Chapter 42 No Water to Drink
While eating blue grouper, the two of them would occasionally grab a handful of dry branches and add them to the fire.
Above the fire, large scallops were freshly grilled.
This is easier to roast, just roast it with the shell on. At the beginning, use the strongest fire.
The blazing flames, the huge scallops, the rhythmic radiating lines on the shells...
When put together, there is an indescribable beauty.
It takes much less time to grill scallops than to grill grouper. As the scallops are grilled over high heat, their two shells open slowly and automatically.
I continued roasting for another half a minute, and wisps of fragrance emanated from the open shells.
The two of them removed the scallop and replaced it with another new one to continue grilling.
One side of the shell was easily broken off, leaving only the side with the shellfish meat. It looked like a beautiful plate with a large plate of shellfish meat.
The shellfish meat was steaming hot, and the two couldn't help but pick it up and eat it with their homemade "chopsticks" made from tree branches.
Scallop meat is very sweet, and any extra seasoning and excess salt during the cooking process would be a waste of food.
Its original taste is delicious, so what they are doing now is just right.
Liang Ziqiang took a large piece and put it in his mouth. He found that it was indeed a rare super-large scallop, which was much more delicious than the ordinary small scallops. In his mouth, there seemed to be a soft taste similar to lobster.
After taking a few bites, we got to the key part - the scallop.
Unlike other mollusks, the adductor muscle of scallops is very developed, accounting for a large proportion of the body. This is also the essence of eating. Compared with other parts, the scallop is more elastic, sweet and delicious.
Many people know the famous "Yao Zhu". In ancient times, Yao Zhu was a tribute to the royal family. The ancients described Yao Zhu as "three days after eating it, chicken and shrimp still feel bland."
It is widely recognized that scallop has anti-cancer and blood vessel softening effects.
The so-called "abalone" is the adductor muscle of scallop, but it has been made into a dried product.
At this moment, neither of them was slow, and they were both scrambling to eat the scallops.
The whole scallop was devoured in just a few bites, probably mainly because the two were too tired and too hungry.
Before Liang Ziqiang could react, Lin Baixian quickly picked up the whole shell, put it to his mouth and started sucking it hard.
Liang Ziqiang was a little dumbfounded. You know, the soup from the roasted scallops is also the essence, don't pour it away, drink it while it's hot, it's very delicious.
Liang Ziqiang was thirsty and had originally been attracted by the soup. Who knew that Lin Baixian was such a jerk?
Fortunately, after the second scallop was cooked, Liang Ziqiang learned from his previous experience and drank the soup without waiting for the scallop meat to be finished.
The thirsty throat finally got some relief! However, the scallop soup alone could not solve the thirst problem.
After eating, the two burped and continued their journey to find wild fruits to quench their thirst before it got dark.
Liang Ziqiang picked up the rake. Whether he went fishing in the sea or went into the mountains to look for wild fruits, he planned to keep the rake with him.
At the same time, he did not forget to remind Lin Baixian:
"At least you can get a shovel or something. This is an uninhabited island. If you encounter a snake or something, are you going to fight it with your bare hands?"
Lin Baixian was so scared that he quickly held the shovel tightly.
In fact, Liang Ziqiang’s ideal goal was not ordinary wild fruits, but to find a few coconut trees.
Although coconut trees, like palm trees, belong to the palm family, their fruits are very different.
Coconut trees can bear fruit all year round. Now it is August in the Gregorian calendar, which is the seventh month of the lunar calendar. Needless to say, if you can find a large coconut tree that is more than five or six years old, it is likely to bear coconuts!
Just pick a coconut, open it and drink the coconut juice inside, and the problem of thirst and dehydration can be solved in minutes.
Theoretically, the two of them could really live forever on this broken island...
If he died, Liang Ziqiang was most likely irritated to death by Lin Baixian...
Unfortunately, as far as Liang Ziqiang could see on the beach, he couldn't see even a coconut tree.
Yes, they are all palm trees with bunches of astringent fruits hanging on them.
As for the farther area, it was blocked by the island and Liang Ziqiang didn't know what the back of the island looked like, or whether there would be coconut trees.
After looking away from the beach in disappointment, Liang Ziqiang pointed to the depths of the island:
"Let's go into the island. There's nothing on the beach. We can only see if there are coconut trees or other fruits on the island."
I barely found an area where the weeds were not too dense. This is it. Take this as the entrance and search your way in.
As for ready-made roads, there are none here.
The two men used shovels and rakes to clear the way, carrying an empty bucket and moving forward, occasionally pushing aside the grass in front of them. When they saw that there was no danger, they stepped forward.
After walking for a while, I found that many trees were bearing fruits.
However, the fruits were not only very small, but also not suitable for eating. To be honest, it would be better to go back to the beach and eat palm fruits instead of spending time picking them...
As for fresh water resources such as mountain springs and streams, there was no trace of them at all.
Lin Baixian complained in disappointment:
"That's really weird. You said there are rabbits on this island. Take the brown rabbit we saw. If there's no water on the island, how did it survive?"
Liang Ziqiang woke up and said:
"It eats weeds! How about you pick some weeds to chew on, too?"
Lin Baixian fell silent instantly.
The two continued walking for a while and finally found a wild fruit that was barely edible.
It is yellow-orange, a small one only the size of a broad bean, oval in shape, and covered with a layer of sharp thorns.
Rosa rugosa.
They had eaten this thing before, and it tasted very sweet, but the thorns on the surface of the fruit had to be rubbed off before eating, which was very troublesome.
Not only that, the flesh is relatively small. The seeds make up the vast majority of a small golden cherry, and the flesh is barely enough to fill the gaps between your teeth...
But there is no other way, at least it is better than palm fruit.
The two of them tried to be as careful as possible and pulled out all the weeds from a small tree.
Seeing that it was getting dark, the two men did not dare to go any deeper. They carried a hundred or so golden cherries in buckets and returned to the beach the same way they had come.
When it was completely dark, the two men retreated back to the fishing boat.
In this completely unfamiliar and uninhabited place, the only thing that allowed them to sleep peacefully was this abandoned boat.
Sitting at the bow, the two held the golden berries in their hands with great effort, and spent a long time rubbing off the thorns, and then finally managed to nibble on a tiny bit of the flesh.
Like two squirrels chewing nuts...
When you are extremely thirsty, the sweetness brought by the golden cherry is still very comfortable.
However, in the second half of the night, they woke up directly from thirst.
The amount of fresh water that the golden cherry replenished was too limited. It was not even a drop in the bucket.
Liang Ziqiang could only feel smoke coming out of his throat. He took out the kettle, took a few sips, and screwed it back on with gritted teeth.
I didn't finish the remaining sips in one breath, which really requires great endurance.
Just as he put down the pot, he heard Lin Baixian suddenly jump up from the deck.
"You can't bear it! I can't bear it anymore. I'll tell you after you survive tonight. I'll tell you after you die tomorrow!"
Lin Baixian grabbed his own small water bottle, tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp, like crazy.
After drinking till there was not a drop left, Lin Baixian threw the kettle away and cried:
"There's no water. There really isn't a drop of water left now..."
Liang Ziqiang did not try to persuade him.
Because he also felt that the footsteps of death were approaching little by little.
Unless a miracle happens, they could both fall at any time...
This is the first chapter of March 12. The second chapter will be sent out tomorrow morning, not until noon.
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