Chapter 48: Searching for Vines
As expected, Xiao Wu also has brills on his mouth, and there are more than one, which are stuck in the jaw, the side of the nose, and the gap between the upper teeth.
Cleaning up the thorns in the flesh, Xiao Wu was also very excited, at least not like before, it hurt to move. stretched out his tongue and licked Liu Qing's face, but unexpectedly, there was blood in its mouth, and half of Liu Qing's face was red with blood. But Liu Qing couldn't see his face again, and he stroked Xiao Wu's head very happily, not knowing what his face looked like.
The sky was already dark, full of food and drink, after resting, Liu Qing burned the fire, the weather was getting colder and colder, and he could feel the slightest chill when he lived in the cave. Wait for the fire to burn for a while, and the temperature in the cave will rise, add some coarse wood, and let it burn on its own. Living in such a great mountain, there is no shortage of anything but firewood.
Under the cover of night, Liu Qing stood on the stone pile, his whole head sticking out of the gap, looking at the sky. There are no stars or moon tonight, and the sky looks like a giant black hole without any bright light. "It looks like the clouds are quite thick, maybe it will rain. Liu Qing said to himself.
He was about to retract into the cave when something struck him on the head, and then he heard the sound of a crackling horn and a heavy rain falling on the leaves and stones, making a series of noises. He really said it was raining.
The rain here is quite frequent, and Liu Qing has also had the experience of being drenched in the rain on the road, but fortunately he came back early today, otherwise he would have been wet again.
Liu Qing woke up the next day and found that the cave was still dark, and he thought he had woken up too early, but Xiao Wu had already gotten up and was circling around his prey yesterday, as if he was admiring something. Liu Qing walked to the entrance of the cave and looked, the rain was still falling, and a puddle of water had accumulated on the ground in the gap between the cave entrances.
At this time, the rain was still pouring non-stop, Liu Qing drilled his head out of the gap, and saw that in the open space outside, the water had gathered into a small stream, flowing down the hillside, and the turbid rain rushed out a shallow gully on the ground. Seeing this situation, Liu Qing suddenly felt, yes, how good it would be if he built a stream outside his hole, at least he didn't need to run so far to get water!
The head retracted into the hole, the coarse wood in the fire had already been burned, and only a pile of charcoal covered with ashes remained, Liu Qing put some hay on it, and blew some air lightly in his mouth, the hay quickly became charred black, and a puff of green smoke came out, and then it burned in a flash. Liu Qing quickly put down the burning hay and added some prepared dry firewood to it.
The fire was lit, but there was no pot, and Liu Qing didn't know what to do with the fire for a while. It wasn't until Xiao Wu came to rub his trousers that he understood, took two ginger beans, and roasted them on the edge of the fire. The cold boiled water was gone, Liu Qing thought about it, and directly put the water storage pipe on the fire, and added water to it, so it was no problem to burn it. When conditions permit, he is still reluctant to drink raw water, fearing that he will get sick.
It's time to find a way to make a new pot! Liu Qing thought so, but his eyes saw the two dinosaur eggs left over from yesterday, yes! He can eat dragon eggs, and he doesn't know what it tastes like to fry dinosaur eggs?
Pick up a dinosaur egg and carefully cut it with a dagger, the slightly soft dinosaur egg is not effortless to cut, and the shape is also well maintained. Liu Qing quickly cut off a piece at the tip of the dinosaur egg and took out two long wooden sticks that were cleanly sharpened, which were his homemade chopsticks. Reach into the dragon egg and stir, and mix the yolk and egg mixture together as you stir.
Liu Qing picked up the sapper shovel and laid it flat on top of the flame, but he thought again, there was no oil! Before I could cut the knife, I saw the dried fish hanging on the wall, this fish was so big, and when I killed it, I found that it had a lot of fat, especially in the stomach and belly.
Liu Qing searched for it, and really found a piece of jerky with some white fat on it, cut it off with a dagger, and put it on a shovel to burn. Not to mention, he really made fish oil. The hollow part of the sapper's shovel soon gathered a puddle of grease and a puff of green smoke rose from the flames.
The dinosaur egg liquid was poured into the sapper shovel, and the "Zila" egg liquid suddenly became golden and swollen when it encountered the high temperature of the oil, and at the same time, an inexplicable fragrance was also transmitted. If there was a child next door, I was afraid that I would have been crying for a long time. There is no child next door here, but there is a little tiger, Xiao Wu smelled this fragrance, and immediately jumped with excitement.
Liu Qing flipped the fried egg with chopsticks, fried it for a while, held a sapper shovel, put the fried egg inside on a clean leaf, and then continued to fry. This dinosaur egg is so big, it is estimated that it is not even a quarter of the whole dinosaur egg when it has just been poured.
After adding a handful of firewood, Liu Qing fried it four more times before finishing the whole dinosaur egg. Xiao Wu had already eaten two pieces, his mouth was stained with oil stains and some fried egg crumbs, and he stuck out his tongue and licked his lips unsatisfied, but his eyes were still staring directly at the fried egg leaves beside Liu Qing.
Liu Qing smiled and put away the sapper shovel, this thing is really a good thing, it can be chopped, cut, dug and sawed, the key is that it can also be used as a pan for pancakes, I used it when I was training to survive in the wilderness in the army, and I used to use the pot recently, and I didn't think about it for a while. I just saw the dinosaur eggs, and I remembered the omelette, so I remembered the sapper shovel again.
Take a small wooden box with salt, pinch a pinch of salt, sprinkle it evenly on the three fried eggs, and then take a piece directly and put it in front of Xiao Wu, "Here, eat!" Xiao Wu was excited, and he really devoured it in two bites.
Liu Qing blew the omelette in his hand in surprise, "You're not afraid of being so hot!" turned around and looked at the roasted ginger beans, feeling that they were almost cooked, so he simply threw another omelette to Xiao Wu, "Here!"
Who knew that Xiao Wu actually didn't eat it, although it could still see the desire in its eyes, it really didn't eat it, and the omelette was still lying on the leaf in front of it. Liu Qing was a little moved in his heart, touched Xiao Wu's head, and raised the omelette he was holding in his right hand, "Look, I don't still have it, let's eat it quickly!
I don't know if Xiao Wu really understood, he really ate the fried egg, and Liu Qing ate his own fried egg. I have to say that the dinosaur egg is worthy of being the biggest egg he has ever seen, and it is also the best omelette he has ever tasted, there is no one. Liu Qing originally thought that eggs, the ingredients should be about the same, but when he really entered it, he realized that it was not the same thing at all, eggs are different from eggs, and the omelette made of dinosaur eggs actually has a special fragrance, similar to the umami of seafood, and the taste is excellent and elastic.
The roasted ginger beans were also quickly cooked, and the fire was gone, only the red charcoal was burning. Liu Qing pulled the ginger bean steak aside, waited for it to cool naturally, looked at the water storage pipe that was put aside before, the water in it was already warm, poured some into the dinosaur eggshell, and held the eggshell with one hand, "Huh, this thing is quite easy to use as a bowl!"
The rain outside the cave was still falling, and it seemed to be a little lighter. Liu Qing took a sip of water, turned around and returned to the cave, and saw that the fire seemed to be dying, so he added firewood to it. When he grabbed a handful of firewood, he suddenly felt a pain in his hand, looked down, and found that a thorn on a piece of wood actually pierced his hand, but fortunately, there was no blood. It seems that you will have to be careful when burning firewood in the future.
The fire was filled with new firewood, smoked, and then the flame was rekindled. Liu Qing sat by the fire and looked at the rising flames in a daze.
Liu Qing was very surprised, he thought about it, and suddenly understood, when he first cooked ginger beans, he smelled this smell, at that time he thought that the water in the pot was boiling dry, and the ginger beans were burning, but when he went to see it, he found that it was not at all, and now he smelled this smell again, but there was obviously nothing on the fire. Is it really weird?
Liu Qing put down the eggshell, intending to see what was emitting this strange smell in the fire, but he just got up and didn't take two steps, when he suddenly felt dizzy, his hands and feet didn't obey, and then his body fell softly......
I don't know how long it took, Liu Qing woke up slowly, he was still lying on the edge of the fire, the fire had long been extinguished, and there was still boiling water in the eggshell behind him. However, Liu Qing was in a panic in his heart, what was going on?
At first, his first thought was that dinosaur eggs were poisonous, but before he could react again, he was unconscious. Now that I think about it, dinosaur eggs are definitely not poisonous, and they were fine when they were boiled and eaten before. So, why did he faint exactly?
Xiao Wu also slowly woke up and looked at Liu Qing with a confused expression. Liu Qingzheng lowered his head and pondered, looking for the reason that caused them to fall into a coma, Xiao Wu saw two roasted ginger beans on the side, so he pounced directly, holding a cooked ginger bean and nibbling it.
Liu Qing stared at the fire, carefully speeding up the passage before and after his two comas, and after a while, Liu Qing let out a long breath. "If I guessed correctly, I smelled that burnt smell before I fell into a coma twice, perhaps, this smell is the main reason for myself and Xiao Wu to fall into a coma!"
Now, Liu Qing had to find out, where did that strange smell of burnt smell come from? Of course, he knew that it came from the fire, and the answer he wanted to find was what kind of thing burned in the fire!
At this point, his previous puzzle finally had an answer, ginger beans were not poisonous, dinosaur eggs were not poisonous, what was poisonous was a certain firewood he chopped, once this firewood was burned, it would have a burnt smell, it was this firewood that he threw into the fire, so it would cause him to fall into a coma twice! Fortunately, he passed out in the cave both times, and this smell would only cause a coma, not fatal!