What should I do next? Want to live somewhere else?
Ayun's mind was in a mess. It was already dark now. She was covered in blood and there was a large pot of minced meat that had not been processed.
That strange man has long since disappeared... Things have to be prioritized. Although Ayun is very nervous, he can't fall asleep covered in blood. It will definitely attract a lot of strange bugs or small carnivores. The shell smells like blood. Ayun also has to think of a solution.
While it was still dark, Ayun climbed up to a place slightly above the green slope. There were a large number of low broad-leaved plants, and the plant Ayun was looking for was very obvious. It was slightly taller and squeezed in. In a pile of green and yellow shrubs.
The leaves are pig liver purple, a bit like banana leaves, but the lines on the leaves are not as straight and clear as banana leaves. The veins on the broad leaves are messy, like spider webs. And it emits a somewhat strange smell, not a stink but not a fragrance either.
According to Ayun's observation, this smell can drive away some bugs... so the cave is also covered with such broad leaves, and Ayun will replace them with new ones every few days. She collected five or six broad leaves, then dived into the bushes to look for the vine.
During this period, she rolled several times in the mud. The soil in the bushes was softer and moister. At this time, Ayun didn't care about getting bugs or other dirty things. Because she didn't have time to go to the river to take a bath, she could only use The wet and soft soil scraped away the dried and powdered blood on his body as much as possible.
After picking the leaves and vines, and wiping away the blood stains on his body, Ayun trotted back to the entrance of the cave.
Her movements were more agile than before. She sat on the ground and flattened a pig liver leaf, then placed another one on top and folded it repeatedly. After folding it until it could no longer be folded, Ayun raised the stone that had been prepared. He kept pounding the folded pork liver leaves. After repeated pounding, the leaves began to exude a unique smell, and some sticky transparent liquid also seeped out from the veins of the leaves.
When the leaves turned into paste, she spread the leaf paste evenly on the flat leaves. After applying, she covered it with other leaves, just like making sandwich biscuits.
leaves - paste leaves - leaves
This is... Ayun looked at her "masterpiece" with satisfaction. This was the first insect repellent cover she made with her own inspiration!
She first put the leaf cover next to it, and the minced meat in the insect shell had to be processed in a further step. Ayun picked up the insect shell and walked to a place far away from the cave, dug a small pit shallowly, and then put the insect shell into it. The blood and water accumulated inside were poured into the pit. After the blood and water in the shell was poured out, Ayun began to squeeze the blood and water in the meat with his hands, trying to clean up the blood and water as cleanly as possible.
After this step is completed, the formal overnight treatment can begin... Because this is the first time in all aspects, Ayun cannot guarantee that he will do his best. She planned to divide the minced meat into three portions. I didn't pile all the meat in the cave because I was afraid that the smell would be too strong and attract something at night.
The first portion is the largest, thickly wrapped with leaves and placed in the cave. The second portion is the least, put inside the insect shell, seal the shell with a leaf cover, then wrap it around the outside a few times, and finally bury it with stones. The third portion is still thickly wrapped with leaves, but is hung with vines on a higher tree at the foot of the hillside.
After they were divided according to the plan, the sky had darkened, the sun in the distance had sunk into the rain forest, and the sky was as bright as fire. Ayun hung the third copy on the tree with a dazzling orange-red afterglow.
She put her hands together on her forehead and bowed to the tree: "You are the one who is most likely to be eaten. If you are eaten, just think of it as helping me to ward off disasters. Thank you."
Back in the cave, Ayun briefly sorted the bone fragments and stone arrows that she had picked up and could be used to make tools. It was almost completely dark. She climbed into the cave with her things. She would block them with stones tonight. Stay at the entrance of the cave just in case.
The smell of minced meat and leaves mixed together was slightly choking, so Ayun did not fall asleep as quickly as before, and she began to think about the savage.
Why did he want to help him get the meat back? Why does he know where he lives? What was he talking about?
Will he come again tomorrow? Ayun hoped he wouldn't... A male savage more than two meters tall, with strange double eyes, and a strong alien appearance all scared Ayun.
Do you want to move somewhere? But what's more important than moving somewhere is to master how to make a fire first... If you can successfully make a fire tomorrow, you can have barbecue. But will the meat go bad tomorrow?
Thinking of this, Ayun instinctively reached out and touched the leaf bag placed beside him, just like a mother caressing her child: "I really want to eat barbecue..." The growling of his stomach echoed in the dark cave. Listening to the huge growl of his stomach, Ayun was too lazy to think about moving and the savages.
The most important thing is to make fire and make tools! After thinking about it, Ayun finally felt a little sleepy.
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The meat placed in the cave was fine, and the meat hanging from the tree was fine, but the leaf package buried under stones at the entrance of the cave was bitten by insects and made several holes, and the meat inside was chewed to the point of gelatinization. The loss was expected, and Ayun happily took the tree home.
She first took a few bites of the roots stored in the cave, and then began to drill wood to make fire. Because the meat was at hand, she worked very hard even though she was hungry. Ayun hummed while getting into the fire, as if he was about to enjoy a barbecue feast.
Two hours later.
"Why can't your mother light the grass?" Ayun smashed the stick in his hand, lay down on the grass and started crying. The drill pipe and drill board are all very dry wood that she has dried in the sun for many days, and the fine velvet is also very dry velvet that has been dried in the sun for a long time... Why...
Ayun was crying and coughing on the grass. She was exhausted. Her palms were bloody due to repeated use of wooden sticks, and her arms were so sore that she couldn't lift them up.
Why does she have to go through these unfortunate things? She had already died once, why would she come to a place like this and suffer? She kept pounding the ground with her hands, making strange whimpering sounds from her mouth, or she would just die again. To hang? Or jump off a cliff...
While crying and thinking wildly, Ayun gradually calmed down after dozens of minutes.
With bloodshot eyes, she stared at her fire-making workbench and then at the insect shell containing raw meat. Tired to the extreme, Ayun suddenly figured out... Why do you insist on using fire to roast meat? She slowly crawled to the insect shell, opened the leaf cover, frowned and picked out a relatively small piece of meat.
The smell of blood mixed with the special taste of leaves. Ayun stared at the blood-red meat for a while, then stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it whole. But after swallowing it, she immediately retched.
Will he die from parasites? Or some germ? But she was so hungry and tired that she would starve to death if she didn't eat... Ayun covered her mouth to stop herself from retching the meat. The scene was so embarrassing that she lay on the ground for a long time before picking up the second piece of meat and putting it into her mouth. .
It's not optimistic. It may be the limit to be able to hold on until now. When Ayun ate the fourth piece of meat, he felt that his tongue was numb and had no taste, and he could no longer smell the smell of blood.
After she was thrown out of the village by the local savages, she was able to walk through the rain forest to bring her to Green Po, find this cave to live in, and be self-sufficient for a month, which was pretty good. This pile of raw meat can only be eaten for two days at most without storage conditions.
It's better to live one day at a time, or to go on the road as soon as possible... Ayun sighed, she didn't want to be so pessimistic, and being able to have a second life was definitely something to be happy about. But why did he have a second life under such circumstances...
By the sixth piece of raw meat, Ayun suddenly felt less tired, and the negative thoughts in his mind also decreased. My stomach is bloated and my hands have a little strength.
"Well, even if it's shit, people will have strength after eating enough." Ayun patted his belly and muttered to himself, "I hope I won't have diarrhea later."
After tidying up the fire-making workbench that I just broke down and smashed. Ayun first took out the fruit shell used to hold water in the cave.
There are four things that need to be done today. Go to the rainforest to get water, clean the remaining dirt on your body, dig roots under the hillside to replenish your inventory, and use bone fragments to make spears.
None of these things were difficult for Ayun. Around two or three o'clock in the afternoon, Ayun had already dug out the rhizomes and headed back home. Today's rhizome harvest was not much, but Ayun accidentally discovered some strange things near the hillside. The fruit is small, about half the size of a fist, with an uneven surface. The peel is brownish red, very thick and hard.
After peeling it off, there is a red paste inside. The paste is only about the size of a thumb, but it is very sweet and has a bit of alcohol taste... This kind of fruit only grows in places with tall grass, so Ayun has not had it before. She discovered that today was also thanks to some birds. She saw birds jumping around and holding fruits in the tall grass, so she went into the tall grass to look for them.
Ayun ate while picking, and felt a little dizzy at the end of the meal. But the sweet taste made her so happy that she decided to continue exploring the tall grass early tomorrow morning, maybe she could collect more food. If it weren't for the physical exertion of getting water today, she would still have to walk around in the tall grass.
When Ayun jumped home with his new discovery, that guy appeared. The tall man sat at the entrance of her cave at some point and was still playing with her things. He seemed very happy to see that Ayun was back, chirping and talking.
"..." Ayun held the fruit and water, stopped a hundred meters away from the man, and stopped walking forward.
"Agulu!" The man repeated the strange language again, stood up and walked towards Ayun, "Agulu!"
A two-meter-tall man walking towards you at a very fast speed is quite scary. Ayun felt very painful. She finally calmed down today...
"Buluo." The man stood still in front of Ayun, his eyes suddenly widened, and pointed at the fruit in Ayun's arms, "Buluo."
After saying that, his hands as big as rags grabbed several fruits in Ayun's arms and threw them away.
"What are you doing?!" Ayun was shocked and wanted to pick it up. But the man stopped her: "Barrow! Ebuluk Barrow!"
Although she was dizzy and swollen, Ayun suddenly understood something after a short period of anger. When she collected the meat yesterday, the man had no reaction, but today when he saw the fruit in her hand, he suddenly asked her to throw it away...
What's wrong with something the locals won't let you eat? Of course it's poisonous.
Ayun looked pale as he stared at the sweet fruits in his arms: "But I've already eaten..." Not only did he eat, but he also ate a lot. Regardless of the language barrier, Ayun pointed to the fruit in a hurry, and then kept pointing to his mouth: "Eat, I just ate a lot of this, what should I do?"
The man watched A-Yun dance for a while, as if he was trying to understand what she was doing. Apparently A-Yun's performance was very successful. The man snatched the water bowl from A-Yun's hand and asked her to drink it all. Then he made a fist with one hand and exerted force. He pressed against Ayun's belly and kept pressing.
These blows were very painful, but Ayun knew what they were doing, that they were inducing vomiting, and she immediately began to dig out her throat with her hands. Within a few seconds, Ayun lay down next to him and started vomiting.
The man ran away with the water bowl. Not long after, he ran back like the wind. The water bowl was filled again, and he also took some green grass knots. He threw the grass knot into the water, lifted up Ayun who was lying on the ground retching, and asked her to drink the water and the grass together.
Should I say it was unlucky or lucky? Ayun's mind was confused when she drank water. After learning that the fruit was poisonous, she was suddenly very afraid of death. After drinking water and eating grass with the help of the man, she couldn't hold it in anymore, tears burst out: "I don't want to die, I don't want to die! If I had known I wouldn't eat randomly!"
"But I'm really hungry..." Ayun raised his head, closed his eyes and cried loudly, crying ugly and embarrassingly.
"..." The man was frightened by A-Yun's sudden emotional release, but he did not leave. He just sat cross-legged and stared at A-Yun, muttering a few words from time to time.
"I... don't... seem..."
Ayun's crying stopped, and she looked at the man with a shocked face. The man was imitating her words with a curious expression: "Don't cry...die." Although the tone was very strange, Ayun finally heard someone saying the same thing to her. language.
This feeling is like being in a foreign country and suddenly smelling the smell of cooking at home.
"So...hungry..." The man was still imitating. After discovering that imitating Ayun's words would make her stop crying, the man worked harder, "I don't want to die, I'm so hungry."
