Chapter Eighty-Four: Settle in the Tree
It can be said that in order to survive in the jungle, among the animals that Jiang Liuer does not want to encounter, leeches are in the list.
In addition to sucking blood, the wriggling slender body of the leech also makes people feel excited, I heard that it also has a twin brother called leech, one water and one land, so that all the animals that see them are a little afraid.
Jiang Liu'er frowned, what he hated most was something like leeches, especially now that there were two attached to his food, which was even more unbearable.
Gritting his teeth, he carefully pulled the two black leeches off the hedgehog corpse one by one and threw them onto the exposed rocks next to them, not forgetting to ravage them a few times with the soles of his feet before he would stop.
The wound on the hedgehog corpse that was bitten by the leech was also bleeding non-stop, and the bright red liquid kept overflowing from the small black hole.
But Jiang Liu'er doesn't care about these, the first thing he has to do now is to find a suitable place to build a shelter, and then make a fire to roast a hedgehog, although he doesn't know how to deal with this fat thorn head, but he has some successful experience in the single-up wilderness show he has watched in the contemporary era.
De Ye, that is, Ed Stafort, once cooked a whole hedgehog in a pot made of red-hot stone, and there seemed to be no sequelae, since De Ye can do it, then he must be able to do it himself.
In the face of food, a necessity for survival, there is a considerable consensus on certain human behaviors.
With a plan in mind, Jiang Liuer started the next step.
After briefly disposing of the blood stains on the hedgehog corpse, he grabbed it with his left hand, and continued to pinch his golden hoop stick with his right hand, and continued to walk up the river.
When everything was unclear, his perception told him that the only way to go was to continue following the water.
While walking, he had to carefully observe his surroundings, Jiang Liu'er didn't want to be bitten by a blood-sucking leech like that poor hedgehog.
After another fifteen minutes, Jiang Liu'er finally found an ideal place to camp temporarily.
Because it is the upper reaches of the river, the terrain of this place is relatively high, and the view is relatively open compared to the lower reaches of the shrubs and dense trees, which is conducive to the river to respond to everything that happens around it in a timely manner.
More importantly, the quietly flowing river turns a semi-circular bend in this place, leaving an open river beach, which is not only conducive to the river flow to get water, but also convenient for digging traps, making traps or something for fishing, and because of the flat terrain here, the river surface of about more than one zhang seems to be calm, very open, and the visibility in the water is also excellent, the river can easily observe the situation in the water, and in the case of not being able to use consciousness detection, it is also good for fishing and observing predators such as crocodiles.
In addition, the large and small rocks and low-lying mud on the river beach are undoubtedly the best choice for survival.
These shales and granite can not only hold back water to build dams and catch fish, but also can be used to make some simple stone tools due to their high density and dense texture, which is the most important place for Jiang Liu'er.
You might be able to pick up a piece of mud stuck in the mud and catch loaches or crabs underneath for a snack!
Different from the previous river valley that is almost level with the shrub ground, the biggest difference here is that due to the erosion of the bend, the river subsidence, the terraces on both sides are higher, and it is rare that there is a large open space between the dense jungles, and it is not easy to camp or build temporary shelters on these terraces, which not only guarantees the water source, but also avoids the impact of the river tide!
After carefully looking at the nearby terrain, Jiang Liu'er couldn't help but feel a little excited.
This place is really a great place to build a temporary shelter.
Without further ado, Jiang Liu'er immediately began to act, he first climbed from a collapsed place to the terrace next to the river valley, placed the hedgehog on a piece of exposed granite that he could see, and cleared a half-meter square area in the clearing, ready to use it for fire.
I found some fine weeds to use as velvet, and picked some relatively straight and hard hardwood strips as drill stalks, and simply collected some dry shrubs to pile around.
After the start of the fire, the shelter was built.
Fire is of course necessary, but if he hasn't built a shelter before the next heavy rain, it is estimated that he will be drenched in the rain and become a chicken in the soup, and even the fire can't be protected.
With shelter, you can move the fire inside and wait until the rain stops before moving it out.
After making up her mind, Jiang Liu'er began the next step.
After carefully observing the surrounding environment and the available resources, he decided to use the simple knowledge he learned while watching the videos of Bei Ye and De Ye to build a simple tree hut.
The so-called tree hut is simply to build a shelter in a tree, so that the purpose of this is to keep yourself off the ground when you sleep, and avoid being infested by poisonous snakes and some small insects.
Jiang Liuer also did this for a reason, first of all, because there was a rainstorm just last night, and the ground of the platform was still relatively wet, so he definitely couldn't sleep on it, and secondly, compared to sleeping on the ground, going up to a tree is indeed a good choice.
As far as I know, the common ancestor of human beings seems to have been an arboreal ape at the earliest, and going up to a tree should be regarded as a survival instinct.
Soon, Jiang Liuer chose her goal.
It was a willow tree that grew at the junction of shrubs and woods, the trunk was as thick as three or four people hugging, the bark was slightly cracked, and many cracks also oozing black sap, which was a self-protection measure for the willow, and the sap smelled bad and was good for pest control.
However, Jiang Liu'er values it not because of its thickness, but because of its bending, the trunk of this willow tree is bent and bent, and there is a thick V-shaped fork about two meters above the ground, and the branches are tilted back into a slingshot shape, that is Jiang Liu'er's Simmons tonight!
Jiang Liu'er didn't rush up first, he was afraid of snakes, so he carefully looked at the branches and trunks around the tree, searching for possible uninvited guests, generally speaking, if there are snakes in the tree, then he can't sleep on it, because it is likely to be the nest of snakes, he doesn't want to open his eyes in the middle of the night with a big poisonous snake hanging above his head and staring at him with resentment, as if to say:
"Why do you want to take over my nest!"
But thankfully, Jiang Liu'er didn't find any other animals except for a black longhorn cow lying on the trunk of the tree, which made his somewhat apprehensive heart finally hover.
The place to sleep tonight is you, Jiang Liu'er couldn't help but rub her hands, and she felt a little impatient.