Wild gourds are smaller than artificially grown ones. They hang on the vines one by one, looking round and cute.
Meng Qingtao picked several. She was worried that she didn't have water storage tools. Isn't this ready-made?
Saw it open at the opening, empty out the pulp and seeds inside, and then put the handle back in, and it became a temporary kettle.
One is cut in the middle and hollowed out into a round bowl for cooking.
She gave it a try temporarily, but it was much more elegant than lying by the water and drinking directly.
Meng Qingtao also picked an underage small gourd for Xiaoguai to play with. It was only as big as a finger. Xiaoguai had never seen it before. He thought it was food when he held it in his hand, and it exploded in one bite.
"Zhizhizhizhi——"
It shook its forelimbs and threw the residue on the ground, indicating that it was not delicious.
"You still picked it up??" Meng Qingtao found it funny, knowing that a few days ago it was still hungry.
"Zhizhi!" Xiaoguai wrapped his hands around her neck and remained motionless.
"Okay," Meng Qingtao tapped its forehead, "Then let's go have a rest~"
After a night's rest and another day of mutton tomorrow, it's time to find camp again.
On the fourth day, Meng Qingtao woke up and found that the antelope was a little stale.
She took emergency measures, and several gourd bowls she made yesterday came in handy.
Meng Qingtao cut the meat into small pieces and blanched it in a gourd bowl, which could minimize the rancid smell.
However, in this case, you must use cold water to blanch it, otherwise the odor will be sealed in the meat.
Add salt when blanching, and rinse the meat with clean water after it is cooked.
Then soak the meat in salt water for about half an hour, and finally pick it up and soak it in clean water.
After doing this, the initial odor is basically gone.
She threw the remaining bones, which had begun to smell, far away, at least a few kilometers away from the camp, otherwise the smell of carrion might easily attract wild animals.
【Learn to mess with! Learn to mess with again! 】
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[God is indeed fair. He opened a door for Xiao Meng and closed a window for me...]
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The fourth day was spent laughing and joking.
By daybreak on the fifth day, Meng Qingtao had already put out the fire and started on his way.
Fill a gourd with water to drink on the road to avoid the same situation as the first day.
This time, she still planned to find a place near water, preferably with a shelter, as a shelter.
Meng Qingtao took the little boy with him in his pocket and picked some wild fruits to fill his stomach.
After walking for about half an hour, we passed through a patch of grass half as tall as a man, from which we could vaguely see the shadow of a river ahead, with wide banks on both sides.
Meng Qingtao was overjoyed and still lamenting her good luck today. When she got closer, she almost scared her soul away.
Two huge crocodile heads were lying on the bank of the river! ! !
Two crocodiles were basking in the sun comfortably, and even under the dark yellow water, many floating figures could be vaguely seen.
She could guess without even getting close that there must be groups of piranhas in the water.
There are more such deadly rivers on the grasslands than in safe areas.
She backed away quietly, then turned around.
After trekking eastward, they found another bush after half a day.
Meng Qingtao stopped here because there is a natural stone cave here, which is higher than the ground and leeward, so the cave is very dry and suitable for camping.
And there is a river hidden under the grass a few hundred meters away. There are no crocodiles in the river. Although the water quality is not as clear as the previous one, it is still living water. It should not be a problem if it is filtered and boiled.
There are no footprints of wild animals around, which can serve as a shelter.
Meng Qingtao moved stones and branches to decorate the door to protect it, then lit a fire. Then he washed the scarf and used charcoal chips brought from the previous camp to make a water purifier to filter the river water.
The water that has been filtered twice is still a little turbid, but after boiling, except for the smell of charcoal, there is nothing unusual.
Meng Qingtao drank less and observed her body's reaction. There were no symptoms of diarrhea at night, so she felt relieved.
When night falls, this place suddenly becomes evil.
Meng Qingtao was first startled by the dark shadow of the trees.
The shadows cast by the continuous shrubs and occasional tall trees are like a silent giant in the night, staring eerily at the earth. After looking at it for a long time, you will feel like your eyes are colliding.
Occasionally, a wild donkey in estrus will make an unbearable braying. The braying is shrill and long-lasting, waking people up from their sleep to check whether the area around the camp is safe.
For Meng Qingtao, who only ate some plantains and wild vegetables all day long, the first thing she felt when she woke up in the middle of the night was that her stomach hurt. She finally stayed up until dawn in pain, and the first thing she did after waking up was to look for food. .
When she was fetching water yesterday, she saw many pores on the soil on the river bank, which she guessed were traces left by a freshwater fish called lungfish.
Unfortunately, it was too late and she didn't take action.
It is known that the prototype of the Natal grassland is the African savanna, and the lungfish is a tenacious fish living in Africa. The biggest difference between lungfish and other fish is that in addition to breathing through gills, it can also use its swim bladder instead of lungs to breathe.
When summer comes and the water level drops during the dry season, it can sneak into the soil and go dormant.
When the locals hunt for food, they will bring a hoe to look for the stomata in the mud beside the river. These are the breathing holes of the lungfish. Just dig along and you can harvest a plump lungfish.
Meng Qingtao only had the dagger he carried with him. The upper soil was a bit dry and digging was very slow.
But she is not alone, she also has Xiaoguai.
Xiaoguai was taken good care of. Although his wounds were still scabbed, his spirit had already regained its former vitality.
He pulled Meng Qingtao's socks and motioned for her to step back.
"What's wrong? You want to help me?"
Meng Qingtao took advantage of the situation and made room for it to see what Xiaoguai could do.
I saw Xiao Guafa fully exerting his special skills as a baboon, squatting on the ground and digging a hole quickly with both hands. The progress was much faster than Meng Qingtao's dagger, and he dug out the lungfish's tail along the blowhole in a few clicks.
Seeing the tail, the little boy stopped moving, put his hands behind his back and raised his head, waiting for Meng Qingtao's praise.
[Hahahahaha, Xiaoguai looks so proud! 】
[Little boy: Mommy! praise me! ! 】
[Xiao Meng, praise it quickly! ! ! 】
Meng Qingtao also lived up to expectations. She exaggeratedly picked up the little boy with both hands, held it high, and started playing with it.
"Squeak!!" After the little boy was happy, he crawled to the ground again and continued to dig in several places. Each person and the baboon harvested a total of three lungfish.
"Okay, let's go back!" Meng Qingtao gave an order, and Xiaoguai immediately followed, "Go back and give you extra food. We will eat fish today."
