At this moment, I didn’t know how hard it was. Even though I didn’t eat and I didn’t dare to touch the water in the river, I had one thought in my heart, that is, no matter what I encountered, I had to survive!
I didn't dare to expend too much energy. I knew that I was holding on solely by willpower, so when I pulled the bamboo back out of breath, I didn't even have the strength to remove the branches and leaves.
Maybe I was lucky. When I walked back, I saw a clump of wild banana trees on the roadside. Although it didn’t even bear fruit, I was too lazy to care about it at this time. I used the short knife of my trekking pole to quickly chop down two of them, just to get the heart from the middle of the banana tree.
I remember when I was in Yunnan, I went into the mountains with the Jingpo people and saw that they often ate the heart of banana trees for convenience. Not only can you get a lot of water, but you can also stave off hunger.
I almost ignored the taste at this moment, but the slightly sweet, even mouth-watering feeling still made me feel a little lucky. Don't say that I don't miss meat or those mouth-watering dishes, but I understand that having something to keep me alive is the most important thing.
I never thought that one day I would be like a pig, having no choice but to gnaw on anything I could eat. When I burped, I even felt that I was a little corrupt!
Although the time I stayed here was actually not long, I felt at this time that three days ago seemed a bit far away.
Presumably subconsciously, the time I have experienced is really counted minute by minute, and it is really painful. At this time, I felt for the first time that I felt a little full when facing a clump of plants. But I leaned against a tree trunk and took a few deep breaths to show that I was awake.
Of course, I seemed to have some strength in my body. Thinking of Ou Xiang and Lan Fang, I chopped down a few more banana tree trunks, but I didn't pull out all the skins. I think this should be a luxury thing for them. Although I don't expect them to be happy, but if you want to survive, sometimes you have to learn to accept it.
Then when I was about to leave, I actually saw a few tree vines. I knew at a glance that they were the kind of tree vines often used to make rattan chairs in subtropical and tropical areas. I barely hesitated, confirming that it was indeed what I thought, and I started to look forward to it.
After all, in order to survive, I have to prepare in advance. I don't have any hope for Lan Fang and Ou Xiang. Brother Wen is right. I am really looking for death by taking them two with me. So when I saw these rattans, I suddenly thought of some possibilities. So of course I quickly sawed a few of them, and pulled them back with the bamboo!
I didn't want big canes, I chose the ones as thin as a finger. Because the large rattan is suitable for making rattan chairs, the little finger is suitable for bending and winding, and most of the time it is suitable for making ropes and even some accessories. Moreover, such thin branches of rattan are easy to twist and braid.
At this time, whether it is for myself or for the choice I made at that time, I will not give up on Lanfang and leave, but I will do what I can prepare for now. Because I don't know what will happen next.
So when she saw me appearing with these things, Ou Xiang was obviously stunned. Even Lan Fang, who was a little depressed, looked at me with some doubts when he saw what I was holding.
I didn't explain anything. After all, this time was not the time to be pretentious. Whether they can understand it or even think of it is not important to me! For me, the more preparation I have, the better I will be prepared.
Of course I took the banana tree heart and said it was for two people to eat. I don’t know what Lan Fang was thinking, but he shook his head and said he didn’t want to eat. I didn't have much means or patience, but Ou Xiang showed his full trust in me and took over.
Seeing Ou Xiang eating big mouthfuls of food, I finally felt a little comforted. I found a place to sit down again. I didn't want to waste my energy. Then I took the trekking pole and then unscrewed the pointed dagger at the end of the pole and handed it to Ou Xiang. When she saw the mystery of this trekking pole, she was actually a little excited.
After all, in this rain forest at this time, with knives in our hands, we naturally have endless possibilities. Ou Xiang also knows what this means.
Don't say you don't have anything to eat at this time, even if you do have it, don't waste it. Seeing her finish eating a one-foot-long banana tree heart, I didn't feel sorry for her. Instead, I felt a little happy, knowing that I could only help her for the time being.
After taking a break, I expressed my thoughts. Just use phoenix tail bamboo to split the outer bamboo strips. Then make thin bamboo strips and weave a rope on the vines of those thin branches.
Whether I want to use this rope for climbing, the stone platform at the waterfall, or for other livelihood purposes, I must get it out first.
At this time, it seems to be difficult for inexperienced people to split bamboo strips from a piece of bamboo. But after I took a stone and smashed the bamboo head open, the smart Ou Xiang seemed to understand when he saw the scattered bamboo heads.
I handed her the short knife and told her that it didn't matter whether it was narrow, wide or thick, as long as it was bamboo strips. For us at this time, there is not much time to choose. Ou Xiang was still very quick. He used a short knife to break open the bamboo, and separated the bamboo slices to cut out thin bamboo strips.
At this time, Lan Fang was sitting there, the only one who didn't move.
Ou Xiang and I spent almost an hour peeling out a lot of bamboo strips. Then I broke all these bamboo strips with the edge of a knife and stretched them into long strips the size of dragon whiskers. Ou Xiang and I grew up in the countryside. Even though we had never done anything at this time, our ability to survive and work was still displayed in an instant.
Just like weaving jewelry ropes, I then entangled the thin vines that were four to five meters long and knitted them together with these thin bamboo strips. Ou Xiang obviously responded very quickly and perfected the weaving by drawing inferences from one instance to another.
Then we made a rope that was two fingers thick and nearly twenty meters long. And I dropped the rope on the tree trunk to test the rope's endurance. In the end, I found that even if it can bear two to three hundred pounds, there should be no problem. This made us very excited, and I saw that Ou Xiang seemed a little happy.
Naturally, I don’t want to attack Ou Xiang, and I also understand that unity is strength at this time. At the end, I looped the bamboo and rattan rope into a bundle and tied it up so that I could pass it through the middle and carry it directly on my back at any time.
Of course it didn't seem like heavy work, but because there was no oil or water for several days, we were almost paralyzed on the ground from exhaustion. But looking at this bundle of rope, I had a smile on my face for the first time. After all, if we want to live well, the more tools we have around us, the better it is for us!
Although I don’t know what the future holds, I will fight for it tenaciously!
