Four hundred and sixtieth chapters vacated shelter
The stream passed through a corner and the water slowed down. On its winding side, the soil was covered with umbrella-like Houttuynia cordata.
Bi Fang pressed with a tree stick to scare away all the insects and ants in the Houttuynia cordata, grabbed a handful, shook off the soil, and then washed it clean by the stream.
Leonardo on the side also followed suit, and was more careful. The stick in his hand was longer, more than two meters, and he often had to knock it three or four times before he dared to approach.
After a series of devastation by bamboo leaves, white-limbed bison, and red dragon centipedes, Leonardo was a little nervous, afraid that something would suddenly jump out of this pile of weeds.
This is only the first day, and we have encountered so many dangerous creatures. You must know that Bi Fang has to live here for twenty days to practice iron tools, so something might emerge.
Can it really be done?
The audience is different from Bi Fang's speed in finding the drug.
[Damn it, how come Lao Fang can find everything]
【Isn’t this too fast?】
This is less than half an hour.
"Because the goal I am looking for is plants that are easy to find. If you really want to clear away heat and detoxify, there are many plants that can do it. But to survive in the wild, what we need to look for is what is readily available. Maybe it is not the most effective, but it must be
It’s the easiest to find, just like the foxtail grass that can be found everywhere on the roadside.”
Bi Fang removed the leaves from the top of Houttuynia cordata, leaving only the middle stem. Bi Fang put it directly into his mouth and chewed it. After chewing it, he spit it out and applied it to the cleaned wound.
"It tastes faintly like Chinese medicine, but it's still a good food source. We can collect more of it."
Bi Fang and Leonardo dug for a long time until the two funnels were full before they stopped. Leonardo also gave it a try in the meantime.
Unfortunately, it seems that he is the kind of person with extreme allergies that Bi Fang mentioned.
As soon as I took a bite, I felt nauseous and wanted to vomit. An extremely strong fishy smell lingered in my mouth and tongue, which was worse than Bifang's discomfort.
At any rate, Bi Fang just felt that there was a faint smell of Chinese medicine, and it was not that it was inedible.
"I may not be suitable for survival in the wild." Leonardo laughed at himself.
After eating a few mouthfuls to fill his stomach, Bi Fang's body was already covered with funnel bags made of plants, four in total, filled with all the harvest of the past half day.
Bi Fang counted them in front of the audience. The largest one was filled with red soil powder, and several sharp stone flakes and charcoal were stuffed inside.
The other two bags were filled with freshly picked Houttuynia cordata as food reserves.
One of them also pressed a milky white pouch, which looked like a balloon. It was Zhuyeqing's stomach pouch, which contained water.
The contents of the last small bag were more dangerous. They were several branches of a tree with its throat sealed in blood, fresh and green, with milky white sap dripping from the severed ends.
It looks no different from ordinary trees, so the audience knows that this thing is extremely poisonous and will cause death or injury if touched.
If it splashes into people's eyes, they will immediately lose their sight. The smoke released when burning branches can also blind people's eyes.
Paint it on the arrow, and once it hits a beast, the beast's blood will coagulate and its heart will stop beating within 3 seconds.
It was also Bi Fang's most important harvest in half a day. The branches were filled with unknown weeds.
That was when Bifang was collecting branches. He collected them from around the Blood Sealed Throat Tree. Leonardo didn't know what the use of those weeds were. They looked like ordinary grass. He just thought they were used to wrap the branches to avoid
Poisoned by scratches.
"This is the antidote to the blood-stuck tree."
Bi Fang seemed to have noticed Leonardo's doubts and explained it specially. When he found the blood-sealed tree, he only dug the soil underneath. He only collected some antidotes nearby and did not have time to explain.
"Antidote?"
【Is there an antidote for this thing?】
[Wait a minute, did Lao Fang just pick it randomly next to the tree? 】
[Holy crap, the antidote to curare wood is around it? 】
【Is it true that there will be an antidote within seven steps? 】
"Although curare wood is poisonous, it has an antidote. It is red-backed bamboo stalk grass, which is the only antidote for curare wood."
Bi Fang took out the grass from the bag and showed it to the audience in front of the screen. One plant had several leaves and was surrounded by tiny burrs.
"If it is a cultivated curare tree, there may not be one near it, but there will almost certainly be a wild one nearby. It grows around the curare tree. It looks just like ordinary grass. Only a few Yi* elders can recognize it."
"This should also be the principle that all things are mutually reinforcing each other. As for whether there must be an antidote to the poison within seven steps, I don't know, but it is not very credible. It must be survivor bias to say this.
"
[Damn, survivor bias, this is too...]
[Isn’t it true, all those who didn’t find the antidote died, dog head.jpg]
These four backpacks contain food, simple tools, fire-making items, and means of self-defense.
This shows that Bi Fang has gained a lot in just half a day.
Even the recommended funnel bag is still not enough, it is too small, so we need to find some other materials to make a larger backpack.
"The next step is to build a shelter." Bifang looked around. Although the creek was not wide, only about three meters, there were no large trees above it.
Although a large section of the surrounding tree cover was exposed, there was still a large gap. Through this gap, the golden sunlight was completely revealed into the dense forest for the first time.
Leonardo raised his head and finally saw the sun. The fear of being in the dense forest was instantly eliminated.
It seems that breathing is much easier.
Although it is not completely dark in the primeval rainforest, you can still see things clearly, but the deep depression cannot be eliminated no matter what.
Even if I know that I am live broadcasting, I still can't eliminate the fear.
Look at Bifang who is still contented and contented. In just half a day, he has become like a fish in water in a jungle full of dangers. It seems that the external environment cannot affect him at all.
A true strong man.
"Let's go, there's nothing to see." Bi Fang didn't know what Leonardo was thinking, so he patted Leonardo on the shoulder and prepared to find a good place to camp tonight.
After finishing the camp, get two wooden spears and try to catch fish in the stream for dinner. The first day will be considered complete.
"The camp should not be set up too close to a water source, otherwise it is easy to encounter wild animals that come to drink water, nor too far away, otherwise daily water replenishment will be a big trouble."
"Many large beasts have their own fixed range of activities. If they have to run a long distance every day and leave traces of their scent and movements, it will be easier to encounter them."
"So five hundred to one thousand meters is a very suitable distance. Not only is it convenient to get water, but we can also try fishing."
Along the river bank, Bifang and Leonardo were about to leave, but their eyes were attracted by a cluster of plants hidden behind trees.
"That's..." Bi Fang looked at the long pole covered by trees, and it looked familiar.
He took Leonardo directly across the river and came to the other side.
After taking a few steps, several long and tangled poles came into view.
Hey!
Bi Fang smiled happily.
The audience was equally happy. The long pole in front of them was in the shape of a knot, with wisps of green leaves on top.
Isn’t it sugar cane?
【Holy shit, wild sugar cane!】
[Lao Fang is so lucky, right? Can he still eat wild sugar cane? 】
[June to August and October to December are the seasons for eating sugar cane! 】
【Wori, I’m greedy】
Bi Fang was also particularly surprised. He didn't expect to find fruits near Houttuynia cordata.
Sugarcane is a tropical crop and has been consumed for a long time.
Qu Yuan wrote this poem in "The Songs of Chu: Zhaohun": "The turtles, cannons, and lambs are more like pulp."
It means a family gathering, with rich and varied food, including stewed turtle and fire-roasted lamb, dipped in fresh sugar cane syrup.
From a chronological point of view, during the Warring States Period of more than 300 BC, syrup made from sugar cane was often consumed by at least the nobles.
Gu Kaizhi also has a story of gradually getting better.
"Sugar cane?" Leonardo chewed on this unfamiliar word, as if he had never heard it before, but judging from the audience's comments, it was a very popular fruit?
He quickly asked: "What is this?"
Bi Fangzheng hit the root of the sugar cane with a stone. He was stunned when he heard this question: "Don't you know sugar cane?"
Leonardo looked confused and shook his head.
He had never seen this kind of fruit in Chou Country.
[Indeed, no. I have been studying in Chou Country for two years and I have never seen sugar cane sold anywhere.]
[Yes, Ugly people don’t seem to eat this stuff, they only use it to squeeze juice and make sugar]
Many Westerners have been addicted to sugar all their lives, but they have never chewed sugar cane, and they don't even know what it looks like.
Hearing the explanation from the audience, Bi Fang suddenly realized that although he knew a lot about wilderness, this was the first time he knew about this kind of thing, so he explained: "This plant is called sugar cane."
"It is a very common fruit in China and is very sweet. However, it is not in its ripening season now, and it is still wild. It is not sure whether it can be eaten or not, and how it tastes."
Almost all the fruits consumed in modern times have been domesticated by humans over a long period of time.
Not just fruits, all the food crops we grow were originally domesticated from "weeds".
It's like millet is actually an evolution of dogtail grass.
Wild fruits have a terrible taste.
Bi Fang didn't expect the sugar cane in front of him to be sweet, he just wanted it to have some flavor.
Leonardo became excited when he heard that the long pole in front of him was fruit.
Can you actually eat fruit here?
"Sugarcane has a very high utilization rate of sunlight, so it can grow and survive without facing the sun directly. However, insufficient sunlight cannot effectively accumulate sugar."
Bi Fang's implication is obvious that it can grow even if there is not enough sunshine, but it may not be too sweet, so Leonardo should not have high expectations.
"And some sugar cane can be poisonous."
"poisonous?"
Leonardo was shocked, why is it poisonous? Chinese people like to eat poisonous fruits.
Bi Fang smiled and said: "It's not that sugarcane itself is poisonous, but that it is prone to mildew."
"Director Zhou told me before coming here that experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have conducted a survey on Banna's wild poisonous plant resources. According to the survey, there are 289 species of wild poisonous plants in Banna, belonging to 214 genera and 79 families."
"Most of the poisonous plants are small poisonous plants, there are 5 kinds of highly poisonous plants, and 11 kinds of big poisonous plants. But there is no sugar cane in it."
Leonardo breathed a sigh of relief, and Bifang also smashed the sugar cane almost to the ground, and the two of them pulled out one.
"Every year, people are poisoned by eating sugar cane, so we must be careful and look for abnormal colors such as light yellow, brown, gray, etc. on the section of the sugar cane after cutting it into sections."
"You cannot buy sugar cane that smells musty and tastes sour or alcoholic in your mouth."
Bi Fang picked up the sugarcane and showed the broken end. There was nothing unusual about it, it was white and rich in juice.
He took out the stone flakes and began to peel the sugar cane.
"The roots of sugarcane are the sweetest because they absorb more nutrients, store some of the nutrients, and turn the excess nutrients into sugar."
"Gu Kaizhi, a famous painter in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, has an allusion about getting better gradually, which means eating from scratch, and the more you eat, the sweeter it becomes."
Bi Fang peeled the root of the sugar cane, broke off a white section and handed it to Leonardo, and took a bite himself.
At the moment of entrance, Bi Fang's eyes lit up: "Oh, it's sweet!"
Seeing that Bifang had also eaten, Leonardo couldn't wait to try it. His mouth was full of juice, but it was not as delicious as he imagined.
There is only a subtle hint of sweetness, and more of a smell of clear water.
But it's not bad. Leonardo has learned to be content after eating roasted centipedes.
The sugar cane was an unexpected harvest. The two of them ate a whole sugar cane on the spot and vomited the fiber residue all over the ground.
The recycling speed in the rainforest is extremely fast, and it may take less than a month for these fibers to become fertilizer.
Bi Fang chopped three more, and only one of the red hearts was inedible. He carried the rest deep into the rainforest.
Sugar cane has limited sweetness, but it is suitable for replenishing water. It is a natural replenishing container. Just these two cans can replenish water for two days.
The two wandered around and finally found a relatively open area 800 meters away from the river.
There are no droppings left by wild animals or scents to mark territory nearby.
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
To build a shelter, you need to make some cutting tools first, and a stone ax is essential.
Bi Fang took Leonardo with him and made two stone axes out of stones, tree sticks and rattan, and looked for suitable materials nearby.
"In the jungle, the biggest concern is rain. The shelter you build must be able to withstand rain and provide a dry environment."
"In tropical rainforests, there are many palm trees, and their leaves are ideal raw materials for building shelters.
Bamboo is also another ideal material for building shelters.
Tropical rainforests provide abundant raw materials that can be used to build shelters, but the main difficulty is how to keep them dry. In addition, the ground condition is also a serious problem."
Unlike a forest, there is almost no use in clearing the ground in a rainforest. It won't take long for insects and ants to occupy it again.
In addition, there are many more venomous snakes, and such a large heat source lying on the ground is likely to attract them.
Bi Fang didn't want to wake up early in the morning and find a venomous cobra coiled on his chest.