Chapter 833 The second kind of treasure on the island
After pulling out four lotus roots from the water in a row, Han Chengcai stepped ashore with unsatisfied feelings.
If possible, Han Cheng wouldn't mind touching lotus root here for a while.
Such a wish is impossible to come true this time. After all, their primary purpose this time is to explore the islands in the lake, not to make a special trip to touch the lotus roots.
Wu and the others are still waiting on the shore. If they won't go for a long time, they should be worried.
After he came ashore, the others also came ashore, standing by the water and washing the mud on his legs. Han Cheng wiped his feet on the grass nearby and put on his shoes.
"What, what is this?!"
At this time, a man shouted, looking at his legs with horror.
When he was just cleaning the muddy water from his leg, he suddenly saw half of a yellow-brown insect on his left leg, and the other half was stuck inside the leg!
I hurriedly stretched out my hand to grab it and pull it. As a result, the insect was soft, slippery and very strong. The insect was broken and the part of the insect that had penetrated into the flesh did not come out!
There was dark red blood flowing out from the severed insect's body and spreading down his legs.
Such a thing frightened him, and he shouted in panic.
Han Cheng, who had put on his shoes, was startled by the sudden shout. He thought it was a water monster emerging from the lake or something.
He hurried over and asked aloud. After seeing the half-worm in the man's hand and his bleeding calf, he breathed a sigh of relief.
This is just a leech, not a water monster.
"God, Son of God, broke, broke inside, drilled, drilled into the flesh, can't come out..."
The man was so frightened that his face turned pale and he stammered when speaking. He looked at Han Cheng and looked like he was about to cry.
This is indeed scary, especially for people who don’t know much about leech to encounter such a thing.
Suck blood, burrow into the flesh, multiply and multiply inside, then suck more blood, drain the person's blood, and eat the flesh...
You can't think about such things. Just thinking about it makes people infinitely frightened. It's more frightening than facing a hungry wolf or tiger alone.
"It's okay, don't worry, let me do it."
Han Cheng said to the man, not to let him worry, then walked up to him, raised one foot, took off the shoe on it, took the shoe into his hand, and faced the bleeding wound on the man's leg.
In that place, the soles of the two shoes were pumped up.
Then under the watchful eyes of everyone, a miracle happened.
The bug that was originally broken inside the leg and could not be removed, fell off the man's leg after the soles of Shenzi's shoes were pulled out, and fell into the grass.
The man who was originally pale with fright suddenly became happy when he saw this. Looking at the red legs with the marks of the soles that were beaten by Han Cheng with the soles of his shoes, not only did he not feel pain, but
There was also a look of joy on his face.
After seeing this scene, the old primitive man, whose legs are still old and can run faster than some reporters, opened his eyes wide with a look of surprise on his face. At the same time, he touched the soles of his shoes with his hands.
It turns out that in addition to the functions that we knew before, this shoe sole also has such a wonderful function! This is really a good thing!
When I think about it like this, I immediately pay more attention to the shoes under my feet.
When Han Cheng was screening people who were visiting the island for the first time, although Han Cheng said that older people should not follow them, people with excellent bodies like the old primitive people were naturally an exception.
"This thing is called a leech, and it likes to suck blood. Especially people with small wounds on their legs are more likely to attract leech, and leech also likes to suck blood from small wounds.
But don’t worry, if this thing is sucked into the flesh, you can whip it out with the soles of two shoes, or you can just slap it with the palm of your hand if you don’t have shoe soles.”
After Han Cheng put on his shoes, he looked at everyone and said.
This matter must be explained clearly, so that it can reduce people's panic about things like leech, and secondly, after getting rid of this fear, it can lay the foundation for digging lotus roots in the future.
If not, everyone will definitely be worried when they come to dig lotus roots in the future.
In order to further eliminate everyone's fear of leech, Han Cheng also conducted an experiment - fishing for leech.
He squatted on the shore of the lake, stretched out one hand, and kept lifting up the water and pouring it down, or stirring it to make a sound. After about four or five minutes, there was
The locusts swam from elsewhere.
In front of everyone, Han Cheng stretched out his hand to catch a leech that was swimming in his hand, and explained to everyone that a leech cannot suck the palm of his hand without pores.
After doing this for a while, Han Cheng easily tore off a thin grass stem from one side.
He pinched the leech that was being used as a test subject between his thumb and forefinger, and then used the thin grass stem held in his other hand to push up against one end of the locust while holding the other hand.
With a slight push of one hand, the whole leech was turned over and stuck on the grass stem.
Under the gaze of everyone, after doing these things, Han Cheng casually inserted the locust that was turned over and pierced on the grass stem into the ground.
It won't take long for this leech to turn into a dried locust...
"When the water waves make noise, the locusts rise." This is a saying from Han Cheng's hometown in later generations. The principle may be related to the sense of touch of the locust. Anyway, in the water where the locusts live, you can stay in one place continuously.
Stir the water and the locusts will come over after a while.
Han Cheng is really not afraid of leeches. From his skillful movements of catching leeches and then turning them over and sticking them on the ground to dry, we can roughly know that the leeches that he had brutally attacked in the past were
There are not a few locusts.
After Han Cheng's explanation and his own performance of catching a leech with his bare hands and threading it onto a grass stem, everyone was impressed by this terrifying creature that could burrow half of its body into human flesh to suck blood.
The fear of insects suddenly dissipated a lot.
There are even many people imitating what Han Cheng did just now, squatting by the water, stirring the water with their hands, attracting the locusts, picking them up with their hands, and piercing the grass stems into the ground.
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Without much effort, seven or eight locusts were killed.
Seeing that everyone was no longer afraid of these locusts, Han Cheng smiled and asked someone to wash the lotus roots he had just picked out with water and pile them under the shade of a tree. After the entire island was completed, he had a general understanding of them.
After understanding, take these lotus roots away again.
It would be too much trouble to take it with you on the road now.
Continuing to walk along the edge of the island, the direction has changed from west to south.
After walking nearly two hundred meters south, the large lotus roots finally reached the edge.
Han Cheng made a rough estimate and found that the area of lotus roots was at least ten acres.
Lotus roots are very productive. All the lotus root ponds in this area were dug up, and the amount of lotus roots obtained would be measured in tens of thousands of kilograms.
"Ha ha……"
Even though he was dozens of meters away from the lotus roots, Han Cheng still couldn't help laughing.
At the same time, I have become more looking forward to the next trip, hoping to find more surprises on this island.
Of course, even if there were no other gains, these lotus roots alone would be enough for him to be happy with.
Han Cheng has already made a decision. When he returns to the main tribe from here, he will take some lotus roots back and bury them in the potholes around the main tribe.
Lotus roots reproduce very quickly. In less than two years, the main tribe will be able to produce a lot of lotus roots.
With expectations and a good mood, Han Cheng and his party continued to move forward.
As we walk south, the terrain begins to get higher and steeper, making it difficult to walk.
Moreover, the lake water at the edge of the island has become bottomless.
For safety reasons, Han Cheng asked people to walk closer to the island instead of walking along the edge of the island as before.
"Pullingleng!"
After walking forward for a while, there was a sound of flapping wings. For a moment, the branches and leaves swayed, and no one knew how many birds flew up from here.
As the birds flew up, some bird feathers, fallen leaves, and scattered gray and white bird droppings fell from the sky.
One or two of the people who came with Han Cheng were also attacked.
Smell this strong smell, and then look at the forest covered with bird droppings. Even the very ferocious primitive people can't bear to step on the carpet full of smell and shuttle through the forest.
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The one or two people who were hit by the empty bombs even picked off tree leaves to wipe the fresh bird droppings on their bodies, while angrily cursing these damn birds.
Han Cheng couldn't help sniffing. Life is indeed not going to be smooth sailing!
I haven't gotten over the joy of getting the lotus root yet, but I encountered minefields all over the place.
However, this rather depressing mood did not last long.
The next moment, Han Cheng's eyes lit up as he watched these bird droppings being pressed.
This is really not a mine formation, but a really good thing!
These are all excellent scraps!
As the area of cultivated land in the tribe continues to expand, fertilizers can no longer keep up.
Although there are many people in the Qingque tribe today, large and small, with a population of more than a thousand, and in addition to these, there are also deer, sheep, pigs, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, etc., every day.
Keep making shit.
But even though these numerous dung-making machines are working hard every day, they still can't hold up the Qingque tribe's large amount of land.
So until now, the Qingque Tribe has been in relatively short supply of fertilizer.
At this time, there were so many bird droppings here. For the tribe, this was simply the best gift!
Han Cheng thought happily, then broke off a branch from one side and started poking bird droppings here.
Mainly I want to see how thick the bird droppings are here.
I tested the edge with a branch for a while and lifted up a piece, which was about thirty centimeters.
Han Cheng didn't test it deeper, but it must be thicker than the edge.
In this woodland, apart from the growing trees, there is very little grass growing.
On the one hand, the woods block the sun. On the other hand, there are too many bird droppings and they are too thick. Without soil, grass cannot grow...
"have a look!"
When Han Cheng and the others had just arrived at the edge of the forest on the island and were shocked by the spectacular sight of the large guano, they stayed on the slopes on the shore of Wild Duck Lake, staring at the small peas on the island and pointing at the island.
direction, and shouted excitedly.
At this time, a dark cloud was rising from the island in the lake, and then quickly drifted deeper into the lake.
The bird that inhabits the island was startled by Han Cheng and his party.
Seeing the bird floating away like a dark cloud, Wu was very happy, because it meant that Shenzi and the others had arrived on the island, and there were no problems along the way.
Wu and others on the shore couldn't help but feel worried after not receiving any news from the Son of God and the others for so long. When they saw these birds flying into the sky, they suddenly felt relieved.
Then he began to wait for the return of Han Cheng and others in a relatively leisurely mood.
As for what they could get from the island, Wu and the others didn't think about it at all, they just thought that there was no danger up there.
While waiting like this, on the island, after hearing Han Cheng mention using the bird droppings to fertilize the fields, the other people following him also became particularly excited when they looked at the bird droppings.
Yes, so much bird droppings can fertilize a lot of fields!
After staying here for a while, the group headed by Han finally left here with some reluctance.
Being reluctant to part with so much bird droppings, I'm afraid only a group of people like them can do such a thing.
Originally, according to Han Cheng's plan, he went directly to the southernmost part of the island along the area closer to the western edge of the island.
Nowadays, with such a large forest land and numerous bird droppings blocking the road in the forest land, this idea has to be changed.
It's not that no one suggested passing through here directly, but looking at the thick bird droppings everywhere, Han Cheng still couldn't get down to this point after all.
After hesitating in place for a while, he began to walk eastward along the northern edge of the forest.
After walking for about three miles, the forest gradually became sparse, and it was not far from the eastern edge of the island.
Han Cheng and the others headed south from here.
Because the trees here are relatively sparse, there is not much bird droppings on the ground, so you can pass with confidence.
The forest here is sparse because there are a lot of stones on the ground. As Han Cheng and the others walked there, there was little soil on the ground. They were all relatively flat, continuous stone slabs.
"Gululu..."
While walking, he encountered a small stone. Han Cheng suddenly became playful and kicked it forward with his feet.
"Huh?"
After this kick, Han Cheng looked a little confused when he looked at the stone that had just stopped.
Because the foot feeling brought by this stone is different from ordinary stones.
It lacks the heaviness and texture unique to stone.
With this thought in his mind, Han Cheng quickly walked a few steps to the stopped stone, bent down and picked it up.
This stone is indeed not heavy. Compared with common stones, it is almost half lighter.
Han Cheng looked at the stone back and forth for a while, but found nothing special about it. After thinking about it, he threw it to the ground.
This relatively light stone was broken into several pieces.
Han Cheng bent down and picked up a piece, putting it in front of his eyes and looking at it carefully.
Different from the surface that has been exposed to wind and rain, the newly broken areas have very clear lines.
It was really very clear, so clear that Han Cheng could see some bird poop in it!
What kind of stone is this? It’s old bird droppings that have been settling for countless years! The kind that are about to turn into stone!
Holding the small stone in his hand, and then looking at the surrounding large area of stones with the same surface as the small stone in his hand, Han Cheng's mouth was grinning behind his ears, like the waistband of his pants.
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This is really a big deal!
Holding the piece of bird droppings in his hand, Han Cheng giggled for a while, threw it to the ground, and kicked the stone on the ground hard.
I didn't pay attention here before and didn't think anything was wrong. Now after this kick, I immediately felt the difference.
These stones are indeed different from ordinary stones, and I feel a little "weak" when I step on them.
Everyone in the Qingque tribe became excited after learning what these stones might be from Han Cheng. After farming for several years, they clearly understood the significance of manure for farming.
At this time, I learned from Han Cheng that these stones may be made of old bird droppings. How could I not be excited?
Without Han Cheng's instructions, Junior Brother Sha and some others had already used sticks, bronze daggers in their hands, or bronze axes on their waists to prick and slash at the stones on the ground.
Smashed.
In a short time, the stones in many places were smashed open. After the surface was lifted, what was exposed inside was indeed the silent bird droppings.
"Hahaha……"
This time, not only Han Cheng, but also the other people in the tribe who followed him laughed heartily and happily.
This is really an island full of treasures!
Looking at this island, Han Cheng could not suppress his joy.
When he first landed on the island, Han Cheng had thought about the tigers and leopards hiding in the city and the water-filled Liangshan Mountains with dragons gathering in the valleys. He had also imagined whether he could build something on this island. But now, Han Cheng has no illusions at all.
, because there are too many guano on this island!
God knows how many birds have stopped here and left precious fertilizers.
Before fertilizing the island, Han Cheng felt that it would be best not to live on it.
Of course, with the current number of people in the tribe, there is really no need to establish a settlement on this island.
In the coming period, at most some huts will be built for temporary residence by people who fish or dig lotus roots.
After staying here for a while, everyone continued southward and came to the front edge of the island.
"Hey~!"
Climbing up the rocks at the southern end, Han Cheng and the others shouted loudly towards where Wu and the others were.
The man holding the blue bird flag waved the blue bird flag in his hand vigorously, making a clattering sound.
"Look! Look! There!"
People sitting on the slopes of the lake shore suddenly became excited when they heard the faint shouts and saw the people standing on the rocks on the island.
Little Pea was jumping up and down with joy.
"Hey~"
Amidst the cheers, some people waiting on the shore also raised their hands, put them to their mouths, and shouted loudly in response, not to mention the joyful energy.
After standing on the rocks at the southern end of the island, saying hello to the people on the shore, and staying here for a while, Han Cheng and everyone in the tribe got off the rocks and began to return.
When I returned, I was familiar with the places I had visited and had less sense of expectation, so I felt that it took a lot less time than when I came.
After walking for a while, Han Cheng and others returned to the large lotus root pond. After putting the washed lotus roots into their backpacks, they headed along the beach on the north side towards the place where the raft docked.
On the beach, there were old turtles basking in the sun again, and in the shallow water there were long-legged herons waiting for fish to swim around.
There are also some small, short-legged birds walking along the water's edge.
After Han Cheng and others appeared, there was inevitably another flurry of birds flying and turtles running away.
In this atmosphere, the group returned to the place where they landed.
The four rafts fixed there with ropes were all there, rising and falling together with the gentle fluctuations of the lake water.
Twenty people were left here. Han Cheng and the other nine people boarded the raft, untied the ropes, pounded the bamboo poles on the shore, and pushed hard, the bamboo rafts left the shore one by one and sailed into the lake.
Under the watchful eyes of those who stayed on the island, the raft turned around in the lake and headed towards the south of Wild Duck Lake.
After traveling for a certain distance, the pole was put away, the oars were hooked up, and the raft began to rock, pushing away the waves...
"dad!"
Xiao Wandou, who was holding one hand by Wu, shouted happily. After Han Cheng got off the raft, he ran to Han Cheng's side and rubbed his short-haired head against Han Cheng's hand...
"There are lotus roots there, a delicious thing, and there are bird droppings on the island, lots and lots of them!"
Han Cheng said to Wu, Bai Xuemei and other people waiting here, and took out the lotus root he had touched out before to show everyone.
Looking at these white and tender lotus roots, one by one, and thinking about the many bird droppings that Han Cheng said, the people who stayed on the shore suddenly became excited and wanted to go to the island to see these with their own eyes.
A new food, as well as a large amount of bird droppings that can be used to fertilize the fields, are the most beautiful scenery for the people of the Qingque tribe!
Han Cheng naturally agreed.
The situation on the island has been verified, and there are no other dangers except for the possibility of bird droppings falling from the sky on you when you go to the forest.
Moreover, at this time, the sky is clear, the wind is gentle, and there is no possibility of strong winds. It is also very safe to raft on the lake. It is a good time to go to the island.
He helped Wu carefully get on the raft, and asked the adults to hold all the children tightly and not allow them to move. He also tied original life jackets on the children and some weaker people, and asked everyone who was not rowing the raft to get on the raft.
After sitting on the raft and not being allowed to stand up until it docked at the shore, the four rafts set off again...
