Actually, Wang Nan didn't mean to tease me. She was afraid that there were too few coconuts and I was reluctant to drink it. The so-called shared joys and sorrows, in fact, she said that because she cared about me.
Thinking of this level, I was moved again, and even a little sad! We have actually reached such a point, this bitter coconut milk has become mutual humble treasures...
No, I have to find a way to get some fresh water! I looked at the objects around me, and then recalled what was on the island, and suddenly I had an idea!
To desalinate seawater, distillation is the best way to get some fresh water to drink! However, to make distilled water, the first problem is that there is no fire!
I rummaged through the entire boat. There were no matches or lighters! I smoked myself, and there was a lighter in my pocket, but when I changed my diving suit, I kept it in the store, and I didn't have it at all!
So, I can only think of one of the most primitive ways to make fire!
I hurriedly took the claw hammer and wrench and came to the fallen coconut tree. With these two unhandy tools, I beat the belt for a long time before getting a piece of wood! Fortunately, this coconut tree has fallen down for a long time, and the tree body has been a bit rotten, otherwise I don't have an ax and a saw, and I can't get it down.
Then I went to the bush again and found a straight and sleek branch, probably a bit thicker than my thumb, and I was ready to drill wood for fire!
I first sharpened the head of the branch and made an auger, then made a small hole in the big piece of wood, then aimed at the small hole, and started rubbing the homemade auger with both hands!
At the beginning, I worked very hard, but later my arms became sore, and the wood underneath didn't react at all! Moreover, I am more and more suspicious, can this kind of light a fire? It's impossible!
Could it be said that the knowledge we have learned in textbooks since childhood is actually deceptive? Didn't primitive people make fire in this way at all? I can see it right now. If this trend continues, even if my arm is tired and broken, it will not catch fire!
I finally gave up and sat on the ground, trying to remember the relevant knowledge that I had seen and touched. Wang Nan is also on the side, thinking hard just like me.
Suddenly, I thought about it! I remember watching a TV show called Survival in the Wild before. Moreover, he used a special way!
After thinking about it, I quickly went to the bush again, found a medium-thick, long branch, and asked Wang Nan, "Is there a rope?"
"Is this all right?" Wang Nan took the bark rope woven just now and handed it to me.
I took it, tried it, and found that the rope was too hard. Then, I began to think about where to find a softer rope? It’s fine if you wear shoes, you can use shoelaces, but when we came, we were wearing feet
Webbed, shoes are stored!
What will be softer... By the way! I thought of this, and got up to take off those beach shorts!
"You... What are you doing!" Wang Nan covered his eyes and turned his head.
"It's okay, I want to stretch out the rubber band inside!" I quickly explained.
When Wang Nan heard what I said, he turned his head and blushed a little. "Why do you want rubber bands?"
"I'm going to be a bow!" I explained.
"Working? What work?" Wang Nan obviously didn't understand.
"Bow! The bow of a bow and arrow!" I didn't explain much, and quickly took off the beach shorts, then opened a hole with a knife, and stretched the rubber band inside from the waist.
After that, I worked hard to bend the branch that was neither thick nor thin into a semi-circular arc, then stretched the rubber band, and fastened it tightly to the two ends. In this way, a simple bow was made.
Wang Nan was at a loss at this time, but she could see it. I made a bow, but didn't know what I was going to do.
I didn't explain much, and then I started to find a very important thing, that is cotton wool! Because I recalled that the man on the TV at that time put cotton wool into the hole in the wood, because the cotton wool is more likely to be ignited!
But where does the cotton wool come from this desert island? I have been thinking hard for a long time, but I have no idea!
"Xiaoxin, what else do you need?" Wang Nan asked caringly when he saw me pondering for a long time and still looking around.
"Cotton, but..." I said regretfully.
"Oh... I have a way... Then what? You need wood, dead leaves, etc. to make a fire. Go get some more, don't catch the fire for a while, there is no fuel!" Wang Nan said as if suddenly wanting to push me away. .
"What can you do? Can you get cotton wool?" I asked nonchalantly.
"Oh, go now!" Wang Nan pushed me away and said impatiently. I was puzzled and held the tool again. I went to the location of the dead tree without thinking. It took a long time to get a lot of wood and collect a lot of coconut leaves before returning to Wang Nan’s position. .
As soon as I came back, I saw Wang Nan had already stuffed a bunch of white cotton wool into the hole in the big piece of wood!
"Huh? Nannan, where did you get it?" I was surprised, but also curious. Wang Nan’s body is almost the same as mine. They are all wearing wetsuits. There is at most underwear or close-fitting clothing in them...
Thinking of this close-fitting clothing, I suddenly understood! I know where Wang Nan got the cotton wool! Immediately, I subconsciously looked at the position of her chest, smiled and said, "Oh... with cushions!"
"What kind of pads! They are... but they are genuine..." Wang Nan quickly denied and said this.
Sentence. But as soon as the words were spoken, she regretted it, consciously failed to speak, and became shy again.
"It's genuine...what?" I deliberately teased her and asked.
"Oh, why are you so annoying! Hurry up and make a fire!" Wang Nan urged me by beating me again.
I smiled and blocked a few large leaves beside the fire scene to prevent the sea breeze from being too strong, and then wrapped the bowstring of the simple bow, which is the rubber band, on the auger, and then align the auger with cotton wool. Hold the top of the auger with one hand, and pull it back and forth with the simple bow with the other hand!
"Oh... This bow is so used!" Wang Nan suddenly realized from the side.
Indeed, using a bow to pull back and forth can save more effort than rubbing the auger with your hands, and it can also ensure the speed of the auger's rotation. Only in this way, it is possible to gradually increase the friction of the cotton wool underneath and reach the ignition point!
However, the material is still too crude, and I tried it for a while but no success. In the middle of the journey, I was a little anxious and pulled out of the wooden auger. I slammed my bow to the ground, feeling dejectedly that there was no hope.
"Xiaoxin, don't worry, take your time, I think this method will work!" Wang Nan persuaded me and encouraged me.
With her encouragement, I cheered up again. This time I was cautious and not anxious, pulling the simple bow back and forth carefully, while Wang Nan was on the side, carefully observing the movement of the cotton wool.
Suddenly, Wang Nan exclaimed: "Smoke is coming! Speed up!"
I watched it in response, and indeed a faint smoke wafted from the wooden hole. When I was happy, I quickly accelerated the speed of drawing the bow, and the auger spun back and forth quickly!
In this way, after a while, the smoke got bigger and bigger. Wang Nan hurriedly leaned aside and gently blew air to the root of the auger. We worked together, and the cotton wool inside finally ignited a faint flame!
I quickly stopped, picked up a piece of dead leaf, and slowly lit it on the small flame of cotton wool, and then continued to add dead leaves to it, and the flame slowly grew bigger and bigger!
After that, while adding dead leaves, I put a few large pieces of wood on top of the flame to form a pyramid shape. After about 10 minutes, these pieces of wood were finally ignited!
"It succeeded! Nan Nan, we succeeded!" I jumped up excitedly, picked up Wang Nan casually, and threw her into the air! She was so scared that she screamed, and quickly asked me to let her down!
However, when I put her down, her face was full of happiness and joy! This is the first time I have picked her up like this, and she is a bit shy again.
Of course, shyness is not the main emotion, but more joy. Looking at the blazing flame, we have the hope of living! (End of this chapter)