But it was precisely in this one-thousandth of a spot that they quickly unearthed a piece of wood.
Looking at the black, rotten wood emerging from the sand, even when you crouch down and get close to it, you can still smell a strong fishy odor.
“Even logs have come out; perhaps it really is a shipwreck,” Lu Wuyai couldn’t help but say.
At this point, the curiosity of the others was piqued. Looking at the rotten wood extending from the beach, they hoped they might find treasure this time.
Everyone checked the time and realized that there was only one hour left until dark.
The tide has started to rise; we estimate we'll reach this point in about half an hour.
There was no time to think too much. In the short half hour they had, the five of them exerted all their strength and began digging with all their might.
Perhaps it was luck, but just as the seawater reached their ankles, a large hole suddenly appeared, and bubbling bubbles rose from the bottom. There was clearly something inside.
Lu Wuyai didn't hesitate. Although his feet were numb, his hands and arms were very agile. He plunged in, one hand touching the edge of the hole, the other reaching directly into it.
Because the seawater was only up to his ankles, Lu Wuyai easily scooped the things out of the wooden hole.
It turned out to be a black cloth bag coated with a black, viscous substance. When it came into contact with seawater, it did not melt but instead served a protective function, preventing it from being corroded by the seawater.
"This is kerosene." Su Xi covered her nose. The moment the bag surfaced, a strong odor spread throughout the surrounding area.
The tide continued to rise. Lu Wuyai, carrying a cloth bag, hurried towards the shore. The other four women also quickly followed, their hands full of seafood.
The moment he returned to shore, Lu Wuyai immediately opened his bag.
The bag contained some white porcelain with blue patterns.
"Is it really made of porcelain? Is it usable?" Su Xi asked impatiently.
Lu Wuyai was also very excited. He only glanced at it before being captivated by the patterns. Time had left no trace on these porcelain pieces; on the contrary, it had made them even more dazzling.
On the other side, Anna and Jin Xilu's eyes widened when they saw Lu Wuyai take a porcelain bowl out of his bag. They had never seen such an exquisite container before.
Lu Wuyai couldn't help but admire how sturdy the porcelain was, and how the cloth bag seemed to perfectly protect it from the erosion of air and seawater.
"There are eight bowls, four large plates, and two soup bowls in total," Lu Wuyai said, leading them out one by one. In the afterglow of the setting sun, all these porcelain pieces seemed to be coated with a layer of light.
"Hey, even chopsticks." Lu Wuyai felt there was some wood in the bag, took it out and saw that it was chopsticks.
Just then, a chopstick fell into a puddle on the beach, and a layer of golden light appeared on the water's surface.
"This is golden camphor wood."
"Oh My God."
Seeing this, Lu Wuyai felt as if his heart had been punched, and he was extremely excited. At the same time, he secretly sighed that the owner of this bag was too extravagant, actually using golden nanmu wood to make chopsticks.
Judging from the quality of the chopsticks that just fell into the water, this golden nanmu wood is definitely the best.
After taking the chopsticks out of the sea, Lu Wuyai decided that he must go back to catch sea snails when the tide recedes tomorrow.
That night, the five men warmed themselves by a fire under a reef on the beach.
Because they caught a lot of seafood, they had a sumptuous dinner, and the arrival of the porcelain also brought some changes to their lives.
This change seems to make everyone feel that they could leave the deserted island at any time and return to a normal life.
However, when Lu Wuyai mentioned that they would continue sailing the next day, he was met with collective opposition from the four women.
The most important reason is safety. After all, beaches are not as secluded as steep peaks, and danger can arise at any time.
Lu Wuyai had no choice but to compromise.
“These porcelains will last us a long time,” Su Xi said softly, glancing at Lu Wuyai.
That night, the stars and moon were sparse, and even the sea breeze became quiet.
The next day, Lu Wuyai could no longer feel the numbness in his calves, the stinging pain in his eyelids had completely disappeared, and he could walk without any problems.
So at 7:30 in the morning, everyone packed their things, took one last look at the beach, and set off for the precipitous peak.
On this day, a full month had passed since the previous rescue team arrived.
On the way back, because Lu Wuyai was still a bit weak, everyone walked slowly and stopped to walk around. It wasn't until noon that they safely reached the dangerous peak.
But no one expected that less than half an hour after reaching the dangerous peak, a heavy rain caught everyone off guard.
"The wind isn't strong, let's take shelter in the passageway first," Lu Wuyai shouted.
Soon, the five people arrived at the mountain path occupied by the swallows, carrying thermal blankets.
Even so, the rainwater followed the bluestone on both sides, gradually forming a stream in the channel.
The five people could only continue to huddle deeper inside, using thermal blankets to shield themselves from the rain.
At that moment, a plan to transform the countryside came to Lu Wuyai's mind.
“You need to build a house.” Su Xi and Song Xiaoyou looked at Lu Wuyai, both with a big question mark in their minds.
“Hmm,” Lu Wuyai nodded seriously.
On their way here, they unexpectedly discovered a bamboo forest. By utilizing the properties of bamboo, even if they couldn't build a bamboo house, they could still transform the dangerous peak in a short time.
If there were plenty of clay, he even envisioned building a mud house to shelter him from the wind and rain.
Moreover, Lu Wuyai remembered that Ma Fei's rescue notes mentioned the possibility of building houses with plant ash, which was the closest thing to cement before humans discovered it.
Unfortunately, Ma Fei did not explain that the wood ash could be used to build houses.
The heavy rain came quickly and went quickly; the sky cleared up in no time, and the air was filled with damp moisture.
A rainbow stretched across the sky, turning the entire precipitous peak red.
Lu Wuyai led Anna away from the dangerous peak and rushed towards the bamboo forest he had discovered earlier.
The bamboo forest was not far from the precipitous peak, only about a ten-minute walk away. When they arrived at the bamboo forest, it was exactly two o'clock.
Lu Wuyai casually picked up a bamboo stalk and was about to chop it with an axe when a cooing sound immediately attracted his and Anna's attention.
This kind of crying is not unfamiliar.
Lu Wuyai cautiously entered the bamboo forest, carefully looking around, fearing the appearance of poisonous snakes.
As a result, he saw several pheasants near the bamboo forest. There were some bamboo stalks less than half a meter tall nearby, which the pheasants used as nests, and several eggs were exposed to the air.
Seeing this, Lu Wuyai swallowed hard. He hadn't eaten eggs in a long time.
Anna did the same thing, but she thought of chicken instead of eggs.
There were twelve pheasants in total, each one very strong. Clearly, they had plenty of food in this bamboo forest.
Lu Wuyai thought for a while, then stopped and calmly led Anna away from the bamboo forest, returning to the dangerous mountain peak as quickly as possible.
The first thing Lu Wuyai did upon returning to the perilous peak was to find Song Xiaoyou and ask her to bring several bark-woven baskets as soon as possible.
Hearing that there were pheasants and eggs, the other women were also very happy and began to help Song Xiaoyou.
The next day, five people gathered outside the bamboo grove, carrying ten baskets.
Soon, Su Xi and the others set up traps in ten directions in the bamboo forest, using a combination of upside-down bamboo baskets and ropes, hoping to catch some pheasants.
But waiting is destined to be a long process.
It was 10 a.m., and two whole hours had passed since the trap was set. Everyone's patience was almost completely worn out.
Coo coo coo.
A clear, crisp cry rang out, and the five dejected men simultaneously raised their heads and stared at the bamboo forest.
Before long, a flock of pheasants, as if by prior arrangement, scattered out of the bamboo grove, scratching and pecking at the grass.
Gradually, they got closer and closer to the trap, and their progress slowed down.
"Go inside quickly."
Outside the bamboo grove, five men were already lying in ambush.
Perhaps out of their animal instincts to avoid danger, the pheasants lingered near the basket for a long time, refusing to enter the trap.
Lu Wuyai and the others waited under the scorching sun for more than an hour, their foreheads covered with a layer of dense sweat.
"I can't take it anymore," several women complained, deciding to stop here for the day because the midday temperature was too hot and there was no shady place nearby.
At this moment, Lu Wuyai saw a pheasant finally step into the trap.
"ah"
Anna shouted excitedly, but Lu Wuyai glared at her sternly and quickly covered her mouth.
"Don't shout. Everyone be quiet," Lu Wuyai said in a deep voice.
Coo coo coo.
At this point, a chain reaction seemed to occur. Many pheasants entered the trap, constantly pulling at the soil and pecking at the ground with their beaks.
Lu Wuyai counted all the pheasants that had entered the trap's range. There were eight in total, and all of them were female.
"Pretty much," Lu Wuyai said. "On my command, pull the rope together."
Almost simultaneously, the ropes on the eight animal traps were pulled open, causing the baskets to hang upside down and suffocating the eight pheasants to death on the ground.
"Go quickly! Don't let them get away!" Lu Wuyai shouted hurriedly.
Because the basket was relatively light, the pheasant was easily knocked over during the struggle. So, when the pheasant was knocked over by the basket, the five men immediately pounced on it, using stones to weigh down the basket and prevent the pheasant from escaping.
Meanwhile, Lu Wuyai chased after the pheasants in the bamboo forest, trying to catch them with his bare hands in the chaos.
The result, of course, was that they got nothing.
As Lu Wuyai's chicken paw emerged from the depths of the bamboo forest, the others were trying to fish the pheasant out of the basket.
However, these pheasants were all unruly, and Jin Xilu had a bloody hole pecked into one of her hands. She was pale with pain, and her eyes were filled with fear.
“I’ll do it. You go and rest, or go pick some eggs in the bamboo grove,” Lu Wuyai said.
Afterwards, Lu Wuyai pressed the basket, looking at the ferocious pheasant inside. He felt heartbroken and reached out to grab the pheasant's neck. Then he switched hands and grabbed the pheasant's claw hanging upside down in the air.
The chicken feet were tied with a rescue rope and then thrown back into the basket. Even the fiercest pheasant could only stay there.
Seeing that Lu Wuyai could subdue the pheasants on his own, Song Xiaoyou and the others began the second step of their plan to raise chickens in captivity: making chicken coops.
The material for making the chicken coop is naturally the bamboo forest in front of us.
Soon, Su Xi and Song Xiaoyou began cutting bamboo. In less than half an hour, dozens of bamboo stalks as thick as a wrist appeared on the ground.
After Anna, Jin Xilu, and the others finished collecting the eggs, the four of them began to clear the bamboo poles and carry them to the station at the foot of the dangerous peak.
Here, Lu Wuyai also packed eight pheasants and weighed them by hand. Each pheasant weighed three kilograms.
"This pheasant is too fat."
Lu Wuyai was taken aback and looked back at the eggs on the ground. Various images of raising chickens on a deserted island flashed through his mind.
At this moment, Song Xiaoyou came from a distance and told Lu Wuyai that all the bamboo had been moved to the station and that others were already building chicken coops.
Lu Wuyai had discussed the construction of the chicken coop with others last night. Apart from a few details that still needed to be perfected, the general steps were already clear.
Song Xiaoyou helped Lu Wuyai pick up the pheasant from the ground, and the two of them rushed towards the dangerous mountain peak one after the other.
Back on the dangerous mountaintop, Tang Xin pushed the bamboo back to the ground.
However, the bamboo was very long, so Su Xi had a lot of trouble hitting it, and the effect was not obvious. A bamboo stalk about two meters long could not even be penetrated to a depth of one-fifth.
"I'm here," Lu Wuyai called out from afar, secretly thinking, "Men should do physical labor."
He picked up a stone, stepped onto the stone steps Su Xi had built, climbed up, and once again used his jumping power to reach a height of more than two meters before smashing it down hard.
After several attempts, the bamboo was firmly planted. Su Xi shook the bamboo pole without moving, and finally let out a sigh of relief.
Then, Lu Wuyai drove all the bamboo poles into the ground around the marked area, forming an oval-shaped chicken coop.
After doing all this, Lu Wuyai was sweating profusely.
However, this was only a prototype of a chicken coop, because there were too many gaps between the bamboo poles, and a pheasant as big as it could easily squeeze out of it.
Therefore, they had to use other things to fill the gaps between the bamboo poles, and the best thing was dry clay, which not only filled the gaps but was also very stable and not easily broken by pheasants.
As for clay, Lu Wuyai and his group observed the soil conditions along the way when they set off for the bamboo forest today. Although they didn't find any clay, the soil in some places was closer to the characteristics of clay.
An hour later, Lu Wuyai, Anna, and Song Xiaoyou returned carrying two life-saving kits. They were filled with dark brown soil, and the air was filled with the fresh scent of grass.
“Give it a try,” Lu Wuyai said.
A bonfire had already been lit next to the station. Lu Wuyai and Song Xiaoyou began scattering soil between the bamboo poles. At the same time, others used torches to continuously evaporate the moisture from the soil, ensuring it dried as quickly as possible.
“Lu Wuyai, it seems you forgot to leave the gate open.” Su Xi pointed to the chicken coop that was about to be completely closed and said dumbfounded.
Lu Wuyai thought for a moment and suddenly realized that something he had been thinking was wrong. It turned out he had forgotten to leave the door open.
Fortunately, Su Xi reminded him in time. At the last moment, Lu Wuyai removed the excess clay, leaving a passage that only one person could pass through.
"Now only the top of the chicken coop is left."
Despite being over two meters tall, the pheasant can still fly out.
Lu Wuyai thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a good way to fix the roof of the chicken coop. In the end, he used bamboo strips to cover the top of the chicken coop.
After the chicken coop was completed, Lu Wuyai laid excess, unused aircraft wreckage on the roof to reinforce it. This way, even in strong winds, they could quickly ensure the safety of the chicken coop.
And so, before dusk, the chicken coop was basically completed, but the clay still needed time to bake slowly.
That night, Song Xiaoyou fried eggs in wild boar fat. The pure, natural flavor was unforgettable.
"I don't know what pheasant meat tastes like," Song Xiaoyou suddenly said.
Realizing that Lu Wuyai was looking at her, Song Xiaoyou blushed instantly and quickly pointed at Anna to explain that Anna had said those words.
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Lu Wuyai swallowed hard. He thought about the beggar's chicken, but didn't want to kill it to retrieve the eggs, so he started thinking about how to hunt a male pheasant the next day.
And just like that, time passed by unnoticed, and the next day arrived.
As soon as it was light, Lu Wuyai left the work station and, based on yesterday's experience, set up several upside-down basket traps near the bamboo forest.
The morning sunlight streamed into the bamboo forest. Aside from the vibrant colors, Lu Wuyai felt no warmth whatsoever.
Today, the climate has fully entered autumn, and the chill of early autumn has begun to envelop this deserted island without anyone noticing.
At this moment, the bamboo forest was unusually quiet, and Lu Wuyai, standing beside the bamboo forest, looked more like an experienced hunter, motionless, his eyes fixed on the depths of the lush green bamboo forest.
After an unknown amount of time, the call of the cuckoo finally began to appear.
The pheasants remained calm and unhurried, seemingly unfazed by the disappearance of their companions yesterday.
Yesterday, Lu Wuyai thought about it all night and decided to use the old method to catch pheasants.
Soon, a rooster walked into a trap, its magnificent feathers gleaming brightly in the morning light.
But just as Lu Wuyai was about to lay the trap, all the pheasants seemed to freeze. They stood motionless, their necks raised, their clucking seemingly suppressed by something.
"What's going on?"
Lu Wuyai rubbed his stiff neck, then looked up and found that the pheasant was looking in the direction of a dense thicket.
But just then, something seemed to be rapidly approaching us from not far away in the bushes. Clumps of thorns fell like dominoes towards the bamboo forest.
At that moment, out of instinct, Lu Wuyai subconsciously retreated until he was completely out of the bamboo forest.
However, the tingling sensation on my scalp did not lessen at all.
Time seemed to pass in an instant, yet it also felt like a very long time. Lu Wuyai heard a "cooing" sound coming from the bamboo forest.
The next second, a huge black shadow suddenly darted out from the bushes, scaring Lu Wuyai so much that he got goosebumps all over.
"Who cares?"
Chickens and dogs were jumping around in the bamboo forest. Countless pheasants scattered and fled, some even crashing into large trees and breaking their necks.
Lu Wuyai thought for a while, then immediately found a big tree and took up a high point to see clearly what exactly the thing that had jumped out of the bushes was.
The bamboo grove was lush and green, its branches and leaves blocking out the sunlight, making it difficult to discern what was happening.
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