Chapter 107 Digging a Salt Well
Sea cucumbers have the effect of nourishing the body, which is generally used by people who are weak or older.
Chen Zhe was in his prime and was a young man with a strong spirit. After eating sea cucumbers at his age, it was almost like adding fuel to the fire.
Chen Zhe woke up and felt unbearable, as if he had swallowed a stove and entered. He felt that he might be afraid of something unexpected happening when he hugged Yan'er, so he struggled to get up.
Unexpectedly, after he was so troubled, Yan'er was awakened by him.
"Well... I fell asleep accidentally."
The little girl rubbed her sleepy eyes and whispered.
"Yan'er, are you awake?"
Chen Zhe asked apologetically.
After all, he woke Yan'er up.
Yan'er nodded and sat up, looked at the moon in the sky, then looked at Chen Zhe again, then suddenly became stunned, pointed at Chen Zhe's nose and said, "Xiao Chen, Brother Xiao Chen... Why are you bleeding from your nose?"
"Um?"
Chen Zhe quickly wiped his nose and realized that he had bleeding from his nose.
Bright red blood flowed out, dyeing his fingers red.
"Oh... I probably got too much sea cucumber and got angry..." Chen Zhe said helplessly, "This thing is too much to make up for me, I will make it harder."
"What should I do?" Yan'er asked worriedly while coming over to help Chen Zhe with blood, "What should I do to calm the fire?"
"Forehead……"
Chen Zhe thought a little embarrassedly, and he did know a little about how to quench the fire.
After thinking for a while, Chen Zhe thought of a method: "I understand, exercise can relieve the fire."
"Do exercise? What kind of exercise? Do you need my help?" Yan'er asked naively.
Chen Zhe smiled and said, "No need, I can do it myself."
After saying that, Chen Zhe got up and picked up the blood-drinking knife and walked towards the beach not far away.
Now he urgently needs to vent all the power of the vast world in his body so that he can consume the firepower brought by eating sea cucumbers.
Yan'er didn't know what Chen Zhe was doing, so she was a little worried, so she got up from the blanket and followed Chen Zhe to the beach.
After walking to the beach, Chen Zhe waved his blood-drinking knife to dig a sand pit on the ground. The soil on the beach is relatively soft and it is easier to dig. In a blink of an eye, he had already digged out a very deep sand pit.
Yan'er was confused while watching from the side, thinking quietly in her heart—
"Why did Brother Chen suddenly dig a sand pit on the beach like a child? Could it be that he is still childish?
Or do you want to use this method to ward off the fire?”
Just when Yan'er was not sure about the situation, Chen Zhe had already completed the first sand pit. The sand pit was about one meter in diameter and one meter deep. It looked regular and didn't seem like it was dug out and was joking.
After digging the first sand pit, Chen Zhe immediately started digging the second sand pit next to him.
Yan'er couldn't help it and asked curiously: "Brother Chen, what is the purpose of digging these sand pits?"
Chen Zhe nodded and explained: "Yes, these sand pits are all useful. They are simple salt wells I use to make salt."
"Salt Well?" Yan'er's eyes were full of curiosity, and she asked again, "Do you want to use these sand pits to make salt?"
"Well..." Chen Zhe responded and continued, "There is salt in the sea water. If we want to extract this salt from the sea water, we have to find a container for the sea water, right?"
"Yes..." Yan'er said, then turned around and pointed to the wooden barrels in the camp far away, saying, "But I think the wooden barrels are containers for sea water."
After hearing this, Chen Zhe couldn't help laughing and shook his head and said, "Silly girl, how big is the barrel? How much sea water can it hold? The salt content in the sea water is about 3.5%, which means that only 3.5 grams of solid salt can be extracted from 100 grams of sea water. You can calculate it yourself and make salt enough to marinate those wolf meat. How much sea water should we consume?"
"This..." Yan'er calculated by counting her fingers, and finally gave up.
"It takes a lot of sea water!" she said in a high summary.
Chen Zhe smiled and admitted, "Yes, it takes a lot of sea water to train so much salt. The wooden barrel is definitely not enough, so I want to dig a sand pit."
Only then did Yan'er understand: "Dig a sand pit, use the sand pit to store sea water, and then practice salt directly from here, right?"
"Yes." Chen Zhe said, then said, "Also, there is no tide yet, and the sea water has not passed here yet. When the tide comes in midnight, the sea water will naturally pass through these sand pits and fill the sand pits with sea water. When the tide is reduced tomorrow, the sand pits will be full of sea water, which will save us the trouble of fetching water ourselves."
After hearing this, Yan'er was about to applaud Chen Zhe's wit.
"Brother Chen, are you too smart? I said why are you digging a sand pit here? It turns out that you want to use the principle of tides to flood the sea water."
Chen Zhe smiled and said, "Don't flatter me anymore. I'm more proud of you."
Yan'er smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? My brother Chen is so outstanding, can you not tell me?"
After saying that, the little girl squatted down and followed Chen Zhe to dig a sand pit with a hard shell, and said while digging: "I have eaten too much sea cucumber, and I also need to relieve the fire."
Chen Zhe knew that Yan'er was worried that he would be tired alone, so he took the initiative to help this time, so he handed Yan'er the blood-drinking knife, and used shells to dig sand.
The two of them worked together and soon dug out a row of neat sand pits on the beach.
After working for about an hour, the sea water gradually flooded up. Seeing that the rising tide had arrived, Chen Zhe hurriedly took Yan'er's hand and said, "Okay, we have to go back quickly. The rising tide has begun. At this time, the beach is more dangerous."
When Chen Zhe was just a little up, he didn't understand the situation in this area. If the tide waves on the beach were more urgent, it would be very likely to sweep people into the sea.
Therefore, you must leave the beach at high tide to ensure safety.
The two of them retreated to the camp hand in hand, sat by the bonfire and watched the tide quietly.
The surging tides came one after another, and the picture looked spectacular.
Late at night, there were already many stars in the distant night sky. Looking up, the stars in the sky were shining with glitter.
Unlike Chen Zhe's camp on the beach, there are no tall trees here, so you can easily see the entire sky and look up at the stars in the sky. Chen Zhe and Yan'er were both shocked by the beauty of nature.
"Brother Chen, the starry sky is so beautiful... When I was in the city, I didn't have the chance to see such a beautiful starry sky. The stars are either blocked by high-rise buildings or blocked by haze." Yan'er whispered.
"Yes, so this survival in the wilderness is also a good opportunity to get in touch with nature. Many magnificent scenes can only be appreciated in the wild." Chen Zhe said softly.
Chapter completed!