Surviving Endless Disasters

The setting sun reflected half of the sky and the sea red. After returning to the camp, Wen Zheng tiredly put down the bamboo basket and lit the fire on the earthen stove again.

Wen Zheng first went to collect the coconut shells filled with seawater. One day's exposure was not enough to evaporate the seawater and dry out the sea salt, but he couldn't wait any longer. He would try to boil some salt tonight.

Pressing his sore shoulders with clever strength, Wen Zheng sat in front of the earthen stove, occasionally adding some seawater to the coconut shells, waiting for the moment when crystals appeared at the bottom of the shells.

Chapter 28 The sound of the waves was transmitted to the brain by the ears. Wen Zheng woke up from his sleep and stared at the top covered by leaves. The sun shone on it, forming bright and dark shadows.

Wen Zheng completely emptied his mind and stared blankly for a few minutes before he sat up with his hands on the ground.

He didn't feel anything when he was lying on the ground. Now that he moved his body, he felt that many parts of his body were a little sore.

Wen Zheng frowned. Physical discomfort often makes people feel bad.

Yesterday he was lucky enough to find a bamboo forest, where he got bamboo shoots and bamboo rats, two kinds of food, as well as bamboo that could be put to many uses, but it also consumed a lot of physical strength.

The fire axe is quite heavy, and Wen Zheng has no other tools that can be used as a knife. Any work that requires a knife requires wielding an axe, which puts a great burden on the wrist.

There are some small scars on the fingers, which were accidentally scratched when handling bamboo.

On the way back, even if he wrapped his palms with several layers of banana leaves and padded his shoulders, he still couldn't avoid the damage caused by the rope. After a night, these places were a little red and swollen.

From the coast where the shelter is located to the gentle slope where the bamboo forest grows, Wen Zheng deliberately wrote down the countdown of the system when he went there, and it took nearly an hour to arrive.

When he came back, carrying a bamboo basket and pulling a bamboo raft, Wen Zheng could feel the weight on his back and hands gradually increasing, which meant that his physical strength was constantly being lost. The return journey took nearly three hours.

Being too tired will make people lose the desire to sleep. Wen Zheng stared at the salt-boiling bonfire until late at night, massaging his muscles with his hands, but these methods can only relieve fatigue but not completely eliminate it.

His physical condition was not very good, so Wen Zheng temporarily put aside the idea of ​​finding a new camp. Staying on a deserted island without medicine, he needed to take care of his body at all times and avoid the arrival of diseases as much as possible.

He wanted to lie down and continue to rest, but his hungry stomach disagreed with this idea and made a protesting cry.

Wen Zheng had no choice but to get out of the shelter.

This was the fourth day of survival on the deserted island. It was the first time that Wen Zheng got up so late. The sun had already shone, making the sea sparkle, and all the dew on the leaves evaporated.

There were still two pieces of wood that had not been burned in the earthen stove. Just put some dead leaves and grass on it, and with a light breeze, the flames would soon surge up.

Put the coconut shell filled with fresh water on the fire, add the chopped bamboo rat meat and bamboo shoots, then take out the bamboo tube next to it and shake it twice, and the white sea salt falls out.

The process of boiling sea salt is very time-consuming. Whenever the seawater is about to be boiled to half, new seawater is added to increase the concentration of the seawater so that more sea salt can be boiled at one time. Boiling to half is to prevent the utensil from breaking.

The process of seawater evaporation is relatively slow. Wen Zheng only added seawater three times according to the time. When the seawater is completely boiled and a little sea salt is exposed, cracks appear in the coconut shell as a utensil.

The coconut shell is not big, but the boiled sea salt is more than Wen Zheng imagined. He scraped it with a bamboo piece and put it into the bamboo tube. He was unwilling to give up the coconut shell used for boiling. He added fresh water to it, waited for the remaining sea salt to dissolve, and poured in a new coconut shell, which was used by Wen Zheng to cook dinner.

If the seawater in the sea area is relatively clean and not polluted by heavy metals, the boiled sea salt can be eaten directly.

Wen Zheng didn't know where the island was located. Just by looking at it with his naked eyes, he knew that the island was far away from human habitation. The shallow sea was very clear and blue, and it didn't look polluted. He had no other choice.

Sea salt is larger in grain than the ones used daily outside. The bitterness of sea water is because it contains a variety of salts, while the boiled sea salt is the crystal of sodium chloride, which has no bitterness of sea water, only pure salty taste.

The coconut shell on the earth stove was covered with a bamboo lid by Wen Zheng and was slowly stewing on the fire.

Wen Zheng came to the earth pit and washed his face with the not-so-clear fresh water. The skin on his face was obviously much rougher. The calluses on his hands rubbed against his face, stimulating him to cheer up.

Life on a deserted island is particularly rough. It's not until this time that I miss all kinds of modern daily necessities.

When Wen Zheng returned to the fire, white smoke came out of the small holes on the bamboo cover, and the food inside was almost stewed.

The fat of bamboo rat meat was roasted out during roasting, so there was no oil in the soup. The light red meat and yellow bamboo shoots rolled in the clear soup. Wen Zheng picked up the bamboo chopsticks and picked up the meat. After roasting and stewing, the meat and bones of bamboo rat meat were completely separated. It was indescribably tender when eaten.

The bamboo shoots were stewed soft and chewy.

The taste was improved a lot after adding sea salt. After taking another sip of the soup, the only word left in my mind was fresh.

After eating this brunch, time unknowingly came to noon. The sun was shining warmly, and Wen Zheng chose to go back to the shelter to rest.

Gently beat the waist and back, repeatedly massage the legs, and stand up and move the body from time to time. A row of coconut shells filled with seawater are drying on the beach, and seawater is also evaporating on the earthen stove. Since I decided not to go out to explore today, I will do the work of boiling seawater, which requires attention.

The sea salt in the bamboo tube gradually increases, and the soreness of the body gradually eases. I don’t know when the seawater surges up, the waves roll, beating the reefs on the seashore, and washing the white beach.

When the sun sets, the seawater begins to slowly recede, revealing the beautiful beach. Some seabirds returning from the sea fly back to their nests on the island, and some hover over the ocean, ready to get some food.

This is the phenomenon of high tide and low tide, which is the periodic rise and fall of seawater. There are two high tides and low tides every day, and the time of occurrence is different in different regions and different dates.

When the tide rises, the seawater will bring a lot of things, and when it leaves at low tide, it will leave these things on the beach. Some of these things are marine creatures, and some are garbage made by humans.

As the amount of things discarded by humans gradually increases, various plastic garbage and discarded materials arrive at various uninhabited deserted islands with the movement of sea water, covering the white and beautiful beaches and affecting the environment of the ocean.

However, for those who survive on deserted islands, these garbage becomes treasures.

However, the beach of this island seems to be an accident.

During the few days living on the island, Wen Zheng did not see any garbage from humans on the beach, only various creatures from the ocean.

He didn't know whether it was because of the special geographical environment of the island or for other reasons. He was a little regretful and kept the doubt in his heart.

At least he was on an island rich in resources.

There is a term in China called "catching the sea". Those who live by the sea have mastered the laws of the ocean and harvest seafood on the beach or reefs after the tide recedes.

The best time to catch the sea is the high tide on the first and fifth days of the lunar month, or when there is a strong sea breeze, the sea water will recede quickly and violently, and those slow-moving shellfish and seafood cannot keep up with the speed of the sea water leaving, so they are stranded on the beach.

Today does not meet these two conditions, it is just an ordinary low tide.

On the beach where the sea water receded, shellfish of various colors were dotted among them, and some green bamboos were particularly conspicuous.

That was a simple trap set by Wen Zheng before the high tide. Several pieces of bamboo were inserted on the beach to form a U-shaped structure.

The normal ebb speed is not fast, and most marine life can retreat into the water, but with these U-shaped bamboo tubes, marine life will be blocked from swimming in from the opening.

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