Chapter 8: Hope
The four of them were full of food and drink, and they all came together.
"Dude, it's interesting enough, this meal is equivalent to saving the four of us, I didn't say anything, just say hello if you have something in the future." Wang Dong got a grass out of nowhere, put it in his mouth, and thanked Liu Zhi with a smile.
Liu Zhi smiled and did not speak.
Qiu Yuan, who was on the side, saw it, and hurriedly took out a box of cigarettes, handed one to Liu Zhi, and said with a dry smile: "Brother Liu, I was wrong just now, my temper is too impulsive, and I can't change it, don't take it to heart." ”
Liu Zhi glanced at him, took the cigarette, and was just about to touch the matches on his body, Qiu Yuan was clever, and hurriedly ran by the stone stove, picked up a burning stick, approached it, and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, use this, use this, don't waste the matches." ”
Lighting a cigarette, Liu Zhi took a deep breath, and accepted his apology.
He didn't know how to smoke at this time in his previous life, but he learned it later, and there is a kind of tobacco in this world that has a very good refreshing effect, and it can provide some help in a long and high-intensity battle.
Qiu Yuancai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his heart eased slightly, and generously dispersed the smoke.
The winger didn't swallow the clouds and spit out the fog with them, he was the kind of athlete who was more responsible and literate, never touched cigarettes and alcohol, and came to Liu Zhi's side and asked tentatively: "Brother Liu Zhi, can you teach me to fish?" ”
Hearing this, several people looked at Liu Zhi at the same time, and they were all quite curious about how to kill the big-headed monster fish.
Liu Zhi flicked the cigarette ash and said slowly: "Not now, at least in the evening, the thorny ball monster in the river will sink to the bottom of the water in the evening, and then you can fish." ”
Well? The winger wondered, "No, how do you know this?" ”
"Of course I did, and yesterday when the second sun went down, I saw a few thorny ball monsters burrowing into the water." Liu Zhi said with a serious face.
Wang Dong stretched out his thumb and exclaimed: "Dude, you really have a kind, you dare to judge their habits just by looking at them, you are really not afraid of death." ”
Liu Zhi shrugged his shoulders and said, "If you can't get food, you'll die here sooner or later, of course you have to give it a try." ”
The winger was both admired and disappointed, looked at the sky, noon had not yet arrived, let alone evening, and turned to Liu Zhi and said, "Then what are we doing now?" Wait here or what? ”
Liu Zhidao: "Don't you have a meeting point, go there first, and join the big army." ”
Wang Dong said: "Well, I agree, by the way, you can tell everyone the news." ”
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Under Liu Zhi's exploration, the four of them quickly found the way they came, and the group walked around in the woods, walking for about ten minutes, and suddenly opened up in front of them, and came to a flat land backed by a mountain cliff.
There were thirty or forty people sitting in the center of the flat ground, most of them were old people and children, and there were only more than ten young people, each of whom was full of sadness. ”
Those who still had some strength immediately got up and greeted him.
Wang Dong took the lead, ran forward quickly, and said to a middle-aged man in his forties wearing a tunic suit: "Uncle Li, we have found water." ”
"Really?" Uncle Li was overjoyed when he heard this, and said in a trembling voice: "Great, Xiao Wang, you saved everyone, wow, tell me, where is the water source?" Not far from here? ”
Wang Dong said: "It's not very far, it can be reached in ten minutes." ”
"Spring or stream?"
"It's a big river, but there is a strange fish in the river that eats people, it's very dangerous, and the girl named Zhang Cai who went with us was killed by a strange fish because of carelessness......
Ah, Uncle Li was stunned for a while, grief welled up in his heart, and muttered: "Another one died, and in less than a day, four people have already died." ”
Wang Dong exclaimed: "Four people? Uncle Li, who else died? ”
Uncle Li sighed lightly: "It's those little comrades from the fourth group, they said that they encountered two wild beasts, which looked like hairless wild dogs, but they grew bigger than bulls, and they were very fast, and only two of them ran back." ”
Wang Dong and the others furrowed their brows when they heard this, the fierce beasts in the forest are undoubtedly more dangerous than the strange fish in the river, if they accidentally bump into them, they are afraid that those who run slowly will become their belly food.
Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered something, pulled Liu Zhi over, and introduced: "Uncle Li, this buddy's name is Liu Zhi, we met on the road, Shannan people, don't look at his young age, he really has a hand in survival in the wild, if it weren't for his help, a few of us probably wouldn't be able to come back." ”
"Uncle Li." Liu Zhi greeted politely, looking at the temperament of the dress, this Uncle Li should have been a high-grade official before the crossing, such a person is often experienced in command and planning, and his vision is not too short-sighted, so he is an indispensable talent.
"Comrade Koyanagi, hello." Uncle Li smiled back and asked, "Xiao Wang said that you are good at survival in the wild, I don't know if there is a good way to solve our current predicament?" ”
"There are many ways, but they all have to be done step by step." Liu Zhi untied his backpack and said, "I'll share the food with everyone first, and after eating, let's talk slowly." ”
He handed the backpack to Fang Shaochuan and motioned for him to divide the remaining compressed biscuits equally, while he took the porcelain jar to the side to light a fire and prepare to cook the fish.
Ye Yun Wang Dong and several people came over to help, there were not many biscuits in the bag, only half of them were distributed to everyone, and there were still seven or eight catties of water, and they were all clean water brought by the earth, so they could be drunk with confidence.
In the process of distribution, everyone behaved quite consciously, did not rob or make trouble, gave priority to children and the elderly to supplement, even if they ate less, they didn't care, Uncle Li led by example, only drank two sips of water, and half a biscuit was given to a seven or eight-year-old girl next to him.
There are about ten catties of fish meat left, but it is only a few pieces in everyone's mouth, Liu Zhi and Fang Shaochuan have eaten a little, and the fishing will have to wait until the evening, but now, they have used up the surplus food.
When everything was over, everyone gathered around and listened to Liu Zhi explain the knowledge of survival in the wild.
"The most important thing for survival in the wild is the water source, we don't have to worry about this, there is a big river not far ahead, the water quality is clean, there is no industrial pollution, just filter a little and then boil, you can drink with confidence, of course, even if you don't filter and boil, you won't die if you drink it, at most you will have diarrhea, in this case, remember to prepare a few soft leaves in advance."
Everyone smiled when they heard this, and their nervousness relaxed a little.
Liu Zhi wanted this effect, cleared his throat, and continued: "In addition to the river water, in fact, there is a lot of water in the mountains and forests that can be drunk, like this place where we stay, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, and the dew will definitely not be less, in addition, streams, rainwater, ice edges, ice and snow, and even plant stems and leaves, are all sources of water, as for how to drink this water correctly, because there is river water as a fixed water source, I will not go into details, which one wants to know can find me privately." ”
"Next, let's talk about boiling and filtering."
"First of all, about boiling, one is to have fire, the other is to have the tools to boil water, I have two boxes of matches with me, but I want everyone to understand that if we want to survive in this place for a long time, matches will run out sooner or later, and mastering the skill of drilling wood for fire is the real king."
"I believe that in everyone's impression, the so-called drilling wood to make fire should be to take a stick and a wooden plank, make a hole in the board, the stick against the hole, and then hold the stick and keep rubbing."
"To be honest, this can indeed drill fire, but there are two prerequisites for doing it, one is to have very good physical fitness, can rub for two or three hours without interruption, and the other is to have the hand speed of at least 30 years of singleness."
Liu Zhi gestured while talking, his movements were not very elegant, and the words were quite connotative, which caused everyone to laugh for a while.
"I can teach you a very simple method of drilling wood to make fire, called the bowstring drilling method, from pulling the bowstring to making a fire, it only takes three or four minutes at most, but in order to use this method, you first need to make a few suitable tools, and this process must rely on another tool, that is, stone tools......"
"The most important thing in making stone tools is to use materials, and if the materials are not selected correctly, it is naturally impossible to polish the stone tools that are handy......"
"With stone tools, we can cut wood and make many of the things that are essential to life, such as hunting tools and pots and pans......"
"After talking about stone tools, let's continue to talk about the problem of river water filtration, in this place, we have three kinds of filtration tools that are relatively easy to obtain, one is charcoal, the other is plant ash, and the third is the porous structure of animal bones......"
"The problem of water source is solved, the next thing is food, there is a kind of big-headed fish in the river in front, it is very fierce, it bites people when it sees it, but as long as you master the right method, it is actually not difficult to catch ...... at all"
"With food and water, in fact, we only have the most basic survival guarantee, and there are many problems we need to face, such as shelter, natural disasters, diseases, sanitary conditions, etc., but I hope everyone will not feel depressed, I personally guess that there should be many people who have crossed over to the nearby earthlings, and if we can bring together professionals from all walks of life, at least build a city-state to live, it can still be achieved in the short term......"
Liu Zhi said a lot of things, some people were happy, and some people were sad, and several of them had excellent knowledge of science, and they all understood that Liu Zhi's description was just a beautiful picture, and if you want to really achieve it, I am afraid it will take a generation or even several generations.
But they didn't debunk it, and in the current situation, everyone needs to plant a little hope, even if it's very small.