After cleaning the wound, Qin Lan gave me a simple bandage with medicine.
"Let me take care of you these few days."
Qin Lan simply settled me down on the bed, and then began to prepare our meals for the day.
The freshly dried fish will be enough for us to last for a few days, which makes me feel at ease.
I was lying on the bed at this time, while Qin Lan was making a fire and cooking.
Although her movements were a bit clumsy, there was no mistake in every step. She did a really good job. Every time I did something, she would always learn silently by the side.
Because the fish had been smoked in advance, Qin Lan did not plan to cook it. She just put out the open flames in the stove one by one, and then put the smoked fish in while the stove was still warm. She probably would have grilled fish to eat tonight.
Night came quickly, and the grilled fish made by Qin Lan tasted very good. If she hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have known that I had been in a coma for 3 days.
"I see there's still plenty of fish. So what have you been eating these past three days?"
There were still 13 smoked fish in total, and not a single one was missing since the day I left. It’s hard for me to imagine how Qin Lan has been living these days.
"I haven't gone out to look for food these past few days, fearing something might happen to you. As for these smoked fish, I plan to give you some protein after you wake up. We still have some food stored there, so I ate some."
Qin Lan answered me while busying herself with her head down.
Just as I was about to continue asking questions, Qin Lan handed me something with both hands.
"Well, eat this tonight and replenish your body."
Qin Lan handed over a box of canned meat, which was also the only canned food we had left.
"You, didn't you eat it?"
I took the can with a puzzled look on my face.
"Since you didn't eat the canned food, what have you been eating these days?"
As I asked Qin Lan, I felt my eyes gradually become moist.
"Aren't there other foods?"
Qin Lan handed me a pair of bamboo chopsticks with a warm smile.
"Okay, don't think about it, just eat quickly. Eating some meat will make the wound heal faster."
I inserted the chopsticks into the can and picked up a piece of meat.
The piece of meat entered my mouth and I chewed it with difficulty. This piece of meat was the hardest and most delicious one I have eaten in all these years.
"Ah He, eat this piece of meat."
I picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and slowly moved it in front of Qin Lan, motioning her to eat it.
"You eat it, I won't need it."
Qin Lan waved her hand and refused the piece of meat I offered her.
But I didn't care about that and I put the piece of meat directly to her mouth.
"This meat is now stained with your saliva. I won't eat it."
I held the chopsticks and looked at Qin Lan with disgust.
"Fade Chen, you..."
Qin Lan looked at me with a face full of shame and anger. I understood what she meant. I had taken away her sweet kiss, and I was disgusted with her saliva.
"Hey, look at my arms, they're sore from lifting it, hurry up and eat it."
While Qin Lan was opening her mouth, I quickly put the meat into her mouth.
“It tastes good, doesn’t it?”
Looking at Qin Lan's happy expression, I felt an inexplicable sadness in my heart.
In this way, with the help of the faint firelight, Qin Lan and I took turns tasting the delicious canned food.
"You stay home and take good care of your injuries today. I'll go find some food for you."
Qin Lan settled me in the cave and planned to go out to find food.
"Don't go. Wait until I feel better and then we can go together."
I really can't bear to leave this girl alone.
"Just take good care of yourself and I'll take care of you this time. Besides, I have this."
Qin Lan patted the pistol on her waist with confidence.
"Didn't you say a few days ago that the bamboo shoots from the bamboo forest to the east were edible? I'm going to go cut some today."
I couldn't persuade Qin Lan, so I had to let her go. But fortunately, I had a general idea of her movements, and the bamboo forest was not far from here, so I could feel more at ease.
After Qin Lan left, I stayed in the cave alone. This kind of life was quite boring.
I finally understood Qin Lan's daily loneliness. Every time I left, she was left alone to bear this loneliness.
It's boring to stay alone like this. Although I can't travel far because of injuries, I can still do the most basic movement.
There were some leftover bamboos in the cave, and I cut them into strips.
I put these bamboo strips in the stove and baked them briefly so that they could bend and stretch easily.
I probably sliced hundreds of bamboo strips in this way.
I plan to use these bamboo strips to make a base first.
Bamboo strips are wider and thicker, so they are naturally much faster to weave than rattan strips.
In a short while, I used them to weave the bottom of a barrel. Of course, this barrel needs to be big enough, with a diameter of about 1 meter.
There are some vines around the round bottom that I didn't cut off. I need to use these vines to connect the base to the barrel wall.
To proceed to the next step, I got some cane and clay from outside.
I first roughly shaped an inner frame with bamboo strips, and then I used rattan strips to wrap them around each other.
After the rattan was compact, I wove a layer of bamboo strips around the clay. It took me almost a day to finish weaving this big wooden barrel.
Of course, just the frame and clay cannot guarantee that this big wooden barrel will not leak.
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