Chapter 38 Together
I found some hibiscus trees in the bushes by the sea, peeled off the bark with an axe and a knife, and prepared it for rope rubbing. In addition, I have cut some tender shoots and prepared to weave a fish basket so that I don't have to carry my clothes as a bag to carry those fish and sea shells.
The reason I went far away was because I didn't want to leave too many traces of activity near the cave.
When I saw an unknown tree covered with grease, I was overjoyed.
In the past few days, at night, the three of us had to hide in the cave, enduring the loneliness and fear brought by the boundless darkness. We are all people who grew up in the civilized world and have become accustomed to the bright lights at night. For the past three days, although I have been working at sunrise and resting at sunset, if there is a lamp to illuminate it, it will better dispel the emptiness of our hearts caused by being on a desert island.
So I took the bark back to the cave, and brought another box of canned food, and scraped off the resin that had a slight fragrance, and accumulated half a box.
I mixed the grease with charcoal ash and crumpled it into a strip of rubbing to make a wick, so that it became a candle. Although the resin flavor is a bit big, and the charcoal ash is heavy, it's much better than no shine at all.
Su Jin also looked very excited when she saw that I actually made candles, and a pair of beautiful big eyes looked straight at me, as if surprised by my ability. I was proud of it, but I didn't show it. After putting the candles to dry in the sun, I picked up the rod and pounded the bark.
I have to say that Su Jin's hands are very skillful. I don't know where she learned how to weave all kinds of utensils. Although her hand was blistered, after my treatment, it was already healed, leaving only two whitish dead skin on the palm.
When she heard that I was going to make a basket, she sat down beside me without saying a word, picked up the twigs and started to do it.
The branches came to life in her hands, and soon became the bottom of the basket, and then grew upwards into a basket like a jar.
"How big do you need a fish basket?" she asked me patiently, looking up and wiping the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand.
At that moment, I felt that Su Jin was so beautiful and gentle. The more determined I was to protect her.
Li Shanshan was sulking in the cave because I used her stockings to stuff spices. When she saw me and Su Jin working silently in the shade of the tree, she couldn't lie down anymore and climbed down.
"Mr. Su, the basket you made up is so beautiful. She leaned over to Su Jin and watched her weave the basket, glancing at me with the rest of her eyes.
"Shanshan, you come and help me rub the rope. I said to her.
"Hmph, no. She turned her head and snorted arrogantly.
I smiled, ignored her, and handed Su Jin a bundle of sorted hibiscus fibers.
"Shanshan, I'll teach you how to weave rope. Su Jin said knowingly, and handed the bundle of fibers to Li Shanshan.
Li Shanshan squeezed her eyebrows at me and grimaced, and then obediently braided the rope like Su Jin.
"Hey, it's too loose, rub it tight. ”
"You're not doing this right, first connect the fiber, or the rope won't be strong. I aimed at her as I smashed the bark.
"Hmph!" Li Shanshan wanted to do it angrily, but she was afraid that Su Jin would say that she would just throw me with a health ball and a health ball.
I laughed in my heart. But he held back and pretended to be serious.
Su Jin also knew that I was deliberately angry with Li Shanshan, and glanced at me with her eyes from time to time, with a rare smile on her face.
"Mr. Su's smile is so beautiful!" my heart pounded.