Chapter 17: Map of the island
"There's a water source around here!" I said to Lin Xian'er in surprise.
Lin Xian'er nodded, and we couldn't help but speed up our pace.
Half an hour later, Lin Xian'er and I stood on the shore of a sparkling lake.
A fresh breeze blew in my face, and I opened my arms refreshed, this feeling of relief was really long gone.
Lin Xian'er was also very happy, she opened her arms to embrace nature like me, the breeze ruffled her hair, she closed her eyes and smiled slightly.
Lin Xian'er actually smiled, this is the first time I have seen Lin Xian'er smile, looking at Lin Xian'er's smile, I also laughed, the beautiful scenery of the lake took away all our gloomy mood in the past few days.
Packing up my mood, I checked my surroundings and found no signs of wild beasts, and it was safe here. Lin Xian'er went to look for herbs alone, I glanced at my pocket watch, it was almost 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the cave couldn't go back, and I had to spend the night by the lake tonight.
I was going to make dinner with some game, and along the way I found that my physical strength was particularly good today, and I was very good at throwing rocks.
I walked around the forest by the lake with my things on my back, and I saw several hares and pheasants, which were so abundant.
I tried to smash the rabbits and pheasants with stones, and after a dozen or so stones were thrown, all but one of the hares I encountered was hit in the hind leg, and all the others ran away, and none of the pheasants were hit. I ran after the three-legged hare for a long time, and finally caught it on a pile of rocks.
Suddenly, I noticed that the pile of stones in front of me was shaped like a tomb!
I went around and found a rusty tin box on the other side of the pile, I twisted the rabbit's head off and threw it on the ground, and then I used an iron rod to pick the lock of the tin box.
There were four things in the box, all wrapped in oilcloth, and I smelled the smell of oil that I hadn't seen for a long time, and opened the oilcloth one by one.
A hammer, a chisel, an axe, and a whiskey bottle stuffed with a roll of paper-like stuffed inside.
At 5:30 p.m., I returned to the meeting place I had agreed with Lin Xian'er with five things.
Lin Xian'er had been waiting there for a long time, she not only found all the herbs that Xi'er needed, but also collected a lot of firewood.
I told Lin Xian'er about the discovery of the iron box, and she poured out the contents of the wine bottle with great interest.
It was a piece of parchment, and it was written entirely in English.
At this time, it was getting dark, I lit a fire, and Lin Xian'er read the English on the parchment intermittently by the light of the fire.
"What is written?" I asked curiously.
Lin Xian'er hesitated for a long time before saying: "This is a relic left by two British explorers in the Age of Discovery, they encountered a storm at sea and fell on this island, they found a valley of gold on this island, they said that the valley of gold is under a waterfall, and the back of this parchment is a map of this island. ”
After speaking, Lin Xian'er took the back of the parchment in her hand.
The back of the parchment was covered with dense lines, and I looked at the map for a long time without saying a word.
"Great, we're saved!" I thumped my thigh excitedly.
"Wait, I'll treat you to a big dinner tonight!"
Lin Xian'er smiled and nodded.
I rolled up my sleeves and prepared to slaughter the hare.
Lin Xian'er lowered her head and stroked her messy hair and said to me, "By the way, Lu Yuan, I want to take a look around, and I will come back for dinner later, can you see it?" ”
I thought there was no danger in the vicinity, so I agreed.
"Okay, be careful, bring a weapon, and shout loudly if something happens." As I spoke, I handed her the Type 92 pistol from which Jiang Dandan had been seized.
"This is a Type 92 pistol, there are 14 rounds left in it, I'll help you load it first, remember that this is a safe, and you can shoot it if you cut it off."
Lin Xian'er is really smart, and she can teach it.
She went out with a short iron rod and a pistol, and I squatted by the lake with a saber and began to kill hares.
I bled blood, skinned the skin, threw the entrails, and then I washed it several times in lake water, and I tossed and turned for more than thirty minutes.
I looked at my pocket watch, it was almost 7 o'clock, and Lin Xian'er should be back.
I was a little uneasy, so I put down the hare I had handled, picked up the long iron rod and saber and went to find Lin Xian'er.
"Lin Xian'er!"
"Lin Xian'er!"
……
I shouted along the shore of the lake by the moonlight.
Suddenly, I stumbled and almost fell, I looked down and saw Lin Xian'er's iron rod under my feet, and her clothes next to her.
I was stunned for a moment, and after a long time, Lin Xian'er ran out to take a bath secretly.
"Hey, everything is there, what about the man?" I looked at the calm surface of the lake and scratched my hair.
Suddenly, the water of the lake in the distance fluctuated, and then a head emerged from the lake.
"Lin Xian'er?" I shouted to the lake.
After Lin Xian'er, who was in the water, saw me, she shouted in panic: "Lu Yuan! How are you here! ”
I scratched my head and replied, "I saw that you hadn't been back for a long time, and I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I came out to look for it." ”
Lin Xian'er nervously shouted at me, "Thank you for your concern!" You turn around! Go farther! Don't turn back! ”
I turned around in embarrassment and said, "Okay, okay, I don't look back, I don't look." ”
"Besides, I don't dare, auntie, you have a gun, in case you are unhappy, you will shoot me with one shot, and I don't have to cry." I thought to myself.
I turned around and took two steps but didn't go far, and then I heard the sound of rushing water.