9 Chapter 9

Let go of distractions and get back to your great plan.

Yun sat outside her cave with her hands outstretched, her back facing the sky, her eyes closed. I kept silently reciting in my heart, "Abandon distracting thoughts, abandon distracting thoughts", don't hope every day that Tisuo will come, and don't expect Tisuo to give any new help every day.

"Gotta do it yourself." Ah Yun muttered to himself, taking a deep breath as he muttered to himself. Separated from Tisso yesterday after digging up bugs and rhizomes, Tisso wanted to send Ayun back to the cave, but she refused, and very strongly.

Although people can get a certain degree of comfort from cats and dogs, I am obviously not in such a place now, and I can't treat Tisuo as my own people, they are obviously not my own...... Ah Yun pressed his hand against his temple, as if using telekinesis. She was counseling herself at this time.

Feeling like crazy, Ah Yun opened his eyes and looked at the sky that was bright and clear to the point of blinding. At this time, there happened to be several huge creatures flying in the sky, not birds...... Somewhat like a pterodactyl? Ah Yun didn't know what the name of that dinosaur was, but it was pointy, and its wings were very huge and looked like gliders when unfolded.

After seeing these creatures gliding through the air, Ah Yun crawled back into the cave and hid. Ah Yun's head was facing the place where there was light at the entrance of the cave, and the entrance of the cave was like a small round picture frame, framing a small piece of the bright grass outside and showing it in front of Ah Yun's eyes.

She stared blankly at the painting, she had barely slept last night, and in the middle of the night there was the howling of strange animals and the sound of footsteps outside the cave, which made her tremble and seal the entrance of the cave with stones from the inside. How long will this life last? A few months, or the rest of her life.

When Ah Yun confirmed that the huge creatures in the sky were gone, she went outside again, and although her mind was still very chaotic, she still started her daily routine - lighting a fire. Because he had eaten a lot yesterday and this morning, Ah Yun felt more powerful.

Don't be absent-minded any longer, she sat down at her little workbench and began to prepare, today she was going to change the way, digging deeper and opening smaller, about the size of a fist. It is stuffed with dry fine pile, then a stone is placed, a flake of fire is placed on the stone, and then a layer of fine pile is spread around it.

In general, it was to completely wrap any place that might produce high temperatures, and after preparing the fire hole, Ah Yun carefully selected a wooden stick that was convenient for her to hold, and began to rub the fire piece vigorously.

The master's rubbing was an hour, during which he broke three pieces of fire. But Ah Yun is still energetic, on the one hand, she finds that making a fire will put her mind in a very comfortable state of stagnation, and on the other hand, she does not feel very tired.

Sure enough, I still have the strength to work when I am full! Ah Yun was sweating profusely, moved his arms and shoulders, and continued to bow his head and keep fighting with the sticks and chips.

"Oh...... Oooh! Oooooooooo!!oo All her efforts seemed to pay off, and after changing the eighth flake, Ah Yun smelled the smell of burning, not because she was too tired to have the illusion, because the slightest smoke began to rise from the fire hole.

What to do now?! The surprise came too suddenly, Ah Yun was a little hurried in an instant, and after a few times of snorting like a gorilla, she quickly remembered that she should blow on the fine fleece to help it ignite!

Ah Yun left and lay down, pouting and began to breathe into the hole, and the smoke became bigger and bigger, from the faint white mist at the beginning to light gray, and the burning smell became stronger and stronger...... Ah Yun was a little choked, but at this moment, the smoke did not smell bad to her, rounding it up to be the aroma of barbecue!!

However, no matter how hard Ah Yun tried, the fire cave was only smoking...... She didn't see any flames or sparks, she blew and continued to fill in the pile, but in the end she only saw the pile turn to dust.

Failed? Ah Yun felt that her jaw was sore, and after she filled the last pinch of fine wool into it, her whole body collapsed.

Smoked but didn't catch fire, failed...... But it doesn't seem to have completely failed. What went wrong? Isn't the fire trigger dry enough?

Ah Yun lay on his back on the grass, panting with exhaustion. She didn't break down, she was just calmly remembering what steps she had just gone wrong, and she did see some videos in her memory of seeing only smoke but no fire in the process of drilling wood for fire, but she couldn't remember how these people solved it in the end.

I regret that I just threw all the fine fleece into it, just like the feeling of kryptonite. She rolled around on the grass, letting out a mournful scream. I really want fire, those fat bugs must be better when they are roasted over fire, and not to mention that she really wants to eat hot things! Anything goes, as long as it's hot!

The matter of making a fire...... Later, the velvet had run out, and she had to find another time to prepare something more flamboyant. Ah Yun lay on the ground and rubbed her sore arm, and after recovering her strength, she took out all the food stored in the cave.

There are a total of 24 rhizomes of the plant that are often eaten, and they can be eaten for about three days. Rhizomes can be stored for a long time, so Ayun will not eat them first. She straightened the rhizome and set it aside.

There are about 60 strange little berries, red, green, and green. These were all brought back by Ah Yun when he was digging up the rhizomes, and Tisuo was watching by her at the time, and he did not stop himself from picking these things, which means that they are non-toxic.

Ah Yun plans to eat half of it, and try to dry the other half outside, so that it can be stored for a longer time.

Three succulent tree leaves, about the size of two palms, are as clear as aloe vera when broken. But this kind of fleshy leaves will be very thirsty when eaten, and Ah Yun doesn't know why, it stands to reason that the crystal clear part of the mesophyll inside will quench his thirst. She doesn't pick too much of this plant every time she sees it, first, it's easy to spoil, and second, the juice of this plant is a bit insect-inducing.

Tisso sent her a small stack of stinky flakes, 12 pieces. and some nut-like white hard kernels. These two foods can be stored for a long time just by looking at them.

Next last food ...... It's yesterday's highlight, the fat worm. She dug up a big bag and came back, but the bugs should be bad soon, and Ah Yun planned to eat them as soon as possible in the next two days.

"Well...... Two rhizomes per meal, a small half-handful of bugs, a little berry...... More blades. Ah Yun began to balance the daily meal, and finally Mei Zizi matched the amount that can be eaten for 3 days, and can be eaten for 5 days with a little saving.

Because of the addition of bugs, Ah Yun felt that his food range had expanded. Since this bug can be eaten, there is no reason why the others can't.

After lunch, pile up the sorted food back into the cave. Ah Yun came to the side of the cave with half a bag of small berries, where white stones stood tall, and she carefully selected a relatively flat and wide stone that would be exposed to the sun at about 1 p.m., and stacked the small berries neatly on it.

But the problem was that if she left the berries here, they would definitely be eaten by bugs or something. Staying here to dry the fruit would be a waste of time, and she was going to explore the bush area above the green slope this afternoon.

If only Tiso could help her keep the fruit......

What do you think!! Ah Yun raised his hand and slapped himself, didn't he just do a half-day psychological construction in the morning, don't always think that maybe Tisuo will help! You have to solve it yourself.

Ah Yun began to think about his hometown, where he would dry corn on the ground in the big yard every summer...... At that time, how did the people in the countryside prevent the corn from being bitten by rats?

Having a cat? Rat poison? Guarding every day?

I can't seem to refer to it. If you think about it, the easiest and safest way to do this is to start a fire and roast them into dried fruits.

There's no fire...... Ah Yun, who poked herself in the sore spot, hugged her head in pain and shook it, but on the bright side, she had successfully made the smoke come out today, and if she continued to improve, it would make the fire primer drier, or rather...... If you can get some grease, is it easier to start a fire?

Ah Yun's plan to make dried fruits was hindered, and although the idea was good, it was too difficult to actually operate, and after thinking twice, he put the dried fruits back in the cave. Let's try it again when we find a way to prevent insects and animals.

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All afternoon, Ah Yun explored the bush area, and she found a lot of strange fruits, and even encountered three slender insects half a man tall, which were entrenched in the bushes and waited for the birds to land, and when the birds came down to eat the fruits, they would poke out very terrible arthropods to pierce the birds.

When encountering these three insects, Ah Yun's first reaction was that he was dead. Surprisingly, the bugs were not interested in her, and even though the distance between them was only three meters, the bugs did not react, just raised their upper bodies and remained motionless in the bushes.

There is a possibility that Ah Yun is visually taller than them, so these bugs will not attack easily, and it may also be a smell? She couldn't say for sure, but if she didn't attack her this time, it didn't mean that she wouldn't next time, Ah Yun silently noted down this area in his heart, and decided to be more careful or simply avoid it when he explored next.

This expedition brought back a lot of things, thorny vines, very resilient slender leaves, and a large bundle of branches.

She was going to pluck the longer, harder thorns off the vine, and the slender leaves could be used to weave something, though Ah Yun didn't know how to weave...... But you have to give it a try! The twig was intended to be used as a small door to her cave.

Ah Yun carried the materials he had worked so hard to gather, and walked briskly towards the small cave.