Good luck with koi carp

Chapter 110: Weaving Straw Shoes

After Chi Li successfully raised the fire, Jian Yuan also quickly handled all the ingredients, tied them into a string with straw ropes, and carried them back together.


"How to make it?" He asked whether he wanted to bake or boil the ingredients.


"The fish is grilled and the rest is boiled into soup."


Chili has placed the only stainless steel water cup they own in the center of the stove. It contains half a pot of fresh water. The water is boiling and bubbling. Just throw the seafood in.


"I'll pick up some more seaweed and put it in the soup."


Jian Yuan threw all the crabs, shells and the like into the stainless steel water cup, pierced the fish with a long branch, stuck it sideways next to the fire and let it bake slowly, then turned around and ran to the beach to pick up kelp.


This island is very clean. It may be far away from human life. Even the ocean currents cannot bear to bring pollution, so there is not even a trace of human garbage on the beach.


Although this makes it impossible for Chili and the others to find any useful marine garbage, it also means that after being far away from human destruction, the seaside here is quite rich in various natural resources.


The kelp floating all over the beach is one of them.


Nowadays, kelp has become one of the easiest foods for Chili and Jian Yuan to obtain, so even if there is no other harvest, they will not starve to death just by eating the kelp that floats ashore with the waves.


This is one of the reasons why the two don't worry much about the food they need to survive.


Chili sat next to the fire and watched the fire, turning the fish over from time to time. She thought Jian Yuan would come back soon, but she didn't expect to wait for a long time. When the fish was almost completely cooked, he held a fish in his arms. A large pile of washed kelp arrived belatedly.


"Why did you pick up so many?"


Chili couldn't help but look surprised when she saw that the other party's arms were almost completely submerged in kelp.


"I'm going to dry some kelp." Jian Yuan explained.


He took out one of the many kelps and asked Chi Li to tear it into pieces and throw it into the seafood soup. He hung the remaining kelp on a tree trunk a little further away, so that the fishy smell of the kelp would not reach them. A place to sleep will also allow the kelp to dry out as quickly as possible.


Dried kelp can be stored for a long time and is perfect as their food reserve.


People who don't have long-term worries must worry about the short-term. Even though the beach is now full of kelp, Jian Yuan is still worried that one day the kelp on the beach will disappear?


At that time, they will no longer have this fixed food source, and they will not be able to catch other food, but they will be hungry, so if there is still enough food, it would be better to store more.


Chi Li can understand Jian Yuan's thoughts, because she actually has this idea herself.


But her idea was not to hit the kelp, but the lush and resource-rich woods behind her.


The ocean is a huge treasure house, so why not the forest?

Of course, before they start busying themselves for future survival, they should first fill their current stomachs.


The grilled fish gave off an alluring aroma, and the seafood and kelp soup that had been taken off the stove also smelled of food. Without bowls and chopsticks, the two of them could only grab the grilled fish with their hands and stuff it into their mouths. Inside, they took turns drinking soup from stainless steel cups, drinking bowls of soup and dividing the boiled seafood inside.


This meal is not seasoned with half a grain of salt, but the light saltiness of the seafood itself still adds a bit of flavor to it, so that it does not feel like drinking plain water.


"But we still have to get some salt." Chi Li said to himself.


Regarding how to extract edible salt from sea water, Chili and Jianyuan actually didn't know much about it. Jianyuan still had some knowledge of chemistry in middle and high school, but Chili, who had never gone to school, didn't understand at all.


But it doesn't matter. She hasn't seen pigs running. Hasn't she eaten pork?

Thanks again to the Internet. When I was bored playing on my mobile phone, I saw a video of how others extracted salt from sea water. Chi Li now only relies on that vague impression, combined with Jian Yuan’s almost all of it has been returned to the teacher. With their theoretical knowledge, the two of them fiddled around and actually got them some edible salt.


Their steps are like this.


First, melt the sea salt previously distilled from seawater into fresh water again to obtain a bottle of saturated salt solution full of impurities. Then use a large leaf to cut a piece of suitable size and shape. It will be conical in shape, with a big head and a small bottom. Fill it in. Fine sand, plant ashes left over from the fire, etc., then seal the small opening at the bottom with a small piece of cloth cut from the edge of the clothes, pour the saturated salt solution from the wide tail, and go through various filters in the middle to remove impurities. After getting a large cup of relatively clean salt water, boil the salt water dry and you will have clean salt.


To be on the safe side, they also blended the filtered salt into fresh water again and filtered it twice and three times in order to obtain purer edible salt.


They didn't stop until the salt they finally obtained was as white as snowflakes, and carefully poured the hard-earned salt into Jian Yuan's small purse folded with leaves. The process was extremely cautious for fear of falling out.


In fact, neither of them is faithful to this method, nor do they have professional testing equipment, nor do they know whether the salt obtained from it is really edible, but it is impossible for people to go without salt for a long time, and both of them have fallen into At this point, there is no time to worry about anything.


No matter what happens, eating this kind of filtered and purified salt is better than drinking sea water directly.


The two of them spent most of the day just purifying salt. They were so tired that they didn't want to go foraging for food at night. They simply picked up a few kelp and cooked it. After dinner, they went into the residence to sleep.


It is worth mentioning that today Chili found a few more big leaves to make a 'bed', so they don't have to be stung by hay when they sleep tonight.
Jian Yuan found some hay and came back, then bent and folded a large leaf. He didn't know how he did it, but he actually folded it into a pillow-shaped thing with hay in it and the edges. Use a knife to punch holes in the hole and fasten it with straw rope to make a small leaf pillow.


He made two of the same small pillows and gave one to Chili. Chili tried it tonight and felt that it was not very comfortable, but it was better than nothing, so he could still make do with it.


Perhaps with the help of the pillow, Chili slept quite comfortably that night. When it was dawn, when she was finally willing to get up from the bed, she saw a long and hardworking figure outside, lowering her head. I don't know what I'm doing.


"Want to help?" Even though she still couldn't figure out what Jian Yuan was doing, the tacit understanding cultivated in these days still made Chili ask quite consciously.


"Yes, do you know how to braid three strands? Help us braid these straw ropes together."


Jian Yuan placed a pile of twisted straw ropes in front of Chili. Seeing this, Chili simply pushed back the large leaves on both sides that served as doors to make a seat for herself, and then sat directly at the door of the residence. First, pick up three straw ropes of about the same length and braid them together.


She was knitting at a neither fast nor slow speed, and while she was knitting, she was leisurely observing the movements of Jian Yuan's hands.


He made a dot with his thumb and palm to fix the top of one side of the straw rope braid. With his other hand, he grabbed the remaining rope section and wound it in circles to make a long oval shape. Then he used several The long sharpened wooden thorn is inserted into it to fix it, and then another large wooden needle made of sharpened wood is used. A thin straw rope is inserted into the small hole at the end, and the needle is inserted into the thread to carefully surround the oval. The finished straw braids are sewn together, and this process is performed on both sides to prevent them from unraveling.


After it was done, it became something similar to a straw sandal mat. At this time, Chi Li had roughly guessed what Jian Yuan was going to do.


Sure enough, he fixed a relatively short braid of straw rope to the left and right sides of one end of the mat, and also fixed it with needle and thread. If one braid was not enough, he had to wrap it back and forth several times, and the middle part was also sewn up to avoid a section. The straw rope braided upper is spread out and difficult to wear. This widens the upper and also makes the straw slippers more durable.


In the same way, Jian Yuan made another shoe and made a complete pair. After finishing, Chi Li thought that the other person would put it on himself to try it on his feet, but he didn't expect that he would actually hand it to her.


"Put it on and try it on. This is my first time. If you feel uncomfortable in any way, tell me and I will change it."


"Thank you, thank you."


Chili was stunned for a moment, then took the pair of straw sandals, which were not very good-looking. Even if he looked closely, they were a bit larger and smaller, and they were not divided into left and right, and put them on his feet.


It's a little big, but it doesn't matter.


The raw materials for weaving straw sandals are boiled in hot water and then manually rubbed and dried to remove excess frizzy edges. The grass treated in this way will be softer and more comfortable to wear on the feet without pricking the feet. .


"Stand up and take a few steps to take a look." Jian Jian reminded Chili when he saw that she was still sitting still.


Hearing this, Chi Li stood up obediently and walked back and forth in front of Jian Yuan. As she walked, her pace became brisk, and her face gained a happy smile like a child who got a new toy.


"It's so comfortable. You're so awesome. You can actually knit straw sandals!"


"I also saw my elders doing it when I was young, so I wrote it down." Jian Yuan couldn't help but feel happy that he received love and recognition from others for his hard work.


Among them, he had noticed a long time ago that Chili had no shoes to wear after being washed up on the island. In other words, she had forgotten to wear shoes when she ran out of the tsunami. These days, the two of them were traveling through mountains and rivers. They are all barefoot, and the road here is uneven. Stones of all sizes can be seen everywhere, and there are many sharp plants that can easily cut the skin.


After just a few days, both of their feet were already scarred. Although it didn't hurt every step they took, it was still uncomfortable.


Especially when sleeping at night, the wound will be itchy all the time, and they can't scratch it for fear of scratching it and causing the wound to become inflamed. At that time, they will rely on the remaining medicine, whether they can survive it is a question.


So after having free time, Jian Yuan thought about making straw sandals.


He didn't stop after finishing Chi Li's pair of shoes, and then started making his own pair.


As a person who only has one shoe left, he can be considered a "Barefoot Immortal", and he is still in urgent need of a pair of shoes.


Chi Li did not watch the birth of the second pair of straw sandals. After seeing that her help was not needed, she told Jian Yuan and then went into the woods wearing her new shoes.


Chili planned to go back to the wild fruit bush she found last time and pick some fruits. She would also look for them on the road to see if there was any food that could be eaten, such as wild vegetables or something.


Chili has a natural advantage when it comes to searching for this kind of food. She doesn't need to have relevant knowledge, nor does she need to know every edible wild fruit and vegetable. As long as she sees it, the animal's instinct will naturally tell her whether it can be eaten.


Sure enough, on the way to pick wild fruits, Chili discovered several kinds of edible wild vegetables, and one of them was even a root food. She squatted down and dug it up, and was surprised to find that it was actually a wild radish!

This radish is white. Because it is wild, it is not nourished by artificial fertilizers. It is not big and has some strange shapes. Some are round and some are long, but the largest one only has three. Thick, half as long as a hand.


Some wild radishes are poisonous. If you don’t know them, it’s best not to eat them casually. Chi Li knows this knowledge, but she can tell that the radish in front of her is not poisonous and can be eaten, so she naturally digs it up without mercy. Several plants were collected into the bag.


It was a surprise to find radishes, but after digging these radishes and adding the wild vegetables she picked on the road, Chili found that she could no longer take more things, so she had no choice but to transport them back first and then make another trip. Come and pick wild fruits.


This is the inconvenience of not having handy tools. If Chili has a basket or something that can hold things, he doesn't have to work so hard and have to make two trips.

(End of this chapter)