Chapter 775: Deserted Island Survival Finale (VI)
Day 13.
The sneakers that got wet the day before were dried.
Her foot injury had healed for the most part, and most of the wounds had scabs. When the scabs fell off, she could go into the water.
Cheng Ling put on her sneakers and continued to explore the island - 80% of the island had been explored.
In the evening, the "Explore the Island" achievement was achieved - Cheng Ling had explored the entire island:
1. No traces of human activities were found on the island;
2. During the rainy season, one-third of the island's area would be submerged by sea water;
3. She found limestone - limestone could be used to make quicklime, which meant that her brick and tile house would be stronger and strong enough to withstand strong winds and rainstorms.
4. The highest point on the island was a small hill in the center of the island - Cheng Ling decided to build her house on the sunny slope of the hill.
Day 14.
Start moving.
Cheng Ling moved her belongings to the sunny slope in three trips.
The geology there was solid and not easily washed away by rain, and the slope faced the sun. The nearby big trees are not easy to attract insects and snakes, and can also help to resist wind and rain. This place is not far from the clay area.
Cheng Ling began to clean the hillside.
Use a homemade rake to remove vines, accumulated branches and fallen leaves, pull out weeds, push away stones, fill the sunken places, and flatten the protruding parts.
After the ground was cleaned, Cheng Ling started to build a stove and burn bricks and tiles for rice.
Cheng Ling smashed the limestone with lower hardness into small pieces and burned it into quicklime in the stove. When building a house, he made a rough version of cement according to the ratio of quicklime to clay of 3 to 7, commonly known as "37 ash".
37 ash can be used to reinforce the piled up bricks and soil.
Day 16.
All the bricks and tiles used to build the house were burned.
After Cheng Ling spread mud on the cleaned ground, he laid red bricks neatly and applied 37 ash to the gaps between the red bricks.
After the ground was paved, he began to build the main body of the house. Cement was applied between the bricks and reserved the position of the doors and windows.
It took Cheng Ling a lot of time and energy to prepare the sixteen beams of similar thickness needed to lay the roof.
In addition, she successfully made coconut oil from coconut meat - coconut oil can be used for cooking, skin care, and especially for repairing sunburned skin - and coconut oil does not need to be refrigerated.
Day 17.
Three things worth celebrating happened today:
First, her brick house was completely completed. Although it is a bit simple, it is an absolute house: it can not only shelter from wind and rain, resist the sun and cold, but also store supplies and cook.
Second, her foot injury has healed for the most part, and many scabs have fallen off - there is no problem in fishing in the water.
Third, the first flute she made can make a sound! Although the tone is at the South Gate of Heaven, Cheng Ling will definitely be able to carve a flute with accurate pitch in the future.
Day 18.
Cheng Ling used the clay left over from burning bricks and tiles to make an umbrella-shaped vessel - coins soaked in coconut oil were embedded on the surface of the vessel -
Coins can reflect sunlight, and the searchlights of passing ships and airplanes shining on the coins will also refract the light and attract people's attention.
Cheng Ling placed the bulk hemisphere that transmits the distress signal on the highest point of the island - the top of the only mountain on the island that is not very high, and fixed it with stones, branches, and clay.
She also selected branches of appropriate thickness and tied them together side by side to make simple doors and windows.
Day 25.
Cheng Ling created paper and pen by herself.
The paper was a thin tree trunk cut with a boning knife, and the pen was a carbonized, very flexible branch.
Cheng Ling drove a small group of fish to the narrow bay of the island and blocked the fish's way back to the sea with a large stone - she also caught a very large fish.
She used the spine of the big fish she caught to make a simple comb - she simply trimmed her uneven short hair.
That night, she made grilled fish.
Cheng Ling smacked her lips, not very satisfied with the taste of the grilled fish - the grilled fish made today only tasted fresh and sweet.
A real grilled fish should be covered with shiny bean sprouts, fragrant luncheon meat, slightly burnt fish tofu, warm and tender bean skin, and the surface of the grilled fish should be piled with red peppers, and sprinkled with two handfuls of free white minced garlic and green chopped green onions...
What you think about during the day, you will dream about at night.
That night, Cheng Ling had a beautiful dream. She ate a lot of delicious food, Chongqing hot pot with heavy oil and spicy, a slice of oily fat beef, crispy yellow throat, dipped in the sauce sprinkled with golden garlic, chopped green onions and peanuts, her lips were swollen from the spiciness, and then a sip of ice-cold cola - the cola should be poured into a glass, filled with ice cubes, and the mouth of the glass is inserted with sweet and sour lemons...
Oh, it smelled so good that she smacked her lips in her sleep.
After waking up, Cheng Ling stared at the roof for a long time and sighed slowly.
Loneliness is bearable, but how to deal with greed...
On the 32nd day, Cheng Ling added new items to her room: a bed made of earthen bricks, a string of fired pottery wind chimes, with coins hanging in the middle, which ding-donged when the wind blew, which was very pleasant to hear.
On the 35th day.
It rained heavily for three consecutive days.
Cheng Ling's house withstood the pressure of the storm and did not suffer any damage.
And the materials in the house that are afraid of getting wet, such as bark beds, beddings, bark clothes, homemade bark sanitary napkins, and bark paper, have not been damaged by rain——
Cheng Ling was very happy. She took out the candy she made with white sugar and coconut meat and rewarded herself with a piece of candy.
Day 38.
The fruits of the apple tree have all been eaten.
There is only one apple tree on the island. I don’t know how long it will take before the apple tree can bear fruit again.
Although she planted the apple tree seeds, it would take many years to bear fruit——
She licked the apple juice from her hand and sighed.
She is so greedy for fruits, especially fruits rich in VC, such as oranges, grapefruits, tangerines, sugar oranges, tangerines, kiwis...
You should choose the kind of fruit with plump flesh and plenty of water. When you put it in your mouth, it will burst with juice. The aftertaste is a little sour...
Cheng Ling wrote down one stroke at a time on her homemade notepad: If she was rescued, she would buy all the fruits from the fruit shop in front of her home and sit on the ground and eat until she was in the dark!
Thinking of this, her eyes couldn't help but drift from the notepad to the distant horizon——
When can I go home?
I miss home so much——