Chapter 774: Survival on a Deserted Island (V)
Three days later, Cheng Ling explored half of the island.
The outer edge of the island she explored was a small part of the beach, and the edges of other islands were rocky.
This naturally formed narrow bay can be used for fishing and cleaning.
On the other side of the coast, she found more than a dozen coconut trees.
Cheng Ling did not pick coconuts again. Unless they were ripe and fell by themselves.
She used fishing line to make a simple set of equipment for collecting dew in the jungle:
Use branches and fishing line to place several broad leaves from top to bottom.
Dew gathered on the surface of the leaves, condensed into large particles, and rolled along the central veins of the leaves to the lower leaves.
One leaf after another, the lowest leaf was an open food preservation bag.
This plan to collect dew died after only two days, because on the third day, the dew collection bag was scratched by a naughty bird.
However, her sneakers were dried.
This increased Cheng Ling's mobility. It was much safer and more convenient to put on sneakers and explore the jungle.
In the next few days, Cheng Ling spent most of her energy on making pottery - she made a simple package with bark, and she could pile clay on the bark to facilitate carrying out.
At the same time, she mixed soil and broken stones to build a simple stove for firing pottery at a rock pile on the edge of the jungle.
After cleaning the impurities in the clay, Cheng Ling kneaded it into a bowl shape, put it on the upper layer of the stove, stuffed firewood on the lower layer, and fired it.
During the first firing, Cheng Ling kneaded five pottery pieces, and three of them cracked.
Cheng Ling summarized the experience and rules. One of the three cracked was uneven in thickness and cracked in the weak part; the other cracked, and there were traces of bubbles in the cross section - I think the air in the adobe was not completely driven out. The third one...maybe it was too humid.
After summarizing these rules, she used clay to make bowls, basins, and wide-mouthed bottles again. After avoiding the previous mistakes, she sealed the stove again and fired at high temperature.
This time, Cheng Ling tried her best to control the flame, filling the branches without rushing, and making the temperature rise evenly as much as possible.
This time, all five vessels were fired successfully!
This is a big harvest!
"This means-" Cheng Ling raised the pottery and announced righteously: "-Humanity has entered the Neolithic Age!"
As soon as she opened her mouth, Cheng Ling found that her throat was a little tight-because she hadn't spoken for several days.
This won't work.
So Cheng Ling immediately set a rule for herself to speak at least 20,000 words a day, regardless of any form, talking to herself, debating, reciting ancient poems, singing, as long as she opened her mouth.
At the same time, Cheng Ling started to make warm clothes for herself.
In the dense forest, Cheng Ling found a tall tree with a complete and smooth bark, and few insects visited-
Cheng Ling found a branch with a bulging scar at one end of the branch. She used the scar part to pat the bark, inch by inch.
After patting, the structure between the bark and the trunk became loose.
After about half an hour of filming, Cheng Ling took out the boning knife, cut the bark vertically, and peeled off the whole bark.
She took the bark to the water bay to wash it, cut off the excess scars on the surface of the bark, found stones, and repeatedly hit and beat it.
Until the bark was beaten into soft flakes, Cheng Ling hung the flakes of bark up and air-dried them.
That night, Cheng Ling had a bark quilt, which was warm and light, and very comfortable to cover.
——At this moment, there are still many ancient tribes that retain the tradition of making bark clothes. Cheng Ling copied their practice and was quite successful.
Cheng Ling used this method to obtain a lot of bark, which was as soft as cloth. If she beat it a few more times, Cheng Ling could use homemade bone needles and fishing lines to sew the flakes of bark into clothes.
On the sixth day, Cheng Ling's kiln took shape.
She even began to try to use coconut meat to refine coconut oil.
On the eleventh day, a heavy rain filled all Cheng Ling's pottery with rainwater.
In this way, Cheng Ling no longer has to worry about the fresh water problem for at least half a month.
However, the negative news is that her stove was washed away by the rain.
Her tree branch house that could not withstand the wind and rain was also damaged. The bark quilt was also wetted by the rain and became wrinkled.
Cheng Ling was determined to build a stronger house.
Cheng Ling, who was a man of action, immediately started to prepare -
The rainy season in the Pacific Ocean is about to begin.