Not far below the cave is the big tree with a crooked neck.
A huge canopy hangs over the cliff.
There is a giant vine as thick as a waist wrapped around the tree, like a giant python. Tens of meters long vines are scattered around the branches of the big tree, with many golden-red wild fruits hanging on them.
This is the kind of fruit that fell into the pool below the cliff yesterday.
There is only one tree of this kind of fruit nearby, and there is no semicolon. Because the place is extremely dangerous, no one dares to pick it on weekdays. If you occasionally get one or two, you will definitely cherish it and eat it secretly.
When the fruit on the tree vine is not ripe, it is green and slightly sour, but after eating it, it becomes sweet and has a very peculiar taste. When it is ripe, it is golden red, and when it is fully ripe, it turns purple.
If it is not eaten by birds, it will naturally fall off and fall under the cliff. You can only miss such a delicious fruit.
This place is very close to the cave, so Xu Chen often sees it coming and going. Sometimes a group of children will come here to wait and pick up some fallen fruits.
However, this chance is very rare, because most of the fruits are hanging outside the cliff, and unless it is windy or rainy, it is possible for a few to fall into the woods.
Therefore, when Xu Chen traveled to the present, Ye gave him a green one on the first day, and then he picked up a fallen one in the canyon yesterday.
And since he tasted the wonderful taste of this ripe wild fruit yesterday, he has been completely unable to let it go.
It's a pity that this place is more dangerous than the cliff at Milk Fruit.
But after being insulted by a group of monkeys yesterday, Xu Chen was a little angry.
Nima, I am also a time traveler after all. If I can't defeat the monkey, that's all. If I can't even eat a few wild fruits, I might as well jump off a cliff and commit suicide.
So he stood under the tree and stared for a long time, climbed along the thick trunk to the edge of the cliff, and then climbed up a bit on the waist-thick giant vine, and finally found that the dog's food was indeed not available.
There is a section of more than ten meters below the tree vine that is completely bare, and it is not difficult to climb up.
Even if you climb up, you will almost be hanging out of the cliff. If you accidentally fall, you will be completely cold and your bones will not be recovered.
"Chen Ga, come down... come down... pounce!"
Seeing Xu Chen desperately climbing up the tree, Gu and Ju were frightened and stood under the tree and screamed desperately.
Uncle Puli, can you say something auspicious?
Xu Chen climbed up for about one meter with all his strength. Finally, his hands and feet were so weak that he had to slowly slide down.
It's not that he can't climb up, it's that he really can't climb up.
When I was a child, my skills in climbing trees and digging out bird's nests in the countryside have completely deteriorated.
"Let's go back and think of a solution!"
Xu Chen got down from the tree angrily, looked back at the fragrant wild fruits hanging on the tree, and took Gu Heju home to think of a solution.
If this big tree grows straight upward and there is no cliff next to it, even if it is difficult to climb, it is not too difficult to house these primitive savages. There will always be a way to eat it.
But the location is too dangerous, so we can only look at the ocean and sigh, and admire the fish in the abyss.
It’s not that I don’t want to eat it, it’s that I don’t dare to take risks.
However, Xu Chen has climbed in places more dangerous than this, relying on ropes and climbing equipment.
As long as there is a strong enough rope, it is not impossible to eat these wild fruits.
So Xu Chen got angry and went back and found all the ropes stored in the cave. There were a lot of ropes. However, these ropes were not too thick because they were rubbed out by several tool workers. They were usually used to tie up things.
Or make rattan basket straps.
But what Xu Chen needs is a safety rope that can bear the weight of a person.
Thin ropes rely on rubbing, thick ropes rely on twisting.
There is a saying that everyone is twisted into a rope.
What we are actually talking about is the production process of thick hemp rope.
A thick rope is made up of at least three strands of thin rope. First use one of them as a tendon and tighten it until it is straight. Then twist the other two strands of thin rope up in a staggered circle. After twisting, loosen and twist it back and forth several times.
, the three strands of the rope rebounded under the strong torsion and were completely twisted together to become a thicker rope.
A cable is a thick rope made of hemp rope twisted repeatedly.
According to the strength of the bark rope, three strands as thick as your index finger can be twisted together enough to lift the weight of an adult.
If you use two, you can definitely ensure safety.
So under Xu Chen's command, the three of them started twisting the rope by the grove.
Gu Heju didn't know what Xu Chen was doing by twisting the rope, but as the most loyal followers, they usually would not express any opinions and would do whatever they were told. Their loyalty and honesty made Xu Chen's teeth itch.
The crooked-necked tree was very tall, and most of it stretched beyond the cliff.
Therefore, the safety rope cannot be too short. According to Xu Chen's judgment, it needs to be at least fifty meters.
Twisting the rope is much slower than twisting the rope, but now he has more time.
Because in this primitive era, there was really nothing else to do except find something to eat.
In the next few days, Xu Chen and Gu Heju continued to compete with the bark rope. With the continuous efforts of the three of them, the two long ropes were finally twisted.
The egg is thick and very strong. I found a big tree in front of the cave and climbed up to make a swing to swing around for a day without any damage.
The appearance of the swing made Ye and a group of children extremely happy. They scrambled to climb on it and were unwilling to come down.
And a group of adult men and women were dumbfounded. They watched Xu Chen and the other three people working from dawn to dusk for several days, and they came up with such thick and long ropes. They didn't expect that they were just making a toy.
Gu Heju also thought so and kept praising Xu Chen for his ability to play.
In addition to the safety rope, Xu Chen spent another day making a hanging basket using string and a rattan basket, and also prepared a slender wooden pole and a fishing net.
A fishing net is a fishing net with a round frame in front of a wooden handle and a small net bag made of hemp rope underneath.
When everything was ready, Xu Chen took Gu Heju and set off again to the crooked neck tree on the edge of the cliff.
Hearing that Xu Chen was going to pick grain from the Crooked Neck Tree, a group of children immediately cheered. The mother and a group of women were nervous and blocked her from going. However, Xu Chen pointed to the ropes and tools he had prepared and explained repeatedly.
There would be no danger, but a group of women were still worried and left their work to follow him to see the scene.
So this wild fruit picking activity turned into an outpouring of people, and a large group of noisy people soon arrived in front of the crooked neck tree.
However, the main force picking fruit today was Gu Heju.
Because he couldn't even climb up even the bare giant vine under the big tree.
But this is not a big deal for Gu Heju.
For safety reasons, Xu Chen repeatedly explained to the two people the use of safety ropes and the use of long poles and net bags.
After the two understood it, their blood boiled with excitement. They tied the safety rope and climbed up the big tree. Then they spit into the palms of their hands and climbed up along the waist-thick giant vine.
A group of people stood under the big tree and watched the two people quickly climb to the branch of the canopy one after the other.
At this time, the two of them were already out of the cliff, and they could only see a group of women exclaiming in surprise.
The two of them followed Xu Chen's instructions and tied the safety rope firmly to a tree trunk in a safe position, then lowered the rope and pulled the hanging basket up.
After everything was ready, he held up the wooden pole and net bag and continued walking along the slanting branches to the outside of the cliff. Gu Ze held the safety rope tightly from behind and slowly lowered it forward.
In fact, in Xu Chen's opinion, it is not difficult to get the fruit from this tree.
Mainly due to conditional restrictions and lack of necessary safety tools and picking methods.
But now everything is ready.
Next, we will mainly look at the courage and performance of Gu and Ju.
The trunk of the tree is very thick. Even the main trunk hanging outside the cliff is two meters thick. It is almost like a path. The only difference is that the branches are intertwined with vines, so it is not easy to walk. In addition, with the long pole and wood in my hand,
More caution is needed.
But fortunately, these primitive people have been scared since childhood. They dare to fight with bare hands when facing wild wolves. Although there is a cliff hundreds of meters below, because of the safety rope, the two of them are so bold that they can almost ignore it.
Such a dangerous situation.
In addition, the two of them now have unconditional trust in Xu Chen.
With such a thick rope tied to their body, it seemed to them that even if they lost their footing, they would never fall.
As he walked farther and farther, he gradually disappeared into the huge tree canopy and was almost invisible. A group of people stood under the tree and became even more nervous and worried.
"Plop~plop~plop~"
In the middle of the dense canopy, you can vaguely see a person knocking around with a wooden pole. Then, accompanied by the exclamations of a group of children and adults, you can see fruits plopping and falling.
"Wanggawangga!"
Gu, who was holding on to the safety rope, could see more clearly and jumped on the branch of the tree anxiously, shouting.
“#￥@%……”
There was a very impatient sound coming from the person who was knocking the fruit, but the beating action stopped for a moment, and then he started banging again. Not long after, he saw Ji moving back slowly, and waited until the branch was wide to look.
Clearly, a group of children under the tree immediately cheered.
The net bag was actually filled with vine fruits, which were so heavy that there seemed to be at least a dozen.