For safety reasons, I quietly climbed up an arbor with dense foliage, and I removed the dense foliage. Pursuing the rustling sound, and finally found the source of the sound, I took a closer look, cold sweat broke out, and my hair stood upside down!
Wild boar!
Big wild boar herd with fangs.
It was a group of wild boars, about a dozen big and small. As the saying goes, one bear, two tigers and three wild boars. Damn it, when you encounter this kind of thing, it is not easy to have a gun, let alone with your bare hands. It's better to avoid it.
Some islands only have wild goats and boars, which is actually easy to explain. The first situation is that it is relatively close to the land, and they come by swimming. In the other case, it was stocked on the mountain by passing ships. In the great nautical era, in order to eat fresh meat, seamen usually distributed goats and wild boars on the island. When they passed by again, they would hunt for food to ensure the freshness of the ingredients.
With the uncertainty of navigation and the frequent occurrence of shipwrecks, some islands in the deep Pacific Ocean have survived many wild domestic animals, which have multiplied and continued to grow.
The boar is famous for rampaging, just like a heavy tank, everywhere in chaos. This kind of thing is very spiritual and fierce, and beasts such as wolves and tigers dare not approach easily by themselves. The dense mountains, rushing into them, had no choice but to avoid them temporarily.
I waited for a long time before these guys groaned away. I dared to go down the tree and picked up some dry wood at random around and went back.
The bear meat is already cooked, and there are some wild potatoes. The small bowl contains the bear meat with coconut shell, and a few chopsticks are cut. A scent of fragrance wafted, perhaps because of wandering for too long.
I also don't care about the appearance. The bear's meat is thick and solid, like dried ham, but with a fishy smell, like a concentrated essence that is a hundred times better than that of cattle and sheep. Even though a large amount of pheasant, lime tree, mountain ginger, mountain pepper, and big wood ginger have been mixed in, the taste cannot be concealed.
The unique original flavor comes from the birds and beasts that the greedy black bears in the forest once ate, the sweet wild fruits and rancid residual meat, which are refined over time through muscle exercise and fat protection. It is also the first time that I ate this food, and I can drink it for a while later.
Have a full meal and sit down for a while. We must continue our work in the afternoon to ensure future rations. I arranged the next task for Xiaowan and Xiaoxiao.
I asked them to yard the stones beside the small waterfall in front of the cave. I was responsible for picking up suitable stones from the stream and letting them rise up. I found an area and thought it was a dam. The waters are relatively calm.
Xiaowan opened his eyes wide, and said dumbfounded: "Brother Xiaoxia, shall we take a bath around the dam? Although the water yesterday was not deep enough, squatting down is enough!"
I suddenly felt that she was extremely innocent, and her eyes were crystal clear. She couldn't help but sneered and said with a chuckle: "Don't be afraid of the fish bite, just wash it inside." The small bowl pretended to be angry as soon as it was heard. , Grabbed Xiaoxiao's arm, beat it lightly with his hand, and stared at me with wide eyes.
"My little official, this is for pretending to be fish, not for bathing." I looked at her with a puzzled look on her face. I really didn't know that in the legend, that majestic and majestic her had such a stupid side. "Okay! When we surround the dam, you will understand the principle here!" Xiaowan stomped angrily, waded into the water with a smile, ignored me, and moved the stone by himself.
"You build a strong base around you and add a few more layers to the periphery. I'll cut some tree poles to make a hole and try to do it before dark." After that, I took out the Qingming sword and left a dagger by the stream, and explained. : "Little bowl, you are superb martial arts, keep this dagger, be careful around!" She was angrily and ignored me at all.
Not long after I walked, I saw a small forest. There were many small trees with thick arms, each of which was about four or five meters high. If cut down and weaved into a wooden stick board. There are wild boars here. The house has not been built these days, so I can only use these to make a temporary door and block it at the entrance of the cave at night. I have learned this kind of gate from some old hunters in the Northeast. Animals like wild boars generally have difficulty breaking through this kind of fence gate.
The opening of the cave is two meters wide. I roughly estimated a tree about ten centimeters. It would need seventeen or eight trunks as high as two meters. There are gaps in the door because of the binding of the rattan, so that the door made is big enough and strong enough.
My luck is much better than Master Bei and Master De. At least I have a sword that cuts like mud. In fact, it is very inefficient to use stone axes and seashells to cut trees like they did. A large number of polished stone tools were unearthed at the Hemudu site in Yuyao. The archaeologists copied several stone axes, and it took three full days to chop down a tree the size of a bowl. This shows that the railing-style building of Hemudu is a huge project.
I faced the tree trunk and started cutting down from under each tree. Although the Qing Ming Sword was sharp, the blade was still too long and narrow, so I cut a gap on one side first, and waited until every small tree was cut down to a circle. At two-thirds of the time, he retreats ten meters, and then runs to force, like fighting with the enemy on the battlefield, flies up and kicks up. In this way, unnecessary missing blades and broken blades can be avoided.
In less than three hours, I knocked down a lot of trees, then smoothed them with a dagger, and carefully tied them with rattan. I lifted four or five trees on my shoulders at a time and carried them to the entrance of the cave.
When I returned to the creek, Xiaowan and Xiaoxiao had already surrounded the pit and beautifully. The girls were meticulous and beautiful in their work. They were so tired and sweating that they sat by the stream to rest, put their feet in the stream, and laughed wildly at me.
Smiled and looked at me strenuously and said: "You rarely do physical work? Then let's help you move the wood? "Indeed, this period of floating quickly dried my body, but I was still very successful. I scolded, "Your sister, who wants your help?" But he said, "Well then! You have to be careful, one at a time is enough!"
As expected, the two of them hugged each other one by one at the entrance of the cave. Not to mention, with their help, my work progress has sped up a lot.
It took about half an hour to finally move all the wood back. I cut a lot of flexible cane to use as the rope for weaving the sticks. In order to make the created gate stronger and not easily broken by the beasts, I cut grooves on each wood so that the horizontal and vertical intersections can bite each other, and then use the rattan to firmly bind each intersection.
I used a wooden stick to measure it horizontally and vertically, and made a portrayal, and it really fits the size. But the weight of this door is heavier. While erecting the door hole, I used a dagger to chisel a shallow nest in each stone to inlay the two wooden pivots on the edge of the wood, so that the door can be rotated freely after it is installed.
With the concerted efforts of the three of us, the heavy door was finally erected and placed at the entrance of the cave, just the size of it to cover the entire cave.
I chose a thicker branch, dug a shallow hole in it, and used it against the gate in the middle of the night.
When I got everything right, the sky was getting dark. For safety, the seabirds on the island always return to their nests as early as possible. We also had to enter the cave early, so we took the day-dried wormwood and bear skin into the cave, and after lighting a torch in the cave, it was also warm and felt at home.
I collected all the bear meat that had been sun-dried for a day into the cave, and then added some freshly chopped wet wood to the fire, then cut a few large pieces of animal meat with a dagger, and lifted it over the thick smoke. This is also a method of grilling bacon, which is a way to preserve meat as much as possible. It is relatively simple, but very practical.
Although we live in a cave, we can only feel safe enough when we wait for the entrance of the cave to be blocked by the thick stick door and sit around the bonfire. This is the same reason that cats like to drill boxes.
The bear meat was cooked quickly. I used a dagger to cut the food into many small pieces. Everyone enjoyed it with gusto.
At this time, Xiaowan said angrily: "Brother Xiaoxia, you said you would explain the role of the dam to me! Humph! Why don't you say it, you are a liar!"
I can't laugh or cry. Is that why he ignored me? It’s no wonder that one afternoon with a tiger face, so I told her the principle in detail: "This kind of dam is similar to a crab cage. The entrance of the catching tool is equipped with undersides, and crabs can only enter but cannot exit. Our dams also have similar openings. Once the fish swims in, they can’t get out. We will catch them here, just like catching turtles in an urn!"
"In addition, we only need to close the urn. There is a natural water tank inside, and these fish are completely enclosed." At this point, I made a gesture and smiled slightly.
Xiaowan snorted, and finally died down completely. She and Xiaoxiao spread the dry wormwood neatly, spreading the soft bear skin on it, and lying on it was much more comfortable than last night.
It's still early, and I can't sleep for a while. I went out and picked up some rattans that were not used during the day. I sat by the fire and planned to make a basket.
Generally, weaving baskets are made of bamboo sticks, rattan sticks, and willow branches. It's more flexible and durable. Of course I can't make a very detailed one. But it's simple, it can still be done.
I am engrossed in knitting the basket. At this time, the door hadn't closed, but my sense of security in the dark, but as it got dark, my whole person's anxiety suddenly increased a lot. After all, I closed the door, and immediately let go of my vigilance, and my whole person began to feel groggy, shaking my head, and I was about to fall asleep.
I don't know when, Xiaoxiao ran over and took my arm and helped me up. I was so dizzy that I let them go. I slept at the very side. I was so sleepy. When my head touched the mattress, it was as if I had been drugged and fell asleep...
Tiredness is like a beast, constantly tossing in my mind, rolling in my brain... Before going to sleep, I habitually glanced at the solid door again, thinking of the beast, absolutely can’t rush away. As soon as the thought of opening the door came up, it was like a huge boulder unloaded, and he fell asleep until dawn.
Everything is fine tonight, everyone slept well, this wooden door is too valuable.
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