Chapter 102 Salt making
When Chen Zhe heard that not eating salt would cause big neck disease, Yan'er nervously covered her fair and beautiful neck.
"Brother Chen, we have to find a way to get some salt..."
The little girl said worriedly.
"Of course."
Chen Zhe didn't expect Yan'er to care so much about her image, and comforted her with a smile,
"Don't worry, we are an island here, surrounded by the sea, and the sea water contains a lot of salt. For those living by the sea, salt is the most surplus resource."
After listening to Chen Zhe's explanation, Yan'er felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good..."
Then he blinked his big eyes and thought for a while, Yan'er tilted her head and said, "But Brother Chen, although there is salt in the sea water, do we still have to precipitate the salt?"
"Yes." Chen Zhe said, "This involves making salt. We only have sea water but not, and we have to make out the salt in the sea water."
Yan'er was so upset that she asked this girl to cook and cook, but it was too difficult to make salt. She had never learned it before.
"Brother Chen, do you know how to make salt?" Yan'er asked nervously.
Chen Zhe had a relaxed expression and nodded with a smile: "I did my homework before coming and knew some simple salt making methods."
In the days after his rebirth, Chen Zhe was not idle. Since he was here to survive in the wild, of course he had to make more preparations.
As a two-life rebirth, Chen Zhe has a very stable personality. Salt making can be said to be a compulsory course for survivors who survive on an island. Of course, he had learned about it in advance.
Yan'er was very happy to hear that Chen Zhe had a way to make salt.
"Brother Chen, you are awesome."
She gently hugged Chen Zhe's arm and said sincerely.
Chen Zhe patted Yan'er's back of her hand and began to think about the next process.
Judging from the current temperature on the island, these wolf meat will be stored for up to three days. After three days, the wolf meat will deteriorate and rot.
It takes at least one day to make salt. After all, it takes care of the wolf meat on fourteen wolf bodies, and this demand for salt is very large.
It takes two or three hours to get from the camp to the beach, and it takes at least half a day to go back and forth. In other words, it takes only one and a half days to make salt at the beach and then return to the camp.
"Well... if we want to make salt, it's better to set off now." Chen Zhe said firmly after thinking.
Yan'er was a little surprised. She looked at the sun that was already setting in the west and asked, "Brother Xiao Chen, are you going to the beach now? It takes two or three hours to get from here to the beach. Isn't it going to be dark when I get to the beach?"
"Yes." Chen Zhe nodded, "We must take advantage of the darkness and rush to the beach to raise a bonfire before it gets dark, spend the night by the beach tonight, start making salt early tomorrow morning, make salt at dusk and come back...
In this way, you can try not to waste wolf meat. Otherwise, if you delay one more day, you will probably not have time to braise wolf meat."
After hearing this, Yan'er nodded. She knew that Chen Zhe's calculation was correct.
If they don't set out now, they will have to wait one more night. When they arrive at the beach tomorrow, it will be dark when they make salt. They will have to wait one night on the beach and come back the day after tomorrow. This will delay too long.
"Then let's set off now." Yan'er said decisively.
Fortunately, the more the island is, the fewer the beasts are, and there are almost no large animals near the beach, so if you spend the night on the beach, Chen Zhe and the others don’t have to worry about being attacked by beasts.
So it is enough for two people to bring salt-making tools and drinking water.
Chen Zhe carried the blood-drinking knife, carried the military kettle, and then carried it to the wooden barrel in the camp. This was all his equipment.
After thinking about it, Yan'er decided to roll up the wolf-skin blanket that was put on the bed in the wooden house and bring it with her so that she could spread it on the ground when she was sleeping by the beach at night.
After the two of them finished packing up, they closed the wooden door of the courtyard to prevent other beasts from stealing the corpse of wild wolves by following the smell. Then they walked along the way they came to the direction of the beach.
When Chen Zhe and Yan'er walked from the beach to the camp, they walked for a long time. It was because the two of them needed to observe the environment and find water sources, so they took a lot of detours.
Now it is much easier to walk back to the beach from the camp. Just walk in the direction of the sea. The road is downhill, so it is very labor-saving to walk.
A path that Chen Zhe cut out with a destiny knife had long been lost. A few days were enough to make the originally cut off vines and branches grow again.
Plants on the island grow rapidly, and a growth cycle is a few days.
A few hundred meters ahead of the camp was a dense jungle. Chen Zhe walked in front, whipping the blood-drinking knife while urging the bushes in front of him, driving away the insects and snakes hiding inside.
Yan'er followed behind, stepping on the path that Chen Zhe had opened up through the thorns, walking forward while curiously enjoying the scenery along the way.
When we first came, the two of us were inevitably nervous. In addition, we needed to find water sources and beware of beasts, so we walked in a hurry and didn't have time to take a good look at the island.
Now that she is revisiting her hometown, Yan'er is feeling much more relaxed, and she is full of magnificent scenery on the island, which makes her amazed.
"Brother Chen, this forest is so beautiful... Look at these leaves, they are as tender as jade, and the leaves in our city are not as tender as green."
Chen Zhe nodded gently and explained: "Yes, the air on the island is fresh, there is no haze, and dust pollution. Of course, the leaves should be more beautiful... In addition, because the island is located in the tropical zone, the sunlight is direct at this latitude, and the sunlight is more penetrating, and the leaves will appear brighter."
"So that's what it is..." Yan'er suddenly realized and nodded slightly, "I thought the environment here was just good, but I didn't expect that whether the leaves were tender or not had any relationship with the latitude."
"Of course it's related. In fact, in addition to leaves, the color of the sea water is also related to the latitude."
Chen Zhe smiled and said,
"Have you noticed one thing? Many tropical seas are very beautiful, with very clear waters, azure blue, and you can even see corals and fish in the sea. But some temperate oceans, the sea water looks gray, giving people a turbid feeling..."
Yan'er thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "It's true."
Chen Zhe said: "This is also related to light. The tropical areas are direct sunlight, so the visibility of sea water is higher, making the sea water clearer and lighter in color. The temperate areas are obliquely sunlight, and the visibility of sea water is worse, making the sea water look very turbid and gray in color."
After listening carefully, Yan'er couldn't help but pull Chen Zhe's arm and said, "Brother Chen, you know a lot. You even know the relationship between sea water and light."
Chen Zhe smiled and said, "I always like to read some strange popular science books, so I understand these."
But in fact, Chen Zhe lived twice, and then he had more knowledge reserves than ordinary people.
Chapter completed!