Chapter 45: Alive
For a moment, Liang Ziqiang's mind was as stagnant as the large rocks on the top of the slope.
It seems that it takes enough time for the brain to accept this sudden situation.
On the contrary, Lin Baixian was half dead and then came back to life.
He poked Liang Ziqiang's waist fiercely: "Fuck, am I hallucinating because of the fever again? Why do I see a lot of coconuts on the beach, and a boat, and on the boat is written...your father's name?"
Liang Ziqiang was forcibly awakened from his unspeakable shock.
He hummed, "Yes, you are hallucinating because of the fever, so stay here and choose a good spot for yourself. I'm going to go down and pick coconuts first!"
After being scolded, Lin Baixian dared to confirm that it was not an illusion, nor a mirage like last time, but a real reality.'
Sometimes a person is just one breath away. After Lin Baixian took this breath, he felt that his forehead was not so hot anymore. Although he still walked unsteadily like he was having the hiccups, he finally caught up with Liang Ziqiang.
The descent was easier than the ascent, but there were still a lot of rocks. The two men felt their way down the slope, using rakes and shovels.
Perhaps because there were so many coconuts right in front of him, Lin Baixian was no longer worried about the lack of water, so he started to talk more. He asked in a hoarse voice: "Aqiang, this looks like your old fishing boat? Wasn't it lost a few days ago? I can't believe it drifted in the sea and ended up on this small wild island?"
Liang Ziqiang had just as many questions in his mind as he did. He shook his head and said, "How should I know?"
In order to avoid the tragic shipwreck of his father and brother, he secretly untied the old fishing boat and let it go in the middle of the night, knowing that it would be drifting with the tide and eventually carried to an unknown end of the world by the ocean current.
But he never expected that the boat would be carried to this unknown island by the ocean current and then run aground on the other side of the island!
It's not that it's hard to understand why they were stranded on the other side. This is easy to understand. The ocean currents don't follow the same path at all times. The old ship was brought to this side, while he and Lin Baixian were brought to the other side of the island because of the changes in the ocean currents.
What shocked him was that the ocean was so vast, but the small boat was stranded on the same wild island as him.
The two men walked on the silver sand beach. Lin Baixian seemed more excited than Liang Ziqiang and was about to stagger towards the small old boat.
Liang Ziqiang, on the other hand, was not so excited anymore. He grabbed him and said, "You guys were almost dying of thirst in front of me. Were you all pretending? Hurry up and drink some coconut milk to stay alive!"
Some of the coconuts that fell on the ground looked like they could still be eaten, but Liang Ziqiang had barely managed to escape death and didn't want to risk his life doing experiments.
He knocked down the coconut that Lin Baixian had picked up from the ground, then hugged the straight trunk of the coconut tree, clamped his legs around it, and climbed up little by little.
A young and strong body is really important. After four days of hard work, people are almost dying of thirst, but once there is hope, they can still climb the tree. Liang Ziqiang can't help but admire the foundation of his current young body.
After climbing to the top, I reached the coconut and twisted it hard, and a coconut fell out.
Considering that the ground was fine and soft sand, the coconut would not be easily broken, so after asking Lin Baixian to move aside, he shook his hand and threw the coconut down.
Then he chose another one and threw it down again.
The two he picked were both large in size, green in color, and not fully ripe.
This is mainly because green coconuts have a higher water content and their flesh is softer and more delicate, while yellow coconuts are sweeter.
In comparison, he definitely needs something juicier now.
He didn't plan to pick more for the time being, so after picking two, he quickly slipped down from the tree.
They poked a hole in the coconut with a rake, and each of them took a coconut and started drinking from it.
It was truly a feeling of finally finding sweet rain after a long drought. My throat had been thirsty for four days, and I had been relying on small wild fruits to barely moisten it. Now I finally found the nectar.
When the sweet juice flowed into his throat, Liang Ziqiang felt that the muscles in his throat were showing signs of losing control, as if a whirlpool had formed, and he was madly trying to suck up all the coconut juice in one go.
Liang Ziqiang resisted this crazy impulse and stopped after taking a few sips. He looked up and saw Lin Baixian drinking like a bull.
He quickly grabbed him and told Lin Baixian not to drink too much, to take a break, and then continue drinking slowly and in small sips.
People who are extremely dehydrated are most afraid of drinking a lot of water after encountering it.
Some people do not die of thirst in the end, but rather from drinking a lot in ecstasy, which causes the salt in the body to be diluted quickly and the dehydration becomes more serious.
Therefore, when there is water after a water shortage, one can only drink it slowly in small sips to replenish it slowly. This was something that many of Liang Ziqiang's co-workers knew when he was doing heavy work at a construction site in his previous life.
Of course, coconut water is different from ordinary water. In addition to being rich in water, it also contains many nutrients and natural electrolytes, which can correct dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. It can be said that it is an ideal hydrating drink.
Liang Ziqiang had seen all of this in the coconut juice ads in his previous life, but he still felt that it was better to be cautious and not drink too quickly.
After Lin Baixian was pulled by him, he finally stopped.
The two men, holding the coconuts they had not finished drinking, walked towards the old boat on the beach at the same time.
The familiar hull, and then inside, the familiar internal structure.
Stepping into the boat, even some traces of Liang Ziqiang's childhood were still there.
In addition to the two big characters "De Fu" on the outside, the full name "Liang De Fu" is also written inside the cabin.
Needless to say, it was the old ship that Liang Ziqiang had let go that night.
Counting on my fingers, it has not been long. He let the old ship run away on the night of August 14, so it has only been eight days.
Lin Baixian anxiously reminded Liang Ziqiang:
"Check it quickly to see if anything is broken. It looks like it can still be used!"
Liang Ziqiang thought about it and decided:
"It's definitely necessary to check it. Check it on the shore first, but that's not enough. After the inspection, push it into the water to try and see if there's anything wrong."
When he first saw the boat from the top of the hill, he felt as if he had escaped from a desperate situation.
The only way to leave this nameless island is to get on this boat.
The best case scenario is that the old boat can still be used. If that's the case, we can go to the broken-down boat, get the unused diesel there, and drive the old boat back to the village.
If the old ship should have been scrapped long ago and can no longer be used, there is another method that is troublesome but must be tried.
He remembered that on the broken-down ship, there were tools such as pliers and openers in the cabin.
As long as the rudder blade of this old ship is normal and the size of the rudder blade is exactly the same as that of the faulty ship, we can use the tools on that ship to try to remove the rudder blade here and install it on that ship to completely repair that ship.
As for what to do, it depends on the next situation!
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