Chapter 40: This Thing Is Poisonous

When he returned to the cave, Liu Qing collected some raw materials for the arrows and used a small wooden jar to collect the venom. When he was about to leave, he found that these vines had fruits on them, small purple and black fruits, and after thinking about it, he picked a large handful. I don't know if these fruits are poisonous or not, but there must be seeds in them, and he collects them for the seeds inside, as long as he has the seeds of this poison ivy, then he can plant them wherever he goes in the future.

When I got back to the cave, it was almost dark. Liu Qing felt that the days were passing quickly now, and he was busy every day, and before he knew it, it was dark. Roasted some meat, sprinkled with salt, and it was very fragrant to gnaw, and Xiao Wu was also very happy to eat it. After eating, I played with Xiao Wu for a while, and then cleaned up the hole briefly, especially the toilet position, and threw everything that should be thrown out.

As for the salt pit that has been dug, I don't know how many days it will take to dry the water in the pit, but I just hope that it won't rain these days!

While sleeping, Liu Qing was still thinking about tomorrow's work, first going to catch two fish, then picking some fruits, and then picking a few of the fruits that the bird ate that day, hoping to eat them too. Recently, I can't hear the coyotes outside at night, and I guess I was scared by myself, and I may not have it in the future.

Before dawn, Liu Qing got up, the fire was burning, a few pieces of meat were roasted on the side, and water was boiling in the faucet pot. When the sun rose, the meat was roasted, the tea was cooked, Xiao Wu smelled the meat, his eyes were still foggy, and he walked towards the fire crookedly.

After gnawing on the meat and drinking the water, Liu Qing set off.

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In the creek, there is already a fish on the hook, Liu Qing is also a veteran of fishing, he didn't plan to engage in a fishing rod to fight with the fish, it is still the same, the fishing line is tied to the tough grass by the stream, and when the fish struggles and loses strength, he will sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

There was a pile of freshly picked fruits beside him, and in addition to the ones he had eaten before, there were also four fruits of different shapes, which were the same ones that the bird had eaten the other day. The fruit was made from another vine, and it was so large that it looked like a cantaloupe. The outer layer is crusty, but not as hard as the husk, and can be torn by hand.

Inside, the flesh is about five or six centimeters thick, wrapped in a huge seed, the two ends of the seed are pointed and the middle is round, and the seed coat is very hard, which feels harder than ordinary wood. I don't know if it's poisonous, but it looks like it should be the kind that the bird took away the day before yesterday, and picked some flesh with his fingers, which is very soft, similar to the soft kind of mango, and licked it on the tip of his tongue, sweet, and it seems to have a faint sourness.

The movement in the water was already very small, Liu Qing put the fruit there, went to the edge of the creek to reel in the line, the big fish was quickly dragged to the shore, Liu Qing picked the gills of the big fish, and dragged it to the shore. As soon as he left the water, the big fish seemed to be enraged again, and fluttered vigorously, and the fish's tail snapped on the ground, raising a burst of grass clippings and flying wildly.

Liu Qingcai didn't care about it, let it flutter casually. After a while, the fish stopped, Liu Qing went directly to get a hook for it, and took out the dagger and was about to end it, when he suddenly remembered something, he walked back and cut a piece of flesh with the dagger. The dagger pried open the mouth of the fish and threw the piece of pulp directly into it, who expected that the fish was really a foodie, and swallowed it directly into the stomach.

Seeing this, Liu Qing thought of another idea, change the bait, the kind of fruit that he had been using before, but now change it to this, see if the fish in the creek can eat it. He had seen two or three kinds of fish in this creek, perhaps because they had no natural enemies, so they were all very fat, and the one he had just caught was almost a meter long, much thicker than his thighs, and it was really a big fish.

After changing the bait, the hook was thrown into the water under a canopy of grass on the opposite bank, and this end was wrapped with artemisia grass, so that it didn't even need to float. Turn around and look back at the fish that had eaten the flesh to see if it had any signs of poisoning.

After watching it for less than two minutes, he heard a splash in the water, and Liu Qing knew that it was a fish bite. Sure enough, there are so many fish that you can catch a fish by throwing a bait! And it seems that this fruit is really edible. For survival in the wild, Liu Qing has always believed that in most cases, animals can eat it, and people can eat it, as for whether it is good or not, that is another matter. Many animals are much more discerning about the toxicity of food than humans, such as the vines he uses to tie the gates, and the animals basically avoid them, apparently knowing that they are poisonous.

And what he is most lacking now is food, it is very important for him to find one more edible thing, as long as there is enough food, all can survive, otherwise, he will starve, and even accidentally eat poisonous things, the consequences will be even worse.

He can't do it, and he can't do it. So just now, when I wasn't sure if the fruit could be eaten, I experimented with fish. The fish on the shore did not move, probably tired, only the tail still flapped a few times from time to time. The fish in the water kept churning, and even jumped out of the water, but there was a fishing line pulling, and every time they jumped, the artemisia grass was torn crookedly, and there was elasticity pulling back.

In fact, this is also a kind of luck, usually fishing with a fishing rod, once you catch a big fish, it is to rely on the toughness of the fishing rod to slip the fish, otherwise, the fishing line or hook is likely to not be able to withstand such a big pull, broken. And Liu Qing has never used a fishing rod, firstly, because it is not convenient to bring a long stick, and he has not found a suitable rod; second, he was cut by the fishing line, which gave him some shadows, and he was unwilling to touch the fishing line directly with his hands; and finally it may be because he is lazy, seeing that this method is quite easy to use, he doesn't have to care about it, just wait to collect the fish, so he doesn't have a whole rod. But in this way, it happens to make the excellent flexibility of Artemisia grass work, the big fish struggles, pull hard, the fishing line is straight, and the Artemisia grass is also pulled crookedly, but the toughness is good, wait until the fish's strength is broken, and bounce back, so back and forth under the pull, the big fish will eventually be consumed without strength.

However, the fish caught this time seemed to be a little troublesome, and as you could tell from the sound of its splashing, it was certainly not small, at least larger than the one it had just caught. Liu Qing didn't care about the fish on the ground, he came to the stream to guard, and the clump of artemisia grass had been pulled down crookedly, and it was about to stick to the water. When Liu Qing saw this situation, he was immediately startled, and hurriedly carried the sapper shovel, inserted the shovel handle into the artemisia grass, and wrapped the extra fishing line behind the shovel handle a few times, and pulled it back with all his might.

No, although the grass is tough, but there are not many forks, Liu Qing tied it like this, once it was flattened, the fishing line was bound to slip off the grass stem, so he quickly used a spade to help. At this pull, he felt a huge force tug-of-war with him, the big fish couldn't pull it, and jumped up towards the water with all his might, and Liu Qing saw how big the fish was.

The whole body is black and shiny, and the two fish legs, no, it should be the fins that have not evolved completely, and the back legs have disappeared, so it looks a little strange, like a baby fish with two hind legs missing. With a length of more than two meters, it is much longer than Liu Qing's height.

"Ha!" Liu Qing couldn't help but be a little excited, such a big fish, you can get a lot of meat after slaughtering! The strength in his hands is not stingy at all, and he wants to pull it to the shore as much as possible.

The creek is actually not very deep, this section Liu Qing has tried, the deepest place will not exceed two meters, but this is enough for the fish, even if it is three meters long, it is enough for it to live, after all, the fish are lying on their stomachs, not standing up.

The two sides fought hard, Liu Qing gradually felt that his arms were a little sore, and after a long time of exertion, and the injury on his arm was not yet healed, and he was tired quickly. However, the fish in the water still have undiminished strength, and there is a tendency to drag Liu Qing into the water. What can I do?

Liu Qing thought about it, for the sake of safety, let's do it! Gathering enough strength, he pulled the fishing line back about a meter, and then the sapper shovel in his hand turned over, and at the same time stuck the sapper shovel on the ground with all his might, and raised his right foot and stepped on it fiercely. The sapper shovel was inserted ten centimeters or so. In this way, Liu Qing will save a lot of effort, he only needs to press the shovel handle tightly, and let the fish in the water toss as he wants.

He didn't worry about whether the fishing line would break, this fishing line was made of new composite materials, and when he bought it, the owner of the shop said that the fishing line could withstand 300 kilograms of tensile force, even if it was hanging a person, it was no problem!

Liu Qing really praised his wit, not only tested whether this fruit could be eaten, but also caught such a big fish, and the most important thing is that although this fish has great strength, he has a sapper shovel, a spade to the ground, no matter how strong it is, there is no way to run!

However, just when Liu Qing was secretly happy, smiling, and just waiting to catch the fish, the basil grass suddenly bounced back, and then stopped moving. Liu Qing was very puzzled, what is the situation? Could it be that the line is broken? It doesn't feel like it!

Hurriedly pulled out the sapper's shovel and carried it to the grass, the fishing line was fluffy and soft, and it seemed that there was really nothing hanging on there. Liu Qing was extremely remorseful, he knew that he would pull it ashore even if he had fought so hard, and he would not wait until now to let it break the line!

While sighing, he quickly pulled the fishing line back, he wanted to see where it was broken?

When all the fishing lines were withdrawn, Liu Qing was dumbfounded, the fishing line was not broken at all, but the hook was ......

The shopkeeper said that it was no problem to catch a hundred pounds of big fish, but now, the hook was straightened! Yes, he was sure that he was right, the hook was still tied to the fishing line, but the originally curved hook has now become a straight hook, only the tiny barb still has a piece of meat hanging on it.

"!" Liu Qing exclaimed and scolded, this is really the end, because he only has such a fish hook. This thing was originally intended for war, and he never expected to encounter such a big fish...... At that time, he only thought that it was enough to have this thing, at most to catch a few small fish to solve the problem of food and clothing, and the fishing line and hook he bought were almost always the best.

But the situation in front of us is really unpredictable!

(Little Five will grow up, and the protagonist will also change the map, so write it slowly, the days are still long.) Looking at the immortals and Buddhas flying all over the list, all kinds of systems, all kinds of divine medical school flowers, I really can't complain, it's not that I blow it, I haven't read that kind of novel for a long time, it's really brainless bragging. But what am I? I can't even sign a special contract, I can't brag about people, it's a failure, a failure!)