Tian Li's face looked a little pale. The young man glanced at her and said nothing, but grabbed the fish flapping on the ground and walked up the slope.
After a long time, Tian Li came back to her senses, and she slowly walked up the slope. Yin Xingyuan was handling it above. The fish had lost its breath and stopped moving after being handled. There was a big hole in the belly of the fish, and there was no sight of blood dripping all over the floor.
Tian Li was in a daze. She went under each tree and tried to find some scattered branches to make a fire. She put together a few branches she picked up and began to study the most primitive technique of drilling wood to make fire.
Although she has never survived in the wild, she still has some basic common sense.
For example, after drilling out a spark, you need to use flammable things to ignite the fire. The best local materials are dead grass and dead leaves.
Tian Li searched around and gathered some dry vegetation; but drilling wood to make fire obviously became a physical job.
She found two branches of moderate thickness, then picked them up at a gap and began to rub them quickly, trying to create some sparks.
Logically speaking, this kind of drilling wood to make fire requires extremely fast friction to produce sparks. After spinning like this for a while, her hands were so painful.
The palm of the hand was red and even a little swollen, but there was no sign of fire at all.
Surviving in the wild is really not suitable for her.
If Zhang Xincheng were here at this time, with her strength, she would definitely be able to do everything well.
When thinking of Zhang Xincheng, Tian Li sighed silently. I don’t know if the other person is still alive.
In a daze, the young man did not know when he appeared in front of Tian Li.
Tian Li was subconsciously at a loss because she couldn't do anything well, almost all of it was done by Yin Xingyuan. Whether it’s picking fruits or catching fish.
Yin Xingyuan didn't say anything. He spread his palm and put it in front of Tian Li's eyes. She took a look and saw two stone-like things in the other person's hands, which were dark in color.
"Is this...flint?" Tian Li asked.
Although she felt that this stone looked no different from ordinary stones, it was impossible for Yin Xingyuan to give her two stones for no reason.
The young man responded, then picked up a few branches she had picked up and left.
Tian Li began to concentrate on lighting the fire. With flint, it became much easier to make a fire; after she created a spark, she began to use flammable dry grass leaves to increase the burning of the fire, and the flame gradually grew into a small fire.
Tian Li felt relieved that she had not done nothing after all.
She was so immersed in her guilt for Yin Xingyuan that she didn't realize that he was actually observing her for a long time, and only took out the flint when she drilled the wood until her palms were red and swollen.
The fire here is crackling and burning. Tian Li stood up and planned to go over there to see if there was anything she could do to help.
Yin Xingyuan seems to have done everything well. He set up a simple wooden frame, and the fish was prepared and skewered on the wooden branches.
The next step is to wait quietly.
Tian Li stared at the grilled fish on the shelf in a daze.
To be honest, although she can cook, she has never handled fish because she hates eating fish, really hates it.
The smell of meat came quickly. After walking so far and working for so long, I felt a little hungry. Tian Li thought of the remaining bread in her pocket, so she also took a branch, strung the bread from the top, and put it on the fire to bake together.
"Sister, I ate too much bread, and soon I won't be able to eat the grilled fish."
Seeing Tian Li eating the toasted bread one bite at a time, the boy said warmly.
This dark hard bread becomes much softer after being roasted. When you chew it carefully, you can even taste a faint taste of barley. It is not difficult to eat.
If she had known that this bread tasted good when baked, she wouldn't have eaten dry hard bread with light vegetable soup during those days in the castle.
"I'll just eat the bread. You can keep it."
In short, it was hard for her to tell him openly that she hated fish.
Yin Xingyuan didn't ask any more questions. After the two of them filled their stomachs, whether they should go or stay became a question again.
It was getting late today, so Tian Li decided to stay out for one more night and go down the mountain to visit the town tomorrow.
She didn't want to spend the remaining twenty days eating and sleeping outside. Not to mention the living environment, her health alone became a big problem.
If it's windy and rainy again and the temperature drops, you'll get sick sooner or later.
The wind is warm tonight, and although the temperature is on the low side at night, it is still bearable. At sunrise the next day, the two set off on the path to the town.
It's a town, but it's just down the mountain. It's just that they plan to operate far away from the castle, in case the group of people in the castle are still looking for them outside.
Tian Li probably thought that she needed to find a job that included food and accommodation. As long as she survived these twenty days and survived until the deduction was over, she could leave smoothly.
