Get rid of distracting thoughts and get back to your great plan.
Ayun sat outside her cave with her hands open, her back facing the sky and her eyes closed. I kept saying silently in my heart, "Abandon distracting thoughts, abandon distracting thoughts." Don't expect Tisuo to come every day, and don't expect Tisuo to provide any new help every day.
"You have to do it yourself." Ayun said to himself, taking a deep breath while talking to himself. Yesterday, after digging the worms and roots, I separated from Tisuo. At that time, Tisuo wanted to send Ayun back to the cave, but she refused, and she refused very strongly.
Although people can get a certain degree of comfort from cats and dogs, I am obviously not in such a place now. I cannot treat Tisuo as one of my own, they are obviously not my own... Ayun put his hand against his temple , as if using telekinesis. She is currently doing psychological counseling for herself.
Feeling like he was going crazy, Ayun opened his eyes and looked at the bright and dazzling blue sky. At this time, there happened to be a few huge creatures flying in the sky. They were not birds...a bit like pterosaurs? Ayun didn't know the name of that kind of dinosaur, but it had a pointed head and huge wings that looked like gliders when spread out.
After seeing these gliding creatures, Ayun crawled back into the cave to hide. Ayun's head pointed towards the bright area at the entrance of the cave. The entrance of the cave was like a small round picture frame, framing a small piece of the bright grass outside and displaying it in front of Ayun's eyes.
She stared blankly at the painting. She could hardly fall asleep last night. There were howls of strange animals and rustling footsteps outside the cave late at night, making her tremble and seal it with stones from the inside. entrance of the cave. How long will this life last? A few months, or the rest of her life.
After Ayun confirmed that the huge creatures in the sky had disappeared, she came back outside. Although her mind was still very confused, she still started her daily routine of making a fire. Because he had eaten so much yesterday and this morning, Ayun felt much stronger.
Stop being absent-minded, she sat down in front of her small workbench and started to make preparations. Today she planned to change the way she made the fire, digging a deeper hole and a smaller opening, about the size of a fist. Fill it with dry velvet, put a stone on it, place the fire-making sheet on the stone, and then spread a layer of velvet around it.
Generally speaking, it is to completely cover any place that may generate high temperatures. After preparing the fire hole, Ayun carefully selected a wooden stick that was convenient for her to hold and began to rub the fire piece vigorously.
The old master rubbed it for an hour, during which time three fire-making tablets were worn out. But Ayun was still energetic. On the one hand, she found that making a fire would put her mind in a very comfortable stagnant state. On the other hand, she didn't feel tired.
As expected, I still have enough energy to work! Ayun was sweating profusely. He moved his arms and shoulders and continued to lower his head and compete with the sticks and pieces of wood.
"Oh... oh oh! oh oh oh!!!" All the hard work seemed to have paid off. After replacing the eighth slice, Ayun smelled a burning smell. It was not an illusion caused by being too tired, because it was A trace of smoke began to emerge from the fire hole.
What to do now? ! The surprise came too suddenly, and Ayun was in a hurry for a moment. She held the wooden stick and huffed like a gorilla for a few times, and then quickly remembered that she should blow on the fine wool to help it ignite!
Ayun left and lay down, pursed his lips and started blowing into the hole. The smoke became bigger and bigger, from the light white mist at the beginning to light gray, and the burnt smell became stronger and stronger... Ah Yun was a little choked, but the pungent smoke didn't smell bad to her at this moment. Rounding it all off, it was already the aroma of barbecue! !
But no matter how hard Ayun tried, the fire hole was just smoking... She didn't see the flames or any sparks. She blew air and continued to fill it with fine velvet, but in the end she just watched. All the fine velvet turned into ashes.
Did it fail? Ayun felt that her chin was sore, and after she filled in the last handful of fine velvet, her whole body collapsed.
It smoked but didn't catch fire. It failed... but it didn't seem to be a complete failure. What went wrong? Isn’t the fire lead dry enough?
Ayun lay on his back on the grass, panting from exhaustion. She did not collapse, she was just calmly recalling what steps she had just made wrong. She had indeed seen some videos in her memory about people who saw only smoke but no fire during the process of drilling wood to make fire, but she could not remember who these people were in the end. How to solve it.
I feel a little regretful that I just threw all the fine stuff into it, it feels like I’m getting paid for my money. She rolled around on the grass and let out a vague scream. She really wants fire. Those fat bugs will taste better if roasted on fire. Besides, she really wants to eat something hot! Anything is fine, as long as it’s hot!
Let's talk about making a fire later. All the velvet has been used up, and she has to find another time to prepare something more capable of starting a fire. Ayun lay on the ground and rubbed her sore arms. After she recovered, she took out all the food stored in the cave.
There are a total of 24 roots of plants that are often eaten, which can be eaten for about three days. Rhizomes can be stored for a long time, so Ayun will not eat them first. She straightened the rhizome and set it aside.
There are about 60 strange little berries, red and green. These were all brought back by Ayun when she was digging for roots. Tisuo was watching beside her at the time. He did not stop himself from picking these things, which meant that they were non-toxic.
Ayun plans to eat half of it and try to dry the other half outside to make dried fruit, so that it can be stored for a longer period of time.
Three succulent tree leaves, about the size of two palms. When opened, the inside is as crystal clear as aloe vera. But eating this fleshy leaf will make you very thirsty. Ayun doesn't know why. It stands to reason that the crystal clear mesophyll part inside will quench his thirst. She doesn't pick too much of this plant every time she sees it. Firstly, it's easy to spoil, and secondly, the sap of this plant attracts insects.
Tisuo gave her a small stack of stinky flakes, 12 pieces. and some nut-like white hard kernels. Just by looking at these two foods, you can tell that they can be stored for a long time.
The last food... is yesterday's highlight, fat worms. She dug up a big bag and came back, but the bugs would spoil soon, so Ayun planned to eat them as soon as possible in the next two days.
"Well...two roots for each meal, half a handful of worms, some berries...and some leaves." Ayun began to balance the daily meals, and finally Meizizi prepared a portion that could be eaten for three days, so he could eat with a little saving. 5 days.
Because of the addition of insects, Ayun felt that his food range had expanded. Since this kind of bug can be eaten, there is no reason why others cannot.
After lunch, pile the prepared food back into the cave. Ayun brought half a bag of small berries to a place next to the cave where a white stone stood. She carefully selected a relatively flat and wide stone that would be exposed to the sun around 1 p.m., and neatly packed the small berries. on top.
But the problem arises, if she leaves the berries here alone, they will definitely be eaten by bugs or something else. It would be a waste of time to dry the fruits here. She was also going to explore the bush area on the green slope this afternoon.
If only Tisso could help her keep these fruits...
What are you thinking! ! Ayun raised his hand and gave himself a slap. Didn't he just spend a long time mentally building himself up in the morning? Don't keep thinking that maybe Tisuo will help! You have to solve it yourself.
Ayun began to think about his hometown. Every summer, he would dry corn on the ground in the big yard... How did people in the countryside prevent the corn from being gnawed by rats at that time?
Keep a cat? Rat poison? Guard every day?
It seems that I can’t even refer to it. Think carefully about the simplest, most direct and safe way, which is to make a fire and roast them into dried fruits.
There is no fire... Ayun, who poked the sore spot, hugged her head and shook her head in pain, but thinking on the bright side, she had successfully made the smoke come out today. If she continued to improve it, making the fire starter drier, or... it could be done Will it be easier to start a fire if I get some grease?
Ayun's plan to make dried fruits was hindered. Although the idea was good, it was too difficult to implement in practice. After thinking twice, he put the dried fruits back into the cave. Wait until you find a way to prevent insects and beasts before trying it again.
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Throughout the afternoon, Ayun explored the bush area. She found many strange fruits and even encountered three slender bugs half as tall as a man. Those bugs were entrenched in the bushes, waiting for birds to land. When birds come down to eat the fruit, they thrust out very scary arthropods to pierce the bird.
When Ayun encountered these three bugs, Ayun's first reaction was that he was dead. Surprisingly, these insects were not interested in her. Even though the distance between them was only three meters, the insects did not react at all. They just raised their upper bodies and stood motionless in the bushes.
There is a possibility that Ayun is visually taller than them, so these bugs will not attack easily. Or maybe it's the smell? She couldn't tell for sure, but just because he didn't attack her this time didn't mean he wouldn't attack her next time. Ayun made a note of this area in his mind and decided to be more careful or simply avoid it the next time he explored.
During this exploration, Ayun brought back a lot of things in one go, including thorny vines, very tough slender leaves, and a large bundle of branches.
She planned to pull out the longer and harder thorns on the vines, and the slender leaves could be used to weave something. Although Ayun didn't know how to weave... she had to try it! The branch was intended to be used to make a small door for her cave.
Ayun carried the materials he had collected so hard and walked briskly towards the small cave.
