If this snake could stew a pot of white-flowered snake soup, it would probably be very comfortable to drink.
But now there is no need to think about this condition.
Tang Ping looked at the unchanging sea, wondering how Wang Qingluan and the others were doing and when they would find him.
He has a system on him, but his signal range is still only three kilometers, and since he doesn't have a mobile phone on him, he can't contact the other party.
Only when his drone is within three kilometers can he control the drone to guide them to find him.
There wasn't much fuel found on the island, so Tang Ping couldn't keep burning fire and using smoke to mark his position.
Throwing the snake to the edge of the temporary camp, Tang Ping took two shells to the beach.
The low tide left more shells on the beach, but most were very small.
He did find a few small crabs, but Tang Ping didn't let them go. He made a small pit on the beach with stones, broke off the crab legs and threw them into it.
There were also two dead fish, but Tang Ping didn't know when they died. He was afraid that they would ruin his stomach, so he finally threw them back.
In addition to the two pieces of kelp, there were also some small things that Tang Ping didn't recognize, but they were all alive anyway and should be edible.
At this time, Tang Ping remembered the news he had read some time ago, which said that the beaches in Shandong were either filled with sea sausages, shrimps, or oysters. ??????????? ????He wondered why such a good thing had not happened to him.
After packing up my things, I actually filled up the big shell.
Looking back, I found Zhen Youqian limping over.
"Make a fire and make food!" Although this guy didn't do anything just now, considering that he "lured" such a big snake, Tang Ping didn't care about him anymore.
I found a big rock with a pit, threw all the seafood I picked up into it, and poured some seawater in to keep it.
Tang Ping went to get two more shells of water.
The big one was put on the fire and started to burn, and it was covered with a large leaf.
After a while, I heard the water inside boiling.
"What...are you boiling this water for? Isn't this water undrinkable?" Perhaps it was because Tang Ping saved him just now, and now Zhen Yougan's attitude is much better.
Or perhaps he had resigned himself to his fate, knowing that on this island, he and Tang Ping could only "depend on each other."
"Get some salt and put it on the roasted snake meat later."
The average salinity of seawater is 35%, that is, the salt content per kilogram of ocean water is 35 grams. Tang Ping estimated that the water in this big shell would be close to a pound, or 500 grams. After it was dried, there would be about ten grams of salt.
You can also add some seawater while burning to increase the final salt production.
The salt produced like this is definitely not clean, but there is nothing we can do about it under the current conditions.
This is a tropical island. Although the two of them have been hiding in the woods in the afternoon, they still sweat. The salt lost through sweat will definitely not work if it is not replenished.
And another advantage of boiling salt is that you can get some water to drink.
Tang Ping turned over the big leaves covering it, and found that a lot of small water droplets had condensed on it.
Carefully touch the water drops together with your fingers, and there will be a small amount of water in the middle of the leaves.
Tang Ping raised his head and drank all the water in one go.
"It can still be like this!" Zhen Youqian was overjoyed. Tang Ping said to save those coconuts, because other coconut trees are close to each other. If the tree trunks are burned down by burning fire, it will probably be destroyed if the control is not good. It's burning.
So now I have to save those ten coconuts.
"Give me something to drink!" Zhen Youqian reached out to take the leaf in Tang Ping's hand. Tang Ping retracted his hand and said, "You want this if I licked it. Isn't it disgusting? Find one and cover it yourself."
Zhen Yougan could only do the same thing, find a leaf to cover it with, and then impatiently opened it for a minute or two, bending down to see if there were any water droplets on it.
When small droplets of water really condensed on it, he didn't even have time to catch them together with his fingers. He just picked it up and poured it into his mouth. Although only a few drops came out in the end, it made him very satisfied.
"Ha..." He sighed and threw the leaves aside, then lay on his back on the ground: "Tang Ping, if you are caught by me, I will spare your life."
"If you are caught by me, I will spare your life!" Tang Ping shot back.
The main thing is that Zhen Yougan is a real dude, but Zhen Xiong won't even let him do many things.
Whether he was plotting rebellion in East Vietnam or later sending troops to Baozicheng in East Vietnam, it actually had nothing to do with him, so that's why Tang Ping said this.
"Then...where is my father?" Zhen Youqian hesitated and asked.
Tang Ping didn't speak, just shook his head.
Zhen Xiong had an enmity with Tang Ping both in public and private matters, and it was absolutely impossible for him to let him go.
"Okay!" Zhen Youqian replied nonchalantly, and then asked: "Do you think my men can find us?"
Tang Ping shrugged and said, "Who knows?"
The two of them were unsure about this matter. First of all, they didn't know how far the storm last night had carried them to this small island.
Secondly, the search and rescue methods in this era are limited. To put it bluntly, they all rely on visual inspection. It can only be said that Tang Ping's people have the advantage of a telescope.
But the sea is so big, even here, their ship is like a big table. A handful of sesame seeds sprinkled on the table can find this desolate place. No one can predict the probability of the island.
There was no other sound between the two of them for a while, only the beeping sound of the fire burning the undried firewood.
Finally, there were a lot of salt grains visible under the big shell. Tang Ping poured out the remaining seawater above, so that there should still be some impurities dissolved in the seawater, and the salt would be cleaner.
"Don't think so much, let's live here for now." Tang Ping mentioned the snake, which was almost done by hanging it upside down just now.
In fact, snake blood is drinkable, but Tang Ping really couldn't swallow it.
I figured I could boil seawater and drink the distilled water, so I gave up.
Thread it with a few wooden sticks, put it directly on the fire, and keep turning it.
This snake is not fat, but it has a lot of meat. After roasting for a while, it starts to sizzle and release oil, and the aroma of meat comes out.
It stands to reason that these two people had eaten meat when they were on the boat yesterday, but after just one day, when they smelled the aroma of the meat, they both felt as if they had not tasted meat for many years. Swallowed hard.
"This should be ready, right? Look, it's a little burnt here!" Zhen Yougan pointed to the top and said. In many places, the snake skin has been roasted and exploded, revealing the white snake meat.
Just now he shivered when he saw the snake, but now he wanted to eat it directly.
Tang Ping used the branch with the bark peeled off as a chopstick to poke it gently, and it went through easily with a click.
"It should be fine, don't worry, just take it with a pinch of salt."
Zhen Yougan could only watch pitifully as Tang Ping used leaves to carefully apply the salt he had just boiled on the snake, and then stabbed the snake in half from the middle.
"Eat it!"
"Uh...huh...hot...oh, delicious!" At this time, Zhen Youqian didn't care about his image anymore, he was so hot that he couldn't bear to spit it out with his teeth bared.
After finally finishing the first piece, he sincerely praised: "Tang Ping, you are so good at your craftsmanship. If I catch you, I will let you work as a cook for me."
"Hey, it's not dark yet!" Tang Ping was not as impatient as he was. He used the chopsticks he made to tear off a piece of meat and blew it before putting it in his mouth.
Although there was only a hint of bitter saltiness, the meaty flavor made up for the lack of seasoning.
Being able to eat such a piece of piping hot meat here really makes people feel at ease.
One person approached the body of the half-meter-long snake, which soon turned into small white broken bones all over the ground.
At this time, the sun had already sunk below the surface of the sea, the whole world had darkened, stars were twinkling in the sky, and there were only bonfires that had not been extinguished on the island.
"Tang Ping, do you think there will be snakes coming in the evening?" Zhen Yougan didn't know why, but suddenly remembered this incident, looked at the small shack and asked with some uncertainty.
"I don't know!" Tang Ping used a wooden stick to stir up the ashes left by burning plants on the ground: "I'll sprinkle these around our shack in a while."
"it works?"
"Probably, I heard from Lao Cui and the others that it can prevent some snakes and insects. It is said that snakes and insects don't like the smoky smell."
"Then I'll come, I'll come." This time without Tang Ping's command, Zhen Yougan directly took a big leaf, carefully caught up the plant ash, and then carefully spread it around their shack bit by bit. After I finished spreading, I checked twice to make sure it was indeed surrounded, so I felt relieved.
"Okay, go to sleep!" Tang Ping buried the bonfire with soil and made sure that it was all out before turning around.
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Although the place where the fire was lit was relatively sheltered from the wind, if the island was not properly set on fire at night, there would really be no place to cry.
As a result, Tang Ping felt embarrassed only after the two of them squeezed into the small shack.
"Come over here!"
"My prince has already moved to the side, please come over a little bit!"
"I'm not stepping aside! Why do you think you're so fat?"
"Do I call myself fat? Am I strong? Who in East Vietnam didn't know that I was a general?"
"Come on, I don't know who was as manipulated by me as Chicken Little back then."
"Tang Ping, are you going to settle an old score? You pretended to be a slave a few days ago and you really looked like one. Isn't that your true face?"
"Zhen Yougan, do you want to fight?"
"Come on, who is afraid of whom? If I hadn't eaten this morning, I would have beaten you to death!"
"..."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The two quarreled for a few words and both started laughing. A day ago, no one would have thought that the two of them would one day depend on each other.
Zhen Yougan would definitely not be able to live without Tang Ping, and Tang Ping would have a very difficult life on this island without Zhen Yougan's help.
As for tomorrow...
Let’s talk about it tomorrow, who knows!
