Chapter 73: Goodbye, friends
When the huge body stepped into the water, the river was dispersed by its body, forming a circle of waves on both sides, and Liu Qing was amazed by this posture. After seeing the Xilong enter the water, Liu Qing turned his head and stared at the giant tree, before under the grass, he couldn't see the outside environment clearly, but at this time under the giant tree, maybe because of the giant tree, there was very little tall grass under the tree, and the vision was good.
The giant tree had no vines, but the cracked lines on its bark were still enough for Liu Qing to climb with it. Stepping on the first horizontal branch seven or eight meters high, Liu Qing looked around, and it was strange to say that the south of this giant tree was a large area of mountain forest, and the north was a large river with tall grass growing on the bank of the river, and the grass was very low in some places, and there were even a few bare pieces of river beach covered with stones.
In other words, there is only such a giant tree in the vicinity within Liu Qing's eyesight. Looking from the tree to the top of the mountain, Liu Qing then figured out why he didn't find this giant tree on the top of the mountain, because the crown of the giant tree was too big, and when he was on the top of the mountain, he mistakenly thought that this was the top of another mountain.
Sitting on the trunk of the tree and resting for a while, Liu Qing suddenly felt that this is not bad, this horizontal branch is wide enough, strong enough, and of course high enough, it must be safe to live on it. Why not build a simple nest here? It would be a good idea to live on it. The only trouble may be that it is inconvenient to go up and down, but as long as the safety is guaranteed, even if it is inconvenient, what does it matter?
As soon as he said it, Liu Qing had already begun to observe the situation up and down this horizontal branch and determine the best construction plan. After his observation and reflection, he finally decided to build a lodging platform, and then hang a rope from it, so that it was easy to go up and down.
To build a platform, you first need a lot of wood, and then vines. After getting off the tree, Liu Qing set off towards the mountain forest, planning to cut some branches and the like first, and at the same time collect some firewood, there is not much food in his rattan basket, from the beginning to the present, there is only a piece of dried meat left, and three ginger beans. To collect firewood to make a fire, you not only need to boil some water, but also roast ginger beans.
I went into the mountains and forests for a long time, and dragged back a bundle of firewood and a large bundle of vines. There are many kinds of plants in the mountain forest, but the most important thing is the dead branches and broken trees, and the number of various vines is also quite large, so it is relatively easy to collect. He took out the long and sturdy ones from the wood and put them alone under the giant tree, and the rattan basket was also carried by him to the bottom of the giant tree. Lift the wolfskin blanket that covers the rattan basket, take out the lighter from inside, and plan to make a fire, and there is still a lot to be done.
But when he was about to light the pile of firewood, he found that the lighter could not ignite, so he broke the small iron sheet on it and looked inside, but found no problem, and adjusted the gas to a larger size, but it still could not ignite. Some annoyed shook it hard, but threw out some small droplets from it, Liu Qing then remembered that in order to avoid danger, he jumped into the sea, and the lighter was flooded. But for Liu Qing now, even if it is a scrapped lighter, he is reluctant to throw it away.
Throw the broken lighter out of the rattan basket, turn around and touch it from the satchel for a while, and take out another lighter from it, he originally prepared two lighters, and even prepared two sapper shovels at the beginning, but unfortunately lost one, but the lighter was not lost, the broken one, fortunately there is a spare. However, he must keep this lighter, otherwise, the only tool that can be used to make a fire will be lost, of course, he does not know how to use other methods, but those methods are really too abrasive, there are ready-made lighters not to use, why bother.
The fire quickly burned, the bonfire was rising, the bamboo pipe cut from the tall grass was filled with water, thrown directly on the fire, and the ginger beans were put aside to roast, and Liu Qing left again. Xiao Wu has been following Liu Qing all the time, and he has nothing to do, occasionally scratching the bark and scratching the soil, which is regarded as grinding his claws.
Liu Qing pulled out the tall grass to cover it, came to a rocky beach, walked to the riverside, looked at it for a while, chose a shallow water area, picked up stones from the shore and began to pile them up. More than half an hour later, a fishing trap is done again, there is water here, there will be fish naturally, Liu Qing is now very patient with catching fish, he believes that as long as the trap is done, as soon as the bait is put in, there will naturally be fish to eat, the reason why roasted ginger beans is not to eat, but to use as bait. There are not many resources available to him now, and he must make the most of them, three ginger beans are not enough for the two of them to eat in a day, but if they are used as bait, it is more than enough.
It is said that practice makes perfect, after doing it once, this trap is more beautiful than the previous shape, and even Liu Qing himself can't help but be proud. In fact, he also knows that no matter how beautiful the trap is, if there are no fish coming, no matter how good the trap is, it will be in vain.
He returned to the bottom of the giant tree, added some firewood to the fire that was about to be extinguished, took the roasted ginger beans, put them directly in the river water and put them on the ice, and then used the dagger to form pieces of different sizes and throw them directly into the trap. Then he returned to the great tree, and covered the fire with a layer of wet wood, and the burning flame was pressed in such a way that the flame disappeared, and a thick smoke rose up.
After confirming that the fire would not be extinguished, Liu Qing went back to the mountains and forests, and desperately began to cut down those small trees, this time he dragged them back with branches and leaves, and made a total of seven or eight trips back and forth, a total of twelve small trees were dragged back, don't look small, each one also has the thickness of an adult's arm, because of the competition for sunlight in the mountains and forests, the trunks of the trees are long and straight, of course, this is also after his careful selection. He looked at the fire again, added wet wood, drank some cool boiled water, ate half a piece of jerky, and began to work.
The small trees have all finished trimming their branches and leaves, leaving a smooth trunk, each of which is at least two or three meters long, and Liu Qing is extremely satisfied.
Tie the repaired trunk with a vine, tie the other end to his waist, Liu Qing climbed the giant tree again, climbed the horizontal branch, stood on it, and pulled up a bundle of trunks. The diameter of the horizontal branch was more than one meter, and the width of the plane on it was enough for him to sit down, and the whole trunk was put away, and Liu Qing also untied a large bundle of vines tied around his waist.
A small trunk is placed horizontally on top of the branch of the giant tree, tied to the small trunk with a vine, so that the vine hangs down naturally, lying on the other side of the branch, holding the longest trunk in his hand, this trunk was trimmed at that time, he left a small branch on the branch, and used this branch to reach the hanging rattan, scooped it into his hand, wrapped it around the other side of the small trunk horizontally, and then let it hang down. Then pick it up from the other side, take another small trunk, place it at an interval of about 50 centimeters, wrap the vine around a few times, and then continue to pick up and wrap it from the other side, so that it has been spread for five.
Then the branches picked out of the firewood were pulled up in the same way, and laid longitudinally on the small trunks, and at the same time they were tied with thin vines several times at intervals. When it got dark, Liu Qing finally made a simple bed.
Originally, Liu Qing was going to collect some soft hay and spread it on it, but it was already dusk, and it was not suitable to go out to work again, so he had to give up, and the wolf skin could be spread all night.
When Liu Qing was working, Xiao Wu stayed under the tree, and only after he made the bed did he remember, what should Xiao Wu do? That little guy is so heavy, he must not be able to pull it up. If it really can't, I'll have to let it sleep under the tree tonight.
As soon as he thought of this, he saw Xiao Wu tilting his head and staring at himself on the giant tree. Liu Qing smiled and said to it: "Xiao Wu, you wait a while, I will find a way to get you up." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Xiao Wu rub a few times, and he had already jumped several meters high. Liu Qing was stunned, I had heard someone say before that the tiger followed the cat to learn art and taught everything, but he didn't give him the ability to climb trees, so the tiger couldn't climb trees. But now, Xiao Wu climbed the tree in front of his eyes.
The next moment, Xiao Wu had already boarded the horizontal branch and stepped on the platform that had just been built. When night fell, Liu Qing ran for a day, very tired, lying in his clothes, Xiao Wu obediently lay next to him. The canopy of the giant tree is very large, and the branches are so dense that even the sky cannot be seen under the shade. For the sake of safety, Liu Qing deliberately tied a thin vine to his waist, and tied the other end to the vine that fixed the branch to prevent himself from accidentally falling.
Camping in the quiet jungle is completely different from the previous caves, which are safe, quiet and closed enough, while here they are closer to nature, the sound of insects is incessant, the howls of wild animals are often heard, and Liu Qing was awakened twice in the middle of the night.
Fortunately, he has no bad sleep habits, and he basically doesn't toss and turn when he sleeps, and when he wakes up, he looks around to make sure that there is no danger before slowly falling asleep again.
Every time Liu Qing woke up, he would always look at Xiao Wu, but he found that Xiao Wu was not an ordinary calm, and the movement had already woken him up, but Xiao Wu only trembled his ears and didn't even raise his eyelids.
At the beginning of the morning, Liu Qing sat up, stretched his waist for a long time, and shouted a long "ho-" from his mouth, Xiao Wu had also woken up, sleepy-eyed and opened his mouth to yawn full. Liu Qing is preparing to go down to the tree to make a fire, by the way to see if there is any harvest in the trap, yesterday's bait, overnight, there should be unlucky fish, if there is no fish unlucky, it is him Liu Qing is unlucky. The jerky is gone, and the ginger beans have been exhausted, so whether there are fish in the trap or not determines whether Liu Qing will be hungry today.
As soon as the person climbed on the main trunk of the giant tree, and before he could step down, there was a sudden scream in his ears, like an eagle's chirping, and like a whistle, but this sound came so abruptly, and even Liu Qing could hear the horror contained in it.
This sound suddenly frightened Liu Qing so much that he didn't dare to go down the tree again, so he had to turn back to the platform, half-lie on it, and look in the direction where the sound came from. Xiao Wu also seemed to be frightened, and looked at the riverside in a daze.
On the bank of the river, a huge creek dragon had just landed on the shore, and it had only walked a few dozen steps, when a dinosaur that was much smaller than it suddenly popped out of the grass on the side, but it was much larger than those velociraptors. As soon as the dinosaur jumped out, it pounced directly on the back of the creek dragon, and the sharp knife-like hooks on the two short front paws immediately clamped into the back of the creek dragon, and at the same time, the bloody mouth was already biting the neck of the creek dragon.
When Liu Qing and Xiao Wu saw it, the two dinosaurs were already glued together. However, the appearance of this dinosaur made Liu Qing's eyelids jump, how did he feel so much like the legendary Tyrannosaurus Rex? But in terms of body size, how did he feel that he was not worthy of the word "overlord"?
In line with the principle of fighting the great gods and avoiding the little ghosts, Liu Qing also dispelled the idea of going down the tree, so as not to be affected by the pond fish. These two dinosaurs, no matter which timetable they can't provoke, it's better to sit in a tree and watch them fight each other.