Chapter 40: Down the River
After we entered the water, two figures came to help us, I fixed my eyes, it turned out to be Lantern Festival and Wenmo, Lantern Xiao waved at me, and then pointed to the direction of the water flow, I probably understood what they meant, Lantern Festival is to signal us to follow the water flow down, out of here. &1t;/p>
I nodded at him, and Lantern made an OK gesture and turned to swim forward. At this time, the wound on his body had not healed, and a trace of blood seeped out of the wound along the water, as if there were a lot of red silk threads tied to his body, and he didn't know if he wanted it or not. &1t;/p>
I turned my head to look at Anador, who was swimming further forward with Wenmo. Around us, I saw Yuan An, Ruan Liang, Tian Laosi and some other people from the Yuan family, who also swam along the current. &1t;/p>
We didn't expect that as soon as we entered the rainforest, we were almost wiped out, and it was a swarm of mosquitoes that attacked us! True to that saying, in the primeval rainforest, you never know what to expect! &1t;/p>
In this way, we swam in the river for a long time, and from time to time we went to the surface of the water to breathe, and gradually the mosquitoes on the river surface were no longer visible. This gave everyone a sigh of relief. &1t;/p>
However, everyone was still worried that the mosquitoes would return, so they went down the river for a while before they stopped on the shore. &1t;/p>
The banks of the river here are still dense with rainforest. Everyone was apprehensive at this time, and no one dared to go ashore for a long time. Later, it was not until Ruan Liang first went over to investigate for a while and confirmed that there were no problems that we climbed onto the riverbank. &1t;/p>
It is not an exaggeration to say that they climbed up, everyone was exhausted, and as soon as they came ashore, they all collapsed to the ground. &1t;/p>
Almost all of them were injured to some degree, but fortunately, the team doctor was very experienced, and one of his waterproof backpacks was not placed on the river bank at that time, but was carried with him, with some bandages and medicines in it. Initial treatment of each person's wound can be done. &1t;/p>
Anadot needed to deal with the wound on her shoulder, and when she turned her back to us and lowered her shirt slightly, revealing her shoulders, everyone was silent for a moment, but this eye-catching scene only lasted for a few seconds. It is estimated that everyone is secretly scolding the team doctor for dealing with it too quickly! &1t;/p>
Lantern Xiao was wrapped around his head like a Saudi Arabian sheikh because of the wound on his head, and I couldn't help but feel funny. &1t;/p>
Wenmo was the one who didn't throw away his equipment, and his backpack was always on his back. Wen Mo picked up some sticks and firewood on the edge of the bushes, put them together, and then took out a vial from his bag. &1t;/p>
When I saw this vial, I immediately remembered the feat of spewing fire at the countless mosquitoes in the air just now, and he drank the contents of this vial. &1t;/p>
I walked over to Wenmo and said, "Boss, what's in this bottle?" I see you breathed fire after taking a sip just now, it's amazing! ”&1t;/p>
Wenmo didn't react, but poured the liquid in the small bottle onto the firewood, then took out a lighter, lit it at once, and then looked at me and said, "This is liquid paraffin." ”&1t;/p>
I nodded, gave him a thumbs up, and sat with him by the fire roasting myself, while the men around me found some firewood and lit a few more fires, and everyone separated by the fire to warm themselves and bake their clothes. &1t;/p>
Lantern Xiao shook his gauze-wrapped head and sat down, "I heard that this mosquito, only female mosquitoes suck blood, why did those mosquitoes just now suck blood?" It can't all be female mosquitoes, right? ”&1t;/p>
Ruan Liang on the side shook his head and said: "I have also seen this kind of giant mosquito in the jungle of Vietnam, but there are not so many, let alone so big. However, despite this, cattle and other domestic animals are often sucked dry by these giant mosquitoes, which are very ferocious and have killed people. That's why the locals call them knots, which means the death of flying. ”&1t;/p>
"So violent!" If it weren't for what we saw with our own eyes this time, we really couldn't believe that there are still such dangerous mosquitoes in the world. &1t;/p>
Ruan Liang continued: "In fact, mosquitoes do not survive by sucking blood, their main food is actually the sap of plants, and the main purpose of female mosquitoes to suck blood is to reproduce offspring. And such giant mosquitoes have grown to such a point that the sap of the plants may no longer be able to meet the daily energy needs of their bodies, so we think that they are not attacking us to suck blood, but to hunt. ”&1t;/p>
Lantern Xiao couldn't help but smile, "Aren't humans known as the masters of the earth, and they should be regarded as the top of the food chain, but I didn't expect to be preyed upon by a group of mosquitoes today." As he spoke, he shrugged his shoulders, and was immediately grinned by the pain of the mosquito sting wound on his shoulder, and couldn't help but scold: "MD, it's really worthy of being called a flying nail, this shoulder really looks like it was nailed!" ”&1t;/p>
The group sat around a few fires, chatting and keeping warm. After a while, everyone's state has recovered, but there are two problems in front of us, first, our equipment and supplies are all left in the place where we jumped into the river just now, and now it is still a bit risky to return to get it, but how to solve the problem of no supplies to eat. The second is drinking water, although there is no problem with the source of water next to the river, but, as time goes by, the temperature around it begins to decrease, and the river water begins to become cold. &1t;/p>
I looked at Yuan An, who was sitting on the side and had not spoken, his face was a little unsightly at this time, and it seemed that his physical exertion was a bit large. In this way, Yuan An's physical strength is not as good as my second uncle, but after all, one year older is one year old. &1t;/p>
At this time, Tian Laosi stood up, walked up to Ruan Liang and squatted down, "Old Ruan! Let's figure out a way to get everyone something to eat and drink! ”&1t;/p>
Ruan Liang nodded, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then stood up, "No problem, look at it!" As he spoke, he beckoned to a few guys next to him. A few people walked briskly into the woods by the river. &1t;/p>
The rest of the people were all listlessly leaning against the trees or lying on the ground to rest. &1t;/p>
Women are sometimes quite strange, they can't forget to dress up at any time, and while everyone is resting, Anador herself comes to the river to wash the stains on her body and face. &1t;/p>
And Wenmo actually walked to the river, but he didn't do anything to clean it, but stared at the river tightly. &1t;/p>
After a while, Ruan Liang and a few men returned, and to our surprise, they brought back two pheasants. Everyone's hungry eyes were green, and when they saw food, they gathered around, but I still wondered a little, there was food, but what about the water? &1t;/p>
Ruan Liang asked someone to go and see a few bamboos back, and told them to pick and chop them. After the bamboo was cut back, Ruan Liang chose the thickest position of the two sections, cut off the two closed bamboo tubes at both ends, and then used a knife to open a "skylight" on the bamboo tube. &1t;/p>
By this time, one of the two pheasants had been roasted on the fire, and the other had been disemboweled. Ruan Liang dismantled the chicken into eight pieces and put it into a bamboo tube, poured enough water, and directly put the bamboo tube on the fire. Ruan Liang threw some leaves into it, and Ruan Liang told us that these leaves have a salty taste, and when they are boiled in water, they will come out, and the cooked food will be more flavorful. &1t;/p>
Then, Ruan Liang put another thick bamboo tube, also separated by a knife, which was directly filled with river water, roasted on the fire, when the water was hotter, and threw some tea leaves into the water, so that the tea of a large bamboo tube was boiled, and everyone also learned to look at a few bamboo tubes to make a cup, pour some hot tea and drink it, it is really to warm up the cold, and make people feel extremely comfortable. &1t;/p>
I now have these fresh bamboos that are very resistant to roasting, and the chicken soup in the bamboo tube with the stewed chicken has been boiling for a while, but the bamboo tube is only starting to turn black, and there is no sign of burning. &1t;/p>
This made me admire Ruan Liang's experience, the survival skills in the wild are really clever! In this way, without any equipment, a group of people were fed. &1t;/p>
After a while, the pheasant was also roasted, and the chicken soup was cooked. Although the food was not much, everyone still ate comfortably. &1t;/p>
After eating, Tian Laosi asked Yuan An: "An Ye, what about our equipment?" ”&1t;/p>
Yuan An waved his hand, "It's okay, those mosquitoes can't always be there, just find a chance to get them back." ”&1t;/p>
Since there was nothing anyone could do now, I was half-lying down by the fire to rest, my clothes almost dry, and the red flames felt very comfortable shining on people. Before I knew it, I was asleep. &1t;/p>
After a while, I sat up, and when I opened my eyes, I saw that it was already dark, and I saw that all the people around me were lying on their sides and sleeping. &1t;/p>
From time to time, a cold wind blows, and I feel a little cold, so I want to boil some hot water to drink. I thought Ruan Liang's method was good, so I picked up a bamboo tube and went to the river to fetch water. &1t;/p>
But as soon as I walked to the river, I saw that the river was now very calm. &1t;/p>
At first, I wondered if it was the temperature difference between day and night, which caused the change in the flow of the river, but when I thought about it, I suddenly felt that it was wrong, the river here is not fed by ice melt, so it is generally not subject to temperature changes, and it is &1t;/p >
What's going on? &1t;/p>
I stood curiously by the river and stared at the water, and after a while, many small whirlpools suddenly appeared on the calm surface of the river. The faster the whirlpool spun, as if something was about to come out of the whirlpool, and I couldn't help but take two steps back. &1t;/p>
At this moment, I was surprised to see that a black bump appeared on the top of each small whirlpool, and I hesitated for a moment, and my eyes widened instantly, because I could see that it was not a black bump at all, it was a human head. &1t;/p>
In the blink of an eye, the heads were coming out of the water. Everyone's head was long, and when I saw their faces, my legs went limp, and I almost sat on the ground. I screamed, turned and ran back, for I saw that each of them had no eyes on their faces, only two bloody holes. &1t;/p>
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