Chapter 50: Falling to the bottom
The sun was blazing for several days, and I was worried that I would not have enough fresh water and that I would have to endure thirst. I could have cut back on my water intake and try my best to get by. But I'm worried that Su Jin and Li Shanshan won't be able to hold on.
Now that it's raining, I'm starting to worry again. I'm worried that the rain won't stop for a while. The fire is extinguished, and you can only eat raw and cold things.
I am in good health, and even after I was discharged from the army, I have been exercising.
These days on a desert island, although the living environment is very harsh, because there is plenty of food, it is not a big problem. However, Su Jin and Li Shanshan have shown emaciation because they eat monotonous seafood all day long.
If it rains for 10 days and a half months, they may not be able to persevere! They are like beautiful flowers cultivated in greenhouses, once they are moved to the wild and experienced the wind and rain, they are likely to fall ill and die directly because they do not adapt to the environment.
That's what I've been worried about, too. Island life is not as easy and beautiful as some portrayal, and it is full of hardships and dangers. What's more, I'm also wary of the situation on that nearby island.
All night, I was half-asleep, listening to the movement outside.
During this time, I went down to the cave twice and collected all the rainwater I collected. Firewood and ammunition were also checked. To my dismay, the fire went out, and the dry firewood I had piled under the rocks was also wet from the rain. I can only hope that the rain will stop soon, because I still keep the fire in the cave with coconut shells, and the middle of the pyre will remain dry.
The goat had been lying under the cave to shelter from the rain, its fur wet from the rain and tangled together.
When it saw me come down, it bleated, as if expecting me to help it find a dry spot.
But the whole island wants to be soaked in water, and I can't take it into the cave.
Su Jin and Li Shanshan also couldn't sleep peacefully. Although the heavy rain meant that no one would come here to attack us, the thunder and lightning made us feel like we had fallen into the primordial and wild ancient world.
Li Shanshan clung to me, and I could see her frightened eyes glaring every time lightning swayed through the cracks in the wall into the cave.
She trembled and looked out in fear like a small animal, taking me as her only safe.
And Su Jin also tossed and turned, with a sad face. How to lie down is so uncomfortable, for her, the floor that was originally comfortable and flat has become difficult. A crack in a piece of wood, a knot in a knot would make her feel uncomfortable. In the end, she sat up and waited in the dark for dawn.
It was a difficult night. The rain showed no signs of small. The whole sky was still completely covered with lead-gray clouds, the rain was pouring down endlessly as if it didn't need money, the temperature of the sun could not shine through the thick clouds, and the wind blew and made us shiver from the damp state.
I asked Su Jin and Li Shanshan to wear everything they could.
"Let's eat something!" I took out a couple of dried octopus and motioned for them both to eat.
But Su Jin and Li Shanshan both shook their heads and said they had no appetite.
I tried to bite it, and the dried fish was tough and hard, like sun-dried leather. I soaked the dried fish in water, then cut it into small pieces with a shark knife and chewed it slowly in my mouth. Although the dried fish doesn't taste good, I need the energy contained in the dried fish to maintain my fitness.
Water is sufficient. But because there was no filtration and heating, we didn't dare to drink more. At this time, if you get sick and have diarrhea, it will be fatal.
If we say that being on a desert island is like falling into a deep cliff and suddenly landing on a small tree halfway up the mountain, we can still see a ray of sunlight on the top of the cliff and maintain the hope of life. But now our situation is like falling to the bottom of a cliff all at once, and there is nothing around us except poisonous snakes and beasts.