Surviving Endless Disasters

In fact, Wen Zheng did not hold out much hope. This method was very simple and there was no loss in trying it.

Wen Zheng inserted five U-shaped traps on the sea surface. The bamboo tubes of each trap were close together and deeply inserted into the sand.

It was very easy to insert into the sand, after all, the sand was relatively loose. However, this characteristic made the bamboo tubes not so stable. They could barely withstand the erosion of sea water, but they might collapse if they were hit by a slightly stronger force.

Wen Zheng walked towards the traps that were some distance apart with a bamboo basket in his hand. He glanced over and saw that the bamboo tubes of two of the five traps collapsed. Obviously, these two traps did not yield any harvest.

The next two traps did trap some shrimps, which were all put into bamboo tubes and baskets by Wen Zheng.

The last trap gave him a big surprise. There was a slender fish stranded in it. It was a sea eel.

Seabirds were pecking at the beach and reefs, not approaching the area where Wen Zheng was active. Wen Zheng certainly thought about how to catch a seabird, but it was impossible to catch it with bare hands, and it was not easy to set a trap. The seabirds that landed on the beach every day flew on the sea for a long time, and their wings were strong and powerful. Simple traps might be directly knocked over by them.

Another method is to shoot with a bow and arrow, so Wen Zheng needs to make a bow and arrow, and practice archery accuracy, which obviously takes a lot of time. He can try it when the island is completely settled.

Seabirds cannot be caught at present, but seafood is not difficult. There are often some small holes on the beach after the tide goes out. Those are the breathing holes left by some marine creatures hidden under the sand. As long as you dig along these holes, you can catch a lot of things.

Taking out the bamboo strips from the bamboo basket, Wen Zheng dug along, most of them are some relatively small clams and crabs.

There is no place for dinner today. He will go out to find a suitable camp tomorrow. Wen Zheng did not let them go and collected them all.

Wen Zheng squatted on the beach and dug more and more sand. He moved his feet and felt his feet hit something. He first noticed the scratch on the side of the shoe tip. He immediately touched it with his hand with heartache, and then he saw the culprit of the scratch on the shoe, which was a shell half buried in the sand.

Wen Zheng raised his eyebrows and felt that the matter was not simple. He picked up the shell that was almost as big as his face. There was a small octopus hiding inside.

Chapter 29 The sun rises from the other side of the mountain, and a new day comes.

Wen Zheng opened his eyes and woke up. He stretched out his hand and poked the green ball hanging in the air, and whispered: "Good morning."

That was the puppy he woven with banana leaves yesterday. He had no talent in this area and had not learned it. The result of his own exploration was that he woven a four-legged beast.

Rectangular body, round head, flat ears, four legs and even different thicknesses. Except for Wen Zheng, no one could recognize what it was.

This body has a strong ability to recover. After yesterday's rest, Wen Zheng became lively again.

He simply washed his face, picked up the slender branch he found, peeled it, and smashed one end with a stone. The fiber inside the branch was exposed and became a rough toothbrush.

He dipped the simple toothbrush in the bamboo tube filled with sea salt and began to clean his teeth.

In ancient China, willow branches and green salt were used to clean teeth. The fiber of the branch can clean the gap between teeth, and a small amount of salt can also kill bacteria and reduce inflammation. This method is more useful than chewing leaves.

This island is rich in resources, and it is not difficult to solve the problem of food and clothing. The difficulty is that there is no one to communicate with, and the long survival time.

Whether it is knitting a puppy or working hard to improve the quality of life, it is used to adjust Wen Zheng's mood.

The shells found yesterday were cleaned by Wen Zheng, and he replaced the coconut shells to take over the position of the pot. On the first day of taking office, he cooked two pots of clams and one pot of shrimp.

The two pots of clams cooked with sea water were taken out and dried, ready to be used as food for going out to explore.

The shrimps are not big, but when Wen Zheng saw them, spicy crayfish, garlic crayfish, local three-spice crayfish, iced crayfish… the tastes he imagined were enough to make him drool.

Unfortunately, he only had shrimps and no seasonings, so he could only boil or steam them, but these two methods could preserve the shrimp’s original taste.

Shrimp can only be eaten with your hands. After being boiled in fresh water, the red shell is removed by hand to reveal the white shrimp meat. Take a bite gently, and it is fresh, tender, elastic, and sweet, as if dancing on the tip of your tongue.

At most, a shrimp is gone in two bites. In a few minutes, more than two dozen shrimps have all entered Wen Zheng’s stomach.

Today is the second day of Shell’s tenure. Breakfast is the slender conger eel caught last night, which Wen Zheng raised in a bamboo tube with seawater.

Wen Zheng picked up the bamboo tube and saw the conger eel motionless inside. He shook it quickly and made sure that the conger eel had some reaction, but was a little depressed, so he was relieved.

Wen Zheng made a bamboo knife out of the old bamboo after chopping, baking and cooling. He couldn't use an axe for everything.

Use the bamboo knife to remove the head and internal organs of the conger eel, cut it into small pieces along the texture of the fish meat, and stew it in hot water.

Wen Zheng once ate eel slices cooked in soup. The slices were very thin and could be eaten after being boiled in hot water for a few seconds.

But that was a farmed river eel. Wen Zheng didn't dare to eat this wild conger eel like this. He stewed it for a long enough time before picking up a piece and eating it.

The meat of the conger eel is very plump and not very boney. The fish skin is full of collagen, and even the soup tastes fresh and sweet.

After a hearty breakfast, the sun has already crossed the mountains behind and is shining on this beach.

Wen Zheng was sensitive to the fact that today's temperature was higher than the previous few days. He did not have a thermometer that could measure the temperature, but he trusted his feelings and completed today's task as soon as possible.

Today’s task is to find a more suitable campsite.

Wen Zheng had two directions to look for, the mountains behind and the gravel mountains to the south.

The mountains and forests are large and it is easy to get lost. It may be difficult to find a suitable place in a short time, and there may be some dangerous beasts in the forest.

The Gravel Mountain and the Bamboo Forest are far apart in the south and north. If you live there, you will spend a lot of time on the way back and forth to the Bamboo Forest.

After yesterday's dinner, Wen Zheng, who was well fed, thought for a few minutes and made his decision.

It would be great to go to the Gravel Mountain first. If you can find a cave suitable for living, it would be great. If not, you can only find a suitable high place in the forest to build a house.

Taking advantage of the fact that the temperature was not too high now, Wen Zheng simply packed up everything. Before leaving, he walked into the shelter and took out the puppy woven from palm leaves. He tied it to the bamboo basket with a rope and lowered his head gently. He said softly: "This is the fifth day of survival on the desert island. We are going to find a new camp. I hope we can complete this task today.

" Wen Zheng carried the bamboo basket on his back and set off towards the south of the gravel mountain. He first crossed a large reef and took some edible shellfish from the reef and put them into a bamboo tube filled with sea water.

Fortunately I found bamboo, because some things are difficult to carry around.

If things don't go well today, these shellfish and those cooked clams will be today's lunch.

Try to walk under the shade of trees as the golden beach absorbs heat and the temperature gets higher and higher.

As you go south, the surrounding trees become sparser, the mountains become more gravelly, and the grassland that serves as the transition between the mountains and the beach also gradually becomes wider.

Wen Zheng saw other types of trees on the mountains, tall trees, short shrubs, and vines entwining them. However, Wen Zheng didn't recognize them. The only ones he recognized were banyan trees that were relatively far away and whose tall crowns could be seen.

Wen Zheng kept walking in an even position, and it took almost five minutes to reach the gravel mountain.

The hillside in front of us is relatively short, with some sunken stone pits, but the entrances are relatively small and not suitable for human habitation.

There is a flat grassland at the bottom of the mountain. The terrain of this grassland is higher. If there are not those large and small rocks on the mountain, it can also be used as a camp.