At this time, Xiao Zhao looked up at the sky and spotted a plane flying over them.
"Ahhh!" He jumped up excitedly, "There is a plane! There is a plane!"
With that said, he ran to the beach, where there was an "SOS" signal for help that was re-paved after the heavy rain.
This was the first time they had seen the hope of being rescued since they were stranded on a desert island, and everyone was very excited.
However, the plane flew very high, and even though it was in a cloudless sky, people on the ground could see it clearly. But at this height, people on board may not be able to see the ground signals clearly.
After the plane flew over, everyone fell into an emotional low, feeling lost and depressed.
There was clearly an opportunity for rescue right in front of me, but I watched it pass by.
Xu Yin thought for a while and said: "This is a good phenomenon. It means that there is a route here. If one flies over today, there will be more in the future. What we have to do is not to be frustrated, but to find a way to let people on the plane see it." Come to us for help.”
"How else can I ask for help?"
Hearing what Xu Yin said, although everyone's spirits were lifted a lot, they were still a little down.
Lu Chenjin thought thoughtfully: "Didn't you ever think about using burning branches to generate smoke to call for help? They burn 24 hours a day, and there is no supply of firewood. What's more, the smoke is always thick, and people are unbearable. Flights are scheduled. , it is better to focus on burning a large number of branches during this time period, and the thick smoke produced should allow people on board to notice something abnormal here."
At the beginning, they did use the method of setting fire to branches and dead leaves with "SOS" and hanging eye-catching red clothes on the top of the mountain to call for help, but no ships or planes passed by.
Burning like this every day, but no flights pass by, is also a waste of resources. After all, the desert island is not big, you can just wander around it in a day, and the green trees on the island are not very dense. If you keep burning like this, sooner or later all the leaves will be removed. Besides, who can stand being surrounded by thick smoke every day? Don't let the lung disease attack first before rescue arrives. So I was a little slack afterwards.
But now that I see the plane, I see hope.
"Mr. Lu is right. Let's choose this time period to increase our efforts to burn for help. Anyway, we won't suffer any loss if we try."
After passing the unanimous decision, everyone wiped away the laziness just now and went to work actively.
I collected enough fresh branches and leaves for burning in one afternoon.
At noon the next day, everyone didn't even have the heart to eat lunch. They stared at their watches and pinched the lights. When it was still ten minutes before the time when yesterday's flight passed, everyone split up and set fire to the pile of branches.
As more and more piles of branches and leaves were lit, the rising smoke became thicker and thicker.
Xiao Zhao also pulled PD Fang to climb to the top of the mountain. He held the red clothes hanging there high and waved them like a red flag, for fear of missing the moment when the plane flew over.
However, everyone waited and waited, and the branches and leaves burned pile after pile, but they still did not wait for the second passing plane.
"This gives us hope but also disappoints us!"
"Don't be discouraged, everyone, I think Xu Yin is right!" Cheng Daokuan explained to everyone, "Since there are planes flying here, it can be seen that this is a common route, which may be relatively remote. It is not a one-day flight, maybe two days, It only takes three days, maybe more, to fly. We will do what Mr. Lu said, and every time this time comes, the smoke will burn, and we may be looking forward to it one day."
That being said, everyone still couldn't help but wonder: Yesterday's plane might have deviated from its route and passed here.
If there is a pattern, how come so many geniuses have flown one in the past?
"Forget it, it's best to have hope. If there's no hope, let's just try to survive on this island! Life, life, as long as you're alive, it's not just living anywhere!"
"Yes, please be patient. We have water, seafood, and a house to live in. Compared to a regular shipwreck, we are really lucky."
After talking to each other for a while, everyone resumed the division of labor that they had done before noon yesterday, those who built houses and those who dried starch.
Xu Yin looked at the sky, her eyes thoughtful.
Carefully recall the tasks issued by the system: explore desert islands, survive on desert islands, experience the fun of collecting and planting, rekindle the hope of life...
The item of exploring the desert island has been obtained, and the item of survival on the desert island is also in progress. Only the item of collecting and planting has not yet been fully launched.
She had been exploring the island and sparsely dropped some vegetable and fruit seeds, but she didn't know what happened to them.
Do we have to wait until the vegetables and fruits grown are edible and the island is covered with greenery before we can really hope for rescue?
What are you waiting for!
Xu Yin focused on the maintenance of green plants on the island.
Keep the useful ones, and clean up a batch of useless weeds first. The ecological fertilizer made from kitchen waste can be used. After applying the fertilizer, transplant the vegetables that sprouted more densely after the last sowing to the area where the base fertilizer has been soaked.
"Wow! There are actually vegetables on this island? Xu Yin, are these vegetables?"
"This is baby cabbage."
"Chinese cabbage and green vegetables are all the same, as long as they are vegetables."
"Vegetables are enough? Then don't you eat them every day?" Xiao Lu teased Xiao Zhao, "Bracken is also a vegetable!"
"..."
In the past few days, several female compatriots in Xiaolu, in addition to washing and drying starch, often go digging wild vegetables together.
However, the types of wild vegetables they knew were limited. Sister Fan only knew shepherd's purse and nothing else. However, she searched all over the island and found no shepherd's purse. Xiaolu knew bracken, so she brought a large handful back, blanched it and put some salt on it. Mix and eat.
Eating a meal of wild vegetables once in a while will make you feel refreshed and relieve your tiredness. Who would still think it is delicious if you eat it every time?
"Xu Yin, where did you find it?" When the female compatriots heard that it was cabbage, they all gathered around and salivated when they saw the tender cabbage seedlings.
"The shade where the spring water flows down may be the seeds brought by the seabirds." Xu Yin ran the train seriously and gave all the credit to the seabirds.
"It's not necessarily brought by the mouth." Xiao Ke shivered, "It could also be that they ate it into their stomachs and suddenly had a stomachache when passing by this island."
Everyone laughed.
Xu Yin glanced happily at Xiao Ke, who had unintentionally become a great teammate, and raised the cabbage seedlings in her hand, "I plan to transplant them to a drinking water pond. Watering is also convenient."
"Ah? Aren't you going to eat now?" Everyone was disappointed.
Xu Yin said with a smile: "It's still so tender and you'll eat it in just a few bites. Why don't you wait until it grows bigger before eating it and leave one to plant seeds so that you don't have to worry about running out of vegetables in the future."
"..."
Everyone, look at me and I look at you.
"What...Xu Yin, do you really think we have to spend our whole lives here?"
"Have you considered growing vegetables?"
"No way? Then I'd rather not eat the food, just let me go home!"
"Me too...wuwuwu..."
As they talked, everyone's noses became sore, their eyes turned red, and they began to cry.
Xu Yin: "..."
Sisters, believe me, you have to grow vegetables to get home!
(End of chapter)
