Chapter 25 Digging a Trap
Food is still very important, and you also have to go to the sea to get some salt. Secondly, the temperature inside the cave needs to be much cooler than outside.
As a grown man, I feel a little cold, so the three women will be even colder. We need to think of some ways and get some things that can protect us from the wind and cold.
I stewed the remaining shell meat from yesterday with water again, took a hasty bite, and then started to order a few people to get busy.
Xu Wei and Xiao Qiang stayed on the mountain, picked up dead branches on the mountain, and then simply cleaned the cave.
I took Wang Xiaoxiao down the mountain, first picked some fruits, and then caught three fish at the beach.
Then continue to transport branches up the mountain.
After working hard all morning, the simple door of the cave is finally ready.
Although the air is still leaking everywhere, it is finally covered.
In the afternoon, I started to build a tree bed and went to the woods to collect a lot of dry grass. I placed it at the entrance of the cave to dry in the sun and spread it on the tree bed. It became softer.
Some girls were shy and forced me to make partitions to separate our sleeping areas, which really gave me a headache.
At night, I actually found a few nests of bird eggs in the woods. I picked them up and cooked them in instant noodle cups. I ate the eggs and turned them into rare things.
Xu Wei was reluctant to eat, so she only ate one and gave the remaining two to me.
"Brother Zhao, you have worked really hard to take care of us during this period. Although these eggs are a little small, they are still very nutritious. If you eat more to conserve your strength, you can take better care of us!"
When Xiao Qiang heard what Xu Wei said, she also handed her bird eggs to me.
"Xu Wei is right. Now that the three of us are pointing at you, you really need to eat more to supplement your nutrition."
I feel warm in my heart when I look at these women who depend on each other for their lives.
"How can I, a grown man, be so squeamish? If I eat these few eggs, I won't have the strength to protect you. You should all eat them. As long as you are healthy, there is nothing better than less trouble for me.
All strong."
You pushed me for a few eggs, but in the end I forced Xu Wei and the others to eat their share.
The bonfire was warm, and the entrance to the cave was blocked by a hedge. This night was the most peaceful night we slept on this desert island.
Early the next morning, after eating grilled fish, I decided to go out today and dig some traps under the mountain.
First of all, if any animal really wants to go up the mountain, then the trap is our first insurance.
Secondly, if an animal really fell into the trap, it would be the animal that brought it to our door to feed us.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Just as we were told, we went down the mountain, dug deep holes bit by bit in the soil around the mountain, and put up branches and grass as cover.
After we were all done, I took a few of them to the sea to catch fish.
The tide came up last night, and the things on the beach became richer.
It was not easy to go up and down the mountain. In the end, we worked hard all afternoon and packed a large bag full of shell meat and small squid with my clothes, and also caught several large stranded fish.
I went back and washed all the shells and uneaten fish and dried them on the top of the mountain in case of emergency.
In the evening we gathered around the campfire and chatted, as if we were back at the company again.
I had a dreamless night, and before dawn the next day, I suddenly heard bursts of howling coming from the bottom of the mountain.
Several girls were also woken up and looked at me in confusion.
I came out of the cave and looked down the mountain, and I saw that the grass on the dangerous spot we dug yesterday had collapsed.
I was overjoyed, something had been caught!
I took the sharp stick I had repaired at night and carefully went down the mountain.
The situation in the trap was unclear, so I didn’t dare to go down rashly. I lay on the rocks halfway up the mountain for a long time, and then I vaguely saw a dark thing inside the cave that was moving up and down.
Channel.
After more than an hour, the thing seemed to be tired from tossing, but it still howled, as if it was looking for its companions for help.
This is a troublesome thing. If it really calls out a few companions, won't the camp we finally found have to be abandoned like this again?
So I quickly picked up a stone from the side and threw it into the trap.
The thing inside suddenly howled when I beat it, and then I saw it start to twist its body even more crazily.
I am very thankful that even though we are in extremely short supply of tools, I still dug this trap very deep yesterday.
They also bought a lot of pointed branches inside to make sharp weapons. This beast was tossing around inside like this, and by now he was probably riddled with holes from those branches.
If it keeps tossing for a while, it's probably not far away from death. I just need to sit here and wait.
After more than an hour, there was no movement in the trap.
I carefully went down the mountain and threw two more stones into it.
After confirming that there was indeed no sound inside, he took the branch and pushed aside the dead leaves that were still somewhat obscured.
What I saw inside was a four-legged animal that looked like a pig but was not a pig.
It was already lying inside, covered in blood, and was probably dead.
I called a few women over, carefully stepped out of danger, and took a look, only to find that this thing actually had four tusks, which was more terrifying than a wild boar, and it was fat and looked delicious...
Using the principle of leverage, we tried our best to pull this thing up. Xu Wei, who had been afraid to look at it, frowned and took a look.
"This seems to be a deer and dolphin. I've seen it on TV. This kind of animal has very poor eyesight. It probably just came back from swimming in the sea and fell into a trap."
Deer or dolphin?
I have never heard of this stuff, but Xu Wei is a top student, so there is no need to lie to me.
And now I don’t even want to know what it is or whether it can be eaten.
Afraid that the smell of blood would attract wild beasts, I dragged this thing to the beach.
Several women came over to help, and they could unload it very quickly with a knife.
Finally, the meat was marinated in sea water before being roasted in the cave and dried in a cool place, hoping to make some bacon.
We originally thought that life would be very difficult for us who were short of food and clothing and were kicked out by Bai Wei, but we didn't expect that our little life would become a little bit more prosperous!
The meat hung in half of the cave. I was originally worried that there would be no food, but now I no longer have to worry.
I brought back a lot of seawater from the sea, boiled some coarse salt with the instant noodles cup, filtered the coarse salt with Xu Wei's bra, and then ground it into salt powder with stones.
The meat in the evening was particularly delicious.
Now that food and accommodation have been taken care of, the next thing that needs to be done is to prepare more supplies and tools.
For example, we don't have a bowl for eating, so we need to find some larger shells instead.
Also, we have been on this desert island for so long. Apart from the bowl of rice porridge we drank at Bai Wei’s place that day, we no longer have any carbohydrate or starch intake. This must also be taken seriously.
Chapter completed!