Ran back to the cave, Liu Qing quickly put down his things, carried the sapper shovel and ran directly outside the cave again, Xiao Wu didn't know what Liu Qing was going to do, anyway, he followed him wherever he went, and ran out with his ass shaking.

In fact, the high tide should be a very common thing, and Liu Qing found traces of the tide in the tall grass before. What he was worried about now was not the rising tide, no matter how high the tide was, it would not rise to the cave halfway up the mountain, and it would hardly have any effect on him, what he was worried about now was the large field of ginger beans.

Liu Qing is also a serious rural baby, when he was a child, his parents worked in the fields, he was catching crickets, grasshoppers and even teasing on the side, and when he was a little older, he also followed the field to cut wheat and break corn, and he was more familiar with a set in the crop field. The reason why he was worried at the moment was because he knew that almost no crops could survive under the watering of the sea, and they would have to die and rot.

At present, Jiang Doutian is an important source of food for Liu Qing to survive, and once Jiang Doutian is destroyed by the sea, his future life will be difficult. trotted all the way to the edge of the ginger bean field, and sure enough, the entire ginger bean field was soaked in seawater, Liu Qing wanted to dig up more ginger beans as soon as possible, and jumped directly into the seawater to dig ginger beans.

The terrain here was much lower than in the high meadows, and he jumped into it and immediately went up to his knees, and after a short walk into the field, the water was already deep enough to reach his waist. Even so, Liu Qing bent over to excavate.

He had already carried so much seawater back, trotted all the way over, and worked hard here, and by the time he had dug twenty or thirty of them, he was so tired that he had to go ashore to rest for a while. Xiao Wu lay on the edge of the pile of ginger beans, licking his paws from time to time, as if he was guarding.

Liu Qing sat next to Xiao Wu, panting while looking at the pile of ginger beans he had dug up. Suddenly, he seemed to understand something, yes, these ginger beans have probably not grown here for a year or two, otherwise they wouldn't have grown to such a large area. In other words, these ginger beans must have experienced high tide a long time ago, and have been soaked in seawater a long time ago, maybe more than once or twice, but they are still growing so vigorously. And at present, it seems that the high tide must have been last night, and these ginger beans have been soaked in the seawater until now, and they don't look wilted at all, so they should not be afraid of soaking in the seawater.

When Liu Qing rested well, he also calmed down completely, and laughed again as if he was self-deprecating, he was really concerned about it. First of all, I can confirm that these ginger beans should have experienced many tidal invasions, and secondly, the salinity of the seawater here is not at the same level as the saltiness of the seawater I have seen before, and even if it is flooded by the tide, the aboveground parts of the ginger beans will die, and the underground parts should not deteriorate so quickly, and when the tide recedes, it will naturally take root and sprout again. The old family said that "grass seeds of a thousand looks, fish roe for 10,000 years" seems to be a good explanation for the existence of this ginger bean field for so long.

Thinking of this, Liu Qing remembered that he had read in the news that Mr. Yuan Longping was researching seawater rice, that is, using diluted seawater to grow rice, and making progress, if he could bring back these ginger bean seeds a little, it would probably make his old man happy!

But it's not in vain, at least Liu Qing also dug up such a bunch of ginger beans, which is enough for him to eat for about a week, plus the ones stored in the cave before, he doesn't have to worry about food for half a month. While packing up his things, Liu Qing thought that there was nothing to do now anyway, and he would come over every few days in the future to take a look, if the ginger beans were really going to wither, or if there was any other situation, it would not be too late to dig up more reserves.

There are a lot of ginger beans, and Liu Qing can't finish them at one time, so he has to dig out a sand pit, bury all the ginger beans that can't be finished, pile up a sand pile on it, and insert an arrow as a mark. After doing this, Liu Qing and Xiao Wu went back together, carrying a large bag of ginger beans wrapped in clothes.

Back to the cave, it was not too late, Liu Qing felt that it was time to make a container when he was on the road, every time he went to dig ginger beans and went to catch fish in the waterhole on the mountain, he always couldn't bring more when he came back, it was very inconvenient, if there was a back basket or something, it would be much more convenient.

If you want to make a basket, Liu Qing really can't, but I haven't eaten pork and seen a pig run, this thing must be professional to make beautifully, but just make one for loading things, it must not be so difficult, Liu Qing thinks that his hands-on ability is not bad, it should be no problem.

He had seen bamboo baskets and wicker baskets before, and he recalled them again, and then began to collect materials to make them. In fact, this thing is very simple to say, that is, it is staggered horizontally and vertically, and it is made by adding a bottom.

Taking advantage of the fact that it was still early, Liu Qing went to the jungle to cut some rattan and came back, with a large bundle of thick and thin, and dragged it back. Back in the cave, it was already getting dark, so I simply trimmed these rattans, ate and slept with Xiao Wu.

When it was dawn, Liu Qing finished breakfast and began to weave baskets.

First, I picked out five thick rattan sticks and placed them parallel to the ground, about 10 centimeters apart. Pick up another five rattans, take one from the beginning and pass it under the first horizontal rattan, pass over the second rattan, and then pass it under the third rattan,...... Thread it all the way to the fifth horizontal rattan and take the second rattan and walk over the first rattan through the bottom of the second one,...... The method is the same, change the order until the fifth vine passes through, so that the five vines are all staggered, and basically form the shape of a base.

Next is the second step, step on the base in the middle with your foot, lift all the rattans on all four sides, and then take a rattan, not too thick, choose one at random, follow the same method, through the twenty vines on all sides, after going around a circle, and then continue to weave interspersed. It's like this, layer by layer. The angle at which the rattan is erected on all four sides determines the size of the upper mouth of the woven object, and if the angle of the erection is perpendicular to the base, it is the same size as the upper and lower mouths.

A horizontal rattan was quickly braided, and Liu Qing took another one of the same thickness, and did not need a pipe joint, and directly followed it and started to weave it again. One after another, it was soon knitted nearly a meter, it was almost there, Liu Qing let go of his hand, turned the semi-finished basket in his hand and looked at it, the shape was not bad, although he was not a professional, and the shape of the weaving was irregular, but at least it could be used, and it seemed to be quite strong.

Originally, he planned to use branches to make the bottom of the basket, but then he thought about it, the bottom of the basket was made of branches, how to connect with the basket body is a problem, even if it is barely connected, what if it is not strong?

In this way, the body of the basket and the bottom of the basket are originally one, and the vine itself is strong enough, and there is a certain degree of toughness, and the degree of firmness is completely sufficient. The next thing is to wrap up, Liu Qing used a dagger to cut off the vertical strips on all sides, leaving only one section, and when he cut to the last side, he suddenly thought that he had to find a way to make a strap, otherwise such a big basket of things, wouldn't he be tired to death if he hugged it.

So he kept an eye on it and didn't cut off the last one. Because the rattans are very long, they are almost woven at this time, and the remaining length on each side is almost more than two meters. After the other three sides were all cut off, Liu Qing began to trim, first cutting a hook-shaped incision on the remaining vertical vines, and the opening was naturally oblique downward. Then replace it with some thin vines to weave the final seal, and weave it all the way to the incision, these thin vines are just stuck in the position of the incision, and Liu Qing tightens it hard, so that there is no need to worry about the rattan basket falling apart because of the downward force.

After sealing the mouth in this way, Liu Qing cut all the exposed rattan incisions with a dagger and changed the edges to round, not because he wanted to be beautiful, but because he didn't want to be accidentally scratched by the incision when he usually moved the rattan basket.

As for the uncut rattan on the last side, Liu Qing also thought of a way, keeping the outermost two vines, and cutting the others. Then bend the remaining two rattans downward, cut them off from the position of the basket, draw a few grooves on them with a dagger, roll them into a thin rope with the white film on the dinosaur, pass through the gaps in the rattan basket, and tie them tightly at the grooves. I was afraid that this would not be strong enough, so I rubbed several pieces of fishing line together and tied them to it.

A rattan basket was thus completed.

A basket, with two straps, and almost one-piece, Liu Qing looked at his handmade works, not to mention how beautiful they were. Even Xiao Wu was surprised to look around this rattan basket. Because it really can't be understood, it's just a bunch of broken vines and rotten grass, how can it become like this in Liu Qing's hands.

Trying to put it on his back, Liu Qing turned around and walked a few steps, thinking that it was okay, but the strap seemed to be a little long, and he felt that he would hit his ass as soon as he walked. Feeling this shortcoming, Liu Qing lowered his head and pondered for a while, put the rattan basket on the ground, held a few stones and put it in, and then carried it again.

Sure enough, practice is the criterion for testing the truth! It looks very good, and it is quite easy to do, but when you really put something on your back, you realize that it is not so comfortable.

Rattan is not produced on the assembly line, produced by nature, pure natural, but what kind of branch nodules, insect eye formation scars and the like, I didn't pay much attention to it when I made it before, but now I put a heavy object in it, and I suddenly felt very obvious, and I had a pain in my back when I walked.

It took most of the day just to weave the basket, plus the test back, and adjust it according to the effect of the test back, repair and scrape, etc., and by the time Liu Qing was really satisfied with this basket, it was already dark again.

Carrying a charcoal stick to add another stroke to the wall, Liu Qing sighed, unknowingly, he had been here for more than two months. According to the time when he encountered the typhoon, it was already November, and it was already winter, so it was no wonder that he always felt a little cold recently. This cold is not the cold I felt before, it is really cold that makes people shiver a little. As soon as he thought of winter, Liu Qing immediately felt that he should stock up on more food.

It seems that this rattan basket that Liu Qing has just compiled will come in handy immediately.

(PS: There are many ways to weave baskets, no rattan, according to the above method, even if you use paper strips, you can also weave and play, interested readers can try.) In addition, the flashlight mentioned in chapter 58 is actually my own idea, according to the current technology, this multi-functional solar flashlight will definitely be realized, but no one has made it yet. Yesterday there was one more in the collection, and today there is another one!haha!)