Chapter 230: Drilling wood for fire
It was getting dark, and everyone was tired from a hard day's work, so they went into the hut early to rest. Among the ten people, seven men slept in a wooden house of about 10 square meters, and three women slept in a wooden house of about 5 square meters.
The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Qi Dong was woken up by a strong feeling of hunger. He walked out of the hut alone and headed towards the banana grove.
The banana grove was full of banana peels, and they had cleaned it up after eating it yesterday, but then the wolf-fox trio came and made a mess of it.
Qi Dong grabbed the trunk of a banana tree and shook it vigorously, and several bunches of ripe bananas fell from the tree. He bent down to pick it up, peeled off the skin and ate it.
"Hey, if I make it back alive this time, I never want to eat bananas again in my life. Qi Dong lamented in his heart, he was now desperately eager to eat a little meat, even if it was rat meat.
Suddenly, it occurred to him that he had seen a fish in the river yesterday and had no time to catch it, so he might as well try it now, after all, fish are also meat.
With this in mind, he threw down the banana in his hand and walked briskly towards the river, which was nearly twenty meters wide.
With a plop, Qi Dong jumped into the river and dived underwater with his breath. The water was so clear that he could see everything in the water clearly.
To his disappointment, however, there were many fish swimming in the river, but they were all very small, and almost none of them exceeded the size of his palm. Qi Dong was obviously not satisfied with this, he didn't want to bother to catch a small fish that was only enough for him to stuff his teeth.
In this way, he tirelessly searched the river, every minute he came out of the water to change his breath, and then went underwater to search, and finally after half an hour, he found a catfish that could enter his eyes a few hundred meters away from the water.
Qi Dong swam towards the catfish extremely carefully, trying not to make any noise, but when he was still a body away, the catfish was still alarmed.
Saying that it was too late, Qi Dong's body slammed forward, and at the same time, his hands came out, and he firmly grasped the catfish in his hands before it swam out less than a meter.
The catfish, which weighed almost two catties, fluttered desperately in Qi Dong's hands, but the latter's hand was so strong that with a slight pinch, the catfish's head was pinched and smashed, and the fish body was also immobilized.
After drilling out of the water, Qi Dongma swam back to the shore, cut open the belly of the fish with his fingernails, took out all the internal organs, and then cleaned the fish body with river water.
After doing a simple treatment like this, Qi Dong held a whole fish and devoured it in a big mouthful.
"Gross-" As soon as he took the first bite, Qi Dong almost vomited, this was too fishy. He swallowed the fish in his mouth with a feeling of nausea, and when he took a second bite, he felt better.
"Haha, I found a wild man who drank blood. Just when Qi Dong was eating more and more, a crisp voice sounded behind him.
Startled, Qi Dong immediately looked back, only to see Shui Xin standing not far behind him with a smile, looking at his almost naked body and the half-gnawed catfish in his hand with a smile.
"You're up, did you sleep well last night?" Qi Dong said calmly.
"It's ok. Shui Xin just replied with two words, then walked a few steps closer and said, "You are quite capable, you have caught such a big catfish." ”
"Haha, I've been catching this one for a long time. Qi Dong smiled, "To be honest, raw fish is very unpalatable......"
"Then you still eat it, won't you eat it after it's cooked over the fire? I think you're faint from hunger. Shui Xin said jokingly.
"I don't have matches or lighters, where does the fire come from?" Qi Dong asked suspiciously, and put the fish meat to his mouth and bit it hard.
"Hey, you still came to survive in the wilderness, don't you even know the most basic survival skills, drill wood to make fire?" Shui Xin said with a helpless sigh.
"Drill wood for fire?" you said it easily, but it's not easy to do!" Qi Dong pouted and said, "Why don't you show me your hand?"
"Haha, you powerful man finally has a request for me. Shui Xin showed a bright smile, "It's okay if you want me to help you, but I also want to eat fish." ”
Qi Dong quickly understood what she meant, and said with a smile: "No problem, I'll catch a few more big ones, and we'll eat them together when the time comes." ”
"Okay, then let's compare whether you catch the fish first, or whether I will light the fire first. Shui Xin also replied with a smile.
After deciding on the matter, the two immediately went their separate ways, Qi Dong stuffed the remaining fish meat in his hand in a few bites, took a deep breath and plunged into the water again.
After having the first experience, Qi Dong caught a lot of fish, and caught three big fish in less than half an hour.
After going ashore, he looked around and saw that Shui Xin was busy working under a big tree not far away, so he walked towards it with the fish in his hand.
"Haha, I won!" Walking up to Shui Xin, Qi Dong said with a laugh, and then put the three big fish in front of her.
"Hmph, God is not on my side, if it weren't for the fact that the wood was a little damp, would you be able to win?" Shui Xin said with a half-breath and a half-smile, and in the open space in front of her was facing a bird's nest-like fire primer, holding a finger-thick and pointed wooden stick in her hand, and was rubbing vigorously on a slotted wooden board, but no matter how she rubbed it, the small hole in the wooden board did not even come out of a trace of smoke, let alone Mars.
"By the way, why don't you go to the camp to drill the fire and pick such a remote place?" Qi Dong asked suspiciously, this place is several hundred meters away from the camp, and there are big trees to block it, if you don't look carefully, it will be difficult for people to find it.
"Hey, you've only caught three fish, is it enough for ten people?" Shui Xin asked rhetorically.
Qi Dong thought about it after hearing this, and felt that what Shui Xin said was also reasonable, grilling fish next to the camp would definitely be discovered by others, in that case, they would definitely be embarrassed to eat alone, if the three fish were divided by ten people, they would not want to eat a full stomach.
"Qi Dong, go back and put on your clothes, and then call Chen Hao over. Shui Xin glanced at Qi Dong's body wearing a pair of boxers, and said with a slightly red face, "Don't tell anyone else." ”
Hearing this, Qi Dong was also embarrassed, and immediately turned around and ran towards the camp.
At this moment, the people in the camp had basically gotten up and left the wooden house, Chen Hao was washing his face by the river, and the others were stretching their waists and walking towards the banana grove.
After getting dressed, Qi Dong walked up to Chen Hao and whispered in his ear. When the latter heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he swallowed his saliva fiercely, and then the two of them walked towards Shui Xin together while others were not paying attention.