entire loess wasteland was like a big steamer, Yun Mo and the local tyrant were already wet with sweat, if they weren't walking along the stream, they would have died of thirst.
The consequences of not eating salt are becoming more and more obvious, Yun Mo feels weak, and the more he walks, the more difficult it becomes, and the local tyrant is lame on one leg, and it is not much better.
Yun Mo swept his eyes around, there were no trees in this area, only the half-human-high thatch by the stream, and there was a continuous reddish-brown mountain two miles away from the stream.
"Tuhao, your injuries are not healed yet, you can't walk too far, we will go to the mountain recess over there tonight to camp."
The local tyrant squirted out a hot breath from his mouth with difficulty, and then looked at Yun Mo with pleading eyes, and called out twice.
Since the local tyrant agreed, Yun Mo first cut a little grass with a Tang knife, then used a broken clay pot to draw a little water, and then took the local tyrant to the reddish-brown mountain. Yun Mo didn't dare to camp in the water source now, it was purely to send himself into the mouth of the beast.
The mountain has been mottled by the erosion of the wind and sand, and a lot of cyan sand and gravel is exposed. Yun Mo held the cyan gravel and gasped, but the local tyrant limped to the cyan gravel, and then stretched out his tongue to lick the cyan gravel.
"Tuhao, why are you licking stones, are you hungry, I have grass here."
Yun Mo pushed away the local tyrant's head with his hand, and after the local tyrant "hissed" twice with great dissatisfaction, he continued to stick out his tongue and continue to lick the bare cyan gravel.
Wild horses know how to survive in the wild better than people, and they will definitely not lick the cyan gravel for no reason, Yun Mo hurriedly stretched out his tongue and licked the cyan gravel as well.
"Phew......"
Bitterness, astringency, and saltiness filled Yun Mo's mouth, "Oh my God! This is stone salt...... Finally, there is salt to eat! ”
Yun Mo pulled out a Tang knife and dug up a piece of cyan gravel that was more than ten catties, then held this piece of cyan gravel with one hand, ran to the creek with a broken clay pot, and used the Tang knife to dig two communicating soil pits on a slope by the stream.
First, use a broken clay pot to scoop water into the two small soil pits, and then use your hands to beat the mud in them until the water in the two small soil pits does not leak. (The mud is mainly used to prevent leakage, which is the same principle as paddy fields.) )
Yun Mo found two stones, one large and one small, put the cyan gravel on the big stone, and then smashed the cyan gravel with the small stone, and then put the crushed cyan gravel into the small dirt pit above.
After Yun Mo completely smashed the cyan gravel, he immediately took off his camouflage uniform, wrapped it with some yellow sand, and placed it on the connecting passage of the two small soil pits.
Finally, use a broken clay pot to scoop water into the small soil pit above, and then stir vigorously to let the salt in the cyan conglomerate fully dissolve, and this simple filter is ready.
Half an hour later, after all the yellow water in the small dirt pit above has leaked into the lower soil pit, then take out the clothes covered with yellow sand and rinse them in the stream.
Then fold the thoroughly washed camouflage uniform several times, cover it on the broken crockpot, and finally pour the salt water from the pit with his hand on the camouflage uniform.
This can't be rushed, you must wait for the yellow water on the camouflage uniform to slowly leak into the broken crockpot, which is the most test of people's patience.
When Yun Mo's back hurt, the broken clay pot was finally filled with cyan water, which was azure water. The lame local tyrant didn't know when he came over, and looked curiously at Yun Mo who was making a fire and boiling salt.
Harvest is a kind of enjoyment, Yun Mo's busyness finally has a gratifying harvest, he looked at the cyan grains in his hand, stretched out his tongue and licked it, Yun Mo showed an expression of extreme enjoyment.
A horse's mouth suddenly leaned in, and its long tongue swept over Yun Mo's hand. Yun Mo, who was immersed in enjoyment, heard the wail of the local tyrant "bleating", the local tyrant thought that Yun Mo had something good in his hand, and the scene was salty and kept spitting, Yun Mo hurriedly pulled the mane of the local tyrant to the creek to wash his mouth.
The salt ore here has a very high salinity, about 90 percent or more, and the melted brine can easily reach 36 percent saturation.
On the morning of the second day, one man and one horse set off in the morning light, and when Yun Mo set off for an hour, he finally met a group of people......