Good luck with koi carp

Chapter 121
"I caught so many!"


This exclamation came from Chi Li's mouth. She obviously caught the seafood in the bucket herself, but she was the one who was most surprised.


"There are quite a lot. We can't finish them all in one meal. It would be a pity to make them all into dried fish, so I plan to build a reservoir to raise these fish." Jian Yuan said he had already made plans.


Chi Li had no objection to this and nodded directly: "Okay, just tell me what you need me to do."


The way they get along has always been like this. They listen to whoever is good at it. Chili is good at hunting and finding food, so whenever she goes to look for food, the other two will try their best to cooperate with her and help her. Similarly, when it comes to making tools and construction, Jian Yuan is strong in both, so she and Sun Wen will also follow each other's instructions and help with the work they can do.


In fact, Jian Yuan does not specialize in the construction industry, let alone a practitioner in the handicraft industry. His main job is not even related to this. However, due to various reasons, he still knows a little more than Chi Li and others, and his hands-on ability is not as good. Relatively strong.


Normally it would not be obvious, but in this environment, this skill, which is usually considered useless, can be of great use. Over time, everyone has come to accept that this kind of work should be done by him.


The pool Jian Yuan wants to dig is very simple.


It just so happens that they live on the beach by the sea, so they can just use local materials.


Just like when he was playing on the beach when he was a child, he planned to dig a larger pit in a place where it would not be washed away by the sea during high tide, and then use bamboo pieces, leaves and other materials at the bottom of the pit to stabilize it to prevent it from collapsing. .


It is necessary to do this, because this pit was dug on the beach, surrounded by sand, and the structure is relatively loose. If you don't think of ways to strengthen it, once water is poured into it, it will easily cause the surrounding sand to collapse. All your work is in vain.


The work of digging a hole is not difficult. Anyone can do it. It is more efficient for three people to work together. It took them less than half an hour to dig out a sand pit about one meter in diameter and half a meter deep. Next The consolidation work was Jian Yuan's job. Chi Li was only responsible for helping cut the specially transported bamboo into pieces of equal size, waiting for Jian Yuan to take them, while Sun Wen went to get everyone food.


Sun Wen didn't know how to cook before, but it doesn't matter. There is another thing in this world called talent.


Even she was surprised. Without any special study, she just watched how others cooked, and then tried to cook it herself. She was able to cook a good meal for the first time.


She still remembered the first time she made a finished product that was highly praised by Chi Li and Jian Yuan. This made Sun Wen, who had always felt that she knew nothing but spending money, a great sense of accomplishment, which triggered her Great passion for cooking.


After discussing with her companions, Sun Wen contracted three meals a day for the three of them. At first, she was afraid that she would not cook well, so she would humbly ask the other two for advice. After she had exhausted all their cooking skills, , just use existing materials to research and innovate.


Although not all of the innovative new dishes are delicious, there are occasional surprises.


For example, today she mixed the picked wild fruits with cool water and some kind of wild grass with a special fragrance to make a delicious drink.


This drink tastes cool and refreshing, with moderate sweetness and sourness, and also has a special fragrance. It has become a must-have tool for many people to relieve the heat in summer.


Chili found that special-scented grass.


The animal instinct told her that this grass was not only non-toxic and edible, but also had certain medicinal value. Drinking more of it in summer would not be harmful to the body, so Chili picked it back.


In addition to drinks, Sun Wen also made grilled fish, radish, kelp and shrimp soup.


It is worth mentioning that the pot they use to make soup is half a coconut shell.


Chi Li had previously thought about using coconut shells to see if they could be used as pot cooks. Later, she actually found an opportunity to run under a coconut tree and pick up a few coconuts. When she pried open the shell, she found that the juice inside was rich and the flesh was fresh. Naturally, We divided the food with other companions and ate it on the spot, and used the remaining shells as pots.


Facts have proved that this thing is really useful.


However, its service life is the same as that of bamboo tubes, which is not long. Most of them are disposable. Occasionally, there are more durable ones that can be used two or three times, but this is the limit.


Fortunately, the burned coconut shells can be used as firewood at the back, which is the ultimate in waste utilization. Nothing is wasted. In addition, there are not many things on the island, and the coconuts are completely enough. There are also bamboo tubes and stainless steel water cups, so everyone no longer has to worry about insufficient pots and pans.


After taking his own portion of the soup, Chili sat down cross-legged on the spot, forming a semicircle with the others. While eating, he was blowing the sea breeze and looking at the endless sea in the distance.


"When can we wait for rescue?"


Sun Wen sighed like a sigh in her ears. Neither Chi Li nor Jian Yuan answered because they didn't know the answer to this question either.


Maybe it will be tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, or maybe they will have to die on this island for the rest of their lives. They don't know and can't predict the future. They can only prepare to live on the island for a long time and try their best to live their lives well. stand up.


"Live on first." In the end, Chili could only say this.


There is hope only when you are alive, nothing else is worth mentioning.


After finishing the meal, gorgeous fire clouds rolled up in the sky, illuminating the entire land in orange and red.


Bathed in this last light, Chi Li and others did not stop working.


Jian Yuan squatted at the bottom of the pit to perfect the reinforcement work, while Chi Li and Sun Wen first dug a long ditch in the sand leading to the sea, then buried it in the ditch, split it into half, and hollowed out the inside. The long bamboo with bamboo joints is used as a drinking water pipe to introduce seawater into the pit they dug.


Since the puddle is far from the seaside and the water diversion distance is long, a single bamboo is not enough. Several bamboos need to be spliced ​​together to successfully attract seawater.


"Can the water be released?"


"Okay."


Chi Li squatted on the beach and blocked one end of the bamboo pipe with her hand to block the inflow of sea water. She turned around and asked Jian Yuan in a loud voice. After receiving an accurate answer, she withdrew her hand and allowed the waves to pour in the sea water. Then pour them into puddles along their ditches.


"Block it first, block it first!"


As soon as the water entered the pit, Jian Yuan realized something was wrong and quickly shouted at Chi Li.


Hearing this, Chi Li blocked the opening again and looked back at Jian Yuan in confusion: "What's wrong?"


"The sand collapsed and blocked the passage."


Sun Wen, who was standing in the middle, observed the situation most clearly and directly reported her findings to the other two.


Hearing this, Chili didn't bother to block the opening. He stood up and took a look. Sure enough, in the middle of the ditch, there was a large pile of sand and silt blocking it. It not only blocked the incoming seawater, but also washed a large amount of sand into it. In the puddle, if it continues like this, the puddle they worked so hard to dig out will sooner or later have to be filled with sand.


"We have to make the water diversion ditch closed." Jian Yuan came over to check the situation and concluded.


Immediately afterwards, he found a few more bamboos, split them in half with a knife, hollowed out the middle bamboo sections, and then aligned them as neatly as possible with the half-length bamboo tubes that had been laid out before, covered them, and then used The straw rope is tied and fixed, and a closed water pipe is ready.


Then, the surrounding sand is backfilled, the sand ditch is filled up, the bamboo tube is buried under the sand, and a few large rocks are pressed on top to prevent it from being washed away by the sea water or being displaced.


Although the water pipe created in this way is not completely closed, not only will it be lost during seawater transportation, but some sand will inevitably be mixed in, but it is already much better than the original one.


In the future, they only need to clean the water pipes and puddles regularly to get a fish pond that can be used for a long time.


I want to ask why Jian Yuan went to so much trouble and had to build a special pipe to transport water from the sea?


In fact, after they dig the pit, they can manually transport water and make the pool a closed pool. In this way, fish can be raised. However, this has a drawback, that is, the fish living in it will not live long.


Because this is a pit of stagnant water, the oxygen content in the stagnant water will gradually decrease. Even if fish live in the sea, they still need oxygen. Since they don’t have an oxygenator, they can only find a way to make a puddle for fish farming. A living water pit can ensure oxygen in the water in the pit and prevent water loss.


The sand will leak, even if it is reinforced. The seawater will seep down little by little until it dries up. Therefore, in order to prevent the fish in the pit from dying due to lack of water, they must replenish water frequently.


If they really relied on manual water transportation, they would not be able to raise fish for a few days even if they were exhausted, so it was quite necessary to have a water pipe that could continuously fill it with water.


After finishing the fish pond, it was already dark, and Chili and the others could only use the light of the fire to see their surroundings clearly.


At this time they are counting the seafood harvested today.


Chili caught a lot, not only fish, but also other things, such as crabs, shrimps, octopus and the like.


There were a total of eleven fish caught, ranging in size. Except for some that they did not recognize, a few people only recognized two groupers, a small goldfish, and a hairtail.


One of the larger fish has been grilled by Sun Wen.


While catching fish, Chi Li also encountered a poisonous fish. She knew that it was not edible, so she threw it back into the sea.


In addition to fish, they also harvested several shrimps, both large and small, three large crabs, one octopus, and some large oysters that were pried off the rocks.


There are so many oysters on the rocks on the beach here. There are so many that Chili and the others only pick the big oysters when eating them. The smaller ones are too lazy to bother with the lack of meat.


The shrimps were too small to catch, and the crabs and octopuses would run away, so Chili and the others only threw the fish and oysters in the puddles to keep them, and put the other seafood in the buckets and found something Cover it to prevent the contents from escaping.


She was obviously quite tired after a busy day, but Chili didn't want to rest.


She lay in her room for a while, then got up and took her handbag, and went for a walk on the beach to see if she could pick up something.


She thought she was the only one who would be so bored. Unexpectedly, when she came out, she saw a long black shadow shaking on the beach. She was startled at first, but when she took a closer look, she realized that it was a somewhat familiar figure. people.


He stood up and walked over, the figure became more obvious and it turned out to be Jian Yuan.


Jian Yuan's equipment is exactly the same as that of Chili. He wears straw sandals on his feet and carries a straw handbag in his hand. He has to scratch the sand with his feet to see if there is anything after taking two steps.


Sensing someone approaching, he looked up and saw it was Chi Li. He couldn't help but smile: "You can't sleep either?"


"It's still early." Chi Li looked up at the sky and judged from the sky that it was around eight or nine in the evening. It was indeed very early for modern people.


The nightlife hasn't even begun yet.


It's just that they have mobile phones on this island but no network, and there is no electricity. Or even if there is electricity, the mobile phones that have been damaged by sea water cannot be turned on. There is nothing interesting at all, and there is no time to kill, so generally I usually go to bed early.


It's rare to be able to go out for a walk in the middle of the night now.


"Are you in a bad mood?" Chi Li could tell at a glance that Jian Yuan was in a late-night emo mood.


"It's okay, I'm just a little scared suddenly." Jian Yuan stopped harming the sand and simply lay down, looking at the starry sky with far-away eyes: "Sometimes I wonder, what if we really can't go back? manage?"


"Nothing to do, I just want to live."


Chi Li sat next to Jian Yuan, stretched out his hand and dug twice in the sand, found a clam, put it into the handbag, then changed the place and dug twice, picked out another clam... and so on.


Jian Yuan: "..."


If he kept digging, the melancholy he had finally brewed up would disappear.


Ah, forget it.


"Where to dig?"
A carp sat up straight, and Jian Yuan turned into a tool man quite skillfully. Under Chi Li's casual command, he could dig something out six times out of ten times, while Chi Li's side could not find anything out of ten. When she was empty-handed.


Just digging like this, when the bag in his hand felt a little heavy, Chi Li stopped and turned to look at Jian Yuan: "How much did you dig?"


Jian Yuan opened his bag and showed it to her. It was about one-third full, while Chili's bag was half full.


Most of that half.


"Let's go back."

"it is good."


The two of them walked back to their residence one after another. When passing by the puddle, they poured the clams, razor clams, cat's eye snails and other things they had touched into it. The fish inside were so frightened that they fled in all directions. It took a while before they regained their composure.


"Thank you." Jian Yuan thanked Chi Li in a low voice before getting into his room.


Although he didn't say it clearly, Chili probably took him to the sea just now to divert his attention.


Chi Li, who didn't think much about it at all, said: "Oh, um, it's okay, you're welcome."


She blushed a little when she received this thank you.


Lying on the bed, he raised one hand and watched the scattered golden light spots in the void converging towards his fingertips. When they touched her skin, they were like water dripping into the sea, integrating into her body without any obstacles, quietly. The sound becomes one of the thousands of meritorious deeds.


Her merits have been growing. Although it is very slow, it shows that she is working in the right direction. However, it is still unclear what the original owner's true wish is, causing Chili De to be trapped in this world until she truly achieves what the original owner wanted. The day you wish.


But in fact, Chi Li already had some suspicions in her heart.


Close your eyes until you open them again, it's already bright.


She went to bed late yesterday, so she was still a little sleepy when she woke up this morning. She couldn't help but cover her mouth and yawned. Chili sat up with her frizzy hair, and combed her hair with her hands just a few times, and then Follow the scent and leave the room.


"It smells so good, what are you doing?"


Chi Li poked her head out from behind Sun Wen, who was concentrating on making breakfast, and looked at the thin stone slab set up on the fire.


At this time, the stone slab was extremely hot by the fire. On one side of it were neatly placed clams, some of which had opened their shells automatically, with juice sizzling inside. On the other side, there was an octopus. Like hairtail cut evenly into three sections.


Even without oil, the food that has been baked on the stone slabs and is browned on the surface exudes an alluring aroma, making people eager to take a bite.


Swallowing, Chili couldn't wait to ask: "Can I eat it?"


"Okay, you can go get the dishes yourself."


"it is good."


Chi Li happily stood up and went to get the bowls and chopsticks. From the corner of her eye, she saw Jian Yuan getting up too, so she simply took his as well. Sun Wen already had hers in her hands, so she didn't need her help.


The three of them sat around the stone slab and directly stretched out their chopsticks to pick up food. Next to each person was a cup of raw coconut water in a bamboo tube. When you got tired of the seafood, you could take a sip to quench your thirst.


"It still feels like it's missing some seasoning." Chi Li smacked her lips, picked up the bamboo cup and took a sip of coconut water.


Although the original seafood is also delicious, if you eat too much, you will get tired of it. Your mouth always feels light and you are eager to have some spicy or other flavors to spice things up. However, the only seasonings they have are salt and wild fruits. It can barely be regarded as one, but there are still some shortcomings.


"We can try to burn the fuel." Jian Yuan suggested.


His words immediately attracted the curious eyes of the other two people. Sun Wen, who has been very interested in cooking-related topics recently, couldn't wait to ask: "Gas consumption? How do you cook this?"


Chi Li, who was also touched by a blind spot in knowledge, is also waiting for the answer.


"It's very simple. Now put the oyster meat in water and cook it, then take out the oyster meat, leaving the water inside, and then continue to cook it over fire until the excess water evaporates and only a sauce-brown sticky substance remains. That’s a waste of gas.”


Jian Yuan learned this knowledge from visiting the island town and listening to the locals' conversations.


Of course, there must be some differences between the methods they heard about and the actual operations, but it doesn't matter. They have plenty of time and raw materials, and they can always figure it out after thinking about it slowly.


Jian Yuan was thinking that the future would be long, but Chi Li and Sun Wen were both impatient. One of them pried the oysters, and the other prepared a coconut shell pot and water, as if they were preparing to boil the oysters immediately and consume oil.


The first attempt failed because it took too long to boil the oil and the coconut shell could not hold up. It was burned by the fire and all the half-formed things inside were scattered.


The second time, the two learned the lesson and changed the pot twice. However, because there was too little water for cooking the oysters and the heat was not well controlled, they only got a little bit of oysters that smelled of paste and were dark and sticky. Gooey unknown object, failed.


The third time...failed.


The fourth time, there were no oysters, so I had to run to the rocks halfway to pry some back, and then continue trying.


After failing more than a dozen times in succession, Chili and the others finally got less than half a tank of fuel with their perseverance and persistence.


They put the oil into a bamboo tube with great care and carefully closed the lid to prevent dust from contaminating the new condiments they had finally obtained.


Then that night, the three of them had a delicious meal of stir-fried bamboo shoots with shrimps and oil. It is worth mentioning that the stone slab was still used as a wok.


Although it took Chi Li a whole day to boil the oil, it did not delay them from continuing the work they had not finished yesterday.


Today was Chili's turn to rest, so the important task of monitoring fuel consumption was given to her, while the other two carried hoes to work. In the meantime, Chili gave them a meal and observed the progress of the project.


It has expanded to more than [-] square meters.


Since there was no need to catch seafood this afternoon, the two people who had their turn to work stayed busy for a while and directly expanded the land to forty square meters.


It's actually barely enough, but Jian is far from satisfied. He wants to get it right in one go and provide everyone with a better living environment.


Everyone understood his idea, so on the third day, it was Chi Li and Sun Wen's turn to go into battle. They worked equally hard to expand the land that needed to be leveled to more than 60 square meters.


It's big enough to provide each person with a small room and multiple living rooms. The kitchen and toilet can be built outside separately, so there is no rush, so the basic work before they build the house is completed.


While leveling the land, Chili and the others also dug a shallow foundation. This was the real reason why their project was so slow.


The foundation is not very deep, it only sinks more than 30 centimeters. With the simple tools, it is no wonder that Chili and the others had to spend three days to finish it.


After finishing these pond pears, they can build houses directly above them.


They chose bamboo as the building material they needed, for no other reason than that it was easier to obtain. If they were using wood, they didn't have suitable felling and cutting tools on hand, so it was difficult to do it. They just had to pick up broken ones. There is simply not enough wood.


To build a house, naturally a lot of building materials are needed.


So after lying down and resting for a day, Chili and the other three immediately took all the tools they could use and went to the bamboo forest. They selected the bamboos they liked, cut them down one by one, and then tied them together with straw ropes to form a large tree. Bundles are pulled to a high platform manually and laboriously.


Every step of this process consumes a lot of energy. Even if the three of them are busy all the time, they can't help transport much bamboo at the end of the day, and they are still very tired.


Chili, who was lying on the ground tiredly, no longer wanted to move. She was breathing heavily and stuffed a wild fruit into her mouth with trembling hands. Even chewing seemed weak, but she had to eat to replenish the energy her body needed.


"How many bamboos did we move?" After recovering a little, Chili immediately asked Jian Yuan, who still had the strength to play with the bamboos.


Jian Yuan didn't even look up and answered with an accurate number: "46."


"How close is it to enough to build a house?" Sun Wen also asked.


She wondered how long they would have to work before settling into their new home.


"I'm not sure, but these are definitely not enough." To build a house big enough, a lot of raw materials must be consumed, and they still have to work.


"I feel like we have a severe labor shortage."


Sun Wen spread out in despair, thinking of just living in the original shelter. It was not impossible to live in anyway, so why did she have to change to a bigger house?

Seemingly feeling Sun Wen's despair, Chi Li comforted her: "Our shelter is okay for short-term stays, but it is unbearable for long-term residents. Moreover, it is too fragile and cannot withstand the storm. The weather is good now. If one day we encounter What about when the weather is bad? Do we have to abandon our homes and run away again, hiding in some nook and cranny and shivering?"


Only Chi Li and Jian Yuan understand the profound meaning of the following sentence, but Sun Wen has also experienced that terrible storm in the wild, and knows how terrifying the power originating from nature is, which is beyond human control. Can resist.


At that time, she was so frightened that she unleashed her physical potential and climbed into a tree. Thanks to good luck, she was not struck by lightning.


So this reflects how important it is to have a fixed residence that can truly protect them from wind and rain. For thousands of years, doesn't mankind's obsession with houses stem from the sense of security it can provide?


After thinking about it, Sun Wen stopped complaining. However, Chi Li realized some truth from her words: "Sun Wen is right, we do lack labor force."


With just the three of them, they would have to wait until the end of the Year of the Monkey to build the house. What they were most afraid of was that something unexpected would happen before the house was completed.


Jian Yuan understood the implication of Chi Li's words tacitly.


He turned to look at Sun Wen: "Do you think it's possible for us to ask others to help?"


There are only a few humans on this island. Who does the so-called "other people" refer to? Does Sun Wen still know?


Knowing that her companions were concerned about her own mood before asking for her opinion, and of course because she knew those people better, she had no objection to this, and thought about it seriously: "It doesn't feel impossible. "


During the brief encounter before, Sun Wen noticed that all of her ex-boyfriend's friends had thin faces and yellow muscles. They were obviously not living well and were starving for a long time. She felt that without the small ditch to support them, they would not be able to survive. If you don't have to worry about drinking water, I'm afraid it's hard to say how many of those people will survive.


Not everyone in the wilderness can be as lucky and capable as Chi Li, who can find a bunch of food at any time, not to mention that Hou Ruizhi and others, like Sun Wen, are pampered by their families. A little waste of daily life who can only open his mouth when food comes, his greatest foraging ability is ordering takeout.


Among the few, He Baiqing, who came from an ordinary background, is better. At least she can wash and cook, and has some life skills. But as an ordinary person, she actually has no ability to survive in the wild. If she wants to support everyone by herself, it is impossible. It’s just a fantasy.


Dreaming may be more practical.


Therefore, it is very likely that those people will be hungry for as many days as they have been living on the island. At this time, if Chili and the others take food as payment and ask them to help with work, there is still a certain chance of success.


As for why I only say some.


Sun Wen said that the self-esteem of some young men may not have been worn away by the hardships of life for a while, and maybe their pride is better than filling their stomachs.

(End of this chapter)